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Recorded October 2021 at Woodbine Street Recording Studio.
Produced by John Rivers with Eddy Hewitt as assistant engineer.

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first you are in flames
then you grow frightened of the rustling in the grate
build yourself a fortress none can penetrate
nail it down with a mortgage and a special date

I'm sleeping on your floor
thought I'd dodged that bullet til I fell through your door
must have still been blind drunk from the night you took my paw
seems I wanna piece of that pretty world of yours

your head is on my shoulder, your lips are far away
and it's making me shiver
when the string snaps you'll get back to your endless wrangling
of duty and pleasure
love and paperwork

so we put the past on ice
I try to catch your drift across this papery sky
and any moment one of us can tear that veil aside
but now it's out I guess you'll stay inside

and you go back to him
I make a beeline for the mirror again
well maybe I belong here just studying the lids
that hold these reckless hopes til they reach the brim

still I wanna hold you, protect you from this life
but really what did I expect
I know I'll never save you from your endless wrangling
of duty and pleasure
love and paperwork

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from Four Nights at the Hotel Rodgers, released December 2, 2022
Written and performed by William William Rodgers with
Oliver Pyper: bass

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William William Rodgers Birmingham, UK

"acutely aware, deeply felt songs" – The Quietus

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