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Walking Her Out

from CURLY'S AIRSHIPS by JUDGE SMITH

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CURLY:-
1919, on the flat fens of Norfolk,
A gigantic iron shed
Obscures the dark grey sky,
And there's something extraordinary
We keep inside;
Something I'd like you to see.
Leave your matches outside please
And your cigarette lighters.
You could say we're a trifle vulnerable
To fire;
And rubber-soled shoes only please,
Can't risk sparks.
Just through this door,
Now what do you think of that?...

She's six hundred and fifty feet long;
That's twice the length of a soccer pitch,
And she stands as tall
As a nine storey building;
Meet His Majesty's Airship R.33...

6am, five hundred sleepy men
On ropes beneath her.
So big in here,
The shed seems half deserted.
There she floats, six feet above the floor,
Weightless...

Here she comes now, with the sun;
The first red fires of dawn
Turn her silver into gold...

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from CURLY'S AIRSHIPS, released April 10, 2020
Vocal Credits:-
CURLY - JUDGE
THE CAPTAIN - DAVID SHAW-PARKER
THE SERGEANT - MIKE BELL

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JUDGE SMITH Glastonbury, UK

Judge Smith co-founded the band Van der Graaf Generator in 1967 with Peter Hammill, & has since been involved in many music projects as writer, composer or performer. He has written stage musicals, classical & rock libretti, songs for television & a book on Life after Death; directed a prize-winning short film, & released fourteen CDs & two DVDs. He was born in 1948 & lives near Glastonbury, UK. ... more

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