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Martyn's Elephant Charm

from SOFT POWER - album by A.J. Holmes

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    From the provocative call to arms of 'The Revolution Will Not be Twitterised' - inspired by the Afro-Brazilian rhythms of Maracatu - to the haunting and dream like 'Ghost Daddy' - with it's classic London narrative in the vein of Ian Dury - to the Soukous influenced pop rock musing on 18th century Cockney superstitions of 'Martyn's Elephant Charm' to the epic Palm-Wine influenced ballad of 'Mein liebster Feind' - sounding like S.E. Rogie wandered into the recording sessions of Big Star's 'Sister Lovers / Third' album. Soft Power is a diverse, yet impressively coherent 2nd album from one of Britain's most promising live acts..

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lyrics

"Never put new shoes upon a table"

"Never open an umbrella indoors"

"Never put a newborn baby in front of a looking glass"

And "Never start a journey on a Friday"


You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'

You charm me when you - 'do it like that'

Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'

I like it when you - 'do it like that'

You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'

You charm me when you - 'do it like that'

Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'

I like it when you - 'do it like that'

Oh yah oh yah!

'Yeah'

London 13 club

Oh yah oh yah

'Yeah'

London 13 club


"Turn around three times if you see a black cat"

"Spit on the ground if you see a white horse"

"Never accept scissors or a penknife as a gift"

"And never have the colour green in the home"



You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'

You charm me when you - 'do it like that'

Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'

I like it when you - 'do it like that'

You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'

You charm me when you - 'do it like that'

Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'

I like it when you - 'do it like that'

Oh yah oh yah!

'Yeah'

London 13 club

Oh yah oh yah

'Yeah'

London 13 club

"Whooping cough maybe cured by removing a lock of a child's hair, placing it between two slices of bread and feeding it to a passing dog"

"Alternatively you could sew the child into a brown paper vest, and smother them…in Lard!"

You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'

You charm me when you - 'do it like that'

Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'

I like it when you - 'do it like that'

You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'

You charm me when you - 'do it like that'

Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'

I like it when you - 'do it like that'

You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'

You charm me when you - 'do it like that'

Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'

I like it when you - 'do it like that'

You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'

You charm me when you - 'do it like that'

Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'

I like it when you!

credits

from SOFT POWER - album, track released July 6, 2015
written and performed by A.J. Holmes and The Hackney Empire

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A.J. Holmes London, UK

A.J. Holmes (aka Vanishing Breed) is a Musician, Recordist, Big fan of Pan-African music, Lover of 20th Century Architecture and Founder of The Hackney Empire (band)

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