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On The Desolate Hillside

by Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo

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1.
The Weather Report is Grim and Dark Calls time on the old and the weak of heart Strips trees of leaf, pulls ships asunder Rings bells of doom and cracks of thunder Like a foolish sheep, strayed the beaten track Lost on dismal hill, under sky of black World weary soul, soaked through with rain Heed solemn warnings, pass not this way again. “The Sun Is Going Back In Again”
2.
The Solitary Rabbit The Solitary Rabbit has the biological means to impregnate the whole roundabout. Now his ego and his sperm are depleting and he feels less of a man. But he must apologise to the ones who bared the brunt of his sex drive And his need to impress all the other boys, who conquered that mystic goal down the rabbit hole, of hole. But we can celebrate that he’s not evil anymore and we’re not evil any more. We’re not evil since we bought that book on chivalry, since we bought that book and we read it every day. Not he’s got his demons and I’ve got mine. We’re unravelling the intertwined. We harkened back to our strange thought. There’s far too many but not a lot we remember. We feel uneasy my friend. We’re unravelling the intertwined. The intertwined is unravelling.
3.
Fashionable Buddhas According to Freud, all boys want to sleep with their mothers But instinctively we’re interdependent lovers We’ve got a stubborn sense of national pride But what really cuts inside is we’re viewed as the sick man of Europe. There’s been an outbreak of common sense They’ll take your money but not your germs While parading their Fashionable Buddhas Without knowing who he is We’re exposing the middle classes To the horrors of deprivation, to the horrors Which are unbeknownst to them The sleeping giants of the ignorant and brainwashed, from the cultures to the institutions We’ve been predisposed to the disorders of the inner city, From the disadvantaged and alienated We’re exposing the middle classes To the horrors of deprivation, to the horrors Which are unbeknownst to them
4.
Following the erection and the public’s protection He meant no malice with his show of affection We’re settling old scores while drowning in stress We’re not going to be drugged up motherfuckers anymore We’re sullen to the core we’re not welcome here anymore It’s a conscience in me and my conscience is free We’ll relegate her to the shaker cos we’re out of time How has it come to this you’ve anchored and you’ve sent your fleet Up until 1908 they were still hanging children in the street I squandered all my money 'cos a trusted that twisted whoremaster He fathered fourteen illegitimate children By means of an eager hand and turkey baster We’re amongst deviants we’re amongst deviants There’s hundreds of crook MPs and bankers put the country on its knees Just when we can’t be put down any further That policeman Harwood got away with murder, murder, MURDER, MURDER! We’re amongst corruption, we’re amongst corruption I know, I know, I know, I know that Hell is Awaiting I know, I know, I know, I know that Hell is Awaiting
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6.
There’s a moth in the cake bowl, It’s been there for three days and I thought it was mould She got higher than a pilots piece box, So high that she drifted out of view Intimacy is into the sea It was all night long like a red raw rodeo She fell asleep on the breast, So I decided to have a little rest and wonder what your thinking Baby’s been cheating on her mother with another mother’s milk, don’t upset your mother Enemy abundance and anomie encumbrance It was all night long like a red raw rodeo We’ll never start a revolution Because we’re too busy watching television We’re never going to find peace or kindness in a fractured society
7.
Mappin 03:36
On the lucky boat, we’re riddled with alcohol telling discriminatory jokes On that lucky auld boat, it helps us breathe from the smog that chokes And we’re trying to map the incredible seas but the thing about mappin is they’re always flappin If your paper thin, she’ll bend an contort you like the wind, We’ll blow in your breeze with elegant unease Hairy Feral Woman Riding us on the seas Riding us to our knees Marry me, you are my fantasy, marry me and come and work for my company Because there’s systems in place, to curb your wild natural behaviour There’s systems in place to convince you it’s your faithful saviour Being free from the conditions to conform would be a start, of blow that horn and gladden my heart! Are you battered, beaten and glum? Been sodomized by the systems that control and make dump. And the smile on her face it was a joy to be held, it was a joy to be held and I know that we’ll just cry. Hairy Feral Woman Riding us on the seas Riding us to our knees
8.
When I was a child my mind always wandered to violence Now I’m nurturing the silence and hoping for peace Memories from the learning support base Where they discriminate and disgrace Where they discriminate and disgrace And with cooperation and determination We can break these chains When you look back and realise that you were abandoned You were not looked after like looked after now means When we met our loves we told them that we were incompetent Prior to them parting with their genetics and investing their time in us Prior to them parting with their genetics and investing their time in us And with cooperation and determination We can break these chains My impaired bio-chemical machine ensures that i’m a poor talker An my inability to retain information makes me a shite stalker And with cooperation and determination We can break these chains
9.
Solemn as a song Solemn as a bird you'll be, Fly my little bird to me Solemn as a song Solemn as a song Solemn as, solemn as a song. Oh what a beautiful day to lie, Foul and twisted in ways I've got a crack on my back, And I'm hurt and crushed again
10.
We are waiting for the day and we can wake and stay awake We’re in the library watching nutjob Nelson, acting the loon outside the methadone room Time travel is not for you, time travel is not for you You better think of something else that you can do Time travel is not for you I hate to spoil your plan, your aspirations for being a great man But you should stick to writing good old country songs And never forget where you came from On the desolate hillside On the desolate hillside On the desolate hillside On the desolate hillside We are waiting for the day, that we can wake and stay awake On the desolate hillside _______________________ “On the desolate hillside, I found my love On the desolate hillside, my love was lost On the desolate hillside, I searched in vain On the desolate hillside, through blinding rain On the desolate hillside, my heart she broke On the desolate hillside, nevermore she woke On the desolate hillside, she was taken away On the desolate hillside, with my love I'll stay”

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This is the first full album release by The Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo. They are a multi-disciplinary collective based in Falkirk, Scotland, creating music, art and live events based on the work of the enigmatic Mr D. King.

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released August 29, 2013

Produced, recorded and engineered by Mr Robbie Lesiuk in Killin, Perthshire, November 2012.

Additional recording in Carron and Larbert, Falkirk, March-April 2013.
Mixed by Mr Lesiuk and The Sweethearts, Spring 2013.
Mastered by Mr Julian Corrie in Glasgow June 8th 2013.

All songs written by Mr King, augmented by The Sweethearts.
Poetry on #1 & #10 by Mr Tonner. All rights reserved.

Design, layout and photography by Mr Tonner.

Released 29/8/2013 via Wiseblood Industries, Glasgow.

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Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo Falkirk, UK

The Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo provide a twisted blend of Americana by way of the Junction 5 of the M9. If The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Kurt Vile and Edwin Morgan had a bastard child then it would probably scream like the Sweethearts.

The Welcome EP was released in 2012 followed by the On the Desolate Hillside album in 2013. Their new album Pigs in the Bull Ring is out on the 6th of May
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