Working Class Waltz

from A Cluster of Narratives (Album) by James O' Connor

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Working Class Waltz

Chimney stacks, power lines, sky satellites. A murder of crows keeps a watch from a height. White tumbler pigeons perform summersaults, clapping their wings to the working class waltz.
Back gates and laneways, mad dogs and stay cats, mattresses wheelie bins bikes and black sacks. Bowels of the neighbourhood nobody wants, garnish the beat to the working class waltz.

The working class waltz it gets up your nose. The working class waltz clings to your clothes
The working class waltz gets under your skin. The working class waltz is born from within

Shuffling with babies, soiled nappies and prams, young single parent’s cigarettes in their hands. No aspirations and no second thoughts, comfortably numb in the working class waltz

The working class waltz it ebbs and it flows. The working class waltz reclines and regrows
The working class waltz never wants you to win. The working class waltz is born from within

Tracksuits and hoodies who procrastinate, council house backdrops are sealing their fate. Laying down bricks to build mental walls, a fortress of pride in the working class waltz

The working class waltz it gets up your nose. The working class waltz it clings to your clothes.
The working class waltz gets under your skin. The working class waltz is born from within.

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from A Cluster of Narratives (Album), released July 3, 2020
James O Connor Guitar & Vocals

Owen Geaney Bass Guitar & Synths

Mattew Cross Drums & Percussion

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James O' Connor Ireland

James O’Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter, performer and recording artist. His upcoming album ‘A Cluster of Narratives’, releasing in July, is a folk rock journey that celebrates the joy of living. O’Connor’s latest music is defiant and rousing, with unabashedly honest lyrics and a melodic Irish lilt that sets him apart. ... more

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