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The Boy in the Doorway.

by Hightown Pirates

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The new single by Hightown Pirates.

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Spoke to the boy in the doorway, same place as yesterday.
He’s all wrapped up in shadows, sorrow, hiding from history.
But he’ll still raise a glass to his demons, pick fights with reality.
Don’t you know I’d put some skin on those bones, he won’t let me.

But I looked straight into his eyes and I told him, I care.
And I whispered, very softly, I used to sit there.

Hey man, you seen our Carrie, she don’t answer her phone.
Don’t you know that died, just last week and she died, cold and alone.
So, go dance to some sad songs, she’d like it that way.
Then go sit in your circles, maybe I’ll join you one day.

And he looked straight into my eyes, who knows what he’ll find there?
And he whispered, very softly, don’t be so scared.

Went past the boy in the doorway, saw he was gone.
Heard he’d moved to the coast for a cure, his time here was done.
But the girl that sits in his place, looks exactly the same.
She knows all the words to my song; she don’t know her own name.

And she looked straight into my eyes, and she said, don’t you care?
Then I whispered very softly, don’t be so scared.
And she looked straight into my eyes, who knows what she’ll find there?
And I whispered very softly, I used to sit there.

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released February 5, 2021
Written by Simon Mason
String arrangement written by Tim Hamper at Viva Recorders Studio, London

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Hightown Pirates Margate, UK

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"The emotional maturity of Elliot Smith"
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“Dry and High, is a joyous, anthem-laden affair, that evokes Arcade Fires sweep; Blood Sweat and Tears’ horns and the finer moments of Primal Scream’s Screamadelica. 4 Stars Q Magazine. ... more

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