Washed Away In The Rain (remix)

by The Burntwick Smugglers

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This song was originally written to highlight the devastating impact of knife crime. In the year to March 2022, official figures claim that there were over 45,000 reported incidents of knife crime in England and Wales. It is our intention that the proceeds of this download will be donated to charity to help educate young people so that they can all come to the realisation that just one child stabbed to death, is one child too many. "No mother should ever have to bury her son."

lyrics

Running scared down East Street
Five onto one
The odds are stacked against him
He's got nowhere else to run
The flashing glint of cold hard steel
Beneath the street lamp glare
His tragic life now ebbs away
While the others stand and stare

In the still of night she cries in pain
She'll never see her son again
The boy is gone but she can't move on
To her he'll stay forever young
Blood and tears washed away in the rain

Her quiet corner of heaven
Becomes a constant living Hell
She lays a bunch of flowers
At the place where her boy fell
And now she'll plan his funeral
Instead of his birthday surprise
While the killers stood there in the dock
And kept on telling lies

In the still of night she cries in pain
She'll never see her son again
The boy is gone but she can't move on
To her he'll stay forever young
Blood and tears washed away in the rain

Hopes and dreams and ashes
Sealed forever in an urn
While a cursed generation
Still refuse to learn
The numbers keep on rising
But the dead they don't keep score
Let's just hope and pray the coppers
Don't come knocking on your door

In the still of night she cries in pain
She'll never see her son again
The boy is gone but she can't move on
To her he'll stay forever young
Blood and tears washed away in the rain

credits

released November 9, 2022
Chris Ennis - Vocals
Richard Cruttwell - Guitar
Tex Sayer - Bass
Ashley Porter - Drums

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The Burntwick Smugglers Rochester, UK

Medway Punk Band influenced by 70s Punk Rock and 60s Garage Stuff
Pop Rivets, Milkshakes, Prisoners, Clash, Buzzcocks, Alternative TV, Johnny Moped and Thunders, Ramones, Heartbreakers (not Tom Petty shit ) Stooges, Velvet Underground, X-Ray Spex, Subway Sect, Wire, Damned, Eater, Chelsea

Credits:
Vocals - Chris
Drums - Ash
Guitar - Richard
Bass - Tex

Produced by Jim Riley at Ranscombe Studios
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