Master of the Sidings (live acoustic)

from The Murder Songs Bootleg by Tom Slatter

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Tonight, tonight The railwayman conquers his heart.

Jack Rage is a master of the sidings
A wreck in the thick of things railwayman
Jack rage is aware of the tidings
Love is afflicting this railwayman

Tonight, tonight the meat tastes bad
Tonight tonight in this vulgar town

The railwayman's haunting the back streets
Beam of grey light
Jack Rage attacks

The railwayman lives for his engines
Circle of light
Grey tattered squares
Tonight tonight the railwayman conquers his heart

Jack Rage is a master of the sidings
He skips through the carriages one by one
Jack Rage isn't master of his own heart
A new blood flows through this railway man

Tonight tonight in this vulgar town
Tonight tonight you shouldn't look down.

The railwayman's haunting the back streets
Beam of grey light
Jack Rage attacks

The railwayman lives for his engines
The weak points are there
Clutch at her throat
Tonight tonight the railwayman conquers his heart

Tonight, tonight the meat tastes bad
Tonight tonight you shouldn't look down.

The railwayman lives for his engines
The weak points are there
Clutch at her throat
Tonight tonight the railwayman conquers his heart

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from The Murder Songs Bootleg, released June 6, 2020

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A latter-day Victorian street-theatre barker with a guitar promising tales of mystery, imagination, ‘orrible murders and bloody great waving tentacles’ is how Tom Slatter has been described. Since 2010 he has been scaring audiences with six albums and numerous EPs of storytelling songs. ... more

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