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Livin' Rough

by House Above The Sun

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Your honour please have mercy on me
Unlock this cold penitentiary
So then a new life I can begin
Somewhere nobody knows my ugly sin.
I'll bury that blue gown.
Cos I've been livin' rough, trying to get enough
money to leave this town.

I walked the tightropes, juggled with fire.
Put up my body and soul for hire.
but when the tigers started to roar
I got so scared I crashed down on the circus floor
with those jugglers and those clowns.
And now I'm livin' rough, trying to get enough
money to leave this town.
Yeah now I'm livin' rough, trying to get enough
money to leave this town.

It all went so wrong but it won't be long
'til I'm singing a cheerful song.
Back in school, keeping my head down.
Wash off the rouge and dye my hair brown
Cos I've been livin' rough, trying to get enough
money just to leave this town.
Yeah I've been livin' rough now I'm trying to get enough
money to leave this town.
Yeah I've been livin' rough, trying to get enough
money to leave this town.

credits

released March 31, 2023
Words and music by Jim Moreton

Performed by Jim Moreton (vocals/guitar/Hammond), Ariel Moreton (vocals and percussion), Davide Mongirulli (drums), Jack Neale (bass guitar) and David Atkinson (lead guitar)

Recorded and mixed by Giles Barrett at Lightship 95 Studios, London

Mastered by David Holmes.

Photography by Luca Viola.

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House Above The Sun London, UK

HATS are a London based group led by singer/songwriter Jim Moreton. Drawing inspiration from Americana, folk and Indie rock, their melodic, heartfelt songs span the spectrum from bittersweet balladry to intricate guitar based epics. Their latest singles 'Dream Comes True' and 'Livin' Rough' are out now.

'Powerful folk-hewn storytelling' -Clash Magazine ... more

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