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The Old Style Prison Break

from No. 6 by The Coal Porters

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The colour of the poster...
Says what the film be
Midnight blue a thriller...
White says comedy...
When it comes to westerns...
Americana brown
Shoot the scene in sepia, wrap it by sundown

Grey hat on the Good Guys...
black hat goes to jail,
you can bet he's busting out, got no chance of bail
then his brassy girlfriend...
show us with a cake,
files his way to freedom, it's an old-style prison break

The old-style prison break...
A move I'd make
A claim I'd stake...
The old style prison break,
The old style prison break,
A move I'd make
A great escape, the old style prison break

I'm not looking backward...
the worlds the wrong way round,
all our thoughts are in the clouds...
they should be on the ground,
Step it out a-lively...
in fancy working boots
Set these muddy tyres rolling to your roots

Story's always tidy in an hour or two
Count on the director to tell you what to do
You can cut the bad bits, leave them on the floor
That take had it all; let's do one more

An old screen play writer sits high above this town
With his pipe and dressing gown he moves the words
around
Who will win the goldrush or fail in poverty
Who will rise above it ring the bell of liberty

The old-style prison break, a move I'd make
a claim I'd stake...The old style prison break,
The old style prison break,
A move I'd make, A great escape, the old style prison break.

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from No. 6, released September 24, 2015
Written by Neil Robert Herd
(c) Neil Robert Herd
Published by Cattle Call Music/Music Rights Admin Ltd)

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The Coal Porters London, UK

The Coal Porters claim to be the world’s first “alt-bluegrass” act, demonstrating the power of fiddle, mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitar and doghouse bass when matched with four-part harmonies and memorable melodies.

They have taken this sound around the world being featured on NPR’s Morning Edition in the USA and having recorded a live session for Bob Harris on BBC Radio 2.
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