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Stripling's Song

from Maelstrom Ahead! (Promo) by Men Named Holger

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lyrics

We know where the kids are hiding
Hiding from the mandatory marching
Lazy, coward, unambitious striplings all they are
And will never learn to take care of their officers in charge
They didn’t want to join the holy army
They’ve been drinking and attending dirty parties,
Dancing with the nation’s enemies instead, all night
And the morning after never sees them dressed well in their tights

(No place to go)
(No place, no hope for us)

(Shut the doors!)
(There’s no place to go!)
(Shut the doors!)
(Hide the girls and the boys!)
(The soldiers are getting close!)

The young sailors have to decide
If they want to swim with the tide
Or if they want to stay inside
Step to the left then to the right

They’ll grow on like the must on the fruit
Like the rust on the chains, they’ll pollute the truth
Once filled with hope that they can change it all
And turn the wheels around
Still ending up in bars and waiting for the answers to be found

What shall we show to be kept away
From the gallows and slavery lives
And what shall we hide to stay
True to our visions and plans to take our own sides
Show your love, show what they want to see
Hide your heart and hide the things that you want to keep

Once you open the doors
There’ll be no love waiting
Nowhere go
No shelter to run to
It starts all over

Once you open the doors
There’ll be no love waiting
No place go
No place to run to

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from Maelstrom Ahead! (Promo), released July 12, 2016
Song written by Ferenc Blaskovits, produced by Andras Tundik and Ferenc Blaskovits

Ferenc Blaskovits - vocals, banjo, toy accordion, piano, bass
Andras Tundik - drums, vocals
Nora Blaskovits, Reka Vereckei, Gyongyi Kudlik - voices

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Men Named Holger Budapest, Hungary

A collaboration of two multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriters, aiming to blend vintage sounds with modernity. The concept of 'Maelstrom Ahead!' is based on nautical themes, fictional sailors and pirates, all summarized into one big adventure.

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