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Joe Solo ft Jess Silk & Rebekah Findlay - Keeping On

from Sledgehammer Songs by Joe Solo

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lyrics

When I was a kid songs were sacred, like they were our scriptures now
And mates made us mixtapes for beat-up old mono cassettes
11-years old and for me, well, the times were a-changin' now
Oh, I knew how I felt, I just didn't have the words for it yet

A couple more years I got my revolutions from records, now
I knew every line, I'd pore over the notes on the sleeves
13-years old and I had no god or no government
But the sound from those speakers, it gave me something to believe

It was all about keeping the flame alive
Singing your favourite songs
Keeping the game alive
Fighting to right the wrongs
Raising that banner high
Remembering where you're from
And with a fist to the sky
Keeping on keeping on

'And Out Come The Wolves' it made my heart beat that bit harder, now
And I cried the whole way through 'Rum, Sodomy & The Lash'
'Roots, Radicals, Rockers & Reggae', well that was my first love, now
But I don't know who the hell I'd have been if it weren't for The Clash

It was all about keeping the flame alive
Singing your favourite songs
Keeping the game alive
Fighting to right the wrongs
Raising that banner high
Remembering where you're from
And with a fist to the sky
Keeping on keeping on

So slide it out of the sleeve and lay it down on the turntable now
Let it carve your name into that groove like the needle's a knife
And in those crackling seconds of silence be sure to remember, now
You're still only ever one record away from changing your life

It was all about keeping the flame alive
Singing your favourite songs
Keeping the game alive
Fighting to right the wrongs
Raising that banner high
Remembering where you're from
And with a fist to the sky
Keeping on keeping on

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from Sledgehammer Songs, released March 1, 2024
Joe Solo

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Joe Solo Scarborough, UK

Joe Solo is an award-winning musician, writer, poet, activist, broadcaster and washing machine engineer from Scarborough.

Live he has an ever growing reputation as both a performer and raconteur, being thought-provoking, comical and punch-the-air political often in the same breath.

He is not an artist you forget in a hurry. ... more

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