Cara Monia

by Stan James

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Cara Monia

The war drums rumble
the nations' generals grumble
And threatened by the black mass,
power politicians humble
While there round the bend,
where the dark meet the dead
and the gutterbums lie neath the skyway
You can't look away from dead dogs that lay
in the middle of the highway

Oh Cara Monia, well you're not to blame for the shape that the world is in
Oh Cara Monia, well you're not to blame for the shape that the world is in

The mist of the morning hides like a warning
the ghettoes
As guilty ghosts boast of patrols
at every outpost
and dogs always bark
at men who are dark and deeply suspicious
Does it come as a shock
when you shiver in the stark and
nighttime seems so vicious?

Oh Cara Monia, don't lay in bed with your blankets over your head
Oh Cara Monia, don't pretend to sleep when you're wide awake instead

Forbidden men sigh, nighttime calls its curfew
And dignity denied
like a weapon backfires when misused
The hidden trespassers, the petty pass law offenders
The abused, confined, accused
innocently surrender
but remember so well

Oh Cara Monia, well you're not to blame for the shape that the world is in
Oh Cara Monia, well you're not to blame for the shape that the world is in

The horror of tomorrow lies in young faces of the future
With fists in the air, infants are aware of the creature
If it's shit that you sow why shit you shall reap then
And if you move too slow you'll find
you're in it too deep then ... amen, amen, amen

Oh Cara Monia, don't lay in bed with your blankets over your head
Oh Cara Monia, don't pretend to sleep when you're wide awake instead

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released October 30, 2020
Cara Monia, written by Stan James. Audio recording and mixing Johnny Blundell. Brydon Bolton bass, Terrence Scarr fiddle and viola, Steven Newman guitar, Ronan Skillen percussion, Stan James guitar and vocals.

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