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Bride on the Bridge

from Latin Quarter: Bare Bones by Steve Skaith

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Steve Skaith (voice and guitars.)
Steve Jeffries (keyboards, percussion and backing vocals)
Mary Carewe (backing vocals)

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Bride on the Bridge
(Skaith/Jones)

Down at the landing stage the sign reads 'Havoline'
You buy the diesel there, back in the old routine
You pay up your harbour dues and then, from the anchorage
All in her wedding lace
You see the bride on the bridge

Coat on the balustrade, bought at a fire-sale
She's been married to debt for years
Now she's climbing the lone guard-rail
Gulls are her Mendelssohn, there’s a bouquet of foliage
That no-one here is reaching for
Slowly the bride on the bridge

Those raising interest don't look up
They have no interest in her flight
Their spectrum has no bridal white
Don’t leave the scene
Not when money talks
The whisper-mill says "Buy Brazil"
If you don't mind blood on the stalks

Cargo comes rolling in, containers of even size
There's no rafts or floats aboard - so what if lives capsize?
Trading takes no account of strangers to privilege
Not if they cannot keep up their balances
She's vanished, the bride on the bridge

credits

from Latin Quarter: Bare Bones, released April 17, 2015
Arranged by Steve Skaith and Steve Jeffries.
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Steve Jeffries.

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Steve Skaith London, UK

Steve Skaith was the singer and writer with the UK band Latin Quarter‚ best known for its 1986 single 'Radio Africa'.. The band made several albums and continued touring throughout Europe until 1998. - The idea for this album was to take some old LQ songs back to the state when they were first written and demoed: just a guitar, a voice, a bit of harmony, a touch of keyboard colour and hey presto! ... more

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