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Contention City

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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Contention City
(Skaith/Jones)

We made Contention City
On the last night of a storm
Searching for the truth that money brings
We found lodging in the shadows
But they didn't promise rest
As hope sank to the floor on weary wings

We walked on glided splinters
As we scuffed the street for work
And we got by on the mission's cheapest brand
Till our dreams were filled with waking
And our hands with engine parts
As our hearts decayed like debris in the sand

Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Not even with eternity to try

My home's contention city
Where the master's minds are fixed
On thinking of the money they can save
Like a cat-walk without guard rails
That sent you into space,
I felt like firing shots above your grave

Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Not even with eternity to try

The city limits are another kind of the town
Oh Lord your lambs are starving and the horses all gone down
To the track where even truth gave up the ghost

Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Oh they can't tear your face from my mind
Not even with eternity to try

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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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