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I politely declined Jesus on my way to work,
Didn't have no reason, I just didn't wanna talk,
and I slide down the trunk of these bailey walls
where your eye-line picks your pockets
as you rattle round half moon halls.

The fruit hangs low
'round these sardined streets
and the Lord Mayor's giddy architecture
already creaks,

But it's a lesson learned,
Call it a lesson learned,
'cause the less we learn
the less we see.

The old time Suffolk porter breathes its aromatic smile,
Got every hundred-metre fancy lacing up now for the mile.
But all it really makes for are restless hands
colouring outside the lines of the scenes we draw
in five-year-plans.

A lesson learned,
Call it a lesson learned
'cause the less we learn
the less we seek
yeah, a lesson learned,
Call it a lesson learned,
'cause the less we learn
the less we seek.

Well fickle is the sentiment towards the woollen mill
now the sun has got to preaching 'bout all it's done, and all it will.
The blossom's falling hard about this itchy-headed Spring
and the night lights up with oil drums, they'll make you dream
of bones and wings

A lesson learned,
Call it a lesson learned
'cause the less we learn
the less we see
yeah, a lesson learned,
Call it a lesson learned,
'cause the less we learn
the less we see.

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from Colouring Outside the Lines - E​.​P., released September 4, 2017
Chris Brooke: Guitar, Lead Vocals
Kate Shayler: Backing Vocals

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Shayler & Brooke Bristol, UK

Combining heartfelt and intelligent storytelling with close harmonies, finger-picked guitar and clawhammer banjo, Shayler & Brooke make contemporary folk music that draws on traditions from both sides of the Atlantic.

Shayler & Brooke comprise of Londoner Kate Shayler (vocals and banjo) and Dorset-born Chris Brooke (vocals, fiddle and guitar). ... more

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