Name: Don't Die Disappointed
Duration: P00H04M32S
Description: A bit of fun.

Don't Die Disappointed

from The Exiled EP by Gentle Ihor's Devotion

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A bit of fun.

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Growing up around the swamplands of Huddersfield, I heard the broken bluesmen stomping their clogs and thumping out 12-bar ballads ‘bout shoddy textile mills and knackered pit ponies and I promised myself I wasn’t gonna die disappointed. I told myself I gotta get outta this place and find out who I am and what I was born to do. So I stole a gitar, taught myself some licks and first chance I got I high-tailed it to the city of Wakefield where I could be somebody.

Don’t Die Disappointed
Put some creases in your walking shoes
Toss a coin at the dusty crossroads
and leave behind those hometown blues

Don’t Die Disappointed
run rebel juices down your lips and legs
Rock and Roll in the fruits of the garden
Drink it all from the brim to the dregs

Awright, so maybe Wakefield wasn’t such a good idea. Maybe my ambition should have extended further. Leeds, maybe. I coulda been somebody in Leeds. They got industrial Goth in Leeds. And Gang of Four came from there. Anyways, I wrote this song which is somethin to remind ya, You don’t get much time in the garden, so Don’t Die Disappointed.

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from The Exiled EP, released November 16, 2023
Graeme Linaker: lead guitar, bass, keyboard.

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Gentle Ihor's Devotion Leeds, UK

Formed in the 1980s. Their 12 inch single 'Naked' was single of the week in Melody Maker. Signed to TUG REC in Germany. Lead singer Gentle Ihor is solo now collaborating with various musicians.

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