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Music By The Long Lost Band
Poetry By Larry Beckett

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Babylon

How many miles to Babylon?
Oh they say 3 score and 10.
Can I get there by candlelight?
Yes they say and back again.

I saw a man wrapped in the dark,
hoping nobody'd see his skin;
he asked if I had any change:
41 miles to Babylon.

I saw a woman standing with
a bag of water in the new moon
and her hands tied with an old rope:
21 miles to Babylon.

I saw a kid, oh black and blue,
and writing down a mixed up song
about an airplane that was lost:
1 more mile to Babylon.

By the waters
by the waters of Babylon
there we sat down and wept
when we remembered Zion.

Poetry By Larry Beckett

credits

from One More Mile, released June 28, 2015
Babylon
Stuart Anthony - Vocals, acoustic guitar
Matt Appleton - Vocals, electric guitars, classical guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar, whistle
Larry Beckett - Spoken word
Oscar Armer - Bass
Greg Maddox - Drums
Allan Gardner - Percussion

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The Long Lost Band England, UK

Formed in Lancaster, UK in January 2010 they recorded their first album ‘The Big Light Secret’. They supported Icicle Works star Ian McNabb & Mercury Prize nominees ‘I Am Kloot’ The band were championed by Tom Robinson at BBC6 Music
Larry Beckett, lyricist to Tim Buckley, started writing with the band in 2014. They made an album together called ‘One More Mile’ (2015)
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