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Blood or Money?

from AGES by Andy Thornton

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The NHS came about at a unique time in British history. Everyone had been equalled by the loss of their loved ones. Whether rich or poor, your child is your child. They have no price: they are priceless.

The only people interested in dismantling the NHS are among the wealthy. They will forfeit blood for money. The build a system that tricks us into thinking we can measure value by money.

What is it binds us is it blood, or money?

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Canary Wharf towers like a hive full of bees
Stoking up fuel so God saves the Queen
Extending our hopes beyond our means
Stringing us out on a life of dreams
til one man's brief, busy working hour
Demands 100 times the next one’s power
That's how it seems

What is it binds us, is it blood or money?
What can divide us, is it blood or money?

This once flattened land from bombs of war
Forgets the history that binds us all
The same blood that flowed from rich or poor
Was the pain that joined us like never before
And taught us how we're all the same
One flesh and blood, one short lived flame
That's a forgotten law

What is it binds us, is it blood or money?
What can divide us, is it blood or money?

So use the skin, the language, the look or the land,
Use the faith, or the sex, use all you can
Until divided an conquered were less than human
Living off scraps from the unseen hand

But there’s no market, no means test
when you reach death's door
Just the love of a child trusting life holds more
Take that hand

What is it binds us, is it blood or money?
What can divide us, is it blood or money?

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from AGES, released August 26, 2020
Instruments, voices, writing, production & mix by Andy Thornton

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Andy Thornton has been writing songs since the day he first picked up a guitar at age 14. His instinct for telling a story is only equalled by his passion to get beneath the surface of everyday life and unveil the secrets of the human heart; whether it be anger, frustration, tenderness, love or hope of justice. ... more

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