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lyrics

Dignity

For those on the run
From the prison, the gun
For those who escape
After torture and rape
For those who are homeless and hopeless and stateless
For those grown so thin, they could almost be weightless
For those left too weak
Or too frightened to speak
Like the poor kid who hid
But who saw what they did

For those who've not eaten
The pursued and the beaten
Who fled when the harvest had failed
Who came home to loved ones impaled

For those who've walked and walked and walked from far away to here
For the traveller who doesn't need a bloody souvenir
For those who wake up from their dreams
Shaken by shadows and screams

For those who were lucky to lose just a limb
For those from the boat who were able to swim

Yes, dignity
If you please

Dignity
Dignity
For those not given the chance to choose
Who carry the little they've got left to lose
For those who've been moved on so often before
That they don't even care where they are anymore
For those for whom water is worth more than gold
For those who've held children whose bodies turned cold

For those who now know that they'll never return
For those who've watched all that life meant to them burn

Just give me some dignity
Just give me some dignity
Just give me some dignity

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from The Columbus Memoirs, released June 4, 2022
(words: Nick Toczek / music: Matt Webster & Wulf Ingham)

Nick Toczek - vocals
Matt Webster - drums, bass,12 string acoustic guitar, vocals
Wulf Ingham - guitars, lead guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, harmonica
Keith Jafrate - saxophone
Chris Walsh - flute, vocals
Harris - guitar, vocals

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Nick Toczek & Signia Alpha Bradford, UK

Poet Nick Toczek began collaborating with Matt Webster in 2019.
They released Shooting the Messenger in 2020. A mix of indie, jazz and funk grooves with Toczek’s surreal poems and stories.
Walking the Tightrope followed in 2021 & included a guest appearance by The Damned’s Paul Gray.
A third album in 2022. Webster plays many of the instruments with contributions from guests, including Paul Gray, ... more

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