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Sleeper Train

by tiger & panda & ox

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1.
old friend oh hell we're in trouble now we've seen too much like the milk plate moon from the sleeper train that curves it's light over hills watching it shine gave us time darkening feathers are getting stronger to support long journeys as the birds fly north we train our lens on their home sick path watching their flight gave us time
2.
the cold stops you from caring so you put on another layer but it gets between the cracks until you wish that you were sleeping it's getting colder in the evenings all your favourite birds are leaving you're running out of money and the will to put things right and all your principles look weaker in the winter light the dirty rain water collects in the gutter with lichen and lime that's been leached from the mortar the puddles collect the water where the animals gather and underneath the branches where the animals shelter you swear you half remember a time when you were better a time when everything felt right you swear it was so nice but that was just a time when you didn't know the truth and you can't go back to paradise

about

this is kind of a 'single', a 'double "a"-side' even.

the title song, 'sleeper train' is accompanied by a music video we made with frances dixon. it is a fan video for the bbc series 'smiley's people', based on the john the carre novel. you can see the video here: youtu.be/sTyU93K1w1o and you can download it for free when you purchase this digital single.

the second song is 'can't go back' from from the 'flickin' the "v"s ep. i know that traditionally the 'album track' would get the video and the 'non-album' track would be a kind of 'b'-side but we don't care about that. sleeper train is such a perfect song for the le carre-style video and we just thought the two songs went nicely together as a couple

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credits

released September 11, 2012

tiger & panda & ox are olly watsn, henry ireland and david burke

'sleeper train' video filmed by frances dixon and edited by henry ireland

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polite records was founded in 2005. It is not an example of the best of anything. it is just a catalogue of the projects of, or connected with, the three people who run it: phil dodd, henry ireland and olly watson. if you are looking for a label, we suggest that you start your own. it is easy and you can get in touch and ask us for tips if you want. ... more

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