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Musicians, anyone whose life is about creating art, and how they can be lured into signing on a moralistically questionable dotted line in order to be able to sell it. Attracted by the prospect of a fair and moral recompense, charmed by the record company or medium through which it's sold. Only to discover that they've signed away their rights, and their artistic endeavours and freedom have become strangled, restricted and exploited. This is particularly resonant in the current digital age where the streaming of music pays precious little to the artists who created it.

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Feel the air, watch them stare
Thieves, there, every one
Waiting for frost to thaw
Then move in and some

Biding time, faking lines
Feed you what you want
Give you all one last call
Steal your one last coin

Take it all, take it all, take it all and run

Easy to let them rule
Easy to lay back
Give away, trust and play
Servant to the facts

Sign the right dotted line
Resign the right to choose
So the split that was writ’
Favoured all but you

Take it all, take it all, take it all and run

Knot the rope, twist and choke
Tie you in for good
At the gate, dogs will play
Toy then chew you up

Take it all, take it all, take it all and run
Have it all, have it all, grab it all and run

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from Playing With The Truth, released September 4, 2020
Darren Black (vocals/guitar)
Stewart Prosser (trumpet)

Words & music by Darren Black
Trumpet arrangement by Stewart Prosser

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Darren Black Winchester, UK

Darren Black is a Hampshire UK based musician, songwriter and composer whose songs are rooted in sociological and political observation. His latest album 'Empty Halls Can Feel Like crowded Rooms' was released in January 2023.

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