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Hog Killin' Time: le country touch

When multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer Baptiste Hottin, the man behind Hog Killin' Time, was introduced to me as a fan of Johnny Cash, I just knew we were fated to work together.

Right now, Baptiste is putting together a collection of songs for an album that will feature a number of guest vocalists, and I'm helping out with the lyrics.

Our first collaboration, on which the vocal duties are handled by the lead singer of Manchester, is Under A Pile of Bricks. It's a song about nostalgia and the passing of time, and I'm sure Marcel Proust (and perhaps even Johnny Cash) would have loved it.

• Under A Pile Of Bricks
  

They pulled down the block of flats
where you used to live.
Can you bury history
under a pile of bricks?

If I am nostalgic now,
it's more for a kiss
- the kiss you never gave me -
than for when we were kids.

I
found
the old book
that you
read to me.

La,
la,
la, la la,
la la la.
La,
la.
La,
la,
la, la, la.

They pulled down the block of flats
where you used to live.
Can you bury history
under a pile of bricks?

I
am
older now
than you
used to be.

La,
la,
la, la la,
la la la.
La,
la.
La,
la,
la, la, la.

La,
la,
la, la la,
la la la.

La,
la,
la, la la,
la la la.
La,
la.
La,
la,
la, la, la.

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This song is performed by Hog Killin' Time.