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Playtime for Everyone

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“The practice of happiness is subversive when it becomes collective” – Collective A/traverso in Franco Beradi’s 'The Soul at Work'.

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Playtime for Everyone

Daniel woke up kicking, stood up straight and blew his nose
A cup of tea, a slice of toast and he fell into his clothes
Listening to the radio with one eye on the clock
He locked the door then checked once more and headed for his stop

He said - “this day is nearly over is before it has begun
Got to get in line by ten to nine and get the whole job done”
“But I want to feel the sunshine, I want to smell the flowers
To grow something beautiful in ten thousand hours”

Playtime for everyone - make it your demand
Playtime for everyone - give us more than we can stand
Come on now everyone - put your shoulder to the wheel
It’s time for everyone - get it if you have to steal

Standing on the platform, Julie’s waiting for a train
A thousand bitter pills are still bouncing round her brain
She said “I’m tired of defeat and of debts that can’t be mine
And I want to get a seat and I want to be on time”

Playtime for everyone ...

So you’re working for the army, or you’re working for the law
You’re selling fruit and veg or selling credit to the poor
You’re mending or you’re making or talking on the phone
You’re cleaning someone’s mess up or you’re caring in a home

Playtime for everyone ...

The mother or the daughter the father or the son
The brother or the sister - there are many there is one
The chosen or the fallen the shattered or the sane
The bruised or the broken the pretty or the plain

Goethe said to Eckermann - “to live a worthwhile life
A man must exercise his gifts but not shy away from strife”
But it doesn’t take a genius to show us what to do
You try your best and take the rest and fight for what is right and true

Playtime for everyone - make it your demand
Playtime for everyone - give us a reason to stand
Come on now everyone - put your shoulder to the wheel
It’s time for everyone - get it if you have to steal

Playtime …

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from Playtime for Everyone, released October 12, 2019
Words and music by Adam Holden. Lowden F32 guitar (DADGAD) and vocals recorded live at Simpson Street Studios, Thropton, Northumberland, 10th May 2019.

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Adam Holden Gateshead, UK

Adam Holden is a songwriter who performs solo and in folk duo Another Penny (with Maurice Condie). He sings and plays guitar and piano.

Adam grew up in East London playing classical music and listening to songwriters from as many sources as he could find. His songs touch on immediate social, domestic and natural landscapes but are also rooted in a love of political ideas.
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