Name: The Desert Was Better (2012 remaster)
Duration: P00H03M45S
Description: The song of an immigrant who falls into petty crime and journalism. What have I got against the genteel town of Linlithgow? Nothing, I just needed a three-syllable place name. Just think, it could have been Dalmeny.

The Desert Was Better (2012 remaster)

from The Wolf Who Snared The Moon by Norman Lamont

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The song of an immigrant who falls into petty crime and journalism. What have I got against the genteel town of Linlithgow? Nothing, I just needed a three-syllable place name. Just think, it could have been Dalmeny.

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I took a plane
To a faraway country
I knew at once
I had made a mistake

Something in the tired air
Cut me off from my family

No matter how lonely the desert
The desert was better than this

I found my niche
Writing threats and reprisals
My claws were long
And my overheads low
Drinking at the World's End
With some thugs from the borders

No matter how ugly the desert
The desert was better than this

Miles away
I was miles away when it happened
Standing watching the quiet river
Standing watching the quiet river
Freeze

The knives were out
When we came to Linlithgow
The memories long
And the weaknesses few
With the rain and the razor blades
These days I don't get out much
No matter how empty the desert
The desert was better than this

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from The Wolf Who Snared The Moon, released January 4, 2004
Dave Watson: drum sequencing, guitars, mandolin, keyboard, bass, backing vocals, arrangement.
Gil Murray: guitar solo
Norman: strings

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Norman Lamont has been delighting audiences on the Edinburgh songwriter scene since 1990. His trademarks are the diversity of his musical styles, emotionally honest lyrics and a droll sense of humour.

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