{"product_id":"even-song-paul-murphy-9798272677693","title":"Even Song: - Lyrics \u0026 Poems: October 2025 -","description":"\u003cb\u003eEVEN SONG\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLyrics \u0026amp; Poems \/ October 2025\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA collection of all the lyrics and prose that Irish singer\/songwriter \u003cb\u003ePaul Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e composed during October 2025. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis anthology collates the individual anthologies '\u003cb\u003eIn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHumanity\u003c\/b\u003e' and '\u003cb\u003eNo\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMercy\u003c\/b\u003e' as Volume 6 of the \"\u003cb\u003eWords\u003c\/b\u003e\" series, the lyrics and prose without the accompanying reproductions of the handwritten manuscripts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten as Paul's auto-immune F-MND had placed him in a wheelchair and with only one functioning arm, these were his final works, and in just 31 days he crafted an incredible 45 works, a sweeping range of tales concerning matters such as the dissolution of order in Trump's America and elsewhere ('\u003cb\u003eYou Know Who I Mean\u003c\/b\u003e', \u003cb\u003e''33 Again', \u003c\/b\u003e '\u003cb\u003eCome\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eTomorrow'\u003c\/b\u003e); social and legal injustice {'\u003cb\u003eIt's\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eStill\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSunday\u003c\/b\u003e', '\u003cb\u003eEnglish\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eJustice\u003c\/b\u003e'); persecution of the individual ('\u003cb\u003eReclamation'\u003c\/b\u003e, '\u003cb\u003eNot In My Name'\u003c\/b\u003e, '\u003cb\u003eAngels\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eTurn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAway\u003c\/b\u003e'); allegorical parables on the rise, and perils, of autocracy ('\u003cb\u003eWake\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eUp Baby [And Smell The\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eDead Roses]\u003c\/b\u003e', '\u003cb\u003eBeauty'\u003c\/b\u003e); and, against those starker works, a song of self-belief and empowerment ('\u003cb\u003eMe'\u003c\/b\u003e), and the beautiful ode from a parent to his child, '\u003cb\u003eTo A Sleeping Angel\u003c\/b\u003e'). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite the harsh and uncompromising content of most of the works, there was still a flash of what his young daughter would call \"Daddy's cheeky grin\", two double-entendre-laden numbers in '\u003cb\u003eBallad\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eOf A Hungry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBoy\u003c\/b\u003e' and '\u003cb\u003eHer Majesty's Pleasure'\u003c\/b\u003e, whilst among the prose presented here, the heartwarming '\u003cb\u003eDawn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePoem'\u003c\/b\u003e and '\u003cb\u003eTo The Two'.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso included, two stark semi(?)-autobiographical life-reflections, '\u003cb\u003eWrong Colour Name' \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAnd Then... The Last Song Came'\u003c\/b\u003e, and, on his penultimate creating day, the incomplete narrative epic, '\u003cb\u003eMy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eTale\u003c\/b\u003e', an elegiac story of love and tragedy in small-town, 1930's dustbowl America. Writing the 51 verses in one day, Paul became too ill to finish the work. Rather than leave the story completely unfinished, he then wrote 'signpost' verses, to show where the story would go, and then the concluding verse, and so although the work is missing an unknown number of chapters, both the path and the conclusion of '\u003cb\u003eMy Tale\u003c\/b\u003e' is known. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccompanying the works are an essay - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoddamn, That Hurt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - detailing the composition circumstances and back-stories to each song and poem, and, exclusive to this volume, an extra song, '\u003cb\u003eFollow The Leader\u003c\/b\u003e', \"which kinda tumbled out when I wasn't looking as I was finalising the manuscript.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving, emotive, thought and conscience-provoking, disquieting and, occasionally, humorous, this anthology proudly presents the final works, the final wordplay, of a master songwriter and storyteller whose talents burned bright until his last line was scribed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngels Turn Away \u003c\/b\u003e[Extract] \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLightning's striking, trees are falling down\u003cbr\u003eBabies wailing and their mother ain't around\u003cbr\u003eAnybody care? No not one\u003cbr\u003eWe live in times when murder is fun\u003cbr\u003eAngels turn away and sigh \"There's nothin' else to say\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuildin's burnin', crosses on their lawns\u003cbr\u003eChantin' crowd, all of 'em gold-plated pawns\u003cbr\u003eWhatcha gonna do? Not a thing\u003cbr\u003eThey give you their hymn sheet and you sing\u003cbr\u003eAngels turn away and sigh \"There's nothin' else to say\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFlatline's soundin', where are the doctors to?\u003cbr\u003eThey've trapped a nurse in her room, an' they're formin' a queue\u003cbr\u003e\"Go ahead, scream, no-one will come\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Except for us!\" laughs another scum\u003cbr\u003eAngels turn away and sigh \"There's nothin' else to say\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSomeone's chokin', ah but not for long\u003cbr\u003e\"Dance, boy, dance!\" yell the face-mask throng\u003cbr\u003eWho you gonna call? Law's gone rogue\u003cbr\u003eHatred and depravity are in vogue\u003cbr\u003eAngels turn away and s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798272677693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Paul Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170885869823,"sku":"9798272677693","price":11.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/even-song-paul-murphy-9798272677693","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}