To Do Nothing

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    Bill Risby - Piano, Piano Accordion & Melodica
    Hamish Stuart- Drums, percussion
    Gary Holgate- Double Bass
    Fabian Hevia-Percusiion
    Nina Vox- (Kris Ralph) Lead Female Vocals
    Tony King - Lead Vocals, Guitars and harmonica
    Genevieve Lemon, Louise Perryman, Leyla Nassif and Rob Maxwell jones, Tony King and Bill Risby- Backing Vocals
    David Gardner - Sax
    Rob Maxwell Jones- Flute
    Marcus Holden- Violin
    Hugh Moran- Autoharp

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    Artwork by Nina Vox (Kris Ralph) It was a dream team making this album we are very proud of.
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    released January 12, 2004

    Bill Risby - Piano, Piano Accordion & Melodica
    Hamish Stuart- Drums, percussion
    Gary Holgate- Double Bass
    Fabian Hevia-Percusiion
    Nina Vox- (Kris Ralph) Lead Female Vocals
    Genevieve Lemon, Louise Perryman, Leyla Nassif and Rob Maxwell jones, Tony King and Bill Risby- Backing Vocals

    David Gardner - Sax
    Rob Maxwell Jones- Flute
    Marcus Holden- Violin
    Hugh Moran- Autoharp
    Tony King- Guitars and harmonica
    Tony King - Lead Vocals

    Recorded at Trackdown Scoring Stage by Simon Leadley and Dan Brown 2004
    Mixed By Simon Leadley and Tony King
    Mastered by Tony King

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For evil to flourish, all it takes is for good people to do nothing....

lyrics

To Do Nothing
Tony King & Kris Ralph 2003

Are we chained to the wheel rolling down to the sea
Do we have any say over what we will be
And fly in the face of our primitive drive
Is there anything left after staying alive?

If a flag can have any colours
Why do they all end up red?
How can we sleep in this mess we have made for a bed?
All it takes is for people who care to do nothing

Are we scared of the people who wear funny clothes
Do faces have names …dying in droves?
Are your prayers any different at midnight or dawn?
Does your goodness depend on where you were born?

If a flag can have any colours
Why do they all end up red?
How can we sleep in this mess we have made for a bed?
All it takes is for people who care to do nothing

Are we wax in the seal of approval?
On a letter that we’ve never read?
Is our courage our own if convicted
Would our blood be our own if we bled?

If a flag can have any colours
Why do they all end up red?
How can we sleep in this mess we have made for a bed?
All it takes is for people who care to do nothing

What is the point of free will?
If we don’t use it now and again?
You can sharpen the point of a sword
or a point with a pen
It’s the point of being alive

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from Beautifully Mad, released January 12, 2004
Bill Risby - Piano
Hamish Stuart- Drums, percussion
Gary Holgate- Double Bass
Fabian Hevia-Percusiion
Nina Vox- (Kris Ralph) Lead Female Vocals
Genevieve Lemon, Louise Perryman, Leyla Nassif and Rob Maxwell jones, Tony King and Bill Risby- Backing Vocals



Recorded at Trackdown Scoring Stage by Simon Leadley and Dan Brown 2004
Mixed By Simon Leadley and Tony King
Mastered by Tony King

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