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Child Of The Barrow Downs (Stone Circle Mix)

from The Circle - SOLD OUT Now only for download by Brian Stone

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A complete reworking of the very first track on my first EP 5 years ago takes the song to a completely new place with a mellow, haunting sound evoking the landscapes and sites of our ancestors.

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On the equinox, one misty Autumn time
Born the son of a poacher man of the old stone line
The orchards and the dark game copse
The iron age forts on the old hill tops
The land of the ancients in my heart and mind

The barrow mounds, the coombes and the old ridgeway
The Yews and the chalk pits where I used to play
As time marched on with friends and kin
The land mined deep under my skin
I never wanted to ever go away

Oo Oo
When I was young I played around in the flint and chalk of the ancient downs
Round the rings and the mounds of the place that I called home.
I'm a child of the Barrow Downs

To the city and the lowlands of the east
Another company drone longing for release
A cog in the machine. Another slave behind a screen.
As the dying soul cries out for peace

Oo Oo
But when I get down my mind goes still to the flint and chalk of the ancient hills
I'm a child of the Barrow Downs

Now in the Autumn of my days
Now they say you've changed your ways
But I feel my spirit's finally free
Now it all makes sense to me
There's no place I'd rather be
Than right here with the ones I love you see

Oo Oo Oo Oo
When I die just lay me still in the flint and chalk of the ancient hills
I'm a child of the Barrow Downs
When I'm gone I will be found in the flint and chalk of the ancient downs
I'm a child of the Barrow Downs

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from The Circle - SOLD OUT Now only for download, released May 7, 2021

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