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Caravan Song (Live)

from When England Calls - (26 tracks) by Bill Bates

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Our family used to to go away on holiday in our little caravan.
Every year it rained.
If it didn't rain it would snow.
On a good day the site wouldn't flood

This song was recorded LIVE at Warwick Folk Club

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Caravan Song (Live)

By Bill Bates

A three mile drive down a one way track
I steer my car with a caravan on the back
I find the pitch and then the sky goes black
And the wind is howling
And the rain came down

A slope so steep that the goats avoid
I must be getting paranoid
And I stop myself from getting annoyed
And the wind is howling
And the rain came down

Two weeks away
To ease the stress
But the look of things
I wont have much success
I cant even send an SOS
And the wind is howling
And the rain came down

Take out the awning that I brought that day
and I watch the instructions fly away
A fine way to start my holiday
And the wind is howling
And the rain came down

Electric’s soon cut off at the mains
Scared out of my wits by low flying planes
I knew we should have had 2 weeks in Spain
And the wind is howling
And the rain came down

Its really hell
In this abode
666 must be my post-code
Then the porta-potty explode
And the wind is howling
And the rain came down

The road looks like a moat
The caravan has started to float
The bloody thing it thinks it’s a boat
And the wind is howling
And the rain came down

For thousands miles
I've towed my van
from Portishead to Pakistan
and for just once I’d like get tan
And the wind is howling
And the rain came down

We’ve camped next-door nuclear site
The farmer insisted that the beach was alright
A 3 headed sheep kept us awake all night
And the wind is howling
And the rain came down

There's army manoeuvres in the field door
more water inside than there is outdoors
I can’t take it anymore
oh the wind is howling
gusting, thrusting,
blowing, snowing
breezing freezing,
lightning flashing
thunder crashing
And the wind is howling
And the rain came down

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from When England Calls - (26 tracks), released January 3, 2012

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Bill Bates Royal Leamington Spa, UK

I am a Warwickshire based singer songwriter and I perform my songs in folk clubs and festivals. My songs are (almost) autobiographical and often about the ordinary things in life, such as caravan holidays, recycling and a song about a Mars Bar party (where people are supposed to have took their clothes off!) Some of my songs are funny, other songs are serious; either way I hope you like them! ... more

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