Neutral Norway Viii Video (MV)

I went down to the Poly
On a hot October evening
To join in with an open stage
Organised by friends
And friends of friends
We'd made

The young the kind
The optimistic
Cross-legged on the floor
Ready to check their privilege
Nobody on the door

I saw a drummer to my left
Keys to my right
The trumpeter in the centre spot
His hair was shifting like a weather vane
His body like a lightning rod

They blew our art centre apart
Then they went their ways
Nothing much past 2013
On that Bandcamp page

But who needs to tour till you're middle-aged
When our scrapbooks proudly state
Choy Dragon
Neutral Norway VIII

We are lucky in this town
We've our share of storms that rage
Year after year
Through the same dim bars
Setting out synapses ablaze

Anyone can tell you why it's hard
To make arrangements with yourself
When it's Gaskell at the Boathouse
And Hedluv at Five Below

But if I could see one show again
There can be no debate
Choy Dragon
Neutral Norway VIII

At Neutral Norway VII
I saw your poem pasted on the wall
You'd sent it back from Canada
I was still deep in your thrall

We must have spent less time together
Than the members of that band
But it doesn't take too long to make
A couple of lifelong fans

All legends need their keepers
Let these speakers share the weight
Choy Dragon
Choy Dragon
Choy Dragon
Neutral Norway VIII