When We Were Kings

by Woolfy

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1.	When We Were Kings 02:43	lyrics	buy track
When they first found out You were trouble for hire With a crown on your head To lead you into the fire And the milkman’s clothes Became the talk of the town They were positively clear That you were poverty and queer And the rocket’s red glare Fighting boys in women’s underwear I was there When the cavalry came To bring you out of your bed They went to great extents To shout off with your head The whores in the hallway well we We left them for dead Drank the blood from their shoes We had nothing to lose And the radio still Plays your tune like it was yesterday Oh what a day Oh what a day I can’t believe that it is over What a perfect time to start it all again I think it’s time this world discovers I’m a superman who’s ready to begin I can’t believe that it is over What a perfect time to start it all again I think it’s time this world discovers I’m a superman who’s ready to begin I’m a superman who’s ready to begin
2.	Heroine 02:25	lyrics	buy track
I still love it all the time From the red teardrops rushing through my conscious mind She won’t go away Jesus walks away from me Oh just to have her all the time I would open my eyes and I see the sunshine She sells seashells on the shore She says the sun don’t shine no more Until tonight You could save me Ease my pain And make it through the night Overtake me Into the night I see the walrus looking up to me I still love it all the time

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Woolfy surprises again with a veer into deeply affecting singer-songwriter territory for the single ‘When We Were Kings’.

The title cut draws inspiration from Bowie as it pays tribute to that artist’s gender non-conformity in the 1970s-80s, an enduring inspiration for James since his teens. Recorded guitar in hand in a single take with subtle accompaniment on a 1972 Fender Rhodes Suitcase by Al Sirpico, it delivers perfectly unrefined chills listen after listen.

In the B-side’s ‘Heroine’, James sings about a dalliance with a bittersweet savior figure over a backing of folksy guitar and glistening toy piano, with bass and kick drum keeping a steady pulse.

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released February 25, 2022

Written and produced by S. James
Mastered by LOPAZZ
Art by Marko Vuleta-Djukanov
Art direction and graphic design by John Alderson
© & ℗ Ritual Release 2022

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Indie dance/indie pop troubadour who previously recorded on Future Classic, DFA & Rong Music

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