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Red Kite

from The Best of Dropkick by Dropkick

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Red Kite
Written by Roy Taylor
From the album Abelay Hotel (2009)
Lead vocal, electric and acoustic guitars – Roy
Bass, harmony vocal – Scott
Drums, harmony vocal – Andrew
12 string guitar, harmony vocal – Alastair

lyrics

Red kite

When you’re around you just take over
My feet don’t touch the ground
As the daylight hours get shorter
And all my friends are outward bound

Up here the dark night
Up here the river keeps on flowing
Up with the red kite
As long as the wind still keeps on blowing

You take the bus you always get
2 steps up before you’re back in the slow lane
The driver yells out a steam train’s coming
As you fall asleep against the window pane

Up here the dark night
Up here the river keeps on flowing
Up with the red kite
As long as the wind still keeps on blowing

You find yourself looking back with the same old pity
The distant lights and now the curtain fights
The purple darkness messes the stars up above you
Where saints once walked you were read your rights

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from The Best of Dropkick, released March 5, 2021

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Hailing from the east coast of Scotland, Dropkick have drawn on influences such as Wilco, Teenage Fanclub and Tom Petty to produce their own blend of harmony-driven, power-pop for well over a decade.

“Those who have yet to latch onto them are surely missing something special....Indie, powerpop, accomplished harmonies, alt.country tendencies. What’s not to love?” The Herald newspaper
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