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We Sat Back and Watched it Unfold

from We Sat Back and Watched it Unfold by Chris Cleverley

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lyrics

His body finally gave up on him today
And ten thousand pounds was the price that he paid.
He couldn’t help thinking back to the day
That we’d started the process of losing our way.
I remember the campaign of the prime candidate
Who spoke of doubling resources while halving the waits,
Well you put that on paper, of course it sounds great,
Until the gears are motion but then it’s too late.
It’s too late.

WOAH low and behold,
I just sat back as I watched it unfold.
Though I’d said that there’s no price that I wouldn’t pay
To make sure that our lives didn’t turn out that way.

We sat back and watched it unfold.

So the corporations fought for the outsourcing bids,
With delivery models that soon would be rid
Of the values that for decades our country had lived.
But seriously, what had they left us with?
As the cost of the cover continued to rise
To keep the margins of profit continually high.
While the uninsured millions were hung out to dry
And left questioning how they could hope to get by.
How they’d get by.

WOAH low and behold,
I just sat back as I watched it unfold.
Though I’d said that there’s no price that I wouldn’t pay
To make sure that our lives didn’t turn out that way.
We sat back and watched it unfold.

But with a focus on ‘average handling time’
The new targets had shifted the paradigm
To an expectation that patients are processed
Like manikins on a production line.
But when the finance directors are squeezing the costs
And resource planning analysts are calling the shots,
There’s no way the old way could hope to last,
So we watched as it became a thing of the past.
Of the past.

WOAH low and behold,
We all sat back as we watched it unfold.
Though we’d said that there’s no price that we wouldn’t pay
To make sure that our lives didn’t turn out that way.
We sat back and watched it unfold.

credits

from We Sat Back and Watched it Unfold, released October 11, 2019
Produced by Sam Kelly with Chris Cleverley.
Mixed by Graham Coe and Sam Kelly at Cube Recording, Cornwall.
Mastered by Josh Clark at Get Real Audio.

Chris Cleverley - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Evan Carson - Drums
Lukas Drinkwater - Bass
Jamie Francis - Banjo
Hannah Martin - Violin
Graham Coe - Cello
Sam Kelly - Piano
Kim Lowings - Backing Vocals
Kathy Pilkinton - Backing Vocals

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Chris Cleverley was born under a solstice moon, in an aura of honeysuckle mysticism. He is among a new wave of pioneering artists carving an uncharted path through the UK acoustic landscape. Inspired by the Lo-FI Indie greats Elliott Smith & Sufjan Stevens, his ambient Dream-Folk songwriting pushes the boundaries and shatters the expectations of 21st Century acoustic music. ... more

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