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Hard, Cold World

from Could've Been King by Blair Packham

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I was not only a bit sick of myself at this time in my life (2003), I was also getting disgusted at the world. The capitalism-at-all-costs agenda, with greed as a virtue, was already starting to get me down. Recently, I started fighting back, by hardly earning any money from my music at all (I'll show them! :) But this song is one I am proud of, and if you hear a little Bob Dylan in it, I will be flattered.

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words & music by
Blair Packham

It’s a hard, cold world
And it’s just getting colder
While you and me argue
We’re getting nothing but older
We’re not getting better
We’re not getting smarter
It’s a hard, cold world
And it’s just getting harder

It’s a hard, cold world
Where everyone’s a stranger
Where grinning faces
Barely mask mortal danger
Silly politicians
Using human lives for barter
It’s a hard, cold world
And it’s just getting harder

And we stood by and watched it crumble
And we stood by watched it sink
And we just stammered, joked and mumbled
And had another drink

It’s a hard, cold world
Full of cheating “winners”
Who'll stomp on wounded bodies
And watch you starve while they serve dinner
They'll steal wallets from dead men’s pockets
While the pile that smokes and smoulders
It’s a hard, cold world
And it’s just getting colder

And we stood by and watched it crumble...

It’s a hard, cold world
Well, I guess you’ve got the picture
That I don’t believe that the answer
Is in the wind or in the Scriptures
I have no answer, my friend
And I don’t mean to be a scolder
But it’s a hard, cold world
And it’s just getting colder
We’re not getting better
We’re not getting smarter
It’s a hard, cold world
And it’s just getting harder
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© 2003 No. 1 Imperfects

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from Could've Been King, released January 31, 2004
Blair Packham, vocal and guitar, slide guitar. Craig Northey, other guitar. Doug Elliott, bass. Pat Steward, drums and percussion. Simon Kendall, Wurlitzer piano. Michael Zweig, harmony vocal. Engineered by Colin Nairne, assisted by Mike Rogerson. Recorded at Baker Street, North Vancouver, BC, Canada. Mixed by Jeremy Darby at Canterbury Music, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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New album "The Impossible Dream" coming soon! Thirteen years after 2004’s “Could’ve Been King," Blair Packham returned with a collection of clever and heartfelt songs, called “Unpopular Pop.” A bit Beatle-y, with shades of Elvis Costello, Blair’s songs are undeniably all his. He made the record at home and then called on Ron Sexsmith and ex-Barenaked Ladies’ Steven Page to make vocal appearances. ... more

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