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lyrics

I walk towards the line of bulls
Testosterone fog and birds stop singing
I still think that somehow social etiquette
Keeps me safe to tread where they are grazing

This is our turf shout the band of bovine boys
No females allowed in the bull lagoon
Can’t you see that this is the bro-zone, mate?
You girls need to learn how to read a room

Stampede of hoofed masculinity
Cock, balls and horns (holy trinity)
Stampede of hoofed masculinity
Machismo is our divinity

You have gotten all of it by this point
What more do you wicked witches want from us?
This lagoon is free from soft underbelly.
Here we banter like toreador-uhs.

Domination of the softer side of things
No discussion of vulnerability
It hurts us as much as those we come across
But we soldier on towards our virility

Stampede of hoofed masculinity
Cock, balls and horns (holy trinity)
Stampede of hoofed masculinity
Machismo is our divinity

What to do with such a band of bovine butch?
Run away or fight with muscled ammunition?
This question has echoed throughout the years
Swift retreat or more war of attrition

There is a third way, it’s to use alchemy
Of conversation. There’s a world in which our
Weaknesses are strengths and hostility
Dissolves into the air like condensation

Stop this stampede of masculinity
Let’s pick a new holy trinity
Where’s the comfort in hoofed masculinity?
We are stronger when we have fragility

[INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO]

Music & lyrics © Ali Matthews (all rights reserved)

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from The Witching Way, released January 20, 2020
Music & lyrics by Ali Matthews, arranged with the band

Featuring:
Ali Matthews (vocals)
Becky Wilkie (bass, BVs)
Sophie Galpin (SPD, BVs)
Ellis Davies (guitar, BVs)

Recorded and produced by Matt Randall and Becky Wilkie at Gracie Studios (Manchester, UK)

Mastered by WR Audio (Salford, UK)

Album art by Adam York Gregory

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Ali Matthews & The Celestial Seasonings Manchester, UK

Ali Matthews is an artist working across music and performance. The Guardian has called her 'a bewitching performer whose songs clings and haunt'.

This concept album, The Witching Way, premiered as a live show at The Royal Exchange Theatre in 2019 and continues to tour the UK. For bookings or more information, please see www.alimatthews.org. ... more

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