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about

Starzecs is a cobblers in Keynsham run by a post-war immigrant Polish family since the late sixties.

lyrics

When I first came over here from Poland
This town was as a paradise to me
The smell of chocolate was a joy to a small ten year-old boy
Spending hours gazing at that factory
Now that factory has gone the way of history
And in the faded photograph on my wall
Oh so much has changed, only my cobblers still remains
In the same place we have been since the war

I used to sit on the old Two Counties Stone with
One foot in Gloucestershire, one in Somerset
Shield my daughter from the cold, in this place that I call home
Proud to call myself an immigrant

The Dapps Hill flood it tried to sweep us off the High Street
But my family we didn’t down our tools
Here at fifty-one B, we have left our legacy
Like Horace Batchelor and his football pools

I want my daughter and granddaughter to grow up here
To be part of a strong community
To learn from our mistakes, fight the serpents and the snakes
As Saint Keyne did in the fifth century

Supermarkets, fast-food restaurants, café lattes
Meant they tore the old ironmongers down
Chain after chain, now every high street looks the same
And they’re stealing the heart of the town

But when times are tough and I feel like I’m broken
And hardship leaves me angry, sick and scared
I look over at you and at the soles of my shoes
And know there’s nothing that can’t be fixed or repaired

credits

from Echo Bridge, released September 1, 2017

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