Sad is the Hunter - Groundhogs

Track 5. 'Sad is the Hunter'. From the album 'Hogwash'.

Written by Tony McPhee

Tony McPhee - Guitar
Pete Cruickshank - Bass
Clive Brooks - Drums

Martin Rushton - Engineer


♪♫ Thinking 'bout the prospects of the future,
Thinking 'bout conditions in the past.
Thinking 'bout the people in my own time,
How long their future's gonna last.

Read about the Spanish inquisition,
Read about the witch-hunt's of those days,
Things have only changed in outward appearance,
Cruelty is integral in man's ways.

For we all applaud the surgeon,
saving lives and mending limbs,
Does he use his latent sadism,
For his work is pretty grim.


Hunting is the vehicle for some men,
To satisfy their baser needs,
Sport is the label for this depravity,
A distortion of the need to feed.

Innocents should never have to suffer,
With their lives for the pleasure of the few,
An alternative is always available,
look at it from a different view.

This decade has seen a new way,
To curb this unfortunate trait,
Let music be the hunter,
and keep your conscience straight ♪♫


http://www.thegroundhogs.co.uk/
The Official Site of Tony 'TS' McPhee & The Groundhogs

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[michaelstmark]

Only a true artist and original with sensitivity perception and compassion could write stuff like this.

Sad is the world for not nearly enough / hardly any evolved souls like TS.

[ELGROOVER]

"Sad is the world...etc..." I often feel the same. Other times I like to think th@ there are a fair few compassion@e and sensitive souls around with the calibre of 'TS' th@ we just don't get to hear of, as they're so contrary to the media agenda, how would we?

[end925]

cheers for this

[ELGROOVER]

☺

[VancouverJames]

Thinking 'bout the prospects of the future,

Thinking 'bout conditions in the past.

Thinking 'bout the people in my own time,

How long their future's gonna last.

WOW.....!

[acousticgrooven]

Brilliant

[escapeonthesmok]

@VancouverJames Can help me with complete lyrics?

[johnboymac2000]

@ray123ification oops correction.never been keen on Trower but you got the rest right.Cheers

[johnboymac2000]

@ray123ification Incidently you named everyone of my favorite guitarists except Peter Green.Cheers Ray,your a man after my own heart

[homeworldmusic]

probably would put this in my top-10 fav songs (along with 1812 Overture, among others....)

[LondonDada]

@ELGROOVER Spirituality is the missing element in many people. Tony is connected with his heart and tried to help others through his art, that's rare.

God bless him :-)

[johnboymac2000]

@MontagTheMagician You are obviosly an arty farty who doesnt like heavy rock so why dont just shut the fuck up since the only reason you came on here was to stir up shit.You must lead a very sad and bitter life if you have to stoop this low>

GROUNDHOGS RULE YOU SORRY BAG OF SHIT!!!!

[MontagTheMagician]

@barfkin You're right. I'll just go back to my Chopin, Scott Joplin, D'jango Reinhardt, Velvet Underground, Link Wray and other "bad" music that nobody remembers or cares about anymore. I listen to those and everybody knows how bad they suck so you're 100% right.

[MontagTheMagician]

@MrBlasticus No.

[MrBlasticus]

@MontagTheMagician so let me get this...you montagthemagician arrive at a local show every friday, and in your best Bullwinkle impression say "Hey everybody, watch me pull my brain outta my ass", and the crowd assist you in stuffing back where it belongs...you're a freakin moron