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Goodbye To All That

from Saturn's Child by Would-Be-Goods

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When I was ruler of the Huns

My armies swept the plains

Slashing swathes through virgins

And putting men in chains

We offered them no mercy

We cut our victims down

We galloped through their villages

And burned them to the ground


But goodbye to all that

I’m leaving this wicked world behind

I’m going to the country to a cottage by a stream

To cultivate my garden and my mind


Then I was a libertine in a French salon

I was a Casanova, a real-life Don Juan

I corrupted countless countesses, seduced a pretty nun

And gambled with my fortune

Till everything was gone


But goodbye to all that

I’m leaving this wicked world behind

I’m going to the country to a cottage by a stream

To cultivate my garden and my mind


Now I’m a Russian oligarch

I’m worth five hundred mil

I own a villa in Antibes and half of Notting Hill

I have an English football team, a private jet or two

A trophy wife, a mistress and an heir and spare to boot


But goodbye to all that

I’m leaving this wicked world behind

I’m going to the country to a cottage by a stream

To cultivate my garden and my mind

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from Saturn's Child, released August 27, 2021
Written and performed by Jessica Griffin apart from bass guitar by Peter Momtchiloff

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Would-Be-Goods London, UK

Would-be-goods are usually a four-piece band but this is a solo project which I began in October 2020, trying to trick myself into being more productive by treating songwriting as a game or challenge. Peter, my partner, acted as my daily title generator. I then had 24 hours to write and record the song. ... more

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