Name: Across Town
Duration: P00H03M20S
Description: “Across Town” is the Tom Petty inspired second single from the album. Singer/songwriter Robert Batley says, “I wrote this song from the point of view of a man looking out across the Thames river from St. Paul’s Cathedral and imagining the things that were happening in the big city of London.”

Across Town

from Rabble Rock Radio by Stone Pony

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“Across Town” is the Tom Petty inspired second single from the album. Singer/songwriter Robert Batley says, “I wrote this song from the point of view of a man looking out across the Thames river from St. Paul’s Cathedral and imagining the things that were happening in the big city of London.”

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Sue had just been shed, by her car-dealing east-end ex, but the low tide meant no force-fed death into the Thames just yet.
London Bridge was awash with girls in low-cut tops as scaffold frames stained the night sky beside St Paul's

Casing the scene, cupid lovers kissed each other on the benches of a side-street prowl

Across Town, Samson’s bringing the house crashing to the ground
Across Town, all that echoes is the howl of Delilah crying, my Delilah why.

Sue was so afraid that her smile betrayed the contempt she felt for the east-end men on the Thames tonight
In that moment the crowd burst into song, chants of hearts still racing from today’s belated cup run

Causing a scene, football brothers taunt each other and slam their glasses down

Across Town, Samson’s bringing the house crashing to the ground
Across Town, all that echoes is the howl of Delilah crying, my Delilah

Why’s our time spent drifting when there’s so much left unsaid, between princes and kings.

Tied to this scene, restless brothers bleed each other dry, then pray the night sky won’t come falling down

As Across Town, Samson’s bringing the house crashing to the ground
Across Town, all that echoes is the howl of Delilah crying, my Delilah why

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from Rabble Rock Radio, released April 17, 2012
John O'Neil on the Saxaphone.

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Robert Batley
Adam Batley
Tibor Beetles
Tom Collis
Adam Petty

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