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Redemption​/​The Jiggy Reel

from Captains of Industry by Penelope Swales and the Stranded Assets

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Looking to love to tell us we're worthy doesn't always yield the best results. It is, in fact, hanging our happiness on the most fragile of things.

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Redemption
©Penelope Swales

What do I need more than anything else?
Redemption. redemption
I so crave the chance to prove myself
To the ones who love me most
Redemption
Believe me, I'm a true unbeliever
Redemption is no simple matter
No one can say to me: Just say your rosary
And Big Daddy will grant you Redemption

Redemption, redemption
Where there's love, there's pain
Always there, somewhere for someone
Someone must pay the piper
If not now, then later
To play the Jiggy Reel of redemption

They say love's the new secular religion
Redemption in a lover's arms
Fall from grace with one deity
Soon find another to believe in
To believe your gospel - it's a lot to ask
Of a mere human

So does that make me a sinner or a preacher?
Redemption is no simple matter
One only has to read the headlines to know
What goes on beneath the robes
You can't tell me my crimes
Are comparable to those
No, you're an adult
If you wanna join the dancers
You pays your money and you takes your chances
And if your heart gets broken or maybe just sprained
Well, there's always blame
Someone right there to blame
And that'll be me, then.

Oh, I'm always to goddam reliable
Always ready to take the blame for any hint of trouble
Perhaps I feel if I believe
That the problem lies with me,
Then I can fix it, I can attain
Redemption

Redemption, redemption
Where there's love, there's pain
Always there, somewhere for someone
Someone must pay the piper
If not now, then later
To play the Jiggy Reel of redemption
Redemption, redemption
Where there's love, there's pain
Always there, somewhere for someone---
Must pay the piper
If not now, then later
To play the Jiggy Reel of redemption

credits

from Captains of Industry, released December 17, 2023
enelope Swales: Lead vocals, Guitar, Stomp box, Irish whistle

Mal Webb: Backing Vocals, Bass, Beatbox, Trumpet, Trombone

Kylie Morrigan: Backing Vocals, Violin

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Penelope Swales Boolarra, Australia

Penelope Swales has been articulating the human condition with passion and humour for 30+ years. She sings about politics, love, friendship, the unbreakable bond between us and dogs and the impact of the Internet on society. She won the 2019 Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice Award with “Cambridge Analytica”. “The Ides of March in Christchurch" was short-listed for the same award in 2020. ... more

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