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A Masterful Conspiracy

from A Shade of Reason by Roland Digh

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A Masterful Conspiracy


The moon still shone at a quarter of dawn
When Sorley made it back from the jungle
But some rat squealed, the plan got peeled
And the telephone made everyone mumble
Was almost one when the job got done
No one saw him slip from the room
But Draco smiled with those evil eyes
And Satan howlin’ out at the moon

Sorley did a number in the thirties
Spent some time in prison down and dirty
Draco tried to set him free,
A masterful conspiracy
A foolproof alibi, (don’t look at me)
‘Cause you’re never gonna hang that rope on me


An elegant score, about a hundred or more
The odds were that they’d never be found
Then Draco turned and Sorley learned
To memorize the faces around him
Come back stage, it was a hell of a rage
You could see them do it there in the hall
It just can’t wait, was the hand of fate
And money never really mattered at all

Sorley did a number in the thirties
Spent some time in prison down and dirty
Now he has his memories
Of all the things he meant to be
And never was, (don’t look at me)
‘Cause you’re never gonna hang that rope on me


Now legend tells how Sorley fell
In a dungeon full of pirates and thieves
Said don’t look back to the point of attack
If religion’s really what you believe in
Such a masterful conspiracy
Could have worked, but somebody lied
Just one rule, it’s a bottle of booze
And a mystery that nobody died

Someone said that Draco’s back in town
And no one wants to lay their weapons down
Sorley’s suspect number one
And he’s accusing everyone
You made that rope a shade too long for me
And surely now old Satan’s set him free

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from A Shade of Reason, released January 1, 2014

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Roland Digh British Columbia

A British writer now living on Vancouver Island. Loves writing songs in different genres and hearing them through other artists. After playing on six continents in some fifty-eight countries he is settling down to write another album.

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