David Nail

Brought up in the country Walking my dog out in the field I found a new religion To the sound of the Walkman Connecting with me My first gig was in eighty one Saw The Who live at the NEC My ears they rang for days And I thank my father for the fire it gave me This is my church These are the roots of me This is my church These are the roots of me I found a world on c90s All of the tapes my uncle made for me Robert Johnson and Neil Young Hendrix Kraftwerk David Bowie David Bowie filled my head Every album was a brand new journey Mum and Dad played Supertramp Van The Man Queen Floyd and Joni This is my church These are the roots of me This is my church These are the roots of me Six years old down a Yellow Brick Road The sofa was my piano On a thursday night with a plastic guitar Wanting to be Marc Bolan I saw The Clash at De Montfort Worshipped the ground of the punk rock style Death Cult before Bauhaus And the energy it blew my mind On my wall were cuttings Of Melody Maker and the NME Tuning into John Peel And The Tube on a Friday as I had my tea This is my church These are the roots of me This is my church These are the roots of me So we headed to Brixton Two hundred punks on a south bound train We headed down to Brockwell Park For the Spear and the Damned and the NMA NMA they changed my world With the pride and the passion and the family they gave I bought a bass and formed a band Ignited the fire that burns in me today This is my church These are the roots of me This is my church These are the roots of me This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church This is my church These are the roots of me