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Iain MacDonald - The Adders Just Don't Add Up

from The Skye & Lochalsh Community Album Project by Louis Barabbas

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Inspired by conversations in community spaces around Skye and Lochalsh - a man in Waternish remarks on how he hasn't seen a snake there for decades.
Recorded by local musicians as part of the Culture Collective project funded by Creative Scotland and co-ordinated by local events charity SEALL. Profits from album sales go to Alzheimer Scotland.
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lyrics

I think about them every day
I dream about them in the night
How some prefer to squeeze their prey
While others like to bite
I search for them out on the moors
I lift up stones and look under
I’ve sifted pebbles on the shores
Where I wonder, I wonder

What happened to the snakes
Snakes Snakes
What happened to the snakes
Snakes Snakes
Round here?
What happened to the snakes
Snakes Snakes
What happened?
Why did they all just disappear?

I used to see them all the time
In Geary, Gillen, Hallin, Halistra
On windy rainy days and fine
Heaven only knows how I’ve missed ya
‘Cos now I see I took you for granted
How could I know I’d feel like this
I admit I never knew what I wanted
I never ever thought | would miss that hiss

What happened to the snakes…

The adders just don’t add up
The adders just don’t add up
The adders just don’t add up
I can’t add up the adders
No snakes here only ladders

What happened to the snakes…?

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from The Skye & Lochalsh Community Album Project, released August 4, 2023
Written by Louis Barabbas

Lead vocals: Iain MacDonald
Drums: Graeme Deas
Bass: Hector MacInnes
Guitar, ewi and backing vocals: Louis Barabbas

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Louis Barabbas is a writer, performer and firefighter, best known for caustic love songs and energetic stage shows.

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