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War & Harvest - March 2025 - Volume 23 in the ongoing series collecting the song lyrics written by the Irish singer-songwriter Paul Murphy, this anthology contains all the material created during March 2025. Picking up where Purification: February 2025 ended, this anthology collects the works Paul managed to complete before succumbing to the muscle-wasting neuro-degenerative condition that he had battled for over 10 years. Amazingly, Paul crafted 47 songs in just 25 days, including works as diverse as the Trump-world-order observation 'This Is Now'; the excoriating UK racism commentary 'Tears Fallin' From The Stars', and the associated barb at those who "see and hear nothing", 'Passers-By'; the heartbreaking 'I Heard An Angel Crying', an apologetic pean to the children he lost, and its near-twin, 'As My Eyes Close', his farewell message to the 2 children who lost him. Also included are the extraordinary 'A Dish Served Cold', an Internet smash described as "an Agatha Christie mini-movie in song"; an extended re-write of his 1983 ballad 'Yesterday My Love'; and 'Interwoven', which Paul notes, 'I read on the internet that this song ['Interwoven'] is "an undefined era twist-in-the-tail relationship song with a sprinkling of Biblical allegory." So I guess it must be.' Also included are a song-by-song backstory essay by Paul, 'To The Last Chord', YouTube drop-card artworks, and photographs of the original handwritten lyrics. A final collection of storytelling and narrative prose-work from a master of the genre. From 'Passers-By' Callin' for help and no-one's around Tears fallin' hard on blood-pool ground Everybody's pickin' at invisible dust Babies starin' at their parents in disgust Everyone's got someplace else to be Hissin' at the victim "Don't look at me" "I'm sure there's two sides to the story" "Do