Name: Telegraph Road
Duration: P00H05M23S
Description: As a solitary figure walks the present-day path of the Telegraph Road, images of Victorian navvies and mighty engines of yore drift into a misty focus...

Telegraph Road

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As a solitary figure walks the present-day path of the Telegraph Road, images of Victorian navvies and mighty engines of yore drift into a misty focus...

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They tell me that I'm not the great believer
In spirits that will visit from the past
But when I walked alone where once were sleepers
I saw navvies that were digging at the cast

The sound of steam, the smell of those great engines
Now overgrown, the old road still survives
Forging over streams and bridging rivers
Progress speeding over time, I say...

On the Telegraph Road
Keep moving on, moving on
On the Telegraph Road
People don't understand, understand
That's how it rolls
On the Telegraph Road

They came and took away the sleepers
But they left the trackside poles
To become a faint and understood reminder
Communication started by the rails

Every single mile of the new railroad
Cable was suspended by the track
And with every inch of that invention
A wire that could send a message back

On the Telegraph Road
They were moving on. moving on
On the Telegraph Road
People don't understand, understand
So it goes
On the Telegraph Road

They said the days of steam were nearly over
So they tore up miles and miles of track
But now we rue those changes
And we're never going to get it back

On the Telegraph Road
They were moving on, moving on
On the Telegraph Road
People don't understand, understand
So it goes
On the Telegraph Road...

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from Telegraph Road, released July 23, 2021
Music - Steve Hubbard & Ian Ormiston Stables
Lyrics - Steve Hubbard

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TemperToo London, UK

TemperToo is two people - Steve Hubbard (vocals, keys & bass) & Ian Ormiston Stables (electric & acoustic guitars).

Gigged around London as TemperTemper in the 80s. The band lost touch for 30+ yrs, until Ian located Steve on Facebook in 2018. Started writing and recording as TemperToo.

“Telegraph Road” album released May 2021.

“Monkey In The Machine” album released Jan 2024.

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