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lyrics

DAVE
Men With Ven live by the code.
We live in the world but we are not of it.

Our journey from Barking to Deptford is everyones journey ... Going out day after day.
Doing their best to make a crust of bread.

Facing obstructions, barriers, blockages & booby-traps, often constructed by ourselves.

But we dismantle them
We demolish them.
We march on.

Men With Ven live by the code.
Become the code.
Are the code everyday.
It is the very core of who we are.

CHANCE
The core?

DAVE
The Code.

CHANCE
What is it?

DAVE
Never grass - End of.

Always respect ya mother ...and never show the back of your
dry hand anyone of the superior sex.

Never on no occasion talk to The Old Bill…
Unless it involves nonces of course.

Always watch your mates back
And a real mate will always watch yours.

Never lend more than you are willing to lose.
Love many trust few & always paddle your own canoe.

If in doubt chuck it in the canal.

Walk (or bowl along) with your shoulders back - smartly
dressed.
You may be skint but your pride has no price.

Keep a 20 in your sock - just incase.

And finally…
Always respect your van ...without her you are a pedestrian.

A code laugh by
A code to cry by
A code to live by
A code to die by
The Code.

A code laugh by
A code to cry by
A code to live by
A code to die by
The Code

The Code
My Dad gave it to me.

The Code
His Dad gave it to him.

The Code
And now it’s yours.

The Code
Walk your own path son... you know the way.

credits

from songs from DRIVING FROM BARKING TO DEPTFORD, released April 3, 2018
Written by Clift, Barratt, Graham
Lead Vocal: Shane Attwooll

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Men With Ven London, UK

Three men and nearly as many chords, on the road from Barking to Deptford. Telling it the way it is, in pubs and markets, treading the highway and the sticky carpet.

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