From the recording Feast
All songs copyright Eliza Delf (2025). All rights reserved.
Performed by Eliza Delf & The Wilderness:
Eliza Delf – Vocals & Piano
Eva Wright – Cello & Vocals
Tim Skinner – Drums & Percussion
Jacob Browne – Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, and Vocals
Recorded at the Boathouse Studio on the Shotley peninsula, Suffolk, UK.
Audio engineer: Adam Bowers.
Mixing: Adam Bowers.
Mastering: Mike Curtis.
Self-released through Peace in the Head Records (2025).
Management:
Simon Delf
music@elizadelf.com
Lyrics
Common Law
Those eyes have watched you bloom and wither
They cut the cord and held the scissors
More than just common law
More than just common law
Paper, ink, and gold, and silver
Take her name and learn to hold her
More than just common law
More than just common law
Chorus
Oh man
Man of dirt
Inch your way amongst the worms
King of earth
Throw your rope upon the hearth
You didn’t mean it
It was obscene
Make it clean
Don’t lie
You didn’t mean it
It was obscene
Make it clean
Don’t cry
Look around for something better
Take the pen and write the letter
More than just common law
More than just common law
Look in the mirror, see a coward
Strength as two, as one devoured
More than just common law
More than just common law
Chorus
Poor you, what a bore
Take her name, such a chore
Repeat x 7
Man of dirt, inch your way amongst the worms
King of earth, throw your rope upon the hearth
Man of dirt, inch your way amongst the worms
King of earth, throw your rope upon the hearth
Inch your way amongst the worms
Throw your rope upon the hearth
Inch your way amongst the worms
Throw your rope upon the hearth