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"Who Decides?" is a feel-good, uptempo track. It is orchestrated around questions of happiness, around the many decisions we make throughout our life. In the chorus, I bring in a banjo to drive along the chords in a lighthearted way. I was also lucky enough to borrow my uncle's 100-year-old accordion, used throughout the song.

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Lyrics:

Do you dream of this
where we first met?
In the ether do we really live our lives?
Who decides?
They will name her this,
she'll look like that,
Did a director lay her down
with black & white blueprints,
a set of ingredients for a girl,
Inside and out...

Tell me who decides
What makes us tick,
What makes us smile,
What makes us sick.
Do we create or walk a line?
Alone we live, above all why?
What do we give?
Who decides?

They will meet one night
and love's first sight
will take him by surprise,
Like a lightening bolt
through his heart asunder,
It shocks, it strikes, so bright

So tell me who decides
What makes us tick,
What makes us smile,
What makes us sick.
Do we create or walk a line?
Alone we live, above all why?
What do we give?
Who decides?

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Tell me who decides
What makes us tick,
What makes us smile,
What makes us sick.
Do we create or walk a line?
Alone we live, above all why?
What do we give?
Who decides?

What do we give?
Who decides?

La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la......

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from Sam Winston - The Fire & The Icicle, released April 15, 2016
All music & lyrics by Sam Winston except where stated. Violins played by Nick Gellner and backing vocals in the bridge + outro by Ben Longman.

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Sam Winston London, UK

Sam Winston is a folk-pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in London, UK. He writes, records and produces in his own home-built studio.

"A voice both delicate and disarming" - BBC UPLOAD

"His tracks feature unusual instruments like a Celtic harp, a Victorian dulcitone, mandolins, even Sam's uncle's 100 year old accordion" - THE NEWS SHOPPER
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