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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey
Vocals
John Parish
John Parish
Acoustic Guitar
Eric Drew Feldman
Eric Drew Feldman
Mellotron
Jim White
Jim White
Drums
Ali Chant
Ali Chant
Banjo
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Ellis
Mark Ellis
Producer
Catherine Marks
Catherine Marks
Assistant Recording Engineer
Andrew Savours
Andrew Savours
Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
White chalk hills
Are all I've known
White chalk hills
Will rot my bones
White chalk
Sticking to my shoes
White chalk
Playing as a child with you
[Verse 2]
White chalk
Stands against time
White chalk
Cutting down the sea at Lyme
I walk families by the Cerne
On a path cut fifteen hundred years ago
[Verse 3]
And I know
These chalk hills
Will rot my bones
[Verse 4]
Dorset's cliffs meet at the sea
Where I walked our unborn child
In me
White chalk
Gorse-scattered land
Scratched my palms
There's blood on my hands
Written by: PJ Harvey

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