HERE COME THE URBAN RAVENS

My homage to Kevin Coyne – I was asked to sing a Kevin Coyne song for a tribute album, but asked if I could write a song about Kevin instead. I then got stuck as to how to start until I read in the paper about how ravens, having become nearly extinct in the UK, were making a big comeback, and how these previously shy Moorland birds were now to be seen looking through people's rubbish bins in many cities. My idea is that the spirit of Kevin Coyne has entered raven genetic stock and made this possible for them. You may think this a little unlikely, but the more you consider it…