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Songs written by Bob Cother

Songs by Bob Cother, songwriter, Semaphore, SA, Australia

GET BACK IN YOUR OWN BED

FLOWER POT SONG

Albert
Words and Music by Bob Cother
There's def’n’ly summit wrong with our Albert 
'E's def'n’ly not the same as other lads
'E never goes to striptease shows
'E just keeps pinchin' 'is poor mum's writin' pads
There's def'n’ly summit peculiar with Albert 
Jes' listen to all the neighbourhood talk
'E 'as to scrawl on every wall
'E can't be left alone with a piece of chalk
Albert get a hold of yerself 
People think y' wierd 
Writin' all over the place
E equals M C squared
There's def'n’ly summit strange with our Albert 
'E's written on all the benches in the park
On Auntie Bett's best serviettes
We've even caught 'im writin' in the dark
Albert get a hold of yerself 
People think y' wierd 
Writin' all over the place
E equals M C squared
(Solo)
Another peculiar thing about Albert
'E's developed a German accent as well 
'E never used to talk like that
When 'e was Alexander Graham Bell
Albert get a hold of yerself 
People think y' wierd 
Writin' all over the place
E equals M C squared
Copyright Robert Fletcher Cother

ALBERT

NO BIG DEAL

THAT BUTCHER SURE GOT CHOPS

Show Me Something

Listen on all major streaming platforms: https://song.link/s/1lXLV18PoSMTGKkHGRKpMk

Watch official music video: https://youtu.be/hu15thHn0V8

[Verse 1]
You seem so awfully quiet 
So why am I enjoying the silence? 
Did you eat your words for breakfast? 
Are you hungry for me to forget this?

Somehow it’s not easy sailing 
In fact there’s a little bit of waiting 
Did you eat your words for breakfast? 
Did you eat your words for breakfast?

[Chorus] 
Why are you dressed in that coat of anger? 
When baby it’s not your colour 
Oh baby, it’s just not your colour 
And maybe you’ll find a girl that 
Doesn’t care if you're honest 
And will love you for the money in your wallet 
Am I just another coin in the bottom of your pocket? 
In the bottom of your pocket

[Verse 2] 
You seem so suddenly nervous 
Like someone owes you the world 
And it looks like they can’t afford it 
‘Cause they’re wealthy in what’s important

And somehow you feel like a magnet 
I try to pull away but can’t resist 
Am I just another coin lingering? 
Is that why I’m so cosy in the depths of your pocket?

[Chorus] 
Why are you dressed in that coat of anger? 
When baby it’s not your colour 
Oh baby, it’s just not your colour 
And maybe you’ll find a girl that 
Doesn’t care if you're honest 
And will love you for the money in your wallet 
Am I just another coin in the bottom of your pocket? 
In the bottom of your pocket, yeah

[Bridge] 
A copper boy left you out in the city 
I bet he told you he was made gold but really 
He weighed you down ’til you’re heavy, nothing out the ordinary

[Chorus] 
Why are you dressed in that coat of anger? 
When baby it’s not your colour 
Oh baby, it’s just not your colour 
And maybe you’ll find a girl that 
Doesn’t care if you're honest 
And will love you for the money in your wallet 
Am I just another coin in the bottom of your pocket? 
In the bottom of your pocket, yeah, mmm

Written by Tilly Valentine
Produced by Mattis
© 2018 Tilly Valentine

Nothing Left to Say

Coins

Salford “ghost-gaze” band Carousel Clouds release single ‘Grace (Look No Further)’ on 14th September 2018 via Ranch Records . Available on a name-your-price basis via the Carousel Clouds shop:
https://carouselclouds.bandcamp.com/album/grace-look-no-further
 
Following the 2017 debut single ‘Invisible Lines’ - which Steve Lamacq labelled “entrancing” on BBC 6Music, and Tom Robinson called a “three-and-a-half-minute epic” on the same station - came the 2018 Carousel Clouds debut long-player Tales of Coincidence, an album recorded with three bassists, and yet without a note of bass played throughout the record... 

On ‘Grace (Look No Further)’, the Salford band echo the lyrical theme in the music, changing moods sweeping through its near-200 seconds, their signature haunting shoegaze-psych sound intact.

Forthcoming single ‘Grace (Look No Further)’ is taken from Tales of Coincidence, a tale being vocalist Neil Meehan describes as one of: “Repetition, monotony, hope and euphoria. We tried to match the lyrics to the music, to the extent that an actual heartbeat is used for they rhythm at one stage.”

Grace (Look No Further)

Avoid Disaster

WRACH ROBOTIG (Robotic Witch)

Bob Cother is a songwriter from Semaphore, Australia. These demos were produced and recorded by Tom Manche at Studio-X in Nashville, using top Nashville musicians.