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@janinelevinson Other World Vocals
@rick-4-1 Ghost Stroke Drums
@phil-mcwalter The Other Stuff

Missing your old hound…



Calling Card

So want to see your calling card 
Your calling card for me
So want to see your calling card
Your calling card to me
Your calling card to me

I gotta see your calling card 
I know you’re saving one for me 
Funny names 
Playing games 
Singing Lovely Rita 
Muddy paws 
Starting wars
Living the dolce vita

I gotta see your calling card
Your calling card for me

You buried me under the old oak tree
In the corner of the cemetery
I got to go where the wind takes me
But someday I'll call by...

Calling card
Calling card

© July 2021 Phil McWalter
Image: No-one I know.

Calling Card

Word for Word

Hey you and that guy you glow in neon light 
You and him up town are wrapped up by eyes
But that’s not a language I read
I’m a petri dish that’s growing need
If only he would be swallowed up by the night

And I know what you’re going to say word for word
I been talking up into the sky and no one heard
I’m wanting you and I’m lighting a fire
But the smoke it seems is hurting your eyes
Yeah I know what you’re gonna say word for word

You got most of the answers to all of my poking
There’s a wall of cliches you use to tip up my hoping
And couldn’t just once you smile
Just a twinkle in austere eyes
I know I’m drowning in what I’s once only soaking

And I know what you’re going to say word for word
I been talking up into the sky and no one heard
I’m wanting you and I’m lighting a fire
But the smoke it seems is hurting your eyes
Yeah I know what you’re gonna say word for word

You said it with passive face – Your life is in such a good place

I know what you’re going to say word for word
I know what you’re going to say word for word
I’m wanting you and I’m lighting a fire
But the smoke it seems is hurting your eyes
Yeah I know what you’re gonna say word for word
I been talking up into the sky and no one heard
I’m wanting you and I’m lighting a fire
But the smoke it seems is hurting your eyes
Yeah I know what you’re gonna say word for word

WORD FOR WORD

This is not my fault.

My little sister made me do it then ran away.

Cryptic Blues

Paint a great big smile on my face, when I die.
Draw a pair of silly glasses ‘round my stone cold eyes
Groucho moustache to see me to the crypt
What the hell, shove a cigar between my frozen blue lips.

I’ll have a squirty flower in my shroud’s lapel
Clip a big red nose onto my snoot as well
Then pelt my stiff cadaver with custard pies
And paint a great big smile on my face, when I die.

This joy-filled world I’m leaving just don’t fit.
But I’ll be a happy dead, manic depressive, miserable fucking shit.
__________________________________________________________________

With a big nod to Steve James' fingerstyle arrangement of Betty and Dupree.

Photo by Zachary Kadolph on Unsplash

Cryptic Blues

The Valuable Friends:

@janinelevinson Electric blanket vocals and additional lyrics
@rick-4-1 7/4 Drums
@phil-mcwalter The other butter lad stuff

I COULD HELP IF YOU WANTED

I could help if you wanted

Don't let me fall into your eyes
Don't let me call your name
Don't let me fall
I don't want to go there
You do it if you want to
I don't feel like going out
I could help if you wanted
[Wash your face]
I guess it's over now...

I could glow if you lit me
And you could melt into my eyes
I'd cup my hands when you were close to me
And I would let you fall
Steady like Sundays and pigeons
And we'll fill the bottles with wishes

Electric Blanket Lucy and The Butter Lad
Electric Blanket Lucy and The Butter Lad

Don't let me fall into your eyes
[Putting wishes in bottles that's all we do]
Don't let me call your name
[Listen really hard]
Don't let me fall
I don't want to go there
[Putting wishes in bottles that's all we do]
You do it if you want to
[Listen really hard]
I don't feel like going out
[Putting wishes in bottles that's all we do]
I could help if you wanted
[Wash your face]
I guess it's over now...

I could help if you wanted
I could help if you wanted

© Phil McWalter & Janine Levinson August 2021

I Could Help If You Wanted

I WAS WALKING DOWN BROADWAY
ON A PRETTY DARK SUNDAY
AND WHAT DID I SEE FALLEN FROM A CLOUD
LIKE A TINY LOST SUNRAY
A LITTLE BABY SPARROW
WITH NO MUM OR PA
COULD I LEAVE IT THERE NO WAY

SO I BROUGHT IT HOME BROADWAY
COULD I NAME IT ANY OTHER WAY
NOW IT GIVES ME TROUBLE CHIRPING IN MY EAR
WHEN NOT POOPING IN MY BEER

BUT I GUESS IT MADE MY DAY
BROADWAY

BROADWAY (Lyrics) from the album (Parenthèse)

Time Portal

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Spanish dreams (siurana in the moonlight)

Released by:            €meralds music 
Released date:        21 June, 2019
Lyrics and vocals:   Jeremy
Cover art:                  C J

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh u ohhh oh ohh ohh ohh
U na na na na nahhhh ahhhhh
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh u ohhh oh ohh ohh ohh
U ohhh ohh ohhhhhh

Verse 1
Time heals everything, they say
I hoped and hoped but no way
How am I suppose to heal when every time,
I'm reminded of you when I smile?
You know you're happiness, right?
Come back, turn into day my night

Chorus
I can feel it, you're coming back to me
Can't replace you, No, I'd rather be
That you're gone is what I disagree
I've been black and blue since you left
From the start I knew you were everything

Verse 2
Why do bonds that break love ones ache?
I try so hard to fake when I'm awake 
But the reality hits me every day
As long as you're not here, it's never okay
Let heavens guide the step you take
And bring you back for goodness sake

Back to me

The Wilderness by Critical Error.
Album: Critical Error.

THE WILDERNESS
We used to be so close
We had no need to touch each other
We used to use our eyes and never say a word
We used to give each other
Everything that we needed
We used to use our eyes and never say a word
Thought love would last forever
I thought we'd be together
I never thought I'd have to say

I'd rather die in the wilderness than to have you back again
I'd rather die in an empty room than to see your face again
I used to laugh at your sweet caress now it only brings me pain
I'd rather die in the wilderness
I'd rather die in the burning rain, the burning rain
In the wilderness, the burning rain

We used to be so strong, we fought the world together
We stood there side by side against an angry world
We used to give each other everything that we needed
We used to use our eyes and never say a word
Thought love would last forever
I thought we'd be together
I never thought I'd have to say

I'd rather die in the wilderness than to have you back again
I'd rather die in an empty room than to see your face again
I used to laugh at your sweet caress now it only brings me pain
I'd rather die in the wilderness
I'd rather die in the burning rain, the burning rain
In the wilderness, the burning rain

Words and music by Steve Mavin.
This arrangement by Critical Error.

Performers:
Steve Mavin - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Rosie Mullin - backing vocals, percussion
Allan Veal - bass
Paul Bateman - drum programming, backing vocals
Stuart "The Amazing Blind Screaming Blue Stu" Cannon - harmonica
Baz Bishop - lead guitar
Jim Peters - backing vocals

Recorded, engineered and produced by Paul Bateman at 32 Howell Road, Exeter.
Mixed by Paul Bateman and Critical Error. 

Cassette salvage by Paul Bateman.
Logistics and co-ordination by Rosie Mullin.
Audio cleaned and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, October 2020.

Cover illustration by Paul Bateman.

Copyright ℗ 1987 Parsnip Music.
Copyright © 2020 Wud Records.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/critical-error/
https://substanceandshadow.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Critical Error

The Wilderness

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Critical Error: The Wilderness

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Red Dirt Diamond Lyrics

This is about how a kid can have the greatest memories even though the times were very hard.  We hope you enjoy it!

Lyrics;
The field was old , I was young
Just a red dirt diamond and more weeds
than grass

My friends and I, a ragtag crew
From the wrong side of the tracks

But hey, we were always there to play
And hey batter swing away

My old man worked at that old soup plant
Like most the dads of the other kids

The families from the factories
were only just one step
from sliding down to the skids

But hey, in the field we'd always play
Hey batter swing away

The color of the memories begin to thin
To black and white and of mice and men

Sometimes we'd all just up and fight
Because someone would lose their temper
But mostly we all got along
At least as best I can remember

The field is old and so am I
And no one plays out there no more

The final game had long been played
And no one kept the score

But crazy me, my thoughts go there each day
hey batter swing away.

Red Dirt Diamond

Hey guys, in as much as I am always curious about your developments and work, I haven’t been able to follow up listening to your amazing stuffs and all. I apologize for my inactivity on here lately. This is due to a lot of unfinished work. I am an architecture student and I have got a butt load of work atm. I appreciate all your support and love. If I haven’t replied your comment, so sorry about it. But I definitely would very soon. Best wishes!