One of my all time favourite songs that I recorded in my studio. I asked my best mate and singer Dave Fisher who I played in many bands with if he would do the vocals for the track.  Hope you enjoy it.

How Long  With Dave Fisher on Vocal - Output - Stereo Out

A while back I was asked by a good friend of mine and Record Producer Duncan Lowe if I would play the guitars parts on one of his favourite songs  he had been working on recreating.
I had always  loved this song so I jumped at the chance to be a part of this project. 
2 weeks ago I spoke to my old mate and singer  Dave Fisher if he would like to come back in the studio to put the vocals on the track.  So here it is, Our rendition of one of the all time classics .. Mr Blue Sky

Mr Blue Sky

A few Weeks ago a good friend of mine (Maurice Dunk lead singer of Marvellous Mo And The Ferrets) came over to the studio and listened to a track I had written. He asked me if he could write some lyrics for the track and then record the vocals.  So I sent him a copy of the track and two weeks later we started recording the vocals.  Hope you enjoy our first track together ..There will be more coming soon.

Fortune And Fame

Written for the Serena Hickey Foundation, a charity dedicated to helping the victims of domestic violence, after the tragic murder of Serena Hickey, a family friend. 
All instruments and vocals performed by Bethany Munroe. Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Bethany Munroe
©Bethany Munroe 2015
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Lyrics:
She wasn't meant to be any trouble
She wasn't meant to feel anything
A mask of ice turned to rubble
To be all she's ever been

She is the darkness, she is the stars
She is the skin around her scars
She has nothing, she is free
To say you have nothing over me
Here I stand
Just the way I am

So close your eyes 
She shines
You can't hurt her anymore

She was meant to bow down in silence
She was meant to please everyone
The only victim of her violence
The only story never sung 

She is the diamond, she's the rough
She's everything and that's enough
She's her own cage, she's always free
To say you have nothing over me
Here I stand
Just the way I am

So close your eyes, she shines
You can't hurt her anymore
Close your eyes, she shines
You can't hurt her anymore

So watch her burn
Like it's her last day
She's an ice cold flame
She burns anyway

Burn

I was playing around with a little melody. It gave Julie an idea. That evening she wrote a very moving poem. The poem gave me ideas for more melodies.

The Beech Tree

Love, Life and Catnip

Cold Water

Lyrics 

Not feeling good
Head on the table 
She’s feeling tired 
Blood red nails 
Letting her hair down 
Brain over wired 

As she tip-toe, dipping in high heels 
Cos’ that music got her 
Flowing, floating in her feels
And she tied up on these strip deals, tripping on her bills, 
She ain’t righteous
Fuck the righteous 

Sweet, sweet child 
Don’t end up on the wrong side of town
Smile on her face 
Eyes to the ground 
Sweet, sweet child 

Watching a screen 
Powdering noses 
Waiting to be seen  
It seems like life’s, not coming up roses 
Not like she dreamed 

As she tip toe, dipping in high heels 
Cos’ that music got her 
Flowing, floating in her feels
And she tied up on these strip deals, tripping on her bills 
She ain’t righteous

Fuck the righteous 
Sweet, sweet child 
Don’t end up on the wrong side of town
Smile on her face 
Eyes to the ground 
Sweet, sweet child 

Just a lost girl, in a city of lust 
Been through a few wars 
But she wants to be loved 
And she won’t go back 
No she won’t go 
Fuck the righteous 

Sweet, sweet child 
Don’t end up on the wrong side of town
Smile on her face 
Eyes to the ground 
Sweet, sweet child 

Sweet, sweet child 

*Oh no, d’don’t end up on it! 
*Where’d you go, where’d you go, where’d you go?

*Eyes to the ground 
Don’t end up on it!
Sweet, sweet child 

*Oh no, d’don’t end up on it! 

*Where’d you go, where’d you go, where’d you go?

Don’t end up on it!

Sweet

Started work on this in April 2020. Was intended to be about two minutes in length. Main theme and bass were taken from a multi-track, pre-MIDI recording that I did in about 1976.

19/10/2020: Updated mix.

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