Paint

I want a little dab of paint to colour in my day
I need a tiny drop of oil to smooth the blues away
I want a cup of something serious
That will make me go delirious
I want a car to drive my brain
I want a thief to take the pain
May it always be the same
May the rain forget it was meant to fall

Is there a heart without a door, a goal without a war
I need the time without a clock and a fall without a floor
Won’t you please just get me out of here
Everything is much too clear
There’s a horse behind a cart
And a beat that lost a heart
Before forever falls apart
May the night time find a different line

(Chorus)
Love and illusions are far
Like the light that fills a distant star
And the paint that covers all
Will be cracking on the wall

I want a little, I want a little, 
I want a little, I want a little

(Repeat first verse and chorus twice)

© David Ballantine 

Written and performed by David Ballantine, with Steven Gallagher (lead guitar), Keith McVeigh (keyboards) and Ceara Gallagher (backing vocals)

Paint

Inspired by Shakespeare's Richard III, this song reimagines the play in the context of the US political scene circa 2020, with a vision of possible outcomes.

Copyright Matt Price

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Georgia On My Mind

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026 Ver 1

019 Ver 1

Written by Garry O Briain and David Ballantine (IMRO/PRS)
Performed by Garry O Briain

It’s Funny How Life Goes On (lyrics © David Ballantine)

Got a key in my pocket
A place in my head
A space in my heart
For what might have been said
The places we go to
When dreaming is gone
It’s funny how life goes on

There’s a song in the traffic
A memory in tow
A stream with a sparkle
Where does it flow?
A daffodil sways in a 
Breeze that belongs
It’s funny how life goes on

(middle eight)
I know where I’m going
No map in my hand
Can’t say I’m lost
’Cause I know were I stand
A mile from your loving
And still going strong
It’s funny how loving goes wrong

The stream has a ticket
Sparkles and all
To a river beyond
In the night’s weary call
As I step to the door
Looks a little like home
It’s funny how life goes on

Arrangement and vocal - Garry O Briain

It's Funny How Life Goes On

Keep Your Distance

www.davidballantine.net

David Ballantine is a composer and songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland, with experience across a range of subjects.

His soundtrack work includes the award-winning documentary film 'How To defuse A Bomb: The Project Children Story' in 2016, and the powerful 2015 documentary 'Collusion' for RTE.

He composed the score for the ‘Jackie’s the Boy’ series, broadcast on BBC1 in 2010; ‘As Others See Us’ (BBC, 2011), a documentary focusing on journalists who reported on The Troubles in Northern Ireland; and 'Gillespie Investigates: Domestic Terror' (BBC, 2016).

Other soundtracks include ‘Oz: Around Australia on a Triumph’ (DVD); BBC ‘Spotlight: Divided Orange’ and ‘The Pox Doc’ (both BBC, 2011); ‘Spotlight: Home Truths’ and ‘Are Ye Comin out to Play’ (DVD) in 2012.

'As Others See Us' received the highest BBC audience approval rating in the UK for 2011.
 
June Tabor’s version of Ballantine’s song ‘A Tale From History (The Shooting)' appears on her Quercus album released in March 2013 by ECM. His song ‘Paint’ was a featured number on the soundtrack of an Australian movie, The Extra. Siobhan Skates recorded three Ballantine titles for her 2010 album ‘Better Than a Dream. 

His songs are now being recorded and performed by an eclectic range of performers – from folk and country through to jazz - including Peter Corry, Susan Tomelty, Mary Duff, Cattle Company, Romeo Texas, Jennifer Licko and Brigid O’Neill.



email: davyballantine@hotmail.com

Paint

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