Lockdown ditty from solitary flat-dweller in an English market-town somewhere in deepest darkest Somerset.

"The silence is deafening, the walls caving in
You just want to reach out and touch someone, feel the pressure on skin
And you're wondering how long it's been, how long it will be
Until you see your friends again, until you feel free

Springtime breathing, the world turned to green
England's dreaming of leaving the dream

Sleepwalking  through empty streets, a ghost in your shell
With your groundhog day on repeat, we're all caught in this spell
You just want to reach out and touch someone, break through these screens
And you say 'well it's been lovely but now I just want to SCREAM'

Springtime breathing in a world turned to green
England's dreaming of leaving the dream
Springtime breathing, we're all caught in this spell
England's dreaming of leaving this hell...

And the silence is deafening, the walls caving in
You just want to reach out and touch someone, skin upon skin
And the springtime's breathing, we're all caught in this spell
England's dreaming new stories to tell."

Demos

Springtime Breathing (demo)

Tinkers Lane are:
Ian Roberts - Acoustic guitar and lead vocals
Andy Hembry - Lead guitars and backing vocals
Chris Lipscombe -Bass and backing vocals
Dorien James - Keyboards and accordion
Grant Gillingham - Drums

I've been writing songs on and off for about 50 years now, both serious/not serious and irreverent.  I'm using Soundcloud mainly to post up demos of new songs although one or two are "the finished article"  - six solo CDs a so far and one ("Aspects of Lurve") in the making and a couple of collaborations with Steve Cartwright ("Legends of Leicester/Leicestershire"). No drugs involved in the writing of any of the lyrics.

Glastonbury-based explorator, She, Her...

Germinating songwriter, simple country wench, mistress of the soil.

With my roots in the folk revival of the 60s and 70s, I’m a folk singer at heart, in love with everything from unaccompanied traditional folk through to folk rock, contemporary folk, American folk and beyond. 
Over the years, I’ve been inspired by singers such as Anne Briggs, Joan Baez, Sandy Denny, Maddy Prior & Joni Mitchell. More recently I’ve been enjoying the music of Rhiannon Giddens & Karine Polwart.
Having abandoned my music for decades, I’ve been encouraged by dear friends to pick up my guitar and start to sing again. I’ve only recently begun to write my own music and  it feels as if I’ve opened a door and found an undiscovered landscape which I now plan to explore. 
I never knew there were songs within me, but gradually they’re emerging, and so am I.

Springtime Breathing (demo)

Duncan Batey