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When I wrote this duet, I had Amanda Sanderson's distinctively beautiful voice in mind. The song itself is an outgrowth or continuation of a poetry collection I published a few years ago, "The Book of Arabella."
Both the song and the poems are about a mysterious, otherworldly woman, Arabella, who feels trapped in a marriage, trapped in fact in her human body.
Here's a link to that poetry collection for the curious:
https://www.library.wisc.edu/parallelpress/pp-catalog/poetry-series/2014-2/the-book-of-arabella/
(...and yes, that is actually our cat in the photo on the big clock above the piano)
Instruments used:
All three guitar tracks played on my Gretsch 5622T
plus Fender (Squier) Jaguar SS bass
Angel chorus sung by angels...well, actually Alchemy synth
Amanda's SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/phoebeelena
Recorded in Logic Pro using hardware tube preamps and compressors.

***Cat on a Clock***
(Words & music by Timothy Walsh)
Verse 1 (Him)
You come softly down the stairs into my waiting arms.
Hand you coffee, touch your hair…it seems that you’re not there.
I don’t say it but I know, on this special day,
your body’s here with me, but you’re a million miles away.
I don’t say it—I don’t want to tell no one—
You’re going nowhere but you’re always on the run.

Verse 2 (Arabella)
Morning comes, I stretch in bed, see the sun come through the blinds.
Hear you in the kitchen there, smell the coffee so divine.
I rub my eyes, decide if I can slide into this day,
or maybe spread my wings and softly fly away.
I don’t know why I’m so restless in this world.
It’s like I’m from some country where I can’t return.

CHORUS:
You’re like a cat upon a clock sleeping in the sun,
whiling away your time on earth until our day is done.
Just like a cat upon a clock dreaming through the day
while the world outside goes on and softly spins away.

Verse 3 (Him)
Twilight comes and I see you in the garden where
the cedars and the pines are your sisters in the sky.
You walk out among the herbs, barefoot on the bricks,
smell the chervil and the thyme that never ask you why.
You’re so lost to me I don’t know what I’ll do.
I’m so in love with every single thing you do.

Verse 4 (Arabella)
Some days I wish that I could go flying through the sky—
spread my wings just like a crow and take off with a sigh.
Somewhere beyond the moon, I think I’ll find my home,
far away from this earth and this house of flesh and bone.
I’m not angry, I just don’t know how to say
I’m a creature not like you in any way.

CHORUS (sung twice)

Cat on a Clock

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hi there folks,  i am martin (topher) reed who hails from the Awesome city of cardiff. I Was Born on The 6/6/73, i have been playing the guitar since the age of 7 and recording my own material since the age of 15. and as you might have noticed i am partners in music with THE MIGHTY marcus swambo , we go under the alias of the fudge nutz https://soundcloud.com/helenswambo splintered finger  & black rabbit / https://soundcloud.com/fraudstein  https://soundcloud.com/black-rabbit-544450583 with our elclectic range of various styles . my influences for those of you who are interested in this type of stuff .  Are first and foremost, My Mentor & Best Friend, My Mum ,MY brother CHRISTOPHER, Mark Heenan, Bryn Thomas. Frank Zappa https://www.zappa.com/, My Sister Debbie...REKHA IYERN FE | https://soundcloud.com/rekha-iyern-fe My Awesome Cousin Sasha, my Nan & Grandad, Uncle John & Uncle Mike . Peter Hipkin, , Craig Lambo & Soumya Mondal https://soundcloud.com/suckafish & Dayle Swanbo, The Specials......https://soundcloud.com/tidy-1.& The Awesome Mark Heenan,, Ed Wynne https://www.ozrics.com/,  the beatles, Graham Coxon, becks track i'm a loser,https://www.facebook.com/grahamcoxonofficial/  the beastie boys, Jack bruce& Not Forgetting The Awesome Inspiration That Is Noel Gallagher, Jack Bruce,  the stone roses & SANDALS The Rite To Silence Album , STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE soundtrack ,  early to MID 1990's underground techno & ACID house , Justin Warfeilds my Feild Trip To Planet 9,  Civilizations phase 3 , Uncle Meat, Lumpy Gravy, Blur, Oasis,  ozric tentacles, nodens ictus, Nirvana plus the awesome soundtrack to the 1979 film ,THE BLACK HOLE. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=eat+static+albums  plus Frank Zappas roxy The movie & My Favourite Games Of All time, COOLBOARDERS 2 & The Lord of the Rings, The 3rd Age. gear set up is ableton live 11 suite. pod farm 2. ( for all guitar lushness & bass enhancements) & an array of electro harmonix fx , with the addition of a secret line 6 box , plus the occasional wah . fender jaguar,  ibanez bass, stylus rmx, Trillian & omnisphere , takamine acoustic & prs se .
i recommend that you should listen to these songs on a GOOD Hi-Fi !!!
peace & harmony always,
Martin.
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