R.I.P (Working Day)

There’s Tony in his leather jacket
in the corner of the room.
Nursing a half empty glass,
one half full of doom.
Cheer up Tony, you know it’s only 4 in the afternoon - no need for gloom.

There’s Tony in his leather jacket
with his back against the wall
listen to his head-racket,
wondering ‘bout it all
but cheer up Tony, it’s not so lonely when you play ball - don’t fall away

but the beer is flat - the lads are loud,
one’s company, two’s a crowd,
he doesn’t like it when it’s rowdy - wants to have his say.

There’s Tony in his leather jacket,
the hours are getting on.
Thinking he might pack it in,
time that he was gone
but come on Tony, take it slowly and have some fun…

Find yourself a karaoke song
put some money in the jukebox - sing along.
Have a game of darts or play some pool
tell a few jokes - play someone’s fool.
Pretend you’re younger and you’re free,
try a few lines see if you can be
the life and soul.

There’s Tony in his leather jacket in the corner of the room.
Where’s Tony in his leather jacket - in the corner of the room.
Where’s Tony’s leather jacket? - in the corner of the room.
Where’s Tony?

There’s Tony in his leather jacket in the corner of the room.
Tony’s in his leather jacket in the corner of the room.
There’s Tony in his leather jacket in the corner of the room.
Tony’s in his leather jacket!

KICKIN' THE BALLS EP

Leather Jacket

daydreaming

Swirling in the sun
Did you dream the starling again?
The many and the one
Soaring like a starling again
You hear the haunting sound, look around
Will you be the starling again?

Join the chorus, sing along
That murmuration song

You hear the cries
And you are a starling again
Ride the rhythm of the skies
Will you dance the starling again?

In a chorus, a symphony
A canticle

Oh I don't know why
You are so shy today
You don't know when
It will come again your way

The isolation fades
And you are a starling again
Down the desolation days
Fly like a starling again
The madness, the rage, turn the page
Oh you are a starling again

Join the chorus, sing along
That murmuration song

I don't know why
You try to hide away
Who can say when
It may come again your way?
Look to the skies
Starlings will rise today

Starlings

Never ganna switch up

East Meets West. Composer/performer Ad van Nederpelt

MIX: Jack Holston

I wrote this in April 2019. I believe the 2020 presidential election campaign was already in full swing. Possibly relevant. Possibly not...

LYRIC
In the dim past where no light falls
Trapped inside gated walls
Where’s the key
Who has the key?

Yes it hurt and healing’s slow
But time enough has passed
We want you to know

All’s forgiven
Come back home
In a cruel world
It’s not safe to roam
If you hear us
This we vow
We will leave a light on for you
All’s forgiven now

Who among us has never strayed
Known the right course and still delayed
We understand
We understand

If the worst comes and you can’t cope
We’re not far apart 
There is always hope 

No heart truly turns to stone
Come to us and see
You are not alone

All's Forgiven

Very much a collaboration.

Tante Meli supplied vocals and lyrics, vocal production, very good drum ideas, synth swells and sampled organ.

Faerytale played perfect cello and pan flute.

I brought guitars and bass, bass synth, sampled organ, digital percussion and drums. Then I attempted to mix it all.

It was fun.

Tante Meli and Faerytale. You know them, you love them. But if you don’t know them, go here: @faerytale and here: @tante-meli. You will love them.



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Behind Me (featuring Tante Meli + Faerytale )

Name

A Looser Fit

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves: Lead Vocal
Hans Albers: All instruments, Arrangement, Production & Final Mix

Douglas Adams challenged the world and asked the question “Why?” in such a witty and perceptive way that it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that it captured my reason to be in a way no writer has before or since. “The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy” has become an international best seller so it’s therefore a surprise, at least to me, not to see his name mentioned more frequently on regularly published lists of history’s most significant authors.  Whilst it’s no doubt true that I wouldn’t be someone whose opinion you’d seek out as an authority on such things, I do find it hard to believe that a man who created something so hilariously and philosophically original doesn’t get the true recognition he deserves. “Hitch Hiker” was so much more than a work of science fiction.  It was something that taught us the valuable life lesson that there really was no need to have an answer to everything.
Has anyone heard of Douglas? Well, he was certainly the man who let me know I wasn't on my own.

Once again, my grateful thanks to Hans (also a ‘Hitch Hiker’ fan, by the way) for the brilliant arrangement on this song.  But he’s just this guy, you know…
(Terry Reeves)

Has anyone heard of Douglas?
Writing life is for the living words
Has anyone heard of Douglas?
Tried not to kill a mocking bird

Has anyone heard of Douglas? 
Madness now was so profound 
Has anyone heard of Douglas?
He was not far from the madding crowd

Dickens, Lee, Lewis and Christie
Tolkien, Dahl, Fleming, and Rushdie
Kawakami, Smith, Whitehead and Orwell
Shakespeare, Austin, Pepper, and Powell

Does anyone remember Douglas? 
Forty two the reason why?
Does anyone remember Douglas?
Who was once the Catcher in the rye

Can anyone remember Douglas?
He had a gold but broken heart
Can anyone remember Douglas?
An Adam Blithe Spirit from the start

Ishiguro, Kipling, Russel, and Lessing
Fitzgerald, Woolf, Cookson, and Gissing 
Bronte, Thackeray, Richardson and Hardy
Winterson, Walker, Tan and Galsworthy 

Has anyone seen my Douglas? 
Taking as many baths time will allow
Has anyone read my Douglas? 
Climbing 39 steps with his towel 

Has anyone seen my Douglas?
Hitching to a galaxy of his own
Has anyone considered Douglas?
Taking us all To a God Unknown

Trollope, Butler, Smith and Beckett 
Hollinghurst, Gibbons, Golding but DON’T PANIC
Stein, Doyle, Tolstoy, and Adams
Checkhov, Vern, Steel, and the one and only Douglas Noël Adams

Douglas Adam, Douglas Adams, Douglas Adams, Douglas Adams

daydreaming

Jaded

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