Yet another C-19 song, this one a tribute to all those who were:

Heroes
When the word hit the streets that a killer disease was loose,
Didn’t matter that it wasn’t near, it was still big news.
Just the pictures of hospital beds, the masks and the tubes,
Was enough to spread panic and fear;
What if it somehow came over here?
Well, it got here - too late to ask how - but without a sound;
As the number of casualties soared, we went underground.
Had we left it too late for a cure that had to be found?
In the meantime, the death figure rose
How hospitals managed, nobody knows.
Heroes, time after time,
Neck on the line for us.
Heroes, gave all you got,
Meant such a lot to us.
Doctors and nurses and hospital porters, and cleaners too
Drivers and carers and uniform wearers, and rescue crew.
All the shop workers and people whose jobs are serving you;
They’re the ones who stared death in the face
While helping the rest of the human race.
Heroes, time after time,
Neck on the line for us.
Heroes, gave all you got,
Meant such a lot to us.

Heroes

YOU FOUND ME

V1  My step had lost its spring, my voice had lost its ring
My key had lost its fob, my worth had lost its job
My jump had lost its joy, my sauce had lost its soy
My race had lost its horse, my golf had lost its course

V2  My cat had lost the cream, my train ran out of steam
My Scapa lost its flow, my mo had lost its jo
My back had lost its yard, my rock had lost its hard
My front had lost its sea, but you found me

CH  After we met, I could start to forget all the 
things that were wrong with my 
life, all those things that I missed that had gone
when I was on my own, never could do this trip all alone

V3  My water lost its tap, my pow had lost its zap
My Cheech had lost his Chong, my bird had lost its song
My lucky lost its charm, my rest had lost its arm
My soup had lost its pea, but you found me

CH  After we met, I could start to forget all the 
things that were wrong with my 
life, all those things that I missed that had gone
when I was on my own, never could do this trip all alone

You Found Me

I thought the world might need a song
But what to write about – my, the list is long!
We’ve heard enough about love
As well as lots for the good Lord above
We’ve had songs about earth wind and fire
Rivers and valleys, higher and higher

Don’t want to bore you about fate
How lucky stars can help find you a mate
Life doesn’t follow a plan
You have to make it up best as you can
We’ve had songs about mountains to climb
Rainy days and sunsets, time after time

Write some words, put them in a line,
Then I find some more, gotta rhyme,
There it is, any song
Write more words, add another line,
And there’s plenty more, I got time,
There it is, in a song

There’s always words I haven’t said
Keep going round and round, inside my head
They might come out some day
Free as the birds when they’re flying away
There’ll be songs about happy and sad
Some might be fabulous, some might be bad…

Write some words, put them in a line, etc.

Any Song

Spot the difference - I realised the previous version had two bum transitions so I'm sorry but they had to be fixed (plus a couple more tweaks...) Many thanks for listening (again) J

Spring

when you wake up, morning
kettle on, still yawning
cat rubs leg, it’s purring
juice maker, it’s whirring
coffee needed, full roast
marmalade on thick toast
start to reboot your brain
as you head for the train

so at first all seems fine
not rain but sunny shine
then look at their faces
vacant eyes, blank spaces
see you and look away
their façade coloured grey
maybe some hope inside
but to the world denied

you get told what you need
plant a tree, not a seed
but as soon as it’s bought
you need a new one is what you’re taught
why do we live this way
same shit day after day
why not escape the flock
with those who are woke, the ones the dailies mock

so the way things are going
leaves us no way of knowing
who we should be following
give it up
hear your inner voice calling
telling you life’s appalling
time to stop yourself falling
give it up

when you wake up wondering
what sound that is thundering
it’s just the world outside
taking you for a ride
coffee won’t do the trick
taste of it makes you sick
fails to reboot your brain
life going down the drain


finally all seems lost
nothing is worth the cost
tried talking to your boss
but he don’t give a toss
sees you and looks away
suit and face coloured grey
the faintest glow inside
but to you it’s denied

you get told what you need
plant a tree, not a seed
but as soon as it’s bought
you need a new one or so you’re taught
why do we live this way
same shit day after day
why not escape the flock
join those who are woke, the ones the dailies mock

so the way things are going
only one way of knowing
where your life should be flowing - give it up
hear your inner voice calling
telling you to quit stalling
you can run without falling if you give it up

Give It Up

Suppose It Does

The Elegant Elephant

Get past Sweet and you'll find sweet....... (sorry)

Dark

Over

Formed by Noit Otni & The Pits guitarist Rob Jacob with ex-Unicorn members Kevin Smith, Pat Martin, Ken Baker and Pete Perryer (who was later superseded by Michael "Nicko" McBrain. later of Iron Maiden), this Guildford band released one single [GO 351] on the Logo label in May '79 titled "If You Ain't Scared" with "Little Pictures" on the b-side. Here is that A-side for your delectation. Learn more about the Volunteers here: https://oursoundscene.org/2023/04/21/the-volunteers/(opens in a new tab)

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