“While singing out of tune” being sung in harmony. Such a nice touch

Angel Band

07/02/24
The words of this one mean a great deal to me, and I'm very happy with how it turned out. As written on piano it sounded a lot more more like the Pogues than this. I'm hearing whistle and/or pipes for the instrumental verse, but since I can't play them we'll have to make do with #melodica, which I also can't play. That's #acoustic #folk for you.

I should be taking the measure
I should be taking my time
One thing I'm sure of, I never
Repented at leisure, not I
I've never done anything in haste
Can't remember the last time
that I won a race
But I'm off to a flyer
And there's no denying
I'm trying too hard to say goodbye
Trying too hard to fly

I don't cry for the good things I had
I don't cry for what we've lost
I remember the good and the bad
I remember that you paid the cost
I can see the tears in your eyes
Looking out to sea
Not a cloud in the sky
Now it's all over
I'm playing the Wild Rover
Trying hard not to cry
Trying too hard to fly

Of one thing I know,
you'd be proud
We put on a show,
you should hear the crowd
All singing out of tune
They're all here for you
Trying too hard to say goodbye
Trying too hard to fly

One day this won't matter
All of us here will be gone
All of our hopes lie in tatters
No one remembers this song
Someone, somewhere, looks out to sea
Thinks of the way that it all used to be
With grey feathers soft
baby gulls taking off
The wind drags them way up high
Trying too hard to fly

Trying Too Hard To Fly

The closer from my forthcoming album, 'Different Kinds of Folk.' Bruce is a folk-singer too!

Travelling Through Alone

Jon Horne / Horne's Gift Shop:
First drafts of songs from 2020 onwards. Older and equally hasty recordings are at the Soundcloud link below. Proper versions are at Bandcamp - see the link.

Trying Too Hard To Fly

Horne's Demo Shop

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