Piano solo, free improvisation.

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Proximity

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 4th May 2022

# Lyrics

It’s not like I know
How to be whole
Its more a feeling in my heart that comes but goes

Its not like I see
Things slip from me
Just let my eyes fall to dark spaces in between

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

Its not like the world
Will let me take a breath
A thousand foolish fates await the ones that’s left

It’s not going to change
It’s not going to wait
It’s challenging everything you can before too late

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

Try to Believe

Let Go

Wings for the future.WAV

Not really alt rock but the guitar solo at the end is fairly anarchic. 

To Fly or not to Fly 

To fly or not to fly YES!
To fly or not to fly NO! 

To fly or not to fly that is the question.    
It’s a no brainer ‘cept for the greedy and absurd.   
There’s kilos of carbon coming from engines. 
While the earth below - floods and burns

M’lady says she’s gotta fly yeah it’s in the blood            
She’s gotta have exotica - it’s there for the taking
Even though people of the world - are under the pump
And down there in the wheat fields – the crops are baking

To fly or not to fly YES!
To fly or not to fly NO! 

Hate being a gloomy carrier pigeon
But the writings there on the internet
The forecast for earth - it’s grim and turgid
Makes it dumb to fly airliner jets

M’lady says the scientists - will find a solution
There’s no need to live  - like a peasant farmer
She don’t need to feel shame - about her vapor trail
Hey she’s never been - to West Estonia

TO FLY OR NOT TO FLY

The Little Ghost Song

A Tatooed Drummer

Out of the Box January 2023
[tip-toe alert at 3:15]

Mostly Ghostly Dub

Urtheigle [part 2]

Rob Brooks suggested adding a further part for strings. Here it be, with my thanks to Rob for his kind recommendation.

Piano/String Part 2

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Side By Side
Written by: Mick Kennedy
Lyrics
Side by side, face to face
We both have our cultures, we both have our faiths
and despite all of our differences
no matter what we say, we have so much in common
As we live day to day, side by side

First you were a neighbour, then you were a friend
Though we lived our lives in different ways
We shared a common sense

Chorus
And we shared in the good times
Helped each other through the bad
You laughed when I was happy
and I cried when you were sad

Chorus

Then something came between us
As the years went marching by
we fought with each other
An eye for an eye

Side by side
face to face, we both have our cultures
We both have our faiths
and despite all of our differences
no matter what we say
We have so much in common
As we live day to day
Side by side

But the points of contention
Between you and me
Will be the seeds of our destruction
If we refuse to see

That Side by side
And face to face
We both need our cultures
We both need our faiths
Despite all our differences
And no matter what we say
We have so much in common
As we live day to day
Side by side

So here’s a hand to you brother
It’s time for war to cease
We know our true enemies
Are famine and disease

But side by side, face to face
We’ll always have our cultures
We’ll always have our faiths
Despite all our differences
And no matter what we say
We have so much in common
As we live day to day
Side by side

Side By Side

Singer/songwriter originally from NW London, Marina’s music crosses genres & has been described as Americana, Folk & Country, while she doubtless draws inspiration from many sources, her voice & style are uniquely her own.
Visit her website for lots more info
Marina came to performing late in life although very soon after making the decision to "come out of the kitchen" she was awarded Arts Council funding, via the Escalator Project, to record a debut album, Somewhere Down The Line. Using this as a platform she has since reached audiences not previously thought possible.
Now with four albums completed she's been played on BBC6Music, BBC introducing Norfolk and Suffolk, had four tracks make the Tom Robinson's BBC6 Mixtape. Her song Cry was performed by the actor Anthony Head on ITV's This Morning.
Jan 2019, Marina, & co-writer Jules Fox Allen, won the FATEA Innovation Award alongside The Warm & Toasty Club founder, Johnno Casson, for the lottery & Arts Council funded, Memory Afternoons Project. The songs written can be heard here on SoundCloud.
Marina has played many festivals including Cambridge Folk Festival, Strawberry Fair, Norwich and Norfolk Festival.
She has been a Moderator for Fresh On The Net.

Side By Side

Marina Florance

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