@user-138663860: Thank you kindly Sandy, you are the heart of Soundcloud and you are always positive and constructive. I hope you are stay safe and well. My best to you, m

De magnifiques émotions ! 😍 💐 🙏 🍀 🎶 

super!!man/good one/ hits home/awesome singN song/a master's pieceN peace

Beautiful, a superb job, your intense vocals highlight lyrics, this is a pearl, evocative, delicate, deep and meaningful. I love the folk atmo.

Ten years, Crikey ! ... I was in a train of thought the other day and I remembered a song where you wrote of Glasgow. I thought of it again this evening and here we are...it's still up here. The first two verses puts me firmly in place, damp overcoat and wooly hat. Probably that it's so evocative of place that it has stayed in the back of my mind somehow. Great to hear it again Mark.

This is so beautiful Mark, so full of nostalgia and tradition. And I really like the 'wooly sock' sound. It is warm! Sometimes so much better than the crystal clear recordings of today. Your lyrics always very poetic and picture painting.  Another thing is capturing me: All of these answers of you to comments of vanished comments of vanished people, that so metaphoric of life itself.

Steve reposted so I checked out this golden oldie that sounds like a beautiful trad folk song. You really should write and record more mate.  I love your vocals and harmony. What you call a wooly sock, to me its huggy warmth, my kinda sound. I believe singing the songs that we create brings out the emotion. And heres the evidence me lord. Excellent.

Once more while Im here....As marvellous as your collabs are, believe me, you should start writing and recording again. What you got to lose? Enjoy the process.

This has such an arresting sensibility of both longing and belonging…beautiful work, Mark.  Sorry it took me several years to discover this gem….

I wanted to write a song about a sense of belonging, but not just about our place of birth since many people through circumstances of work, relationships and even political regimes find themselves making a home for themselves elsewhere. Sometimes we all need to know that we are wanted and welcome. Some places seem better than others at making people feel at home, by embracing a stranger without suspicion.

All that remains, 
Are the shipyard gates, 
And skeletal cranes, 
Of a bygone age, 
And a long-gone industry. 
You cannot live on heritage alone, 
Sometimes you need a place to call home. 

On New Year's Eve, 
Ships' horns distant sound, 
Echo another time, 
Heralds a new dawn, 
Uncertain and unfamiliar. 
You cannot live on history alone, 
Sometimes you need a place to call home. 

Reinvention, 
Regeneration, 
With a garden party, 
Our cultural city, 
It lives to fight another day. 
You cannot live on optimism alone, 
Sometimes you need a place to call home. 

So in exile, 
Some forty-five miles, 
Just like a prodigal, 
I return occasionally, 
Feeling proud and respectfully, 
I cannot stay far away for too long, 
Sometimes you need a place to call home.

A Place To Call Home

Dear listener, Feel free to leave comments and I'll try to reply.

I've been making music for around 16 years now but because of the wonderfully generous community that is SC, I have learned so much in a short time. I look forward to learning even more by collaborating. 
I suppose my strengths are in lyric-writing and singing. I feel fortunate to have been able to work with some stunning compositions by some very talented SCers.

My very best to you, Mark

Some links to recent Continental Collision streaming sites, etc are available below:

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Mr Cagey

Mr Cagey

BeSinger

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Frontecielo

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idematoa

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