A very, very early demo, from the EP Walk and Talk. This song was reviewed by Planet Sound, the music reviews page of Channel 4 teletext. Yeah, teletext. Remember that?

The Machine Says Sorry (2004)

The Adventures of Mister Cake (2011), track 4.

Features Gabriela Boldrini on backing vocals.

Winter

SHOW YOUR WORKING

2018 demo

You see the lightning
In our clearest sky in days
You draw rolling thunder
From the warmest notes of praise

It takes so much to build you up
And the smallest sigh to bring you down 
Must be something I can do to help you out, no?

Please show your working
This mood does not compute
But wait, no, there’s no solving this
No clues, no map, no proof

It takes so much to build you up
And the lightest breeze will blow you down
Can’t admit there’s nothing I can do to help you out, no I can’t....

I’ll listen better
I’ll build and bridge
The gaps and the flats and the times you shiver
And I’ll try to come to terms with how it has to be
Remembering the reasons we’re together
I’ll try to come to terms with how it has to be
Remembering the reasons we’re together
I’ll try to come to terms with how it has to be...... (Please show your working.....)
Remembering the reasons we’re together...... (This mood does not compute.....)
I’ll try to come to terms with how it has to be...... (Please show your working.....)
Remembering the reasons we’re together..... (This mood does not compute)

Show Your Working

HYPOTENUSE

2018 demo

I'll pay my bills and mend my fences
I'll even sit through the news
My god, the news!
Oh, after dark, comes the drama
Three sides turning the screws
Hypotenuse!

And they all keep on talking
Each one taking his turn
To tell the same endless lie
For the four hundredth time
I don't know why I watch it
It does no good at all but I
Can't turn away...

Come Saturday, come the migraine
There are only so many pills
My god, the pills
Oh, after dark, comes the laughter
Jesters howling abuse 
A codicil!

And they all keep on talking
Each one taking his turn
To tell the same endless lie
For the four thousandth time
I don't know how I watch it
It does no good at all but I
just can't turn away...
I just can't look away

(Solo)

But I did....... I did it, I switched off.....
The news, and the notifications too.
And it's beautiful because you don't miss what you missed
Am I delusional to think I can keep this up
in the state we're in?
This state we're in
The state we're in
The state we're in
The state we're in

Hypotenuse!

EDGWAREBURY LANE

2018 demo

On Edgwarebury Lane
I flag the bus down discreetly
Don't want to wake the ghosts on the back seats
Stumble up the stairs for a better ride round the Circus
'Fore we roll on toward the City

So many stops between us
The Finchley Road queues stand six deep
- but that's alright
I've got the box seat

A little glimpse of Lord's
and the man three rows back's fried chicken
Elbow in my head
Past the Cottage
Protest march and roadworks and red lights and
Baker Street, oh!
I want to hear that sax
Shit, dropped my Oyster-------
It's Oxford Street, woah...
Never seen so many people
Time to grab my things

Down the stairs, alight here
Cross the road and find my stop
Flag the bus down.....

Baker Street - oh!
Past the Cottage
Round the Circus......

Edgwarebury Lane

Switch Me Off (2006)

A Londoner adrift in Toronto, Canada, I play and sing stories of the cities I call home.  Contact me at mistercakemusic@gmail.com.  


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