Thanks for introducing me to this song, Jim...hadn't heard it before. Very nice indeed!!!

Its been years since ive this song. what a top version

Always On My Mind (Cover)

One of the rare quiet songs that Ian Dury and The Blockheads put out many years ago. I sang it flat to try and make it sound sleepy.

"Lullaby For Frances"

Go to sleep now, Frances
You've done all you can with the day
Safe and sound, that's a promise
You'll be welcome in the Milky Way

Tumble down, tired and true
Spirit to restore, a balance is due

Go to sleep now, Frances
Close your eyes

Hang your thoughts up, shut the index
It's time to impose a curfew
And you'll get up, fresh and ready
With a hundred and one things to do

Drowsy now, here comes a space
Call a halt to the steeple chase
Go to sleep, Frances
Close your eyes

If your life or some old lover cause concern
Or puzzle or perturb
The more you discover, the more you learn
Go to sleep, please do not disturb

Tumble down, tired and true
Spirit to restore, a balance is due
Go to sleep now, Frances
Close your eyes

Go to sleep now, Frances
Close your eyes
Go to sleep now, Frances
Go to sleep now
Frances
Frances
Go to sleep
Frances

Lullaby for Frances (Dury)

Written a while back during lockdown...

Vanishing Borders

Prevarication reigns
Somewhere inside but theres nowhere to hide
From sobriety again
Abstenation is no consolation
I dont know this way
You dont know this way
I see the sands of time
Reversing before me
They will not ignore me
I think ive lost my mind
Vanishing borders of Entropic disorder
I dont know this way
Can I stay with you tonight?
I seldom see the light
I dont want to be this way
I can feel decay
I dont want to be this way
I should not be this way
Oh give me a line of coke
We'll roll some midnight tokes
And line 'em up and get 'em in
We'll knock 'em back and sink or swim
I think im lost in time
I think ive lost my mind

Entropy

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Cover of the David Bowie song, Sound And Vision
Available to download here: https://laurieshawofficial.bandcamp.com/track/sound-and-vision-david-bowie-cover

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This is the ultimate in sad songs. I picked up on this song from veteran Poole Dorset UK singer Ron who had a lovely voice.  We were going to put on a "final" gig for him as his health was gradually deteriorating, but sadly he passed away in 2018 before we got the chance.
Maybe swap the second "could" for "should" . . .

You Were Always On My Mind (Willie Nelson)

From the album Volume 3, out May 7, 2013 on Merge Records.
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I'd like nothing better than to join or form a band in the Cork area, to play old & new songs from all ages.

Lullaby for Frances (Dury)

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