Mark Knopfler - I Used To Could (Floriana, Malta, 17.07.2013)

Eye in the Sky

Sting at Live Aid

Roxanne (Live at Live Aid, Wembley Stadium, 13th July 1985)

Message in a Bottle (Live at Live Aid, Wembley Stadium, 13th July 1985)

Driven to Tears (Live at Live Aid, Wembley Stadium, 13th July 1985)

SONNY & CHER TRIBUTE A COWBOYS WORK IS NEVER DONE

Really proud of all these tracks which I did for Randy...what a voice!

Randy Crawford- Almaz

BAD HABIT HALO 

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Verse 1

You stroll in late with that holy grin,
Smelling like trouble and last night’s sin.
I’m readin’ scriptures in your crooked smile,
Tellin’ myself it’s just “this once” for a while.
Your shadow lands on my open door,
Funny how faith don’t matter anymore.
I light a match just to watch it fade —
You’re the sermon I shouldn’t have prayed.


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Pre-Chorus

But oh, you preach so sweet, I lose my ground…
I’m baptized every time you come around.
My common sense packed up and left —
Guess I’m the parish of your theft.


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Chorus

You got that bad habit halo, shining like gold,
Every warning whispered, I never stay cold.
Oh, you bless me dirty, you curse me divine —
And I keep kneelin’, drinkin’ your wine.
Baby, I know, I know…
You’re heaven I shouldn’t follow—
Still I fall under
Your bad habit halo.


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Verse 2

You pour your lies like a vintage red,
Smooth on the tongue, goes straight to the head.
I try to quit you like nicotine,
But you lace my lungs with what-might-have-been.
Your footsteps echo across my floor,
A hymn I swore I’d ignore.
Yet every vow I try to make
Melts like sugar in your wake.


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Pre-Chorus

You got a psalm for every bruise you write,
And I sing along like it’s my birthright…


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Chorus

You got that bad habit halo, shining like gold,
Every warning whispered, I never stay cold.
Oh, you bless me dirty, you curse me divine —
And I keep kneelin’, drinkin’ your wine.
Baby, I know, I know…
You’re heaven I shouldn’t follow—
Still I fall under
Your bad habit halo.


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Bridge 

Oh, it’s not a choice — just the route I always take.
You’re the headline sorrow I read when I wake.
I don’t call for mercy, haven’t in a while;
I just make a bed on the wreck of your smile.
You kept my heart where I can’t reach it no more—
Some locked-up drawer.
This ain’t love, sweetheart, just the quiet ache
Before the next heartbreak.


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Final Chorus 

That bad habit halo, dimmer than sin,
Still I crawl through the dark just to let you come in.
I bless the wrong hands, I shoulder the blame—
One more devoted fool in your losing game.
Baby, I know… I know…
You’re the weight tied deep to my shadow—
And I still sink under
Your bad habit halo.




BAD HABIT HALO

I'm making an eleven track studio album of original songs at the moment. Today I wanted to do a few bits of recording that I'm able to do in my home studio, that get added into the "proper" studio mix, but I spent the entire day doing admin for the album; emailing and phoning the musicians, producer, engineer etc to arrange recordings, payments, rehearsals, etc - a totally music-less day. I can see why musicians have managers! So feeling pretty frustrated tonight I picked up my guitar and just wanted to play and sing something, anything, that wasn't one of those eleven songs. I love this song - it's a real handful in every way, took me weeks to learn and it has totally gotten under my skin. I never tire of listening to the incredible original. I perform it live a bit but have never played it straight through without making a pretty major stuff-up - this time included! So I play it differently every time. A curly customer of a song but such a good 'un. I thought I'd press record, finally, for the first time today. It's just one take and as usual the song got the better of me but it's not the kind of song you want to perfect and fix, so I hope you enjoy it anyway. Thanks heaps for stopping by to listen. Steph :)

Driven to Tears (Live at Live Aid, Wembley Stadium, 13th July 1985)

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