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ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 440

Eargasm

The Strange and Terrible World of The Big Grey Man

I'm on your Wavelength
Stacking up like ghosts where the peaks collide

Wavelength

Serfs Up

Ooh-ooh, can't tell you what to do
But I really wouldn't pick that one if I were you
The last guy who had it, he was losing the plot
He was up to something, never found out what

Mmm-mmm, thanks for the advice
But I just have to have it, it just looks so nice
The eyes are so alive, the claws are so unique
And he went all pale and clammy and he couldn't speak

I swear the shadows in the corner
Rose and shivered as he drew
Now don't be stupid man, there's no such thing
As a Haunted Tattoo

Hey-Hey, as I wished him good day
He said "Are you ever angry, are you prone to rage?"
I said "Hey what me?", he said "Ah, you'll see"
And then he tipped his hat
And well we left it at that

Then on the way out, I met this guy
He had the same tattoo and a mad look in his eye
He said "you'd better believe me, now don't go stealing my sleeve, see...
There can be only one, now put 'em up, it's on"

I swear the shadows in the corner
Rose up like knives and ran him through
And his blood ran like ink, now I know what you think but
It was the Haunted Tattoo

Oh please believe me Brother Officer
I'm really not the one you're looking for
Now I know how it seems
It was the ink not me
It was the Haunted Tattoo

Ooh-ooh, Haunted Tattoo
Should have gone with something personal
Or even tribal
(Come on, what tribe d'you think that I come from)
These days you don't get far without a decorative scar
But I've got not regrets, so just show some respect for
For my Haunted Tattoo


Photo by Sean Patrick from Pexels

Haunted Tattoo

No Heroes

No Forgiveness

Written to a brief - a friend wanted some "upbeat" music to put on instructional videos for a no-nonsense bit of water sanitation technology called a "Zimba" (http://zimbawater.com)

Suprio Das is the guy who invented it.

The videos are for a trial run in Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Kenya - who from my research like R and B music similar to the rest of the world (though one video did involve collecting water from a river and a lot of booty shaking - didn't see them treat it though...).

Anyway - I can't do that as well as them, but one hi-life guitar You-Tube video from the brilliant Helen Ibe later and this was the result.

https://twitter.com/Helenguitargirl
https://youtube.com/c/HelenIbemusic

Zimba (Pump The Water)

Enjoy The Day (single version)

Sumerian Jive

A track to ensure someone that they still have things to look forward to. 

In Your Prime

KEEF's latest single 'DAY IN DAY OUT' is based on the monotony of daily life when chained to the repetitive cycle of work and trying to pay the bills. It comes from personal experience of feeling trapped and having the desire to escape the vicious cycle. All of KEEF's songs and lyrics come from their experiences of life and what they experience on a daily basis. They are passionate about their music and lyrics and want to express themselves to a wider audience. Interlaced through their rhythm is the northern mersey beat sound they were all influenced by and exposed to from an early age.

Day In Day Out

'a song about finding the courage to leave.'

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Lyrics:
I’ve made up my mind
Darling, I’m not coming back
It’s about time
We let it all go

All I wanted was
Honestly, honestly
And that’s what I told you from the start

We had some high hopes
We had some high hopes
So what have you done, dear, what have you done?
We’re back to where we started from now
When we had some high hopes

I know there are words left unsaid
But I’m too tired of trying, of trying
So I’ll keep them all up in my head, love
What’s the point in fighting now?

We had high hopes but
Honesty’s what I need
So why did you keep me in the dark?

We had some high hopes
We had some high hopes
So what have you done, dear, what have you done?
We’re back to where we started from now
When we had some high hopes

We had a great few months
And I’m gonna miss you now you’re gone
I’m on my way back home now
And this is the hardest thing I’ve done
We had a great few months
And I’m gonna miss you now you’re gone
I’m on my way back home now
And this is the hardest thing I’ve done

We had some high hopes
We had some high hopes
So what have you done, dear, what have you done?
We’re back to where we started from now
When we had some high hopes

High Hopes

I'm With You

'Congo Solar' is the A-side of Grandbaby's debut 7" release, coming out on April 1st (though it's no joke) on Seattle's 'Wax Thematique' label. It's available to pre-order now from www.waxthematique.com.

Written, performed, produced and recorded in an underground WWII bunker ("The Crunch") in the English countryside, Jason Baldock’s “Grandbaby” project isn’t as cuddly as it’s cheeky name would suggest. In fact, it’s a take no prisoners, uncompromising approach to mostly-instrumental songcraft. Grandbaby's debut 7" bursts with feverish energy, formidable synth lines, crunchy/catchy guitars and an unearthly brilliance for drum break expertise most session musicians would kill for.

Grandbaby - Congo Solar

Roblea Music/robert Leach GarageBand Song 70

Roblea Music.robert Leach GarageBand Song 70 - 6:10:16, 5.04 PM

Hey Oh! by T.O.M.


“Take me to the other side
You can really make me living without fright!” ... I said.
Hang low while the lovers fight,
Making love not war all through the night.
 - Never coming out
 - Never going in - yeah
 - Never coming up to say
You set the world you’re living in ... and I sing:

Ref:	Hey    Oh!	Hey    Oh!
	Hey    Oh!	Hey    Oh!	     Oh!”

2)	Ding-a-lang-long was
Walking to the underground ... I see
Her going to the warehouse 
Where she wanna be so sad and gone ... You say:
“Making love in the winter sun
Is better than to be on the other side.”
“Oh, no! My time has come!”
You think when you are too sad to die ... And You sing:

Ref:	Hey    Oh!	Hey    Oh!
	Hey    Oh!	Hey    Oh!	     Oh!

3)	“Take me to the other side
You can really make me living without fright!” ... I said.
Hang low while the lovers fight,
Making love not war all through the night.
 - Never coming out
 - Never going in - yeah
 - Never coming up to say
You set the world you’re living in ... and I sing:

Ref:	Hey    Oh!	Hey    Oh!
	Hey    Oh!	Hey    Oh!	     Oh!

Music: Tom Kron and Jan Pohl
Lyrics: Tom Kron
© 2010. All rights reserved by T.O.M.