engravings

Burnley rain. October grey.
Billy Hamilton stares at his cold chips, steam on the café glass, thinking:
"Thursday, 1 July 1982… Madrid… sunny, sweaty, glorious." 🌞

He scored five goals for Northern Ireland his entire career — FIVE —
but two of them came in one mad afternoon against Austria.
Two goals so big, he’s basically been living inside them ever since.

This song?
It’s not just music.
It’s a jangle-pop time machine with post-punk legs,
taking you straight back to that day when Belfast roared,
Austria fell, and Billy’s socks smelled like destiny.

🎸 Expect:
• Jangle guitars looping like Billy’s goal replays 🎶
• Post-punk basslines sweating under the Madrid sun 🥁
• A chorus louder than 10,000 Belfast fans with sunburns yelling:

“NORTHERN IRELAND! NORTHERN IRELAND!”

And yes, Billy had plans:
Not an Irish pub.
A Northern Irish pub.
In Vienna. Or Graz. With Belfast stout on tap,
where every jukebox is stuck on track one: “Billy Hamilton 2 – Austria 2 (in his dreams)”. 🍺

Press play.
Feel the heat.
Taste the stout.
And join Billy whispering to an empty room:
"Austria… I’ll be back for you…”

Lyrics:

Burnley rain, October grey,
Billy’s chips are cold on the tray,
Steam on the glass, the paper’s thin,
Spain ‘82 keeps pulling him in.

Madrid heat, the crowd, the noise,
Two little goals for the Belfast boys,
Only five in green his whole career,
But these two shine, sharp and clear.

Every night, the same old frame,
A Spanish pitch, the Irish name,
Austria falling, the dream alive,
For ninety minutes — Belfast survived…

Northern Ireland! — Northern Ireland! 
Billy runs wild in the burning sun,
Northern Ireland! — Northern Ireland! 
Two goals in Madrid… and we were the lucky ones!

Five little goals in a lifetime long,
But two still sing like an old terrace song,
He sees the bar, the polished wood,
A Northern Irish pub where the pints taste good.

Not Dublin whiskey, not London gin,
Belfast stout where the dreams begin,
Maybe Vienna, maybe Graz,
Billy laughs, tips his glass.

The lights fade, but the crowd’s still loud,
A thousand faces, a sea of proud,
Billy whispers to the empty room:
“Austria, I’ll be back for you…”

Northern Ireland! — Northern Ireland! 
Billy runs wild in the burning sun,
Northern Ireland! — Northern Ireland! 
Two goals in Madrid… and we were the lucky ones!

Oh-oh-oh…
Billy boy, Billy boy,
Two goals to build a life on!

Northern Ireland

Used To Know (Remastered)

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Lyrics:

There are four ways to look at life
Love, lust, addiction, strife
The first two no I don't mind
But the last two ain't hard to find

If you look to the left to the right 
There are several ways 
Only one night
But things as they stand 
Won't get out of hand
Quite as much as I would like 

So I drink some shit,
I don't like the taste
Singing songs that I secretly hate
I'm not thinking 
Spiked but I liked it 
The rush didn't fight it
No I just felt high from  

This dopamine from that ketamine 
In my head while I ride in a limousine 
And at first it was riding through movie scenes 
But the tripping then stopped and then shit could not be more real 

Thigh to thigh
Face to face
Time it flies
My heart it races
Laces come undone 
I trip you're there to pick me up  

A dance ? You down ? 
It could be fun
She said alright
We danced all night 
She showed me shit that my mama wouldn't like 
But then she walked away so I took her aside  

Saying leave or believe me 
No you're not easy
But that won't slow me down 
No no no 

I will perceive 
Until you come clean
And say that you love me too
Tonight it's me and you

Take my hand 
The world is just a ride away 

My demand
Tonight we do it my way

Understand 
Tomorrow we'll dream of yesterday  

Cos you never know how things will go 
Cos things they might just go our way  

Now autumn, my heart it falls  
Still standing on all fours
Neglectful of any laws 
These remedies are for a good cause  

Depression you mentioned this one time 
But you said it was fun if pills were perscribed 
Well I'm just hung up on that one time
I fell in love with how you fell out of line 

So I'll call you up once again
Answer phone my old friend
Maybe this time you'll pick up by the end 

Saying leave or believe me 
No you're not easy
But that won't slow me down 
No no no 

I will perceive 
Until you come clean
And say that you love me too
Tonight it's me and you 

Take my hand
The world is just a ride away  

My demand
Tonight we do it my way 

Understand 
Tomorrow we'll dream of yesterday  

Cos you never know how things will go 
Cos things could still just go our way 

Heartbreak comes
Heartbreak goes
But the latter won't come to a close

Heartbreak comes
Heartbreak goes 

Saying leave or believe me 
No you're not easy
But that won't slow me down 
No no no 

I will perceive 
Until you come clean
And say that you love me too
Tonight it's me and you 

Take my hand 
The world is just a ride away 

My demand
Tonight we do it my way 

Understand 
Tomorrow we'll dream of yesterday 

Cos you never know how things will go 
Cos things they might just go our way

But that's just one of many ways

Ways

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girl in blue

Lyrics:
I want your finger prints all over me  
Cause if they find me dead they should know who it be  
Who kicked me off the boat  
Who threw me in the moat   
To the gators so I never see nobody later  
I love the danger   
Don’t be a stranger   
You want my body   
Well now you got me  
I’m the big shot in your life now  
I’m the one who makes sense  
I’m the big shot in your life now  
I’m the one who makes sense  
And you said you never knew me  
But I think you do  
You always did, Kid, you know it’s true   
I’m the big shot in your life now  
I’m the one who makes sense 
I put ten sugar cubes in my root beer float  
Refuse to be serious cause life is a joke   
I don’t know a lot but I know what you got  
Don’t be maybe baby come on I’m the big shot  
I wanted danger  
You was a stranger  
You want my body  
Well now you got me  
I’m the big shot in your life now  
I’m the one who makes sense  
I’m the big shot in your life now  
I’m the one who makes sense  
And you said you never knew me  
But I think you do  
You always did, Kid, you know it’s true   
I’m the big shot in your life now  
I’m the one who makes sense 
Yea kid I think you need to take a look in the mirror    
Take that look in the mirror   
I’m the big shot in your life now  
I’m the one who makes sense  
I’m the big shot in your life now  
I’m the one who makes sense  
And you said you never knew me  
But I think you do  
You always did, Kid, you know it’s true    
I’m the big shot in your life now 
I’m the one who makes sense

Same Graves

The Ghost Club