This song moved me to tears. so beautiful

I love how this song really gives me a mood and a place I’ve only been rarely before, and not even directly... that is how someone is a good musician.

Tom Rosenthal

'I Like It When You're Gone' is available on: 
iTunes -  goo.gl/j2cpJs
Bandcamp - goo.gl/0rAkx3

VIDEO - http://youtu.be/hIzGVlN5QHw

Please come back to me darling 
I get restless when you're not around. 
I made a noise with a frying pan but 
There was no one to receive my sound 

But that said, that said, i like it when you're gone. 
That said, that said, i like when you're gone. 

Took your route to the postbox even though i'm not convinced its the best way. 
Had a nap under some lonely tree as the sun kissed the day. 

But that said, that said, i like it when you're gone. 
That said, that said, i like when you're gone. 

People talked some nonsense and i listened with blurry eyes. 
It wasn't as cool as your nonsense and it wasn't under your skies 

But that said, that said, i like it when you're gone. 
That said, that said, i like when you're gone. 

Who's That in the Fog?

I Like It When You're Gone

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this song tells a true story of me sitting next to a 87 year old lady on the train. 



Dilys, we sat next to one another on the train, you said your husband died 4 years ago and for the most part your alone, your many teddy bears don’t keep you warm at night and you don’t believe in a god, you husband spent 5 years as a prisoner of war , you sent him letter upon letter, 

but those annoying little Nazis didn’t let any letter through, the youth today don’t know, you’ve forgotten more than they will ever know know know know know know know, you had no children of your own, no children of your own 
 
I said I would write a song about you, but you did not, you did not believe me, so listen so listen to this, oh Dilys
 
You got off the train before I did, you said this journey would have been harder without you here, and 68 years between us but we laughed, like youngsters would laugh, so Dilys I wish you well, you said you would remember my name, and I’ll remember yours, I will, I will, I will., oh Dilys  


Dilys

'Karl Marx In The Bath' is available on: 
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Bandcamp - https://goo.gl/Uhk4qM

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/gZn24esaeyI

LYRICS: 
You, you used to read Karl Marx, alone in the bath, whenever 
You were low, whenever you were low. 
You made cakes out of love and love out of hugs 
Cos that is what you do, that is what you do. 

You made a paper boat and you sailed all across the floor to 
The harbour by the door 

You caught a bug in a jar and you named it Escobar 
But your mother let it go, your mother let it go.

You made a paper boat and you sailed all across the floor to 
The harbour by the door 

You made a paper boat and you sailed all across the floor to 
The harbour by the door 


Keep a Private Room Behind the Shop

Karl Marx in the Bath

'The Boy' is available on: 
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Bandcamp - https://goo.gl/Uhk4qM

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/rj34nSnxg6c

LYRICS: 
The boy sits in a field tall grass above his head, and he’s thinking of the path that his ancestors did tread and as he’s dreaming of the future a mist does descend, and he wonders if this is the beginning or this is the end 

And out of the mist a tall creature does appear, his eyes wide and friendly, his face full of years , he says “we’re going on a journey in my hot air balloon, and the time is now so we must get going soon”. 

They flew over the houses and the streets they use to know, over trains going fast and people going slow, there were snow on the mountains and boats on the sea, and there were lovers in the forest carving their names into a tree 

The boys says “where are we going, where are we going to, I’m scared of the future and I’m mildly scared of you, the creature looked down and said “don’t be scared of the unknown”, we’re going to a place in which I have grown 

With a sudden gush of wind the balloon fell from the sky, and the boy shut his eyes and hoped he wouldn’t die, the creature was calm, he had done this before so he landed the hot air balloon and he opened the door 

The boy walked out and he couldn’t believe his eyes, there was a flock of sheep floating through the skies followed by a magic carpet on which their shepherd did fly and the boy wondered what was going on. 

So he walked through this land with the creature by his side, to his left was a painter, painting the tides, and to his right a pack of wolves did cry to the rise and fall of the moon. 

They entered the forest and the trees they hung low, everything was dark and nothing there did grow apart from a single yellow rose that the boy put in his hair 

Out of the forest, the snow it did fall, the creature held an umbrella high above the boy then out the of snow appeared an empty platform, and they waited patiently for a train 

From far in the distance a train did arrive with a thousand polar bears passengers inside, the creature said to the boy “are you ready for the ride” and the boy said” yes I think I am” 

So they sped through the hills and over mountains they did go, over old wooden bridges withered from the cold, and the boy stared out of the window and smiled at all he could see 

They travelled through the desert to the setting sun, over streams and rivers to where it all begun, and through the wind and the rain until the days were done, they rode through the land 

All of a sudden, the train it did stop, the creature said to the boy “this is where we both get off”, and all the polar bear climbed to the top of the train to wave their goodbyes

The pair, now alone, walked through a featureless land, no blade of grass, no grain of sand, and on the horizon a great sea did stand and creature said “ this is where I must go” 

At the waters edge, nothing more was said, the boy looked at the creature, not a single tear was shed, and the creature laid his hand upon the boys head, and gave him a wink of his eye 

The creature turned around and walked slowly to the sea, to go to a place where forever he would be, and with one great leap he leapt into sea and in the blink of an eye he was gone. 

The boy stood still, alone now on the shore, he stared into the distance and hoped there would be more, and the yellow rose it fell to the floor and drifted away on the wind. 


The Boy

Can't Help Falling In Love (cover)

'Panda in the Chandelier' is available on: 
iTunes - itunes.apple.com/gb/album/id977570924
Bandcamp -tomrosenthal.bandcamp.com/album/bolu

LYRICS: 
Theres a panda in the chandelier 
Oh what have we got here? what have we got here?

Well i'll tell you how it got up there 
This is a story of a young girls flair   
for throwing pandas 

It was her fathers friends wedding day 
and she was dragged along, as is the way, 
for the poor young ones. 

As the big people did their thing 
the panda bear she did swing 
oh the panda bear 
flung through the air 

Well a serious man with a frown 
came with a ladder and took it down, 
aren't ladders handy 

He had never seen this happen before 
Pandas normally stick to the floor 
Call it good timing 

And you got your panda back 
you got your panda back 
you got your panda back 
and your were happy about that 

Bolu

Panda in the Chandelier

'Asleep on a Train' is available on: 
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VIDEO: https://youtu.be/-_bg5dOvOO4

B-Sides

Asleep on a Train

From the album When I Was A Child by Valley Maker released on September 25th via Brick Lane Records

The Mission by Valley Maker

war will fill no void

Recorded at ShoeBox Studios
Mastered by Kevin Kearney (xokk.net)

Lyrics:
I know I see you, Paper Moon
I feel like I have left too soon
And in this great goodbye we share a moment as one
I’ve reached the end, but I don’t feel like I’m done

And I’m still hiding, Paper Moon
And you’re still climbing, Paper Moon
And I won’t get choked up when you leave here tonight
I’ll see you when I get to the other side

You’re so ordinary, but you make me feel brand new
I’m so ordinary, but I can wait for you

I know I see you, Paper Moon
I feel like I have left too soon
And in this great goodbye we share a moment as one
Beneath the waves of a hot, setting sun

You’re so ordinary, but you make me feel brand new
I’m so ordinary, but I can wait for you

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PAPER MOON

August

Recorded Live at the Palace Theatre, St Paul, MN on 25th November, 2018

Hippo Campus - No Pomegranates

The Places You'll Go

'Ian' is available on: 
iTunes -  goo.gl/j2cpJs
Bandcamp - goo.gl/0rAkx3

LYRICS: 
Ian, the life the life 
The dusty old books 
Port on the carpet
The stains the stains 

Oh Ian, the face the face 
The sense of a lifetime 
Snap of the old light 
The room the room 

Oh Ian i'll bring the old box 
Where the quiet lies and the time died 
Oh Ian i'll bring it all for you to see 

Oh Ian, the words the words 
Valiant moments 
Sewed from the old hope 
The life the life 


Violin - Adaq Khan 
VIDEO - http://youtu.be/rXRSHo8MJ7Y

Ian

Tom Rosenthal

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