God Part II (U2 Cover)

Nothing Ever Happens (Del Amitri Cover)

Guardian Angel
written by Tony Metcalfe and Neil Brimson

I remember when we met
remember  what she wore
I see her every chance I get
she's always adored
I've loved but not lost but there's still been a cost
'cos she's never had a clue
it's been too long and become just what I do

I'll just have to be her guardian angel
be the one on whom she can depend
although in truth I'm in pain, I can never explain
so I guess we'll just stay friends
I'll hold her when she's frightened
and I can joke away her tears
although she'll cry in my arms, I know I'll still have no chance
and I'll send her back to you
I'll stand alone like guardian angels do

I dreamt I told her how I feel
but I know I'm not that brave
she'd smile and say it's no big deal
then shrink away
and if I knew in advance the answer yes had a chance
then I might just see it through
my world's split in half
but that'll have to do

Last August she got married
I'm invited and I saw it through
Laughed, joked and smiled
so no-one knew

Guardian Angel

This track has me singing and Paul and Alli.
Paul is also playing various guitar parts
Everything else is my fault

Face in the Mirror

It's just not me,
the face I see,
face in the mirror.
Watching me,
taunting me,
face in the mirror.
Nothing's the way that I thought it would be,
and nothing is making a difference to me now.

The skin I'm in,
is wearing thin,
I'm getting colder.
Patterning,
gathering,
making me older.
Nobody seems to believe what I say,
and nobody wants to remember,
the face in the mirror

A moth is just a butterfly without ambition.
Cinderella can't be bothered with the ball.
Always act upon the very first thing that you bring to mind.
It doesn't help to think too hard at all.

The space I'm in,
narrowing,
stuck in the middle.
Predictable,
forgettable,
derisable.
Nobody wanting to listen to me,
and finding that I can completely understand.

A moth is just a butterfly without ambition.
Cinderella can't be bothered with the ball.
Always act upon the very first thing that you bring to mind.
It doesn't help to think too hard at all.

Nobody seems to believe what I say,
and nobody wants to remember,
the face in the mirror

A moth is just a butterfly without ambition.
Cinderella can't be bothered with the ball.
Always act upon the very first thing that you bring to mind.
It doesn't help to think too hard at all.

It doesn't help to think too hard at all.

Face In The Mirror

So someone's broke your heart
I suppose I always knew this day would come
I guess you're feeling pretty bad
and it seems as though your world must surely end
How did it come to this?
And though I didn't ask for it
it's looking like it falls to me to
Tell you what
becomes of the broken-hearted

They're all around you
and always have been
They're everyone you've ever heard about
Everyone you've ever seen
everyone you've ever known
everyone who's ever been alive
Everyone

So welcome to the club
as you can see there's quite a lot of us
and I hate to make it worse
but I don't think that this'll be the only time
and it'll always hurt
always take you by surprise
and make you over-analyse
it's part of what it is to be us
so say hello to the broken-hearted

They're all around you
and always have been
They're everyone you've ever heard about
Everyone you've ever seen
everyone you've ever known
everyone who's ever been alive
Everyone

I know that you'll feel better
of course you will
And I know that you'll feel better
cos we all did

In case I wasn't clear
you're not the only one who's felt this way
I know that this won't help right now
but maybe once some time has passed
to tell the truth
I can't completely guarantee
that no-one's ever lived pain free
but most who have are fictional
now say hello to the broken-hearted

They're all around you
and always have been
They're everyone you've ever heard about
Everyone you've ever seen
everyone you've ever known
everyone who's ever been alive
Everyone

Everyone

You're the one

You're the one I chose to stay with
spending many, many days with
seems quite comprehensible
and really very sensible

and I'm the one you chose to stay with
spending many, many days with
looking back it really seems as though
this is how it had to go

You''re the one I chose to stay with
spending many, many days with
I know it could have worked out differently
but somehow it didn't

and I'm the one you chose to stay with
spending many, many days with
this bit I still find surprising
so I choose not to dwell on it

And you're the one I chose to stay with
spending many, many days with
should I just thank my lucky stars?
Or should I sit and think some more?

That I'm the one you chose to stay with
spending many, many days with
I think we're now much more
than we've ever been

You're the one I chose to stay with
spending many, many days with
seems quite comprehensible
and really very sensible

I'm the one you chose to stay with
spending many, many days with
We don't look like we did
but I chose to be with you

You''re the one I chose to stay with
spending many, many days with
seems quite comprehensible to me

I'm the one you chose to stay with
spending many, many days with
It's feels the way that it was meant to be

You're The One

Debbi, who I was in a relationship with at the time, wrote and sang this over an instrumental (by default I think) that myself and Paul Norris had recorded. This would have all happened in the late 1980s. More recently I've added some parts to it.

We'll Be Smiling Again

So here we are
just in time to save the universe
If anybody asks
it'll be alright
The human race
has been around for such a very long time
I think it'll be alright whether you
win or not

I think you worry too much
'bout everything and everybody
does anybody else not
see how it helps?
I think you hurry too much
for everything and everybody
if they want it that much
they'll wait a while

Nothing you do
is likely to change things appreciably
and if it doesn't you'll know
soon enough
I've checked
and you're not the white rabbit
if it's becoming a habit
then just relax

I think you worry too much
'bout everything and everybody
does anybody else not
see how it helps?
I think you hurry too much
for everything and everybody
if they want it that much
they'll wait a while

Worry Too Much

We travel down the road, we travel round the world
We try to learn the secrets that no other men have heard
And so I follow every road, and I believe in every word
And I try to find a reason for closing time

And I was once so young, and this world was such a place
And I had never seen the dark room, and fear had never seen my face
But then the time moved on so fast, and everything began to change
Separated by a lifetime, from closing time

It's closing time, but I am not prepared to wait
The truth I've found is one I'm not prepared to face
I'm still the person that I always was before
Slightly more cynical, slightly more bored

And you are still alive, but you feel such a fake
cos they're calling you a genius, but you were only just awake
And now the days go on too long, and now your mind begins to fail
Understand it for the first time, at closing time

It's closing time, but I am not prepared to wait
The truth I've found is one I'm not prepared to face
I'm still the person that I always was before
Slightly more cynical, slightly more bored

But there's still money to be had, there's still a profit to be made
I tried a million times to steal you but you still wanted to be paid
And now I find I'm not so young, but now I know I'm not afraid
I can offer you a lifetime, at closing time

It's closing time, but I am not prepared to wait
The truth I've found is one I'm not prepared to face
I'm still the person that I always was before
Slightly more cynical, slightly more bored

Closing Time 2019

It's been a blast, but now it's time to go
It couldn't last, this is my final show
I'm really glad you hung around to see me reach the end
and I'm glad it wasn't too bad
so don't be sad that I'm leaving it's not like I got you believing
and if you've got my picture locked inside your brain
then trust me I'm still the same
it's been a blast

Goodbye, I hope you're going to miss me
but let it fade I wasn't made by Disney
Maybe we've shared a drink and talked for half an hour
Maybe we've shared a dream for years and gathered power
Either way you've touched my life and I've touched yours

I'm proud that I could meet you, for however long it was
if I was drunk or slightly tipsy, or sober as a judge
I remember you as part of me, hope you won't bear a grudge
Either way you've touched my life and I've touched yours

Time To Go

I began my musical experience many moons ago (I'm now 47) on Euphonium and Piano in classical ensembles before moving on to guitar, bass guitar. keyboards and singing in both alternative and covers bands. Over the years I've performed in venues as varied as the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Dorchester Hotel, as well as lots of considerably smaller places that don't start with the word Royal.

In 2009 I was diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and my condition has now progressed to a stage where I now routinely use a wheelchair and no longer have the dexterity to play either guitar or piano. I can though still write songs, sing and use a DAW (in my case cubase).

These songs are a mixture of totally new recordings, old recordings with new parts and remastered studio demos. The old recordings I'm adding parts to are primarily some acoustic demos I recorded around 2005 which does mean that whenever I add harmony vocals I'm effectively duetting with a (much) younger me who could play (and is playing) acoustic guitar and piano

Various other people have also been writing and recording parts to add to these original recordings and anyone that would like to is entirely welcome to become involved with either songs posted here or those still in the pipeline. Feel free to message me about songs you'd like to be involved with or any other form of collaboration. Unless otherwise stated all songs were written by Greenhouses for Beginners.

Tony Metcalfe

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