Girl Tumour

Nods to Beau Brummels, Serge and Roy Orbison.


LYRICS


My eyes 
Are tired all the time
I can’t wait 
For morning to arise.

Why am I crying every night?
Am I feeling so unwell?
I wish that you were mine.

These tears
Disguise me from the world
Like as my fear
Of loneliness unfolds.

Why do my tears fall from the sky?
Do I feel I’m not quite there?
I wish that you were mine.

My eyes 
Are tired all the time
I can’t wait 
For morning to arise.

Why am I crying every night?
Am I feeling so unwell?
I wish that you were mine.

Oh why am I waiting for a sign?
Am I frightened of this world?
Oh I wish that you were mine.

Wish You Were Mine

Private Affair

Little interlude to break up the noise. Bit like early Felt.

Soul Diving

Bit like the garagey Zappa stuff - some R&B influence there aswell.

Death (3 Times)

Early 70's - Todd Rundgren, Big Star, George Harrison - that sorta thing.

The Revolution (I Can Feel It Coming On)

Cover of the 1967 hit by The Left Banke, from one of my very favourite records.

Pretty Ballerina - The Left Banke

Television Girl

Ode to Marriott - R&B, Mod, Garage influences.

Free

Jangle fuzz - think Rain Parade…


LYRICS


Making my way out to you, my dear
Nothing to see here except my fear.

Why do you push me so far from love?
I’m doing alright but I’m not quite good enough
Good enough.

As luck would have it, I feel fine
No more taking up all of your time
Anymore
As luck would have it, I feel new
No one around to make me feel blue
But still, I’ll always be thinking of you.

Give me a sign that you’re wanting me
Let me inside of your soul it’s so lonely.

Why do you push me so far from love?
Pouring my heart out to you
Is all that I can do now.

As luck would have it, I feel fine
No more taking up all of your time
Anymore
As luck would have it, I feel new
No one around to make me feel blue
But still, I’ll always be thinking of you.

I’ll always be thinking of you.

As Luck Would Have It

Jangle pop.


LYRICS


Listen out for her footsteps in the rain
As she glides by like a bird on a wing
So far away.

Listen up there’s a new kinda girl around
If you stay she’ll take you effortlessly by the hand
So easy
So easy.

Simple as the days are long
Standing at the gates of dawn.

I could stay forever
And watch the lights go out over heaven
Wish I could stay forever
And watch the lights go out over heaven.

Listen out for her footsteps in the rain
As she walks on by like a silhouette in the night
So full of life
But so far away.

Simple as the days are long
Standing at the gates of dawn.

I could stay forever
And watch the lights go out over heaven
Wish I could stay forever
And watch the lights go out over heaven
Wish I could stay forever
And watch the lights go out over heaven
Wish I could stay forever
And watch the lights go out over heaven.

Footsteps in the Rain

Postcard meets Sarah records.


LYRICS

I can see clearer
But should I forget
And party on through the night?

Unsettled in union
With some old cats from the club
I never really noticed but there were
So many souls around
Disheveled and down the blackout
Cursed me to shame
They played out a song so sweet that
I cried and cried and cried.

I hoped that she’d stay
I begged and I prayed
It’s been holding me back now.

Never again will I go
Down the place where you don’t get 
Loving for free.

Humbled by using 
And kept from losing my mind
The others seemed accustomed
Well they don’t seem things like I do
Distracted from time
And almost left out to dry for sure
I guess I never really tried to understand how I was
Now I’m better and better (but I)

Hoped that she’d stay
I begged and I preyed
It’s been holding me back now.

Never again will I go
Down the place where you don’t get 
Loving for free.

Dharma Nights

Darker, moody tune.

Think Echo or Wire…


LYRICS


I used to sit outside in the pouring rain
Until my eyes stopped crying away
My sorrow.

And when I saw that reasonable doubt
A season’s change washed over the pain
And I found love
I found love.

Self-alienation, I give thanks to the world
That paved out my mind
In mysterious gold
But a fool is to know
And a fool is to show.

Young, jobless, wasting away
Got no time for today or tomorrow
There’s nothing to say
I’ve kept my words to my chest
Never strayed or deferred from the rest
Who will tear me apart
Again and again and again.

But this time I’m alone
And no one can tell me I’m done
Oh this time the chips are all down
My god I’m an alien inbound 
Guess the thought of being usually sound
In my backseat psyche impound
Just don’t hit the same anymore.

Self-alienation, I give thanks to the world
That paved out my mind
In mysterious gold
But a fool is to know
And a fool is to show.

Young, jobless, wasting away
Got no time for today or tomorrow
There’s nothing to say
I’ve kept my words to my chest
Never strayed or deferred from the rest
Who will tear me apart
Again and again and again.

My Backseat Psyche

Lots of influence here - predominantly Floyd and bits of Paul McCartney. 


LYRICS

Johnny was a little bit tired
The paint was coming out of his eyes
Maybe he’s a loser inside
But he is cool.

Johnny’s got the coke again
The paint is kinda wearing thin
He moves around the spot to spin
Sniffling on the floor like Henry.

Johnny has a brother or two
His sister she’s black and blue
And she is always out of her head
Guess she is cool?

Johnny makes a real fine brew
Sugar-Ray teeth ain’t new
His friends come over like Sue
She is in a Rock n Roll band
She was never part of the plan.

Johnny takes the long way home
His feet are like shovels in the snow
Stopping for the hillside view and Sue was there
I said that she’d be there
He knows that she’d be there.

Getting off above the world
Looking out for other girls.

Sue, she took him by the hand
Said he wouldn’t understand
But Johnny gets alone at night
Where can he go from here?

Making love in the morning light
Nothing could feel so right
Johnny is over with Deborah
Her record collection is good.

Johnny Boy

80’s Alt sound - think Aztec Camera, Orange Juice, Psychedelic Furs etc…


LYRICS


I think about you
Day and night
Your presence engulfs my soul
Like nothing ever could.

And deep into conversation we go
Never too far
Always in need of
Pushing me ajar.

Invitation lies
Face down on the floor
My message was clearer than the
Numbers on the door.

So why is it hard, babe
To be happier now?
Fortune bestows your heart
Yet leaves me going on without.

Tonight I dreamt of being
Closer to your ghost
For now I’ll dance around to the bachelor’s song
Tonight I laughed before I cried
And never once looked over my shoulder
I danced the night away on my own.

Bachelor’s Song

Power pop sorta sound - think Ride or BJM…


LYRICS


I’m running my hand down her thigh
Wiping the tears as I cry
I told her to wait for tonight
Hiding the pain in my eyes.

I’m running my hand down the side
Finding a way to get high
I ran to the phone just to try
To fix me a new lullaby.

I’m running away (all the time)
Talking to no one online
I make an excuse not to lie
To my mother, my girl and my mind.

Burning a new page, darling
Filled with the words
Turning into something I-

I’m running my hands down her thigh
Wiping the tears as I cry
I told her to wait for tonight
Hiding the pain in my eyes.

Running Away (All the Time)

Alt 90’s kick up the backside.


LYRICS


Time and time again
I just can’t shake off the feeling
Though my heart is stained
My head is trying hard to be true.
Lonely hours, they stay
I guess I’ll take a walk to the noose
Day in-out, day in-out.

So I’ll pick up my guitar
And shake it down, loose
Yeah I’ll shake it down, loose.

I’m throwing my life away
Into the sand
Out of the blue
Into my hands
Oh, to be a better man?

Time and time again
And I still can’t shake off that feeling
Aimless in disarray
Pretending to be up when I’m down
Lonely hours, they stay
I’ll take another stroll through the woods
Day in-out, day in-out.

So I’ll pick up my guitar
And shake it down, loose
Yeah I’ll shake it down, loose.

I’m throwing my life away
Into the sand
Out of the blue
Into my hands
Oh, to be a better man?

Say it’s a dream
If only they could see what I see?
I’ll reprise the truth

Before I pick up my guitar
And shake it down, loose
Yeah I’ll shake it down, loose.

I’m throwing my life away
Into the sand
Out of the blue
Into my hands
Oh, to be a better man?

Out of the Blue

80’s Neo-soul with a dab of psych


LYRICS

Sadness never gets a hold of me (yeah)
But every time
I think of the girl
It swallows me whole.

Her smile is in the pain of my eyes
I’m really losing touch with the sky
All Soul, it’s in the way that she moves
Just a little bit closer this time
Filling me up with tears
To leave me high and dry.

I’ve been trying 
To reach out for love
And I’m older now
Baby, d’you think I’m wise enough?
My river’s wide
And my valley as low
Cos I’m bolder yeah
Babe, I’ve really gotta know.

Shyness it tries but never succeeds (yeah)
To put me in my own place
Now she’s here at the door
With that look on her face.

I’ve been trying 
To reach out for love
And I’m older now
Baby, d’you think I’m wise enough?
My river’s wide
And my valley as low
Cos I’m bolder yeah
Babe, I’ve really gotta know.

All Soul

Neo-soul


LYRICS

This is the show
So I’ll sit and be still                   
Laugh or sing along  
Do whatever you will.
                  
My precious time   
Is still breaking down
Help me to learn  
All the secrets of your mind?

I guess I’m just a fool 
Who you hoped to find
But I’m shaking loose baby.
                           
Why am I cold
When the river runs warm?                
You came right along
Whilst the other girls scorned.

My precious time
Is caught in the wind
Baby be sure    
Before letting yourself in.
               
I guess I’m still a fool
Who you hoped to find    
But I’ve been shaking loose baby.
                                      
I’m your one and only fool
Destined to find      
All the things you always wanted to see, babe
All the precious moments we had to spend
All the tales and stories, they’d never end.

I guess I’m just your fool
Wasting my life
Maybe someday I’ll be free?

Just Your Fool

Mellow psychedelic pop tune.


LYRICS


I think I’m about to go insane
Cellular noise inside my brain.

Where there used to be
The ideas of a man
But nowhere to be seen
Hanging heavy on my heart
Lover’s song ain’t singing
Too much on my mind
I know I should be somewhere darker.

Catch the morning sky
Cos I ain’t through with laughter
But I’m too cold to dare
Cos I ain’t sure what’s real now
And I’m too bold to care.

I’m too bold to care.

Ideas of Man

A collection of recent demos and re-recordings of our older songs.

See what you think…

Track listing:

1. As Luck Would Have It - 0:00
2. Sister Soul - 4:09
3. Candy Don’t Surf - 6:30
4. Running Away (All the Time) - 9:25
5. Sod’s Law - 12:07
6. Cancel the Night - 14:34
7. Relics - 16:56
8. My Backseat Psyche - 19:15
9. The Bee’s Knees - 23:14
10. Prima Donna - 27:29
11. Aim - 30:16
12. Bachelor’s Song - 32:26

Upstairs For Thinking, Downstairs For Dancing

Sun King - The Beatles

In the Evening

The return of the BIG SCREEN. 

A pool of sonic indulgence in these times of social isolation.

Shifting Like the Sands in Her Mind

Keep Your Eyes Fixated and Your Ears to the Ground

BIG SCREEN

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