I remember some advice my parents said
But I didn't take much notice then
It was to the point and that was the point
It was keep it simple and go ahead 

Keep it simple do it well
Wherever we go in life is swell   CHORUS
Complication is just hell
Keep it in the real world 

Whenever we try to do too much
Just step back from such and such
Get back to basics, back to life
And ditch all that strife 

And keep it simple do it well
Whereever we go in life is swell   CHORUS
Complication is just hell
Keep in the real world 

Just a final note to add
Complex lives are really sad
Think back to when you were young
When you weren't quite so highly strung 

CHORUS


232. keep it simple do it well (harding).mp3

It's the middle of the night
It's deathly quiet
I look out to the sea
What can you see
What can you see
It's heavenly 

We stay up so late 
For so many nights
Can we see it out again
I don't know why
I cannot sleep again

257. the insomnia song (harding).mp3

301. golden brown (the stranglers).mp3

We're spitting out lyrics with aplomb
There's an 8 track studio in my home
I walk my dog and when I'm done
I wash the car and go for a run 

Cos I'm a hardcore suburban man
With a balding head
And a fading tan
My wife retired at 51
When we sold our souls for a campervan 

I got an easy life
An easy life at your expense

I dream of pensions and good deals
And trading shares and meals on wheels
I don't know where the money's from
But I know it's not from work I've done 

You see, we invested in property
When we already owned loads anyway
And now we don't need to do any work
It's our tenants who have to sell their shirts 

To pay for us to do what we like
And we tell THEM to "get on their bike"
Cos we never tire of telling others
To work hard, to fill our coffers

308. i got an easy life (harding).mp3

314. walk of life (dire straits).mp3

317. alcoholiday (teenage fanclub).mp3

342. creep (radiohead).mp3

Why do we always hurt the ones that we love?
We try so hard sometimes, its never enough 

We plan to make it work
We plan to dignify
But when the time comes
We don't even try 

"Hard working families"
What does that even mean?
Insinuating the poor are lazy 
For not being rich and lean 

Why do we always vote for the ones we know are wrong
Don't we know its better helping the weak over the strong? 

Finally, we need to say
Loud and proud
I won't work all day 
Just to be allowed 

To live and love
And just be

348. to live and love (harding).mp3

Well, I did my best son
I did my best son
And I'm here for everyone
I'm here for everyone

But the people I owe most
Are all dead and gone
They built this world 
Before we even had begun

Now I hear these guys they tell me
They don't owe anyone
They work hard they say
And every damn thing they've won

Now I say take a look around
At all the stuff we humans done
And how much is down to us
And how much to before we born

Now we diss our ancestors
When we trash our kid's futures
We know what we done
And what is to come

But judgement day aint when we die
It's when the children are born
Cos if we leave them high and dry
We are bastards all bar none

353. judgement day (harding).mp3

359. last christmas (wham).mp3

371. crazy for you (madonna).mp3

378. get it on (t rex).mp3

380. johnny b goode (chuck berry).mp3

The golden ages of the past
Seem distant now, seem distant now
And all the things we said back then
Keep coming around, keep coming around

CHORUS
So, in my life, i dont know what we're coming to
So, in the world i don't know what its coming to 

Its a strange combination
Higher tech but a lesser nation
We now have hot showers and all mod cons
But we step over people on the way to proms

Chorus

Our politicians seem so pointless now, so pointless now
The lifeblood has been sucked out of the here and now

381. the older i get, the more leftwing i become (harding).mp3

390. heart and soul (joy division).mp3

392. cigarettes and alcohol (oasis).mp3

Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag
Is what they said in days they are now long dead
Can't get what you want in life
Well get used to it, it is what it is

Don't look back with regrets
It only fuels the things that make the ground
Swell up.and swallow you whole

In my life I would never grasp things till too late and now I know that I would not make the same mistakes, I would not hesitate

To take things by the collar and swing them around my waist, but it doesn't roll back the tides of dither and wait.
Don't hold back the tides of dither and wait.

When they say that things at home are giving time alone to think about the things you never thought you'd think about. 

394. don't dither and wait (harding).mp3

395. good riddance time of your life (green day).mp3

A yoga holiday in crete
Smashing plates around my feet
Don't worry they were specially made
There's no need to be afraid

Of the environmental footprint
It didn't cost a mint
I'm lying here in the sun
Eating greek salad, its a lot of fun

To drink the wine and downward dog
Lets hope my stomach won't honk
Namaste, pranayama, drishti and asana

Dont know what any of it means
get the mat and I'll meet you in my dreams
To the bar we frequent
More regularly than lent
Despite being a healthy holiday
We can eat what we like and party
We can eat what we like and party

402. a yoga holiday in crete (harding).mp3

404. imagine (lennon).mp3

I cant find me decaf
Without kath
When my wife is not back
I can't find my decaf

I ask Kath
And she says you'd better watch your back
You misogynist stupid bloody prat

I can't find my socks
I'm sure I left them in that box
I can't find my tie
I'm sure I left it on the rack

And I can't find my shoes
But I better not ask Kath
I cant find my pants
But if I ask Kath she'll have a rant

And Kath says, you stupid bloody prat, you stupid bloody prat
You misyoginist stupid prat

And Kath says how the hell am I supposed I know
Are you accusing me of nicking that
Oh I'd better not ask Kath

I ask kath 
says im on the wrong path
You barking up the wrong tree
If you think its me

408. I had better not ask kath (harding).mp3

409. pumpkin nights (biggle-harding).mp3

G C Am D
When we write a new song
Just 3 minutes long
You never know
Whose singing along

Like the Vaselines
And all that it means
Going nowhere fast
Yet their music will last

Cos they never knew
That in Aberdeen
Listening in 
Was Kurt Cobain

In his home town
He was rocking their songs
Recording an album
For millions of fans

C D G C Am
And they'll dine out forever more
On the royalties
That just get 
More and more

C D G C Am G
So when you're writing that song
Just ambling along
You never know
What someone will do with your song.

410. write a new song (harding).mp3

411. molly's lips (the vaselines).mp3

Payroll
Does my brain
Every month
Never the same
To think these people have been trained

No hope
How do we cope
No hope
Month to month
Month to month

412. payroll (harding-rambaut).mp3

Well I like me a drink 
But it makes me stink
And I broke a girls heart
It tore her heart apart
So I promised from the start
That from the bottom of my heart
I'll be true to the temperance reel
Teatotal I promised I wiil be
You'll never see me tipsy
And paraletic I will never feel
I'll stay true to the temperance reel


413. temperance reel (trad-harding).mp3

Unreasonable people are created by the Daily Mail
Unreasonable people are created by Rupert Murdoch
They create such problems and pain
Our lives will never be the same again
Unreasonable people are created by the Daily Mail

If you're disabled or black, unemployed or a cyclist
You're not in the groups they deem for the rightist
This prejudiced hate just stresses you out
Causes problems that make you scream and shout

The Daily Mail made me a terrorist
The Daily Mail made me hate everyone
The Daily Mail made me a fascist
But don't tell anyone

414. the daily mail made me a terrorist (harding).mp3

Well, I made my bed in roses
But I didn't find the comfort I need

In a world of greed and impatience ohh
I love you but are you what I need
Slowly taking away the well in my eyes
But don't be surprised

I covered the room in posies
But nothing seems to be what you need 

415. made my bed in roses (harding).mp3

        C#                                Fm
Oh, sixto rodriguez the sugar man
          D#m.                                                      G#
Was holding down dead end jobs and doing all he can
            C#                                                       Fm
While unbeknownst to him, he was a superstar
D#m.                                    G#
Selling many records in lands afar
       D#m G#                      D#m G#  C#
Oh sixto rodriguez, the su---gar man 

               C#                                               Fm
He was bigger than the beatles in Australia
               D#m.                                         G#
He was bigger than the beatles in South Africa
              C#                                                    Fm
But he wasn't known anywhere else except Botswana
       D#m.                     G#                         D#m G# C#
Oh Sixto, it doesn't matter, you're a su---per-star
      C#                           Fm
Oh sixto rodriguez, the sugar man
         D#m.                                                G#
You struck a heart string or two in many a land
         C#                                                Fm
And was rediscovered and later toured in those lands
      D#m          G#       C#
Oh sixto, the sugar man
      C#                                                       Fm
He inspired a generation fighting against apartheid
         D#m                                     G#
And against the injustice of conscripted suicide
      D#m  G#                      D#m G#  C#
Oh sixto rodriguez, the su--- gar man 

      C#                                                         Fm
So when you think of sixto and his crazy back story
D#m.                                     G#
Living in detroit in a run down sixth storey
     C#                                              Fm
Remember all the folks that rallied to his cause
         D#m.                                                 G#
And all the talented folks that will never get recourse
       D#m  G#                      D#m G#   C#
Oh Sixto Rodriguez the Su----gar man


416. sixto rodriguez the sugarman (harding).mp3

418. all i want for xmas is you (mariah carey).mp3

419. wondering why (red clay strays).mp3

Folk indie punk singer songwriter, guitars, keyboard. Jordan Watkins co-wrote 7 songs and plays guitars on those songs (as attributed).

Putting my stuff out there "where funk meets punk"- using dynamic Shure SM58 microphone and ableton 11 live recording software. Hohner Strat, Epiphone ES339 guitar, Hohner harmonica and yamaha keyboard E463.

Fave bands - L7, Lemonheads, Fat Tulips, Joy Division, Strawberry Story, The Smiths, Shonen Knife, Sex Pistols, Heavenly, The Fall, Slits, Bhundu Boys, Vaselines, The Pastels, Teenage Fanclub, Shalewambe, Jonah Moyo, Billy Bragg, Felt, Velvet Underground, Jeffrey Lewis, Jimi Hendrix....plus loads of other stuff.

Thanks in particular to Damian Smith and the Journeymen, QB Bills and The Strums for getting me into the Soundcloud community, and John Stone for listening from the start, and all those great musicians around the world listening in. Wonderful that music that didn't even exist a day, or even hours ago gets to go around the world. Always brilliant to be amongst the first to hear new stuff.

Remember, inconsistency means, even if one track is dodgy, the next might be a masterpiece. Keep listening folks, and keep making great music.

TOP 3 MOST PLAYED SONGS FOR EACH MONTH

JAN 2022
1. MCCARTHY'S GAME
2. FIELDS OF DREAMS
3. WEATHER WOMAN
FEB 2022
1. SO MANY THINGS TO DO
2. QUEASY
3. CAN I HAVE MY BALL BACK PLEASE
MAR 2022
1. PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE
2. MY NEW GIRLFRIEND
3. GCHQ
APR 2022
1. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT
2. YOU ARE NOT ALONE
3. YOU WON'T REGRET DOING NOTHING AT ALL
MAY 2022
1. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS
2. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
3. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING
JUN 2022
1. A MILLION TEARS FOR YOU
2. PURPLE ZONE
3. SWEET HOME ALABAMA
JUL 2022
1. SEVEN NATION ARMY
2. THREE LIONS
3. PASSENGER
AUG 2022
1. STOP THE FROWN
2. NITE CLUB
3. KEEP IT SIMPLE, DO IT WELL
SEP 2022
1. STOP THE FROWN
2. FEARLESS
3. EINE KLEINE PUNKMUSIK
OCT 2022
1. THE INSOMNIA SONG
2. KEEP IT SIMPLE, DO IT WELL
3. RUNNING UP THAT HILL
NOV 2022
1. HELEN
2. DON'T CHA
3. STOP THE FROWN
DEC 2022
1. LA PUNKEILLAISE
2. CHRISTMAS LIGHT
3. KEEP IT SIMPLE, DO IT WELL
JAN 2023
1. THE PRICE OF WAR
2. SHEENA IS A PUNKROCKER
3. THIS CHARMING MAN
FEB 2023
1. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT
2. JA JA DING DONG
3. BIG GAY HEART
MAR 2023
1. SONG TWO
2. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO LOU REED WAS
3. CRISPIN WAS A STREET CLEANER

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