Those generic American shows
We know how it goes
There's an inverse resistance
Between love and distance, love and distance

Season 1 to season 3
We know the reasons so endlessly

The mathematics of love
The mathematics of love
We cannot work out that equation
Defies all reason

When you meet someone you like
It gives you such a fright
You go out on a limb
You come across all dim, all dim

1+1 is 2
So they say
Well that's all
So yesterday, so yesterday.


231. the mathematics of love (harding).mp3

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

Mozart seemed like a punky dude
He played fast, died young with attitude 

With only half a keyboard
He was a music lord
Always will be adored
He was the greatest
Forget the latest
They're the lamest
Ones of all
Oh Mozart we love you we love you forever more
Once more
Oh Mozart we love you forever more, forever more 

His name was Amadeus
Which is a bit suss
For a kid of such an age
He was all the rage
Learned to play piano
Not the bow and arrow
Unusual for his time
So Guten Morgan Mozart
From this Midlands kid's heart
Your tunes will live forever more 

Oh Mozart we love you forever more , forever more

253. eine kleine punkmusik (mozart-harding).mp3

Is that typing I can hear?
Or did i imagine it my dear?
Is someone listening in?
Have they been through my bin? 

Wouldn't think it worth their while
But like a mafioso smile
They sneaking through your files
Looking for something to defile 

Can't make out what is real
It all seems so surreal
That's politics these days
Conspiratorial ways 

The more they take from us
The more they gaslight us
They say it's paranoid
To think society is being destroyed 

By the greed of the few
There's no housing for you
Sitting in a pew
Praying for a better life for you 

No healthcare 
For a cancer scare
No welfare
No food to share 

And they are typing
And they are swiping
Your concerns are logged
While you're being robbed

270. they are typing while you are being robbed (harding).mp3

I'd like to wrap up all the sorrow in the world 
and cradle it in my arms
I'd like to get all the debt that's borrowed 
and pay it off with my charms 

I'd like to collect all the guns and bombs 
and see everyone shaking hands
I'd like to read out all the psalms 
until everyone understands 

The price of a war 
is a cost to us all
And we'll never be sore 
if we spend it all
On our souls
not assholes

280. the price of war (harding).mp3

284. white lines don't do it (grandmaster flash-melle mel).mp3

Cannot afford to feed my kids
And cannot afford to heat my digs
And I can see the tents on skids
They stretch for miles around
As a warning to us all
The flames are calling
Temperatures rising 

Trapped in a job that doesn't pay
Trapped in a life with no say
Trapped in a situation I can't change
There is no way, no way to rearrange

Trapped in a system

286. trapped (harding).mp3

124. big gay heart (lemonheads).mp3

288. jaja ding dong (persson-holter).mp3

Crispin was a streetcleaner
He'd rather be with Krishna
Hari Hari Krishna
Hari Hari Krishna

He rises before the sun
A time before anyone
Sweeping up every crumb
Until his route is done

Far from the sun
The Earth is but one
Tiny dot in the sky
The dreams of the people
Billions of dreams
They're just allowed to fly


026. crispin was a streetcleaner (harding).mp3

111. abandoned (watkins-harding).mp3

289. range life (pavement).mp3

291. song 2 (blur).mp3

293. my wandering days are over (belle & sebastian).mp3

I met a girl in Spain
I was only seventeen
She told me her name
It sounded like a dream 

We talked into the night
That everything's alright
But I don't know
I didn't know, I didn't know the scene 

We went down to the beach
My friend was with her friend
We chatted easily
Well, until the night, it did end 

But when we talked about bands
I did not understand
Her knowledge exceeded mine
Now I cringe to the end of time 

I didn't know 
Who Lou Reed was 
How could I not know 
who Lou Reed was?
Was I living behind a curtain 
like the wizard of OZ
I was such an imbecile
Time to get real
Despite her incredulous look
Surely it was 
not such a big deal

297. i didn't know who lou reed was (harding).mp3

I went to the music shop
I said I wanna slide from the top
He said hey not so fast
Even though you're having a blast 

But if you want to drop the ring a ling
You gotta mute behind the string 

He said 
Mute behind the string
Mute behind the string
If you want to stop the ring a ling
You gotta mute behind the string 

I went to the record shop
I said I wanna record that'll make me drop
He said I think this is your thing
They mute behind the string 

Chorus.

298. mute behind the string (harding).mp3

The corporations make money
The boss he drives a big car
My daughter has worries
And she won't get too far 

The bills mount to the ceiling
She's too ill to work
The state governor is stealing
Yet we elect that jerk 

They change the laws
Say the water is fine
When they use a river
Through a cadmium mine 

The rich get the pure stuff
And we get the slime
Can I drink the water
In fracking time 

When Barack came around
And our hopes were raised
The corporate donors
Got their liabilities erased 

They say it was "the day
That Barack died"
In the hearts of the poor
And they all cried 

Compensation oughta
Be paid without delay
Can I drink the water
In America today?

300. can i drink the water (harding).mp3

301. golden brown (the stranglers).mp3

The ragged trousered philanthropists
They work night and day
Work for starving pay
And give it all away 

To the rich and powerful
Who are laughing all the way
They have all the say
They take it all away 

Until there is nothing left
There nothing left
There nothing left
We all bereft
We are bereft 

Today is the same as yesterday
Edwardian yesterday
Edwardian yesterday 

So onward we go towards our feudal doom
There is no room
For any of us to live  today
And now we die away 

We die away
We die away
And the rich go on their way


302. the ragged trousered philanthropists (harding).mp3

303. in the mood (garland-razaf arr. glen miller).mp3

You know, I think you have a point
What you said the other day
That responsibility
For everything today 

Is on the individual
It is no longer residual
On society
The way it used to be 

We've gained financial wealth
Towards our self
But lost communal strength
And comradery 

We no longer see ourselves
As friends to someone else
We just see the balance 
Of money 

Do you know society 
Cannot function without
The goodwill of others
We lost this common decency 

Will we ever see the times again
Of post war growth
Driven by taxing wealth 
And social mobility 

Was it a one off
Because we destroyed everything in war
Is that the only time
The rich see virtue in the poor 

You know, I think you have a point
You know, I think you have a point.

305. you know i think you have a point (harding).mp3

I listen to the radio
My song it starts to play
I've dreamed away
I've dreamed away

My life
Ohhh
Ohhh
I've dreamed away my life

Watching those videos
And endless TV shows
I dreamed of being a star
But I never got very far

Is it not like the TV shows
Is that how it goes
Is it not the way life rolls
Not the way life rolls

306. i dreamed away my life (harding).mp3

The British press killed my family
Yes they did, yes they did
As if they cut them with a Stanley
Yes they did, Yes they did 

Corporations killed democracy
Yes they did, yes they did
"Rolling" news blinds our faculties
With bullshit, bullshit 

"Reporters" tell themselves
It's not their fault, not their fault
They ruin lives, so what
Just an unfortunate assault 

On the lives of the poor
But they don't count, they don't count
"If I don't do it someone else will
And helping the poor don't pay the bill
They don't have the clout
They're worth nowt" 

And they are right
They are right
Unless we change the system
They are right 

The public killed my daughter
Yes they did, yes they did
Her dinghy sank in the water
Yes it did, yes it did 

Foaming at the mouth
With their daily hate in hand
With the TV & phone telling them not to take a stand
They scream at anyone who is different
They scream and hate and kill 

Because it suits the corporate agenda 
To be a big spender
And distrust helps divide 
And take people for a ride.


307. the british press killed my family (harding).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 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

Freedom is the absence of fear
Said Nina Simone
Said Nina Simone 

Freedom is the absence of fear
I feel so alone
I feel so alone 

My mind can never be happy
When my fellow man is beaten down
And no amount of pills can turn around
The failure of those to atone
For the acquittal of the murderers in 
This godforsaken town

309. freedom is the absence of fear (harding).mp3

096. take back control (watkins-harding).mp3

105. running (watkins-harding).mp3

"The sign of a civilised society is not the poor owning cars, it is the rich taking public transportation". -Gustavo Petro, Colombian President.


Gustavo, Gustavo, Gustavo Petro

It's a power game
A desire for change
Which will prevail?
We cannot detail 

The people will decide
Profound change 
Or a passing trend
Within our range to mend 

A very privileged core
Milking the state
More feudalism than capitalism
More feudalism than capitalism

I have almost always lost
Fighting for laws
Or as a combatant
As a combatant 

Total peace we desire
But violence and fire
Will occur
If people demur 

Gustavo, Gustavo, Gustavo Petro

Gustavo Petro
A modern hope 
Gustavo Petro
As the US of A
Weans itself off coke

311. gustavo petro (harding).mp3

006. not so sure (harding).mp3

312. ballad of tom jones (space).mp3

313. west end girls (pet shop boys).mp3

Folk indie punk singer songwriter, guitars, keyboard. Jordan Watkins plays guitars on songs he co-wrote (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.

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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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