vincent burke - stronger than a mountain

too much tea in the pot:
all the way out there :-)

lyrics:

I 

I am myself 

there’s been nobody else 

could stick a flag on me 



but if you like 

you can rock my world 

maybe it’d be fun fun fun fun fun. 



salt upon the sea 

and diamonds on the beach 

the sunlight hits your hair 

the gods are unprepared 

do do do do do do 

don’t 

don’t you wanna roam 

into an ancient world 

like a killer bee? 

come 

and let your sky fall in 

maybe it’d be fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun. 

salt upon the sea 

and diamonds on the beach 

the sunlight hits your hair 

the gods are unprepared 

do do do do do do 



don’t you want to run? 

stepping out of this world 

with me 

forward, to the sun!

Forward! to the Sun

written, well on remembrance day for a final version see band camp page or the video http://youtu.be/hPLtSkILwvs?list=UU373ppYeONQgQiutSpnrbXA

vincent burke - on remembrance day

like a Motown song but without the drums … or the singer ;-)

I just want to be loved

More dark and brooding fears about the finite nature of our fleeting lives ... with jokes.

Terminal Decline

written by Smokey Robinson, covered by the Beatles with a middle 8 from me ;-)  2 video versions on  http://youtu.be/coCslP9k0Cg  or http://youtu.be/tm-pZewei38

I don't like you (but I love you);  (you really got a hold on me)

This song is about cycling down a hill one Sunday morning, meeting my first girlfriend; and what happened after that...
It's is from the Album '10 by 3':
"An album of resourceful and inspired generosity, a time in which to rest, reflect, and realise just how much you needed to be in its presence." - Liverpool Sound and Vision! Out on Bandcamp 10.3.2024

Ice Cream Parlours

this is me at 19, sitting endlessly on the university steps for her to walk by;
 and then not talking to her...

here she comes

brutal, with jokes...
the idea is to catch something of the truth about what people say when things break up, not how it is in songs. 
video here: https://youtu.be/B-tGcx9Z5tU

can I just explain? 

I don't want to fight 
i don't want to do this tonight 
it was just a fling 
no it didn't mean anything 

you were acting like a stranger 
turning your back in the dark 
now this marriage is in danger 
tell me we're not falling apart 

I was working late 
I had those appointments to make 
she let down her hair 
I could feel the thrill in the air 

you were acting like a stranger 
I was alone in the dark 
now this marriage is in danger 
tell me we're not falling apart 

would you like some tea? 
would you like to throw it at me? 
do you feel the same? 
maybe I won't do it again 

you were acting like a stranger 
turning your back in the dark 
now this marriage is in danger 
tell me we're not falling apart

can I just explain?

vincentburke's Album

long time gone

owing to some seismic (but good) changes going on I woke up yesterday feeling very 'in between.' I sort of pieced this together in my head then went into Lauries bedroom to borrow her little guitar and see if I could find some chords for it. Went for a swim for a couple of hours, came back and did this recording - Bam! - I love a quick turnaround!
Anyway as I can't hear anything too awful about it - thought I'd stick it on here - 

lyrics--

I wash my face
I scratch my head
I shave my chin go back to bed
I am between

between decision and result
after the skid 
before the crunch
I am between

what I am is pushing into something I could be
I cut the cord umbilicus
and now I'm falling free

between the hammer and the nail
it's not a pass 
it's not a fail
I am between

between the spaces in the words
I'm strictly straight
and cryptic curved
I am between

what I am is pushing into something I could be
I cut the cord umbilicus
and now I'm falling free

I know completion is a lie
when something finishes it dies
we are between

but here between the earth and sky
to take a jump 
and try to fly
we are between

what we are is pushing into something we could be
they cut the cord umbilicus
and now we're falling free

we are between
we are between
one thing and another
one thing and another
we are between


See you soon :-)

between one thing and another

What they know, I know

an uplifting message for the new year
also a single from the forthcoming album 'over here in the trees'
www.vincentburke,co,uk

he paid to have himself murdered

As featured on BBC Radio 3 and BBC 6 Music:
'music to connect the concrete to the stars' -here's some work in progress- The Albums are there free on Spotify and Apple, and (if you want to support a penniless writer)  Bandcamp :-)

vincent burke

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