In memory of the partner of a very dear friend.

Songs from the Sunshine Room

Shelley's Song

For my wife Kay (@5oapgirl). Thanks for saying yes 33 years ago. Thanks for telling me (and meaning it!) to keep at the music when the kids started to arrive, even though I decided the right thing was to do was to hit the ‘pause’ button, get a ‘proper’ job and raise a family. Thanks for those 3 wonderful kids! Thanks for being there every time I’m lost in the dark. And thanks for supporting me in May when I decided to retire early, hit the ‘play’ button and refocus on my music. The very least I can do for your birthday is to try my best to capture your essence in a piece of music so here it is. If you know Kay, you’ll get it. If you don’t? Then this gift is for you as well. Stop doom-scrolling for 6 mins, stick your headphones on and have a taste of what it’s like to be in my wife’s orbit. 
I adore you @5oapgirl. We got this.

She Sees Rainbows

Hi y'all. Just thought I'd share a demo of the 3rd track from my upcoming album 'Songs from the Sunshine Room'. I tried to condense my life over the last 30-odd years into 4 minutes. TBH it's little more than a glorified demo; but after a few weeks of listening to all the loose mistakes on it I kinda grew to love it the way it is. I may well re-master it if I can get some real drummers and bass players involved (eh Stuart Hall, Marcus Sprott Others?) Thanks especially to Erin for telling me to lay down my own vocals; Im a guitar player not a singer lol. Anyways hope you like it. Best played with headphones and er... loud! 

Here's the lyrics for anyone who cares. Me? On my own? I don't got this. But with her?  We got this. 

The Beginning.
Well you weren’t in double figures, when you singled out me, 
You told your mum that day, that we were gonna be.    
I tried to run, I tried to hide, but it was all in vain,
You lit up the whole tunnel, so I ran towards your train.
Blondes are more fun, ain’t that a safe bet?
Well I like to gamble so I picked the brunette.

We got this, baby we got this. 
We got this, yeah baby we got this.

The Kids
Two and one made three, three and two made five,
We love the number seven but they never did arrive. 
“Keep doing what you’re doing, we’re gonna be OK”
But I chose a different path, cause I knew that it would pay.
Make a mark on earth, that can’t be rubbed out?
Well we made three, of that I’ve no doubt.

We got this, baby we got this. 
We got this, yeah baby we got this.

The Bumps in the Road.
The brightest flames still cool in a while,
We’d stopped taking time to make each other smile. 
“I needed this”, “I needed that”, was all that I could say,
But what I really meant was, “it’s in the way…
…love’s like the wind, when based on desire; 
It snuffs out a candle, but it fans a fire.”

We got this, baby we got this. 
We got this, yeah baby we got this.

The Now.
Well I’ve made some bad decisions, and that nearly was one,
I almost threw away everything we’d done.
But I’m glad to say I’m back today, sittin’ on your train,
Given a choice? Ha! I’d do it all again.
On and on this journey goes, 
Wherever it takes us, one thing I know is…

We got this, baby we got this. 
We got this, yeah baby we got this.

wildbill7

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