Blossoms And Bicycles, by Philip Jeays

Blossoms And Bicycles

by Philip Jeays

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Jon South Passionate, sharply observed songs from a brilliant singer-songwriter. Considering this is a 24-track double album, the hit-rate is frankly astonishing.
And all the stars and all the fire crews are out for us tonight... Favorite track: Don't Cry Marie.

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1.	Take Me Back To Tuesday 02:42	lyrics	buy track
TAKE ME BACK TO TUESDAY Look at you As young as you are All glitter and bones Eyeliner and lashes Look at you Alive in the rain Your passion becomes you Everyone loves you Take me back to Tuesday A step before I saw you When I could still just walk away I was just another face In a another crowd Take me back to Tuesday When everything was simple Before I ever knew your name Look at you A study in light Something like water Something like night Look at you Nothing like me So sure of your path Me lost out at sea Take me back to Tuesday A sigh before I saw you When I could still just walk away I was just another face In a another crowd Take me back to Tuesday When everything was simple Before I ever knew your name The dark before the lightning came When there was nothing to me Take me back to Tuesday Before I missed you all the time Take me back to Tuesday A day before I began to lose my mind Take me back Before I loved you Before my world turned upside down Take me back Back down to earth Before it felt like I Was on the moon And floating up And staring down Take me back to Tuesday A blink before I saw you When I could still just walk away I was just another face In a another crowd Take me back to Tuesday When everything was simple When I had no sight And then I saw you I had no touch And then I felt you I had no breath And then I kissed you My beautiful boy
2.	Listen To The Rain 03:34	lyrics	buy track
LISTEN TO THE RAIN Listen to the rain Falling down like a little jazz song Beating on the pane Like a drummer playing along Listen to it fall Like footsteps of lovers leaving Tiptoeing across the hall With a tip tip toe Like a tap tap dancing I know love ain’t forever And I know love gives you a pain But I know it’s now or never So watch out coz here I go again Listen to the rain Falling down like a little jazz song Humming the refrain Like a singer singing along Listen to it fall Like footsteps of lovers leaving All those names I don’t recall With a drip drip drip Like the future passing I know love ain’t forever And I know love gives you a pain But I know it’s now or never So watch out Watch out Watch out coz here I go again Listen to the rain Falling down like a little jazz song Diamonds on the pane Bluffing hearts, playing clubs all along Listen to it fall Like footsteps of lovers leaving Dancing like a roulette ball With a click clack click On a losing streak and Well I know love ain’t forever And well I know love gives you a pain But I know it’s now or never So watch out coz here I go again Listen to the rain Listen to the rain Tip tip toe Like a tap tap dancing Drip drip drip Like the future passing Click clack click Like a roulette ball Listen to the rain Listen to it fall Listen to the rain Listen to the rain Listen to the rain fall
3.	Rebel Songs 04:34	lyrics	buy track
REBEL SONGS And watching on the film We see a man at break of day He sees the soldiers come He calls his son We hear him say ‘Take my musket boy and run 'Cross the plain of Fala Moor Hide yourself on Collie Law Make for the smoke of Galashiels Bide your time till night has come Find the coast and take a chance Steal a boat and head for France See how the wind of freedom feels’ (Chorus) Load your guns But hold your fire Don’t give away The lie of your position Load your guns Keep them near You never know sometimes... And you say ‘I cannot see you anymore And when tomorrow comes I shall not be here anymore But in your heart sing me rebel songs Sing me rebel songs’ And there in black and white The young man turns To take his flight He thinks then of his love And should he go Or stay and fight? I would drive us in my car To that lost and lonely park We would fuck there in the dark Silently and on our coats The soldiers watching from afar Just like so many times before Camouflaged with hopes of more But all the while taking notes (Chorus) And there before us on the screen The young man dies, his lover cries And we both think we know with whom The other one identifies Of course it came as some surprise When you texted on a whim Saying you were leaving him And it was me that you desired I was in love I closed my eyes Too late then for me to flee And when the soldiers came for me Not a single shot was fired And you said ‘I cannot see you anymore And when tomorrow comes I shall not be here anymore But in your heart sing me rebel songs Sing me rebel songs Sing me rebel songs Sing me rebel songs’
4.	Don't Cry Marie 04:38	lyrics	buy track
DON’T CRY MARIE Of course you looked much older When I saw you on the street A rug around your shoulders Standing in bare feet And I remember once you told me When you were little you ran free And how you were always barefoot When you lived by the sea In those days of little secrets Sat on your father’s knee I think that I first saw you In a cafe by yourself Or maybe there was Zouzou too Or maybe someone else But anyway then along came Betty She always had a thing for me She liked to talked of Jesus And numerology And how things are never quite The way they seem to be be Don’t cry Marie (x 3) And all along the boulevard The lights are going out On our dreams that slip away Into the cold pachouli dawn And disappear Like breath on glass And watching from a window A woman stops to stare At a young man tracing shadows For his lover in the air He draws her lies he draws her dreams And the hopes of better days And he mirrors her decisions In a thousand different ways And the details they don’t matter As long as she stays And if you show a little willing And a little flesh as well You can turn a pretty shilling In this small and cheap hotel And if the police arrive the girls Slip on a decoy wedding ring And the artists and the poets Well they don’t say a bloody thing And the singers, oh the singers All they do is sing Don’t cry Marie (x 3) And all along the boulevard The lights are going out On our loves that slip away Into the cold pachouli dawn And disappear Like breath on glass The police laid out the stuff They’d raided in the square They led a young man off He looked like Patrick Dewaere Bet said he could be an angel or a model Or an actor on TV You said it doesn’t matter who he is Or whatever he could be All our lives are nothing more Than stones thrown at the sea And now the night advances The boys all hang around Courts of cafe princes Each one looking to be crowned Just like the boys you longed to love you In your dreams so well rehearsed When you lay in the sand dunes While they would quench their thirst And where you fell in love With whoever got there first Don’t cry Marie (x 3) And all along the boulevard The lights are going out On our lives that slip away Into the cold pachouli dawn And disappear Like breath on glass
5.	Hey Sylvie! 03:39	lyrics	buy track
HEY SYLVIE! Sunday morning in the sun Sylvie cycles her way home Smiling softly to herself No god, nor master The gods themselves would surely blush To see the wind pick up her dress On her one tattoo that says Ni dieu, ni maitre No god, nor master Just another perfect day She rides on into the sun The flowers turn their heads as one And they seem to say Take your pleasures where you can There are no flowers without rain The boys all long to know her name And some of the girls And most of the boys And she sings Na na na na na... Na na na na na... Underneath the arches Hey Sylvie Where you going to? I love your crazy shoes All the way from Hong Kong Hey Sylvie! Hey Sylvie! Hey Sylvie! And she sings Na na na na na... Na na na na na... Underneath the poplars Hey Sylvie Lying in the grass I watch you riding past On your lucky cycle Hey Sylvie! Hey Sylvie! Hey Sylvie! I don’t think I should I don’t think I should I hope that I don’t I hope I don’t fall in love with you Hey Sylvie! Hey Sylvie! Hey Sylvie! Na na na na... Na na na na... Hey Sylvie! Hey Sylvie! Hey Sylvie!
6.	If I Do, I Do 05:09	lyrics	buy track
IF I DO, I DO (Midnight In Trieste revisited) Somewhere beyond the wind The sound of distant trains Fades as the evening fades Like an old tattoo Each time I come I swear I won’t come back again But if I do, I do And how the north wind blows Sometimes on nights like this And shutters wink and close And wink and close anew I may stand closer now To the edge of the abyss And if I do, I do There was no blood they said And quick when I was born that day I fell as easy as the sun On the morning dew They said I’d grow to be A fine young man one day And if I do, I do And where the Summers sang I learned the voices of their days I ran early in the lanes Where the lapwings grew And I might pine sometimes still For every cut and graze And if I do, I do And in my Sunday pew Too young too young I realised There was nothing more than this And I told them too They said ‘You’ll see the light one day’ I said I’d be surprised But if I do, I do Too quick the years burned This paper life and serves me right I was too busy mending dreams Using hurt as glue I never danced, I lied sometimes I rarely stole but still I might And if I do, I do But oh the memories The idle lines of your caress The cherry trees in bloom Beneath the room without a view I know I lost you now and then But men have killed for less And if I do, I do And I may never walk Down these streets in love again Nor ever sing my songs To any more than you And I may live to die Amongst the least of men And if I do, I do The midnight train still waits Just as it always will And standing by the gates The ghosts of me and you I will not answer If I love you still But if I do, I do I do
7.	Here Comes The Revolution 03:10	lyrics	buy track
HERE COMES THE REVOLUTION It’s too hot to be cool Don’t shrug just look Stick a straw in the hole Where your mouth is The beach smiles Like a game show hostess Summertime special Just look at all the prizes Boys stand With girls Launching manifestos Waiting for the splashdown Take a look and see The spirit of tomorrow Come alive on television You touch the sun My shields are down And I, I love your look And the way you dress But there must be more Than that to this Because Here comes Something on the wind Here comes The season of the witch Here comes A cry for something more Here comes the revolution Here comes the revolution There’s a policeman on A collision course With the wrong side of history Over there Don’t buy The shotgun preacher’s lie There’s the smell Of snake oil in the air Sit down Look round The streets are alive With a new generation Light the fuse in your head Lets all ride the rocket To the new revolution Yeah! You touch the sun My shields are down And I, I love your look And the way you dress But there must be more Than that to this Because Here comes Something on the wind Here comes The season of the witch Here comes A cry for something more Here it comes Here comes Sunshine on the road Here comes Bread and roses too Here comes The writing on the wall Here comes the revolution Here comes the revolution Caught in a dream Lost in the scent Of tear gas and flowers Here comes Something on the wind Here comes The season of the witch Here comes A cry for something more Here it comes Here comes Sunshine on the road Here comes Bread and roses too Here comes The writing on the wall Here it comes Here it comes Here it comes Here it comes now Here comes the revolution (x2) And it’s gonna be all right
8.	Hold On 03:56	lyrics	buy track
HOLD ON When your heart hurts When everything seems tired and grey When nothing works When everyday is just another day When life is wrong again When all your dreams lie sodden in the rain Hold on to this There will be other times Hold on to this There will be better times There will be sun again There will be life again And everything you loved Is still loved by you And everyone who loves you Stands by you Hold on to me When you feel like love is gone Hold on When daylight breaks When shadows fold and find their form When grief takes shape And leads you walking barefoot in the dawn Through every broken moment When you feel lost and cold without your coat Hold on to this There will be other times Hold on to this There will be better times There will be sun again There will be life again And everything you loved Is still loved by you And everyone who loves you Stands by you Hold on to me When you feel like love is gone And everything you loved Is still loved by you And everyone who loves you Stands by you Hold on to me When you feel like love is gone Hold on Hold on
9.	Outside Of Valentine's, Nashville 03:10	lyrics	buy track
OUTSIDE OF VALENTINE’S, NASHVILLE Down in the Greyhound station Doug waits for a bus to take him All the way back to Omaha He’s pawned his dreams and his guitar Just to buy his ticket home again He laughs ‘This coffee tastes like cigarettes, and now it’s snowing - What a time to be alive!’ Outside of Valentine’s The snow is falling down An old man sits across the street Huddled on the ground He tries to kill his hunger pangs Sucking on a stone While in the churches people pray ‘Bring our boys back safely home’ ‘Word is Jermain Lascelles died Somewhere over on the East Side Grew up with him in Mount Juliet’ A man with his arm in a plaster says ‘He lost his father at an early age He married his childhood sweetheart there, then eighteen months later She shoots him down’ Outside of Valentine’s The snow is falling down An old man sits across the street Huddled on the ground He tries to kill his hunger pangs Sucking on a stone And there’s stickers stuck on pick-up trucks ‘Bring our boys back safely home’ Inside I watch you swaying To the music that they’re playing Standing there with your friend You move self-consciously and then Someone drops a tray of glasses And when you look up I catch your eye And when you smile I think I might just be in love Outside of Valentine’s The snow is falling down An old man sits across the street Huddled on the ground He tries to kill his hunger pangs Sucking on a stone And no-one cares he was once a boy That they brought back safely home Behind the bar mixing cocktails The barman asks his friend for details About the girl he met last night He says ‘I feel like I’ve been in a fight’ And the barman laughs and he says ‘They say you never hear the bomb that kills you’ As I kiss you there for the very first time Outside of Valentine’s Outside of Valentine’s Outside of Valentine’s Outside of Valentine’s
10.	Nadine One Summer 03:15	lyrics	buy track
NADINE ONE SUMMER Under the trees Down by the water Cool in the grass In the height of the Summer The hint of a breeze Trembled the pages Of our magazines As we sat picking daisies Nadine And everywhere Blossoms and bicycles Danced in the sunlight Of my French exchange Summer Deep in the heart of July When you tried to teach me The French for ‘I love you’ But I just learnt The French for ‘goodbye’ Nadine Remember Nadine When I was twelve And you were thirteen Your father played jazz At work in the basement Your mother baked bread Whilst out on the pavement Your sister hung round With boys on their mopeds And I held your hand At table in secret Nadine And everywhere Blossoms and bicycles Danced in the sunlight Of my French exchange Summer Deep in the heart of July When you tried to teach me The French for ‘I love you’ But I just learnt The French for ‘goodbye’ Nadine Remember Nadine When I was twelve And you were thirteen Remember Nadine Oh Nadine
11.	Fire On The Clapham Road 03:33	lyrics	buy track
FIRE ON THE CLAPHAM ROAD Windows become kaleidoscopes Touched by a Winter sun that slopes Across the edge of tower blocks When in a garage up the road Some disused petrol cans explode Somewhere beyond the line of squats And from a window you and I Soon see the sirens rushing by (Chorus) And somewhere a mother says Don’t go out tonight There’s a fire on the Clapham Road And I watch the flames rise up Into your eyes And all the stars and all the fire crews Are out for us tonight Some children wait as night draws in Desperate for some fragile sin To break the boredom of their days And as I pour another drink I sit and look at you and think Of all the dreams that went astray As in the distance rising high The orange glow still fills the sky (Chorus) And wanting you I touch your hand And we both try to understand Just what is that elusive spark That sets alight the best made plans Of boys and girls and petrol cans That lay there dormant in the dark? And kissing you on my settee I trace a line above your knee (Chorus)
12.	Run Rabbit Run 04:47	lyrics	buy track
RUN RABBIT RUN A slow rain slips down relentless As a street preacher with an easy smile Who hides the ghost of his daughter in his fists Outside Kebab Heaven Where angels mix with cardboard men And graffitied pavements Comb away water to the drains The suspicions of ungrateful seasons plague his dogma The night is round Show your hand One jack Three kings One queen Three nines Nine nine nine And throwing bottles in the road Tomorrow’s soldiers disco dancing (Chorus) What is tomorrow for? Here is your future now Wishing on a monkey’s paw With stolen money in your pocket Beneath the city lights Take the long way round tonight Run rabbit run Down the steps to another dive Another pike, tuck and roll Don’t break the surface Go in clean, stay sharp She says she’s a single girl from a factory town She says her name is Ruth She takes the drink you offer And prints off a smile from a face low on ink She may not be beautiful But she understands the passion in desperation Show your hand Two sevens A pair of queens A straight flush Three nines Nine nine nine Blind men rush to raise their hands Is this the way to monkey heaven? (Chorus) Cars dip and brake along the boulevard of empty shops Where men in hoods with stiletto faces make their sales She sings in the passenger seat as she falls asleep To the still poetry of half-remembered radio songs The night grazes its skin on the stones of early morning And you wind down your window and feel the cold on your face One step ahead Run rabbit run Run rabbit run Show your hand Two kings Full house Two pairs Three nines Nine nine nine Twitching fingers in the wings A chorus line of silent gossip (Chorus) Run rabbit run Run rabbit run Run rabbit run Run rabbit
13.	Remember Me To The Roses 03:36	lyrics	buy track
REMEMBER ME TO THE ROSES Still I don't remember Just what happened there Or how I came to be here Upon this harbour wall Standing in the darkness Waiting for a boat A boat to take me God knows where God knows why I don't care I just know I must go away Far from these aching isles Stay away till catching my breath Comes easy again Remember me to the roses I think they always knew Even then when I gave them What little good they'd do For one in love with another Or this one in love with you Oh I've given all I have to give now What else can I do Standing by the rail As we pull away Watching the town lights Bobbing in the dark And still I'm longing To see your face again But still your fingers Are stripping The bark Of my heart And I know I must go away Far from these aching isles Stay away till catching my breath Comes easy again Remember me to the roses I think they always knew Even then when I gave them What little good they'd do For one in love with another Or this one in love with you Oh I've given all I have to give Now all I ask of you Remember me to the roses I think they always knew Even then when I gave them What little good they'd do For one in love with another Or this one in love with you For the kisses I stole In the light of your doorway For the kisses I stole In the light of your hallway For the days and the nights For the wrongs and the rights For the burning flame Of my unrepentant love Remember me to the roses I think they always knew Even then when I gave them What little good they could do For one in love with another Or this one so in love with you Oh I've given all I have to give now What else can I do What else can I do What else can I do
14.	My Own Way 04:57	lyrics	buy track
MY OWN WAY I’m old enough to know my mind I’m over 21 I know the things that I don’t like And my idea of fun And I’m happy in the shadows I’m not hurting anyone But it just happens to be true I’m happy in my skin And although my happiness Might not be the greatest sin Some people don’t like people Who don’t like joining in So I say thanks for your directions Your guidance and corrections Your little interjections Your views and your reflections But I don’t care what you say Let the sheep come out to play You follow if you want to I’ll go my own way Now everybody knows a twat Who says they should cheer up But really is it your concern Whether I have a cup That is half full or half empty Why don’t you just shut up? And ask yourself if like that tree That falls down to the ground When there’s no-one there to hear it And might not make a sound Is everyone still miserable When you’re not around? So I say thanks for your directions Your guidance and corrections Your little interjections Your views and your reflections But I don’t care what you say No-one likes you anyway You babble if you want to I’ll go my own way I met a shiny headed man Who had a flag tattoo He said he loved his country and That I should love it too I said I’d love it even more Without the likes of you When they play God Save The Queen Well I choose not to rise I’m quite happy where I am I don’t need the exercise But there’s always someone there On hand to criticise So I say thanks for your directions Your guidance and corrections Your little interjections Your views and your reflections But I don’t care what you say Let the National Anthem play You stand if you want to I’ll go my own way I saw a group of Jesus’ friends Out preaching fire and hell They had their poor unfortunate Young children there as well Why must parents take their kids Along well let me tell Well it’s coz they were branded too When they were a kid And so now they brand their own Just like their parents did But let their children choose Their god? Ha! God forbid So I say thanks for your directions Your guidance and corrections Your little interjections Your views and your reflections But I don’t care what you say You can throw your life away On bullshit if you want to Let them go their own way Now there are choices there for those Who like to walk in step There’s the Army or the Navy Or there’s the RAF Or the Foreign Legion too if You just want to forget And if that is the life for you I wish you all the best But when the crowds are cheering Allow me to feel depressed When I remember Owen’s ‘Dulce et decorum est’ So I say thanks for your directions Your guidance and corrections Your little interjections Your views and your reflections But I don’t care what you say Stand stiff on Remembrance day Well you can if you want to I’ll go my own way So I don’t want to join your gang I don’t want to belong No I’m quite happy as I am Singing my little song And I’d like it even more if You didn’t sing along No I’ll let others sacrifice Their dignity for fame Or live life clinging on by The skin of daddy’s name It’s up to you what you do But I won’t play that game So I say thanks for your directions Your guidance and corrections Your little interjections Your views and your reflections But I don’t care what you say My buttocks won’t go on display You spread yours if you want to I’ll go my own way
15.	Norfolk 03:44	lyrics	buy track
NORFOLK What would I change If I could change Anything Or everything Or just one thing Would I change anything For you and I The way we were Like shooting stars that fly That try to burn so bright Against a darkening sky Even as they die? What would I change If I could If I went back For an hour For a day Just for the thrill of it all Knowing we’d lose Knowing we’d fail Knowing today would always come? What would I say If I could say Anything To you today What could I say What words are there could stop Time passing by Or clouds from climbing spires Into the sky What words are there left now For you and I Beyond goodbye? But what would I change If I could If I went back For an hour For a day Just for the thrill of it all Knowing we’d lose Knowing we’d fail Knowing each day would find us Closer to this And further from that The days of our lives When I heard you tell me You loved me as much As Norfolk was flat And there’s nothing From here to the sea... But what would I change If I could If I went back For an hour For a day Just for the thrill of it all Knowing we’d lose Knowing we’d fail What would I change? Nothing at all
16.	La Provence 03:57	lyrics	buy track
LA PROVENCE Even though London may well be my wife I’ve known her so long I know her so well Though I may hold her for all of my life Though I still love her and always will There lies to the south a land of the sun My lover, my mistress, my chosen one So bright and so strong she burns through the trees I would sell her my soul for the hint of a breeze (Chorus) Sa peau de Gitane, Son âme Espagnole La chaleur qui colle, Qui colle à ses seins Les flammes de son corps Me brûlent encore Ma maîtresse Provence Even though London may well be my wife A little bit tired a little bit grey Though I may hold her for all of my life Though nothing could ever take her away There lies to the south a land of the sun My lover, my mistress, my chosen one She lies by the sea in half naked bliss She swims with a passion they call a French kiss (Chorus) Even though London may well be my wife Though she will always be close to my heart Though I may hold her for all of my life Though I may miss her when we’re apart There lies to the south a land of the sun My lover, my mistress, my chosen one Across the Camargue from the labyrinth of Arles She shouts with a power they call the Mistral (Chorus)
17.	Freshly Fallen Snow 04:07	lyrics	buy track
FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW You know how much we cling to love You know how much we love to cling How much we love to fall in love How much we need the very thing That promises only defeat That promises only the spin Of battle we so love to fight That battle we can never win You know how we all play too fast As if we all have always known The first caress is soon the last Then once again we stand alone You know how much with every stride We change our loves from snow to mud With life with hope with fear with pride The weakness that is flesh and blood (Chorus) But you know how much men love to walk On freshly fallen snow And you know how much men all rush in Before they even know The names of those whose gentle smiles Like rarest flowers grow On freshly fallen snow A tale as old as time A cafe in a city A young girl turns to go A young boy smiles uncertain The backing singers sing La la la la la On the radio Is love so easy to pretend And if it isn’t do we care Don’t we just go from friend to friend Don’t we just go from here to there Don’t we just take what we can get Until those hours of need have passed Then walk away with our regret Down to the bottom of a glass (Chorus)
18.	I Didn't Like You Then 04:04	lyrics	buy track
I DIDN’T LIKE YOU THEN You live in little England In your army fancy dress Where you fight against equality And against the welfare state Like you fought against Mandela And against the NHS Like you fought to cut our services But not Clause 28 And with every battle that you win You bray and cheer aloud I don’t know why not caring Should make you feel so proud When I was young I wanted so much more Than the misery you sow In this furrow that you plough They say we change with age But me I’m not so sure Coz I didn’t like you then And I still don’t like you now No I didn’t like you then And I still don’t like you now Children live in poverty And you don’t give a damn Pensioners can freeze or starve And you don’t give a damn Disabled people dying And you don’t give a damn But when they stop you hunting Straight away you piss your pants Then it’s all down to Westminster Every huntsman and his wife You stand up more for your bit of fun Than you do for human life When I was young I wanted so much more Than the indifference that you sow In this furrow that you plough They say we change with age But me I’m not so sure Coz I didn’t like you then And I still don’t like you now No I didn’t like you then And I still don’t like you now You listen to our music And you babble at our art And you love a little trip Into Bohemia But we’re the people you despise You think us lazy from the start Then you feast upon our work Like the scavengers you are We are nothing more to you Than dancing monkey boys Whenever you get bored You come play with your toys When I was young I wanted so much more Than the ignorance you sow In this furrow that you plough They say we change with age But me I’m not so sure Coz I didn’t like you then And I still don’t like you now No I didn’t like you then And I still don’t like you now So you clapped for the nurses Now you think you’ve done your bit It was safer to join in Than it was just to admit That you’d always voted Tory And you’re a steaming hypocrite I don’t know if you’re selfish Or if you’re just thick as shit So why not clap for food banks And for the homeless too? No point in paying tax Your applause will see them through When I was young I wanted so much more Than the selfishness you sow In this furrow that you plough They say we change with age But me I’m not so sure Coz I didn’t like you then And I still don’t like you now No I didn’t like you then And I still don’t like you now
19.	Nothing More Than This 03:57	lyrics	buy track
NOTHING MORE THAN THIS So many years later Seeing you again Feeling like a traitor In the shadows in the rain I betrayed our story For art and very little gain And you ask what do I remember Of the pleasure and the pain And fighting it in vain? Nothing more than this You wore that same old red beret and How the air would come alive And crackle when you walked into the bar Nothing more than this Nothing more than wanting you and Sitting in that small cafe When all outside was cold and grey Listening to the jukebox play ‘La Bombe Humaine’ And ‘Cocaine’ It’s just coincidental Meeting again so late But aren’t we both too sentimental Not to tell ourselves it’s fate Oh you were always headstrong And me well I could never wait And you ask what do I remember Of the joy before the ache When we knew the dam would break? Nothing more than this Nothing more than everything and Everything we ever said or did And every look we ever gave away Nothing more than this Nothing more than loving you and Burning like electric lights Dying on the edge of something Skimming stones into the void Nothing more than this Nothing more than this Only every single moment Waiting for you Wondering for you Aching for your arms Nothing more than this Nothing more than this
20.	It Never Gets Cold 05:06	lyrics	buy track
IT NEVER GETS COLD You raise your eyes to the skies Like Joan of Arc I love the way you look When your fringe gets too bold And I watched you Walking on the empty beach Looking at stones and picking flowers You taunted the hills for their age With your laughter Kicking at fortune And running away And I watched you kissing him And I lifted you When he let you fall And it never gets cold In your eyes It never gets cold And all the boys From the town They were calling out names From the fairground rides And we found a place on the grass And we watched the waltzers Turning into the night And how those Summer days Fell around us Like warm cloaks of light And we flew like we were gods Immortal and fragile In black and white shots And it never gets cold In your eyes It never gets cold And down by the dunes In the call of the north wind Where I never told you I loved you Where the seashells whispered Your name in my ear And the dark clouds gathered over the sea As the first drops of rain came down Sometimes, sometimes Just the way you smiled Sometimes I’d give you anything I loved you in that yellow dress With the lilac ties And the way the days were so long And the skies were so wide And the sun was alive with you You in your socks Sitting in your room Where Michael painted Bowie On your wall And Tracy was playing ‘Goodbye Joe’ And your table overflowed With pencils and paper and perfume And colours and cups And I saw you watching me go There at your window I saw you wave And the music never stops And though I am old now And far away I am writing to tell you I am not gone I am still waltzing Still dancing To your song And it never gets cold In your eyes It never gets cold
21.	Cupid Is A Drunkard 03:04	lyrics	buy track
CUPID IS A DRUNKARD Here comes the groom With his youth in full bloom Going over the top And though people see Distant artillery No-one dares say stop And in the vestry Drinking whisky Cupid's feeling odd For love should dress In happiness Not in the ties of God Now Cupid is a drunkard And it doesn't help his aim When it comes to my lovers But I know he's not to blame For is it any wonder When he sees the care men take That Cupid is a drunkard And women have to fake Now here comes the bride All fat and wide Just like the old song says She's armed to the teeth With a ring and a wreath And a bullet that says ‘oh yes’ And in the vestry Drinking whisky Cupid feels his age For love should be Wild and free Not wedlocked in a cage Now Cupid is a drunkard And it doesn't help his aim When it comes to my lovers But I know he's not to blame For is it any wonder When he sees how women cheat That Cupid is a drunkard And men kerb-crawl the streets Now here comes the vicar Bleating love is forever With a smile ten tablets wide And if he's contented It's because he's invented His own bit on the side And in the vestry Drinking whisky Cupid's feeling sick For lasting love Is hard enough Without religion's stick Now Cupid is a drunkard And it doesn't help his aim When it comes to my lovers But I know he's not to blame For is it any wonder When he sees love certified That Cupid is a drunkard And his arrows so often fly wide
22.	When You're Not There 04:02	lyrics	buy track
WHEN YOU’RE NOT THERE With the daylight comes the morning With the morning comes your train With your train there comes the leaving With your leaving comes the pain With the pain there comes the longing To be with you again Till the daylight brings the morning And the morning brings your train But when you go do trees stop growing Are they silent when they fall Does the world stop knowing If waterfalls still really fall at all What do I know Why should I care I only know that I stop living When you’re not there (x2) In my heart you have awoken Dreams beyond compare And depths beyond its feeling And love beyond its care With words so softly spoken They melt upon the air Into the silence they had broken Into dreams beyond compare But when you go are oceans quiet Do they seethe and rage no more Do mermaids dance at twilight When no-one stands and watches from the shore What do I know Why should I care I only know that I stop living When you’re not there (x3)
23.	What Is Love Anyway 02:27	lyrics	buy track
WHAT IS LOVE ANYWAY What is love anyway A ladder in your heart You snagged on a smile As you were passing by What is love anyway A murmur on the breeze A touch you barely feel That flowers like a bruise It’s the time you spend Walking by the Seine And then goodnight Until tomorrow When you smile to know You’ll do it all again To a tune like this Dancing like two butterflies Between each touch Before you settle on a kiss What is love anyway You and I and an afternoon The static on a dream An attic hotel room It’s the time we spend The hours your eyes eclipse Until too soon I talk of love And then you smile And put your finger to my lips Hush don’t spoil it now What will be will be And time will tell No matter what we call it Anyhow And what is love anyway? It’s every dream you ever knew It’s every hope and every fear too It’s every over-eager rendezvous It’s every bittersweet adieu It’s the way you are It’s the things you do It’s you It’s you Just you
24.	Oh Piccadilly 05:19	lyrics	buy track
OH PICCADILLY I pass two girls waiting As I leave the station They’re too drunk to know If the world is still turning And why, and one of them laughs And one of them sings And I smile to remember A time I remember A smile for something tender We survived, when the neon lights flashed Like planes in our eyes But oh Piccadilly You’re no fun anymore The tourists don’t fall Under your wheels like before And oh Piccadilly Tell me stories Of men with no voices And all we have lost A young man wants a second glance A beggar wants a little change A lover wants another chance Another on a promise Just wants a small advance Over here bit by bit Over there step by step I left you behind My glorious youth Where are you now? Oh Piccadilly Oh Piccadilly When you smiled through lipstick The colour of roses As we sat with our backs To the coffee cups stacked On the bar, and the night and the rain Brought the taxis alive Just a slip of a girl And I slipped and I fell In love with you, what more is there To say, how the memory clings on To all the years give away But oh Piccadilly You’re no fun anymore The tourists don’t fall Under your wheels like before And oh Piccadilly Tell me stories Of men with no voices And all we have lost A young man wants a second glance A beggar wants a little change A lover wants another chance Another on a promise Just wants a small advance Over here bit by bit Over there step by step I left you behind My fraudulent youth Where did you go? Oh Piccadilly Oh Piccadilly

credits

released May 7, 2021

PHILIP JEAYS Vocals, rhythm guitar, other nonsense
DAVID HARROD Piano, organ, harpsichord, accordion
JOHN PEACOCK Electric guitar
J.B. McCALL Double bass, electric bass
(with additional bass from WILLIAM GEORGE Q)
JEZZA CAMPBELL Drums
(with additional drums from DITTON PYE)
DAVID BLANCHARD Saxophone
LUCY CAPEL Flute
ADAM THRUPNEY-WATT Trumpet
DICKIE HULL French horn
TOMMY DAWES Trombone
PARNELL MUST Cello
JOANNA PANG Violin

All songs written by Philip Jeays and arranged by Philip Jeays and the band

Special thanks to Pete, Emma, Geoff, Robb, Paul Jackson, Jamie West,
and all of the above musicians

Cover photo by Sue Ferrers
Booklet photo by Steve Best (www.stevebest.com)
Layout by John Peacock

Recorded at Ditton Pye Studios
Mixed and mastered by Simon Scardanelli
A Ditton Pye Production for Irregular Records

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In loving memory of my Mum who taught me to sing
PMW 1926-2020

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