The Strange Brew Sessions EP

These songs were chiselled, ground, honed, polished and fluffed for months at Open Mic Night in Strange Brew Bar, Manchester, England during 2017 and 2018. Thanks to everyone at Strange Brew and special thanks to Hugo Kensdale and Jo Thomas Rose for their patience, humour and encouragement.

Lyrics

Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

I'm back
Flat on my back
I like it like that
I won’t change tack
I’m off the road Jack

Lying by the fire glass of wine in hand
Sunday press anoint another planet saving band
Time to put that pen to paper
Time to call the Instigator
Time to funk the fear of failure
Here’s the blue sky welcome to my
Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

I’m back
I’m gonna buy a Mac
I’m gonna live in a shack
I’m gonna upload tracks
I’m gonna – how did you do that?
Mmmm... I like it like that

Lying by the fire glass of wine in hand
Sunday press anoint another planet saving band
Time to put that pen to paper
Time to call the Instigator
Time to funk the fear of failure
Here’s the blue sky welcome to my
Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

Singing In The Dark

Our man he was a singer and singing was his trade
And singing was his fortune, a fortune poorly paid
He sang without permission and when they shouted more
You don’t know what lies behind the door

He sang in foreign countries, he sang for foreign chance
He sang the oldest stories and reels brought new frae dance
And everywhere he’s singing, he listens to the fore
You don’t know what lies behind the door

Keep on
Keep on
Keep on
Singing in the dark
You don’t know what lies behind the door

He’s singing in the villages, he’s singing in the towns
He’s singing in the warrens to the desperate and down
Maybe one more protest will even up the score
You don’t know who cries behind the door

Keep on
Keep on
Keep on
Singing in the dark
You don’t know what lies, don’t know who cries behind the door

He’s singing in the villages, he’s singing in the towns
He’s singing in the warrens to the desperate and down
And the red-faced men in silver cars who take the lion’s share
And the righteous blame the ignorant and the ignorant don’t care
And he’s hired by the pitiless to paint their gaudy pole
And paid out of the profits from the mercy that they stole
And it’s all left up to Sharkey to make a solemn vow
And Esau sells his birthright for a bowl of porridge now

Keep on
Keep on
Keep on
Singing in the dark
You don’t know what lies, don’t know who cries, don’t know what lies behind the door

Come Away With Me Darling

I’ve busked around the Arndale Mall
Spilled my licks in the Albert Hall
Sold my skills like any working boy
But the price was always peanuts
And the cost was way too high
It's time to leave this city you and I

Come away with me darling
Come away with me now
Come away with me darling
Come away with me now

I wouldn't do that if I were you
Said a strange little man in suit of blue
But you just laughed and told him where to go
I have seen the writing
And wings will lift us high
Time to leave this city time to fly

Come away with me darling
Come away with me now
Come away with me darling
Come away with me now

I tell you what we're going to do
We'll take the high road me and you
And board the ferry as the sun goes down
And Kildonan will be waiting
And the moon will light our way
And we'll dance again
Across the yellow bay

Come away with me darling
Come away with me now
Come away with me darling
Come away with me now

Fire it up

This old engine's not so steady
More than gin to get it ready

Fire it up
Fire it up
Fire it up
Fire it - fire it up

Don't know if the tank is empty
Work that crank and give it plenty

Fire it up
Fire it up
Fire it up
Fire it - fire it up

Maybe it's a waste of time
Maybe we should draw the line
Can you feel it pump and grind
Maybe we can still
Fire it up

Stroke it strum it get it humming
Don't do that it's unbecoming

Fire it up
Fire it up
Fire it up
Fire it - fire it up

Maybe it's a waste of time
Maybe we should draw the line
Can you feel it pump and grind
Maybe we can still
Fire it up

Wait a minute something’s moving
Keep it hot and keep it grooving

Fire it up
Fire it up
Fire it up
Fire it - fire it up

Maybe it's a waste of time
Maybe we should draw the line
Can you feel it pump and grind
Maybe we can still
Maybe we can still
Maybe we can still
Maybe we can still
Fire it up