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by Freddie Stevenson

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All The Way Home I suppose it's a tale you've often heard Against all the odds, boy meets girl It's an impossibly beautiful world And I want you to know Pretty baby Don't want you to go Pretty baby I want you to follow me All the way home Thing about time is it don't exist No need to define what it is Promises are for breaking So I'll just say this And I want you to know Pretty baby Don't want you to go Pretty baby I want you to follow me All the way home
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Alone Together Dimly it dawns south of no north Flying above the weather I’ve been through a storm I’m feeling reborn I’m going hell for leather Somehow I arrived It’s the story of my life And it’s only just begun We come and go Alone together It’s all we know This brief forever flickers in the gloom But it sure feels good To be alone together with you Everything good I’ve ever done Has been in spite of myself They gave me the moon but I wanted the sun And all the planets as well Somehow I survived It’s the story of my life And it’s only just begun We come and go Alone together It’s all we know This brief forever oh so sweetly blooms And it sure feels good To be alone together with you I said to my brother Brother your God does not exist Of course not, he said How could he ever love us like he does if he did? We come and go Alone, together It’s all we know This brief forever fading in the blue But it sure feels good To be alone together with you
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An Idea For A Country Song In a big double bed she’s waking up On the fancy side of town Her tangled hair the colour Of the sun going down She grinds her own coffee beans And pours herself a cup Her sleep-kissed cheeks the colour Of the sun coming up As for me I roll out of bed And light a cigarette I’m fresh out of coffee But there’s a drop of whisky left I turn the dial on my radio Until I land on the sound Of Kris Kristofferson singing Sunday Morning Coming Down She’s left me she’s left me she’s gone And when she left me she left me With nothing but an idea for a country song I met her on St. Catherine’s Day When the carnival came to town I knew right away she was the sun My world would revolve around She was paying for a ride on the Ferris wheel When she dropped her change at her feet She bent down to pick it up I said please, allow me Now the DJ says that was an old one Sunday Morning Coming Down And by the way, it’s St Catherine’s Day, The carnivals back in town And I’m still down on my hands and knees Picking up change To pay for a drop of whiskey To get me through the day She’s left me she’s left me she’s gone And when she left me she left me With nothing but an idea for a country song (with Irakli Gaprindashvili)
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Another Day In Paradise Oh lord, oh lord, oh lord Another day in paradise Well I’m sitting in a pub called the Black Duck Trying to drink away my bad luck I had a steady girl but I went and blew it Love is so easy anyone can do it I guess it doesn’t pay to be sweet and kind I guess it’s just another day in paradise Now a guy walks in, about six foot three There’re plenty empty seats but he sits next to me Says don’t I know you from my dreams or one of them places? I say I don’t think so my friend, I just have one of those faces I guess I’m going to have to wear a cunning disguise Just to get me undetected through another day in paradise Oh lord, oh lord, oh lord Another day in paradise Now the bar maid says to him what will it be sir? When she turns to fetch it he says my God I’d do anything to sleep with her She’s got dirty blonde hair and a twinkle in her eye And an expression that says you could anything right now and I wouldn’t be surprised I say she looks like the kind who would eat you alive And spit you out on the other side of another day in paradise I wish him good luck and get up to leave With nowhere to go I just follow my feet For ten long years I lingered on these street corners And the ghosts of old loves still cling to the bricks and mortar Well ten long years is a mighty long time But it aint nothing compared to another day in paradise Oh lord, oh lord, oh lord Another day in paradise
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April Hearted Like Sinatra I took a stroll down by the riverside I felt autumn in my bones And winter close behind Oh, I know I'm not the only one who loves her But that's alright Because I'm watching the stars occupy the sky Tears of joy begin to well up in my eyes Just in case there's no great hereafter No happy ever after Tonight I'm April hearted like Sinatra Frank Sinatra I took a plane to the other side of the world Where I almost went insane Living in the mountains with a valley girl Oh I know I'm not the only one who loves her But that's ok Because I'm sitting on this south bound train Tears of joy begin a'rolling down my face Just in case there's no great hereafter No happy ever after Tonight I'm April hearted like Sinatra Frank Sinatra
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A Quiet Man 02:05
A Quiet Man In the morning when I open up my eyes I hear a new silence Baby I’ve got no tears left to cry, no new ideas Why don’t you listen to the rain today? It’s more eloquent than me anyway There’s so much happening in this passion play that I don’t understand Lord, love a quiet man In the evening when I walk under the sky I see a new distance I was hoping for a peek through your disguise, but it was too convincing I’m going to listen to the wind today It’s more eloquent than you anyway All that remains for me to say is here I am Lord, love a quiet man
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Babe, We All Die Alone I was turning in Musing on a country song Sucking some sustenance from The dry bones of separation Babe, we all die alone I've been tuning out Drinking in the afternoon Reading St. Augustine in my room Even he couldn't work it out Babe, we all die alone We all die alone This is all there is for all we know Easy come, easy go Babe, we all die alone I've been walking around Followed by your holy ghost Haunting me from coast to coast The whole world round Babe, we all die alone We all die alone This is all there is for all we know Easy come, easy go Babe, we all die alone
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Blind Architect It's that time of year When the signs of life disappear And the tide will be coming in soon And we must harvest the pastures of the moon It's that time of day When you and I have nothing left to say And we must find a new way to start Oh, it was a blind architect who built the heart It's that time of night When the dead start coming back to life And the stars turn bright and blue And I am wreathed in these memories of you It's that time again We must ask the old question How did we grow so far apart? Ask the blind architect who built the heart
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Do We Choose Who We Love? He's looking for love But he'll settle for less So take him home And get undressed Make believe He's the man of your dreams Treat him nice He'll try his best Do we choose who we love? Is it up to us? Does anyone know? Does anyone know? Now I can see how a man Might reach a place Where he's tempted to seek His savior's face First place he looks Is between your thighs When he don't see it there He'll look in your eyes Do we choose who we love? Is it up to us? Does anyone know? Does anyone know?
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Don’t Fall In Love I’m becoming well acquainted with the regulars at the grave I know them by their faces I’m terrible with names I’m leaving in the morning on a mystery train Don’t fall in love ‘till I’m back in town I went down to New York City where I met a pretty girl She said that she would kiss me all I had to do was save the world I guess I took her literally I’ve always been gullible Don’t fall in love ‘till I’m back in town I’m learning the roads for you baby I’m turning over every stone Because one of these days pretty baby I’m going to need to know my way back home When my daddy told me about the birds and the bees He said love is best considered from a distance of centuries I thought we were making out but we were making history Don’t fall in love ‘till I’m back in town Well now I’ve seen the sun rising over the Michigan Lake I’ve seen Aurora Borealis, I’ve seen Polar bears mate But I’ve never seen you naked don’t tell me I’m too late Don’t fall in love ‘till I’m back in town I’m learning the roads for you baby I’m turning over every stone Because one of these days pretty baby I’m going to need to know my way back home Don’t fall in love ‘till I’m back in town
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I Am Dying To Turn You On I’m in some kind of boutique clothing store Nothing makes sense to me no more I’m heading for the door Everything is more than I can afford What’s that, the cat got your tongue? When Venus crosses the face of the sun I’m gonna come for you And you aint gonna be lonely no more And I am dying to turn you on I’d like to lodge an official complaint How much longer must I wait? I prefer the sweet company of saints But I’ll make an exception I’ve got a tiger’s tooth and a rabbit’s paw God only knows what they are for Salvation is free But you’re expected to donate to the collection And I am dying to turn you on The woman in this place look so fine The wine is older than them all combined You’ll find no trace of the sublime In this kind of suffering Would you care to dance with me sister? I’ve heard that one before mister Something in your eyes reminds me Of the ultimate fragility of everything And I am dying to turn you on OK, lets get serious Loving you is a near death experience I tried to run and hide But I can never get enough of it I don’t care if I look like a fool It’s just so unbelievably cruel That what ties us to this world Seems to simultaneously sever us from it And I am dying to turn you on
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Ever Be My Girl There’s a place I know where the snowdrops grow Sheltered from the wind and the rain Down by the weir when shadows appear I stand by the edge of the lake It’s a beautiful place and in a state of grace The veneer disappears from the world I’d lead you down and show you around If I thought you would ever be my girl There’s a space in the wood where a house once stood Now all that remains is stone Years back in time before you and I Someone once called it their home Now there’s a place I go where the river flows And willows unburden their curls I’d make you a bed for to lay your head If I thought you would ever be my girl There’s a space in my mind bigger than the sky Where some nights I fly in my dreams With a song to sing and dreaming with wings Anything is possible it seems But I wake up sad because I’ve lost what I had And it’s nowhere to be found in this world But I’d call off the search and fall back to earth If I thought you would ever be my girl I’d call off the search and fall back to earth If I thought you would ever be my girl
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First Snow 02:10
First Snow NYC The phone is so holy when it never rings When I feel lonely I need a song to sing They don’t let you in on the other side Till you’ve got nothing left to leave behind All this as more was flowing through my mind As I became aware slowly of something falling from the sky It was cold and it was grey but it was good enough for me First snow NYC No one knows me I’m a stranger here Drunk on loneliness and American beer But I can’t help thinking that my luck will change I can’t help dreaming of better days All this and more was flowing through my brain As I saw the heavens open and it was more than rain And a beautiful stranger danced with me In the first snow NYC
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Early Days 03:33
Early Days It's early days in the hunt for life And the numbers of the dead are rising I've got an ocean view And these memories of you And tonight I'll kiss the lips of the horizon It's early days in the crying game And the rules are made to be broken I've got some empty shells and other echoes here to sell And tonight I'll be staying open Well I'm haunted by the ghosts of my future And I'm living in the past Everything will change I fell in love and I thought that it would last But there's no forever These are early days It's early days for those ancient saints Who are doomed to live forever I've send a silent prayer out into the air I hope somewhere it finds her Well I'm haunted by the ghosts of my future And I'm living in the past Everything will change I fell in love and I thought that it would last But there's no forever These are early days
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Everybody Here Is From Somewhere Else I was present at the execution The crowd was baying for blood Behind the eyes of my fellow survivors I saw rivers of fear Rush into oceans of love I went to see the executioner I went to pay him my respects He said it's either the bottle or God Don't matter which one Either of them will get you in the end And time waits for no man So carpe diem Say nothing at all, make a fist Hold forever in your hand I feel like I'm walking through an airport Without a ticket home Everybody here is from somewhere else Everybody's going Going, going, gone And time waits for no man So carpe diem Say nothing at all, make a fist Hold forever in your hand
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Get The Girl 04:42
Get The Girl You can listen to the hymns of the heretics You can stare into the face of the abyss You can fall for all the false promises Of everlasting bliss You can fly on the wings of angels To all four corners of the world But oh boy you gotta get the girl You can study a map of the heavens You can dissect a seedling star You can follow the best directions And still not know where you are You can peel away the layers of the onion Until love itself unfurls But oh boy you gotta get the girl You can trade in your horse for a saddle You can fall off the face of the earth You can throw down your arms mid battle You can drink the ocean and never quench your thirst This flame just don’t negotiate And there aint nothing that it doesn’t burn Oh boy you gotta get the girl
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Close To The Wind They say the city aint as it used to be back in the seventies They've kicked out the geniuses and the junkies Now it's teenage millionaires and and yuppies Well I came in from the North, left my cabin in the hills And the leaves lay on the sidewalks like million dollar bills I went to see the apothecary but he wouldn't let me in Now Juliet is playing with the gypsy choir and Romeo is heartbroken And I am sailing close to the wind Sometimes it's hard to stand the loneliness and you wanna go insane With so much fear and so much love flowing through your veins Every heart is a cathedral where the angels go to pray Even woman is my lover, they don't all see it that way There's a darkness in the sky I think a storm is coming in Everybody back inside something is happening We are sailing close to the wind
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Happy Hour 03:26
Happy Hour I mix my metaphors with whiskey I get up when the sun goes down I don't believe anybody will miss me When I leave this town Mat I pay for my sins in installments? Sell the keys but save the ring In the end everything comes to depend On a few inessential things May I address you informally? Lay guarded speech aside I see an emptiness before me And a tangled mess behind And I'm glad you don't recognize me From the night I saved the day May all we say be washed away In tomorrow morning's rain Now it's happy hour There's no future there's no past It's happy hour It'll never last Now I'm trying to put in writing What's pressing on my heart You may experience a brief silence Before the music starts 'Twas there I was forgiven I closed my eyes and I could see 'Twas there I swear the sky became A skylarks dream And I found this song on the sidewalk It was written in the street By some guy you've never heard of From the Nineteen-Seventies And time is stripped of its ornaments And the puppets lie limp on their strings In the end everything comes to depend On a few inessential things Now it's happy hour There's no future there's no past It's happy hour It'll never last
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I Cried When I Was Born I hear she came from a distant star In a vintage dress and a stolen car With a second hand copy of Planet Of The Apes I was living at the time with a Mrs. Swift It was a rent-free situation if you catch my drift There’s always more than several ways to pay She cast her spell she silenced the place With her full moon eyes in her night sky face “It’s hard being human in a world like this” She purred in my ear and her hand brushed my wrist And I cried when I was born Life seemed so uninviting To ride the storm dodging bolts of lightening After darkness comes the dawn And since I found you darling I cried when I was born But I’ll die laughing She left a trail of bobby pins And other mysterious female things And it led me to my ladies chamber door I knocked once and I knocked twice “Come in” she said, “and don’t be shy Hang up your clothes but leave your hang ups on the floor” I did exactly as she said And lay beside her on the bed It’s hard being human but the alternative is worse Our curse is our beauty and our beauty is our curse And I cried when I was born Life seemed so uninviting To ride the storm dodging bolts of lightening After darkness comes the dawn And since I found you darling I cried when I was born But I’ll die laughing Our love affair could be everlasting Love vanishes when you try to grasp it And if you’re looking For something to hold on to Then I guess its change It’s change that’s calling the tune we dance to I cried when I was born Life seemed so uninviting To ride the storm dodging bolts of lightening After darkness comes the dawn And since I found you darling I cried when I was born But I’ll die laughing
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I Don't Wanna Come Down I climbed to the top Of a fifty floor apartment block last night I closed my eyes And I drifted up and away into the empty sky I’m as high as a kite ever since you’ve been around And I don’t wanna come down No I don’t wanna come down I’m a pussycat and I’m stuck up your tree I’m a full moon and I’m floating over your sea I’m a big bouquet of blue balloons I’m a trapeze artist and I’m swinging just for you So take my hand and let me lift you up off of the ground Because I don’t wanna come down No I don’t wanna come down
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I'm Coming To Get You In the shadow of a mountain I pitched my tent Weary from traveling I lay down my head Invisible fingers caress my cheek She speaks in whispers from the depths of sleep I'm coming to get you I'm coming to get you Wait and see I'm coming to get you Baby you can count on me I wake in the morning and lay very still A strange bird calling echoes through the hills I drink from the river I gather up my tent I have a message to deliver I don't have much time left I'm coming to get you I'm coming to get you Wait and see I'm coming to get you Baby you can count on me I reach the palace as the suns going down A crowd has gathered from miles around Told the gatekeeper to let me in I have a message to deliver a message for the king I'm coming to get you I'm coming to get you Wait and see I'm coming to get you Baby you can count on me I spent the night in a king size bed Pillows soft as light underneath my head But I couldn't sleep the silence was deafening She never speaks when I'm listening I'm coming to get you I'm coming to get you Wait and see I'm coming to get you Baby you can count on me
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I'm Unsatisfied There’s a full moon riding over the trees There’s a very pretty woman looking down at me She’s hitching her skirt up above her knees But the situation is leaving me cold So cold so cold I can see my breath Walking through the valley of the shadow of death So cold so cold one day to the next Condensation on the windowpane Lord, I’m unsatisfied Way down in my soul There once was a kingdom in need of a king They took an ordinary man and put a crown on him When he woke up in the morning Nothing had changed No change no change one day to the next Walking through the valley of the shadow of death No change no change until there’s nothing left Condensation on the windowpane Lord, I’m unsatisfied Way down in my soul I’m gonna get up in the morning walk outside Climb up the hill and watch the sunrise Spread my wings and close my eyes And lift up my voice in praise I’ll praise I’ll praise until there’s nothing left Walking through the valley of the shadow of death I’ll praise I’ll praise until I see my breath Condensation on the windowpane Lord, I’m unsatisfied Way down in my soul
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If An Alien Astronomer Could See Us From Afar In different times when things were simpler I'd sit for ages and watch the river flow by And by and by everything shifted Time has a way of moving faster than life In crowded places I stick to corners And watch the faces of my fellow mourners Like changing skies, clouded and raining Then suddenly bathed in unbelievable light And I lost my way But I found my eyes Fixed on a disappearing point on the horizon A breaking heart A dying star The things we do to one another If an alien astronomer could see us from afar By dancing firelight under cozy bedclothes We stoke the embers, no, don't let your love grow cold We all live our lives in reverse Just look behind you, there's a whole universe And I lost my way But I found my eyes Fixed on a disappearing point on the horizon A breaking heart A dying star The things we do to one another If an alien astronomer could see us from afar
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If You Want Me The evening left her fingerprints On the mornings tired, heavy eyelids And the blackmailed trees keep quiet under a threatening sky And the moon has lost her way it seems Illuminating all the brisk daydreams Escaping from a thousand frantic lives But the clocks would stop and the boss would say Go home there's nothing to do today If you want me There's a plague of strangers on the underground There's violence in this restless crowd Three hundred hearts beating out of time And in the shadow of some imaginary bird Six hundred eyes are skyward turned Frightened of what they might or might not find But the trains on time and it's all aboard To the promised-land, to a better world If you want me I would disappear I would know pain no I would know no fear I would die a thousand times only to rise again If you want me
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In This World I've been eavesdropping on conversations Sitting on trains Standing in line in the museums Everybody's saying I just don't know how to live in this world I flew to Rome for a holiday I was on Easy Jet A voice came over the tannoy And the captain said I just don't know how to live in this world I was halfway up the mountain When I came across a grave With my name, my date of birth And an empty space I just don't know how to live in this world
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Jesus Was A Hobo Everything seems so mysterious to me I’m walking down a bad stretch of road My love lies in the arms of my enemy And I’m afraid to face the future alone I hold up my hand in front of my face My skin is so thin I can see the bone I’m afraid of dying in this unfamiliar place A million miles from home They say the grace of God will never lead you Where the grace of God will not protect you I’m trying my best to believe you But I just don’t know Jesus was a hobo But he never walked alone Failure is a most compassionate teacher I’m a scarecrow but I’m scared of the crows I crawled across barbed wire just to reach her She said next time call ahead you better go Now my days are grey with boredom nights are red with pain The woman walk their gargoyles in the park Do me a favour if you ever fall in love again Give it everything you’ve got They say the grace of God will never lead you Where the grace of God will not protect you I’m trying my best to forget you But I can’t let go Jesus was a hobo But he never walked alone I tell myself there’s no such thing as the future In my present I recreate my past I guess I could pretend I never knew you But that’s a dirty trick to play on my own heart Now the sky is black with ravens coming home to roost On my face I feel the first drops of rain Any last words before we tighten the noose? Yes, given half a chance I’d do it all again They say the grace of God will never lead you Where the grace of God will not protect you I’m trying my best to leave you But you’re buried in my soul Jesus was a hobo But he never walked alone
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Keep Breaking My Heart Oh babe I tried to touch the sun I got my fingers burned Oh babe I thought you were the one But that’s my lesson learned Now I’m right back at the start Singing this lonely hallelujah Baby, please keep breaking my heart Oh babe I tried to touch a star But it’s so hard to do Oh baby I reached out too far Now I’m floating in the blue You got me right back at the start Singing this lonely hallelujah Baby, please keep breaking my heart When you’re far away from me Sleeping peacefully in the dark I lie awake restlessly Oh how I hate to be in love Oh babe I tried to touch the moon But it’s so far away Oh babe I wish that it weren’t true But I’ll be yours someday You got me right back at the start Singing this lonely hallelujah Baby, please keep breaking my heart
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Keep It In Your Soul When there are no arms to hold you At the setting of the sun When the shadows crowd around you And you’re not having any fun Remember what I told you My love will never get old Babe, keep it in your soul When there is no place to keep my love In the clutter of your life When your shelves are full jewels and dust And your parlour is full of mice You can’t keep it in the kitchen With the cutlery and the bowls Babe, keep it in your soul Keep it in your soul when you’re riding down the highway Keep it in your soul when you’re sailing on the sea Keep it in your soul when you’re flying in an airplane Keep it in your soul and bring it on home to me When there is no light to guide you And you’re stumbling through the dark When no one walks beside you And everything falls apart I’ll light a fire inside you Fan the flames and feel the glow Babe, keep it in your soul Keep it in your soul when you’re riding down the highway Keep it in your soul when you’re sailing on the sea Keep it in your soul when you’re flying in an airplane Keep it in your soul and bring it on home to me
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Keep Moving East If I keep moving east that ol' sun aint gonna set on me If I keep moving east that ol' sun aint gonna set on me I'm gonna jump over that mountain Leap over the deep blue sea On the day I met my first wife my second wife was born On the day I met my first wife my second wife was born When I reach that horizon I'll just carry on She got fire in her eyes and white hibiscus in her hair She got fire in her eyes and white hibiscus in her hair I spent the night between her thighs Even though I had no business there Pink snow fell in Italy and the harvest failed in France Pink snow fell in Italy and the harvest failed in France I'll spend all your money But I'll save you the last dance (with Irakli Gaprindashvili)
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Learning Your Name In a boat on the blackest of oceans By the light of a high crescent moon I float with on the sea’s gentle motion Sleeping and dreaming of you If I were more of a sailor The stars would show me the way You left a kiss on my hand As I stepped off dry land But I am still learning your name A letter arrived this morning The postman was covered in snow It lit my soul up like lightening It told me nothing I don’t already know If I were more of a soldier I would leap right into the fray Spend the rest of my life Fighting by your side But I am still learning your name Oh my love gives me grace in singing The grace that I lack in living Oh my love gives me grace in living The grace that I lack in dying Oh my love gives me grace in dying The grace that I lack in being born again I know every inch of your face my love But I am still learning your name At the bottom of a bottle of whiskey Lives a woman with long flowing hair She says, “Come here, my lover, and kiss me” But you can’t because she’s not really there If I were more of a dreamer I would stay with her all night and day But there’s no home for love Outside flesh and blood And I am still learning your name Oh my love gives me grace in singing The grace that I lack in living Oh my love gives me grace in living The grace that I lack in dying Oh my love gives me grace in dying The grace that I lack in being born again I know every inch of your face my love But I am still learning your name
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Like Something Beautiful I couldn't sleep last night So I got up and I went outside into the city streets Occupied by the moonlight Amongst other things I've tried crying out my eyes I've tried drinking whiskey till I see the sun rise But nothing I do can rid me of these memories I feel like I'm losing my mind But I'm really losing you You flew through my life Like something beautiful I look up at the sky At the planets and the moon I see love, framed in time, Like something beautiful Something beautiful like you I hope you're sitting comfortably We're drifting in an endless sea My heart's a tiny thumping thing And my life's a waking dream Friends and lovers come and go That's one thing I know The best that I can hope for are those moments in between When time forgets itself and love floods in I feel like I'm losing my mind But I'm really losing you You flew through my life Like something beautiful I look up at the sky At the planets and the moon I see love, framed in time, Like something beautiful Something beautiful like you
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Love Has Made A Fool Of Me Again I met her on the road to love Just at the darkest part She was wearing velvet elbow length gloves And was carrying a bleeding heart Come here and shelter under my wings Lay aside your fear We’ll watch the evening star Ascend in our rear view mirror It’s true, I said, I am alone And I’m longing for your touch I’d give you everything I own But it would never be enough I plucked a feather from her wing A tear fell from her eye I saw the evening star Ascending in the sky The devil is a handsome man With many handsome friends Thanks to you Love has made a fool of me again I put the feather in my cap And walked on down the road I came across a crooked man Carrying a heavy load Please, he said, can you lend a hand And take this weight from me? You’re a young and handsome man And I am old, as you can see I’m strong, I said, I’ll take your weight Your journey’s almost done But take this feather in exchange It’s heavier than the sun And so I took his weight from him And he took mine from me He walked towards the mountains And I walked towards the sea The devil is a handsome man With lots of gold to spend Thanks to you Love has made a fool of me again I walked that road all night long Until I came to an empty beach The ocean shone in the light of dawn And the seagulls whirled and screeched Here’s a place I can call my home I’ll never have to leave I’ll build a house and live alone By the golden empty sea Years went by and nothing changed I lived quite happily Until one uneventful day I saw a feather on the breeze I plucked the feather from the wind And held it in my hand I saw the old man and the angel Lying naked in the sand The devil is a handsome man From the beginning to the end Thanks to you Love has made a fool of me again
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MoMA 01:29
MoMA 'Even clean hands can damage the surfaces of works of art' In museums I wander Alive to the great romantic rush that never comes Just brush after brush stroke Hope against hope That whatever this becomes Resembles a love song Even bright eyes can omit the obvious Over analyze, strip the flesh from the bone Where do you go when you're gone? Brush after brush stroke Hope against hope That whatever this becomes Resembles a love song
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Never Look An Angel In The Eye "If life is the meal then death is the restaurant" I heard you say as we past the Angel of the North People getting out of their cars and taking photographs As if they'd never seen an angel before Maybe I should have taken your advice And never looked that angel in the eyes, boys Never look an angel in the eye Six jet planes in strict formation Fly over this sad suburb of the heart "Life is a series of humiliations" I heard you say as the car refused to start Maybe I should have taken your advice And never looked that angel in the eyes, boys Never look an angel in the eye
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O Woman 01:52
It’s time, my love, to say goodbye I don’t belong here by your side Although I want no more to roam Your heart will never be my home O Woman I’m buried ‘neath the weight of years And several oceanfulls of tears And though I want no more to roam Your heart will never be my home O Woman So come my darling don’t you cry You’ll find another bye and bye And though you want no more to roam My heart will never be your home O Woman
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Our Troubles Won't End Tonight I woke up to the sound of thunder Next to a woman who wasn't my wife I only wanted her telephone number But she showed me the meaning of life Now we can run, we can hide Love each other until we die But our troubles won't end tonight I found her on the darkest day of December She was dancing to an imaginary band It took me a moment to befriend her And an eternity to reach out and touch her hand Now there's a light in our eyes Burning brighter than the stars in the sky But out troubles won't end tonight Oh baby, all you've gotta do is hold me A cruel wind whips in from the sea I've a feeling you've got something to show me I just don't know what in the world it could be Now I'm walking through the inebriating evening And I'm talking to the people on the street We're all looking for something to believe in Even if it's the very definition of a mystery I took I left, I look a right I found you in time, I found you in life But our troubles won't end tonight
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Poster Boy 02:20
Poster Boy Harley-Davidson's don't make much sense in December But then, nor does holding the hand of a stranger And asking if they'll make you happy I'm a poster boy sitting on the fence Currently unemployed by the present tense Counting sheep in the field like the chances I have left The last time the Thames froze we skived off school Skating on the ice, skating on the moon That was 1814, this is now, goodbye, I've got work to do Because I'm a poster boy just laying in bed Currently unemployed by the generation in my head Counting clouds in the sky like the chances I have let Drift by
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Roads Lead Nowhere When skies hang low over Los Angeles It seems to me all roads lead nowhere Just away from here, away from there And I'd be lying if I said my thoughts never turn to dying Twenty seven years go by and I finally find myself praying Out loud Oh, can you hear me calling? Before I hit the ground Oh, let me know I'm falling In my dreams I've been visiting the other room I've been talking in my sleep Trying to get through to you I've been through Los Angeles I've been through Heaven, I've been through Hell I know for certain now If this is here there must be somewhere else Out there Oh, can you hear me calling? Before I hit the ground Oh, let me know I'm falling
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Room To Room 04:28
Room To Room No longer thinking I plunge reeling into empty days Tired of sleeping I slip into evenings watching revealing documentaries Like 'Weed It And Reap' and how Hitler's dog Blondie contributed to the Nazi leaders decline and eventual defeat And I sip the very cheapest wine they'll stoop to deem to sell me in Sainsbury's Sniffing in that peculiar scent of misery so particular to February Now blind to the symmetry of this being thatness and that being thisness We complied with the moon and let her undress us And now live alone in our separate hearts Divided by oceans and vast arteries of cars And that airplane loneliness where the closer you get The further away you realize you actually are from the stars Keeping up appearances for the air stewardess Because despair can lead to terrorism Room to room From room to room in pre-dusk, post afternoon gloom I walk among things, my worldly belongings My coke bottle alarm clock that dances and sings My books, my guitar with all those songs in the strings All those possible connections of vibratings All that you can create out of absolutely nothing And I'll still sometimes do that childish thing Of staring at something for so long it looses its meaning And I'll float for a while in timeless bliss Until the sound of my own breathing brings me back to this explicitness And all this confusion it just keeps me moving From room to room
42.
Searchin' The Heavens Contrary to popular belief everything is gonna be alright I’ve cleaned the dirty dishes I’ve made love with the farmer’s wife I was the king’s official astronomer in one of my previous lives And I’m still searching the heavens for signs of life One day I’m gonna find my way out of this crazy town I never knew I loved you until the words fell out of my mouth Officer please arrest this man he doesn’t know what he’s talking about And I’m still searching the heavens for an easy way out I’ve been down to the bottom now I’ve been down to the very dregs I’m going to start at the tip of your toes and work my way up your legs By the time I get to your lips baby we’ll both be dead So I’ll quit searching the heavens and look at you instead
43.
She's Gonna Break My Heart I know that the wind blows I can see the leaves move The trees reach up to the sun and she moves among them Suddenly here and suddenly gone I know how the song goes I can hear the melody Rise and fall and float like a football Right over the wall of my imagination I know one day I’m gonna die And I know in the end I’m gonna be alright And I know that girl is gonna break my heart One of these days she’s gonna break my heart I know that the earth moves around the sun Because I’ve been here all day waiting for someone And now evening’s come and my shadow’s my only companion I know that heaven is a bright idea Because at night the devil whispers in my ear And leads me through the garden of temptation I know that summertime follows the spring And I know in the end I don’t know anything And I know that girl is gonna break my heart One of these days she’s gonna break my heart And if she don’t break mine first Why, then I’ll break hers
44.
So Many People In the morning when she rise When she opens up her eyes She sees the sun come up over Baghdad on the Hudson She climbs up on a chair Runs a comb through her long brown hair In the full-length mirror she studies her reflection She’s blowing off the dust From her mothers jewellery box Picks out her favourite necklace And kisses it for luck So many people in this town There are so many people But there’s no one around Now she walks down to the street Sees the frozen smiles, the insistent feet The secret lives where strangers hide their heartbreaks Now she’s waiting for the train A busker sings a sad refrain Their eyes lock as she drops a coin into his guitar case Somewhere a song is sung Beyond the stars, beyond the sun Where the planets hum in unison For you and me and everyone So many people in this town There are so many people But there’s no one around (with Irakli Gaprindashvili)
45.
Spare Me 01:57
Spare Me I know you’ll take the mountains I know you’ll take the lakes I know you’ll take the sinners I know you’ll take the saints I know you’ll take the king I know you’ll take the queen I know you’ll take the dreamer I know you’ll take the dream But please spare me Spare me Please spare me Spare me I know you’ll take Chicago I know you’ll take Bombay You’ll take the Grecian urn You’ll take the light of day I know you’ll take the caterpillar And the chief of police I know you’ll take the sky The rain, the river and the sea But please spare me Spare me Please spare me Spare me
46.
Speak Of The Devil Speak of the devil and he shall appear But whisper his name softly my dear You never know who’s listening walls have ears And there’s a long way to go before morning The road is empty for this hour don’t you think it’s weird Don’t look at me I don’t know how the hell to get out of here Take over the wheel babe I don’t have the strength to steer I’m bored if you wonder why I’m yawning Its just ocean for miles around So you better be a mermaid babe, I wouldn’t want to see you drown Be quiet for a second and listen to the sound Of everything colliding Outside my window there’s a ruckus in the street Pass me the telephone I’m calling the police I can’t stand the silence that’s why I’m shuffling my feet No one seems to be answering I’m invoking a thunderstorm I’m dying in this heat There are such things as unicorns and the moon is made of cheese Just close the door quietly behind you when you leave Somewhere children are sleeping A crowd is gathering round I’m naked except for this sceptre and this crown Remind me the next time I see you around To pinch myself in case I’m dreaming There’s a flower in your hand and there is sand between your toes There’s a woman and a man taking off their clothes There’s a lost little lamb separated from the fold And it’s all always constantly changing Don’t let the bed bugs bite don’t let your heart get cold There’s been nothing but the truth in every lie I’ve told Just because I’m kneeling and my eyes are closed Doesn’t mean I’m praying So speak of the devil babe and he shall appear But before you do consider whether you really want him here He’s cruel and he’s mean and he knows no fear And there’s a long way to go before morning
47.
Ten Times A Day You walked into my life without knocking And you turned my lonely world around I put a ladder in your stockings I climbed up but I couldn’t climb down You introduced yourself to me as April But in April you were calling yourself May Then in May you were June and in June you were July And in July you were going by some other name I love you New York City But you’re driving me insane I’m falling in love Ten times a day I took the subway down to Brooklyn I had to see a man about a dog That man turned out to be a woman Needless to say, I fell in love I’ll miss you New York City But I gotta get away I’m falling in love Ten times a day Ten times a day Ten times you materialize Ten times you fly away Ten times my heart skips a beat Ten times it breaks Ten times is too many Once is all it takes I think I’ll head on down the highway I still have so many dues to pay Gotta keep my eyes on the horizon Gotta keep my fingers in the clay No matter where I’m heading Inverness or East LA I’m falling in love Ten times a day
48.
The City Is King Leaning up against a lamppost feeling lonesome I look out into the city night Headlights making rainbows in the raindrops And the occasional slice of jail brake moonlight I was born on the border of England and Wales Snips and snails and puppy dog tails But I’ve learned something The city is king 10 million people are living in this place What are the chances you'll find her? The city is a symphony baby, and I’m a lonely sonata Yearning to escape all the hullabaloo I was whispering the vespers in a public restroom When it came to me The city is king And I’m trying to find my way back home But the city is king Leaning towards enlightenment after a couple double whiskeys I was wandering the streets Met a man dressed like a hippy from the sixties He wore a sign saying ‘A dime for an epiphany’ I gave him the money and he took me aside And I must confess that I wasn’t surprised When he said to me The city is king And I’m trying to find my way back home But the city is king
49.
The Horses Grave I went out one morning just after dawn As has been my custom ever since you've been gone A magpie was wheeling in the carnival sky Hello Mr. Magpie, how is your wife? Well, said the Magpie, life's moving fast But you learn to appreciate things while they last I'm counting my blessings, I'm reading the signs, Each day is a lesson in taking a day at a time I went down to where the river grows bold in the sun And where the willows huddle in conversation Like a child in a playground I try to join in But the secrets they whisper float away on the wind With a heart full of worry I hurried on home But something was following me, I was not alone A beautiful black horse, all dressed up to ride, His saddle was empty, there was a wound in his side We stared at each other, he was standing so close I could have reached out my hand and touched his nose I stared into his eye, so empty and black The next thing I knew, I was up on his back We flew through the morning at a terrible pace The wind stung my eyes and twigs whipped my face I said to the magpie how long will this last? I don't know, said the magpie, but this too shall pass Just as I was beginning to lose all hope The animal slowed to an elegant lope Then he just disappeared into empty space And left me flat on my face at the foot of his grave
50.
The Moon's Reply I said to a bird, hey, what’s the sky? Said just me when I’ve nowhere to hide I said to the sky, hey, what’s a bird? Said just me when I’m ready to fly I said to the sea, hey what’s the moon? My teacher, my master, my guide I said to the moon, where is my love tonight? I’m still waiting for the moon's reply I said to a tree, hey, what’s the wind? Said just me when I’m naked is all I said to the wind, hey, what’s a tree? Said just me when I’m dressed for the ball I said to the sun, hey, what’s the moon? My sister, my mother, my bride I said to the moon, where is my love tonight? I’m still waiting for the moon's reply
51.
The Widow Of The Fallen Soldier I tracked the path of an atom, I heard the whisper of the stars I felt my heart grow bolder and bolder I had a strange conversation in an airport bar With the widow of a fallen soldier “I waited for him until the swallows returned I waited for him by the water There’s a fire in my heart where my love for him burns” Said the widow of the fallen soldier I sat there so quietly, so undisturbed As the night grew colder and colder “Have you looked, have you listened, have you seen, have you heard?” Said the widow of the fallen soldier “I waited for him ‘till his wounds were all healed I waited for him by the water Everyone is beautiful on the battlefield” Said the widow of the fallen soldier It was then that I finally broke down and cried I buried my face in her shoulder “Every dead bird leaves a hole in the sky” Said the widow of the fallen soldier “I waited for him since the world was new I waited for him by the water It’s sure been a pleasure talking to you” Said the widow of the fallen soldier
52.
There were footsteps on the stair But there’s no one there The hounds were growling in their sleep I put aside my book And went outside to take a look And stood in the middle of the street The stars were hissing in the silence And the moon shone as bright as day And something in my soul Whispered soft and low The wind will blow it all away My friend and my foe My joy and my woe My dreams half buried in the sand Somewhere beyond the fields Something hidden is revealed Too simple to even understand My heart may always be broken And my tears may fall with the rain My wounds never heal My truth stay concealed And the wind will blow it all away I stood that way Until the wind changed And a melody drifted toward me on the breeze My heart was pounding in my chest I knew I couldn’t rest I went in search of company I followed the sound of the music And came to a lighted doorway They’re singing and they’re dancing They’re drinking and they’re laughing And the wind will blow them all away I was turning around When I saw her in the crowd Looking so graceful and so calm I would have gone inside But I saw the way she smiled When he came and took her in his arms I lingered a while in the shadows A strange peace flooding my veins Then I went on my way Only love remained All the rest the wind will blow away The wind will blow it all away
53.
To A Woman In Winter I saw you on the street in a foreign city Just beyond the border of a dream You were going somewhere in a hurry I knew somehow you were coming to see me I waited in the square by the frozen fountain A pair of sparrows were pecking at the ice Their tiny beaks were carving out your mouth and your eyes They flew away you melted into life The street raises a sleepy smile to greet you Snow falls like confetti on your hair Every passer by salutes you But you don’t seem to notice or to care In the square I hear the church bells chiming midnight Let me take your freezing hand in mine Let’s walk around awhile in the moonlight Forget that we’re running out of time Some people say that seeing is believing But I just don’t believe that to be true I believe we dream things into being Why else would I still believe in you? Why else would I dream away my lonely nights? Without dreams we’d have no reason to wake up I live my life in shadow cast by sparks of light Any moment the whole thing could blow up Today my hair is several winters whiter And I’m still building castles in the air I still have only questions and no answers I’m still waiting by the fountain in the square Sometimes you seem so far away Other times you’re close enough to touch I have only come to pass the time of day I hope that’s not asking too much
54.
Tomorrow Doesn't Care I’m a failed atheist but I ain’t religious I’m just hungry and I’m fishing for the moon Spitting cherry pips in Chinatown and thinking about that waitress Who I almost mistook for my muse She said sadness doesn’t suit you why don’t we fall in love Get a dog and braid each other’s hair I took her by the mitten boys I held her little glove And I said yesterday’s forgiven us baby and tomorrow doesn’t care Yesterday’s forgiven us and tomorrow doesn’t care I loved her with the fury of a thousand burning stars I didn’t eat or sleep for a thousand years Now Santa Clause is back selling second hand cars And the devil mixes cocktails with your tears I woke up with a stranger in the virgin snow She was naked and I was trying not to stare She said maybe God created us to give him something to be jealous of I said yesterday’s forgiven us baby and tomorrow doesn’t care Yesterday’s forgiven us and tomorrow doesn’t care I first met Lesko in a bar on Second Avenue We spoke of the generosity of existence He’d come from Wyoming through Utah and Idaho Following the path of least resistance O call back yesterday bid time return He cried as he fell off his chair When will we realize will we ever learn That yesterday’s forgive us baby and tomorrow doesn’t care Yesterday’s forgiven us and tomorrow doesn’t care
55.
When I'm Not In Love Listen up everybody, I’ve got something to say Me, myself and I are going our separate ways I read all night and I sleep all day When I’m not in love I play the clarinet till my cheeks turn blue I smoke cigarettes and I sniff glue I sit in church and look at the view When I’m not in love Don’t you ever catch a glimpse of yourself Reaching up for something on the shelf And think this aint my life? No, this aint my life I walk by the river hanging bells on the wind I drink grapefruit juice and bring the kindling in I’m going where I’m going and I’ve been where I’ve been When I’m not in love The sky in the evening’s turning cherry red There’s blood in the wine and there’s flesh in the bread But there’s a chill in my soul and a hole in my bed When I’m not in love Don’t you ever say goodbye to a friend And the moment you’re alone again Think this aint my life? No, this aint my life Don’t you ever get that look in your eye Thinking how did the stakes get so high? And this aint my life No this aint my life Listen up everybody, I’ve got something to say Me, myself and I are going our separate ways I know it’s only a passing phase When I’m not in love
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When She Was Mine It's been raining And out of the mist Comes a face I can't resist She's so fine And there was a time When she was mine I've got a feeling That some other guy Will be holding her tonight But that's alright 'Cause there was a time When she was mine In the darkest hour of the longest night Just follow your heart You'll be alright And just remember Whoever you end up being Whatever life you end up leading You're so fine And there was a time When you were mine
57.
Where The Wolves Fuck I was walking down St. Christopher Street Orientating myself If I turn right I'll find the world at my feet If I turn left I'll go straight to Hell You know the dream where you're standing by the river Trying to find a way across? I guess I thought the grass would be greener Now I know that it's not And I'm wounded and lost And I'm fresh out of luck And I'm stranded where the wolves fuck I was walking around on St. Bartholomew's Eve Hardly believing my eyes You were clapping your hands and stamping your feet Fighting for the other side You know the dream where you're standing by the river Trying to find a way across? I guess I thought that life would be simpler Now I know that it's not And I'm wounded and lost And I'm fresh out of luck And I'm stranded where the wolves fuck
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Wyoming 02:20
Wyoming When I looked in my baby's eyes I knew that something wasn't right I've heard it said that love is blind And it is until you switch on the light Something in that ancient sky Made we want to sing I'm finding my way back I think I left something In Wyoming When I looked for a place to hide I found that I was not alone There is a voice inside Giving me the strength to carry on Something in that ancient sky Made we want to sing I'm finding my way back I think I left something In Wyoming

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released November 28, 2010

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Freddie Stevenson Glasgow, UK

Albums 'Body on the Line', 'All My Strange Companions', '50 Songs', 'The City Is King', 'The Brightening/The Darkening'. A Dirty Urchin of NYC. Co-writing and touring with the Waterboys. Lives in Scotland.

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