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1.	Scarecrow 02:32	lyrics	buy track
Scarecrow, staring me down sowing fear A signal, when I feel afraid Then I know the thing I’m searching for is near Everything I want is lying right at your feet Straw fingers made to ward me off are beckoning Voices, whisper in my ears left and right One says come and find your life But the other’s telling me I’m going to die What do I gain if I stay where I am? What could I lose if I execute this plan? Courage is not the absence of fear but triumph over it The brave man is not he who does not fear but he who conquers it
2.	Coracle Song 02:31	lyrics	buy track
Who’d have thought in just a little coracle I could make it this far out to sea? Oh I’m somewhere now I have never been Wind above and current far below me Drawn along by things I cannot see Did I make it this far because I paddled so far Or am I here because something’s moving me? Sleep under the stars and wake up with the rising sun Did I dream it, or have I moved further on? Unseen islands I have longed to visit No directions and no guarantee All I have is this sense that I’m going And something’s moving me
3.	I Love it When a Plan Comes Together 03:56	lyrics	buy track
They can hit the ball alright They can set the game alight See they got the special touch Can’t handle it it’s just too much No one gonna stop them now Til they take the final bow One, two, three, four Opposition on the floor I, I love, I love it I love it when, I love it when a I love it when a plan I love it when a plan comes together Take it to the final minute Underdogs come back and win it Doing the impossible Rockin’ the unshockable Everyone was oh so sure Now someone tell me what’s the score? One, two, three, four Opposition on the floor
4.	The Hornet 03:06	lyrics	buy track
Been taking on the nemesis Ever since the genesis Now I’ve had enough of this Listen to me scorn it Don’t want to see the foe persist Truth is that he can’t resist Yeah I’ve had enough of this I’m taking down the hornet Rapidly the gallery of other people’s flaws Ignominy recorded by lords of keeping scores Extends a couple of hundred feet and through another door Enticing me for sure, I’d be a bore to not explore Scrolling down and looking around and going to town on errors Decrying with a frown thanks to trigger happy sharers Catch a click of this clown, muster your derision Thank the gods of judgmentalism for their provision Not-so-subtle satisfaction, flash reaction Crass laughs of a faction, it’s just distraction Drags me back from real action, the more I linger The stronger the urge to sling mud and point a finger Time to rearrange, set the stage for actual change When you win genuine turns of the page Shut down the rage, back off the mess Something in myself that I need to address This is what I found out, sounds like a law Every time I want to win, got to wage a war See the signs, understand, evil lies close at hand Talons of a tempter knocking on my door Even when I stay low, try to keep my halo Can’t escape the question and it’s not easy to say no So if my own eye tries to lead astray Not messing about, I’m ripping it out, I’m chucking it away Today my conscience said to me I’m sleeping with the enemy Brushing up to toxin like a poisonous anemone Why do I do what I don’t want to do But I don’t do what I want to do, you confused too? Absolutely wretched, don’t wanna stretch it But this heart’s getting hammered harder than a Gretsch kit Thank God for rescue, I can take a breath to Remember that it’s going to be okay - true
5.	Riddle Me This 02:36	lyrics	buy track
Riddle me this, why am I the one Holding it up, while you have all the fun? When will it be my day in the sun? You pick my brains and use my brawn Seems to me that I’m just your pawn Slaving away, one more masterplan Bring it to life through the toil of my hands One of these days you will understand Without me you’d be up a creek Snub me again and your outlook’s bleak Who knows all your secrets? Who knows all your plots? Who knows where you sleep and How to break the locks? Who’s your greatest ally? Who’s your deputy? Who should you be watching? Me, me, me, me, me Slaving away, one more masterplan Bring it to life through the toil of my hands One of these days you will understand
6.	Second Chance 03:51	lyrics	buy track
I was lost in the void, my heart had given up And all was silent, deathly quiet A slow fade to black as I lay motionless Timeless waiting, no one knowing Now I’m back, back for what? New horizons, but nothing’s changed Now I’m back in the race Where does it lead? What’s my place? Why am I here fighting this war? I’ve got a second chance to climb a mountain that feels impossible All I can do is brace against the wind And hang on for something to change Something to give Every turn, every step, something’s holding me back I can’t move forward through this tempest Through gritted teeth I am urging myself not to give up But this won’t let up Nothing makes any sense Is there a reason I was given back my breath? Breathing, I’m still breathing Breathing, I’m still breathing Breathing, I’m still breathing
7.	Crossword Song 02:19	lyrics	buy track
The shining orbs above me as I drive across the overpass Remind me of Bette and the chickens in their hut And I would circumscribe these memories But this one’s an evacuee I couldn’t keep the doorway shut You ask her how she’s doing and “so-so” is the answer Her father’s the manufacturer of the nations safest bus She was a contestant on that reality TV show But fate just roars and lands a blow We’re all so presumptuous What can I prove in a daydream? She said, “I don’t want no, I don’t want no, I don’t want no heartache” [sic] Her mother felt like chattel so she gathered up her atoms And went to join a commune with two Gamma Eta friends And life is just a battleground Like stumbling through an unlit town And only a ___ wins in the end Motor my way, going home now The memory, this jubilee, will jut into my headspace She said, “I don’t want no, I don’t want won’t tolerate no heartache” Now there’s just one more item on my list
8.	Labyrinth 02:56	lyrics	buy track
Labyrinth, twisting round, deeper in, upside down Dislocate, no way out What do you do when every move is a wrong move? When the walls work against you to keep you contained? All you can do is pray Sunlight comes, vision changed, there’s no trick, just a maze Pressing on, find a way So much freedom when every move is a right move When each edifice moves just to keep you on track And you don’t look back
9.	Don't Let Them Stop You Dancing 02:20	lyrics	buy track
Adversaries try to knock you off your feet Try to stop you dancing Foul intentions just to throw you off the beat But you know their plan’s a Simple illusion, it’s all mirrors and smoke Don’t listen to the liars that say You’re never gonna get out of this place Just got to keep on moving, moving Don’t let them stop you dancing, dancing Say goodbye to everything that holds you down Come on, show me ruthless Give yourself to all the things that help you out It’s the power to choose that Gives you a way forward and beckons that change Don’t let them stop you dancing, dancing Don’t let them stop you dancing, dancing
10.	Tyler Invents Naan Bread Pizza With His Girlfriend 02:16	lyrics	buy track
Tyler types his PIN into his phone to make a note He’s had another brainwave and the details start to flow A little bit afraid that someone’s done it all before A naan bread pizza take-away would make him rich for sure It’s the best idea anyone’s ever had Pizza on a naan bread base Chicken tikka topping Jalapeno, doesn’t he know How to satisfy our tastes Tyler calls his girlfriend and explains the master plan They agree to meet and test it out soon as they can A shopping trip to stock the shelf with every kind of sauce A dopiaza, rogan josh and tikka masala of course Tyler and his girlfriend roll their sleeves up, get to work Scintillating fragrances are driving them berserk Nearing eight o’clock they are ready to take a bite Have you ever tasted something so exquisite?
11.	Catching the Bus 02:59	lyrics	buy track
If you take a bunch of random people And put them all together in a metal box It’s a fascinating social experiment That’s known as catching the bus To the cause of scientific progress I’m eager to contribute So I take my place every chance I get And I try very hard to be astute As the driver turns away a girl in her pyjamas Bloke at the front has had too many lagers Offering to help a mum to get her pushchair on A five-year-old kid has spotted my guitar bag Asking what it is, I tell him it’s a rocket launcher As we all catch the bus And I try my hardest not to eavesdrop Out of respect for my fellow passengers But at times I simply can’t avoid it Some voices are too easily overheard The feller sat behind me thinks he’s been abducted Lady says her eyebrow implants have ruptured The five-year-old kid should have gone before he left Five seats away there’s a teen under headphones Even at this distance I can tell that it’s Test As we all catch the bus So my bus trips they are never boring Always worth the two-pound-thirty cost And I find that when all’s calm and quiet I can usually rely on the appearance of a wasp Shrieks and cries of “open up a window” Bloke feeling tipsy tries to get all macho Leans across just a little too far A baby wakes up, the driver’s getting angry Thinks that he deserves a better salary As we all catch the bus Three more streets and getting near my stop I give up my seat to a woman with a bump I ask her, “when are you due?” She looks at me with a murderous expression She’s not pregnant, why’d I ask the question? Just let me off the bus
12.	Easy 03:00	lyrics	buy track
Everything worth anything takes so much work to get I bet that’s universal It’s a rule that I have learned and never can forget And yet I crave reversal When it’s a good day I don’t really mind But when it’s a bad day I want it all to be easy I want it all on a silver platter I want it all to come for free I’d have it all and nothing would matter Everything is sold to me to amplify my life No strife, just click and purchase How is it that even with the things I raced to buy Still I have unquenched urges Where is the pass? I know it’s a lie There’s no such thing as an easy ride
13.	Three Yogurt Pots 01:20	lyrics	buy track
Three yogurt pots were sitting in the fridge One asked the others, “what comes after this? At the end of our days, when our contents are gone Will we cease to exist or will we somehow live on?” The first pot replied, “there is nothing beyond There is no such transcendence from this mortal bond We will lie in a hole, in a hole in the earth We will lie there forever, we’ll have no second birth” The second pot spoke up, saying, “that may be your view But I have another and I’d like to share it too I believe we’ll return, reincarnated As a bag or a bench or a bleach bottle lid So which yogurt pot was actually correct? Which one’s prediction should they expect? Their eventual fate is ours to control Will we reincarnate them, or leave them in a hole?
14.	With All Your Fun 02:56	lyrics	buy track
Life won’t squeeze the juice out of me Goes squish, squish, squish but I’m always on the refill I’m not about to give up my fountain I’ll drink, drink deep - gulps that make me younger I’m really ageing backwards You With all your fun You restore my youth With all your fun You’re keeping me satisfied With all your fun You’re keeping me satisfied I play with a headful of clay And make worlds within worlds within my world Just call me a chip off the block I hear pictures talk - must be in my nature The wisest sage plays hopscotch
15.	Right Place 03:00	lyrics	buy track
The man was just in the right place to catch the child who was falling Two girls got lost in the woods but they returned, were found unhurt and Why isn’t it always like this? I think it is a lot more than we notice I put my hand in the back of the lawnmower while the blades were turning Stood back in my shock and sick feeling but I was ok, still had my fingers All of those things we nearly lost But we didn’t lose Sometimes things work out Sometimes things work out Don’t believe in luck I believe in cause and effect Subject to a higher power I leave room for the things I don’t expect I live in hope and I look for the signs of life Every single thing that’s broken Will be mended in its time You will work it out You will work it out
16.	Set it Up, Set it Down [feat. Andrew Farrow, Sarah Farrow, Lewis Tweeddale] 02:30	lyrics	buy track
In the art of playing music I’ve had many lessons Tutorials in technique and improvisational sessions But they all forgot to tell me about the gear I’d carry around And set it up, set it up, set it down I’ve played in orchestras and jazz bands, a little bit of rock and roll Gone folky on the Friday, Saturday covering soul And I take my apparatus everywhere over the town Set it up, set it up, set it down Some people go to the gym, pay a small fortune each week To keep their muscular fitness somewhere near its peak But I don’t pay to weightlift, I’ve got the amplifier carrying crown I set it up, set it up, set it down Well the hard work sets the stage like the winter sets up summer And when I’m feeling low I think “at least I’m not a drummer” And I wrote this song to sing to alleviate my frown As I set it up, set it up, set it down Set it up, set it up, set it down Set it up, set it up, set it down
17.	Juggling Grapefruit (Improvised Song) [feat. Andrew Farrow] 03:20	lyrics	buy track
I was wandering through the aisles of an historic church I’d been jilted by my friend, I was left in the lurch What could I do to pass the time ’til my bus to take me home? What could I do? I was so alone How about juggling grapefruit? A past time so bizarre A past time so unique Like the best ones are Juggling grapefruit in the church Juggling grapefruit so high Til something terrible occurred, a grievous mistake I slipped in a puddle - it was more like a lake An an errant grapefruit struck a stained-glass window And smashed a thousand pieces, what am I gonna do? I think I’ve got glass lodged somewhere in my back I think I’ve got shards in me - that’s a pane in the neck I’ve got shards of stained-glass window How am I gonna cope? I’ll take these yellow, red and blue fragments and make a kaleidoscope With broken shards of stained-glass window Probably cost a million pounds or two What am I gonna do with these shards of red, yellow, green and blue How will I cope? I’ll pick up these pieces and make a kaleidoscope
18.	You'll be There 03:33	lyrics	buy track
Handed a ticket, destination’s blank But I wouldn’t miss it, I wouldn’t hold back I’ve got a pocket full of assurances I’ve got to risk it - the safest bet there is I don’t know where I’m going I don’t know where I’m going I don’t know where I’m going But I know that you’ll be there How can I take it? This uncertainty Knowing I’ll make it, wherever it may be Reading your letters piques my curiosity You dance round the answers like there’s something you want me to see So put me on that flight I’ll meet you Put me on that flight I’ll see you Put me on that flight I’ll meet you there So put me on that flight I’ll meet you Put me on that flight I’ll see you Put me on that flight I’ll meet you there
19.	(Dis)Connected 02:18	lyrics	buy track
We’re trying to find life in the furthest corners of the universe But we will not say hello to the lives who live next door We gaze into the stars wondering if we are alone Alone is all we’ll be until we turn our gaze homeward We’re so connected We’re so disconnected We’re so empowered We’re so powerless We’re shouting at the crowd “please tell me who I am” Then we cover up our ears to hush our neighbours voice We’ll find a stick to beat the one on whose shoulders we’re riding We rob our own house to buy more things
20.	Raining Indoors 01:51	lyrics	buy track
Harriet calls to her husband, “it’s raining indoors, dear Did you remove the old newspapers out of the fridge? Dear old Albert our albatross, he needs to go out walking While you’re out I’ll knit you a sandwich” Jeremy falls to his knees and he begs her for mercy “How can you say that you love me and treat me this way? Dear old Albert’s got vertigo, he’s working on the plumbing And I can’t eat another bite today Then the phone rings and the calm is shattered Hear the policeman he probes these matters Only doing his job Harriet runs to the kitchen cupboard Shelves are all bare except for the mustard “Honey, nothing’s wrong” Jeremy walks through the door with a bouquet of roses “Darling I’ll make you an offer you’ll never refuse We’ll go sailing round Portugal with Albert on our shoulders Sweetheart we’ve got nothing left to lose”
21.	Carry On 02:25	lyrics	buy track
If all of the world came to me And told me that I was wrong I’d tell them I don’t give a fig for their words And carry on, carry on Carry on singing my song If everyone lost their faith In the good and the proud and the strong I’d hold my head high as the world slid by And carry on, carry on Carry on singing my song Look at me in the eye There’s no fear, no goodbye And carry on, carry on Carry on singing my song
22.	Somewhere Else 02:08	lyrics	buy track
Something stinks in this old town Been here three weeks and all I see are frowns Folks just seem to love being mean Kicking dust in my direction whenever I appear I can’t wait to escape this place I’m hankering to see a friendly face Sure you understand, I ain’t got no clue where I am But I sure wish I was somewhere else They’ve run out of whisky in the bars The well-heeled sirs try to hit me with their cars Little children laugh when I walk by Feel so lonesome, it makes me want to cry When I finally up and leave I’ll start to shed those tears of relief I’ll be so moved on that day My tears will form a river to wash this town away
23.	Colourful 02:32	lyrics	buy track
Just wanna let you know I’m glad that I met you So blessed to have you as a friend Appreciate how our minds work in the same way These connections never end There’s something meaningful in each note we play A sound worth excavating It’s a way to say This life becomes more colourful when you’re around My mind becomes more free because of what we’ve found These chords are singing out my pleasure in this tune And I know that you feel it too Don’t know why it’s so hard sometimes Heartache and pain We will never know all the answers But we know love knows our names There’s something beautiful in each song we sing A taster of the feeling that hope will bring This life becomes more colourful when you’re around My mind becomes more free because of what we’ve found These chords are singing out my pleasure in this tune And I know that you feel it too
24.	I Can't Get Over You 03:06	lyrics	buy track
My world is dark Since you broke my heart And gave up on our love A fire burns No way to turn If we can’t bring back this love And I can’t get over you And I try yes I really do But I can’t get over you Since you told me that we were through Just want to be next to you Do you feel it too? I saw your face Through the pouring rain You turned your back on me I tried to shout But no words came out Then I woke from my dream I can’t escape this feeling There’s something I am needing But there’s nothing I can do
25.	Every Time Someone Calls My Name 02:03	lyrics	buy track
All the voices of the city that compete for my attention Are like clanging pots and pans compared to you And my simple happy daydream where you’re sitting right beside me Is interrupted by their hullabaloo Listen, oh I listen But I never hear what I want to Listen through my aching Every time someone calls my name I wish it was you And so many times I’ve nearly relocated to the country But I can’t stand to be where you are not So I’ll be singing through the clamour hoping you will hear and stop ‘Cause I know that’s the only chance that I’ve got Listen, won’t you listen? If you’d only hear my old heart’s tune I listen through my aching Every time someone calls my name I wish it was you Every time someone calls my name I wish it was you Every time someone calls my name I wish it was you
26.	Not Invincible 02:42	lyrics	buy track
Don’t ever let me feel invincible Been running round and checking out the ways I could fall The piece of the puzzle that passing the parcel left out The bitter truth and there’s no doubt Singing on a sinking ship Nobody wants to lose their grip But everyone’s eyes are on the dance floor Tell me what your sweet castle is for We’re not invincible You try to turn your shoulders into stone Handing your commission to the chisel-holder’s throne Then subtly slinking and sliding you slither away You can’t face at the end of the day Take my old shoes to the big castle Worn-out socks and dinner jackets frayed into tatters I’ll be a brand new bow in a new shirt and tie
27.	Faith 04:41	lyrics	buy track
Please hold while I make a long distance call Can the earth stop spinning need to focus on Got to get tuned in I just need to hear something At a fork in the road and I stop, I pray Don’t know if there’s such a thing as a right way But I want to go where I can breathe in the free air I feel it’s understood I’m going somewhere good I run, I fall, I fly And I’ll see in time I can’t see the future I can't see the future I can’t see the future But I got faith Please hold me a minute in the safest place I love the adventure but I fear disgrace Try not to look down Too far gone now Given up on my dream of an easy life I’d rather get hurt than be numb inside I’d rather go somewhere Than be a toothless lion in my own lair
28.	How Far a Song Will Go [feat. Lis Lowe] 04:03	lyrics	buy track
You can never know how far a song will go How they reach into the vaults of a heart and Draw out the gold Did you know We always took you on holidays? From car squashed lungs we squeezed out The harmonies you taught us Did you know That twenty-eight years later We’re still playing your songs Still learning from your voice Did you know You make it seem so easy Achieving the impossible? Your melody defeats me Did you know Your voice can overwhelm me Transfix me in a moment Of soul-raising beauty? Oh Sound that crosses oceans Oh To find my porous heart Oh Lifting me above the canopy Oh Set my thoughts to flight
29.	Changing [feat. Mr Bradbury] 05:00	lyrics	buy track
We have formed, from the rocks of our planet Vehicles that will take us beyond it Say goodbye to the ocean that’s calling Into space, far away, we are sailing All that’s left, all that’s worth us surviving In our ark, we have claimed, we are carrying To a new promised land gently waiting As we grieve and we hope we are changing We are changing
30.	Mistress of Archery 02:36	lyrics	buy track
Faster than Usain Bolt Terrifying deadlines Enraged and like a villain She's half woman and half headlines Mistress of archery I'm pulling your elephant's trunk Twisting your pastry and smashing your expensive audio equipment Blinded by me, you can't see the truth  Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you sign Mistress, Mistress  Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you sign Mistress, Mistress 3.14159 is the number of the deadlines. A repugnant bus nestled somewhere in time  An egregious jelly - no warnings, no signs  Judgment day and the soluble rhombus arrives  Eventually, they all commit crimes The expensive audio equipment went SMACK, there was no use turning back  'Cause I just had to see, were there deadlines watching me?  In the mist the pastry twists  Was all this swell, or just some kind of hell? 3.14159 is the number of the deadlines. Is it the end, my friend?  Mistress you're going 'round the bend  Half woman and half headlines  No, no, please, no  3.14159 ... 3.14159
31.	In My Father's House 03:16	lyrics	buy track
I won’t let me heart be troubled I won’t let those fears rule me I’ll choose to believe in you Choose to throw my weight on you In my Father’s house there are many rooms If it wasn’t true then you wouldn’t say There’s a place for me there If you go to prepare a place Then you’ll come back to take me there So I can be where you are You want me to be with you there And I know the way, yes I know the way Because the way and the truth and the life Is you In my Father’s house In my Father’s house In my Father’s house In my Father’s house
32.	Integrity 01:54	lyrics	buy track
They told me that to win the most I need to gain the people’s trust They need to feel secure with me And think I’ve got integrity So where do I buy that? How much does it cost? And can I get it on credit? No? That’s a blow They told me that integrity Can’t be obtained instantly But that doesn’t fit my strategy A shortcut’s what I really need And if I can’t find one I’ll try the next best thing To make be look a bit better than The other man Integrity, the wise man knows Is a little bit like cheese on toast It’s much easier to steal someone else’s Than to actually make your own Only a fool would waste So much precious time Developing moral ‘charactor’ What’s that for? They told me that to win the most I need to gain the people’s trust They need to feel secure with me And think I’ve got integrity So maybe I’ll try that But would I have to change? And what would I stand to gain?
33.	Make it This Way [feat. Steve Thayne] 04:20	lyrics	buy track
In a way it’s a kind of grief This letting go of summer The onset of darkness Summer always seems to end too soon But now it’s time to wrap up warm Keep the cold away It’s magical We make it that way We take the reason to hide Make it a reason to sing Let’s burn all the candles Light up everything Some people find this hard to do The dark is all they see Without meaning to, they make it that way They make it that way These times they feel dark So many afraid Stories of hurt Are what we have made We’ve lost our connection To people and place Running for fool’s gold A futile race So now it’s time to wrap up warm Keep the cold away It’s magical We make it that way
34.	37 Hooves (Improvised Song) [feat. Benedict Johnson] 02:41	lyrics	buy track
Christmas is coming, Christmas is near Hang up your stockings and burn up your fear of Unknown strangers dropping down the chimney It’s nothing to be frightened of really When you hear the sleigh-bells ringing in the night When you hear those sounds, don’t be frightened, oh no When you hear 37 hooves on our rooves 37 hooves on our rooves Now let’s quickly take you through the maths of how I worked that out Santa Claus has got nine reindeer, that’s how he gets about Nine reindeer, and four hooves each Thats 36 The one extra was their friend Philippe, the one legged reindeer they rescued from the beach Oh yeah 37 hooves on our rooves 37 hooves on our rooves 37 hooves on our rooves 37 hooves on our rooves
35.	Paradise 02:45	lyrics	buy track
Things have to be said so we learn to talk Things have to be read so we learn to read We can do it all now Represent anything Conceive of anything But still be just don’t get it Can you show us (repeat) Stories and pictures and poetry Politics and priesthoods and prophecy We have heard it all now Surely that’s everything Nothing left to be said But still we just don’t get it Are we ever (repeat) Are we ever going to get it? Maybe when we get to paradise Maybe the joy is in the mystery Pleasure in the hinted possibility We’re anticipating something just beyond us Tantalising, waiting One day we will get it And it’s calling (repeat) As we lift our heads And it’s calling us to paradise
36.	Waiting 03:29	lyrics	buy track
I told you that I’d be waiting I told you that you’d be fine I told you that you could trust me It’ll be alright Right here is the note I gave you Full of my kindest words I’m asking you to believe It’ll be alright I will be waiting As long as it takes I will be waiting for you I call you an overcomer I’ve seen you do this before I tell you you’re going to make it It’ll be alright It’s hard to explain my vantage I said it the best I could I hope it’s enough to show you It’ll be alright Oh, and I can’t wait to see When you walk through the gate I’ll meet you there
37.	Lies 02:33	lyrics	buy track
Lies lurking under mirrors Lies somewhere in between From our eyes to our eyes to our vision Something twisted wants to enter in unseen Now how can you debone a fish if you don’t have a knife? We’ll swallow the spines and they’ll jab our insides And it’s all for the lack of a knife Lies sneaking inside letters Lies, a trojan horse of words In our hearts there are eyes comfortably mummified In the habit of the half light of this world This word that you speak is alive and is sharper than any blade It pierces, divides and discerns clouded minds And exposes them to the light This word that you give me will save me from choking on bony lies And if I should eat something skeletal It won’t be for the lack of a knife
38.	The Vitamin Song 01:39	lyrics	buy track
Cheese and oranges, peas and seeds and Eggs and broccoli, breads and nuts and Milk and potatoes and chicken and wheat and oily fish (oily fish) Vitamin A’s gonna help you on your way With defence against infection keeping illness at bay Vitamin B comes in eight varieties Like thiamin and niacin that’s known as B3 Vitamin C keeps your cells healthy If you don’t get enough it can lead to scurvy Vitamin D is regulatory and Vitamin E is gonna help your eyes to see And don’t forget Vitamin K, which is essential for blood clotting and found in green leafy vegetables like spinach, but sadly doesn’t have a corresponding musical notes
39.	Love is Calling My Name 02:23	lyrics	buy track
I don’t know why the stars seem to sigh like they do When I get that feeling Nobody knows how I feel so alone but the moon Maybe that’s the reason I can’t escape the voice inside There’s something out there I need to find Love is calling my name Love is calling my name Love is calling my name Yes it’s true Every night when I lie upstairs in my room And the phone ain’t ringing Something pulls me to the window - I stare in the gloom And I feel like singing Where is this music coming from? When will I get to join the song?
40.	Day Dreaming 01:20	lyrics	buy track
Day dreaming in my bed When something pops into my head It’s a castle, it’s a castle It’s got roses, candy pops painted round golden A river down the way with trees of silver I go inside see for a surprise a whole laid table With unicorn cakes and most around a chocolate rose The table so pouring down cakes Until I woke up - it wasn’t true I ran downstairs, peeped in the kitchen I was standing on black and white beads There was a black saucepan in the way I ran back up the stairs I knew it wasn’t true Every night I wished upon a star But knew one day I might just See it in the distance up high
41.	Up in the Morning Early 01:54	lyrics	buy track
Up in the morning early Chains on my eyelids pull Deary and dark and feeble is my world Up in the morning early Frost on the window pane Soles of my feet growing colder Like my brain Dragging this sack of a body to places where I do not want to be My duvet is calling me back Flagging and beating the back of my hand on a door handle on the way I’m stumbling into the black Up in the morning early Dread in the atmosphere All of my fears are threatening Much too near Up in the morning early The sun begins to rise Morning is slowly stirring In my eyes Breathing the life that the sunlight is bringing I look at the day afresh The gloom dissipates in my head Everyday struggles meet everyday blessings and thankfulness wins again I’m gratefully breaking my bread
42.	The Day We Became Great 02:20	lyrics	buy track
All my life I’ve waited for Greatness to come knocking at my door And the opportunity to perform Deeds that are worthy of tales and songs Now the foe has come to take I must my decision make When the hour for brave deeds is at hand Will I run or will I stand? So follow me boys into the fray And if you live to see another day Tell the children of your estate About the day we became great I could flee upon my horse Find some ship with far-flung course Leave my country, mourn its fate And start again with an empty slate Though I’d have my life to keep Each breath I drew would feel so cheap And dreams of greatness I had held Would go to the grave with my brothers who fell
43.	Week 43; The Musical 02:54	lyrics	buy track
Way back in April two thousand and nineteen I decided to write a new song every week Yeah that was the challenge, I thought ‘could I manage?’ How could I maintain such an ambitions streak? Would I fall at the hurdle? Run out of ideas before mid-June? Way too soon I then realised I couldn’t make it alone I needed the help of some creative souls I put out my plea - what sort of songs should I write? In my heart was the hope it would be alright Then the suggestions came in A sigh of relief and a grin Until I read them… things like Write a thrash metal song about a unicorn Write an homage to your three favourite cheese In the style of Ariana Grande Write a song about a cucumber called Terry Who faces a dilemma Who faces a dilemma I’m facing a dilemma I’m facing a dilemma When I wanted to give up a voice deep inside me Was telling me there was a reason to write I had to keep going without ever knowing If this tunnel ends with a glorious light Now I look down the mountain See how far I’ve travelled since the start Can’t stop the music, it’s coming, I can’t refuse it And here I am at week forty-three I can’t believe it, improbable, but achieve it You bet I will, it’s week forty-three I’m on my way home It’s week forty-three Yeah, It’s week forty-, week forty-, week forty-three
44.	A New Day [feat. Steve Reed] 04:00	info	buy track
45.	Oh Look! A Squirrel! 02:59	lyrics	buy track
I was on my way to destroy your world With my laser beams, zap zap zap they’d go To exterminate was my simple quest There’d be no escape from my firework show But then, oh look! A squirrel! Such a bushy tail, it’s so cute and fluffy Did it just run up into those branches To find some acorns or a friend? Yes I think it did, how adorable I was filled with hatred of living things And my only aim was to bring carnage Now my circuits move to a different beat And I’m starting to experience the advantage Because, oh look! A squirrel! Little beady eyes seem to say “I love you” Did it just look my way and raise the corners of its mouth into a kind of smile? Yes I’m sure it did, how adorable Squirrel, squirrel, squirrel, squirrel, squirrel
46.	Old School 02:08	lyrics	buy track
Five years into a brand new millennium AS tests coming up I’m not ready for them Long-haired teen, more often seen studying the screen Living the dream when I clean house on Timesplitters 3 Work Saturdays at Toys R Us I been mistaken for a lady more times than I care to discuss “Shall we ask this woman where to find the teddy bears?” I turn around and say, “I can’t help you there” When I’m off let’s meet up at Bayston Hill At the jumps, what’s the latest way for us to find a thrill? Pills? Never took em, didn’t drink, smoke or fight But we had a game of cricket in the middle of the night BB guns from poundland, bullets on the ground land Shot you in the eye are you ok? “yeah I’m sound lad” And let’s not mention the free-running group I never went by the nickname Passionfruit Just learning how to be me Learning how to live free Learning how to dance like the class isn’t watching me Takes a lot longer than you think sometimes I’m still working on becoming less dignified The first time I ever rap live is in church And that probably applies to the second and the third Though there’s no hip-hop in my CD collection Delirious and Bob Marley head up the selection Taught myself to play the guitar and I write songs Wanna be on the stage, hear the crowd sing along My teenage fantasy; I headline Glastonbury The kids from college agree I sang fantastically No idea how to make a dream a reality Maybe it’s vanity? Or a lack of sanity? Pulled back to ground by a dose of gravity I need more than a flawless rendition of Barbara Manatee Finally cut my hair and I might have even washed it Found some confidence because long ago I lost it Finishing my teenage years pretty strong And until the days of adulthood it won’t be long Just learning how to be me Learning how to live free Learning how to dance like the class isn’t watching me Takes a lot longer than you think sometimes I’m still working on becoming less dignified
47.	Ice Cream Van [Jacob Collier beatsketch] 02:12	lyrics	buy track
I went to the ice cream van Ordered something whippy whippy from the man He asked me, "would you like some sauce?” I answered, “Of course And if you’ve got some little sprinkles and a chocolate flake Throw it all in there that’d be great, yeah And if you got a little bit of something else I’d be grateful for some extra flavours and smells How about a touch of paprika Grapefruit zest, and maybe I’ll be even cheekier Throw in a handful of nostalgia A hint of whimsy and a glut of hajanga Freshly cut deja vu, creamed elation And hyena perspiration too, in a shoe Reach into the back and I’m sure that you’ll find a blunderbuss Aim it a copy of The Tempest, don’t you make a fuss Sweep the smithereens, as many as you can glean Wait for them to crystallise and top my ice cream Now it should be looking pretty darn tasty Lickin’ my lips, but tryin’ not to be too hasty I need one more topping to complete the treat A helping of saxophone on a spicy beat, oh!
48.	To What End? 03:41	lyrics	buy track
The stillness of a forceful hush In solitude I think too much Ceilings bend And characters I work to please Remove their masks and ask of me “To what end?” ‘Cos if our lives are as vapour Then this dream of eternity Sprang from where exactly? And why does it fill our days Like the water fills the seas? Philosophers and scientists And governments and mystics Decades spend Uncovering and arguing And analysing what we’re doing To what end? ‘Cos if our years are numbered Then this mining of mystery Gets us where exactly? But hope for the future we’ll find Runs bedrock deep Our triumphs and our miseries The stories that we write with these Hearts we rend Certificates and bank accounts Our spirits, they are crying out “To what end?” If this life has a purpose A burgeoning destiny Then show me
49.	Dangerous Games 03:30	lyrics	buy track
All of the games you play All the wrong moves you make Nobody knows but me I watch you win and I’ll watch you fall All of the risks you take Times that you cheat your fate Won’t let you go in the end And I’ll be there surveying it all Nothing good will come of this you say Still you roll the dice and start to play Dangerous games All of those tricks you use When you can’t afford to lose Made you some enemies Who’ll pay to see you down on your knees Is there a prize that can be worth it When it’s your life that you must forfeit? Nothing good will come of this you say Nothing good will come of this you say Nothing good will come of this you say Still you roll the dice and start to play Dangerous games Dangerous games Dangerous games
50.	Friend from Ancient Greece 02:59	lyrics	buy track
I’d like to build myself a time machine And whizz back to antiquity And find some thoughtful gent Like, maybe Aristotle And I would bring him on a voyage To my present time and place And educate him as a friend Maybe we’d share a bottle As I’d present to his bewildered face The crowning achievements of the human race Come on Aristotle, check out my phone One of the many modern gadgets I own With it I can find out anything Play chess with someone in Beijing Oh yeah Aristotle, you like the theatre? I’ve got a heap of movies waiting to meet ya You’ll never believe your old Greek eyes When I show you Return of the Jedi Then after weeks of revelation Aeroplanes and submarines Papa John’s, Ben and Jerry’s I’d take him back to his time I’d listen as he wowed his peers Regaled them with epiphanies Tried to describe the sound of jazz To their confused expressions And I’d be sure to record some of his words A sample of the wonderment that had occurred And here, is, the whole, point of the song so listen up! Come on everybody, look at all this Our world defies all likelihood to exist The device that you’re watching me on right now Was constructed from rocks we found lying in the ground Don’t you think that that’s stunning? Aren’t you grateful for wi-fi and plumbing? We should be thrilled at the very least Just ask my friend from ancient Greece
51.	Rise 02:57	lyrics	buy track
It’s just human nature to be scared of something different To be appalled by a gap between Expectation and reality What we think and what we actually see And there’s two ways to turn it around The first: accept the difference in others We think that’s hard til we try the second one Being a bit different yourself What are we so scared of? What’s the danger hiding in me? What’s the problem with my voice? Is the opponent really the critic? Or is it what’s in my own head? And I’m trying to turn it around Accepting what is different in others Working hard on the second part, which is Being a bit different myself Rise up (ad libs)
52.	A Song to Sing [Online Collaboration] 03:17	lyrics	buy track
I’m no stony golem I can’t turn my skin to hardened clay Life grows thorns among the blooms With surprising sharpness Leaving me a scar a day Still I feel the passion Of a story that won’t go away I’ve got thunder in my bones But no one knows Until I find a way to say I will always have a song to sing The soundtrack of loving or fighting what each day brings Making sure my heart is heard Even when I’ve run out of words I will always have a song Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh (I will always have a song to sing) I’m no elevator There’s no button-push to reach the top So I bounce between the peaks of middle-ground Unaware of where I’m gonna stop Still I feel a calling And the invitation is to climb If I fall and lose it all Or reach the stars One thing isn’t gonna change with time
53.	You'll Be There Waiting [Bonus Song] 03:33	lyrics	buy track
You'll Be There lyrics: Handed a ticket, destination’s blank But I wouldn’t miss it, I wouldn’t hold back I’ve got a pocket full of assurances I’ve got to risk it - the safest bet there is I don’t know where I’m going I don’t know where I’m going I don’t know where I’m going But I know that you’ll be there How can I take it? This uncertainty Knowing I’ll make it, wherever it may be Reading your letters piques my curiosity You dance round the answers like there’s something you want me to see So put me on that flight I’ll meet you Put me on that flight I’ll see you Put me on that flight I’ll meet you there So put me on that flight I’ll meet you Put me on that flight I’ll see you Put me on that flight I’ll meet you there Waiting lyrics: I told you that I’d be waiting I told you that you’d be fine I told you that you could trust me It’ll be alright Right here is the note I gave you Full of my kindest words I’m asking you to believe It’ll be alright I will be waiting As long as it takes I will be waiting for you I call you an overcomer I’ve seen you do this before I tell you you’re going to make it It’ll be alright It’s hard to explain my vantage I said it the best I could I hope it’s enough to show you It’ll be alright Oh, and I can’t wait to see When you walk through the gate I’ll meet you there

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For a year-long period across 2019-20 I wrote a new song every week. I recorded each song and shared them on YouTube as I went. I stretched my creativity by writing in every style and theme - folk, funk, rock, rap and electronic were all represented. This album comprises every single one of those songs, available for download.

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released May 6, 2020

Features guest performances from Steve Thayne, Lis Lowe, Mr Bradbury, Steve Reed, Benedict Johnson, Andrew Farrow and more.

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Andy Lowe England, UK

Andy Lowe is a multi-instrumentalist and music producer following his unquenchable curiosity into new electronic realms. With a penchant for playfulness and storytelling, Andy creates sound worlds that defy easy description and genre pigeonholing.

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