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Back To My Place

by Jim Danby

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1.
Trekkin' 03:40
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I'm happy, so happy Got my boots on my feet And a rucksack to put my map in All these goodies I've been packing Well it may seem a lot But when walking I do like snackin' I've got packets of crisps and a few sausage rolls Sweeties and buns just to fill little holes I'm out the door, I'm energised and free I'm gonna walk those country miles Cross those fields and stiles Hike those peaks And down the valley sides 'Cause when I leave these streets behind It does good things to my mind Invigorates my soul Rain or shine Ben Nevis, Helvellyn When I get to the top I take selfies that I look real well in The sun glowing, a hot lemon Or I'm swallowed in cloud Stumbling round like I'm lost in heaven I could be flapping my arms just to beat off the flies Basted in sun cream, a chicken surprise Or wrapped up like a pass-the-parcel prize I'm gonna walk those country miles Cross those fields and stiles Hike those peaks And down the valley sides 'Cause when I leave these streets behind It does good things to my mind Invigorates my soul Rain or shine Chapped lips Sore hips But it's all part of the fun Great views No loos Just use sleeves when noses run Silence Aaah! Electric fence If you've got two legs and the energy And you can pull yourself away from the bloomin' TV Well you just might find there's better things to see Get out and walk those country miles Cross those fields and stiles Hike those peaks And down the valley sides 'Cause when you leave these streets behind It does good things to your mind Invigorates your soul Rain or shine Invigorates your soul Rain or shine Invigorates your soul Rain or shine
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Souvenirs 04:15
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I may not lead a life of adventure Never been to Mars Nor climbed to Machu Picchu But I've seen the heights of passion And I think the world of you I may not lie in silk sheets when I'm sleeping No gold jewellery Nor a Ferrari or two But I own a priceless passion 'Cause I think the world of you As I rise in the morning sun As I fade when the day is done I think the world of you Occasionally I get hit on by strangers They want to take me home And do what one-night-stands do But I tell them, and it quells their passion That I think the world of you As I rise in the morning sun As I fade when the day is done I think the world of you And I've collected souvenirs Of things we've done through all the years And I keep them on a shelf inside my mind And every day they hold me true To what we are, my love for you Is something not many people find So as I rise in the morning sun As I fade when the day is done I think the world of you As I rise in the morning sun As I fade when the day is done I think the world of you I think the world of you Yeah I think the world of you Yes I do
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Five Long Years In May 03:42
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So you finally served your sentence Time to leave the jail and go Back to where your things are waiting In your little bungalow You say you really miss the sunshine And drinking beer with so-and-so And I can bet you're well excited But there's something you should know Though it's been five long years in May With just an hour outside each day Well it's all been kind of training in a way 'Cause we're all locked down with nowhere to go There might as well be fifty feet of snow It's a lot like what you already know So come on Tell us how we cope when the days are long There's only so much arguing and banging the gong Yeah we're all locked down And I'm thinking that you are the one To help us pull through Tell me do you have a routine When they kick you out of bed Do you sh*t and shave and shower Say your prayers before you're fed Do you long to see your loved ones Do you write to them and phone Can you remember what they looked like When you were last allowed to roam When that big door opens wide And you take your first free stride Better get home fast or they'll have you back inside 'Cause we're all locked down with nowhere to go There might as well be fifty feet of snow It's a lot like what you already know So come on Tell us how we cope when the days are long There's only so much arguing and banging the gong Yeah we're all locked down And I'm thinking that you are the one To help us pull through
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False Treason 04:24
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What you say, what you do They're not the same You say you're weak, but I see strength In my lover's flame And I see a queen who rules the land That is my heart and guides my hand I wish you could feel what I see in you And maybe understand So give me one reason I shouldn't worship you until I die You'll be telling a false treason and a lie In the quake you are the tower Still standing tall In the debris you are the flower Blooms above it all And in my life you are the place Where I get lost without a trace Holding you close, missing for days In a lover's haze So give me one reason I shouldn't worship you until I die You'll be telling a false treason and a lie Can't you see your beauty Can't you feel your grace There's a light shines out of you When you say you're worthless And tears are on your face I'll remind you why you mean so much To me and so many more 'Cause what you say ain't what you do You say you're weak but strength shines through And in the quake I see a tower In the debris, a blooming flower And I see a queen who rules the land Yet doesn't know nor understand Why I will follow her through time Hold the mirror to her mind So she finally may learn Why people hold her in such worth And lose the self-doubt curse See a better her, not worse Yeah lose the self-doubt curse See a better her, not worse Better her, not worse Better her, not worse
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Me Mother Showed Me How 03:19
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I am a man, no more a boy I take with me through life All the things me mother taught She weren't just my dad's wife She pushed my education And nursed me through ill health Taught me to seize the day And how to amplify my wealth Aye it's ooh lassie Ooh now, I'm a self-sufficient angel And me mother showed me how Aye it's ooh lassie Ooh now, I'm a self-sufficient angel And me mother showed me how I can knit and I can sew Because I've got me mother's hands You'll never see me with a hole In socks or underpants When jailed for tax evasion Well I earned the governor's prize The greatest mail bag maker That had ever crossed his eyes Aye it's ooh lassie Ooh now, I'm a demon with a needle And me mother showed me how Aye it's ooh lassie Ooh now, I'm a demon with a needle And me mother showed me how Me mother loved her kitchen It was pine with all mod cons Taught me how to make a quiche lorraine And tasty scones, not sconns Last year while I was baking Well a burglar forced my door When I pelted him with what I'd made He was soon laid on the floor Aye it's ooh lassie Ooh now, I make a sturdy rock cake And me mother showed me how Aye it's ooh lassie Ooh now, I make a sturdy rock cake And me mother showed me how From Monday morn to Friday night I graft the nine-to-five Chopping wood and humping bricks To keep me dreams alive But Saturday and Sunday comes And finally I'm free To dress up smart, the way I like In all me finery Aye it's ooh lassie Ooh now, I wear dresses and stilettos And me mother showed me how Aye it's ooh lassie Ooh now, I wear makeup and suspenders And me mother showed me how I wear makeup and suspenders And me mother showed me how
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Whisky & Water 03:00
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Egg and chips on the table Glass of the cheapest wine to wash it down Wash her down Condensation-free windows The heating broke But her winter clothes keep her warm And inside she's warm Rides her ten-penny bicycle Past the fields and farms To break whisky and water In the Old Bishop's Arms Home is some kind of jail-house Where the shadows point And the memories can't leap the wall To be gone once and for all But her barman won't preach or question And in her hand could be stranger Friend or the crowd Till the bell rings out loud Rides her ten-penny bicycle Past the fields and farms To break whisky and water In the Old Bishop's Arms Sixty years and counting No more urge to travel far The short twice-daily trip needs no car Some call it her religion But when life has left its scar It's just some folks need the church And some the bar And her barman won't preach or question And in her hand could be stranger Friend or the crowd Till the bell Till the bell Rings out loud
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Big Bike Overload 03:59
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Cruising into the early morning light I'm leaning left, I'm leaning right I may keep moving till it's night Yeah I'm blazing and I can hear that engine howl 800cc on the prowl It's in my helmet, in my soul I'm ready to explode with big bike overload I'm getting high, my drug the open road Shifting up through the gears I'm gaining smiles I'm shooting needles on the dials No way to measure this in miles Yeah I'm chasing a twisting snake that never ends She's up and down, she's flicking bends I'm riding every trick she sends I'm ready to explode with big bike overload I'm getting high, my drug the open road I got big bike overload I got big bike overload I got big bike overload I got big bike overload I'm ready to explode with big bike overload I'm getting high, my drug the open road I'm ready to explode with big bike overload I'm getting high, my drug the open road
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Tell Me Why 03:32
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So you're gonna change it all Knock some bricks out of the wall Make things better for the poor Never lead us into war Give us roads without a hole Schools and teachers with a soul Food that doesn't cost the earth Nurses paid all that they're worth Well damn you all Damn you all Tell me why I voted at all And if your silver spoon should slip From your heavy bottom lip Will it bounce across the floor Make the House Of Commons roar As every decade passes by And every party plays the lie The only things that seem to change Are the actors on the stage Damn you all Damn you all Tell me why I voted at all Damn you all Damn you all Tell me why I voted at all I'm voting for none of the above Well it's a bit of a no-win situation really isn't it So I'm voting for none of them Yes and I'm afraid to say I'm voting for none of the above None of them Well we put you into power, faintly hoping That this time all the bets we placed will win Then we stand upon the shore To watch the tide of change arrive But instead the same old sewage washes in So damn you all Damn you all Tell me why I voted at all Damn you all Damn you all Tell me why I voted at all
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Don't Need Cocaine 04:11
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Once there was a man who needed stitches 'Cause he got into a fight and came off worst The blade it cut him deep From ear to chin, just missing all the nerves The tidy row of sutures kept his jawline From spilling all its contents to the floor And as each day passed by That nasty wound would heal a little more But Sertraline, you work unseen You lift my mind from where it's been I don't need cocaine, no nicotine Just a gram or two of Sertraline And once there was a girl who snapped her shin bone So they set it in a brace to help it mend With crutches she could stand The things she couldn't do, she'd ask a friend With her clumsy little way, she sometimes knocked it And the pain would swiftly pour out of her eyes If you wondered why the tears A quick look at her leg, you'd realise But Sertraline, you work unseen You lift my mind from where it's been I don't need cocaine, no nicotine Just a gram or two of Sertraline And once there was a man who couldn't handle All that life was piling in his brain The rails they led downhill And racing ever faster sped the train Till a kindly lady doctor pulled the brakes on She says, “Your serotonin levels they're too low It's just chemicals you see, and if you're lacking Well you're mojo will not flow” So Sertraline, you work unseen You lift my mind from where it's been I don't need cocaine, no nicotine Just a gram or two of Sertraline 'Cause a broken mind is like a wounded soldier Who crawls to safety from the line of fire And hopes that help will come to finally save him Before the heat of battle gets much higher So Sertraline, you work unseen You lift my mind from where it's been I don't need cocaine, no nicotine Just a gram or two of Sertraline I don't need cocaine, no nicotine Just a gram or two of Sertraline
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And Then She Walked Away 03:49
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I went for a walk feeling happy, contented And who did I meet but her In a moment, in a nervous smile A dawning of recognition I was returned twenty-five years We said nothing now Well, spoke words, platitudes But they meant nothing How could this be When we had talked into the night and past dawn About everything And of our future together for ever We loved, deep love Complete, declared it Touched, caressed, and so much more We knew each other intimately Physically, bonding deeply It was for ever Till she walked away It was going to be undying love Nothing would or could part us We were special I wanted to ask why, but no deep words came And before she walked away I saw a ring on her wedding finger That she would not wear for me We loved, deep love Complete, declared it Touched, caressed, and so much more We knew each other intimately Physically, bonding deeply It was for ever Till she walked away Then she told me about her kids The ones she wouldn't have with me I told her about my life, happy and full And then She walked away again We loved, deep love Complete, declared it Touched, caressed, and so much more We knew each other intimately Physically, bonding deeply It was for ever Till she walked away
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Old Man Jedd 04:20
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Old man Jedd got his head in a bucket of water He ain't dead yet, he just drowning all his sorrows We don't take no notice 'cause we all feel the same Yeah but Jedd, he return some day We is white man's slave on this stinking cotton plantation We work all day just to keep ourselves in living We was took from home on some dirty white man ship And now we got no hope We's auctioned up for sale one warm summer morning Yeah the hammer hit that slate and it give you your fate We is less respected than their cattle and their horses And that's no way to be treating black man To be treating black man So I'm sure we rebel some day I'm sure we rebel some day Oh Lordy, won't you come help us rebel some day Show us some Show us some love Show us some Show us some love
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Run 03:55
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I am a moving target He is a loaded gun When someone's constant trying to catch you in their sights Well life ain't no fun I stay in secret houses He sometimes finds the one Police have given me a codeword to repeat The word is RUN Where are you going Where are you staying I'm on the road tonight I've got my notions And I've got my spies I'll see you in the morning light And you'll stay close to me Stay close to me Stay close to me Stay close to me I needed twenty stitches Last time he swung his knife I'll always be the mother of his kids But I'm terrified of even trying to stay his wife I am a body of evidence Every bruise, break and burn I'm often woken by a voice in the night Screaming RUN Where are you going Where are you staying I'm on the road tonight I've got my notions And I've got my spies I'll see you in the morning light And you'll stay close to me Stay close to me Stay close to me Stay close to me I'm not your woman You're not my man And we aren't part of God's great plan Stupid woman Don't you understand I'm gonna find you any way I can
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Back To My Place 03:35
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She's coming back to my place It makes my heart and mind race 'Cause the sink is full of used plates And I ain't tidied round There's shoes thrown in a corner And cobwebs in the hallway The bed's not even been made And I ain't tidied round No I ain't tidied round I couldn't help but laugh I wanted just to cry I've waited all this time She had to choose tonight I could've just said “No I'm busy watering my plants” But that won't earn a second chance So she's coming back to my place But it's a freakin' disgrace Even bird mess on the front gates And I ain't tidied round And there's something in the fridge that Has grown a furry green hat The carpet's need a good vac And I ain't tidied round No I ain't tidied round I couldn't help but laugh I wanted just to cry I've waited all this time She had to choose tonight I could've just said “No I'm busy watering my plants” But that won't earn a second chance I wish we could postpone till tomorrow Give me one more night to make things gleam She's caught me on the hop But I'm sure I've got a mop Some polish and a cloth and Windolene So she's coming back to my place Where the last meals' left a smoke trace I'm sure I'm gonna lose face 'Cause I ain't tidied round No I ain't tidied round I couldn't help but laugh I wanted just to cry I've waited all this time She had to choose tonight I could've just said “No I'm busy watering my plants” But that won't earn a second chance So we're walking back to my place We're walking back to my place We're walking back to my place For the first and only time The first and only time Could be the first and only time

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released October 7, 2020

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Jim Danby Hull, UK

Singer-songwriter, based near Hull.

Influences come from life, love and laughter - sometimes viewed from a jaunty angle.

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