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Recorded by Robin Grey at The Blue Door.
Mixed by Dean Firth and Marc Specter at Sandy Lodge Studio.
Mastered by Dominique Brethes at Flow Mastering.

Robin Grey - vocals, guitars, banjo, ukulele, charango, double bass,
electric bass, mandolin, percussion, drums, piano and organetta.

Iain Macleod - banjo on 'These Days' and 'Women',
cajon on 'Somewhere' and tabla on 'Five'.
Joe Allen - percussion on 'These Days'.
Joe Allen appears courtesey of Island Records.
Tom Cambata - drums on 'The Last Time I Saw David'.
Ruth Theodore - vocals on 'Somewhere'.
Mark Watt - double bass on 'Every Waking Hour'.
Emma Marcello - voice on âWomenâ.
Hugh Coltman - harmonica on 'The Last Time
I Saw David', harmonica, ukulele and percussion.
on 'Only The Missile'.

Cover Photography by Gabrielle Motola.
Inside photograph by Emilie Lind.
Packaging printed by Paperfoam using 100% recycled
and recyclable materials - www.paperfoam.com.

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Track Name: These Days
This morning I woke, restless and heady,
with blood pulsing fierce in the vein.
Thereâs light on a line, this morning and maybe forever,
I move with regard for the signs.

You know I search my heart to prove
thereâs better ways to push and pull,
but hey whatever gets you through these days.

And somewhere to the east the sun is stirring,
starting to light up the sky,
and Iâm lying here reliving the last few days
cos I missed most of them the first time.

Did I disappoint you?
Leave a bad taste in your mouth?
I thought that we could.
I thought that we would.
I was mistaken.

Chorus (quiet)

Chorus (full)

Outro climax then fall apart
Track Name: The Last Time I Saw David
The last time I saw David was a cold autumn night,
and he was looking older than his years.
Told me I should visit come and see his home and wife
I donât think we have spoken since that day.

When I was much younger he was standing by my side.
A crucifix hung round his neck and fire in his eyes.
Told me about Jesus Christ and ways to live my life
so that Iâd be freed from my sin.

I donât care for ministry, no Iâm not taking sides.
I donât recite the good book, I read between the lines.
I donât long for heaven cos I donât believe in hell
and I donât think that I need to be saved.

I sat down with the bible and I read it line by line
I couldnât find anything to help me ease my mind.
Then the local vicar ran off with my neighbours wife
leaving both his kids back at home.

Well it keeps some happy and it helps some others sleep
if they think that Jesus watches over when they dream
but I donât ever plan to get down on my bended knee
and bow my head before his altar.

And in some quiet moments I remember being fourteen.
Late nights with the vicar drinking beer instead of teaâ¦
Iâm not sure that god had much to do with him or me.
I wonder how heâs doing nowadays.

The last time I saw David was a cold autumn night
and he still wanted to tell me about his Jesus Christ.
But nowadays Iâm not so plagued by my sin and strife
so I just smiled then I walked away.
Track Name: Your Man
A lone silhouette reached for the sky
in the first light of a cold winterâs day
and Tuesday crept up silently to my bed.

I woke up in a pool of my thoughts,
my dreams had been spilt on the floor and
I lie here not knowing which way to turn

And all that I wanted to be was your man
Donât know how I let this get so out of hand
Think I might go back to bed until the phone rings

The lone silhouette left with the sun
and clouds they rolled in on my day.
And the silence between every step that I take lingers on.

Today was my birthday, my friends they have called.
Iâve got cake coming out of my ears.
But it would have been good to hear your voice as well

âCos all that I wanted to be was your man
Track Name: Somewhere
I keep on breathing and the seasons they turn.
The light bid me farewell, linging last on a girl.
So make me a list of the things that you need -
A lifetime of memories captured in stereo.

Somehow, somewhere, somehow, somewhere

Now we reflect on the things that we've been
And I dot the i's and hope you will cross all the t's.
Sharing our stories and daring to dream.
If fortune favours the fire that burns inside (then)

I've been too tongue tide to say how I tried to be.
No time now, perhaps this is just a dream.
If I cry these tears will be so hard
fought that it could mean that maybe i'd go

Somewhere, somehow, somewhere, somehow...

If there's no finish line what's with the speed?
The joker he took all the first borns and taught them to ski.

Somewhere, somehow
Track Name: Every Waking Hour
So here is confusion now;
I didnât mean to invite him here
And now he just wonât leave.

But weâve been here time before
And once again we will do battle in
The corners of my mind

And every waking hour I think of you.

Wave the flag, I will hear him out
'Cos heâs got a lot to say
And I know that I ought to listen more.

And itâs been a week of weeks
'Cos I have been patching up my heart again
With these autumn leaves

The wind dances round outside,
The leaves do an autumn waltz
And winter is now snapping at our heels.

My heart it is blown about â
I cannot find a place to keep it safe from harm

And every waking hour I think of you

But as a friend he leaves.

And with him may go some dreams,
Somethingâs I may never say,
And some feelings that I may not feel again,

But every waking hour I think of you.
Track Name: The Finchley Waltz
I daydreamed for hours in the traffic jam
As the good guys and the bad guys stopped play.
On the radio politicians dutifully opine
Which liberties theyâre taking away.

"Please sir, have you seen me innocence?
It was hanging up there on my door.
And sure it was looking quite tattered
But I had things I was keeping it for."

Guess Iâve seen too many movies
I believe in love at first sight.
My heart just slammed into a beautiful brick wall
She's keeping me up late at night.

Maybe I spent too much time dreaming
When I could have been joining in.
Pulling the hair of the pig-tailed girl
Was wrong but it wasnât a sin.

I got lost on the way out of London
Listening to Leonard Cohenâs words.
Diverted by police chasing angry young men,
Whoâll die just so they get heard.

Thereâs something about this fine city
That will always bring a tear to my eye.
I guess I left most of my innocence here,
I canât say I remember why.

I need to go buy me some new clothes;
The famous blue raincoats worn through.
A last thought as I finally hit open road,
London fades in the rear-view.

This song itâs just for you and I,
And any other dreamers around
Who know how it feels to be back on the road
Without knowing quite where they're bound.

Although Iâve seen too many movies,
I know now that youâre not the one.
'Cos something you said just got stuck in my head
For a moment and then it was gone.

The night was a womb to my headlights;
The horizon a mirror to my soul.
I sing to the silence and the darkness around
'Till I finally made my way home.
Track Name: Women
Women on my women mind all the women time
Women f&*king women hell
Think about women something else
Like the women work I need to women do.

Or my women family or need my women support right women now
Or the women dirt that's gathering women up there on the shelf.
But it's not that women simple women no.

Money on my money mind all the money time
money f*&king money hell
Think about money something else
Like the money work I need to money do.

Or my money family or need my money support right money now
Or the money dirt that's gathering money up there on the shelf.
But it's not that money simple money no.

And it's money women, women, money,
money, money, women, women, women on my mind!

money, money, women, women, women all the time!

I can't get money women women money out of my head!
Track Name: Only The Missile
The punches come fast and I fall in the ring.
All I can do now is laugh, cry, or sing.
Iâll tell you the story and a couple of things
That have been running in rings round my mind

It was one of those days when the lights all turn red
And the pills just wonât clear all the pain from your head
You wish that you hadnât of got out of bed
'Cos the shit sure is flying your way

Second hand news at an unwelcome time,
Your brain's clogging up
Soon youâre losing your mind
Youâre wondering if fate could be any less kind
When she suddenly twists the knife in.

The moment it passed with the help of a friend,
A couple of strangers and this song that I penned.
My hearts is in tact and my minds on the mend.
I donât plan to do that again.

The sun's given up on this god awful day
And my pain with the light is now fading away.
Somewhere in Kilburn I silently play
An ode to the tracks of my tears.

A jack in the box I come springing right back,
I pull on these strings for my counter attack
Today I feel sure I can take any flak
The world might be sending my way.

So give me your hopes and then tell me your fears
And leave all the rest in a pile over there
Theyâll fit like a dream with these chords I have dear
As I dance in a dream round this town.
Track Name: Swan Song
Why do I stand here getting burnt
By the embers of this dying dream,
When all around day it is breaking
And the fire didn't help me to sleep.

Maybe it's time for our swan song
Or a pheonix to rise from the deep,
Maybe it's time that your skin and it's charms
Are consigned to the pocket full of memories I keep.

Memories which come out on a rainy day
And remind me that I have lived;
I worked pretty hard to arrive at this day
And still feel I have love to give.

I could toss one more branch to the fire -
My skin it still craves for the heat
But I heard someone sing that a moth never knows
That the bright burning candle won't make it complete

And will the angels be watching
If I head one time to the flames?
Up late at night, cloaked by the stars,
Chasing the flickering silhouette of your frame.

Today I washed both my eyelids
And talked with the mice and the moon.
Tonight we're entwined together in my mind â
I wonder do you think of me too?

Maybe it's time for a swan song
Perhaps with a smile I could bid you farewell
Then we'll head different ways down the street.
Track Name: Five
Winter sun on two cold feet.
First light of the day finds me here.
Leaves are falling from the trees.
Make my way down Amhurst Road
With my routine.

I have been a fool over you.
I have been a fool over you
My oh my, my oh my

The wise man built his house on the solid rock.
Easier said than done, easier said than done.

When it comes watch out, don't lose your feet.

I wonder how you are, I wonder how you've been.
Is it working out how you hoped it would?
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