Yellow Car No Return
The second collaboration with the magnificent session men of Hull, led by Dave Gawthorpe.
I Sat Beside Myself Today
First single from 'Yellow Car No Return
On the corner, by the school
That's where they warn her to keep her cool
She shrugs her shoulders, it's this again,
Same old story, just different men
And all those who ask where she goes,
They know
They must know
In the hostel, curtains drawn
something precious is lost and gone
No-one to turn to, no-one to help
She has to face this by herself
And all those who ask where she goes,
They know
They must know
And all those who act like sho chose
They know
They must know
I don't hide and I don't lie
All this is right here in my eyes
Just waiting for you to see
If you would only look at me
Frozen till I hear someone say,
"Hey, kid - are okay?"
From the album 'Everything is Fine (Until it's Not)'
by Alan McClure and the Mountain Sound Session, (c) 2014
Alan McClure - guitar and vocals
Dave Gawthorpe - guitar
Andy Swift - bass
Mark Knight - drums
Pete Jack - banjo
Frankie Banham - clarinet
Recorded and produced by Paddy Tobin at Mountain Sound Studios, Hull
Written for a friend following the breakdown of a marriage.
From The Razorbills' album, 'To Hell With Youth and Beauty'
© Lost Wasp Records 2012
Alan McClure - guitar/vocals
Michelle McClure - violin
Harry Thomson - mandolin
Jon Noad - bass
Richard Ipaint - drums
The Razorbills: www.therazorbills.co.uk
Recorded and produced by Marcus Samson Wright
Putting Yourself Back Together Again
Well it's funny how quickly things change
what seems certain goes fast out of range
and it's hard not to wonder just who was to blame
as if that makes a difference at all
Things get broken, that we all know
you can cry or think, 'Where should I go?'
There is always someone with a light that will show
and a heart that could cushion your fall
Here comes the cavalry, the army of friends
to judge and advise you on justified ends
to hell with the horses, to hell with the men
you're putting yourself back together again
Well there's love and there's lust and there's sex
one thing one day is not that the next
when we're not messing up well we're trying our best
it's a wonder we've lasted so long
You can fret over games that were played
and regret the mistakes that were made
but this crap from the past will just stand in your way
you've a life to be lived, right or wrong
And here comes the cavalry, the army of friends
to judge and advise you on justified ends
to hell with the horses, to hell with the men
you're putting yourself back together again
So things may be awkward here and there, now,
disapproving glances, icy stares, now
got to wonder why you'd even care, now
life is waiting
Here comes the cavalry, the army of friends
to judge and advise you on justified ends
to hell with the horses, to hell with the men
you're putting yourself back together again.