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Paklava

by Richard Gorman

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    A set of songs with a live edge ranging from the personal and political to the historical. Recorded during the Penny Arcade session at Dundee's Red Barn Studio.

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1.
Holding Up the Bank 04:47
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Holding Up the Bank Got a load it’s so damn heavy Gonna bend and break my back See the boss, she’s getting’ ready To hand me down the sack Unless I take it on my shoulders Put my shoulder to the wheel On the top floor their growing bolder I hear they’re gonna make a steal Captains of industry jumped the ship just before it sank And left me holding up the Bank All the bullshit I bought into Into the new consumer dream But now I’m holding up the bottom Of their pyramidal schemes They got insurance scams to tempt me I got a pup I just been sold I’m paid online my wallet’s empty But they got pockets full of gold They kick me in the teeth, it’s their way of saying thanks For holding up the bank My house goes up for sale now Cocaine goes up their snouts You know they’re way too big to fail now But not too big to be bailed out Sound the alarm and call the police This is daylight robbery I’m sinking to my knees Under this high class masonry All this bending over makes me easier to spank When I’m holding up the bank Here comes the moneyshot, another Tory wank Leaves me holding up the bank
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Okay 03:56
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Okay Don’t want a potion to stop me growing old Don’t want to drown in a shower of gold Don’t want a briefcase, don’t want a car I’m happy with booze and this borrowed guitar They pretend that they matter take shots of themselves They all want money and power and wealth I feed the children and the rats in my home This sick world needs turntables instead of phones It’s okay to be left on the shelf God is gay and he plays with himself Have you noticed that birds all end up on the ground? They can’t really fly they’re just bouncing around Is love is the be all and end all for you? Well take deep breath cos she’s just passing through It’s okay to be living alone God goes to sleep watching porn on his phone It’s four in the morning I’m putting this down Headful of whisky in this heartbroken town I pour out my heart and I bleed and I play But nobody downloads my shit anyway It’s okay to be left on the shelf God is gay and she fingers herself
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Sky's on Fire 03:42
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Sky’s On Fire Time to look the other way Pretend tomorrow will never be today I want the flames without the smoke Drop the punchline and keep the joke It’s all lies and smoke and mirrors It’s all fake news and Project Fear So I’m just gonna hop the channels ‘Til I find can someone who’ll tell me… What I want to hear Eat like pigs, swim in wine Keep throwing pearls before the swine Fortune’s wheel keeps spinning round What goes up is never coming down I’m looking through the spyglass backwards I put my blind eye to the lens Just keep pouring me more champers You know I’m never saying… I’m never saying ‘when’ So add a few degrees to summer, drop a little acid in the rain I can always button down my collar and turn the air con up again I want cash, I want my rights I want to win without a fight I want it now don’t make me wait Hand it to me on a plate I’ve been racking up the air miles Gotta drive those profits higher I won’t look up ‘til I smell burning I won’t stop until… The sky’s on fire The sky’s on fire
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It comes for us all 04:22
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It Comes For Us All Did you lift the phone up? Did you find that number? Did you make right the call just before…? Did you see the whole picture? Did you prime the canvas? Did you find some perspective before…? Did you dream of that mountain? Did you lift your head up? Did you strike the summit before…? (It comes for us all It comes for us all in the end) Was the surf just too choppy? Was the forecast too black? Was the water a little too cold? Was she out of your league? Was he something special? Was you too afraid to hear “no”? It comes for us all It comes for us all in the end Did you trace the signal? Did the music unscramble? Did you sing her your love song just before…? Did you mend those bridges? Were secrets unsaid? Or did you find the right words just before…? It comes for us all It comes for us all in the end It comes for us all It comes for us all in the end
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Close 03:43
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Close A thousand stars look down on me but I still feel the sunshine The rain pours down and starts to freeze but inside I’m on fire Cos I feel that you’re near and I know that you’re mine Every time I close my eyes I’ve got to work and slave and grind so everybody tells me I’ve got to sweat and pay my dues and worry about tomorrow But you’re on my mind so my cares disappear Every time I close my eyes The mountain’s high the clouds are black and I can hear the thunder The lightning strikes, the city burns but I just float above it Cos I hear you laugh and I see you smile Every time I close my eyes We all got monsters in our heads a little house of horrors But they can’t sting and they can’t bite if I’ve got you to stop them And the nightmares are gone because I see your light Every time I close my eyes And I’m stupid and frightened and cold and I’m tired and ready to fall And I’ve blown it and lost it and screwed it all up and turned myself into a joke I’m a drunk and a fool and a loser and everything’s gone up in smoke But I can get up and take off and fly cos I know that I’m never alone The ceiling leaks, the window’s cracked, this house is old and broken And sticks and stones may break my bones but nobody can hurt me Because you’re on my side and you light up my life Every time I close my eyes
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Song for Margaret 05:43
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Song for Margaret I watch sunflowers In this land of opportunity, this land of the free We bless her with our music, we bless her with our voices and our dreams Light fails, night falls As we run through the midnight fields and headlights scythe the corn Harvesting a crop of shadows, how I crave the sunlight and the dawn My eyes turn east to where the sun is born From the deep womb of the waves Strong roots, pull free Shake loose the soil that holds me, shed my cares like skin Let loose the ties that bind me, lift my spirits high and watch me take the wing Watch me take the wing I’m not hunting for milk and honey I’m no fool for fame or money bags I see clearly so don’t cry me a river Got a small blue backpack full of dreams to deliver me And love could be a woman and love could be a man Love could be a stranger who’ll take a chance on who I really am I come to ground Bring music to the silence and light into the dark I know love has found me and I know now that there’s no turning back I wave farewell to a field of stars and bead a white cross on my heart And I watch the sunflowers… Grow towards the sky My love my friends and I A place to call my own This heart has found a home
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Emily 02:57
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Emily I got hard times, I got work to do But I got wild love that will see me through How I love my sweet Emily Cares and worries rattle round my head But there’s an angel waiting in my bed How I love my sweet Emily Bitch about it if you want to, lay your troubles at my door Come right at me with your problems, it’s not a problem anymore All you big shots try to grind me down But I rise up when she comes around How I love my sweet Emily They got sharp suits and their flying high Watch their heads spin as she glides on by How I love my sweet Emily Work yourself into a casket, work your fingers to the bone Get on your knees and pray to heaven, I’ve got a goddess of my own Let the winds blow and the rain fall hard I got wild love burning in my heart How I love my sweet Emily Let the winds blow and the rain fall hard I got wild love burning in my heart How I love my sweet Emily How I love my sweet Emily
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Paklava 05:12
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Paklava Mama said ‘let’s go for a walk Just you, your grandmother and me The whole of our village is walking today Let’s see if we can’t make it all of the way To the sea’ Our fathers were out in the fields Turning the soil in their hands Now we’re burying futures and scattering seed Their spirits grow strong though their bodies must sleep In the land Holdfast to the hem of my skirt As we fall to our knees Let us remember our fathers and pray But there’ll be no paklava today Mama said ‘pay no heed to their guns You are braver than Nazar my son When the Young Turks take hold of me do not be scared It’s not my fine wedding gown though they’ll leave a few tears When they’re done’ Grandma lay down to rest in the sand Mama covered her up with her dress So it’s onward to Kessab, the land of the waves And bring me a cross for to plant on her grave And never forget By the window an empty chair stands Your shadow ghost cast on the floor I put brush to canvas and paint But there’ll be no paklava today
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Stolen 06:36
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Stolen Is that the time? I guess I should be going You’ve got to rise like Venus in the morning And the like the light our self-control is fading I watch my step you’re steadying your breathing They’ve gone to bed now there’s no-one left to chaperone That silver smile the moon has turned her face away The watching stars pull clouds across their eyes You draw the blinds it’s no-one else’s business Passers-by drift aimless through the night Now who are we to question opportunity? Who are we to let the moment slide? Invisible, sharp as electricity Undeniable, relentless as the tide Let them sleep, silence is a lover’s song Whisper it, sing it without words The clock stands still, she holds the moment fast for us She knows it’s time for lover’s hands to move The hungry years devour our sweetest memories When the path behind you outstretches what’s to come And what remains is all downhill and predictable Will a backward glance bring me back to mind? When nothing’s left of all life’s broken promises Will the brightest jewel be what we stole that night?
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Everything 04:03
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Everything We’ve got it all so easy We’ve got it on a plate It’s so laissez faire and pleasing They just let us all eat cake As long as we’ve got sound and vision As long as we’ve got heat and light As long as we’ve got double glazing To keep reality outside But I want to die of everything Take you with me when I go Love and sing my flight to freedom Howl and scream my fall below Bring me poetry and squalour Bring me savagery and joy Bring me innocence and wonder Watch me smash it like a toy Got no need to face the music No need to step outside the door We’re so scared we’re going to lose it And all the little comforts we adore It’s such a comfortable prison The future digitally planned But it’s so hard to beat life’s rhythm When you’re just sitting on your hands
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Digger and the Wide Boy 06:31
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Digger and the Wide Boy She’s in it for the money, he’s in it for the looks She’s wriggling inside that dress like bait upon a hook I feel like John the Baptist her latest conquest said I’ve laid on hands and seen the light and now I’ve lost my head Big brother whispered it and offered this aside A ten for legs and oral skill’s no way to choose a bride They’re ingredients you plasticise and pickle to preserve And if you’re thinking with your little head bro’ you’ll get what you deserve Her bestie took her by the hand and whispered in her ear The bling and glitz and glamour girl they’re going to cost you dear He shows off yachts and aeroplanes and helicopters too But if that’s what means the world to him what does he really think of you? She’s in it for the money, he’s in it for the looks She’s wriggling inside that dress like bait upon a hook I feel like John the Baptist her latest conquest said I’ve laid on hands and seen the light and now I’ve lost my head Now she’s a slut and she’s unfaithful, she’s a skank and she’s a bitch She’s the worst of Satan’s daughters she’s a fire spitting witch She’s a serpent headed gorgon and she’ll turn your heart to stone So shower me with sympathy she’s the one I had to own He’s a cheat and he’s a bastard, he’s a bounder and a cad He’s a sexual disaster and inadequate in bed He’s Pinnochio on steroids with a flagpole for a nose Why did I bring him to his knees and say yes when he proposed? She’s in it for the money, he’s in it for the looks She’s wriggling inside that dress like bait upon a hook I feel like John the Baptist her latest conquest said I’ve laid on hands and seen the light and now I’ve lost my head He’s a martyr, she’s a victim and no-ones for saying sorry He’s gonna hang her out to dry, she airs his dirty laundry So when it’s time to choose a partner boys and girls, when it’s time to hit the floor Watch out cos Digger and the Wide Boy are still out there looking for a score She’s in it for the money, he’s in it for the looks She’s wriggling inside that dress like bait upon a hook I feel like John the Baptist her latest conquest said I’ve laid on hands and seen the light and now I’ve lost my head
12.
Light 05:26
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Light There’s a cloud on the horizon, wish that cloud would blow away When I pick my fingers falter how I wish this tune would come You my son stumble forwards over obstacles in front of you One step on and two steps backwards that’s how every story goes But the struggles and the falls are the point of it all And getting up from the floor makes you what you are There’s a priest he’s come to tell me all the answers to my prayers Swallow bread and wine and scripture, Jesus knows what’s best for you Then I’ll be happy ever after floating in celestial joy Tell no lies but ask no questions, we’ll give it all to you when you’re gone But for all your fine words you’re an animal too And if I want to find grace I’ll find friends who are true Hope the pain never ends, paradise never comes March straight into the fight, keep on beating your drum There’s a girl she sure looks pretty, she’ll do anything for you There’s a path and there’s a rainbow leading to a pot of gold There’s a yacht to Treasure Island sets sail if you step aboard But the flowers and beasts will be nothing at all If the sky stays ever blue and the rain never falls So work hard for your dreams, hope they never come true And that fortune and love don’t come too easily for you Life and light my love, life and light my love, life and light my love for you From within not from above, within not from above, from within not from above for you The Earth and stars will sing, Earth and stars will shine, the Earth and stars will dance for you Life and light my love, life and light my love, life and light my love for you
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Whisky Siren 03:45
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Whisky Siren I was lost in this town Throwing up, coming down Saw a sign to this place Looking for a friendly face Haul my shit from bar to bar Bumming beers with this old guitar I need rye whisky neat More than I need to breathe Got to cry another blues before I go insane Comin’ in outta the rain Had a girl She was the one Mine all mine Now she gone Show me where the bottle’s kept Don’t know if I’ve got anything left Lord is there a girl out there who can make me feel the same Comin’ in outta the rain Thank you friend It’s my shout You took me in And heard me out So c’mon let’s have a blast You know this drink It ain’t my last The whisky siren calls me out on the streets again Heading back out into the rain
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The Golden Room 06:39
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The Golden Room 4,3,2,1, count me out Here in the light of the Golden Room Show me pictures of brighter days And play me my tune to send me on my way Plastic flowers and fake dirt are falling on me Wide awake, sleeping, I remember her Here in the light of the Golden Room Unseen doors open, I depart I fall from your sight until nothing remains But this empty grey shell and my infinite gaze Locusts swarm and devour the land Like the plague and the hunger of men Carving scars and the wounds of the Earth The last whale sounds like the tolling of bells In the Golden Room ghost kisses In the Golden Room lullaby A needle in the arm to kill me An electric choir to sing goodbye In the Golden Room forgotten In the Golden Room no cares The millions and machines soul crushing Left behind as I drift away And it’s what have we done to Gaia? And there’s nobody else to blame And the forests are burnt and the wilderness gone And the oceans are dead but we still carry on 3,2,1…zero

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released September 8, 2019

Music and Performances Richard Gorman
Production Stuart Duncan

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