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Tununiq

by Richard Gorman

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    Come aboard an entertaining and emotional musical cruise. From love without boundaries to the title track horror of the doomed 1845 Franklin expedition; to the anti-misogynist anger of Stronger through the sheer energy of Tear It Up and Broken to the final respite of a night of whisky and song in the Suie bar. Songs for the darkest and brightest corners of your soul.

    Jewel CD case with 4 page booklet containing David MacKenzie's atmospheric artwork for the title track.

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1.
Short and Sweet 02:27
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Short and Sweet There’s long legs and there’s glamour, there’s haute couture design Up there flirting from the billboard says ‘I want to make you mine’ Well you can put away your make up, what I’ve got can’t be beat Caught a whirlwind, caught a wild one, my little short and sweet You want money, you want power? Play it chic and play it cool If you’re fishing for a compliment don’t play me for a fool ‘Cos I’ve got crazy and I got passion to sweep me off my feet My tiny tempest, she’s a temptress, my little short and sweet Hollywood goddesses they let me down all so clichéd and so fake Pouting celebrities and lipstick clowns can’t touch my little ball of flame She’s a time bomb, she’s an angel, my little short and sweet She’s a firefly, she’s a devil, my little short and sweet Keep your big heads and your big shots, keep your ‘look at me’ awards Keep your glory hallelujahs and your ‘praise the lords’ I got hard rock, I got candy, good enough to eat Got a rocket in my pocket for my little short and sweet
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Burden Down 04:36
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Burden Down Today I’m gonna waste my time, today I’m gonna rest my head Going to make love to my guitar Floating on the Maxophone, worshipping the winter moon Like a snowball in the sky So you pretend to be my friend And then you pull the knife On me I’m sick of being on my guard, tired of all the long dark hours And my part in this charade I’m gonna lay my burden down, I’m just going to write this song And turn my face away… From your unholy world of climbing Your bitterness and spite It’s not for me The boss told me yesterday that I’ve got to play the game ‘You gotta cheat, you gotta lie, you gotta suck it up and smile’ The boss told me yesterday ‘it’s nothing personal my friend’ Wiped my blood off of his sleeve and said ‘Don’t you wanna be like me someday?’ Today I’m strolling through the park, today I’m walking with my son Beside me all the way I’m gonna let it all come out, I’m gonna put the fires out And sing this song for you Haven’t you got better things to do Than looking for someone to blame? I’m just gonna pick up my guitar now And play Today I’m gonna waste my time Today I’m gonna rest my head Gonna lay my burden down
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Well Well 02:47
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Well, Well Well, well, looks like you’re gonna cry Did someone hurt your pride Nobody on your side You’ve lost the flower of your youth You’re so long in the tooth Don’t want to face the truth When the sun shone you were queen of the pile Making sure the insects knew their place Stopping them cold with that evil little smile And no-one dared to tell you to your face Hard cash won’t squeeze you into that dress Can’t flirt you’re such a mess You can’t buy happiness Today you can’t have it your own way Who cares what you say? Dreamin’ of your glory days (Instrumental break to chorus chords) And the clock ticks and swings its hands Wipes out everything you had And no-one understands All gone, people that you used to own Never hear your own ring tone Now you’re sitting here alone When the sun shone you were queen of the pile Making sure the insects knew their place Stopping them cold with that evil little smile Now everybody tells you to your face Well, well take a look at you now Come on and take a bow Nobody wants you now
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Certainty 04:18
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Certainty I need a star to follow to lead me to my tribe I need a brand with which I can identify I need a creed that I can use to justify My anti-social media diatribes News image burns my retina, my brain just melts My touchscreen captures cold sweat from my fevered brow My television and my telephone outsmart me now But I just want to be myself - like everybody else As the waters rise my mind drowns reaching for the shore My surface and my inner tensions need to go to war And any flag will do Any flag will do My diet’s strict, I’m devouring all I see The more light that they shine the more the shadows grow So I pull back the bowstring and let the arrow go I need a target did someone just point you out to me? Don’t have time to work it out, just shout them down No time to waste talking it through I got my divine commandments how about you? Mark the stranger’s doors and run them out of town I’m falling in with the crowd I’ve found my guiding star Got my vest bomb at the ready just lend me a spark And any god will do Any god will do In the bedlam and the chaos find me clarity Feed me simple answers feed me certainty And any lie will do Any lie will do
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The Ship 04:35
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The Ship For this was I born Timbers sing to me Yearning and graceful We tack against the wind Restless we ache For the trackless horizon Oak, spruce and pine Hold tight to the line Shore watchers wait They cry as we fade Mere memories and ghosts Plead mercy from the sea Our bowsprit angel flies Cresting the swell Sets sail with our hearts Beyond spry caravels Through the warring waves Hard drives our barque Through still bays she glides To uncharted lands Her mast heads are prayers Great heavenly spires Pray the Lord our souls to keep From the dark and the deep What other life Touches eternity? For us god lit the stars And charted our paths I ride on her song Our marine harmony We romance midnight waters Infinite love
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Tununiq 06:37
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Tununiq (‘Back of beyond’; 1845 Franklin and Crozier expedition to find the NW passage) North West we are bound from Lancaster Sound On our fateful ships Shadow and Fear Unicorns dance through rhythm-less waves Blindly we seek Frobisher’s path Yellow blooms shine beneath shimmering skies And the sea grows claws And our keel held fast Cold stars mock our prayers Abandoned by God White upon white, mile upon mile Good men made monstrous by darkness and ice Mad hunger yearns, mad hunger burns For a mouthful of flesh, a gutful of blood God bring us sleep God bring us sleep
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Main Street Blues 03:51
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Main Street Blues I know the bottle is my friend I know the bottle is my friend Won’t desert me in the end I know the bottle is my friend This guitar is my true love This guitar is my true love She knows that I can’t get enough This guitar is my true love Greedy bastard takes my money Rich man come and take my girl But they won’t ever stop me playing For all the money in the world Yes I know I’ve lost the fight Yes I know I’ve lost the fight Shame comes to claim me in the night Yes I know I’ve lost the fight I got nothin’ left to lose I got nothin’ left to lose Down to my last drop of booze I got nothin’ left to lose They’re about to put the boot in She won’t love me anymore Bet it all and now I’m losin’ Devil’s scratchin’ at my door My soul is black my heart is empty I got nothin’ left to say When the final curtain tempts me I pick up my guitar and play
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Wave 06:15
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Wave White out, snow blind, I lie beyond you now Flat line, white noise; a mask for a face but the pain has gone I sink, I swim in an ocean of fantasy I fall and fall, cling to my memory Music alone remains, this worm in my brain He brings me melody, ‘the aeroplane over the sea’ A buzz, a hum, fills my head when the shadows come Tubes breathe for me, tether me to reality Music alone remains, this worm in my brain He brings me melody, ‘the aeroplane over the sea’ I fight, I stretch for land Then the wave comes to sweep me away Ghosts drift, close by come to nurse the machines in me Hear you, outside, but wires alone reach the heart of me Music alone remains, this worm in my brain He brings me melody, ‘the aeroplane over the sea’ I reach, I touch the shore Then the wave comes to sweep me away
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Stronger 02:50
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Stronger I feel you inside me Violate your honour Bad blood Cruelty is your lover Abuse your own power Rape me Your sex is a weapon Poison leaks from your head Venom I tremble and shake and the floor spins away and the linen that rips and your nails in my flesh and the tearing of hair and the bruising of hips and the bloodying knees and the black swollen lips I force my mind from you Transport from this violence To the…sea Waves that hold me strong and ceaseless Surf breaks land then flows together Fucked by your betrayal Does this climax Satisy you? Could your soul sink any Lower? Who would question a man of your Stature So you spin out your lies and you call me a slut and you’re changing the subject and you say I’m a whore and your cronies are all too scared to loosen their tongues try to make me your victim when I’m a survivor As you feed your monster Tell me, who is weak and who is Stronger?
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Remembrance 05:00
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Remembrance Do you think men forget? Scars will heal, no regrets Do you think peace will come? They grow weak, we grow strong Is the truth bought and sold? Wrap our kings in cloth of gold Does the truth bless you screen? Is peace won by war machines? Is it beyond the wit of men To make the same mistakes again? Is peace a distant thunder burst As long as the bombs don’t fall on us? Better be sure you build something worth fighting for Can you look your enemy straight in the eye? Better be sure you build something worth killing for Bring down fires from heaven, bring fires from hell The guilty and innocent burn just as well Do you think, nevermore? Will the drums beat for war? Do you think evil rests? Do you think men forget?
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Tear It Up 03:04
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Tear It Up I’ve been digging holes all week I’ve been tied down to a desk Feel like I’ve got a bomb in me, well what do you expect? I been slaving just to scrape a crust, I’ve been crawling on the floor I’ve been swallowing the boss’s shit, but now I’m walking out the door Tear it up, c’mon let’s show and tell Tear it up and blow it all to hell Tear it up and paint the whole town red Tear it up set fire to my bed I’ve been kissing arse and licking boots but tonight I’ve had enough Let’s tear it up He’s been riding on your back all week, he’s been hustling your case He’s complaining that it’s all too hard, then he sticks it in your face He puts you down around the other girls and fakes the happy couple act C’mon girl let down your hair with me, bring your marital contract and… Tear it up, so sick of being used Tear it up, c’mon and light the fuse Tear it up, c’mon and burn your soul Tear it up, hard sex and rock and roll He’s been telling you to watch your step, tell him where to stick that stuff And tear it up We’ve got shirts and ties and balls and chains, but the worms are gonna turn We’ve been wound up tight and trampled down but tonight we’re gonna burn Tonight we’ll let the monsters out, nobody gonna cramp out style Tonight we’re gonna kiss and bite, tonight we’re running wild I’m loaded with a fist of fives, my sticky fingers in your jar You’ve had your nose down to the grindstone, grindstone, grindstone Now be the animal you are and Tear them off and throw them on the ground Tear them off and then I’m going down Tear it up we’re gonna shoot and score Tear it up and tear it up some more I said come on and make me scream girl Tonight I’m gonna give you head Asked her ‘do you want to take it easy?’ But you know what she said…
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Broken 03:22
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Broken You’re a wreck of a girl Got no prospects at all Daddy cries in his beer but by god you can sing Bring it hardcore and wild Bring it kinky as sin You’ve got no one to trust And you’re broken But it’s alright Yes it’s okay It’s all bullshit anyway You’re a freak of a boy Gone and fucked it all up Mummy cries in her wine but by Christ you can play Screen zombies sicken your soul So you crawl to the edge Where they kick you You fall and you’re broken But it’s alright It’s okay It’s all patios and smartphones and fashion and pop stars and sports-bars and labels It’s all bullshit anyway Better to be broken So much better to be broken
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Suie Song 05:22
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Suie Song Come and take your ease, tonight, be where you ought to be Let it all slide, outside, on snow drifts and the wind There’s a fire in Kincraig and a welcome at the door A toast and a dram, a warm, refuge from the chill Share a curse with a friend, and now, all your cares are spent These white mountains stand guard watching over us tonight Golden whisky and ale, slainte mhath, respite from the road The young and the old, unbowed, hurl laughter at the world There’s a welcome tonight There’s a blaze on the hearth There’s a song for your soul The stars and the moon, drift by, they’ve heard it all before The frost and the ice, bite hard, but cannot touch you here Passion and flame burn in Badenoch Strathspey They’re unwanted here, so let go, your graces and your airs Release your wild heart, tell us tales, taller than the pines Leave them out in the darkness Your demons and pride Raise your glass and your spirits Kiss worry goodbye And join our company

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released July 17, 2018

Songs and performances by Richard Gorman
Produced by Stuart Duncan at Red Barn Studios, Dundee, Scotland.

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