A very old song I wrote in 1981 after breaking up with my girlfriend Linda Johnson, I initially called it off then regretted my decision so went running back, it was too late, for Linda was over me :-(
Originally recorded with Warn Livesy (The The) in early 80's using a Jamaican steel band, this version is miles better x
lyrics
Come back to me
You the flowing rive me the tall pine tree
I thought that when you left you would come back to me
I tidied up my room, put new pictures on the wall and waited patiently
For I hurled you as a boomerang, you did not return
Christ I never get the practice those Aborigines do
And all the love songs I once hated, are all I ever listen to
All their morbid words make sense now, gosh Im sick with gloom
Oh please come back to me
Now Im crying, can’t you see
How I miss you, don’t you miss me
A hundred cliches to go, I’ll cover them all here’s another
Won’t you catch me for Im sure to fall…..
Hair has turned to ashen face, pallid and thin
More more more a gothic punk the shape Im in
Im paranoid and edgy, jump at the slightest thing need you to look after me
Confidence is dithering, my work is on the stage
The advance is short, I can’t afford to pay the band a wage
And when Mr Ames puts me on the King Creole will you look after me
Now Im crying, can’t you see
How I miss you, don’t you miss me
A hundred cliches to go, I’ll cover them all here’s another
Won’t you catch me for Im sure to fall…..
credits
from Chi Chi & the Jaguar,
released September 3, 2019
Kate Stephenson: Drumming
John Steel: Lead Guitar
Chris Mordey: Bass Guitar
Martin Stephenson: Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocal, Dobro & Tambourine
Davy Cowan: Backing Vocals
Recorded: Colin Mee's Skip Studios, Darlington
Mixed and Mastered: Barbaraville Studios, Invergordon, Scottish Highlands
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John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP. yellowcakeuf6
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Guillemot Days whisks us to a glistening shoreline, awash with 10 sublime songs full of serene hope. Compelling right from the buoyant opener Edge Of The World and Butterfly overflows with soaring, twangy sunshine. For a fave, so close with the lush vocals, melodic layers of Flowers Of Hope versus Peace And Plenty: an intriguing, modern parlour song both eerie and exquisite, voices and clarinet blending into something quite special. This album is a musical lighthouse on a dark day. Unmissable. anitajoyce
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