You ask me to wait for you then happily close the door
My head comes down as numb as hell
Like a child which waits to be born
The wait is a catherine wheel of ever depending remorse
The wait is the power you have that's kept me hanging so long
I greet you with a scolding face that shields but doesn't hide what you know
I fear of your laugh within and of sharing the joke outside
The wait is the choice you have of wether I glow or dim
The wait is your safety valve with me at your every whim
The wait is a catherine wheel of ever depending remorse
The wait is the power you have that's what the darkness is for
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An essential listening experience; quintessentially English, sounds of the countryside, overlapping with ambient piano and woodwind instrumentation. shenzhenbrit
Alec Bowman perfectly captures the dark soil under the pastoral world of British folk with this collection of melancholy originals. Bandcamp New & Notable May 12, 2020
supported by 4 fans who also own “Gladsome Humour & Blue”
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.