Written for a gay friend Malcolm Hutchinson, a song for the power of truth in friendship between gay and hetrosexual, it was also a song that championed against the disgraceful policy brought about in the 1980's by the Tory party named Clause 28
lyrics
Wholly humble heart
Every man must have his castle, and feel a hand caress his nape
yes everybody needs a good friend, to give their secrets to
I too am no exception, I too need to be loved
And I too desire a good friend, hopefully that is you
There is not time to kiss a statue, someone who purely looks the part
One who transcends onto another
Wholly humble heart
Wholly humble heart
I share a friend who is a gay boy, she tells me he is full of love
Let Malcolm too be no exception, I wish him someone to love
For it takes awhile to re-kindle, no matter how many you manage to fool
For the first bite makes the deepest teeth marks
Those wounds take a pretty long time to heal
There is not time to kiss a statue, someone who purely looks the part
One who transcends onto another
Wholly humble heart
Wholly humble heart
credits
from Gladsome Humour & Blue,
released April 4, 1988
Written by Martin George Stephenson 1986
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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
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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.