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Meanwhile Back In Olde England

by Tim Hooper

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1.
When your flowers sing, it’s a sixties thing, Everyone wants to fly we’re gonna kiss the sky I’ve gotta a groovy plan, I’m going to Hindustan It’s India or bust, tryin’ to find my bus But I only wanted to have sunshine I could call my very own Meanwhile back in Olde England it’s raining Colours blow my mind, I’m high all the time Never to come back down, I’m drowning in this sound Look at the world today, everything is grey Not like in sixty-six when Revolver clicked It’s been on my mind, to travel back in time Find some love and peace and maybe get some sleep But I only wanted to have sunshine I could call my very own Meanwhile back in Olde England it’s “Yeah, yeah, yeah!”
2.
Just Leave 03:40
It’s so strange That you put yourself in range The way you choose To risk all that you could lose Believe you’re free, you’re free to leave Don’t you know It won’t ever be your show The way you try Taking orders from on high Believe you’re free, you’re free to leave When duty calls See, it’s not a game at all Sent from home For a cause no one can know Believe you’re free, you’re free to leave
3.
Letting Go 03:52
I’m not about to stay much here today And I’m not about to change much or to say That you’re holding back on all your tears You’re letting go into your fears You make the space between us hard to cross So I’ll take your words and watch them blow away Do you understand the meaning of our love? Can you understand the feelings that you have? That’s greater than the ocean sky It’s stronger than the storms on high Don’t take for granted all that we have made Perhaps it’s time for us to stop and start again Oh baby please, don’t ever leave You’re taking the sun out of my life, every day Shall I take the blame, can I answer to your lies Are you strong enough to bear the weight of your disguise? Or will you turn around and come back home Will you take regret and break its hold Is there no time left for me inside your heart Will the sun come up before we make amends?
4.
She awoke and didn't know where she was A pale sky and four white stars, that's all she ever saw Turned over, went back to sleep The best idea she'd had for weeks Rising up moving out through the world In the park with no one else, she talks to the trees And Solitude walks on her own Finds a space and makes it home Tell me now what’s in a name? You spend your life with that Who would call somebody this? Depends on where you’re at Is it right to lay the blame? No one can ever know Her feelings hurt behind the show Come on it’s time to go Wears a flag, she doesn't know where it's from Keeps the cold out of her. the day can seem so long Her Cadillac waits at the door But no one's in the driving seat Talks to me, she’s telling me everything She doesn’t like to be alone, her name can bring her down She’s lonely, takes me by the hand Says “Stay with me, don’t ever leave” Tell me now what’s in a name? You spend your life with that Who would call somebody this? Depends on where you’re at Is it right to lay the blame? No one can ever know Her feelings hurt behind the show Come on it’s time to go
5.
Hand in hand, their hearts exposed Barely a nerve left un-shown A plane flies low shining bright Both alert touched by flight He thinks power, transcendent weight Held aloft only by fate She sees falls, a silver line To the ground where women cry Stare inside the two of them Divergent minds collide within He the strong and violent type She unsure, drawn to the fight Her lips are blistered kissing him Bites into his iron skin Too strong to stop, too soft to live Her shell removed with nothing hid Left alone, uprooted, lost Blames himself and then counts the cost
6.
If you need a hand when things get rough Anytime of day or night I’m the one you call In the dead of night and life is feeling tough Call my number, I’ll take care of you Take care of you When you need a hand when things get rough Call my number, I’ll take care of you Take care of you
7.
(cough)
8.
At the places in between where they look straight through the cracks They see faces looking up from the wrong side of the tracks And they try so very hard to pretend it’s someone’s fault ‘Cos it’s easier to blame than to bring this to a halt They want to see them fail, they believe the Daily Mail And it’s not quite what it seems, their agenda’s set to ‘Dream’ And they’re searching for a cure, to stop infection by the poor They’re ignorant, malevolent, incompetent, an irritant To have dignity in work it depends on who’s in charge ‘Cos they suck the money out so their fortunes can enlarge How much do you need, when you’re bored on board your yacht So you break another bank, still unhappy with your lot They want to see you fail, they believe the Daily Mail And it’s safer to believe you can make the buggers scream Earning more and more from the labours of the poor They’re ignorant, malevolent, incompetent, an irritant They’re ignorant, malevolent, incompetent, an irritant
9.
Join me in the courtyard, under the windmill There is music and the sea beyond And a feeling that this can’t go on ‘Cos this should be familiar, it’s got me thinking And another glass of red might help me on Then again I’m barely walking on my own What might be might be And I don’t trust this at all Recognize it’s all unknown When you mention it to me Somewhere there’s a party, I hear you laughing But I haven’t been invited or denied Something tells me that someone might’ve lied Not sure if I’m sleeping, it seems too real But I’m sure this pathway leads me home Trying to find the main road’s left me on my own What might be might be And I don’t trust this at all Recognize it’s all unknown When you mention it to me Play me through the back nine, I will not beat you But it gives us half a chance to get along And I don’t think there’ll be many coming on Meet behind the sofa, it will not kill you And you might just find the things that you’ve mislaid And you’ll find out just much you have to pay
10.
On the day that you were born Something wonderful occurred You came to me Something mystic, something strange Something almost out of range is changing me And it’s wonderful How things can change your life I’m feeling wonderful through life In the closing of an eye When the sun has left the sky The world spins round and around Waiting patiently through time Hoping you will be my life, don’t change your mind And it’s wonderful How things can change your life I’m feeling wonderful tonight All these nights when I’m away I miss the little things you say Amazes me The way that your mind loves the world Half in fear and half alone, you’re just like me But you’re wonderful I want to be with you You’ve made life wonderful For me
11.
Amazing sunsets, stellar skies Brilliant wonder, all of the time Calling voices, valley clear Diamond snowflake on your eye These things make me love you more These are the things I’m living for Little wonders make the day Don’t need a miracle to show me the way Early evening, river glide Fading darkness and summer skies Glowing daylight, winter clear Heaven rising, peace is here These things make me love you more These are the things I’m living for Little wonders make the day Don’t need a miracle to show me the way All this beauty, in my eyes All this wonder, life’s surprise I saw you driving, you waved and smiled That was the best part of my day That was the best part of my day Wouldn’t have it any other way These things make me love you more These are the things I’m living for Little wonders make the day Don’t need a miracle to show me the way
12.
(instrumental)

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Tim Hooper's latest LP is not a subtle affair. "Meanwhile Back In Olde England" features twelve hugely diverse, multi-coloured compositions that aim to re-create the heyday of the vinyl LP.

"I used to love records that contained loads of different styles and sounds. So I've tried to cram in as many ideas per song as possible. However, above all else I wanted it to be melodic, accessible and fun. Without wishing to sound like a moaning old git, I am kind of frustrated that so many of today's bands sound grey and one-dimensional. I don't hear people being enthralled simply by the wonder of sound. So I thought I'd better have a go myself."

The record is something of a family affair too, featuring a couple songs written with two of his sons and one song with lyrics written by Kate, his wife.

"I get a bit obsessed with the idea of families and communities entertaining themselves. Kind of getting back to self-sustaining amusement. You know, switch off the telly and grab an instrument. That's one of the themes of the record, scraping away the modern nonsense and trying to unearth the good stuff that's recently got lost or buried."

No need to scrape here - it's pretty much in your face all the time. Enjoy.

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released August 11, 2014

Recorded at Flying Boat Studios, Cambridge, UK
Mixed and Mastered by Patrick Hooper
Artwork by Spine Design

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