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The Wave

by Jackson Greenhorn

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    A 10-track album recorded while working at Berkeley St rehearsal and recording studio (Cheers Steve and Alan, looking back, this was a great time!) The only cohesive thinking for this collection of songs was my notion that I was, somehow, part of a wave of "music" around Glasgow at that time. Feel part of something!

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The Wave (H.McMillan) 03:59
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The Wave (By H.McMillan) You say you're going under And I believe you're coming up instead You say all you hear is thunder And I know... calm lies up ahead And I'll be waiting on the shore On the rocks for ages And maybe you'll be washed up By the wave And when your storm is over And vast horizons become clear To the one who knows her. Really knows her. Guide her safely over here And I'll be waiting on the shore On the rocks for ages And maybe you'll be washed up By the wave And if the wind is with me I'll place paper flowers in the sea Expecting nothing in return How can hope fail when Everything you have is drifting on the wave When direction starts to go And you wander blindly in its will Feeling overpowered by the flow. Yeah I'll be waiting still I'll be waiting on the shore On the rocks for ages And maybe you'll be washed up By the wave I'll be waiting on the shore On the rocks for ages And maybe you'll be washed up By the wave
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Change (H.McMillan) 03:30
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Change (By H.McMillan) We watch it every day Shocked every time And with our thicker skin We let it fade away We can make a change There are ways It's nothing real It's not what you dream Or even what you say It's the way you feel We can make a change There are ways We can make a change There are ways Bridge It's the way you feel We can make a change There are ways We can make a change There are ways With one voice...All together Aw, it's our life...It's our home We can take it high...Hold it down Shape it any way...Turn it all around With one voice...All together It's our life...It's our home We can lift it high...Hold it down Shape it any way...Turn it all around ...
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Oh Nikki (H.McMillan) 02:14
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Oh Nikki (By H.McMillan) Oh Nikki I never I never thought you could feel so bad And I've never seen you cry I've never seen you so low Maybe I've never seen you at all But I see something I sometimes feel I need you more than a friend And you need someone And you're only a question away I've never seen you so open I've never known you to open before But my eyes are open now I remember you dancing I've seen you dancing away And I can see you now I sometimes feel I need you more than a friend And you need someone And you're only a question away Only a question away
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Give all your love to me (H.McMillan) 02:29
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Give all your love to me (By H.McMillan) Oh yeah Turn down the light Hold me tight tonight I need your company Whoever you may be Give all your love To me She doesn't notice me She thinks I'm a fool How can a love so strong Be so cruel Give all you love To me Give your love Love To me To me Give your love to the man who needs you now
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The Angry Land (H.McMillan) 04:49
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The Angry Land (By H.McMillan) The game - This is no game The rules - There are no rules Fighting and living in it The wise - Talking to the wise The blind - Following the blind Frightened and living in it Giving arms - Arms to hold the dead But dead and gone is Ireland Aid - Aid to load the blame Loading for an Ireland Fighting for an Ireland And living in an Ireland And dying for an Ireland And loading for an Ireland And fighting for an Ireland And living in an Ireland And dying for an Ireland And running out of time
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Bring on the Rain (H.McMillan) 03:35
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Bring on the Rain (By H.McMillan) The street lights, cold and lonely Cut through the silence like a storm Inside an empty heart Memories embers keep me warm Bring on the rain Bring on the rain Because I'm older now And the dreams I shared with you Seem a million miles away It was only yesterday That we laughed and cried And my eyes were open wide Now the tears are hard to hide Bring on the rain Bring on the rain Bridge That we laughed and cried And my eyes were open wide Now the tears are hard to hide Bring on the rain Bring on the rain
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I say I do (H.McMillan) 02:54
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I say I do (By H.McMillan) If I had to Sign my soul away To keep you loving me Forever more yeah Believe me I say, I do I say, I do If you ask me To comfort you always World without end Forever more yeah Believe me I say, I do I say, I do Knowing the way you are And knowing the way you feel And being the way I am I just have to say Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey I say, I do I say, I do I say, I do I say, I do
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I Feel like I'm Falling (H.McMillan) 03:15
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Falling (By H.McMillan) Alpha one to base. Alert I'm getting you loud and clear Send a message back to earth There's no life here How much further do I really have to go Will I ever come back? I feel like I'm falling I feel like, I feel like I'm down I feel like I'm falling I feel like, I feel like I'm down What year is it on the ground My son will have grown so fast All the stars are spinning round We'll finally know at last Not much further into this black hole They really did name them well When I was picked for the earth's last mission My wife was just as proud as hell I feel like I'm falling I feel like, I feel like I'm down I feel like I'm falling I feel like, I feel like I'm down I'm sending messages that don't get through It stretches out my time And maybe if what they say is true I'll reach the other side I feel like I'm falling I feel like, I feel like I'm down I feel like I'm falling I feel like, I feel like I'm down I feel like I'm falling I feel like, I feel like I'm down I feel like I'm falling I feel like, I feel like I'm down I feel like I'm falling
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You have to Believe in Something (H.McMillan) 02:32
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You Have To Believe In Something by H.McMillan As another year gets older And the next one comes in view Looking back on all the highlights And the times you pulled me through Just when I believed in nothing I found you must believe in something And I believe in you (I believe in you) If I count the time in snowflakes And the past fell all around I could build our love a castle That would never fall...ever Because you have to believe in something And if I must believe in something Then I believe in you (I believe in you) Because you have to believe in something And if I must believe in something Then I believe in you (I believe in you)
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Sleep (H.McMillan) 04:31
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Sleep By H.McMillan Close your eyes - Hush-a-bye Weary from the torment of the day - Hush-a-bye Sink down in my arms and drift away - Hush-a-bye ...and sleep - Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye Sleep - Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye I won't let the darkness make you fear for an unseen hand If, while in your sleep, I should steal a kiss it's because... I understand you! - Hush-a-bye Dream of what you know, things that please you - Hush-a-bye I'll do what I can - Hush-a-bye to guard you while you sleep - Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye sleep - Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye I won't let the darkness make you fear for an unseen hand If, while in your sleep, I should steal a kiss it's because... I understand you! - Hush-a-bye Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye Sleep - Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye Shh! - Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye Sleep - Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye Spread canvas - Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye drift under an easy sail - Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye On the skin of the sea - Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye Sleep - Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye - Hush-a-bye

about

What's all this about?
Nobody lives in a vacuum and everything has an influence. Therefore, obviously, everything can be broken down into meaning or have reference. So, given that there are people and things I care about in my life and we are not completely honest, all the time, with people around us, then, obviously, I wouldn't want to hurt anyone. Therefore, this is going to be vague! However, as a species, we are rather self infatuated, so maybe you can find some significance in your own life?

1. The Wave is about waiting for the return of someone lost.

2. Change is about collective consciousness and how we should use it. We can make a collective difference.

3. Oh Nikki is about ...

4. Give all your love to me is about is about "love" and "need".

5. The Angry Land is about Ireland ("Ire" = Angry... Geddit?)

6. Bring on the Rain uses that age-old literary notion of a Pathetic Fallacy.

7. I Say I Do is a song meant for weddings! It should have achieved for Weddings what the song "Happy Birthday to you!" has for Birthdays. :-(

8. I Feel like I'm Falling is a song about going into a black hole! (In space... nothing more!)

9. You have to Believe in Something is a song about belief.. Whatever or whomsoever that might be.

10. Sleep is a song about death and specifically euthanasia!

credits

released August 25, 1989

Recorded in Berkeley St Recording Studio, Glasgow between sessions. Not possible without the help and goodwill of Steve Cheyne and Alan McNeil.

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