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a conversation with fate

by Vincent Burke

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1.
.. wanted to stand for something, something as certain as a stone. wanted a sure position, sure as a king upon a throne. wanted to see direction, sure as a feather down the stream. I wanted to be fast and free, but only do it by degrees and everyday the signal shifts... all good things will come to me all good things will come to me all good things will come to me all good things will come to me wanted to stand for something, more than a window and a fly. wanted to be forgotten, wanted to slip beneath the tide. wanted a celebration, wanted to sing forever more. I wanted to be fleet of foot, but in a way my feet got stuck. and every day the signal changed... all good things will come to me all good things will come to me all good things will come to me all good things will come to me
2.
I I am myself there’s been nobody else could stick a flag on me but if you like you can rock my world maybe it’d be fun fun fun fun fun. salt upon the sea and diamonds on the beach the sunlight hits your hair the gods are unprepared do do do do do do don’t don’t you wanna roam into an ancient world like a killer bee? come and let your sky fall in maybe it’d be fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun. salt upon the sea and diamonds on the beach the sunlight hits your hair the gods are unprepared do do do do do do don’t you want to run? stepping out of this world with me forward, to the sun!
3.
so long ago, I can see the apple on the tree, back there in Eden, I can see it calling out to me, someone is waving good bye so goodbye... so long ago, long before they pinned it all on me, I still recall, she would let me coil about her knees, softly she whispered 'goodnight' so goodnight... back there in paradise she reached out to take her bite. in my defence did you want to stay forever young? back there in Eden she could see the flicker of my tongue someone is screaming goodbye so goodbye... back when the world was young she fell for my serpent song but shouldn't you ask for more? well, what is an apple for?
4.
let me tell you about a woman and a man they're nothing but trouble since the world began I'll tell you about it right now but you won't believe me... ...take the story of adam and eve they were looking for trouble 'round an apple tree now what have they got? they've got breaking plates and screaming. all the people everywhere they say but they don't know man and woman, woman and a man, uh oh! peter, peter just let them play just sit there sipping on your lemonade or get up town and see the big parade just leave it... ...'cos she'll run off when her daddy comes home and you'll be sitting there all alone picking up bugs and hearing your heart beating all the people everywhere they say but they don't know man and woman, woman and a man, uh oh! let me tell you about a woman and a man they're nothing but trouble since the world began I'm telling you 'bout it right now but you don't believe it... ...'cos let me tell you 'bout your mother and me we were thinking of starting up a family now 10 years later it's drudgery and cleaning... all the people everywhere they say but they don't know man and woman, woman and a man, uh oh!
5.
it’s a year, it’s a second, it’s a minute, it’s an hour, it’s a day it’s the push of a button, it’s as certain as a dog upon a chain it’s the cool of the river it’s the promise of the coming rain It’s as light as a feather it’s the weather it’s the ticking of a bomb it’s as cruel as a whisper it’s as tender as a blister on your thumb it is far in the distance and as present as a smoking gun look at the sky fall open moving into something new look at the sky fall open everything that is is true and this is the moment come and this is the moment gone it’s a sigh in the temple it’s a bluebell it’s the swinging of a gate it is soft as a shadow it’s a garden it’s a foot upon a rake it’s the bite of a lemon it’s the feeling that you’re wide awake look at the sky fall open moving into something new look at the sky fall open everything that is is true and this is the moment come and this is the moment come and this is the moment come and this is the moment gone from the steam of the coffee to the bottle from the offi is a day from the bob of the bobbin to the lid upon the coffin it's the way you can fight with the river but remember to enjoy your stay...
6.
no words on this one
7.
1234! 02:43
I'm just no good I can't sing I can't chop wood friends cast me out but I've got 1,2,3,4 something to be sure about early combinations led me to a cold war I'm in I'm ready to begin something to be sure about I can't be found all my hits go underground file them away because I got 1,2,3,4 something to be sure about early combinations led me to a cold war I'm in I'm ready to begin something to be sure about I didn't know too much about the world before I used to sit at home and observe the floor I want more so here I am here's my wife here's my pram time slips away but I got 1,2,3,4 something to be sure about early combinations led me to a cold war I'm in I'm ready to begin something to be sure about.
8.
what is a day? what is it for? rolling a shadow over the floor what is a year? what does it do? kicking the cobwebs off of your shoes oh no not I I seem to let the moment go by when face to face I know I know I could've been something when to advance when to attack when to connect and when to kick back just when I found something to say all of the gods have wandered away who knows? not I and still I let the moment go by when faced with fate I know I know I could've said something I know I know each moment was mine I know I know it's more than expected be kind be kind that was a day what was it for? pushing the note back under the door that was a year what did it do? kicking the shadows off of your shoes kicking the shadows off of your shoes.
9.
salad days 04:19
I I know the salad days I know the warm Julys I know the secret smile and I I know that Winter comes but we're a long time gone..... here here are the songs you sang here are the books you read these were the days and hours and here here are the lungs that breathe but we're a long time gone..... the morning and the evening star is you the sun goes up the sun goes down in you and all those tiny things you thought you owned are sailing down the river now they're gone here here are the waiting hands waiting to take you home waiting to keep you warm oh I I know the wait was long but we're a long time gone..... the morning and the evening star for you the sun goes up the sun goes down in you the wonder and the beauty in your skin are moving through the moment we are in these these are the salad days these are the warm Julys letting the summer smile oh I I know that winter comes but we're a long time gone..... yes we're a long time gone.
10.
here is a self-made story from a self-made man I took the soil of England shaped it with my hands all my factories all my museums all the statues and the books and the plays you can run at me and swing with a mallet but I'm never getting out of your way. here is a ship that's sailing far across the world here is a fairy story for my boys and girls: big white boots that gave them culture big white boots to show them how it was done it was big white boots that gave them religion while they sang and built our homes in the sun sometimes at the end of the day with what the radio plays I can feel it all slip away. sometimes when my cupboard is bare I may slump on my stairs and complain that it's just not fair: I built this country myself I built this country myself. ride in a helicopter o'er this pleasant land talk to a man from Wiltshire then you'll understand all this stuff I say is important everything you say is less than a sneeze you can run my statue into the water but you're never getting off of your knees. sometimes when I'm sat on train and the voices sound strange I feel angry I feel afraid sometimes when all the world has gone wrong I may pick up a stone and remind them where I come from I built this country myself I built this country myself I built this country myself.
11.
thank you 02:55
thank you for the time you sat on my bed thank you for the time it's all in my head thank you for the conversation at night and for all the times you put me back right I got cut in little pieces by you but I don't need you to defend what you do because maybe it's not raining on me at all and I I don't mind yes I feel fine thank you for the time we stayed out too late thank you for the extra fruit on my plate thank you for the way the sun hit your hair thank you for the night we fell up the stairs I got cut in little pieces by you but I don't need you to defend what you do because maybe it's not raining on me at all and I I don't mind yes I feel fine thank you for your time
12.
is it too late, to dodge my fate? bring me my glass of wine, I want more summertime. ..tell you the truth, I lack some proof, am I the leading man,, or just an also-ran? can this be what I am, somebody pulled the curtain on me. I got the silver but not the gold, my school reunion locked out in the cold. I shook the anchor, I sailed the seas, I saw the mermaids oh beckoning me, beckoning me, ..further out to sea. so hear my song, or move along. assess the pedigree, of this lost symphony. it's my last shot, my dot-dash-dot, all signals went astray, for this poor cast away, just as I hit the stage, somebody pulled the curtain on me somebody pulled the curtain on me somebody pulled the curtain on me (Instrumental) I got the silver but not the gold, my school reunion locked out in the cold. with flights of fancy, and feet of clay, I saw the tall ships, oh sailing away sailing away... here I am today. I part my hair, like Fred Astaire. bring me my cup of tea, I like the company. spell out my name, forget my train.. my leaves are swept away, it's like a holiday, cancel the cabaret, somebody pulled the curtain on me somebody pulled the curtain on me somebody pulled the curtain on me

about

the Album is like the cover; - here's a normal person in the mirror; looking just under the skin to see what's really going on ...

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released November 10, 2021

thanks to Gerry Diver for a lot of advice; and more specifically production on Track 4.
thanks to Pete Flood for knowing exactly what to do with the drum kit on tracks 1 and 4 :-)

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“So beautifully original..stunning songs” -Tom Robinson BBC6Music

‘‘You think how come everyone hasn’t heard this?” - Max Reinhardt Late Junction Radio 3

"Wonderful and dark…just as i like em!” - Chris Difford. Squeeze

"it jumps out of the speakers for sheer quality and sincerity’’ - Tom Robinson
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