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New Day

"New Day" c.2008 K.Murray

I used to be somebody i used to have a life
i used to have some prospects well i even had a wife
then luck made me a parent and i had to take that road
all my prizes up and vanished as i raised the seedlings sowed
and saw them grow

now i know that all the cliches i ignored
were simple truths and maybe more cause
every cloud has silver lining
you've no chickens till they hatch
don't leave anything to fate
and you will always meet your match
finding diamonds in the roughs tougher than needles in the thatch
and tomorrows a new day

i learned to fear the coming day, became a hypocrite
i followed parent footsteps and i missed more than i hit
i caused my kids to scratch their heads in wonder at my ways
and even those of no relation found me hard work on most days
now i know
that if you let all of your feelings show
then you will reap some things you did'nt mean to sow

woken dogs bite
sticks and stones hurt when they strike
fortune often takes a hike
and if you've never seen the like
if your horizons lookin cloudy
tomorrows a new day

now my kids know me much better than i ever knew myself
and now that they have flown the nest
i'm put back on the shelf
but i'll not let the dust settle i'll not fade away
and before i learn to shuffle this old dog will have his day
in clover
and as i watch my kids at play, know nothings over
until that fat old lady sings
as long as cabbages are kings
and loves a many splendoured thing

as long as magpies harvest rings
well i will dance until a disney coloured
mornings birdsong brings that
new day
tomorrow is just a new day
tomorrow i'll find a new way
tomorrow is just a new day
tomorrow is just a new day

 

New Day is a celebration of living beyond your kids flying the nest and an apology for my poor parenting skills.

I recorded a basic guide guitar, piano and vocal and then Stod arrived and we recorded the kit live and some percussion, including washboards, coins and a pencil case my daughter made me, over 2 days at the Forge. Then i got my cousin Frank Rossiter to record a trombone part and solo. John Whyte and Walt Smith added guitar and clarinet at a session last Christmas. Calum came up a month later and added the double bass. Tony and Jason were next and jason recorded Flugelhorn and Trumpet and his bruv Tony the Alto sax, the same day. Big Alan Breitenbach finished the sessionsin November 09.

 

 

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