Partly based on the experience of a close friend whose life has been dogged by many difficulties. Moving to a new house came with new optimism and the house itself is great and feels safe – but the area is still edgy, with football and other gangs that can bring trouble. Having a small child can serve as protection.
Bio
I used to perform in folk clubs and wrote some of my own material. Then life got in the way. Returned to songwriting 4 years ago and have started to do the occasional Open Mic session.
My songs cover many styles (folk, retro, adult contemporary, protest, rock, – and one punk!) and are not genre-specific. I like to write a song that draws the listener in to another world or point of view, based on lived experience – my own or vicarious.
Lyrics
Breathe a different air
I’ve just moved into a house that looks so good inside
Clean and freshly painted everywhere in cream and white
Radiating light – is the end in sight?
Then I go outside – where my worlds collide
And I know you’re there – seen my share
Have to mind the colours that I wear – set my gaze…..
Where I lived before, there was a menace shared our space
Maintenance so poor, for years, that trouble lay in wait
Wires and Bakelite – walls and floors subside
Weighing on my mind, gave me sleepless nights
Then I’d go outside – where worlds collide
Feel relieved to breathe a different air – but see the signs…..
Purveyors of despair, easy if you dare
But I’ve paid that price – won’t pay it twice
Now I have this person in my life – I can walk in shade….
Parenthood detente, and you shall not want, I breathe a different air
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