new album - after tomorrow

i compiled those home recordings into an album called 'after tomorrow' which came out on 11 july 2020 through desert mine music. 

i mastered it myself, so don't go expecting any stardust. it's available on all streaming sites, and should be on the desert mine shop soon.

working on some new stuff at the moment. started off with a drum machine. but then realise i hate drum machines, so am trying to drum it myself in a shed. but got bitten by insects and my timing is not as accurate as i was hoping, so will see how that goes.

while i'm here listen to: soccer mommy, la luz, summer fiction, beach boys, purling hiss, tony molina, sarah bethe nelson,

anyway, here are the lyrics for the 'after tomorrow' album for my mexican friends...

Just Another Daydream

Laying down by the side of the road

With your head and your hands in the gutter

Only did everything you were told

Cos they said you were quick to recover

It’s just another day

It’s just another daydream

It’s like they always say, not as bad as it seems

Though it hurts to be down on your knees

It’s a sign that you’re still a beginner

There’s no shame in admitting defeat

Just as long as you know you’re the winner

It’s just another day

It’s just another daydream

It’s like they always say, not as bad as it seems

How did it feel, were you out there on your own?

Did you believe that you had nowhere to go?

Keep Me Around

I found love, burned a hole in my chest

I saw God, but he took my last breath

Turned a smile to a frown, won’t you keep me around

I had dreams, but they’re all in my head

I had words, but they’re better unsaid

Disappear in a cloud, won’t you keep me around

Thank you for all the memories

The agony and the ecstasy

You’re the light in my day

You’re the sun and my shade

Swallowed up in the ground, won’t you keep me around

Somebody Else’s Dream

Maybe once, maybe twice, I should take my own advice

But I’m scared to find that I was right

Cos every day and every night, I just don’t treat my body right

Lack of sleep and loss of appetite

And all those different ways of living

Ways of trying to believe

Made me feel like I’d been drifting in somebody else’s dream

I have seen the other side, I saw it as a warning sign

Nothing like the way they’d advertised

And all those different ways of living

Ways of trying to believe

Made me feel like I’d been drifting in somebody else’s dream

Say goodbye to the sun and the rain

Say hello to the space that remains

And all those different ways of living

Ways of trying to believe

Made me feel like I’d been drifting in somebody else’s dream

It Depends

Clip me ways so I won’t fly and tie me to the ground

Keep me in a box at night so I stay safe and sound

Mix my food with medicine I recognise your taste

Hiding all the evidence you keep me in the shade and put me in my place

I confess I don’t believe in following the rules

But who am I to criticise, I still depend on you

Check my heart rate runs on time, you keep it to yourself

Making sure I’m occupied you say I’m doing well, but only time will tell

I confess I don’t believe in following the rules

But who am I to criticise, I still depend on you

Careful

You gotta be more careful of yourself

You gotta put a handle on your health

You gotta do the things the doctors say

You gotta put a limit to your day

You gotta be like everybody else

You gotta treat your friends and neighbours well

You gotta be more careful of yourself

And when the morning comes and starts a new day

You know you shouldn’t get so carried away

It’s a life, it’s a dream, ah

You gotta learn to be your own cliche

You gotta speak a different kind of way

You gotta hang your hangups at the door

You gotta put a ceiling on the floor

You gotta keep your medicine on a shelf

You gotta keep an eye upon your health

You gotta keep an eye up on yourself

And when the morning comes and starts a new day

You know you shouldn’t get so carried away

It’s a life, it’s a dream, ah

Aquarium

In my aquarium I find oblivion giving up the ocean life

Not going anywhere not coming up for air never gonna give up the fight

Bring me your medicine give me your evidence blowing bubbles in my blood

I know another way I can be entertained when it starts to get too much

And I go all the way down I hit the ground

I’m right where I belong

And I will stay all day in a kind of haze

I’m right where I belong

Call it a miracle I’m not so cynical just what I’ve been waiting for

Down from the heavens above me another chance who could ever ask for more

And I go all the way down I hit the ground

I’m right where I belong

And I will stay all day in a kind of haze

I’m right where I belong

Joined Up Thinking

I was thrown out of heaven

I was burned at the stake

I was captured on camera

I was thrown in the lake

And I know that you’re watching

Through the hole in your head

Though the picture is perfect

Doesn’t make any sense

Think you know me better than you think you know yourself

I bet you get so tired of thinking

Don’t you ever think you’d better take care of your health

So caught up with all that thinking

So I stand in the shadows 

With the light burning out

It’s the perfect example 

Of the death of a clown

But you keep on applauding

Cos you’re so satisfied

With the sight that you’re seeing

Through the crack in your eye

Think you know me better than you think you know yourself

I bet you get so tired of thinking

Don’t you ever think you’d better take care of your health

So caught up with all that thinking

Didn’t know the boat was sinking

So caught up with joined-up thinking

Gone Tomorrow 

It’s so hard to face the future that you’re never gonna see

It’s like trying to paint a picture from a distant memory

I’ll be gone, gone tomorrow

I will leave here today

Don’t feel sad, don’t feel sorrow

It was meant to be this way

There’s a face outside my window and it’s staring back at me

But it’s only a reflection and it’s fading like a dream

I’ll be gone, gone tomorrow

I will leave here today

Don’t feel sad, don’t feel sorrow

It was meant to be this way

Walking Through The Rain

Circulation got me going on a river of blood

In my head there’s a cold wind blowing through the holes in my skull

I don’t feel it anymore 

I’m not looking for a cure

I’ll keep sleeping through the pain

I’ll keep walking through the rain yeah

In a tunnel burning brightly on the passenger side

Through the haze I saw the lightning rip a hole in the sky

I don’t feel it anymore 

I’m not looking for a cure

I’ll keep sleeping through the pain

I’ll keep walking through the rain yeah

After Sundown

Run through the shadows and fall where you stand

Just an empty vessel your wish is my command

Quiet on the hillside, the fire’s contained

A body caught in motion just sleep through the rain

Leave me out here don’t shed no tears I’ll just disappear

I’ll walk around after sundown find a new town

Saw it in the movies a hero takes a fall

Don’t look at the camera pretend there’s a wall

Leave me out here don’t shed no tears I’ll just disappear

I’ll walk around after sundown find a new town