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Acoustic Soul

by Chris Scott's Acoustic Soul

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1.
River 03:15
Life’s alright on the river We can do just what we please River can take us, just where it wants us, Down to the sea The pace is slow and the river is cool The pace is slow and the river is cool But we need the trade, & we need the mirror, We need the people on the banks of the river. Life’s alright on the river We don’t hear what people say Dabble our fingers in the river Dream our lives away (But) Rocks are thrown by the people on the banks Rocks are thrown by the people on the banks We are here they say and our problems are yours, Shooting down dreams, shooting down dreams Life’s alright on the river River alright on the soul Life’s alright on the river River alright on the soul Life’s alright on the river We can afford to take our ease The currents of fashion, drown our perception Fix us in our dream And when the banks get close, well the river gets rough And when the banks get close, well the river gets rough But we got the guns, & we got the money We got the guns, dummy
2.
See that tree at the top of the hill... I'm gonna climb to that tree and just stand still... Close my eyes and feel the breeze.... Close my eyes and listen to the trees..... Let the sound of the river take me who knows where... Oh, am I home now? I don’t know, I just got a feeling that's right Oh, I got here somehow And I just can’t give it up Gonna hide in the hills and grow my beard.... Hide in the hills for a whole damn year... Take the dogs have a fine old time... And wait for my spirit to remember to shine... Lose myself see what I find... Oh, am I home now? I don’t know, I just got a feeling that's right Oh, I got here somehow And I just won’t give it up
3.
Help me now honey I don’t know which way to run Everything I need to do Ain’t done Whatever happened to Having fun You know we lost it in the baggage On the Bastinado Run Always go the wrong way round Whichever way I come Never grabbing hold the rail However hard I run Running round in shadows Looking for the sun You know we lost it in the baggage On the Bastinado Run And it feels so wrong So wrong When the promise of a future Ain’t so strong (And) I feel so dumb So numb Lord what can be done….. Well the Devil come and get me ‘cause I think I’m nearly done Lord knows I ain’t won much When you figure up the sum I’m just so sick and tired Of staring down that gun You know we lost it in the baggage On the Bastinado Run
4.
Well we’re cruising on down to Salcome bay Slipped our berth Torquay way Going down south pick a tender up free Drinking and spliffing and shooting the breeze Well the sun was hot and the sea was calm And we all know we won’t come to no harm Well he opened up the throttle made the tender dance One of these days gonna end up in France Yeah but we don’t care You know we just don’t care Cause sailbad the sinner’s gonna chill us all out Yeah yeah yeah yeah Well we’re doing all right then the engine screech Now he’s up to his elbows in oil and grease All adrift off bury head Tripping out looking at the lights ahead Well we ain’t capsized and we ain’t sunk And we made it back all drunk as skunks And we tripped out looking at the lights some more We couldn’t believe all the things we saw… Yeah but we don’t care You know we just don’t care Cause sailbad the sinner’s gonna chill us all out Yeah yeah yeah yeah
5.
Well the track Is humming Like sirens Like guitars The night Is so real tonight Just like you It’s perfect Well the room Was yellow And the curtains They were blue And hunger For memory Of you in that room Hangs thumping Just about gut level Pass me the comb Roll down your windows Let your hair crackle in the slipstream’s breath I can hear you on the radio Well it looks Like rain Again, again And the tarmac Is beckoning And the lights shine down Like pearls Round a dowager’s neck Pass me the comb Roll down your windows Let your hair crackle in the slipstream’s breath I can hear you on the radio
6.
Betrayed 05:14
Where are you now I need you Yeah I’m down and feeling blue Nobody stays the same You raise me up and you throw me down It’ll be the same till you’re in the ground Nobody stays the same I never felt true love’s bruise ‘Till my children taught me just what I could lose Nobody stays the same I said three And you said five And that difference of two Was just a matter of pride BETRAYED Nobody stays the same When we said what we said We killed it for sure And then all we could do Was kill it some more BETRAYED Nobody stays the same Betray someone who is true in love You spit in the face of God above Nobody stays the same Well you knew full well you were my only one But you made damn sure that I never belonged Nobody stays the same I did all I could but it wasn’t enough Perhaps I’d have won had I not been so tough Nobody stays the same I went to seven But you stuck at five Desperately trying To stay alive BETRAYED Nobody stays the same When we’d done what we’d done It was just dirt on the floor And the only thing left Was to walk out the door BETRAYED Nobody stays the same
7.
I know that smile you’re smiling That smile is just for me And that extra mile you’re climbing That mile will help us breathe Yeah that laugh you’re always laughing That means that we are clean And all those things you do babe Yeah I know they’re just for me You do it all for me You do it all for me You do it all for me One little look and you shake my tree You do it all for me You do it all for me You do it all for me One little look and you shake my tree One little look and you shake my tree There’s nothing quite like going Back to bed at half past three Or driving miles in country Just to see what we can see It’s funny being this stuck together Seems to make us feel more free And every little breath you’re breathing Yeah I know it’s all for me But there are softer destinations For a hungry heart to be ‘Cause all those little smiles you’re smiling All those smiles are just for me
8.
Oh, how I let that monkey bite How I let that monkey bite How I let that monkey bite You know that that ain’t right You know that that ain’t right Oh how I let that monkey squeeze How I let that monkey squeeze How I let that monkey squeeze Squeeze my heart and let me freeze Squeeze my heart and let me freeze Bite, monkey, bite Bite, monkey, bite Bite, monkey, bite Oh that monkey gonna bite me dead Oh that monkey gonna bite me dead Oh that monkey gonna bite me dead Leastways, that’s what he said Leastways, that’s what he said Bite, monkey, bite Bite, monkey, bite Bite, monkey, bite Bite, monkey, bite
9.
Sail Away 05:32
And it came one time I said to you This whole thing with us is through And there was nothing more that I could do But sail away... And while one time it burned like fire And the flames in us grew ever higher But it burned out all of our desire Sail away... Sail away, sail away For the freedom of the ocean And the uncertain day Sail away, sail away I wish you were coming with me…. And...Sail away Yeah, we could try just one more time Try to find some common line But we both know it would never shine Sail away... However dark this day must seem They ’re only clouds from our burning dreams And sunshine, someday, will surely gleam Sail away...

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Recorded deep in the Somerst countryside, exploring the recesses of the human soul...

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released August 27, 2018

Performers:

Chris Scott: Vocal/Guitars/Bass/Harminium/Percussion
Max Noble: Guitars
Ernie Bell: Percussion/Harmonica/BVs
Richie Gould: Bass
Richard Brunton: Lapsteel
Frank Swindells: Fiddle
Aj Webber/Pink Fizz: BVs

All songs by: Chris Scott
Arranged: Chris Scott

Recorded: Martin Nichols:Whitehouse studios, Gem Cormac Quinn:Hive studios, Uncle Zen:The Batcave
Editing/Premix: Uncle Zen:The Batcave
Mix: Ben Findlay
Mastered: Uncle Zen
Produced: Uncle Zen

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Chris Scott's Acoustic Soul Torrington, UK

Blending the influences of half a lifetime playing with roots musicians across the world, Chris Scott combines Folk, Country, Blues, Soul and Pop into a unique sound - Acoustic Soul

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