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Last Gasp

by Richard Barry

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On the Blacker Side of Wrong 02:48
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On The Blacker Side Of Wrong C There's an anger tighter than a fist C7 F To name the whys would make the longest list Fm C A7 I have thoughts as from where they might have come D7 G7 But right now, I can't name a single one F C A7 Dm Dm/C It's proving hard, I'm almost long, long gone Bb7 F A7 Gm C7 F G7 Oh my God, I'm on the blacker side of wrong C So it's back to the mask and the iron shoal C7 F It's back to the costume for the very next role Fm C A7 The one where the psycho tries to play D7 G7 A saner person from day to day F C A7 Dm Dm/C It's proving hard, I'm almost long, long gone Bb7 F A7 Gm C7 F F7 Oh my God, I'm on the blacker side of wrong Bb7 F Did you notice that I could turn? Bb7 F C G7 Fm G7 Did you think that such a flower could burn? C My footfalls on this planet are slight C7 F But where I tred I hope I tred with light Fm C A7 I can't deny there's purpose in my stroll D7 G7 But every step just further cracks the soul F C A7 Dm Dm/C It's proving hard, I'm almost long, long gone Bbm7 F A7 Gm C7 F D7 Oh my God, I'm on the blacker side of wrong Gm C7 F D7 I'm on the blacker side of wrong Bb7 C7 F F7 I'm on the blacker side of wrong
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Fly on Line 03:48
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Fly on Line Find me where the moon would fall The loon surrounds its traces Bind the mare that comes to all Through rooms in nightly races Fish for me with fly on line Hang the catch make up the nine – please do Find me where a bleed would make A river run to stumble Mind me there I need to shake A shiver to cold to humble Fish for me with fly on line Hang the catch make up the nine –will you Find me where my walk is song On streets that moan to harbour Kindly share the talk that’s wrong In sheets too prone to harm her Fish for me with fly on line Hang the catch make up the nine –won’t you Find me autumn blow this frame With leaves that match my manner Blindly snow on those the same Who’ve never felt the latter Fish for me with fly on line Throw me back its not my time – at all
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Of Course it was Later 02:17
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Of Course It Was Later… Hey you! Hey you!! You just bumped into me! Hey you! Hey you!! That was an act of hostility So saying, I grabbed his neck and twisted it with glee Of course it was later when I thought what should’ve been done Hey you! Hey you!! Who the hell do you think you are? Hey you! Hey you!! How have you survived this far? So saying I jammed his teeth into the grill of a passing car Of course it was later when I thought what should’ve been done These sort of people give me the rage But it’s kept in nice and tight in my stifling British cage One more nudge, I’ll pick the lock, take up arms, engage And show them what will happen if they go just an inch too far Hey you! Hey you!! From where does this recalcitrance stem Hey you! Hey you!! Brought up like a dose of bronchial phlegm So saying, I cut him deep with a Wildeism, a gem Of course it was later when I thought what should’ve been done
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Closer 04:37
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Closer So hi to your lovers Hi to the crowds that watched you As we waved to the fleets arrive We waited for their waves to wash you Ah Closer, I want you to hold me closer I’m someone that you’ve chosen And you double my strength when I’m failing When we walked on the pier We were the biggest part of outside Both sharing one ceiling With the darker one not far behind So take me, take me to somewhere open And fall with me somewhere frozen Whilst laughing that we should have stayed at home Why do we need to stay home There’s far more romance when we roam Where it’s too cold for tears to leak You belonged to the garden Of the first summer that I inhaled As this was thought it disappeared The same sun that was so well behaved Tell me in hymns or hobbies tell me If in life and love we shall be Always a step away from too low I’ll never say your name too low It will be sung until I go So long it will remain Closer I want you to hold me closer
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The Village 03:40
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The Village Gm7 C7 Catch your eye, wait for the thieving moment to surprise A A/Bb… Constant are the boney trees that bend Dm Ddim7 They only lend a globe to me Gm7 C7 Waterfall, by a lake was where we walked too tall A A/Bb Served too cold without warmth or grief Dm Ddim7 We shared our all with teeth and tongues F F7 So watch me, I’m alive over you Bb Bbm F C F C Leap over stiles for you, and use my soul as a shield Gm7 C7 Further down, the road of thorns that lined hill and town A A/Bb Have been blunted to receive no ill Dm Ddim7 And it’s summer still where we stood F F7 So watch me, I’m alive over you Bb Bbm F C F C C7 Leap over stiles for you, and use my soul as a shield Bbm F# We’ve found a place at last Bbm F# Beside ‘keep of the grass’ Ab7 C7 In the village… Gm7 C7 Like or not, let the furnishings decay and rot A A/Bb Allow the wind to blow our house away Dm Ddim7 Because we strayed once with love F F7 So watch me, I’m alive over you Bb Bbm F C F C Leap over stiles for you, feel my hand steer our keep F F7 When my breath escapes with yours Bb Bbm F C C7 F Bb F And our fingers clutch as claws, we’ll find the globe was ours
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Son Inside me 03:38
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The Son Inside E Asus2 A trick of the crafty watch the labourers choose E Asus2 Out of the dark mauls and in to the queues E Asus2 Well this is thin on tradition and as in all will last E Asus2 Cannot blame supposition holding me fast F#m11 Asus2 Cmaj7 B7 E Now its time for the raising of sorry souls Am G And watch the son inside me… F#m11 Asus2 Cmaj7 B7 E Now its time to calibrate my goals Am D Dsus2 And watch the son inside me grow B7 E to fail E Asus2 I expect a little more than failure from you E Asus2 Nothing has business so perfectly blue E Asus2 You are my comfort and company without labels or brands E Asus2 For you hold me in your arms and not in your hands F#m11 Asus2 Cmaj7 B7 E Now its time for the raising of sorry souls Am G And watch the son inside me… F#m11 Asus2 Cmaj7 B7 E Now its time to calibrate my goals Am D Dsus2 And watch the son inside me grow, B7 E to fail E Asus2 Two shot of spirit is one shot of hell E Asus2 With another one mixing decadence well E Asus2 No one else’s wonder ever wondered me E Asus2 And the tailor of this earth may still forward a fee F#m11 Asus2 Cmaj7 B7 E Now its time for the raising of my soul Am G And watch a pretty crowded… F#m11 Asus2 Cmaj7 B7 E Now its time to trample my allotted rose Am D/Dsus2 And watch a pretty crowded life Am D B7 E Asus2 E… A Pretty crowded lifetime close
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Bullet and the Shell 02:33
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The Bullet and the Shell Capo 2nd fret C F G7 It's time for the heart to do something it really feels C G Am7 G/B G7 Time for the soul to take another peak in to hell Am Em F C Time for the mind to think before it kneels Dm C G/B Am7 G7 Time to chew the bullet, bite the shell C F G7 It's time to stop moving to the places well known C G Am7 G/B G7 Time to revisit all the places I fell Am Em F C Time to brush off all the dust that hasn't blown Dm C G/B Am7 G7 Time to chew the bullet, bite the shell Am Em F C There's time enough for each man to happen Dm C G Am7 G/B G7 There's time enough left to release Am Em F C All the crazies to go to the party and rap on Dm C G/B Am7 G7 The door, before each one is given peace C F G7 It's time to go for that long walk C G Am7 G/B G7 It's time for my toes to grip well Am Em F C On the path that leads to the hard fork Dm C G/B Am7 G7 The path that leads from the cell C F G7 It's time for those men to happen C F G7 It's time for them all to tell C Fmaj7 Fmaj7(F#) Within an angel lives a madman Dm C G/B Am7 G7 It's time for their whispers to yell Am Em F G7 C Time to chew the bullet, bite the shell
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Don't Peek In 03:37
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Don’t Peek In Don’t peek in or look for it there You’ll never locate it, you’ll pull out your hair Are you sure you know what you’re after Drink from the bottle that’s labelled guffaw Drink from it heavily and laugh till we fall Are you sure know what you’re after Say yes to me and my heart you will capture I know you’re a smiler with the words on your lips I know you’re a dancer with the beat on your hips Are you sure you know what you’re after D’you that know that I love you more than that of my health But there are other people that deserve a little burst of my wealth Are you sure you know what you’re after Say yes to me and my heart you will capture So for now be quiet as a noise annoys Just write down the words from the pen that was poised Are you sure you know what you’re after There may come a time when laughter’s too loud But the one from your throat is too rich and too proud Are you sure you know what you’re after Say yes to me and my heart you will capture
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Woman of Grace 03:01
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Woman of grace Up and down on these shallow shoulders Push the world on this timid frame But meeting you has stopped me reeling So with me could you remain? The rain fell with a smatter of diamonds Crushed in the clouds that brood up high From this shower you navigated A place to my arms where you now lie So what person are you And where did you come from Were you told there was some purpose? To come down from so high Woman of grace, woman of mine Where we embrace the rays hug us gently And fragile thunder moves to let in light So as to an empty canvas You added some colour and breathed in life A world is formed by a sharing of such souls And so as creeping ivy it must spread A flower to symbolise all that’s decent Wither in bloom but not dying from dead So what good are threads as these? If you never take me out For if with you I’m never seen I absolutely have no style Woman of grace, woman of mine
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A Tide of Souls 04:09
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A Tide of Souls So now it’s come, the tale we both expected So now we’ve run and all our fails connected I loved it when you walked I so loved it when we walked But the ground it moved as though we were on thunder Our problems soothed in the flames that burnt their plunder I loved it where you ran I so loved it when we ran There’s a tide of souls with a buoyancy that grips them Their coasts are carved by the waves that gnaw and nip them You must have borrowed the teeth of saints My lips the canvas, your tongue that paints And so we swam in to a host of dangers But every gram of malevolence forgave us I loved it when we fell As each trip made us tall as hell There’s a tide of souls with a buoyancy that grips them Their coasts are carved by the waves that gnaw and nip them You must have borrowed the teeth of saints My lips the canvas, your tongue that paints So we’re been found to obey the twist of flavours We could have drowned without your heavenly neighbours No gleaming harp is left for me But at your feet there is a symphony There’s a tide of souls with a buoyancy that grips them Their coasts are carved by the waves that gnaw and nip them You must have borrowed the teeth of saints My lips the canvas, your tongue that paints
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Come Back Around 04:46
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COME BACK AROUND Intro: Cflat5 Am7 Dadd9 Am7/ Cflat5 Am7 Dadd9 Am7 / Cflat5 Am7 Dadd9 Am7 Am/D Dm A7 Dm Keep the pages that you need Ebmaj7 A7 Keep the locket on the bed Dm A7 Dm Whatever picture is for greed Ebmaj7 A7 Am/D Keep my mystery dead G Am Bbmaj7 Am G Am Bbmaj7 When we have spoken and the windows don't show outside - come Cmaj7 back around G Am Bbmaj7 Am G Am Bbmaj7 Cmaj7 My bed is broken, without you it's just too wide - come back around Dm A7 Dm It's one of those days when no one's open Ebmaj7 A7 When the night drains the moat Dm A7 Dm Some thoughtless neighbour's playing Chopin Ebmaj7 A7 Am/D And stabbing me with every note G Am Bbmaj7 Am G Am Bbmaj7 When we have spoken and the windows don't show outside - Cmaj7 come back around G Am Bbmaj7 Am G Am Bbmaj7 Cmaj7 My bed is broken, without you it's just too wide - come back around Fmaj7 Cmaj7 ...In the corners Fmaj7 Cmaj7 We go round on hope Fmaj7 Round and round until it bores us Ebmaj7 A7 Am/D The truth is that it won't Dm A7 Dm Can't remember how this happened Ebmaj7 A7 But I know I won the dark Dm A7 Dm Black might be the final fashion Ebmaj7 A7 But it will never suit my heart Dm A7 Dm I just want one kiss from an angel Ebmaj7 A7 With blackened chest and wings Dm A7 Dm To take me down in to the stables Ebmaj7 A7 Am/D Cflat5 Where the dark choir sings

about

The songs on this album are of a stripped back nature, as you will hear. Mostly acoustic guitars and vocals pervade the tracks. There may be some other instruments dotted hither and thither, so see if you can spot them. Anyway, if you can't, I'm going to give the game away by telling you what they are in the credits. A lot of these songs are from quite a number of years ago indeed. If I said I was still in my 20s when they were written, that should give you some idea, what? It was great to finally record, and now, release them. The songs were recorded live in one day at the fabulous studio of WR Audio in Manchester, but to finish them took quite a number of weeks, as I find is the norm. There were quite a number of songs that were left out - the initial number of songs was to be 14 - due to one reason or another. These I still have, and might release them as bonus tracks on the EP, which I shall upload soon. Some of the lyrics on 'Last Gasp' have the chords, too. But, try as I might, the little blighters wouldn't stay above the right words. If you want to play along, I'm sure you can figure out where they go. I mean, they're all there. Thank you.

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released April 16, 2021

Richard Barry: Guitars/vocals/backing vocals
Matthew Cleghorn: Guitars/mandolin
Andy Kidd: Organ
Biff Roxby: Engineer (WR Audio)
Christine Keating: Photo

All songs written by Richard Barry

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