The
Children
Songs from the
Red
Notebook, I
(TP101, 2003)
The first 14 songs from the Red Notebook were recorded by Armorel Weston (bass and voice) and John Gibbens (guitar, keyboards, voice) at the Tipi in south London in February 2003.
Sample songs: Track of the Pieces and Blues Lion
Open the notebook (pdf)
The lyrics
(To return to this page from one of the lyric sheets,
click the sky in the top right corner.)
Good Morning We meet Dr Johnson, I kiss a girl I saw once on a train to the junction…
Susceptible That delectable twist in your groove…
Autumn in Mallorca I walked a dark road up this bone-white hill…
Lady’s Tale She was much too good at giving, she was one who stood out in a crowd…
Unrequited From the blood inside the heart to the hand inside the glove…
Farewell Blues Goodbye to youth and all its pleasure, like shortage of cash and excess leisure…
Desert Island Disc Here’s a dark and friendly lady asking me to be her baby…
In Your Line It’s easy to lie down in bed, but it’s hard hearing you overhead…
Went Walking Stones and dust beneath our feet, heading for a land replete with milk and honey, wine and wheat…
Carve Another Notch I took you for the goods and now I’ll have to pay for it…
Track of the Pieces If you just keep right on tootin’ you’ll end up madder than Rasputin…
Macaroon One sleepless buffoon, scribbling this tune, feels like a sneeze tonight might well set this whole old world alight…
Rose of Sharon Her form is full of strength and graces, timid like a running deer’s…
Blues Lion They’re in the chamber, striking the iron, making their points and grinding their axes…
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