Robert Lloyd : Home Sessions

Robert is   working on a batch of new tunes for his second CD. Here are some live   demos captured totally live on a cheap camera during July - August.



Heard It All Before !
A Song For JND
Intruder



Advice
Who Am I to Talk
I Danced Down The Path (And fell into your trap)
The Way Things Should Be
Just Another Song
Misery Guts
Summer 2008



Best of Both worlds

Lyrics
Heard It All Before

Now that it’s over
there is nothing to say
I still think about you every day
And will you believe me
if that is all that I say
I have taken my chances and lost everything

I am back where I started
What good did it bring
And so to the future
Is all that I can cling
But your moving away
But your moving away
But your moving away

Heard it all before
Heard it all before
Heard it all before
Heard it all before
Now that it’s over there is nothing to say

A Song For JND
When you first held me in your arms
Some time in the early nineties
Before, the photographs I would never know
The tenderness that you showed me
Later you told me the tales of your life
aside from the whole family
But holding court you were most alive
Can’t say that it has rubbed off on me

Now your life has gone
Such a strange outcome
For each and every one
Across the bridge across the sea
A house filled with anxiety
But , now you are free
now you are free

You saw the world change in your life
Did you grow accustomed to it ?
How many stories didn’t you share ?
Did we know the half of it
How you desired to be noticed in life
And that on its own is not bad
But poet ,teacher, lover or friend
Was it not enough just to be called Dad

Now your life has gone
The strangest of outcomes
For each and everyone
Across the bridge across the sea
A house filled with anxiety
But , now you are free
Now you are free
Now you are free
Now you are free


Though I can’t quite believe it
I will always love you dearly
Though I can’t quite believe it
I will always love you dearly
Though I can’t quite believe it
I will always love you dearly
Though I can’t quite believe it
I will always love you dearly

Intruder

I can be here if you need me
You can take me or leave me
But you’d better believe me
When I say
I don’t want to be a burden
I want to be relied on
I want to be relied on

I don’t want to be an intruder
Can’t think of anything ruder
Does that make me a loser
I don’t think so

And if you want me to
I will leave here
I will take right up and leave here
I will take right up and leave here
Yes I will

I can remain if you want me to
You can take me or leave me
But you better believe me
When I say
I don’t want to be a burden
I want to be relied on
I want to be relied on

I don’t want to be an intruder
Can’t think of anything ruder
Does that make me a loser
I don’t think so

And if you want me too
I will leave here
I will take right up and leave here
I will take right up and leave here

I will disappear

Advice

Don’t take yourself too seriously,
And before you disagree, just look where it got me,
And if life takes you by the hand,
Don’t reject or demand, or say that you’ve got plans.

Well this is my advice
I offer it to you
But who the hell am I,
To offer anything to you?

Don’t be somebody that you’re not,
The false personas that you adopt,
Sooner or later will start to rot,
Because your true self cannot burn,
You should embrace it’s return,
With all the lessons you’ve learned.

Well this is my advice
I offer it to you
But who the hell am I,
To offer anything to you?

I’m just a boy from a northern town,
Who was raised in that northern town,
I’m gonna die in that bloody town, if I don’t move soon.

I loved a girl from another town,
A beautiful European town,
But that was long ago,
And my heart broke.

My heart broke.

So this is my advice
I offer it to you
But who the hell am I,
To offer anything to you?

Who Am I to Talk ?

He’s in need of some support,
I have watched him sink beneath the floorboards,
There is something bothering him for sure,
If he asked me for some help, I’d say of course.

But who- who am I to talk?

Oh who am I?

Who am I to talk?

We seldom speak, he’s not listening,
So maybe I should just leave him to DREAM.

I Danced Down The Path (And fell into your trap)

I thought I was in love with you,
But I didn't know where I was,
Took a trip down many avenues in my mind but at what cost?

At a price, I could ill afford,
Yes it cost me very dearly,
But now I'm back and I've been restored,

I can see again,
I can breathe again,
I can be again,
I am me again

AND

Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
It's been so long now...

Since I danced down the path (And fell into your trap)
Oh since I danced down the path (And fell into your trap)

I thought I was in love with you,
But I didn't know where I was,
Took a trip down many avenues in my mind but at what cost?

At a price, I could ill afford,
Yes it cost me very dearly,
But now I'm back and I've been restored,

I can see again,
I can breathe again,
I can be again,
I feel like me again

AND

Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
It's been so long now...

Since I danced down the path (And fell into your trap)
Oh since I danced down the path (And fell into your trap)

I fell into your trap...


The Way Things Should Be

Another rainy afternoon,
We walk outside, in and amongst the gloom,
But you soon turn to me,
We retreat to our sanctuary
You say you'd like to meet my friends,
Well Ok, but there aren't too many of them
They're at arms length you see,
You sigh and say 'That's not how things should be'
How it should Be...

Since when did we, ever take heed-
Of other people's beliefs about the way we should be?
And if you really knew me, you'd know I never take heed,
Of other people's beliefs about the way things should be
When they apply them to me.

A coffee stain, a ruined vest,
Can put my head into unrest,
When I am in this state of mind,
Forgive me if I am unkind,
You say that I should call some friends,
Well I would, but there aren't too many of them
They're few and far between,
You sigh and say 'That's not how things should be'
How it should Be...

Since when did we, ever take heed-
Of other people's beliefs about the way we should be?
And if you really knew me, you'd know I never take heed,
Of other people's beliefs about the way things should be
When they apply them to me.

Just Another Song

Running - what are you running from?
Hiding - who are you hiding from?
(Whilst I'm) Writing - Who am I writing for?
Why am I Writing another song?

Pining - who are you pining for?
Smiling - what are you smiling for?
So I'll keep writing - Who am I writing for?
Why am I Writing another song?

It's just another, just another song.

Misery Guts
Well I know we haven't spoken for a little while,
So I'll write something happy for a change,
And if you don't like it- well that's too bad,
You always did say my songs all sound the same.

I may look a little different but I haven't changed,
I've just accepted the inevitable,
I'd really like to know just what you think of me,
But I'm afraid that's rather predictable.

You think I'm just a...

MISERY GUTS!
I'm at it again,
But darling since I left you I've been uninspired and my songs all sound the same.

You know I'm just a...
MISERY GUTS!
Got love on the brain,
But darling since I left you I've been uninspired and my songs all sound the same.
(Yes they do)
Oh yes my songs all sound the same.

Summer 2008

Hello my old friend
I don’t care if it is late
Cos I am calling from the summer of 2008

The weather is good the sun is out
A nice cold beer each
And there is no doubt
That your my best friend
Yeah your my best friend
Everyone is here gathered around
There is no fear
There are no frowns
And no none cares about money
Just about what ever
We are currently finding funny

Hello my old friend
I don’t care if it is late
Cos I am calling from the summer of 2008

Best of Both Worlds

What do you want from me ?
You flown across the sea to reconnect a love that has lost its batteries
But now that one is two
What are you going to do ?
You want the best of both worlds sweet heart ,don’t you ?
And it’s hard to say
But there is no choice to be made
Now, I have heard it all
You contemplate our fall and
Why we didn’t fight for something beautiful
And now the end has come
But your still clinging on
You want the best of both worlds, doesn’t everyone?
But it’s hard to say
But there is no choice to be made

If you want the best of both worlds
All you really have to do
Is take a look around you
You’ll find better things to do
Now the final act
With both our minds intact
the pressure on us both is now somehow relaxed
The curtain call is here
Without a single tear
I am watching as you walk away
then disappear………

Words and Music
Robert Lloyd 2013
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