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La Belle Époque
04:36
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I was alone
I was all by myself
You called me and sighed
Curtis Mayfield had died
But I wasn’t troubled
Joining dots of my own
Writing tunes that I heard
In the back of my mind
A thirst for knowledge
can weigh you down
But there’s an opening
for you to look around
And figure it all out
This could be La Belle Époque
We’ve been waiting far too long
If we don’t lament our lot
Then nothing’s wrong
This could be La Belle Époque
All is gilded by the sun
Nothing like a culture shock
To move us on
Hold on there’s nothing to fear
The beautiful age is already here
Trying to make it
On my own didn’t sit
You need harmony
For a motif to fit
And I had invented
An illusion to share
Till I turned on my heart
And I found you were there
Your money was so well earned
But I could not admit
that there was anything to learn
I’d figured it all out
Nothing left to see
Faith behind all doubt
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O Nature
05:44
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O Nature
O Nature! I do not aspire
To be the highest in thy quire, -
To be a meteor in thy sky,
Or comet that may range on high;
Only a zephyr that may blow
Among the reeds by the river low;
I want to lay on the land,
Please understand,
Too long have I remained alone,
I stumble in the dark.
Quickly respond,
Let’s seal this bond,
Feeling my finger in the earth,
You’re never very far away.
Give me thy most privy place
For where to run my airy race.
In some withdrawn, unpublic mead
Let me sigh upon a reed,
Or in the woods, with leafy din,
Whisper the still evening in.
For I would rather be thy child
And pupil, in the forest wild,
Than be the king of men elsewhere,
And most sovereign slave of care;
To have one moment of thy dawn,
Than share the city's year forlorn.
Some still work give me to do, -
Only - be it near to you!
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Billie Bottle Devon, UK
Welcome to the world of Billie Bottle, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and band
leader.
"vigorous and unequivocally hip" - All About Jazz
"brilliant!" - Robert Wyatt
"their own pastoral brand of whimsical psych-folk" - Jazzwise
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This is real drama in song. Mike's highly inventive piano frames Kate's effortless attention to detail. Highlight: You Leave Me Breathless - perhaps the most achingly passionate rendition on record.
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