Get all 6 The Gorstey Lea Street Choir releases available on Bandcamp and save 10%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Dragons Of Mont Blanc - Extended Play, In The Bleak Midwinter, '...from Prince's Park to Farsley - Volume I', extended play one+, 'Lions' & 'Somedays' Double A, and The British Isles.
1. |
||||
|
Up with the larks... minds ticking...
Awaiting the gold...waiting for gold...
And now that the 7’s prevailing
Inside our every thoughts
So shoot those rays of sunshine
There's a new tomorrow a’coming
Come running - Come running
Rain it will now stop falling…
From a sadness that we once knew
Remember those days
Remember those days
You calling out
Me calling out your names
So shoot those rays of sunshine
On these fifty seeds o’green
It’s the start of something
Come running - Come running
Resurrection a sense of belonging
Hesitation a fear of not knowing
Believe and I'll do too
Breathe…
So shoot those rays of sunshine
There's a new tomorrow a’coming
The start of new beginnings
Come running - Come running
Remember those days
Remember those days
Remember those days
Calling out your name
Calling out your name
Calling out your name
Up with the larks minds ticking
Awaiting the gold
Waiting for gold
|
||||
2. |
||||
|
One summer long ago before this all began
We left school for fame and fortune
Took all our dreams away
From these fields of green and hunger
Packed all our bags away
To gold lined streets without a plan
In our little rowing boat
Bluebird, Hollywood, domino,
Star filled skies, pots of gold,
One eye on the danger
One eye on the dream
Charms like the ocean
From childhood is a line to the present time
Three wishes for tomorrow
We never wished for pain or sorrow
I’ve always got you, and I’ll always have you
Don’t want to be the first to blow
Bluebird, Hollywood, domino,
Star filled skies, pots of gold,
Bluebird, Hollywood, domino,
Star filled skies, pots of gold,
Bluebird, Hollywood, domino,
Star filled skies, pots of gold…
|
||||
3. |
One Way Ticket
04:27
|
|||
|
A ransom note and a one way ticket
Sonnet for the summers to come
Round here were fields, corner-shops and public houses,
Pastures of green… now not so super, supermarkets
A message came through on Monday morning pre 10
To wave a white flag to the working week
‘Begin the Beguine’
Do you…Remember those days?
Fast forward to the future
A sonnet for the seasons long gone
Predictions will be made built for the final stage
A one way ticket to the moon…
A message came through late Friday evening past 10
You see your ‘Touch ID’s’ unrecognised
Power down and start again
Do you…Remember those days?
One way
A ransom note
A white flag
Welcome to the future
Another season drifting away
Do you…Remember those days?
|
||||
4. |
||||
|
Hello brightness my old friend
Come and confide in me again
I know that it is sub-li-minal
So things can be far less complicated
Time is like a metaphor
For all the days that have gone by
I know that I am no great healer
No soothsayer just a faker
I'm leaving this burnt town
Tomorrow night on a runaway train
I need to seize this time
Sorry for lack of communication
My heart and head in the sand
With carpe diem frustration
I keep on looking (I keep on looking)
They tell me it's not too far (…it's not too far)
I keep on asking (I keep on asking)
Praying for the flying car…
Hello blue line my old friend
I've come to reason life again
If you are buying we are selling
No time to stray I've got rent to pay kid
Time is washed away again
For every hour of yesterday
The magic isn't too far away
No time to save I've got bills to pay kid
I'm leaving this burnt town
Tomorrow night on a runaway train
I need to seize this time
Sorry for lack of communication
My heart and head in the sand
With carpe diem frustration
I keep on looking (I keep on looking)
They tell me it's not too far (…it's not too far)
I keep on asking (I keep on asking)
Praying for the flying car…
I keep on looking (I keep on looking)
They tell me it's not too far (…it's not too far)
I keep on asking (I keep on asking)
Praying for the flying car….
I'm leaving this burnt town
Tomorrow night on a runaway train
I need to seize this time
Sorry for lack of communication
My heart and head in the sand
With carpe diem frustration
I'm need to burnt this down
Sorry for lack of communication…
|
||||
5. |
FireBoySlowBurn
03:52
|
|||
6. |
Cinquante Cinq Six Huit
04:38
|
|||
7. |
Lowbyrne (Ascent)
04:23
|
|||
8. |
Mr. Blue Sky Boat
03:56
|
|||
The Gorstey Lea Street Choir Burntwood, UK
The Gorstey Lea Street Choir formed one cold winters night in December 2016. Two friends on a life long
journey.
Michael first met Russ in 1985, Michael was 15, Russ was 19.
31 years later we have started making music together.
Here are the fruits of our labour, brought to you with realism, hope and in glorious technicolour...
To be continued...
The Flat White Kid. #notarealchoir
... more
If you like The Gorstey Lea Street Choir, you may also like:
The State Of Being Human
by The Shop Window
supported by 5 fans who also own “'...from Prince's Park to Farsley - Volume I'”
Here’s my review of the album https://oldindiekid.blogspot.com/2021/05/album-review-shop-window.html?m=1
go to album
supported by 4 fans who also own “'...from Prince's Park to Farsley - Volume I'”
go to album
A Carnival of Sorts: An R.E.M. covers compilation
by Various Artists
supported by 4 fans who also own “'...from Prince's Park to Farsley - Volume I'”
Although I do agree I'd prefer more focus on the IRS era, this is a really solid collection of covers that delivers some unique takes. Totally inspired me to go back and listen to the original albums as well.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio May 28, 2019
go to album
Strange Adrenaline (LP | 2023)
by Nat Vazer
Woozy and melodic alternative rock from Melbourne-artist Nat Vazer sounds like a grungier Alvvays.
go to album
Potent indie pop from this New York duo that centers dreamy harmonies amidst swirls of pastel-colored keys.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 6, 2013
go to album
