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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Clarity In Dusk, Summer Sundae Warm Up Show 11.08.2010, Live at The Musician 30.06.2013, Parlour Live 11.01.2019, Jake's Farewell Show 18.01.2019, Angels and Sirens, and Stratigraphic Heart.
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25 Years
03:26
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You will never bring me down
You will never control me
You will never catch me out
You will never own me
You will never take me down
You won't steal my thunder
You will never come around
Im my quiet hours
25 Years I sang this song
25 Years it's been too long
And clarity
Gonna make me stronger
You never call me up
You will never woo me
In the day and in the dak
You will never find me
We will never dance again
You will never be friend
So don't come knocking at my door
You're not welcome anymore
25 Years you took from me
Half my soul and memory
And clarity
Gonna make me stronger
Don't come knocking at my door
You're not welcome any more
Any more
You're not welcome any more
Any more
25 Years I sang this song
25 Years it's been too long
And clarity
Gonna make me stronger
25 Years you took from me
Half my soul and memory
And clarity
Gonna make me stronger
Clarity
Gonna make me stronger now
Clarity
Gonna make me stronger
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2. |
Give It Back
04:08
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Sick of your attitude
And your disguise
You know I give and give
And get little in reply
You say you care about the people around you
You don't like negativity
When it comes back to you
You've got to treat others as you would expect
To be treated yourself
Come on man, what's going on?
You're getting kind of greedy now
And yt is so wrong
When you just take and take
And you're giving nothing back
I'll just walk away
My life it don'r work like that
You've got to treat others as you would expect
To be treated yourself
The ripples we make
Just around a corner
Can make a litlle diffrerence
And spread a little further
So get up get out
Hold onto the light
Together you and I
We can win the fight
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3. |
Silver Spoon
03:58
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Johnny never really had to try
All the things he wanted came to him every time
15 he got given new 3 guitars
17th birthday he got a brand new car
Johnny went to all the fests and gigs
Download, Reading 02 all the best tickets
Daddy knew a few folk who worked on TV
With access all areas in with VIPs
He never had to try
He never had to try
Oh Johnny never really had to try
Johnny liked music over Chemistry
French, Maths, English and Geography
Played a song to applause in assembly
He was never nervous it all came naturally
He never had to try
He never had to try
Oh Johnny never really had to try
He recorded songs on his PC
Copied chords and ideas, borrowed melodies
Sent a song to his friend
At the BBC
Who gave it to a DJ on a CD
A family friend in PR heard about his song
And called a friend who knew a friend who knew Jools Holland
The Sunday papers did a piece on this new bright thing
And Johnny got the call from a record company
He never had to try
He never had to try
Oh Johnny never really had to try
Airplay, royalty cheques, interviews reviews
Session band, one big coach to the next venue
Don’t speak to anyone from his dressing room
Cos Johnny never really has to try
He never had to try
He never had to try
Oh Johnny never really had to try
Raise a glass to all of us here
Who try all our lives
But Johnny has it all
And never has to try
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Instant World
04:48
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We are disconnected
Satellites walking on this earth
Drifting we are disaffected
So far from all the things
that we we know
Plugged into devices
See how the conversation flows
So brilliant and vast is the network
Funny how we still feel so alone
Wanting to touch more than a screen
In an instant world
Wanting to touch more than a screen
In an instant world
We are so distracted
By these images and words
Photographs waiting for approval
Messaging these strangers
We'll never know
Wanting to touch more than a screen
In an instant world
Wanting to touch more than a screen
In an instant
World
Joined in air
Meeting in the sky
Close to nowhere
Talk to me tonight
Please don't disappear
But we are satellites
Wanting to touch more than a screen
In an instant world
Wanting to touch more than a screen
In an instant world
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5. |
On That Road
04:22
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Just out from the mainland
From the ferry I can see the shore
White cliffs of Dover
Fade to mist behind me once more
On a road to nowhere
Trip of discovery
You are captain of your ship
master of your destiny
Chorus
Travel so far, sail the world
Always a crossroad you will find
The roots of you and your family
Will be with you at the back
Of your mind
On that road
That rail road
Heading out from the station
Another midnight train
Me and roy and Johno
And some Libyans we met on the way
Could have been Dubrovnik
Might have been Belgrade
We played our guitars sang our songs
Cut through the night into the day
Chorus
Travel so far, sail the world
Always a crossroad you will find
The roots of you and your family
Will be with you at the back
Of your mind
Travel so far, sail the world
Always a station you will find
The roots of you and your family
Will be with you at the back
Of your mind
On that road
That rail road
Lying on the hot sand
In the Matala bay
Here Joni met Carey
They found love down by the caves
Here I lay my head down
Underneath the stars
Today is life
Tomorrow never comes
And on the road you learn who you are
Travel so far, sail the world
Always a crossroad you will find
The roots of you and your family
Will be with you at the back
Of your mind
You can travel so far see the seven seas
Always a highway you can find
But the roots of you and your history
Will be with you at the back of your mind
On that road
That rail road
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6. |
Plan B
04:35
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I love your smile
I love your hair
I want to be with you everywhere
I love the things you say to me
So come on over let me be your plan B
November sky no moon no stars
But I saw you there was a spark
Felt like a spy out from the cold
With so many secrets I had to know
I played to drunks you served them drinks
Didn’t know your name, no time to think
I don’t care where you wanna be
Come on over let me be your plan B
Let me be your plan B
The bar was loud singing along
‘No woman No Cry’, ‘The One I love’
You just kept looking at me
You were the honey
I was the bee
I left with a number, left on a high
Did you have a lover, could you be mine?
I don’t care who you wanna see
Come on over let me be your plan B
Let me be your plan B
Two weeks later, three dates in
You still see me, still think of him
And I was the spy out from the cold
So much about you that I now know
I love your smile
I love your hair
I want to be with you everywhere
I love the things you say to me
So some on over let me be your plan B
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7. |
Chasing Rainbows
04:57
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In the sunshine, in the street
I see you in people I meet
I saw a girl like you yesterday
Big brown eyes and long dark hair
A smile that brightens up anywhere
Been a long time
But I still think about you
She's so fine, she's on my mind
Most of the time. yeah most of the time
What I'd give to see her again
But I'm chasing rainbows in the summertime
Lunch hour hits the city again
You just want to board that train
Or take a boat out accross the river
Board a plane to Amsterdam, San Fransisco or Milan
See her in a cafe on the corner
She's so fine, she's on my mind
Most of the time. yeah most of the time
What I'd give to see her again
But I'm chasing rainbows in the summertime
Oh she looks so fine
Yeah she's on my mind
She's on my mind
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8. |
This Is My Church
04:32
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Brought up in the country
Walking my dog out in the field
Found a new religion
In the sounds of my Walkman
Connecting with me
First gig was in 81
Saw The Who live at The NEC
My ears they rang for days
And I thank my father for the fire it gave me
And this is my church
And these are the roots of me
Found a world on c90s
All of the tapes my uncle made for me
Robert Johnson and Neil Young
Kraftwerk, Hendrix, David Bowie
David Bowie filled my head
Every album was a brand new journey
Mum and Dad played Supertramp
Van The Man, Queen, Flyod and Joni
And this is my church
And these are the roots of me
6 years old down the Yellow Brick Road
And the sofa was my piano
On a Thursday night with a plastic guitar
Wanting to be Marc Bolan
Saw The Clash at De Montfort
Worshipped the ground of the punk rock style
Death Cult before Bauhaus
And the energy it blew my mind
On my wall were the cuttings
Melody Maker and the NME
Tuning into John Peel
And the Tube on a Friday as I had my tea
And this is my church
And these are the roots of me
So we headed to Brixton
200 hundred punks on a South bound train
Headed down to Brockwell Park
For the Spear and the Damned and the NMA
NMA they changed my world
With the pride and the passion and the family they gave
I bought a bass and formed a band
Ignited the fire that burns in me today
This is my church
And these are the roots of me
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9. |
Stratigraphic Heart
05:38
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The team gathers on a fresh winter’s morning
Loads wheelbarrows from the shed
We are wrapped up warm and ready
For a busy day ahead
We take mattocks and shovels
And walk over by the hedge
Big yellow machine ready
To dig further in the trench
This is who I am
This is how I came to be
A stratigraphic heart
Makes the whole of me
Dug sites from Weimar to Dublin
In the field in the town
Everywhere tells its own story
In the clay in the ground
Bone fragments and flint scatters
To the sherds of pottery
In my hands in the soil
I can feel the prehistory
This is who I am
This is how I came to be
A stratigraphic heart
Makes the whole of me
The whole of me
Down in Husbands Bosworth
Iron Age ditches lay
Dug into sands and gravels
This was their meeting place
I can feel the ancestors round me
As they look up to the skies
Praying for a better harvest
To keep their families alive
This is who I am
This is how I came to be
A stratigraphic heart
Makes the whole of me
Stratigraphic heart
The whole of me
Layers inside me
The whole of Me
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10. |
Today
03:46
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Someone always gets the lucky breaks
Some of them are chancers
Some of them are fakes
So sit tight watch your back
Their waiting in the shadows
And you've just got to keep on track
But I dont care any more
I'm not looking back
I'm looking forward
Nothings gonna stand in our way
Today
Always a critic who knows best
Like the puppets on the muppet show
You will never past their test
So sit tight and hold on
Keep the faith and hold the light
Don't waste your breath
In proving them wrong
But I dont care any more
I'm not looking back
I'm looking forward
Nothings gonna stand in our way
Today
But I dont care any more
I've served my time I'm looking forward
I don't care what they say
They do things a diffrerent way
Hit the road, time to create
Time to sieze the day
Dig deep in the memorysea
With all the truth that I believe
Sticking to the path and not to stray
Not looking back I'm looking forward
Not looking back I'm looking forward
Nothings gonna stand in my way
Today
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Stevie Jones and The Wildfires England, UK
Stevie Jones and The Wildfires are acoustic-driven rock band based in Northants, UK. Think Model Army, Counting Crows and
maybe a bit of Ryan Adams.
Their album releases so far:
‘Stratigraphic Heart' (20150 ’Angels and Sirens' (2018). New album ‘Clarity In Dusk’ was released Oct 2023. Many of the compositions were inspired by walks late in the day in the local countryside during lockdowns.
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