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DOWNTIME

Glen played all acoustic, spanish, slide, electric and bass guitars.

All keyboards, pianos, organ and synths.

Assorted Ride, Crash and Splash cymbals and percussion.

All lead and backing vocals.

Recorded between April 2009 & March 2010.

-with-

Fender, Enigma, Ovation and Hohner Guitars.

Korg Synths

Korg, and Behringer Guitar Processors.

Alesis & Zoom Signal Processors

SE2000a Mic

Written, Arranged, Recorded, Mixed and Produced by Glen Ferris.

Tracks:-

1. Completely

2. I Am

3. Goodbye Sweetheart

4. Just Be Me

6. The Bike Ride

7. Stabilisers

8. Slide

9. Love Came Around

10. Snowbound

11. Grass

All tracks written by Glen Ferris

Worldwide distribution rights owned and controlled by The General Robot & Spanner Company

Lyrics:

Completely
about being dumped..but deserving it..

I’ve been stood up by my lover once again
Now I’m at the mercy of myself and my friends
Where are the tears where is the tea, where is my sympathy
It’s no surprise ‘cos some of the guys said I had it coming to me.

Can you believe it this has blown me away?
I never thought that I’d be here today
So much for honesty and lady luck,
Between you and me I feel completely forgotten about

I’ve been jilted by my sweetheart once again
I just saw her with her boss in a Mercedes Benz
Where was the call, where are the words, where is the reason
Yeah it seems to me, as far as I can see, I’m open season

Can you believe it this has blown me away?
I never thought that I’d be here today
So much for honesty and lady luck,
Between you and me I feel completely forgotten about

Solo

I’ve been standing on this corner for much too long
Thinking of all the things that I might have done wrong
There are a few and between me and you I’ve stopped counting
She was an angel but I was no saint, I always left her doubting

I guess I had this coming you could see it from a mile away
Truth be told I kind of knew that it would end this way
So I go back home, pick up the phone and confide in friends
I’ll log onto face-book, get out my black book, and start again

Can you believe it this has blown me away?
I never thought that I’d be here today
So much for honesty and lady luck,
Between you and me I feel completely forgotten about

You thought I was gonna say f…

I Am
for 3.14159265

I am here for you,

this love belongs to you alone and you won’t let it break
I am there for you,

this heart has finally found a home and you won’t have to wait

Hold my hand, I’m afraid of falling,

understand I will follow you if you start calling
Look at me you can see it in my eyes.

I am here to stay there’s nowhere else I want to go

and you can let it be.
I am lost for words, there’s nothing else you need to know than you belong to me

Hold my hand, I'm afraid of falling,

understand I will follow you if you start calling
Look at me you can see it in my eyes.

(solo)

I am here for you, this love belongs to you alone and

you won’t let it break

I am there for you,

this heart has finally found a home and you won’t have to wait

Hold my hand,

I’m afraid of falling, understand I will follow you if you start calling
Look at me you can see it in my eyes.

I am here to stay

there’s nowhere else I want to go and you can let it be.
I am lost for words,

there’s nothing else you need to know than you belong to me

Hold my hand, I'm afraid of falling,

understand I will follow you if you start calling
Look at me you can see it in my eyes.

Goodbye Sweetheart
about not getting what you want from the one you want it from...

You wanna say good bye well honey think it over
I see that look in your eye, your kiss is getting colder
You think that I ain't seen it coming well honey you were born yesterday
You think that I aint seen you gunning for all the pretty boys along the way

That ain’t the sound of my heart breaking
That’s the sound of me closing the door
It aint no problem baby I can assure you
It aint the first time that I been here before

Goodbye Sweetheart, bye bye my baby
I will see you later but then again maybe
Maybe not

You wanna take the car well honey I’m completely cool
You won’t get very far you never figured out the right type of fuel
I see you packing all the pictures and leaving out my family tree
Here let me help you with the scissors baby so I can keep the cool ones of me

That ain’t the sound of my tears fallin
That’s the sound of me spilling my beer
Hurry up now you better get a move on
The game is on and the boys are here

Goodbye Sweetheart, bye bye my baby
I will see you later but then again maybe
Maybe not

(solo)

You’re begging on your knees, well honey while you’re down there
You’re saying honey please but I don’t really give a care
I see you sitting in your SUV crying at the steering wheel
You took your chances and you took my dog I really think I got the better deal

That ain’t the sound of me coming to get ya
that’s the sound of me picking up the phone
You better move your SUV your sister’s coming over
she’s gonna give this bad old dog a bone.

Goodbye Sweetheart, bye bye my baby
I will see you later but then again maybe

Just Be Me
I wouldn't advise it....

Ever since I can remember I’ve been less than happy
Ever since I can recall my days have all been sad
But I saw a guy just the other day who made me think a different way
Just a man who was passing by who looked directly in my eye
You and I we are not the same but we both feel love, we’ll both feel pain
The more I thought about him the more I knew my life had to change

Ever since I can remember I’ve been bad to others
Ever since I can remember I haven’t been that good
But I saw a kid just the other day whose actions they blew me away
Just a kid doing his own thing and inside me bells began to ring
He and I we were not the same but he showed me I had much to gain
The more I thought about him the more I knew my life had to change

Throw away the ropes that hold me down
Gonna turn this sinking ship around
Throw a wave to all the people who are lost at sea
Gonna throw the lead that pulls me down, gonna try to run this ship aground
Gonna stand upon this solid ground and just be me

Ever since I can remember I have lost my lovers,
Ever since I can recall I never shared my heart
But I saw a girl just the other day who made me feel a different way
Just a smile on a passing face she made me feel complete disgrace
She and I could never be but she showed that there was love in me
The more I thought about her, the more I knew how life had to be.

Ever since I can remember I’ve been good for nothing
Ever since I can recall I haven’t worked that heard.
But I saw some people the other day who made me think a different way
Picking up where their lives had been, no ifs, no buts, no in between
Me and them we are not the same but we both a part of life’s great game
The more I thought about them the more I knew my life had to change

Throw away the ropes that hold me down
Gonna turn this sinking ship around
Throw a wave to al the people who are lost at sea
Gonna throw the lead that pulls me down, gonna try to run this ship aground
Gonna stand upon this solid ground and just be me

(solo)

Stabilisers
for the tribe.. for holding on when the wheels fell off..

Your photo stares at me from across the room;

I’d know that smile anywhere
You were six and dressed for winter,

and clearly you don’t have a care
Your eyes are firmly fixed on the camera

and your smile is firmly fixed on your face
Your hands are holding onto life itself,

you look like you could win any race
You took that bike and you rode it into the wild blue yonder
You took that thing everywhere.
Couldn’t wait to remove the stabilisers

and this picture shows them no longer there
My heart was firmly fixed in my mouth

as your wheels began to pick up the pace
I would gladly drop the whole world if I

thought that you would fall on your face

I’m never that far away and I’ll pick you up when you fall
No matter where the years or miles they go
You know that you can always cal on me.

Your head is in your hands across the kitchen table,

I hear the cracks show in you voice
Now you are ten and late for school and

you ask me if you have a choice
Your eyes are firmly fixed on mine and

your tears are falling clear on your cheeks
Your hands are holding onto mine and

I promise I will call in the week.
You take your bag and stand beside the door,

that car it took us everywhere
You couldn’t wait tot see what all the buttons did
You were always asking are we there yet
You ask me if I’ll walk you to your classroom

'cos you say it makes it easier to face the day.
I squeeze your hand and try to be as cool as hell

but I know that we are both being brave.

I’m never that far away and I’ll pick you up when you fall
No matter where the years or miles they go
You know that you can always cal on me.

My head is in my hands across the steering wheel

and I hear my cell phone distantly
But I’m not here I trying to find those stabilisers;

I’m trying to find them desperately
My stare is fixed at a thousand yards until

I see your homework on the seat
I pick it up and almost didn’t notice that

your homework is addressed to me saying

I’m never that far away and I’ll pick you up when you fall
No matter where the years or miles they go
You know that you can always call on me.

Slide
about snow white redemption..

Thirteen years inside I just collected him today
My brother did his time but he looks less than a-ok
Can you drive more slowly I don’t wanna go home
I know I’m free to go but this journey feels so wrong.

I stopped the car in the snow and turned my head to his
What the hell is wrong with you it’s Christmas time it’s a time to forgive
I can’t explain it but I don’t think I’ve done enough
To right the wrongs I’ve done down here, with the righteous one above

You paid the price and now it;s time to live your life again
I understand how you feel but that's in the past and at an end
She was carrying more than books I only paid the price for one
I still owe the dealer for the life as yet un-begun

You can’t keep on thinking like that I pleaded with my brother
As he climbed out of our getaway car into the speeding path of another.

Love Came Around

skate a little lower now ..

As far as things had gone it was an ordinary day
Outstanding lack of sun and outstanding bills to pay.
I went down to the ATM but there were insufficient funds
Snowplough covered me and the day had not begun so I said

Bring it on is that the best you’ve got?
I’m not completely dumb you know I’ll take the lot then

Love came around, just when I was feeling down
And you picked me up just when I’d ran out of luck.

As far as I’m concerned this time of year is not for me
You’ll only find an angel hanging on a Christmas tree
I went down to Starbucks to get my mocha latte right
Snowman telling me that the queues too long you’ll never get inside s

Bring it on it’s not the worst I’ve seen
I’m from the Jersey side if you know what I mean

Love came around, just when life got me down
And she picked me up just when I’d ran out of luck.

Solo

I far as I could see I may as well head back to base
5th and 6th are jammed and everybody’s heading up to Macy’s
Cut through the Skating Park to catch the subway home
Snowgirl knocks me down and my Christmas present’s a broke bone

ER’s packed with drunks it’s Christmas Eve
There nowhere else to go she sits down my knee, yeah

Love came around, just as she’d knocked me down
And she picked me up just when I thought I’d run out of luck.
Love came around, just when life got me down
And she picked me up just when I’d ran out of luck.
Love came around, just as she’d knocked me down
And she picked me up just when I thought I’d run out of luck.

Snowbound
old dogs... new tricks ....

It’s been a while since I’ve seen you
And you haven’t change at all
I’m glad you kept my number
I’m glad you made that call
I found you after searching the faces in the crowds
Well the smile on your face lights the way, but there’s ice up in the clouds
and we’re;

Snowbound what are we gonna do about it we’re snow bound and we're stuck here and we’re snowbound, no one’s going anywhere we are snowbound so let’s stay here.

The temperature is dropping
along with beautiful snow
There’s no more time for shopping
I know somewhere we can go
If I remember rightly your’s was coffee with a trace of maple too
But the café’s closed up early
And the cabs have gone home too and we’re

Snowbound what are we gonna do about it we’re snow bound and we're stuck here and we’re
Snowbound, no one’s going anywhere we are snowbound so let’s stay here.

Skaters are at play and central park is freezing
I don’t want to say that I don’t want you leaving
So stay with me, we’ll beat the freeze.

The icicles are forming
There’s crystals in the air
But I am slowly warming knowing you are there
So take my hand and let’s follow the snowplough on it’s way
And if we’re really lucky we’ll catch the last remaining sleigh
Or we are

Snowbound what are we gonna do about it we’re snow bound and we're stuck here and we’re
Snowbound, no one’s going anywhere we are snowbound so let’s stay here.

Here
about my better 1/2 or perhaps my better 3/4?...

These days I don’t feel quite like myself
You could say that in a way it’s affected my health
I don’t sleep so well when I'm on my own
I bounce around to the sound of a silent home
You things are here and the place is a mess
Your books your make up your trainers and your dress
I can’t bring myself to put these things away
So I'll leave them around for the next time you stay

Here is where you supposed to be, So close that I can see you
Can hold you if I want to, Cos I’m always thinking of you
And I’m always dreaming of you too

When you’re here the days seem so much brighter, My heart beats so much lighter
I walk taller when you’re with me, ‘cos there’s so much that you give me
So come around and see me again

Cos some days I don’t feel like doing much
I can’t get into gear until I’ve felt your touch
The morning goes like it was never here at all
I check my phone every hour for a text or a call
I count the hours and the days of my solitude
I bless the days and the hours that I’m spending with you
I go to bed and I dream of holding your hand
I listen out for the door whenever you’re coming round

Here is where you supposed to be, So close that I can see you
Can hold you if I want to, Cos I’m always thinking of you
And I’m always dreaming of you too

When you’re here the days seem so much brighter, My heart beats so much lighter
I walk taller when you’re with me, ‘cos there’s so much that you give me
So come around and see me again

These days I go around in concentric squares
Nothing here makes sense and I don’t really care
I don’t do the fun things that I used to do
They’re not half as much fun as when I’m doing them with you
I don’t expect to feel better for sometime soon
Then again you never know it could be this afternoon
Coe that’s the time that I know you’re supposed to be
Heading over just to make a better man of me

Here is where you supposed to be, So close that I can see you
Can hold you if I want to, Cos I’m always thinking of you
And I’m always dreaming of you too

When you’re here my days seem so much brighter, My heart beats so much lighter
I walk taller when you’re with me, ‘cos there’s so much you can give me
So come around and see me again.

Grass
about some one I know only too well...

What’s wrong with me, why am I not satisfied?
Why can’t I see that all I need is by my side?
I have all my friends I have all my money and I have my health
I’ve got my job, I’ve got real love, why am I looking for something else?

The grass is always greener from here.
The view is that much clearer from here.
The choices are much wider from here.
So tell me what the hell am I doing here?

I have my favourite guitar, I have my microphone
A carbon fibre and a carbon footprint for my la home
I got a girlfriend who’s been in lots of movies
Not the kind you can show your mother unless she’s particularly choosy
I ain’t got a problem with the world and those upon it
I just think there’s something better I just can’t put my finger on it.

The sea is so much bluer from here.
The girls are so much better from here.
The air is so much cleaner from here.
So tell me what the hell am I doing here?

(Solo)

What’s the matter with me I’m never satisfied
Not a single thing that I haven’t tried.
It’s not as though I haven’t lived before I’ve died
It’s not as though I ain’t been happy before I cried.

See over here I’m the man with everything
Thousand dollar suits and this mother…..can sing.
See over there, there’s a man with so much more
What have I got do to get what he’s got, have I got to break the law?
What’s wrong with me, why am I not satisfied?
Why can’t I see that all I need is by my side?

The grass is always greener from here.
The view is that much clearer from here.
The choices are much wider form here.
So tell me what the hell am I doing here?

The grass is always greener from here.
The view is that much clearer from here.
The choices are much wider from here.
So tell me what the hell am I doing here?

The sea is so much bluer from here.
The girls are so much better from here.
The air is so much cleaner from here.
So tell me what the hell am I doing here?

all lyrics by kind permission Glen Ferris.