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Written by Aoife O’Donovan and commissioned by Irish Arts Center as part of Grásta: Grace in Uncertainty, 2020-2021
lyrics
You fell asleep with your head down
I fell asleep saying please
The banjos and fiddles played breakdowns
And we slept like babies
Out in the bar room you sang songs
Songs from another time
And when you got the words wrong
I woke up and sang your lines
You take the high road - and I'll take the low road
I'll get there before you
We'll make it to Scotland
Or have we forgotten what we're going there for?
You fell in love with your hands out
Your hands made a peace sign
So I fell apart when you pulled out
We ought to try to try
Everything's broken around me
The heather dies when I pass
The sky looks like a foundry
Where my heart is metal cast
You take the high road - and I'll take the low road
I'll get there before you
We'll make it to Scotland
Or have we forgotten what we're going there for?
I'll swim 'cross the coldest sea
In a transatlantic reverie
Just to see your face when I wash up
On the barren shores of Skye
Then to the lowlands we'll fly
Take my hand, walk side by side
Side by side
Jamie, try me
Pour me another I'm dry
Hold on to whatever will be
And we'll raise our glasses high
You take the high road - and I'll take the low road
I'll get there before you
We'll make it to Scotland
Or have we forgotten what we're going there for?
credits
released March 17, 2021
2021, Yep Roc Records
Produced by Aoife O'Donovan, Kris Drever and Darren Schneider
Aoife O'Donovan: vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
Kris Drever: vocals, guitars
Jeremy Kittel: violin, viola
Euan Burton: bass
Louis Abbott: drums
Engineered by Darren Schneider at Full Sail University in Orlando, Euan Burton and Louis Abbott in Glasgow, and Jeremy Kittel in Brooklyn
Mixed by Darren Schneider
Mastered by Paul Blakemore
There's a similarity in song writing between Richard Thompson and Hugh Cornwell which maybe isn't surprising as they went to the same school at the same time, although Thompson is older.
Due to Thompson's association with John French of Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band I searched for his work on the Bandcamp app. French, Thompson and Cornwell all have albums on the app which I'm very pleased about. Only Thompson has released contemporary albums, much to his credit.
John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP.
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