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Fire 'n' brimstone trooper

by Steve Burgan

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1.
There's a church at the top of the hill And on a clear day I can hear it call me still No fire or brimstone here Just a faded memory Truth that once rang clear Into my arms dear She's bent double now Carrying her cross for her sacred cow He's full of wasted time Lord knows did he waste mine Still he calls to me Into my arms dear Into my arms dear Oh don't you know that It's always here But you can't see it It breathes the air I can feel it Waits for us to slumber deep Builds its walls while we sleep Foul play indeed There's a church at the top of the hill And on a calm day I can hear it call me still You fire and brimstone trooper Read a little too much Martin Luther Give us some hope Not the end of a rope 'Cos all I want from you Is for you To be you When you're with me
2.
Misery line 03:50
Five years drunk in that town no healing a relentless comedown like you're hung over a precipice Now when the fever comes around A pale spectre, a white sound you can't choke it you drink a bottle down Five years in that town Throwing up muses sometimes prophetic he can't hold the rhyme he's on the misery line Sweating out fuses that never catch fire, on time he's on the misery line He's got a date with a lusty broad he's got a ticket and he's on time he's on the misery line Sucked in, tucked right in sweet and neat he's on time he's on the misery line Don't get stuck on the misery line Don't get stuck on the misery line Don't get stuck on the misery line Don't get stuck on the misery line
3.
Drive South 05:19
Drive me south to the water see me brother help me sister Drive south to the water see me brother help me sister I see fools growing on trees baby I'm not that easily pleased it was a fall short of a suicide a fairground ride but baby he nearly died think you better drive south They say dignity's a faded memory a martyr for the coming century don't weep for the passing of an age we're gonna take it to the tv skies Drive south to the water see me brother help me sister
4.
Take me in your arms (I shiver) Take me in your arms (I shiver) Take me in your arms and I shiver it's not a cold thing baby I'm withering away inside dunno if I'll ever be ok again It's a cold room sometimes It's a cold room sometimes Feels like something's gone and left me surgically removed from me I've gotta get back to it if I'm ever gonna do it It's a cold room sometimes It's a cold room sometimes
5.
Pinprick 03:17
I heard it as I leant against the wall The pinprick Although I felt no pain at all I knew it was bad If I can't explain myself to you I shouldn't have to You leaning so far back without a wall against your back You're lean so far back without a wall you're gonna fall I said "To fill a hole you've got to dig another" He said "Well I've been digging like a mole" You lean so far back without a wall against your back Baby you're gonna fall you're gonna fall Something like a universe so heavy Was like a pinprick so small How do you know when you've gone when you've taken them all? I heard it as I leant against the wall The thumb crack Although I felt no pain at all I knew it was bad If I can't explain myself to you I shouldn't have to If I can't explain myself to you I don't think I will do
6.
Wanna cry 04:32
In the sunshine and I wanna cry Taking drinks with friends and I wanna cry Have a soak in the bath I wanna cry Someone holds out a helping hand I just wanna cry People helping eachother makes me cry Whatever in this world is good makes me wanna cry Two lovers entwine wanna cry Jesus Christ on a cross I just wanna cry Blackbird singing his sweet song I wanna cry Siblings together smiling wanna cry Suffering children laughing I wanna cry Folks sharing and caring I just wanna cry Did I ever tell you I wanted to be there Did I ever tell you I wanted to be there with you While we're not together all these things make me wanna cry Gotta get there gotta get there
7.
I'm not a man of invention I'm not a man of steel There's no scientific formula to the things that I feel Don't wanna ask too much of you honey just the downright truth to stop this aching in my head and heart See I think I love you and I ain't even told you that I'd give so much more to it if I knew where we're at C'mon and let me see your head and heart C'mon and let me see your head and heart C'mon and let me see your head and heart C'mon and let me see your head and heart Put down this old guitar and come running to where you are It's been a lot about you Don't wanna ask too much of you honey just the downright truth to stop this aching in my head and heart C'mon and let me see your head and heart C'mon and let me see your head and heart C'mon and let me see your head and heart C'mon and let me see your head and heart
8.
Sickboy 03:13
Sickboy you're down dirty filthy You get your pleasure on your hands and knees You pull it out shaking it loose down on the city any time you please Any way that you can now any way and how You dirty boy you better come clean You're in your own parade you're on silver screen well you better come down soon you're coming apart at the seams so it seems boy Sickboy sick boy you better come clean You're going down on the city like it's some kind of wet dream You're in your own parade you're on silver screen well you better come down soon you're coming apart at the seams at the seams Yeah I've seen you going down on the city.... Sickboy, sickboy you're down dirty filthy on your hands and knees You pull it out shaking it loose down on the city any time you please Any way that you can now any way and how You dirty boy you better come clean You're in your own parade you're on silver screen well I've seen your film and it's so obscene Sickboy down dirty boy Sickboy down dirty boy He's down on the city.....
9.
Goodbye 01:53
When you say those words to me I get a sense of urgency Make me feel like the only one alive Make me feel like I'm really me How can we let this go How can we let this breath no longer It feels so good Only want the best for us If that means I've gotta let you go If that's the best for us Goodbye Take care my love
10.
Take me in your arms (I shiver) Take me in your arms (I shiver) Take me in your arms and I shiver it's not a cold thing baby I'm withering away inside dunno if I'll ever be ok again It's a cold room sometimes It's a cold room sometimes Feels like something's gone and left me surgically removed from me I've gotta get back to it if I'm ever gonna do it It's a cold room sometimes It's a cold room sometimes

about

11 original songs by Steve Burgan singer/songwriter/musician.
Mixing up Rock, indie psychedelia, Alt country and electronica, these songs were recorded, mixed and produced in London (mostly) in his bedroom.


"Steve’s voice has a lovely quality, and his melodies are inventive and pretty"
Sound on sound magazine

"Cool, eclectic, great vibe... Good job"
Phil Brown, engineer/producer (Talk Talk, Bob Marley, Faithless, Dido, British Sea Power)

"This is a great album....a fine artist"
Pip Williams, Engineer/Producer (Dr Feelgood, Status Quo, The Moody Blues)

"It has a soft heart protected by an electric fence"
(C.B)

credits

released December 10, 2011

All songs written/recorded/mixed and produced by Steve Burgan.
All instruments, programming and vocals by Steve Burgan except:

Simon Maskell - Bass guitar on on 'Sickboy', 'Fire 'n' brimstone trooper' and 'Misery line'.
Mark Florence - Drums on 'Sickboy', 'Fire 'n' brimstone trooper' and 'Misery line'.
Steve Marriott - Drums on 'Take me in your arms (I shiver) and 'Drive south' (and bonus track 11)
Nick Woodmansey - Drums on 'Wanna cry' (and bonus track 12)
Jack Dellow - Piano on 'Wanna cry' (and bonus track 12)
Marta Dourado - Cello on ''Head and heart', 'Pinprick' and 'Wanna cry'
William Hanwell - Violin on ''Head and heart', 'Pinprick' and 'Wanna cry'
Eva-Maria Hess - Backing vocals on 'Misery line' and 'Sickboy'
Tim Dorney - Extra Keys/synth/programming/mixing on 'Take me in your arms (remix)

Asst. Engineer: Raivis Buturovics
Mastered By Tim Dorney

Cover photo: Tim Hull
Other photos: Ivaylo Velev
Guitar upgrades: Deltone Guitars

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