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Songs About Tomorrow, Songs of Yesterday: The Best of Echotone

by Echotone

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Song About Tomorrow 05:54
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When I look back I see it clearly The day I first saw you on your father’s arm But I am a poor man and not nearly Fit for the daughter of the richest man in town But we had our love, we had each other With need of no blessing in our hearts So we’ll run away now to the ocean Setting our sails straight by the stars So we sit here in the bow lines As the light begins to fade Singing songs about tomorrow Singing songs of yesterday If I gave you all my sorrows Would you carry them away? My love So out on the high seas we live freely Beyond the horizon a fresh start We’ll build a new life here and ideally Be ever together, not apart Now here on our island, life is dreary With only each other and our flaws The sight of your face now makes me weary If only you’d left me where I was So we sit here in the bow lines As the light begins to fade Singing songs about tomorrow Singing songs of yesterday If I gave you all my sorrows Would you carry them away? My love, my love, my love, my love
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Who Says? 02:18
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I drink my bottle and I have a good time Who says? Forget my worries I was feeling so high Who says? Sink the bottle and take one more Yeah things will be fine I pick myself up from off the floor Why do I cry? I tripped myself up, I don’t know why Who says? I take a minute looking up at the sky Who says? Sink the bottle and take one more Yeah things will be fine I pick myself up from off the floor Why do I cry? Sink the bottle and take one more Yeah things will be fine I pick myself up from off the floor Why do I cry? I drank my bottle and I had a good time Who says? Forgot my worries I was feeling so high Who says? Who says? Who says? Who?
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It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This 03:55
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You found a window into my soul I tried to help you, tried to let you know What hides behind all those half-closed doors Those hidden secrets that are mine not yours The dreams we have they may fade away I fight for each and every word I say I hope one day you will understand Just what it is you’re holding in your hands It doesn’t get any better than this Like when you’ve found something Lost that you’ve missed When you’d give it all away for one more kiss It doesn’t get any better than this I’ve found a window into your mind Those inner places that you keep inside And what you gave to me I cannot say ‘Cause you’re too beautiful in every way It doesn’t get any better than this Like when you’ve found something Lost that you’ve missed When you’d give it all away for one more kiss It doesn’t get any better than this It doesn’t get any better than this Like when you’ve found something Lost that you’ve missed When you’d give it all away for one more kiss It doesn’t get any better than this Better than this Better than this
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Cloud 666 03:43
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What do you say to me now? What do you think of this mess now? How do they know? How do they show? We’re not alone Oh, your love so strong Oh, our love has gone What will we be when our souls die? What will we see when our hearts cry? How do they know? How do they show? We’re not alone Oh, your love so strong Oh, our love has gone We’re living on cloud six-sixty-six We’re living on cloud six-sixty-six What do you say? I want to hear What do you feel? It’s not so clear How do they know? How do they show? We’re not alone Oh, your love so strong Oh, our love has gone We’re living on cloud six-sixty-six We’re living on cloud six-sixty-six We’re living on cloud six-sixty-six We’re living on cloud six-sixty-six
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Sun Dream 03:25
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Rising in the distance Melting my resistance Takes its time to rise and start my day It’s bathing everyone Reach up and touch the sun Wonder at the power Secret mother nature Walking with a skip The day has got its grip Smothered by its warmth You hear the people say Children running round Chests out feeling proud Jumping skipping running Shouting very loud (Sun dream) Busy bees surround the smell Looking to feed the kids (Sun dream) Butterflies flap their wings Watching for hatching cribs For me it’s the thing I like to see It’s that perfect time for another sun dream Fancy a glass of juice Laid out under the spruce Talking to a friend feels like It’s been some years Glinting in my eye, wanting me to cry Hardened by her glare I stare right through
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Getting My Life Back 03:56
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Bring back the past, grip it so tight Don’t let it out of your sight Standing so proud, head in the sky One thing’s the sunset don’t lie My copper-toned tongue tastes not quite right What have I become? That silver-edged sword, it slices through The orange steel moon Oh, getting my life back from you Oh, getting my life back from you Jet-streams of dreams, powered by love Watch them up above Poisoned by grief, wiser than most It’s just the looks that you boast My copper-toned tongue tastes not quite right What have I become? That silver-edged sword, it slices through The orange steel moon Oh, getting my life back from you Oh, getting my life back from you Oh, getting my life back from you Oh, getting my life back from you Oh, getting my life back from you Oh, getting my life back from you
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Heavens Falling 03:58
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I see trees around me Swaying in the air I sees leaves forming The bark likes to wear Watching blossom growing Creating its own share I see grass shaking Seeming it’s so rare I see heavens falling (heavens falling) I see heavens falling (heavens falling) I see it falling in the air I see heavens falling (heavens falling) I see heavens falling (heavens falling) I see it falling in the air Blackbirds fly around me Under shadows of the trees Everything glows around me Some dark and some are free Do you still see the sparks in the rain? Do you still think that I’m to blame? Do you know I still need you? Do you feel so blue? I see heavens falling (heavens falling) I see heavens falling (heavens falling) I see it falling in the air I see heavens falling (heavens falling) I see heavens falling (heavens falling) I see it falling in the air
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Turn The Pain Away 03:38
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Wake up with a thorn in your skull You feel a cold hand gripping your soul I’ve been downright sick today What’s that lump on the side of your head? It’s like a tumour growing from the bed I’ve been downright sick today I can’t turn the pain away One more ’fore you hit the bottom Look for the barman, you’ve been forgotten Been downright sick today I can’t turn the pain away It’s like wind on a rainy day I got nothing else to say But I know the world ain’t gonna fall apart And I know my soul’s gonna make it And I’ll end it right back at the start All night while you toss and you turn Enjoy the fever while you feel it burn I’ve been down, downright sick today I can’t turn the pain away It’s like wind on a rainy day I got nothing else to say But I know the world ain’t gonna fall apart And I know my soul’s gonna make it And I’ll end it right back at the start End it right back at the start We’ll end it right back at the start
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Round My Head 03:16
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Gear four to five And I’m so high Find the right to pull out from those lines Well the trucks slow me down They make me frown Sun so hot it burns my crown Round and round my head It feels so right Every time I see your love in sight M2 is such a heavy five It’s the same each and every time Wish this town was really hard to find Round and round my head It feels so right Every time I see your love in sight Round and round in circles You make me feel alive Round and round in circles Every second time Round and round my head It feels so right Every time I feel your love inside Round and round my head It feels so right Every time I see your love in sight See your love in sight
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All The Way 05:25
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Lonely I did lie And wait for you tonight Hold your body close Rest my weary bones Bound about my hands While life laughs at my plans I can find a way if I can see your face If nobody waits for tomorrow And everyone lives for today Time as it flows in my hollow bones She takes me all the way Down upon my knees Your light it shines on me Nevermore alone Come and take me home Burning in my heart And you ignite the spark Aching all the time To feel your lips on mine Standing at the gate The hour drawing late My love I do implore No waiting anymore If nobody waits for tomorrow And everyone lives for today Time as it flows in my hollow bones You take me all the way
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Hanging Out 04:07
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Everybody’s hanging out in the sunshine (In the sunshine) Everybody’s hanging out and feeling fine (They’re feeling fine) Everybody’s hanging out in the sunshine In the sunshine See your friends Drinking and thinking for each other Hold them close, Make way for love and cover Make them your own Just like a little brother Well you hold them close and Make them your own Everybody’s hanging out in the sunshine (In the sunshine) Everybody’s hanging out and feeling fine (They’re feeling fine) Everybody’s hanging out in the sunshine In the sunshine Shining bright Wishing the night to stay (Wishing the night to stay) Everybody together Hoping no one will stray (Hoping no one strays) Living life a strain and Breaking out of the clay (Break out of the clay) Tonight’s the night, today’s the day
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House Of Glass 04:11
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I’ve watched a while and I’ve seen some things I’ve seen my love and all the hurt it brings I went out walking and I lost my way Too many things I didn’t think to say I see the pain reflected in your eyes I’ll try to fit you into my disguise But when you tell me what I ought to be It’s just my tendancy to disagree ‘Cause we’re both living in a house of glass We’re throwing stones at people as they pass And we’re just waiting while they wear their frowns For that day when the walls come crashing down I’ve carried troubles that nobody knows They fell on me just like a hail of blows And what my eyes can see my hands can rob ’Cause loneliness is still my steady job So crowd me in with all your empty threats And we’ll kid ourselves it matters in the end I learnt my lesson and I learnt it well But if it helped me only time will tell ‘Cause we’re still living in our house of glass We’re throwing stones at people as they pass And we’re just waiting while they wear their frowns For that day when the walls come crashing down Crashing down, down, down, down Crashing down And I’m still living in my house of glass I’m throwing stones at people as they pass And they’re just waiting while I wear my frown For that day when the walls come crashing down
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Where Do You Go To? 04:01
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Oh, where do you go to? Oh, where do you go to? Out on the town I feel like I’m drunk as a skunk Too many pints I know that all my spirits are sunk Oh no, I think I’ve had enough tonight Oh no, I really don’t want to fight Leave me alone I’m gonna tell you where to go Leave me alone I’m gonna tell you where to go Oh, where do you go to? Oh, where do you go to? Out with my friends We’re bouncing with the beat of the drum Up to no good And hope the morning never comes Oh no, I think I’ve had enough tonight Oh no, I really don’t want to fight Leave me alone I’m gonna tell you where to go Leave me alone I’m gonna tell you where to go Oh, where do you go to? Oh, where do you go to? Oh where do you go? Oh
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Everybody Come On (Electric Version) 05:36
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I’ve been out looking for what I can’t find I sometimes feel like I got left behind But when the lights go out and I can’t see Then I know you’ll be there to carry me I’ve been here chewing on the same old bone I need to find a place to call my own But when the sound fades out and I can’t hear I need to know that somehow you’ll be near Not everybody gets a second chance Not everybody gets that one last dance Not everybody’s got a heart of gold Not everybody sees their dreams unfold Come on, come on Come on, come on Everybody come on I’ve been the loser in more ways than one I’ve been left standing while the race was run But all the tears you cry will never pay For what you had and what you gave away I’ve been out looking for what I can’t find I sometimes feel like I got left behind But when the lights go out and I can’t see Then I know you’ll be there to carry me And maybe we will get a second chance And maybe we will have that one last dance ‘Cause I know you have got a heart of gold And one day we will see our dreams unfold
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Out On The Town 03:58
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I woke from a dream last night That all my tears and all my pride Had crept away without a sound Tommy passed the bottle down to me, to me The drinks were cold, the bars were warm The acts of friendship we performed They bonded us, so it appeared Forged of love and built of years Our chains, our chains We went out on the town And we sang to the sky Come the dawn, come the dawn We went out on the town And we sang to the sky Come the dawn, come the dawn Lately I’ve been feeling though The things that we all used to know And count upon have gone away See the night give way to day, It glowed, it glowed Now I look around the room and Realise what we once assumed Would always stay had slowly changed Faces friendly now are strange to me, oh to me I was just a face in the crowd I woke from a dream last night And gathered up my wounded pride To creep away without a sound Tommy brings the van around for me, oh for me
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Song Of Yesterday 04:37
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Gather your friends and link your arms Embrace those happy days We saved within a song We sang our hearts, we watched them fly We shared our yesterday’s goodbye We gave our best with heads held high We gave our words to those Who left before their time While you’re still here and so am I We’ll sing our yesterday’s goodbye So we sit here in the bow lines As the light begins to fade Singing songs about tomorrow Singing songs of yesterday So we sit here in the bow lines As the light begins to fade Singing songs about tomorrow Singing songs of yesterday Gather your friends and link your arms Embrace those happy days We saved within a song We sang our hearts, we watched them fly This was our yesterday’s goodbye This was our yesterday’s goodbye This was our yesterday’s goodbye This was our yesterday’s goodbye

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16 classics from the 'Tone, fully remastered, spanning their full range of releases from 2003-2011. Includes the first *brand new* Echotone track in 9 years, 'Song Of Yesterday' and a previously unreleased (so basically brand new, yeah?) version of 'Everybody Come On'.

Watch the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knf1irIx2MA

Album download comes with 20 page full colour booklet with previously unseen photos from the band and sleeve notes from James and Paul walking you through each song - click through to individual tracks for more information.

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released September 1, 2020

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Echotone was and is:
James Goodwin — vocals, guitars, keyboards
Lee Moffatt — vocals, guitars, slide, harmonica
Melanie Moffatt — vocals, bass, keyboards, glockenspiel
Paul Whibley — drums & percussion

all songs by Echotone
(©2003-2020 Copyright Control. All Rights Reserved)

produced & mixed by the ’Tone
production & mix on tracks 1 & 10 by Dave Shalloe
production & mix on tracks 3, 5, 7, 9 & 12 by Big Rob
remastered by James Goodwin at Stokey Cokey
keyboards on tracks 3 & 12 by Andy Devine

cover photography by Melanie Moffatt & Lee Moffatt
inner sleeve photography by Lee Moffatt, Nick Madden, Andy Devine, Melanie Moffatt, Kim Sibthorpe, R.James Feaver, Stewart Goodwin and John Gentleman

sleeve design by James Goodwin
sleeve notes by James & Paul

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THE 'TONE WOULD LIKE TO THANK:

Thanks to all of our friends, families and loved ones who were with us along the way. Thanks and love to those still with us and those now
dearly departed but often remembered.

Thanks to all of you who came to a show, bought a CD, told some friends, shouted something at the band because you thought you were funny (you weren’t), helped carry gear in and out of homes and venues, took our picture at a gig or for a website or for an album sleeve, were in one of the good bands we either supported or who supported us, interviewed us for a newspaper, wrote a kind review, wrote a moaning review after the IndigO2 show which complimented us back-handedly but wished Paul Carrack had come on earlier, wrote any kind of review at all really, bought us a drink, made a journey to far flung lands like Cambridge or Liverpool in order to see us play, listened to us on local radio, badgered local radio into putting us on in the first place, recorded us, or messed with our recordings to make them sound better.

We really are very grateful.

Paul, Mel, Lee and James — ECHOTONE

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"Empathetic alt folk" - TIME OUT

"Layers of harmony and incisive arrangement squeezed into perfectly crafted songs" - PANIC MAGAZINE

"They have plenty of influences - country, folk, indie - but the overall effect is of a wonderfully fresh sound" - ROMFORD RECORDER ... more

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