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JAMES: The keyboards absolutely make this tune, for me. One of those songs that just came together without any effort or agonising; we recorded it and mixed it once and that was pretty much the version released.

I also recall, literally on the day at the last possible moment, coming up with the big wailing lead guitar line at the end of the final chorus. Mel said “Yeah that’s great, now play it in the right key.”

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lyrics

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

credits

from Songs About Tomorrow, Songs of Yesterday: The Best of Echotone, released September 1, 2020
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Music by James Goodwin/Lee Moffatt/Melanie Moffatt/Paul Whibley;
Lyrics by Lee Moffatt (©2009 Copyright Control)

Taken from Getting My Life Back
Released 3 April 2009
echotone.bandcamp.com/album/getting-my-life-back

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Echotone London, UK

"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
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