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Sirens & Sunwheels

by Horatio James

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Suspended 05:49
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Waste 03:48
Annie's on the home straight Don't you be home late We're heading off to Germany Can't you see what it means to me All of our friends are there And they'll sure miss you 'Cause you don't want to go The flowers this time of year Are exactly what bring me here And the smell of your hair tonight Makes up for the lack of light But when the fear comes It's like African drums Oh, we're falling apart at the seams But all those valleys and streams They roll on just like this But it's a waste of a kiss If you don't mean it Singing wild rover we went Drinking two towns over and You're not a loser she said Lose with all the booze in your head But with my messed up face And your warm embrace I really thought maybe I'd won I've slipped in the slime And I've done my time I buried my dog in the Yorkshire fog so if you think You want to be me well You don't, believe me With the drama far behind It unravels and unwinds The lights dim and dismiss It's not a waste of a kiss just 'Cause no one sees it You can stand and salute in your cowboy boots But to love someone is like a holstered gun Now when that pain comes it's like three broken thumbs Oh, it's slipping all away Now it's more than just gun play You can talk yourself to death But it's a waste Of your breath If no one believes it
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Honest Girl 03:58
She's an honest girl She is an honest girl See you later God I hate her She is an honest girl Well I'm an honest man I am an honest man Give it to me I'll do with it what I can But I'm trying to be an honest man I travel many miles I've travelled many miles Don't get no questions All I see are smiles But then I met this girl She doesn't look my way She doesn't look my way She doesn't listen To a word I say Says You, You're so full of lies She likes to take a drink She likes to take a drink Says she likes the way It makes her think But the drink just makes me shout She hardly leaves her home She hardly leaves her home She'd rather be All alone And that's where she is now You can't lie when you're dead You can't lie when you're dead But she'll be laying Her pretty head Down on the cold hard ground I could have loved her dear I could have lover her dear I could have loved her So sincere We could have made our vows But she was an honest girl She was an honest girl See you later Love traitor She was an honest girl
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Horatio James's first album Sirens and Sunwheels
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released June 24, 2016

Songs 1-5 and 7-9 written by James Gable
Track 7 is a series of traditional Irish pieces
All songs preformed and arranged by Horatio James:
Guitar, lead vocals, tambourine, harmonica, and harmonium (8) by James Gable
Bass guitar and backing vocals (8) by Edd Kirby
Mandolin and banjo by Iven Stead
Fiddle, harmonium (2), piano, shaker and backing vocals (7) by Paul Smith
Drums on 1-8 by Aaron Fegan
Cajon on 9 (bonus track) by Charlie Hutchinson

1-8 Recorded at Dada Studio, Shoreditch, London
Engineered, mixed and mastered by George Botis and Alex Miaris

Track 9 (bonus track) recorded udring rehearsal at Ragtime Studio
Mixed by James Gable

Artwork by James Gable
Photography by Daisy King and Ellie Chandler

Special thanks to Charlie Hutchinson, Becky Lenahan, Rebecca Ward, James's grandparents and family, Daisy King and Tristan Gable for their support. Also thanks to Bolivar, Rimbaud and Cicero; to Martin Carthy and Nick Drake; to Johnny who kicked a hole in the sky and to Hurricane Clarice.

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Horatio James London, UK

Horatio James, created by singer-songwriter and guitarist James Gable, is an alternative music project with folk music origins. With Iven Stead on mandolin and banjo, Paul Smith on violin and keys and Will Salvidge on bass their songs explore unusual emotions and happenings through James’s off-beat, non-narrative lyrics. ... more

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