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Much Ado About Loving

by GREGOR McEWAN

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1.
First Leg 05:34
Like a child in the woods I’m lost and stray I was crossed in love until you crossed my way Like a bird in a cage confined and placed Won’t sing my song, can not escape Like a fish in a bowl I’m swimming around Won’t find my way can’t hear a sound And I can’t let go of your love and your hand
2.
This breakup came too sudden and it hurts too bad To see you or to hear your voice And all I really want and all I need now Are your postcards and your polaroids Damn! it hurts like hell but it’s oh so well I’m feeling like a sad lil’ clown Gonna put my life into that suitcase Cause the circus is back in town And it’s true Yes it’s true I can’t and won’t stop loving you You said you’ve changed but how to stay the same Well you were seventeen This was way too long so I belong To you and you bel ong to me Now listen: I don’t mind this test of time As long as you don’t go Be my natural force, my source and course Cause the right time is always now
3.
You get what you give You learn what you live You find what you miss Not alone What’s wrong and what’s right Where it’s dark there is light When there’s a storm outside Be at home When you’re lost between the bars I’m sure it’s leaving scars When loyalty is fun Then she’s the right one When the only thing that stands Between you and her is and And when you know where to go When there’s nowhere to go Got a minor key and an open chord Need a major key for the open road If you’re leaving me well I don’t care Cause you stole my heart, I stole your underwear
4.
Joanna 04:51
Oh Joanna Well I might get her But it’s not quite clever To love just flowers in her hair Hope there’s more about us Than these cute flowers And I don’t know what Makes me feel this way Cause it all comes back to me The book’s not older than the tree And on the first day of the week Let’s find a wedding gown boutique Oh Joanna Well I might get her But it’s not quite clever To love just flowers in her hair Hope there’s more about us Than these cute flowers And I don’t know what To say when you’ll be there Cause it all comes back to you Longer lasting than your tattoo And on the first day of the year You’re my new year’s souvenir Oh Joanna Well I might get her But it’s not quite clever To love just flowers in her hair Hope there’s more about us Than these cute flowers And I don’t know what It is that we both share Cause it all comes back to us From present tense to simple past And on the first day of your life You were born to be by my side
5.
You are so damn cute While I’m so rude Coffee or tea? I beg your pardon! You’re in your golden age While I’m in a haze You opened the door that leads to the garden But I hold a record for being upset, yes I’m really quite a mess, yes I want to kiss and to caress, yes I’m gonna get myself to bed, yes Cause your eyes sparkle like silver and gold In my apartment it’s so pretty but cold When summer dies the same way every fall And I’ll always be there looking out for you Give love and take care, yeah that’s what I’ll do I know you like these chords So please pretend they’re yours There’s always you when I am strumming And when I’m on tour You make me feel secure We already are what we're becoming
6.
There are voices in my head Of all those Heavy Metal Bands How hard it is to have a heart I’m making fun of everyone Make fun of me just when I’m gone And I will make an early start And don’t take it too serious You are so mysterious Like the U.S. series And I don’t belong here I just belong near Where things are so clear Call ahead when you’re too late Smile at anyone you hate And think of what you want to say Just say what you really mean Don’t sit too close to the screen And call your girlfriend every day And all the people at the bar Say I can barely play guitar How hard it is to have a heart I’m making fun of everyone Make fun of me just when I’m gone And I will make an early start So get your own things straight Break a crumb and bake a cake And try to find the things you miss Talk to her and not to me Build a house and plant a tree And try to write a song like this
7.
Rhododendron 03:09
I was born in 1982 Grew up on a quiet avenue Climbing in a rhododendron tree Hiding there and spitting dried peas Been trying to score with a sideways scissor kick And broke my collar bone while trying it Had a bunk bed and me brother used to snore His throat’s been truly easier to score Here’s to the people And here’s to the memories Here’s to the young and the brave Here’s to the places And here’s to the families Here’s to my home where I’m safe The farmers threw a so-called »nutball fest« I was drunk and so were all the rest Picking up me daddy from the ditch All we had was booze and suckling pig By the time we’d been re-tiling our roof They said my arms they looked like inner tubes And ever since I picked up my guitar I know what I am and what they are Here’s to the people And here’s to the memories Here’s to the wild and the free Here’s to my fellows And here’s to my enemies Here’s to my home and to me
8.
I wish I was your knickers To be closer to your skin I wish I was your scarf So that I'm underneath your chin I wish I was your pair of jeans Just to twine around your hips And if I was your lipstick I could gently touch your lips I wish I was your brolly And keep your head quite dry I wish I was your lolly Well I know that you know why If you ever need a pacemaker I'd be closest to your heart And if I was a director I could lead you to another part Well I know it's almost over And yeah I swear I'm sober Let's make some love, my luv I love you and you hate me Why don't we make a baby? Who's a bit like you and a bit like me So we can see how easy it could be Let's go where it starts And feel the beating of our hearts What youth is used to, age remembers I'd like to be a child again Cause manners make the man To be young at heart feels head and shoulders better
9.
Get lost in your world Travelling along your bones To the sound of sighs and moans Knocking at your back door Open up wide Let me inside Get into your head And I eat you like a vulture Can’t hold it any longer Call before you come Your words are moving me I want you on my team Get in Jamming Slamming RammIng
10.
Maybe I can’t sing Maybe I can’t breathe Since you mean everything to me Maybe I can’t think Maybe I can’t sleep Since you mean everything to me And now you’re so high And I’m so low Can you hear me call from the bottom of the sea? While I cry You are so cold I’d never thought you’d be Guess I’ve picked the wrong path in life To find someone to stay by my side »Be a man« I was constantly told Since I was ten years old So go and try to do what they did But don’t leave me here frustrated Help me Help me Find myself like how I found you
11.
Oh Daddy 03:15
Oh Daddy If you could ever stand up Oh Daddy I guess I’ll tell you what Oh Daddy It’s been a long way to go Daddy But that’s not a reason to slow down This is mum, this is you, but you’re someone else So please don’t feel so sorry for yourself Oh Daddy Do you remember the years Oh Daddy When we drank those malt beers? Oh Daddy Someday you’ll find your feet Daddy Flip the tape and press repeat In the streets, by the sea and on the beach This is where the purest hearts will meet And when the chips are down I’ll lead you to town Hand in hand along A life already known You know I love you so But the life I know Is not on television or Behind an open door
12.
The waves of this heavy choppy sea Wash up mussels to a collecting old lady And they crash and make me almost fall asleep So never mind that trick with counting sheep The sun is set And paints the sky in red Canola fields Shine like yellow saffron threads The sky is blue, as blue as you But my life’s just black and white But I don’t mind I don’t mind The gulls that are floating on the wind They don’t even have to beat their wings Can’t remember I’ve ever felt this good before So take my hand, let’s stroll along the shore And you are the water In every harbour You’re my guiding light In the darkest night You are the wind That touches my skin You’re my ray of sun That makes me feel warm You are a tree And produce the air I breathe You are the ground On the highest mount You are a rose Wit hout pricking thorns You’re the yesterday after tomorrow

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released January 24, 2014

(Welcome Home Music / Rough Trade)

written by Gregor McEwan
(Freibank Music Publishing / Heimathafen Medien)

produced by Gregor McEwan & Dinesh Ketelsen
recorded & mixed by Dinesh Ketelsen at Room01, Hamburg
mastered by Kai Blankenberg at Skyline, Dusseldorf
Artwork Design by FrauFlunger/HerrSchilling
Logo Design by OlgaUwaga
Photography by Lea Karow
except "Oh Daddy", "Rhododendron" & "Everything To Me" photography by Gregor McEwan

supported by the Initiative Musik Non-profit Project Company Ltd. with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media on the basis of a resolution passed by the German Bundestag.

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GREGOR McEWAN Leer, Germany

"These are obscenely expertly performed songs, an essence. Maybe Gregor McEwan has never before presented his art with this kind of focus. These tunes are a sensation! All this adrenaline, this joy, this melancholy inundating the listener. This is what this kind of music should be about - and nothing else. Every time I listen to it I am exhausted. Thank you for that!" (Linus Volkmann) ... more

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