Half a Chance

from Standin' on a Rock EP by Julian Gaskell & his Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

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lyrics

The air is laden with stories of dust and years
I'd struggle to tell how I wound up here
Just memories of barrels, splinters and waves
I don't know what it is, but we've changed

And if I had me half a chance
I'd still climb right up the mast
And I'd do it all again and again
If I had me half a chance

Muffled conversations and echoed laughter
That don't sound that much like 'happily ever afters'
To be here but never here, a fly on the wall
To be present in another moment, that's all

And if I had me half a chance
I'd still climb me up that mast
And do it all again and again
If I had me half a chance

Time was crushed and beaten, and left in a pile
It stood still, with no future for a while
'til a hand reached out and it took me from the jar
Ah, when will we remember who we are?

If I had me half a chance
I'd still climb me up the mast
And do it all again and again
If I had me half a chance

Yes, if I had me half a chance
I'd still climb me up that mast
And do it all again and again
If I had me half a chance

If I had me half a chance.

credits

from Standin' on a Rock EP, released December 22, 2018
Julian Gaskell - vocal, guitar
Thomas Pooley Tolkien Sharpe - mandolin

Words and music by Julian Gaskell (c) 2018

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Julian Gaskell UK

Described by angry locals as the bastard son of Waits, Strummer, Reinhardt and Rachmaninov, Julian Gaskell’s music over the last 20 years has followed a wayward path of withering agricultural-folk, klezmer accordion, overly-lyrical punk, gypsy-jazz guitar, tangos, waltzes, rhumbas and skiffled-up boogie-woogie piano. ... more

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