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The Storm

from Out Of The Blue by Chris Conway

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So great to finally record this old song from about 20+ years ago - I think I had to wait til now to do it the way I heard it in my head. It's a kind of dreamy post-deluge revolution song. The image of people going out on the street I think was inspired by the lyrics to The Mamas & The Papas song Safe In My Garden, which I used to sing at the time. "All the people on the street, all the hassles with the heat".

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The Storm
Then there was thunder
With a flash of light
A feeling of wonder
Flew through the autumn night.
And you took my hand.
And we took to the street.
Where the people had gathered,
In the strange shimmering heat. And then the rains came
And washed away the tears.
I heard an old man say,
“What have we been doing all these years?”
Like we had been shaken,
From a nightmare sleep.
Hope reawakened.
Coming up from the deep.

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We can live again,
We can breathe again,
Now the future's in our hands.
Right on track again,
Wont look back again,
We are taking back this land.

We tore down the barricades,
Of politicians and thieves,
Sweeping the decades,
Away with the autumn leaves.
We were laughing together,
In the pouring rain,
We swore we never, we never, we never would make,
The same mistakes again.

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And when the last dark clouds,
Had finally fled,
Our love surrounded us,
The air was still warm.
And we meant every word that we said.
After the storm x 4
Theres a new storm coming x 4
We can live agaain,
We can breathe again,
We wont be afraid,
There's a brave new world.
After the storm.

credits

from Out Of The Blue, released February 1, 2015
Chris Conway - vocals, acoustic & electric 9 string guitar, keyboards, zither, samples, drum loops, percussion
Zorpinda Zorpin - synthesizer
Mo Coulson - Celtic harp

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Chris Conway Leicester

Think David Crosby on a journey taking in Ireland, a jazz club, and Outer Space.

"Songs of Love & Peace & Outer Space" is his slogan and that sums it up well.

He has toured with ex-Monkees Peter Tork, played with members of Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention as well as Vikki Clayton, Martin Carthy, Sally Barker, Pete Morton, Cathy Lesurf, & Tommy Emmanuel and Talvin Singh.
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