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Time to Remember

by John Greene Music

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1.
Love Fades Away 04:02
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Love Fades Away words and music by john greene Now we’re not even lovers, I can’t be angry anymore Not gonna hide under the covers Or sit behind no bolted door If you find you hate to argue But you also hate to lose There’s only one thing that you can do, Bite the bullet and refuse Cos love fades away A little every day Black turns to grey And night becomes day I know you used to love me, It was written on your back But as making love is easy, Breaking up can make you crack But love fades away A little every day Black turns to grey And work becomes play, believe me © joncomusic 2006
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One Last Time 03:16
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One Last Time words and music by john greene Little people living pointless lives Are preconditioned to love, Any distant god any royal we, Any star from above But you’re no better than I am, I’m no different to you All you do is stand and wave As the party goes through One last time And what do they deserve, For the things that are done in their name As the curtains close on their dinosaur world, Do they feel any shame New rules for a new world, The end of an era awaits For they also serve who do much more Than only stand and wave One last time © joncomusic 2006
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Time to Remember 03:13
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Time To Remember words and music by john greene In every life there’s a time to remember A time to let the past go by A time to rip like the end of December A time to live while you wait to die If everyone we ever hurt got better If everyone we ever lost got found If everything we ever broke got mended If every train was homeward bound Took so long proving, things to be true That from the beginning, I already knew There are times when I know what I’m doing And then there are times when I truly don’t Sometimes I know the answer Before I know the question Sometimes I try and then I won’t In every life there’s a time to remember A time to let the past go by A time to rip like the end of December A time to live while youwait to die © joncomusic 2006
4.
Winter 03:36
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Winter words and music by john greene Today is the last day of summer Come on sun come and get me One last time Tomorrow I’ll take my boots out Walking in the rain To an empty table in an empty bar room To look for a better time coming Is a good way to be When surviving is something to do If there’s no place left to run to, Then you can be free But part of me is always waiting for you Frost in the early, early morning Diesel fumes hang in the air Smoke rising straight into a starlit sky Steamy windows, log fire bright To look for a better time coming Is a good way to be When surviving is something to do If there’s no place left to run to, Then you can be free But part of me is always waiting for you Yes part of me is always waiting © joncomusic 2006
5.
A Life Like Mine 04:02
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A Life Like Mine words and music by john greene Hello mother I safely arrived, At the halfway mark Halfway to paradise or halfway to hell, Halfway to life in the dark Poet or parrot, hero or thief, I’m trying to make up my mind Whether a twentieth century boy, Can leave the memories behind Spent half my time traveling, Never to arrive Spent the other half wondering, Never to decide The game gets easier as you grow old, But no-one wants youto play You end up on the sidelines sitting, Wishing your life away My phonographic memory lives on charity bizarre And my manic panic never gets me very far But 1 wouldn’t change anything, Though I didn’t always shine No I wouldn’t change any part of a life like mine I’m proud of the things that I’ve learnt And most of the things that I’ve done Knowing a man who knew Cassidy Meeting Mandela’s son My phonographic memory lives on charity bizarre And my manic panic never gets me very far But 1 wouldn’t change anything, Though I didn’t always shine No I wouldn’t change any part of a life like mine © joncomusic 2006
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Plymouth Road 02:48
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Plymouth Road words and music by john greene Driving down a road, I saw signs to my past A weight of memories tumbled down I felt just like a bird, That can never land Full of hidden shallowness If I become the person I said I’d never be There’ll be nothing left that’s right, In this life for me On the Plymouth road Driving down a road, I saw signs to my past A weight of memories tumbled down I’m not trying to wave, I’m not trying to drown I’m just trying to come around If I become the person I said I’d never be There’ll be nothing left that’s right, In this life for me On the Plymouth road © joncomusic 2006
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I Ran Away 03:27
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I Ran Away words and music by john greene I ran around the world, Leaving the past behind I didn’t carry much I’d never need Only the ties that bind Kept burning all my bridges, Though nothing burns for long A little love a little tenderness Another reason to move on Maybe I’d stopped caring Maybe I was only bored As if the act of leaving Was its own reward I couldn’t stay, another day, I ran away I never wanted the American dream, Just didn’t care to play I disappeared into the setting sun I threw a ball away I ran away from lovers, I ran away from Spain I ran away from the fear of failing Then ran right back again Maybe I’d stopped caring Maybe I was only bored As if the act of leaving Was its own reward I couldn’t stay, another day, I ran away © joncomusic 2006
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Don't Be Afraid 03:01
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Don't Be Afraid words and music by john greene Every day the rain falls, every day the wind blows But a change in the weather, means nothing at all Don’t be afraid of crying, it’s not as black as it seems Don’t be afraid, No, Don’t be afraid Next time I’ll remember, this days mistakes No nothing comes free here, except the heartaches Don’t be afraid of laughing, its only swimming downstream Don’t be afraid, No, Don’t be afraid Life's too short to waste your time Worrying about what might be Tomorrow will be a better day If you face it fearlessly As riders change horses, like a snake sheds its skin As one chapters ending another begins Don’t be afraid of dying, it’s only a dream Don’t be afraid, No, Don’t be afraid © joncomusic 2006
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A Perfect Life 02:08
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A PERFECT LIFE I can’t tell you, what’s right or wrong Can only tell you that you’ve got to be strong Relationships with other souls Are less important than the one with yourself If you pretend, that there’s a cop Round every corner you will never stop A perfect life will live itself The greener grass always beckons you back home A perfect life, you will find, will always live itself A perfect life will live itself, if you give it time I can’t tell you, what’s right or wrong Can only tell you that you’ve got to be strong Relationships with other souls Are less important than the one with yourself If you pretend, that there’s a cop Round every corner you will never stop A perfect life will live itself The greener grass always beckons you back home © john greene 2002
10.
Morning Will Come 03:53
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Morning Will Come words and music by john greene Welcome to earth On a kindergarten trip Here we are all just passengers, Trying to sink the ship Civilization and progress Seem never identical things The world will become what it becomes Over and over again Crimes against the planet Remember John and Janet Give me something to believe in, Forget the Alamo Take me to Sunnydale, And morning will come Yeah morning will come Crimes against the planet Remember John and Janet © joncomusic 2006
11.
Small Town Boys 02:03
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Small Town Boys words and music by john greene Local yokels, tiny minds, Dragging me out of my dreams Mr and Mrs Beefcake Cowboy Out for a Saturday night Plastic toys for little boys Three squares and somewhere to sleep Some jazz groceries And some late night dipping But don’t you dare to dive too deep Small town bores You haven’t learned a thing Thank god my competitive streak Is wider than yours You small town boys You’re prisoners in paradise You can’t even see the cage for the bars You’re prisoners in paradise © joncomusic 2006
12.
Is That Too Much to Ask 03:17
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Is That Too Much To Ask words and music by john greene Too many people, and too much noise Entertainment, for the girls and boys Look at me, I’m on tv Got my phone, cant you see me One by one, the vandals get A little closer, to the gates Stay on your side, of the fence Keep off my side, if you've got any sense Don’t sue me, and I wont sue you, Don’t shoot me, and I wont shoot you, Is that too much to ask Please don’t throw, your garbage at me And I wont throw, my garbage at you Don’t sue me, and I wont sue you, Don’t shoot me, and I wont shoot you, Be on my side and I'll be on yours, Stand together, for the cause, Don’t sue me, and I wont sue you, Don’t shoot me, and I wont shoot you, Is that too much to ask ? © joncomusic 2006
13.
Those Days Will Come Again 02:40
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those days will come again words and music by john greene a man came on the tv and told me that he knew about how the Cubans felt in 1962 if you preach of the glory of war you should have lived in fear of a man with a button saying ‘god bless all here’ we showed our elders how to live in the peace that they had struggled for and were rewarded with ridicule for the clothes we wore the worlds forgetting all the battles we fought, all the things we did what we taught our parents then, now we must teach our kids how I miss those moptop days, when it seemed so black and white to stand up for your principles, to fight for what was right those days will come again

about

By the end of the 'A Different Game' project I had finally got a half decent home studio so I set about recording the demos for what would become 'Time to Remember'. These were completed in the middle of 2004 and then nothing much happened for a while.

Nothing much in a recording sense anyway. My personal life was dramatically altered by a generous inheritance!!
Thank you Aunt Marion X

Some recording had taken place earlier with my collaborator Matt Exelby at his studio (The Foundry) but the majority of the instrument tracks were recorded at BM's with engineer Ben Morgan during February of 2005.

There was then another significant gap as I spent the summer in California. The live drums were done at Troubadour during September and most of the vocals at BM's around the same time.
Mixing remixing and mastering at The Foundry took until January 2006.
As with 'A Different Game', I returned to the project in 2013 and re-vamped it somewhat but not so much.

Seven of the tracks remain as was with some decoration whereas three were rejected and replaced by others from the aforementioned demos. I hope it makes for a more cohesive whole !
John Greene Dec 2013

credits

released January 1, 2006

THE MUSICIANS

John Greene -
Vocals, BV's, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Ukulele, C6 Lap Steel, Pedal Steel Guitar & Drum parts

with

Matt Exelby -
Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Frogs, Kazoos, Megaphone & Drum parts
(tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 & 10)

and

Pip Harbon - Drums (tracks 1, 2 & 3)

Jonathan Perkins - Hammond (track 1)

Tony King - Trumpet, Trombone (tracks 2 & 10)

Coralie Rowbotham - Cello (track 2)

Rosalie James - BV's (track 7)


TECHNICAL

No tape was harmed during this production, all recording was made to computers.
Cubase SX and a wide variety of other software were the weapons of choice.
It is a sign of the slowing down of the computer explosion that the same software was easily used throughout the project and in three different studios.
This may explain why this record took only two and a half years as opposed to my usual four and why these technical notes are so mercifully short.


Produced by John Greene & Matt Exelby

Engineered by Ben Morgan

Artwork & Photo by #johngreenemusic
(Original painting by Paula Rego)

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John Greene Music Falmouth, UK

John Greene's music is a reflection of his turbulent, non-conformist life and is based on early rock and roll, the pop explosion of the 60’s, the blues and many things Americana.
Best described as ‘Hard Country’, it lives in the space also occupied by the likes of Neil Young and the Grateful Dead. It always involves his unique viewpoint on the world he has lived in and the troubles we all share. ... more

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