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Actually I reckon this is the oldest set of lyrics on the album, pre-dating 'Fight or Flight' by a couple of years at least. There was a competition posted at the time to write lyrics for a musician's composition, with the hope of it becoming his big hit I suppose. It was an experiment for me to try to write a commercial pop ballad, but I never entered the competition because, well, it involved giving up the rights to those lyrics. So if it was a hit the winner would get... nothing much. Do it for the kudos, the experience, bragging rights, but no actual renumeration. Yeah, naah. So I didn't submit it and it lay in a file until I started digging out lyrics for this album. Following the theme of 'I don't want to get sued' I've substantially altered the melody to make sure this is mine and no one else's. It's pretty different from the other album tracks, and quite different from anything else I've written, Let's call it 'the ballad'. Y'know, 'cause there has to be a ballad!

The video for 'To Hold Onto' is here: youtu.be/upgrbs3eOII

The full audio liner notes are here: blamesmarty.substack.com/p/not-even-a-cup-of-tea-liner-notes-a26

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LYRICS

I, slip into your eyes
whispering promises
made, long ago
you haven’t forgotten

How did we grow so cold
could it be such a long time, oh
let it go, nothing held onto

Still you’re here in my heart
I’ve never let you leave
here in my heart I’ll never believe
you aren’t the life I dreamed of
and you will, and I will be here

How did we grow so cold
could it be such a long time, oh
let it go, nothing held onto

Lying in your arms
candle we held at both ends tight
I’m still holding
still holding onto you

Still you’re here in my heart
I’ve never let you leave
here in my heart I’ll never believe
you aren’t the life that I dreamed of
and you will, and I will
and you will be

Sometimes in orbit I can see the
place where we swore we’d
never ever

never ever ever ever leave

Here in my heart
I’ve never let you leave

here in my heart I’ll never believe
you aren’t the life I dreamed of
and you will be, I will be here

Where did this go so
how did we go so
where in your heart did I get so lost
so wrong somehow and I bleed but
I’m still here, please be here with . . .

Here in my heart
I’ve never let you leave
here in my heart I’ll never believe
you aren’t the life that I dreamed of
and you will, and I will be here

You’re gone
I won’t

I won’t believe
I won’t believe
you’re gone

So close to me
I won’t believe it
so close to me

I won’t believe you when you say
you are long gone

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from Not even a cup of tea (or Smarty sings weird songs), released November 17, 2023

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Steve Smart Poetry & Music Melbourne, Australia

Steve Smart is practically indestructible. Hard headed and stubborn, he may not be the most famous poet in the world but no one can say it's from lack of trying. All of his poetry and music albums are right here at Bandcamp.

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