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High on the Mountain Line

by Neil Barraclough

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1.
astronauts 05:34
Somewhere out there in the darkness Somewhere out in fields of green and blue Somewhere out there on the radio waves You'll be coming through I wish I could see an ocean Through all this hazy gloom I wish my hand held a magic wand I'd wave it at you If you're out there in the wind and rain If you're out there with no shoes If you can't get through on the telephone I'll say a prayer for you I wish I could see an ocean I'd sit and think of all the things that I'd do Listen for the comfort of the breaking waves Try to catch the sound of you If we could see the earth from above We'd see it's fragile too We could be lonely astronauts Delicately balanced and bruised We're fragile too
2.
I was born in the north of England 1965 The Hollies were at number one, singing I'm alive Elvis had freed their bodies, Dylan freed their minds That music on the radio shaped my life Radio was playing all day long Radio was playing protest songs Radio was playing....like a rolling stone Like a rolling stone at twelve years old, nothin else mattered at all With paper round money to the record store, music papers filling up my walls Johnny's on the TV, Elvis died alone In seventy-seven music became my home But Radio was playing David Soul Radio was playing Disco Radio weren't playing...The Sex Pistols Radio was playing "Daddy Cool" Radio was playing "Moody Blue" Radio weren't playing "No future, No future for you" No future well that's how it seemed, When I left school with no idea Only youth opportunities Was dreaming through my record sleeves Radio in the corner playing - nothing I'd believe Eight long years trapped in the mainstream Radio was playing all day long Radio was playing "The chicken song" Radio was playing Jason Donovan Radio was playing f**kin' Bros Radio was playing New kids on the block Radio was playing "I should be so lucky lucky lucky in love" That radio doesn't play no more, No force feeding on the factory floor Those same sad songs I'd heard before Have disappeared with that old rapport Only sound I wanna hear, that guitar on the wall No radio stations I'm trying to ignore My Radio is playing "Seven Days" Radio is playing "Things have Changed" Radio is playing "Bigmouth strikes again" Radio is playing "northern sky" Radio is playing "pale blue eyes" Radio is playing "the biggest lie"
3.
satellites 05:07
You said you've made another plan You're getting out while you can You don't need a pilot anymore You're saying it'll be alright We'll keep in touch by satellites I won't seek a silence like before You're somewhere out of sight With you're lights all shining bright We're something you and I chose to ignore I always thought That love conquered all But now I fear a storm Behind your walls You're always in another place You're running tryin to catch your fate I can't keep behind you anymore You switch me off and on again Until I pull my head out of the sand And I can see the future like before You're somewhere out of sight Underneath that same moonlight Where we caught each others eye Some time ago I always thought That love conquered all But now I fear a storm Behind your walls I was always taught That love conquers all But now I fear a storm Behind your walls
4.
(never gonna say what you're gonna do, never gonna do what you're gonna say) I thought I could take you for a ride I was wrong I guess, you'll have to decide Everything is green again this year Everything is green again this year Everything is green...........this year (never gonna say what you're gonna do, never gonna do what you're gonna say) Saw you in the mirror, looking at my face Now we're both in trouble with the night's embrace Everything is green again this year Everything is green again this year Everything is dreams........this year (never gonna say what you're gonna do, never gonna do what you're gonna say) The sun will rise before the tide Takes away the shadows I've slept inside The sun will rise before the tide There's every chance I will survive They're only dreams in disguise It's the Devil's Lullaby
5.
If there's a part of me that's missing It's a part of you I find, so divine Got a heart full of forgiveness I wish that were mine, all the time When the scales shift over to one side And all the hope I have is cruelly denied You reset the balance.... in my mind And you'll know where to find me tonight I'll be counting up my lucky stars, wondering why The road is often hidden from our eyes It's the heart that leads us naked to the light If there's a part of you that's missing It's a part you left behind, I can't define And I know your heart was broken I've seen it in your eyes, many times When the scales shift over to one side The balance changes, people can be unkind I can help you, with my Healing light ......the light of love And you'll know where to find me tonight I'll be counting up my lucky stars, in your smile And I'll only have to be here for a while Until I'm stepping from the shadows to the light ......the light of love And you'll know where to find us tonight Counting up our lucky stars, wondering why We can more or less begin to deny The chance to step from shadow to light
6.
Out there on the mountain line Where I'll forever ride I think of you and how we tried To build a bridge to be denied And all my days They run away like wild horses Several years from today I took my chances in your reign But were there chances anyway? Now the silence shall remain And all my days They run away like wild horses Like wild horses And all my days They run away like wild horses Out there on the mountain line Where I'll forever ride I think of truth and how we tried To wake the sleeping dogs that lie And all my days They run away like wild horses Like wild horses
7.
I should have waited around To catch your falling crown How could I be the one To bait your smoking tongue? Cry Crocodile You couldn't let it slide Held back by your swollen pride How did I engineer The sting of your guilty tears? Cry Crocodile Listen, I'm telling you nothin you can't believe Listen, I'm asking what is it you're tryin to achieve? Dismissing my pleas with your deeds designed to deceive Your teeth are so sharp that you're causing my poor heart to bleed Cry Crocodile
8.
When you get tired Of one-way conversation When you get tired Of all those little things You never even asked for 'Cause you've stolen everything There's a vacancy For you and me There's a kind of mercy Everybody knows But I can't catch every falling leaf As the rumours grow And if the reason that you came to be Is the very reason I'm afraid to leave And every reason feels the same to me Although these hands may tremble This heart is gentle And it sees through every word In this one-way conversation That's trying to be heard
9.
High above the houses Across the mountain line Speeding like a bullet On the edge of time No one ever sees him No one knows He's there He's dancing on his wings..... Without a care Did you ever notice A beauty in the trees? Their whispers in the morning balanced on the breeze it's as if nobody hears them They just let it be I sense in every moment How close you are to me.... On your wings and free.... There's places that remind me They hold me in your spell When I look outside your window I find it hard to dwell In those stolen moments They always seem to come It's all there ever is said and done... Nowhere left to run.... High above the houses Across the mountain line Speeding like a bullet On the edge of time And no one ever sees him But I know he's there He's dancing on his wings...
10.
Seventeen years old learning a trade for gold When I found out how to lie Amongst the hammer blows in a basement cold I listened as they tried To convince themselves that from this hell They surely would escape But all the while I drily smiled Consigned to my fate Ian was old at thirty eight That much I knew And at the end of his working day To a drinking hole he flew He would go and his words would flow But they'd never be the truth It was all just whisky talk He had nobody fooled Seventeen years old learning a trade for gold And Ian was there to teach His face it glowed with cigarettes he rolled A slight slur in his speech He'd tell me of his glory days And all his friends back home I had no reason to disbelieve him I was naive and young Tender and green at seventeen I met a girl who knew How to play, the way the cards were laid I didn't have a clue What she took from me, you cannot view Thru' careless lines an' tell tale signs I've learned to see the truth So if you're going to lie to me That's your choice If I don't see it in your eyes I'll hear it in your voice You can tell me all I want to hear You can tell me 'til you cry Go on tell me some more About your slow suicide Go on tell me some more About your slow suicide

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High on the Mountain Line is the first album release from singer/songwriter Neil Barraclough. Entirely self produced in his home studio in Cheshire, UK. This album's diverse sounds reflect influences from throughout his life so far.

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released September 10, 2017

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Neil Barraclough England, UK

Neil was fascinated with the recording process from an early age and has been writing songs for almost 30 years. His varied styles of songwriting are tied together by an undercurrent of melancholia and unflinching honesty in his lyrics. Other big influences have been other self producers, Elliott Smith, Mark Linkous and Mark Kozelek. ... more

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