The trouble with the light
from Stopping distance by Jack James
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Written: Jan-May 2013
Recorded: 12th May 2013 - 22nd May 2013
Recorded: 12th May 2013 - 22nd May 2013
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Snow thrown in your face by shovelled hands at gale force pace
You lost your step up ahead and fell down with a gasp of breath
So tell me why I should care, I just found her there
Woke up with the light turned on, you walk towards it and you yawn
Unquestioning you turn it off, memories of last year lost
But I am not to blame, I just found it that way
Two paths for the light to go, take a look and watch it show
Well, looks like it changed its mind, recalibrate again one time
Oh, no
Oh, it shows
Oh, no
Oh, it shows
You lost your step up ahead and fell down with a gasp of breath
So tell me why I should care, I just found her there
Woke up with the light turned on, you walk towards it and you yawn
Unquestioning you turn it off, memories of last year lost
But I am not to blame, I just found it that way
Two paths for the light to go, take a look and watch it show
Well, looks like it changed its mind, recalibrate again one time
Oh, no
Oh, it shows
Oh, no
Oh, it shows
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from Stopping distance,
released February 3, 2014
Jack James - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Piano, Bass
Jack James - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Piano, Bass
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Jack James Glasgow
Rangy songwriter.
“From Neil Young... by way of Bonnie "Prince" Billy, to Arab Strap, without the
charming vulgarity”
-The Herald
"Sounding more like a Scottish Leonard Cohen than ever"
-Scots Whay Hae
"Jack James may be doomed"
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