Settling In
from The Common Land by Kevin Adams
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumThirteen of my own songs: seven written for various Living Archive theatre and radio productions, three for the Maids Moreton's Millennium Pageant, and three strays which wandered in.
Released in 2002.
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Bombed out of London, and settling in to a wonderful brand new house in the new town of Bletchley.
lyrics
Settling In
words& musi: Kevin Adams
Step out of the front door to a world that's strange and new
Everything's so different up here
Brickwork chimneys are the only landmarks in my view
And on a foggy morning even they will disappear
I never use the bus because I don't know where it stops
Lost before I've travelled half a mile
Consolation is awaiting if I find the shops
'Cos everybody talks to me and greets me with a smile
Across the garden fences
Neighbourhood life commences
We're settling in,
We're settling in.
Look out of the back door at a garden yet to grow
Don’t know where to start or what to do
We never had a garden when we lived in furnished rooms
And horticulture was a confined to afternoons at Kew
Someone sold me lots of pretty coloured packs of seed
Soon we shall have flowers everywhere
I couldn't tell an orchid from a common garden weed
So anything that grows here will look beautiful and rare
Across the garden fences
Neighbourhood life commences
We're settling in,
We're settling in.
Didn't bring too much with us from our old two room flat
We can't afford much, we just do without.
And if we need a helping hand we only have to ask
Friends and neighbours doing favours turn and turn about
There's plenty here from London that we knew before the war
We're all becoming new town pioneers
Our wagon train has crossed the plain, we’ve reached that promised land
Won't belong before it seems we've all been here for years.
Across the garden fences
Neighbourhood life commences
We're settling in,
We're settling in.
words& musi: Kevin Adams
Step out of the front door to a world that's strange and new
Everything's so different up here
Brickwork chimneys are the only landmarks in my view
And on a foggy morning even they will disappear
I never use the bus because I don't know where it stops
Lost before I've travelled half a mile
Consolation is awaiting if I find the shops
'Cos everybody talks to me and greets me with a smile
Across the garden fences
Neighbourhood life commences
We're settling in,
We're settling in.
Look out of the back door at a garden yet to grow
Don’t know where to start or what to do
We never had a garden when we lived in furnished rooms
And horticulture was a confined to afternoons at Kew
Someone sold me lots of pretty coloured packs of seed
Soon we shall have flowers everywhere
I couldn't tell an orchid from a common garden weed
So anything that grows here will look beautiful and rare
Across the garden fences
Neighbourhood life commences
We're settling in,
We're settling in.
Didn't bring too much with us from our old two room flat
We can't afford much, we just do without.
And if we need a helping hand we only have to ask
Friends and neighbours doing favours turn and turn about
There's plenty here from London that we knew before the war
We're all becoming new town pioneers
Our wagon train has crossed the plain, we’ve reached that promised land
Won't belong before it seems we've all been here for years.
Across the garden fences
Neighbourhood life commences
We're settling in,
We're settling in.
credits
from The Common Land,
released June 23, 2002
Words & music: Kevin Adams
Words & music: Kevin Adams
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Kevin Adams Milton Keynes, UK
Blending traditional folk music with a love of other genres- classical, jazz, folk-rock, prog-rock, pop… music, music, music…
discography
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Jun 2002
contact / help
Kevin Adams recommends:
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My collaborator Dave Makins - check him out.
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