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All We Wanted

from Bless The Wind by Ivan Drever

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    One of the great pleasures of this job is the chance to get to know, and work with different people. The album was recorded at Les MacPherson's Near Field studio, in Evanton, North of Inverness in March 2011. Les is one of these people I'd never met before, and we had a great time making the album. Paul Eastham, who kindly did all the keyboard parts for me is another. A great musician and, despite living at opposite ends of the country, thanks to modern technology, managed to get everything done quickly and easily. Andy Murray, my old sparring partner from Wolfstone played some great guitar and bass parts, Les did percussion, and my wife Linda added some vocals and voice overs.

    I'd like to say a huge thank you to all the people above, to Les and his wife Margaret for their great hospitality, to my sister Isabel for not questioning our frequent visits and long stays. A huge thank you also to John Boocock and his wife Julia for all their help and kindness, without which the album may never have seen the light of day.

    We hope you enjoy it, Bless The Wind!

    Ivan

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Again, a song written many years ago that I could never quite work out a melody for, in fact I almost threw the lyrics out last year. You can probably guess it came about during the Thatcher years.

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Tomorrow does not change
Circumstances stay the same
Will I lie a little longer, will I carry on this game?
I'm only forty nine, is this all, is this my time?
Is there no hope for us, for anyone
When they're on the dotted line?

All we wanted was to work
All we wanted was to share
All we wanted was a chance but they never really cared
All we wanted was a goal
All we asked for was a job
All we're given is the dole
Then told that that's your lot

Well they say that we're too old
And they say that we don't try
There's not enough to go round
And that we must be work shy
Heaven knows oh we have tried
Do they think this is a game?
As they lay us on the scrap heap
And all the excuses sound the same

So there's no more work for me
What about my youngest son?
What lies a head for him?
When the day of the working man is done
What right have they to say?
What chances have we got?
There are no jobs today
I'm sorry that's your lot

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from Bless The Wind, released September 1, 2011

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