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Say It's OK

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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I wrote the lyrics for this after reading Beach Boy Brian Wilson's book, "Wouldn't it be nice". Again the words sat for around fifteen years before I could work out a melody. Moral of the story? Never throw out old lyrics!

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He wakes in the morning
And looks through his tired eyes
Runs through his pockets
To see what is left of his life
No need to see what goes on in the world
He's plenty of thoughts of his own to unfurl

Wouldn't it be nice to have peace
In your life like Brian said
Wouldn't it be nice to look back
And see the good times instead

he remembers the anger quite clearly
As he stretches down
And mama did nothing but she knew what was going on
He just needed someone to say it's OK
He needed acceptance when he felt that way

He lashes out heavy at those who would show him concern
He hits out in anger at friends who he thinks do him harm
Dazed and confused, he'll retreat in his shell
He doesn't come out 'cos he says he's not well

He's not welcome down at the beach any more with his band
The beautiful things that he's written they don't understand
He wouldn't conform to their laws and regimes
For his place was higher than all of their dreams

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from Bless The Wind, released September 1, 2011

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