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Saturday Night With The London Set

from Green by Helen McCookerybook

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about

After a 25 year break from music, I came back not only into gigging, but also into being a member of the audience at London shows. Everyone was still there (almost everyone), just a bit older, and most of them were at The Lexington in Islington, which inspired this song. This is the full band version (there's a vinyl single of it too on Bandcamp, with a solo version), which features Vic Godard, Ruth Tidmarsh and Dave Morgan, and which was recorded in 2017.

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Saturday night with the London Set
The times have aged but you haven't yet;
Let your hair down, climb aboard and join us for the ride.
Every street, every city light,
Carries the blood through your veins tonight;
Every black box holds a band
The spotlit faces and the clapping hands,

So come on out with the London Set
Remember the things that you wanna forget
Fill up your glass, light a cigarette
And set the night on fire.

Got a thousand contacts on your mobile phone;
They'll steal you heart and stuff it, and brand it as their own.
Major setbacks, minor keys, a lifetime in a day.
Your smile is false but your teeth are not;
At least, that's what you tell me, but you lie a lot.
Every black heart holds a star,
A streetlight not a soul,

So come on out with the London Set
Remember the things that you wanna forget
Fill up your glass, light a cigarette
And set the night on fire.

Saturday night with the London Set
the times have changed but you haven't yet.
The gaps appear within the crowd:
You look the other way.
One of these days it'll come to an end,
The constant parties and the fickle friends.
Alone in a bedsit with the cat,
Your mind's as frail as a party hat,

But come on out with the London Set
Remember the things that you wanna forget
Fill up your glass, light a cigarette
And set the night on fire.
Come on out with the London Set
Remember the things that you wanna forget
Fill up your glass, light a cigarette
And set the night on fire.

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from Green, released June 17, 2019
Extra guitar: Vic Godard
Bass: Ruth Tidmarsh
Drums: Dave Morgan
Remixed by Ian Button

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Helen McCookerybook UK

Helen McCookerybook is an outstanding songwriter who's beginnings formed in the punk era, old associates The Monochrome Set/The Pirhanas her first band was The Chefs (John Peel fave) She later signed to RCA with her band The Horns and had a couple of minor hits
Helen took 20 years out to become a Mum and PHD, taking up her songwriting again in 2003. Suburban Pastoral was her 1st solo record. ... more

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