Spoken Word
John Keats: To Autumn (read by Ben Whishaw)
Music
Louis Armstrong: The Dummy Song
Michael Sauer vs Phoneheads feat. Bill Ramsey: Why and When
Gorillaz (feat. George Benson): Humility
Natalie Cole: This Will Be
St Germain: Rose Rouge
GoGo Penguin: Quiet Mind
Nancy Wilson: Call Me
Belleruche: Ginger Wine
Nina Simone: This Year’s Kisses
Gabin(feat. Mia Cooper) : So Many Nights
BADBADNOTGOOD (feat. Charlotte Day Wilson): In Your Eyes
Jazztronik: For You
Narrative
I’ll take the legs from some old table – I’ll take the arms from some old chair – I’ll take the neck from some old bottle – And from a horse I’ll take the hair
I’ll take the hands and face from some old clock – And baby when I’m through – I’ll get more loving from the dumb-dumb-dummy – Than I ever got from you
Get me some legs get me a chair – And a bottle, too – Give a horse give me some time
[Louis Armstrong]
Why is life so strange – It could be a true exchange – Why not try – In yourself you find the key – Why not now
[Michael Sauer vs Phoneheads feat. Bill Ramsey]
Calling the world from isolation – Because right now, that’s the ball where we be chained
And if you’re coming back to find me – You’d better have good aim – Shoot it true
I need you in the picture – That’s why I’m calling you (calling you) – I’m the lonely twin, the left hand
Reset myself and get back on track – I don’t want this isolation – See the state I’m in now?
If I pick it up when I know that it’s broken – Do I put it back? – Or do I head out on to the lonesome track and let you go?
[Gorillaz]
Loving you, is some kind of wonderful – Because you show me, just how much you care
You’ve given me the thrill of a lifetime – And made me believe you’ve got more thrills to spare, oh
This will be, an everlasting love, oh yes it will now – You’ve brought a lot of sunshine into my life
You’ve filled me with happiness I never knew – You gave me more joy than I ever dreamed of
And no one, no one can take the place of you – This will be, you and me, eternally
Hugging and squeezing and kissing and pleasing – Together, forever, through rain or whatever
So long as I’m living, true love I’ll be giving – To you I’ll be serving because you’re so deserving
[Natalie Cole]
Put your hands together one time – I want you to get together
[St Germain]
If you’re feeling sad and lonely – There’s a service I can render – Tell the one who loves you only
I can be so warm and tender – Call me – Don’t be afraid, you can call me
Maybe it’s late, but just call me – Tell me, and I’ll be around – When it seems your friends desert you
There’s somebody thinking of you – I’m the one who’ll never hurt you – Maybe that’s because I love you
Now don’t forget me – Because if you let me – I will always stay by you
You’ve got to trust me – That’s how it must be – There’s so much that I can do – If you call I’ll be right with you
You and I should be together – Take this love I long to give you – I’ll be at your side forever
[Nancy Wilson]
Maybe we can leave it all – Leave every bother at the shore – Come man the deck and warm your soul – Night is cool up here
Listen to the radio – Hear the tunes that coax the soul – As she hums and takes us to – Another shore unknown
Salty winds that kiss my lips – Ginger wine upon I sip – Watch the moon wake the stars – Take us to sunrise
I’m the stranger one can trust – Story ever safe in us – Tune into the radio – Another line we cross
[Belleruche]
This year’s crop of kisses – Don’t seem as sweet to me – This year’s crop just misses – What kisses used to be
This year’s new romance – Doesn’t seem to have a chance – Even helped by Mr. Moon above
This year’s crop of kisses is not for me – For I’m still wearing last year’s love.
[Nina Simone]
Pressure’s reminding me of the past now – Shadowy figures and doubts
The hour’s too late to have mercy on myself – I’m needing a friend, the play button’s waiting
One thought leads to another once the door’s open and – Unwelcome, they come rushing in
If I could go back in time now, all the words that I’d choose – What secrets would I reveal and whose?
Longing, I am reaching in the darkness for the light – Longing, I am reaching for some warmth on a cold winter night
So many nights, when I lose myself – So many nights on the shelf
[Gabin]
Don’t blow me off so I can’t help it – When you shy off I can’t help it – Got you enticed from the middle – You know I’m willing and able
And I know you know it’s on when you’re ready – So just rid yourself of him and come get it
I know there’s something about me – That you can’t wait to just tell me
And I love the way you move, it’s so bashful – So just take my hand because baby it’s natural
I’ll let you into my life – And I’ll show you, oh, when it’s right – Then I guess we can say we tried – Don’t let this fall by the side
Because I can’t, can’t leave – And I can’t, can’t wait- Because I see it in your eyes – And I feel it every time
[BADBADNOTGOOD]
Catch me – Like a bird over a water I am floating without border
There is nowhere I am headed – There is someone I am hoping to see – I am almost there yet – why it’s you – no one but you in my view – just you
Water and wind over my shoulder it guides me to your harbour – Drifting like restless in motion
I want to prove that it’s worth the way to the day we meet uninterrupted – Nothing between us – I am making my way now across the world for you
[Jazztronik]
Every night at midnight and a new episode is aired every Friday midnight on Wirral Wave radio or AirTime. Later on SoundCloud for some time.
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