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Dancing With Ghosts

by Loz Rabone

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    For Jim
    This album is dedicated to my brother, Jim Rabone, who passed away unexpectedly in September 2016. Jim was not only my brother but also a close friend and mentor and it’s largely due to him and his belief in me that I became a musician. Jim was a singer and guitarist and had a deep love of music. His loss was what drove me to make this album

    For dad
    At 17 years old, our dad, George Rabone, lied about his age in order sign up and serve his country in World War 2. He was a sonar operator on HMS Starling, facing the daily threat of being torpedoed by the German U-boats. He passed away in 1993 and in the years following, my brother and I often talked about how proud we were of him and what kind of life he must have had during the war – it was something that dad never spoke of. We wanted to record a song as a tribute to him and it is to my eternal regret that I had not finished the song before Jim died. The song is now on this album and is called Dear Dad. ... more
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1.
Ode To Jim 04:54
I think about you everyday I think about the hours we used to while away It seems like yesterday I never dreamed you’d leave so soon I feel like I’m left standing in an empty room With no right thing to do You come to me in my dreams and we are just talking Then suddenly I see you fade away Seems like I keep losing you Over and over again It’s hard to know you’re not around To hear this song and tell me that you’re really proud I need to hear it now Are you home with mom and dad I wish with all my heart that you could tell me now I hope you’ve found some peace at last I think about you everyday I think about the hours we used to while away But now they are tears on the page I wish that we could talk again But my ode to you is all that I have
2.
January 04:17
I just heard today Another of my heroes passed away And now it seems as though my favourite song Will never sound the same again, I may be wrong But this melancholy feeling lingers on I don’t wanna see The end of what I thought was immortality Although the words, ideas and images live on Sometimes we need a light see the road we’re on Feels like it’s every other day It seems like everything that matters fades away This January day I can’t believe we’ve started out this way The anniversary Of men that died for ideology For some the lines they drew were truly crossed Liberty, equality, fraternity was truly lost Feels like it’s every other day It seems like everything that matters fades away This January day And here I am just staring at the pouring rain Feels like it’s every other day It seems like everything that matters fades away This January day And here I am just staring at the pouring rain This January day This January day This January day
3.
Well he told her it was over He’s no longer sure of what he feels As the time goes as we all know Some things can get lost along the years Well it’s always been that she loved him But lately her life has been turning around And whatever his endeavour Seems as though he’s only bringing her down All said and done Be for right or for wrong May be subject to change Upon any given day When you’re nowhere and you know it No one understands the pull of the years On a new day it’s a new way What the hell have we been doing here? All said and done Be for right or for wrong May be subject to change All that was said was not all that was meant All looks different anyway Upon any given day
4.
A black Mercedes had to lead the way that day But I never really noticed, cos the world was out of focus And my memories can be too cruel to be kind And I’ve always seemed to know this but I really start to notice it this time A black Mercedes had to lead the way that day When the sun was shining clearly but the world was dark and weary And its strange how the absence always finds a way Into every where and why and now this shadow on my mind is here to stay And now everyday, you are always on my mind I can’t find a way, to say my last goodbyes And now everyday, I’m asking why it has to be How come all we love is always lost so easily A black Mercedes had to lead the way that day Though we know the destination we’re still lost along the way And now the world outside would never be the same again But I suppose it’s just the way it goes and how it only ever could have been And now everyday, you are always on my mind I can’t find a way, to say my last goodbyes And now everyday, I’m asking why it has to be How come all we love is always lost so easily And now everyday, you are always on my mind I can’t find a way, to say my last goodbyes And now everyday, I’m asking why it has to be How come all we love is always lost so easily And I can still remember when the first time that I heard you play Something seemed to wake inside and I still feel it to this day And I can still remember when the first time that I heard you cry Something seemed to break inside and it has stayed there all my life All we love will make us who we want to be But all we love is always lost so easily All we love will make us who we want to be But all we love is always lost so easily All we love will make us who we want to be But all we love is always lost so easily All we love is always lost so easily
5.
Bewitched 03:15
I could be anyone I could do anything I please I could go anywhere But I can’t seem to find A way to leave I don’t need anyone I don’t call anywhere my home But when she comes to me It seems as though my mind Is not my own Her shadow follows me at night Plays tricks on my mind And I can’t tell the darkness from the light I am not anyone I am only who she wants me to be And I cannot find a way To break this spell that she Has upon me I could be anyone I could go anywhere I please I could be anything Anything that she Wants me to be
6.
Out of time and out of place No way to spend my days When thoughts of you fill up the empty space And this unchanging role Can start to take its toll Upon my body mind and soul As I’m staring at the page You just consume the day I wonder if you’d want to know What you did when you went away Nothing that words can say I’d never felt so much alone The more that I try The more that it slips away When ever I try The further I fall away Out of time and out of place I thought there’d come a day When thoughts of you would fade away The more that I try The more that it slips away When ever I try The further I fall away The further I fall away The further I fall away The further I fall away
7.
Gone 02:42
It came to me today just like it always seems to do A dream or may be something that I heard just might be true And there you were just for a while A broken picture, faded smile And then you’re gone Then you’re gone I don’t know what I could’ve done Could not hold on Another time or place, may change who I could be A dream or may be just a different way to see Wish you were here just for a while The only thing to make me smile But now you’re gone Now you’re gone I don’t know what I could’ve done Could not hold on
8.
Dear Dad 05:09
Sailing through troubled waters, high tide Much younger than the man you had to be Not ever knowing, if the sunrise Might be the last you’d ever see You can’t remember what you call home You keep it somewhere, deep in your heart Trying so hard, not to start thinking Cos that’s when the nightmares really start Can’t stand the ringing, in my ears sir Can’t stand that you might see my fear And there are times I have to ask myself What the hell am I doing here The sorrow that comes from knowing That you and your first-born will never hear The words that I wish, I’d said, many years ago The words that are making my tears flow And I hope that history will remember The debt that is owed to you and your kind And for however long I have left in this world You and my brother will never be far from my mind And though Walker may have taken the glory History was made by a much bigger story You were never afforded the dignity That your courage and sacrifice truly deserved And I wish that I’d had the humility To take all the time that was needed to learn That no man can ever be only defined By the best or the worst that he has done in his life You were one of life’s unsung heroes And although I’m too late now to sing you this song I want everyone that I hold dear to know That I’m so proud of you and I wish you could know That your last living son makes your memory live on And I miss you with all of my heart For all the years, we’ve been apart I wish that I had told you, from the start
9.
Wonderland 04:28
Can’t remember was it ever, I don’t know Something’s in the way, I wouldn’t like to say Can’t be mended open ended so it seems We can all agree, it’s not ok with me I wanna go where everybody goes I wanna know what everybody seems to know A magic door must lead the way A place where all your doubts and fears just go away It’s somewhere I need to go there I need it today Topsy turvy, started early, I don’t know Something I just felt, may be something else Spinning reeling, summer feeling fades away Is it really me, not who I wanna be I wanna go where everybody goes I wanna know what everybody seems to know A magic door must lead the way A place where all your doubts and fears just go away It’s somewhere I need to go there I need to go there I need to go there A magic door must lead the way A place where all your doubts and fears just go away It’s somewhere I need to go there I need to go there I need to go there I need to go there
10.
On The Money 06:07
The money chase is bringing me here The shades of grey are never too, ever too clear And every minute that I’m spending here Seems to last about hundred million years The money chase is bringing me here Driven by my insatiable unbreakable fear That I’ll never find a way to break through The kind of day that can easily bring you down Never makes any kind of difference What you learn and what you think you know Cos its only intuition That will lead you where you need to go The money chase is bringing me here Driven by my insatiable unbreakable fear And I’ve never found a way to break through The kind of day that seems to be bringing me down If money makes the world go around, well I could really use some now If money makes the world go around, well Find a way to make it somehow If money makes the world go around, well I could really use some now If money makes the world go around, well Gotta try to find a way of making it now

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Written and produced by Loz Rabone. Debut album made in remembrance of Jim Rabone R.I.P.

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released June 28, 2018

All words and music by Loz Rabone except for The More That I Try – words by Loz Rabone, music by Surinder Sandhu and Loz Rabone
All vocals and instruments (real and virtual) by Loz Rabone except for the following:
Dean Hopkins – Bass and keyboards on Any Given Day
Wayne Matthews – Bass on The More That I Try
David Austin Grey – Synth on The More That I Try

Mixed and produced by Loz Rabone
Mastered by Surinder Sandhu
Cover design by Camila Rabone

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Loz Rabone Birmingham, UK

Loz Rabone is a singer guitarist based in Birmingham in the UK. He has written and produced 3 albums and a 4 track EP. he is currently working on his next album.

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