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Don't Put Me Down

by Jim Condie's Distant Cousins

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Jim Condie's Distant Cousins - Don't Put Me Down 04:10
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DON’T PUT ME DOWN DON’T PUT ME DOWN I CAN DO THAT FOR MYSELF DON’T PUT ME DOWN I DON’T NEED YOUR HELP DON’T PUT ME DOWN GO PICK ON SOMEONE ELSE DON’T PUT ME DOWN JUST LEAVE ME ON THE SHELF I WAS BORN IN A LITTLE TOWN IN FIFE A PLACE WHERE UNDER-ACHIEVERS RULE YOUR LIFE IF YOU WANNA GET ON YOU GOTTA GET OUT AMBITION’S SOMETHING WE DON’T TALK ABOUT YES I WAS BORN IN FIFE IN A LITTLE TOWN WHERE EVERYBODY PUT EACH OTHER DOWN ‘HE CAN’T BE UP TO MUCH I KNEW HIS DAD’ SELF-ESTEEM SEEMED LIKE A DIRTY WORD WHEN I LEFT HOME I HAD TO GET AWAY HEADED FOR THE CITY OUT ACROSS THE BAY MET SMART-ASS ENGLISH KIDS FROM THE SOUTH EAST MY FEELINGS OF LOW SELF RESPECT INCREASED YES I LEFT HOME AS SOON AS I GREW UP IMAGINING ESCAPE WOULD BE ENOUGH BUT I FOUND OUT NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO YOUR LACK OF SELF-RESPECT WILL FOLLOW YOU NOW I’M OLDER WISER I CAN SEE LOW SELF ESTEEM HAS BEEN THE END OF ME I’M POSITIVE IT’S NEGATIVITY THAT’S STOPPED ME BEING WHERE I WANT TO BE YES I SEE I’M OLDER WISER NOW FAME SUCCESS ELUDED ME AND HOW I REALISE TOO LATE FOR ME TO CHANGE WHEN HOPE IS GONE THERE’S NOT MUCH ELSE REMAINS
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Jim Condie's Distant Cousins - I Am The One Who... 02:49
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I AM THE ONE WHO... I AM THE ONE WHO THOUGHTTHAT HE MIGHT SAVE THE WORLD IF HE CHANGED HIS DIET I AM THE ONE WHO DIDN’T SHOUT BUT NEVER COULD BE TOLD TO KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT I AM THE ONE WHO COULDN’T SEE YOU WERE THE ONE FOR ME I AM THE ONE WHO SAW RIGHT THROUGH THE POLITICIANS LIES; THEY SCREW YOU I AM THE ONE WHO GOT MUCH OLDER NOT IN THE FAST LANE PARKED ON THE SHOULDER I AM THE ONE WHO DIDN’T SEE YOU WERE THE ONE FOR ME YOU ARE THE ONE WHO SAID THAT SHE’D WAIT FOR ME WHEN SHE DUMPED ME IN THE SIXTH GRADE I AM THE ONE WHO DIDN’T SEE YOU WERE THE ONE FOR ME I AM THE ONE WHO ALWAYS TRIED TO RESPECT THE PLANET ALWAYS RECYCLE I AM THE ONE WHO SAW IT COMING MAMMON’S GREED; GLOBAL WARMING I AM THE ONE WHO COULDN’T SEE YOU WERE THE ONE FOR ME YOU ARE THE ONE WHO FOUND ME LATER WHO SUGGESTED THAT I SHOULD DATE HER I AM THE ONE WHO DIDN’T SEE YOU WERE THE ONE FOR ME I AM THE ONE WHO NEVER FELT THE NEED TO LIVE IN A NUCLEAR SHELTER I AM THE ONE WHO HAD PREDICTED CORPORATE TAKE OVERS WON’T BE RESTRICTED I AM THE ONE WHO LIVED A LIFE OF NO COMPROMISE AND FORGOT ABOUT REAL LOVE I AM THE ONE WHO CAN AGREE YOU ARE THE ONE FOR ME
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Jim Condie's Distant Cousins - When Heartache Begins 05:22
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WHEN HEARTACHE BEGINS When heartache begins That’s when love ends You’ve been there before You’ll be there again You suffered the good times Now savour the pain When love turns to heartache again. When love turns to heartache again You had your first lover When you were sixteen Could love last forever Or was that just a dream? Soon you would discover What true love could mean When love turns to heartache again When love turns to heartache again You know there’s something deep inside That no lover could provide You’ll keep searching for it all of your life And the scars that you must bear From each sorry love affair Are not from cuts inflicted by a knife You met a young woman Somewhere down the line And soon you got married Your life was just fine But then you got restless You knew that it was time When love turns to heartache again When love turns to heartache again You know there’s something deep inside That no lover could provide You’ll keep searching for it all of your life And the scars that you must bear From each sorry love affair Are not from cuts inflicted by a knife There’s something you’re feeling You can’t quite conceive You’re never contented You can’t quite believe That life can be perfect It’s almost relief When love turns to heartache again When love turns to heartache again
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I Wake Up Screamin' 04:41
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I WAKE UP SCREAMIN' I wake up screamin’ in the middle of the night Bathed in sweat, shakin’ with fright I got the feelin’ somethin’ just isn’t right What’s that outside my door? I turn on the light. I stagger out of bed and go to the door I listen through it for that sound I heard before Now I can’t hear that noise any more So I go back to bed and try to ignore… (all the) Thoughts bouncin’ round my head all tryin’ to get out Each one a-jostlin’ and thrashin’ about I won’t get back to sleep, of that there’s no doubt I try countin’ sheep, but they keep breakin’ out I can’t sleep! So tired! Can’t sleep! So tired! So I get up again and switch on the TV Go to the kitchen, make a cup of tea Flick through the channels there’s nothin’ to see Until I finally fall asleep around three I wake up shiverin’, it’s gone half past four I awoke myself when I began to snore I might as well get dressed, go to the all-night store I got the feelin’ I’ve been through this before I can’t sleep! So tired! Can’t sleep! So tired! Since you went away my life’s been a mess You’d had just about enough of me I guess My bed feels empty without you I must confess That’s why I’m sendin’ out to you this SOS. I can’t sleep! So tired! Can’t sleep! So tired!
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Jim Condie's Distant Cousins - One Of These Days 03:43
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ONE OF THESE DAYS SOMEONE KEEPS CALLING ON MY TELEPHONE ALWAYS CALLS WHEN I’M NOT AT HOME. LEAVES A MESSAGE ON THE ANSWER MACHINE IT’S GOT ME WORRIED, KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I CHANGED MY NUMBER, UNLISTED MY NAME BUT THE MESSAGES KEEP GETTING LEFT JUST THE SAME EACH TIME I PRESS PLAYBACK A VOICE SAYS ‘HEY!’ I’M GONNA GET YOU ONE OF THESE DAYS CHORUS: ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL BRING YOU DOWN ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL RUN YOU OUT OF TOWN BETTER LOOK OUT BUDDY - I’M ON YOUR CASE YOU’RE GONNA GET YOURS ONE OF THESE DAYS I CAN’T WORK OUT WHAT HE THINKS I HAVE DONE I ONLY KNOW THAT I AIN’T THE ONE. BUT MY PSYCHO FRIEND CALLED AGAIN TODAY HE SAID, I’M GONNA GET YOU ONE OF THESE DAYS CHORUS ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL MAKE YOU GO ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL BRING YOU DOWN SO LOW BETTER LOOK OUT BUDDY - I’M ON YOUR CASE YOU’LL GET YOURS ONE OF THESE DAYS MID8 I ASK MYSELF WHY I’M IN SUCH A STATE. STAYIN’ UP NIGHTS, SLEEPIN’ LATE. TRY TO GET DRUNK, I FEEL MORE SOBER THAN BEFORE TILL MY FACE HITS THE FLOOR. I RIPPED MY TELEPHONE OFF THE WALL NOW I DON’T GET NO CRAZY PHONE CALLS AT ALL. BUT I STILL HEAR THAT VOICE IN MY HEAD AND IT SAYS I’M GONNA GET YOU ONE OF THESE DAYS. ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL BRING YOU DOWN ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL RUN YOU OUT OF TOWN BETTER LOOK OUT BUDDY - I’M ON YOUR CASE YOU’RE GONNA GET YOURS ONE OF THESE DAYS ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL MAKE YOU GO ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL BRING YOU DOWN SO LOW BETTER LOOK OUT BUDDY - I’M ON YOUR CASE YOU’LL GET YOURS ONE OF THESE DAYS
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Jim Condie's Distant Cousins - Krazee 03:52
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KRAZEE THERE WAS A GIRL, YOU CAN CALL HER JANE YOU DON’T REALLY NEED TO KNOW HER NAME SHE WAS SMART, SHE WAS A REAL GO-GETTER SHE’D GO FOR YOU IF SHE THOUGHT YOU’D LET HER IF THAT GIRL WAS CRAZY FOR YOU, SHE’D DO ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT HER TO I USED TO THINK SHE WAS SO FINE I COULDN’T WAIT TO TELL THE WORLD SHE’S MINE ALL HER FRIENDS THEY USED TO SAY SHE WON’T LET ANYBODY STAND IN HER WAY I THINK THAT GIRL WAS CRAZY YOU KNOW BE LIKE MY SHADOW EVERYWHERE I’D GO I USED TO THINK SHE WAS A PRETTY FINE CHICK BUT I COULDN’T FIGURE OUT JUST WHAT MADE HER TICK THAT GIRL SHE WAS STRONG, SHE WAS TOUGH MANY TIMES I’VE THOUGHT SHE JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH MY SWEET LITTLE JANE WAS CRAZY I FOUND SHE FREAKED ME OUT WHENEVER SHE CAME AROUND IF I EVER TRIED TO BE PROFOUND SHE’D PICK ME UP JUST TO PUT ME DOWN SHE’D WAKE ME UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT CUSSIN’, KICKIN’, LOOKIN’ FOR A FIGHT I GUESS WHY SHE WAS CRAZY FOR ME THAT’S JUST BECAUSE SHE’S PLUMB CRAZY YOU SEE
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Jim Condie's Distant Cousins - France Profonde in November 03:32
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Jim Condie' Distant Cousins - The Desperate Ones 04:30
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THE DESPERATE ONES FROM THE SIDE OF MY EYE THEY SCRAPE THE STREETS JUST ANOTHER TOWN, ANOTHER ONE NIGHT STAND A SONG OF A FRIEND, A LOVE RETREATS THEIR NAMES ON A WALL A SOOTHING HAND I TURN MY HEAD AGAIN TO THE WORLD THAT SHUNS THE DESPERATE ONES X3 A DRIVE UP TOWN MOMENT IN TIME A DECK OF CARDS A GLASS OF WINE A KNOWING GLANCE A SONG THAT RHYMES A RANDOM PHRASE OH THAT WOULD BE FINE I TURN MY BACK AGAIN TO THE WORLD THAT SHUNS THE DESPERATE ONES X3 AN AWKWARD STARE AN OPEN BOOK FROZEN FINGERS PRPETUAL LOOK AN EMPTY COFFEE CUP THAT SECRET LOOK A BLACK & WHITE TV GRUBBY MOTEL ROOM I TURN MY FACE AGAIN TO THE WORLD THAT SHUNS THE DESPERATE ONES X3 FADE
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Jim Condie' Distant Cousins - She Didn't Notice Me 03:42
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SHE DIDN’T NOTICE ME AS SHE WALKED BY, SHE CROSSED MY EYE SHE WAS THE ONE FOR ME I NEVER FIGURED TO WONDER WHY SHE WAS THE ONE FOR ME I COMBED MY HAIR; I CHECKED MY FLY I WATCHED HER WALK; IT MADE ME WANNA CRY THEN I WATCHED HER WALK ON BY SHE DIDN’T NOTICE ME I WAS A FOOL, THOUGHT I COULD LOOK COOL SHE WAS MEANT FOR ME I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT BREAKIN’ RULES SHE WAS MEANT FOR ME DOWN AT THE SPANISH STEPS, SHE CAST-A-NET I REALISED HOW LUCKY I COULD GET BUT SHE LEFT ME STANDING YET SHE DIDN’T NOTICE ME WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO TO MAKE THAT GIRL AWARE? I KNEW SHE’D FEEL THE SAME FOR ME IF SHE SAW ME STANDING THERE HANGING AROUND, FEET ON THE GROUND SHE WAS MEANT FOR ME AS DARKNESS FELL, I STOOD THERE STILL COS SHE WAS MEANT FOR ME THE STREET LIGHTS BURNED, THE GIRL RETURNED SHE WAS ENTWINED IN ANOTHER GUY’S ARMS OBLIVIOUS TO ALL MY CHARMS SHE DIDN’T NOTICE ME BUT I WAS SURE OUR LOVE WAS PURE COS SHE WAS MEANT FOR ME IT WAS MORE THAN I COULD ENDURE BUT SHE WAS MEANT FOR ME I‘D BE PREPARED WHEN SHE CAME BACK I’D FIGURED OUT A PLAN OF ATTACK IF LOOKS COULD KILL, I’D BE HERE STILL SHE DIDN’T NOTICE ME WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO TO MAKE THAT GIRL AWARE? I THOUGHT SHE’D FEEL THE SAME FOR ME BUT SHE LEFT ME STANDING THERE ALL ALONE I WALKED ON HOME IT WASN’T MEANT TO BE A SITUATION I COULD NOT CONDONE SHE WASN’T MEANT FOR ME I LOOKED A MESS AS I CLIMBED THE STAIRS OUTSIDE MY DOOR SHE WAS STANDING THERE LOOKED IN HER EYES WHAT A SURPRISE SHE DIDN’T NOTICE ME
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Poor Boy 03:40
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Man came to the door I say, "For whom are you looking?" He says, "Your wife", I say, "She's busy in the kitchen cookin'" Poor boy where you been? I already tol' you won't tell you again I say, "How much you want for that?", I go into the store The man says, "Three dollars", "All right", I say, "Will you take four?" Poor boy - never say die Things will be all right by and by Workin' like on the mainline, workin' like the devil The game is the same it's just up on a different level Poor boy, dressed in black Police at your back Poor boy in a red hot town Out beyond the twinklin' stars Ridin' first class trains making the rounds Tryin' to keep from fallin' between the cars Othello told Desdemona, "I'm cold, cover me with a blanket By the way, what happened to that poison wine?" She says, "I gave it to you, you drank it" Poor boy, layin' 'em straight pickin' up the cherries fallin' off the plate Time and love has branded me with its claws Had to go to Florida, dodgin' them Georgia laws Poor boy, in the hotel called the Palace of Gloom Calls down to room service, says, "Send up a room" My mother was a daughter of a wealthy farmer My father was a traveling salesman, I never met him When my mother died, my uncle took me in, he ran a funeral parlor He did a lot of nice things for me and I won't forget him All I know is that I'm thrilled by your kiss I don't know any more than this Poor boy, pickin' up sticks Build ya a house out of mortar and bricks Knockin' on the door, I say, "Who is it and where are you from?" Man says, "Freddy!" I say, "Freddy who?" He says, "Freddy or not here I come." Poor boy 'neath the stars that shine Washin' them dishes, feedin' them swine

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After my first album, 'Distant Cousins' was received warmly in 2002, I decided to record a follow-up, but this time concentrate on writing and recording the whole thing myself. This was the result - it's been sitting in various computers for about the past 15 years, so with Covid stopping musicians everywhere from doing what they love best, this'll have to be my Covid-contribution.

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released October 1, 2020

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Jim Condie Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Has played with everyone from Van the Man to Hercules the Bear, from Ali Farka Touré to Rab C Nesbitt, Sugar Blue to Louisiana Red, Mose Scarlett to Sam Brown to Tam White (what a colourful bunch!), SAHB to Nazareth - the list could go on forever! In addition, his session work for the BBC has included loads of soundtrack work, one of the best known being the theme from the BBC's Rab C Nesbitt! ... more

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