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This track is the most stripped-back song on the album. It has just 2 main instruments - acoustic guitar and piano (and a bit of cello in verse two.) I chose the iconic figure of the Big Bad Wolf blowing the house down to reflect turbulence within a relationship. (*A technical note for audio lovers: this is the 1 track out of the 10 that has a 24 bit depth.)

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Lyrics:

(Oh) Do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do

Champagne on New Year's Eve,
My baby had a bottle, I was drivin' home.
Single tears on a once kissed cheek,
My warning light appears on the way home,

I used to sing "Good morning, girl,"
Now we've said "goodnight,"
I'd be lying if I told our friends:
"We're alright,"
We're not alright...

I wish I could say: "we couldn't be better,
Whatever d'you mean: "I seem quite low"?"
We fall like a feather in all kinds of weather,
We need some place where the bad wolf won't blow,
Remember, remember last year
Where we danced in the hall with no shoes on at all,
The blues keeps knockin' us down,
'Cos the bad wolf's back in town...

Do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do

We're like a broken down battery,
Flat, out of energy now, woah.
There's such negativity, so much negativity about.
And pieces of the past lay shattered like glass
By the open door.
I don't wanna hurt no more...

I wish I could say: "we couldn't be better,
Whatever d'you mean: "I seem quite low"?"
We fall like a feather in all kinds of weather,
We need some place where the bad wolf won't blow,
Remember, remember last year
Where we danced in the hall with no shoes on at all,
The blues keeps knockin' us down,
'Cos the bad wolf's back in town...

Do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do

The glass is half empty,
There's no positivity now,
Oh oh oh oh...

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from Sam Winston - The Fire & The Icicle, released April 15, 2016
All music & lyrics by Sam Winston.

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Sam Winston London, UK

Sam Winston is a folk-pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in London, UK. He writes, records and produces in his own home-built studio.

"A voice both delicate and disarming" - BBC UPLOAD

"His tracks feature unusual instruments like a Celtic harp, a Victorian dulcitone, mandolins, even Sam's uncle's 100 year old accordion" - THE NEWS SHOPPER
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