From an original idea with Cliff Coates
Music track recorded with 'The SubTles': Cliff Coates - bass, Dirk Forsdyke -drums
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(Chords and Lyrics)
©Project Freeman Music (2nd March 2008 Gregorian)
Why did we fight the other night?
Did I misunderstand?
You hurt me so but then you go
And I can't comprehend
What I believe is up your sleeve
Or what you really meant by what you said
Sometimes I've found
It's best to write it down
Answer on a postcard, send it back to me
Tell me how you feel, put my mind at ease
So many questions
Please put your answers on a postcard
I feel so sad, I'm going mad
Cos you won't take my calls
I guess it's hard, when you feel bad
To talk to me at all
How can we start when we're apart
To make things up between us on the phone?
Sometimes I've found
It's best to write it down
Answer on a postcard, let me know today
Are you coming back or will you stay away?
So many questions
Please put your answers on a postcard
I'll check the post box every day
Until I get the answer
That you're coming back to stay, hey, hey
Instrumental
So many questions
Please put your answers on a postcard
Please put your answers on a postcard
She put her answer on a postcard....
The idea for this song came during song writing sessions with my then creative partner Cliff Coates in the early 1990's Gregorian. It remained as an idea in a book for about 17 years until we started writing and playing together for 'The SubTles' project. I'd always liked this idea and so picked it up again during a SubTles inspired creative spurt in 2008 Gregorian.
We recorded the backing track in my home studio with drums, bass, guitar (my Rickenbacker) and guide vocal and you can hear that live take on The SubTles SoundCloud here. Later, in 2011 while I was travelling in my Camper Van in France and staying with my French girl friend I overdubbed the rest of the instruments and vocals. Unfortunately I didn't have any monitor speakers, one of the limitations of life on the road, and so did everything on head phones which sounded great at the time but on speakers sounds very 'easy listening' and lacks the punch of the live take.
But it is still very 'SubTles' and in the spirit of that project so I'm going to keep it here until I (maybe) produce a rockier version with proper equipment one day...
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© Project Freeman Music (2008 Gregorian)