Name: JUST LET ME SING
Duration: P00H03M40S
Description: Another song about my dad, who was also a singer - a very fine one in the mould of Bing Crosby or Dick Haymes. He once said, after multiple hip/back/knee operations, that the only time the pain went away was when he was on stage.

JUST LET ME SING

from SHADOWLANDS by Jack Howard

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Another song about my dad, who was also a singer - a very fine one in the mould of Bing Crosby or Dick Haymes. He once said, after multiple hip/back/knee operations, that the only time the pain went away was when he was on stage.

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If I can sing then I'll find a way out
Boy, I've got trouble but I can still hold a tune
Lurching around like a drunken sailor
What shall you do with me?
Put me in the longboat
But I'm as sober as a judge
And who are you to judge me?

Just let me sing, for God's sake
And I'll find a way out
Cos I can still hold a tune, I can still lull the beast

Then the room goes quiet
And the pain goes away
All those ladies in the shadow are swaying in time
Simple as ABC, just let me sing
I'll say grace tonight, bless the beasts and the children

Just let me sing, etc.

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from SHADOWLANDS, released January 30, 2012
Gerard Assi - acoustic gtr, Jack - the rest

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Jack Howard Melbourne, Australia

Jack Howard played trumpet with Hunters and Collectors and for the last 20 years, he's been releasing his own highly- regarded music. Along the way, he's also played with The Living End, The Violent Femmes, Rodriguez and a host of others. In 2017, Jack toured the world with Midnight Oil as their trumpeter/multi-instrumentalist. He released his memoirs, Small Moments Of Glory in 2019. ... more

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