Somewhat of a different direction for the Tempus collective, we hope you enjoy it.

Special thanks to Mark Cowan for guest backing vocals...

Music and lyrics Kevin Fleming & Stewart Grieve

With thanks to Stuart Gairns and Steven Young for their most excellent guitar work.

She steps out of the rain, wonders at his shame,

The colours on her face, remembers different days,

Of heaven, yeah, heaven.....again,

Raised a preacher girl,

Forgives his ills, his very soul,

I would love you to the end,

As a sinner......always,

(chorus)

The stars that lead the way, will turn out on this day,

Strangers in the end, will heart skip beat again,

I will understand, always in the end,

Till the end,

She steps out into the city, one lifted hand to many,

The strike from years of fury,

And as shameless though it seems, hopelessly she dreams,

(chorus)

I will love you till the end,

The hearts, the flowers, the hollow words that never mend,

She steps out in the rain, hopes that lie in shame,

Guilt stained are her hands, remembers better days,

Of freedom, yeah, heaven.....again.....

In 1960 Birmingham Alabama is the most segregated city in southern America, a brutal regime is in place denying blacks any rights. City Mayor, Bull Connor sets his dogs on the black community, he hoses them, and denies them all civil liberties. Churches are burned and men, women and children are brutalised, some are targeted and killed as a result of the colour of their skin.

1963 saw the civil rights fight start in this city, so chosen because of its troubles. One year later, following the great march on Washington and Luthers ‘I have a dream speech’ the civil rights act of 1964 was signed.

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

― Martin Luther King Jr.

Music & Lyrics by S Grieve & K Fleming (based around the words of Martin Luther King Jr.)

How do you tell, your seven year old girl,

She aint going to funtown, today

It’s the colour of your skin, she just aint getting in,

Not today, no how….

The dream that once you had, For-ever shall be heard,

Let freedom ring, ..this day, From every city

If they take your name, sing it,

As the churches burn, there never was shame,

And as the crosses flame, white cotton Dixie,

Jailed for peace and prayer, Alabama 63,

If a man has not found, some – thing for which he is prepared to die,

Then he aint fit to live, this life we call our own, we call our own…

Gotta fight to call our own………

Thank god almighty, we are free at last…..free at last……

New track from the Tempus collective. A bit more up beat from our usual, heralding the start of summer...

Thanks again to Wargames79 for the guitars on this track.

With every branch of blame,

The best of men, they take the praise,….again.

And every brick that’s laid,

Sends shivers through the fields… in vain.

Restoration of the feud,

Redress the years for,

Seeds that were sown…..

Resurrection of the soil,

Is coming for your soul,

And rivers flow like bloods beneath the skin…

Refrain.....

Ive lived the life of loves lost hope,

Defended from the faith,

Wounded from the change,

The dark, the stars, the heart the soul,

To dust we shall return,

This nemesis of earth,

Restoration of the feud,

Redress the years for,

Seeds that were sown…..

Resurrection of the soil,

Is coming for your soul,

And rivers flow like bloods beneath the skin…

The Lessons of the word, Refrain….

This mothers earth.

Refrain, refrain….

Late night, Light the street lights and,

Embrace life, and the traffic fades,....it fades.

The city wakes before the sun,

The river washes through and on,

The cars, the people, the street life urges on,

Amidst the traffic, I hear laughter through the rain,

The sub way trains, for us, while the great they'll take the plane's.

The Restaurants lie bare now,

The stations fares have gone,

And people sleep in doorways.

Just People watching,

Clear skies, turning grey,

Time to join the pedestrian ways,

Take shelter from the rains of the day,

Till this traffic fades, till another day.

Inspired by the Danny Boyle film Sunshine, and chords borrowed from the mighty John Murphy.

Was never really happy with my first go at this, the piano was weak and the strings sounded poor, was just messing about with it the other night and after I replaced the piano with the Alica Keys plug in felt the track sounded much better. The RC 48 Reverb has also made a massive difference, man do I love that plug in.

Dropped the bpm's by 5 and added a few chord corrections, probably not many will notice but I just wanted to get it right for me.

A track about a particularly beautiful but desolate part of the Scottish Highlands that has always been a favourite visiting spot for me.

Thanks to Steve & Billy for Bass & Guitars again on this one.

The faded whites of these snow capped fells, and mist that shrouds him.. well,

Faintly…….The Stag steps from the glen.

On the quiet hill,

He stands, so strong....

At the Torridon Fair, she’ll take your hand to lead you there

A fire burns within the soul, with a heart all shades of gold,..

The summer rains are in the air, and the red skies of the fair,

A boat lies cast aside the shore, returns its timbers to God and rests in auld folklore,

Of kings and men who stood and fought for so much more,

Great Northern lights, the rise the fall, they guide them all,

On this quiet hill,

Their spirit lives on…

Deserted barns, the empty crofts, the tumbled ruins, of what once was,

Redundant rail tracks, the fallow mills, the ghosts of steel, of steam are all but heather now,

A track about the cruelty of war and the world's obsession with it, also the needless cruelty to innocent lives that get drawn into a conflict they often do not want to be involved in.

A Return to the Fray.

1st Verse:

They wanted to be strong,

They wanted to be, oh so strong,

They wanted to be free,

They wanted to be free, just like me,

But they failed,

They were failed - failed by me.

Chorus:

Does anybody know, Does everybody fear,

Did anybody feel - like I feel,

Does everybody share, Does anybody Care,

Did anybody bleed - the way I do.

And they gave - but did they really have to go and stay,

2nd verse:

They say it breaks no law, to take an innocent to war,

I cant save this child, from life's disease,

We didn’t have to stay, There must be another way,

Bring us back now, Give it back now,

Take me home.........................

Chorus:

Does anybody know, Does everybody fear,

Did anybody feel - like I feel,

Does everybody share, Does anybody Care,

Did anybody bleed - the way I do.

Does anybody know, Does anybody care,

Did everybody feel - like I feel,

If every soul thats here, could shed a silent tear,

Could Everybody bleed - the way they do.