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More Notes from the Field

by Jacob & Drinkwater

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1.
More Notes 03:32
1. More Notes This one’s for the folks back home, play it on your mobile phone When you think you’ve heard enough say ‘I prefer their early stuff’ But we come from a different school; uncool before uncool was cool We’ll end up like that old Greek bloke who died laughing at his own joke More notes from the field We’ve done some miles in this old van from Exeter down to Milan Darling your puns are all the rage you belong upon the stage Who’s that woman over there poets drowning in her hair? Take my ego for a stroll forget the myths of rock and roll More notes from the field Taking in the age with an open heart and an empty page Waiting for the road to rise for the sun to shine in a clear blue sky More notes from the field Underneath the old stage lights trying to undress the night Listen to the humans sing and sleep beneath an angel’s wing
2.
2. Perennial Friend Did you ever feel you’re playing a losing game? Same old bills no money to your name Same old troubles running ‘round your brain When life is hard to do I will be looking out for you My perennial friend Did you ever feel a deep unease? Seems that life will bring you to your knees You lost your purpose, disconnected from yourself When life was hard to understand You would always lend a hand My perennial friend When the light is hard to see You’’ll always have a friend in me You’ve seen me broken, seen me on the mend Only love will save us in the end I’ve seen you shining, seen you lying to yourself When the truth is hard to hear I will always lend an ear And when the light is hard to see You’ll always have a friend in me A perennial friend
3.
3. Higher Than The Moon Higher than the moon racing through the month of June Just tripping down the line trying my very best to shine But I’ll trade all of this illusory kingdom for your kiss A credit to our class we’d sit beneath the underpass Just drinking in the age, amateurs upon life’s stage With dreams that burn so bright and disappear like smoke rings in the night. Legends of the road, stories we’ll tell when we are old I will play the part of the hero with a fragile heart But the greatest tale will be i loved you and darling you loved me The wolves are out tonight must be something in the moonlight I’ll come out of my shell, there’s still some secrets left to tell ‘Cause you set my soul free, you’re bringing out the poet in me
4.
Golden Man 04:44
4. Golden Man I went down to the valley to watch the river flow Somehow I forgot myself and everything I know I came upon a giant there part spirit and part wild His arm was made mighty His eyes were gentle as a child I saw a golden man I saw a golden man He dived into the water as deep as he could go Spiralling through the whirlpool he moved with the flow By the time he reached the other side the sun was sinking low His limbs began to tremble and his chest began to glow I saw a golden man I saw a golden man He shook off all his ancient wounds He shook the hand of death Shook the scales from his eyes ’til only gold was left Can you see me as I am? Do you hear me when I speak? You love me because I’m strong Will you love me when I’m weak? He said once I was a soldier and I swore to serve the king Now I fight a different war I serve a higher thing Scion of the truth Friend to the innocent A voice in the wilderness That asks you to repent Fiery incantations He howled at the moon When will I see your face again ? Soon brother, soon I saw a golden man I saw a golden man I saw a golden man
5.
5. Nowhere On Sea I used to drive a lovely cortina but some kids smashed the window one day It’s still sat there in the driveway i don’t really go anywhere anyway Busking outside the old Woolworth’s store Just enough for a beer or three I could have been a famous singer you know But that kind of life’s not for me I was only passing through ‘cause I had nothing better to do That was 1983 and I’m still here in Nowhere On Sea Well Maria she moved to the city Ah you should of seen us in eighty nine She asked me if I’d go with her But it just didn’t feel right at the time There’ve been a few holiday romances A few one night stands that’s for sure But since they opened the new power station People don’t seem to visit much anymore I was only passing through ‘cause I had nothing better to do That was 1983 and I’m still here in Nowhere On Sea The graffiti on the wall it says ‘call me for a good time’ That just might be the best offer you’ll see Being lonely is not a crime Ah the pubs have all closed down now Except the anchor and the old rod n line Once it was happy hour all the time Now it’s just from six until nine I was only passing through ‘cause I had nothing better to do That was 1983 and I’m still here in Nowhere On Sea See those hotels have all been sold now Somehow they smell the money in all this decline Like the kids that hang around in the arcade at night Just one shot away from the big time As for me I don’t really know what I’m after But it’s true that I’m way past my prime And I get low sometimes and I don’t know why But I’m happy go lucky most of the time I was only passing through ‘cause I had nothing better to do That was 1983 and I’m still here in Nowhere On Sea Oh i’m still here in Nowhere On Sea
6.
The Nameless 03:11
6. The Nameless This one’s for the nameless, this one’s for the ninety-nine This one’s for my true love, this one was never really mine There’s a flame burning in the blackness There’s a light shining in the dark Save us from the devils, from the fury and the sound Take us far from the faceless ghosts of the underground There’s a flame burning in the blackness There’s a light shining in the dark I’ll give you shelter from the madness From the wicked and the wild I will carry your sadness I will love you like a child There’s a flame burning in the blackness There’s a light shining in the dark
7.
7. A Day Out Of Time An angel here in human skin Beauty of eye and beauty within From desire to pursuit Every flower longs to be fruit A rose ascends but a rose it dies A day out for time, a life in love Was it light that made the eye? To see the blue of the morning sky Was it sound that formed the ear? To hear the morning sing so clear The song descends and the song it flies A day out for time, a life in love And up above in the night sky a star is born And an old star dies The world I saw with Adam’s eyes Just a thought and the moment dies The life you knew with eyes of eve It slipped away and left you to grieve For joy descends and joy it flies A day out for time, a life in love
8.
8. To Call You Friend Well today was another dark day i’m here in paradise but still I feel like hell Don’t mention my medication Please don’t tell them that I’m unwell See I lost my spark somehow I lost my mojo And I miss my brother and all of my friends I thought I’d find peace as I got older But it feels like it just never ends So take care of the ones you love And be a brother until the end Take care of the ones you love Let it be a blessing to call you friend In our waistcoats and old cloth caps We looked like two gypsy boys Finding solace in the arms of music From the demons and all of the noise To the tribes of the north you were the wizard With your magic charm and your long elfin hands The breath and the beat and the pounding of feet And the music of mythical lands So take care of the ones you love And be a sister until the end Take care of the ones you love Let it be a blessing to call you friend I want you to know you were never a failure And you’ll always be a hero to me For your heart was as big as the ocean You were a saint for the cause of living free I remember the last time we met There was a feeling of mutual love As the waves washed over our bodies And the clouds rolled by up above So take care of the ones you love And be a brother until the end Take care of the ones you love Let it be a blessing to call you friend A blessing to call you friend For it was a blessing to call you friend.
9.
Sargasso Sea 02:59
9. Sargasso Sea Hey hey Jo Where did all the years go? I was 35 when I came back alive Took a long long time To make this body mine I’ll Run to the well, wind up in the Leigh Down to the river that flows so free The current will take a hold of me Carry me back To the Sargasso Sea Hey hey Jo Come step into the flow On the edge of sleep On the surface of the deep I stood at the head of a long, long line Every ancestor of mine Has built this perfect boat for me To carry me back to the Sargasso Sea It’s been a long long time Happy to report I’m doing fine See I tuned into a secret tone On a flute made from an albatross bone It was picked up by the westerly That will carry me back to the Sargasso Sea Hey hey Jo I’m ok just so you know Another year goes by in the blinking of an eye Yesterday I crossed the line Said goodbye to a friend of mine I’m sad to lose his company Hope I See him in the Sargasso Sea I’m going where the shadows cannot reach me Hear what the ocean has to teach me For anyone asking after me Tell em I left for the Sargasso sea
10.
10. For Old Time’s Sake For all the Gods we left behind For all the ruins and the temples of the mind For the bright children of the pioneers For those twilight years so distant and opaque And for old time’s sake For every ship that ever hit a mine For all the sailors and for the old grey funnel line For my grandfather down in the battery room For the strength to carry on When everything is at stake And for old time’s sake And for you my friends wherever ye roam May the path of love and healing lead you home For all the wounds we will one day mend For all the times we will bend but we will not break And for old time’s sake Plagues and earthquakes coming over the hill When all this is over we’ll be singing still For old time’s sake
11.
11. The Other World Amongst the mosses and the twisted oak There’s a place of which old women spoke An altar fashioned by some elfin hand A script no man can understand We went there by the rising of the seventh moon Placed my hand upon the seventh rune Opened up a doorway to another place A secret hidden from the human race We journeyed over the borderline Into another world, another time The northmen called it Odin’s day All the pagan Gods came out to play Before the Romans and the Saxons came i stood on this hill and called your name We felt the hidden force that makes the flowers grow We gathered herbs and we had seeds to sow And we journeyed over the borderline Into another world, another time Dancing round the fire in a masquerade I heard the strangest music ever played Around you a halo of fireflies I saw the cosmos shining in your eyes And we journeyed over the borderline Into another world, another time

about

The new album from acclaimed alt-folk duo Jacob & Drinkwater is built around a theme of friendship and connection, featuring songs written during the year of the Covid pandemic and a few from the live archive as yet un-released.

credits

released October 29, 2021

Tobias ben Jacob - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, songwriting.

Lukas Drinkwater - backing vocals, double bass, electric bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, organ, wurlitzer, drums, recording engineering, mixing, production.

Emily Barker - harmonica (Nowhere on Sea), backing vocals (To Call You Friend).

Ian Stephenson - mastering.

Pete Roe - artwork & design.

Tom Jacob - photography.

LYRICS

1. More Notes

This one’s for the folks back home, play it on your mobile phone
When you think you’ve heard enough say ‘I prefer their early stuff’
But we come from a different school; uncool before uncool was cool
We’ll end up like that old Greek bloke who died laughing at his own joke

More notes from the field

We’ve done some miles in this old van from Exeter down to Milan
Darling your puns are all the rage you belong upon the stage
Who’s that woman over there poets drowning in her hair?
Take my ego for a stroll forget the myths of rock and roll

More notes from the field

Taking in the age with an open heart and an empty page
Waiting for the road to rise for the sun to shine in a clear blue sky

More notes from the field

Underneath the old stage lights trying to undress the night
Listen to the humans sing and sleep beneath an angel’s wing

2. Perennial Friend

Did you ever feel you’re playing a losing game?
Same old bills no money to your name
Same old troubles running ‘round your brain
When life is hard to do
I will be looking out for you
My perennial friend

Did you ever feel a deep unease?
Seems that life will bring you to your knees
You lost your purpose, disconnected from yourself
When life was hard to understand
You would always lend a hand
My perennial friend

When the light is hard to see
You’’ll always have a friend in me

You’ve seen me broken, seen me on the mend
Only love will save us in the end
I’ve seen you shining, seen you lying to yourself
When the truth is hard to hear
I will always lend an ear
And when the light is hard to see
You’ll always have a friend in me
A perennial friend

3. Higher Than The Moon

Higher than the moon racing through the month of June
Just tripping down the line trying my very best to shine
But I’ll trade all of this illusory kingdom for your kiss

A credit to our class we’d sit beneath the underpass
Just drinking in the age, amateurs upon life’s stage
With dreams that burn so bright and disappear like smoke rings in the night.

Legends of the road, stories we’ll tell when we are old
I will play the part of the hero with a fragile heart
But the greatest tale will be i loved you and darling you loved me

The wolves are out tonight must be something in the moonlight
I’ll come out of my shell, there’s still some secrets left to tell
‘Cause you set my soul free, you’re bringing out the poet in me

4. Golden Man

I went down to the valley to watch the river flow
Somehow I forgot myself and everything I know
I came upon a giant there part spirit and part wild
His arm was made mighty
His eyes were gentle as a child

I saw a golden man
I saw a golden man

He dived into the water as deep as he could go
Spiralling through the whirlpool he moved with the flow
By the time he reached the other side the sun was sinking low
His limbs began to tremble and his chest began to glow

I saw a golden man
I saw a golden man

He shook off all his ancient wounds
He shook the hand of death
Shook the scales from his eyes ’til only gold was left
Can you see me as I am?
Do you hear me when I speak?
You love me because I’m strong
Will you love me when I’m weak?

He said once I was a soldier and I swore to serve the king
Now I fight a different war I serve a higher thing
Scion of the truth
Friend to the innocent
A voice in the wilderness
That asks you to repent

Fiery incantations
He howled at the moon
When will I see your face again ?
Soon brother, soon

I saw a golden man
I saw a golden man
I saw a golden man


5. Nowhere On Sea

I used to drive a lovely cortina but some kids smashed the window one day
It’s still sat there in the driveway
i don’t really go anywhere anyway
Busking outside the old Woolworth’s store
Just enough for a beer or three
I could have been a famous singer you know
But that kind of life’s not for me

I was only passing through ‘cause I had nothing better to do
That was 1983 and I’m still here in Nowhere On Sea

Well Maria she moved to the city
Ah you should of seen us in eighty nine
She asked me if I’d go with her
But it just didn’t feel right at the time
There’ve been a few holiday romances
A few one night stands that’s for sure
But since they opened the new power station
People don’t seem to visit much anymore

I was only passing through ‘cause I had nothing better to do
That was 1983 and I’m still here in Nowhere On Sea

The graffiti on the wall it says ‘call me for a good time’
That just might be the best offer you’ll see
Being lonely is not a crime
Ah the pubs have all closed down now
Except the anchor and the old rod n line
Once it was happy hour all the time
Now it’s just from six until nine

I was only passing through ‘cause I had nothing better to do
That was 1983 and I’m still here in Nowhere On Sea

See those hotels have al been sold now
Somehow they smell the money in all this decline
Like the kids that hang around in the arcade at night
Just one shot away from the big time
As for me I don’t really know what I’m after
But it’s true that I’m way past my prime
And I get low sometimes and I don’t know why
But I’m happy go lucky most of the time

I was only passing through ‘cause I had nothing better to do
That was 1983 and I’m still here in Nowhere On Sea
Oh i’m still here in Nowhere On Sea

6. The Nameless

This one’s for the nameless, this one’s for the ninety-nine
This one’s for my true love, this one was never really mine

There’s a flame burning in the blackness
There’s a light shining in the dark

Save us from the devils, from the fury and the sound
Take us far from the faceless ghosts of the underground

There’s a flame burning in the blackness
There’s a light shining in the dark

I’ll give you shelter from the madness
From the wicked and the wild
I will carry your sadness
I will love you like a child

There’s a flame burning in the blackness
There’s a light shining in the dark

7. A Day Out Of Time

An angel here in human skin
Beauty of eye and beauty within
From desire to pursuit
Every flower longs to be fruit
A rose ascends but a rose it dies

A day out for time, a life in love

Was it light that made the eye?
To see the blue of the morning sky
Was it sound that formed the ear?
To hear the morning sing so clear
The song descends and the song it flies

A day out for time, a life in love

And up above in the night sky a star is born
And an old star dies

The world I saw with Adam’s eyes
Just a thought and the moment dies
The life you knew with eyes of eve
It slipped away and left you to grieve
For joy descends and joy it flies

A day out for time, a life in love

8. To Call You Friend

Well today was another dark day
i’m here in paradise but still I feel like hell
Don’t mention my medication
Please don’t tell them that I’m unwell
See I lost my spark somehow I lost my mojo
And I miss my brother and all of my friends
I thought I’d find peace as I got older
But it feels like it just never ends

So take care of the ones you love
And be a brother until the end
Take care of the ones you love
Let it be a blessing to call you friend

In our waistcoats and old cloth caps
We looked like two gypsy boys
Finding solace in the arms of music
From the demons and all of the noise
To the tribes of the north you were the wizard
With your magic charm and your long elfin hands
The breath and the beat and the pounding of feet
And the music of mythical lands

So take care of the ones you love
And be a sister until the end
Take care of the ones you love
Let it be a blessing to call you friend

I want you to know you were never a failure
And you’ll always be a hero to me
For your heart was as big as the ocean
You were a saint for the cause of living free
I remember the last time we met
There was a feeling of mutual love
As the waves washed over our bodies
And the clouds rolled by up above

So take care of the ones you love
And be a brother until the end
Take care of the ones you love
Let it be a blessing to call you friend
A blessing to call you friend
For it was a blessing to call you friend.

9. Sargasso Sea

Hey hey Jo
Where did all the years go?
I was 35 when I came back alive
Took a long long time
To make this body mine
I’ll Run to the well, wind up in the Leigh
Down to the river that flows so free
The current will take a hold of me
Carry me back To the Sargasso Sea

Hey hey Jo
Come step into the flow
On the edge of sleep
On the surface of the deep
I stood at the head of a long, long line
Every ancestor of mine
Has built this perfect boat for me
To carry me back to the Sargasso Sea

It’s been a long long time
Happy to report I’m doing fine
See I tuned into a secret tone
On a flute made from an albatross bone
It was picked up by the westerly
That will carry me back to the Sargasso Sea

Hey hey Jo
I’m ok just so you know
Another year goes by in the blinking of an eye
Yesterday I crossed the line
Said goodbye to a friend of mine
I’m sad to lose his company
Hope I See him in the Sargasso Sea

I’m going where the shadows cannot reach me
Hear what the ocean has to teach me
For anyone asking after me
Tell em I left for the Sargasso sea

10. For Old Time’s Sake

For all the Gods we left behind
For all the ruins and the temples of the mind
For the bright children of the pioneers
For those twilight years so distant and opaque
And for old time’s sake

For every ship that ever hit a mine
For all the sailors and for the old grey funnel line
For my grandfather down in the battery room
For the strength to carry on
When everything is at stake
And for old time’s sake

And for you my friends wherever ye roam
May the path of love and healing lead you home
For all the wounds we will one day mend
For all the times we will bend but we will not break
And for old time’s sake

Plagues and earthquakes coming over the hill
When all this is over we’ll be singing still
For old time’s sake


11. The Other World

Amongst the mosses and the twisted oak
There’s a place of which old women spoke
An altar fashioned by some elfin hand
A script no man can understand
We went there by the rising of the seventh moon
Placed my hand upon the seventh rune
Opened up a doorway to another place
A secret hidden from the human race

We journeyed over the borderline
Into another world, another time

The northmen called it Odin’s day
All the pagan Gods came out to play
Before the Romans and the Saxons came
i stood on this hill and called your name
We felt the hidden force that makes the flowers grow
We gathered herbs and we had seeds to sow

And we journeyed over the borderline
Into another world, another time

Dancing round the fire in a masquerade
I heard the strangest music ever played
Around you a halo of fireflies
I saw the cosmos shining in your eyes

And we journeyed over the borderline
Into another world, another time

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On tour in UK April/May '22.

Jacob & Drinkwater have been called ‘stand out new Folk’ by BBC6 Music and ‘inventive and thrilling’ by R2 Magazine. Jacob's sweeping vocals never fail to captivate, delivering many a spine-tingling moment; the fluidity and precision of his finger-picking underpinned by Drinkwater's nimbly rhythmic double bass; the layers of depth a perfect counterfoil. ... more

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