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Home By Now

from Little Black Classics by Duncan Batey

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Comes in a lovely gatefold card sleeve, featuring on the outside cover a photo of the artist in performance by Bradley Moogan, and on the inside cover, credits and photos of the main players, plus full lyric booklet in pastiche design tucked into one side, with the compact disc featuring the same design in the other.

    Includes unlimited streaming of the album via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Little Black Classics via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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lyrics

7. Home by Now

We didn't mean to run away to sea, only to seek
our own place and identity, but the currents are
strong, the tide and the undertow, and lost in the
waves, and the deep blue...

No ghost from the grave needs sent to tell us this -
in over our heads, we're in one hell of a fix. Staring
at screens for retail therapy and for the homes of our
dreams, with no hint of irony

But if you lived in your heart you'd be home by now
If you knew what it wanted, it could be in your hands
All this flailing and fighting it leads nowhere
If you lived in your heart you'd be home by now

The call of the sea, harsh and inviting -
the foam and the spray, the farthest horizon.
Ah but sail with me for an inland ocean -
your body's the key, the seat of emotion

And if you lived in your heart you'd be home by now
If you knew what it wanted, it could be in your hands
All this flailing and fighting it leads nowhere
If you lived in your heart you'd be home by now.

credits

from Little Black Classics, released January 18, 2020
Duncan Batey - vocals, acoustic guitar
Daniel Shaw - upright bass, drums, percussion, programming
Caelia Lunniss - violin
Gerry Barnett - cello

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Duncan Batey Glastonbury, UK

Winner of the 2012 Somerset Songwriter competition, Duncan released his first EP, ‘Blindsided’, in February 2013.

Accompanied by Daniel Shaw on upright bass, Gerry Barnett on cello, and Caelia Lunniss on violin, his beautifully crafted 'epic acoustic' songs explore love and hope in the face of adversity.

His debut album 'Little Black Classics' was released 18th January 2020. ... more

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