Walton Dream

V1] In our world we just cannot express how we feel

so we keep it all tight trying not to reveal

that everybody else wants a slice of our pie

so that puts a fence up between you and I

V2] Wait a minute now I had the Walton Dream

Everything is hidden nothing’s what it seems

Housing for the wealthy hovels for the poor

Feathering our nest and locking all our doors

V3] Its Blighty’s last preserve and we’re keeping it nice

We don’t want the riff raff and we don’t want their lice

Other people wafting by talking crap on their phone

What they say where they’re from we don't care we don’t know

V4] It’s the gated living - keeping others out

gold top railings sending spirits up the spout

People can feel safe away from real life

Safety for the children prison for the wife ...

V5 Round the corner from the bright lights and bare mannekins

the wind is still blowing and the light is still vanishing

A place for the alkys to hang out and complain

Everything changes but it all stays the same / All stays just the same

[Mid Section] Joni Mitchell

I dreamed Joni helped me with songwriting

Where’s the spirit of love and peace now?

They say I slept my way to the top

But to be honest I was awake and didn’t wanna stop

V6] some people want to read all the books in the world

others want to drink all the booze in the world

some people march for freedom get caught up in the rain

Is it too much to ask Lord a world without pain

V7 We still got the NHS so smoke another fag

Why are they complaining war is such a drag

You could be right there raining death from the sky

So there’s another diff’rence between them you and I .. Them you and I

Composition Notes:

Lots of words in this one inspired by a walk around Walton on Thames in the evening. More imagery about fences, gates and railings

The music is pretty 70's with one of my favourite rhythm guitar figures

2016