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The Wordsmith

from Bless The Wind by Ivan Drever

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    One of the great pleasures of this job is the chance to get to know, and work with different people. The album was recorded at Les MacPherson's Near Field studio, in Evanton, North of Inverness in March 2011. Les is one of these people I'd never met before, and we had a great time making the album. Paul Eastham, who kindly did all the keyboard parts for me is another. A great musician and, despite living at opposite ends of the country, thanks to modern technology, managed to get everything done quickly and easily. Andy Murray, my old sparring partner from Wolfstone played some great guitar and bass parts, Les did percussion, and my wife Linda added some vocals and voice overs.

    I'd like to say a huge thank you to all the people above, to Les and his wife Margaret for their great hospitality, to my sister Isabel for not questioning our frequent visits and long stays. A huge thank you also to John Boocock and his wife Julia for all their help and kindness, without which the album may never have seen the light of day.

    We hope you enjoy it, Bless The Wind!

    Ivan

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This song was written five years ago as a poem, and was supposed to stay that way until some friends persuaded me to write a melody for it.

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Battered weary, tired and torn
All the king's soldiers, the flowers and thorns
Hardened by battle and throw away dreams
Once bitten twice shy, like a king or a queen
Only the lonely sing their songs
Covered in glory, now all on their own

All the king's horses and all the queen's men
All the young dudes couldn't quite fathom when
All of the flowers were planted in spring
So wrote the wordsmith, who would be king

All kinds of heroes that ride in the rain
All kinds of hard men, feeling no pain
Kind hearted strangers are handing out love
Poppies on green fields strewn from above
Warmongering mongrels barking at war
Package and posted, straight to your door
Hand written poems maybe ready to sing
So wrote the wordsmith, who would be king
Lead filled balloons that fall straight to the floor

Congressional leaders can't chase any more
Cupboards with cocktails that burst at the seams
More rude awakenings in the middle of dreams
Half hearted reasons for not showing up
Drowning his sorrows from a big yellow cup
Clutching at moonbeams and what they might bring
So wrote the wordsmith, who would be king

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from Bless The Wind, released September 1, 2011

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