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Sad Songs and Wine

from If Hawks Were Doves by Red Velvet

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"Sad Songs and Wine", like "The Last Thing We Need...", is about writing songs, which is unsurprisingly a favourite topic of songwriters, Les included. It’s darker than the other song, however, bemoaning the evils of the world, which prompt the writer to withdraw into the company of the aforementioned sad songs and wine: “the songs let me forget, and the wine dulls the regret”. A big shout out here for the band’s sound engineer and album producer Sam Inglis, who was responsible for conceiving the great vocal arrangement.

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Sad Songs and Wine

Hello sad songs, hello wine
Looks like I’m with you one more time

I hurt my darling, too blind to see
Now it’s just us three, you two and me

Chorus
Once again you’ll find me spending my time
In the company of sad songs and wine
A singing drunk pretending everything’s fine, but I’m lying
And the songs let me forget
And the wine dulls the regret.

2)
The streets are crowded, no one says ‘hi’
Everyone’s drowning or high and dry
Hell in a handcart, bird on the wire
Nothing to strive for or to inspire

Chorus

3)
Our clueless leaders, their weary scripts
Teachers and nurses so ill-equipped
Blankets in doorways, soup running low
If there’s an angel, where would they go?


Chorus #2

Once again you’ll find me spending my time
In the company of sad songs and wine
A singing drunk pretending everything’s fine, but I’m lying
Still the sad songs see me through
Can I pour a glass for you?

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from If Hawks Were Doves, released July 1, 2020

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Red Velvet Cambridge, UK

Red Velvet are all about Deirdre Murphy's passionate vocals, Les Ray's thoughtful, hard-hitting songs and Gene Thunderbolt's virtuoso musicianship.

Red Velvet will move you, make you want to move and make you think.

Les also presents "Strummers & Dreamers" on Cambridge.105 Radio. ... more

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