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Parting Ways

by Ric Neale

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1.
You would've loved this song I'd put the track in our WhatsApp chat And you'd've made the time to listen You'd have messaged me bout the harmony and the way it makes you feel You'd talk about the chords and how this kind of harmony Only floats the boats of old-fashioned souls like you and me But it's worth singing because You would've loved this song You would've loved this song You would've loved the way it makes your favourite mix of sad and lazy And how it's perfect for a Sunday morning stroll to get a coffee You'd focus on the lyrics and you'd take in everything You'd recognise the nuances that most folks just don't dig But it's worth singing because You would've loved this song You would've even sung along... A song like this can do with all the help that it can find And just cos you won't hear it Doesn't mean that I should give up trying So I'lI keep singing because You, you would've loved this song You would've loved this song
2.
Los Angeles 02:52
We never got to Los Angeles Do you remember when We took the train To buy ourselves records to listen to? And I still do And when we flew to Spain Then home again With nothing to show for it but hangovers We went for it We never got to Los Angeles We got quite close On the other coast Twins on twin towers in parallel Before they fell The city of angels was calling our name And we always thought we had time To drift through an airport and take to the sky But we never got to Los Angeles Los Angeles It was all planned out But It's not panned out Cos life did its thing and got in the way Of holidays We said we'd wait for rainy days But they never cams So we never got to LA We never got to Los Angeles
3.
Adventure is starting to call Down the pathways and over the walls All our fair-weather friends need the sunshine to shine But for us two the good times can fall from the sky We're just going as far as we can Sharing jokes no one else understands Making all the wrong moves but we're on the right track We'll go where the wind blows and we'll never look back Cos we don't care about the rain We don't care about the rain Cause together we are waterproof We are waterproof We can wait for a train or bus One’s just gone but we're not in a rush Killing time singing songs from an ocean away God only knows where we'll end up today Step by step, by right by left By magnetic north to the wild of the west Gonna blow away cobwebs and shake off the dust We are breaking new ground but the ground won't break us It won’t break us Cos we don't care about the rain We don't care about the rain Cause together we are waterproof We are waterproof When the journeys done We can hold all these miles in our hearts til it's time for another one And we can take what the world as in store in our stride because We don’t care about the rain No idea where we are but we don't care because We can never get lost When we're lost together Cos we don't care about the rain We don't care about the rain Cause together we are waterproof We are waterproof We are waterproof
4.
It's been too long let's make a plan It's been too long let's make a plan I've been busy we've lost touch Of whose turn it is to phone who Maybe we could catch up soon? Last time we had such a good time And this time won't be anything new Maybe we could catch up? When are you free? I could come to you or you could come to me It's been too long let's make a plan It's been too long let's make a plan I listened to that record you sent me last week but I haven't got around to that film Maybe we could watch it together? Let me know when, is a good time for a catch up and l'll call you then I'm gonna call you then It's been too long let's make a plan It's been too long let's make a plan It's been too long let's make a plan It's been too long let's make a plan
5.
Disappearing 03:24
Like in that photo from back to the future I'm disappearing Cos you anchored the man that I was so who am I now Torn limb from limb, the hand you held, the shoulder you cried on The neck where you rested your chin when we said our goodbyes It's all disappearing Like when Marty Mcfly plays guitar but his hands disappearing Cos the him that he is in that moment has never been born Bone by bone, the double thumbs, the scissors and paper The limbs that we let loose to dance like there was no tomorrow It's all disappearing But imagine if I could turn time and go back where I wanted And I'd see the flowers turn to buds turn to seeds in the dirt And I would care in case me being there changed the past And I want to nip back To watch from afar, two friends killing time in a cinema queue While the lines disappearing Like when Doc finds that gravestone and sees that his name is appearing And he knows that his days are all numbered and how much times left But at least he can call his best friend, and jump in the car And step on the gas til the hands of time turn things around But I can't So I'm disappearing I'm disappearing
6.
Right Now 03:24
I can't help, thinking bout the old days specially when the leaves start to fall to the ground WOAH And I get tangled up in time lines Things that might have been, when I should just look around WOAH But l've got Right Now And it won't last forever I've got Right Now But it's so easy to worry ‘bout the future The world is gonna burn, it's just a matter of when WOAH I start fixating on tomorrow, will I ever learn, that I should wait until then WOAH We've got Right Now And it won't last forever We've got Right Now Let's make it count together We've got Right Now lt's gone before you know it, so we better make the most of Right Now Lately things conspired to shake me Really hammer home that I haven't got long OH NO But to be honest it's kind of helped me focus on living in the moment before it's gone WOAH WOAH WOAH We've got Right Now And it won't last forever We've got Right Now Let's make it count together We've got Right Now lt's gone before you know it, so we better make the most of Right Now WOAH We've got Right Now... we got Right Now We've got Right Now And it won't last forever We've got Right Now Let's make it count together We've got Right Now lt's gone before you know it, so we better make the most of Right Here Right Now And it won't last forever We've got Right Now Let's mess it up together We've got Right Now lt's gone before you know it, so we better make the most of Right Now Right Now
7.
Dust 03:24
The other voices They feel like strangers When I've got drama that I can't lift off my chest I make some noise I make some changes I have to make excuses now l've lost my Best place to hide To see my life from distance To see what's inside To find my place in this Now that all the dust has blown away I'm left standing on a crowded station platform going nowhere Now that all the dust has blown away I'm left waiting to get served perched at the bar still well aware of the weight that I'm still carrying They think they know me But they don't know me It isn't their fault we met halfway down the road And all this company Just makes me lonely It just reminds me I've got No steady ground And I can't find the silence To drown out the sound So I can make my mind Now that all the dust has blown away I'm left standing on a crowded station platform going nowhere Now that all the dust has blown away I'm left waiting to get served perched at the bar still well aware of the weight that I'm still carrying I can’t hear a word they say Shining through the pouring rain Skipping stones while sinking through the blue The ocean breeze is in my bed Where the weather suits my head Hiding from the world is no excuse What can I do now? What can I do now? Now that all the dust has blown away I'm left standing on a crowded station platform going nowhere Now that all the dust has blown away I'm left waiting to get served perched at the bar still well aware of all the weight I'm still carrying
8.
He feels the sunrise as the day begins But he can't see me waving back to him But that's Ok cos yesterday is over and the futures where it's always been There's no telling what he's gonna find Now he's left the world we shared behind There's an autumn breeze and evergreens and mountains sketch the line between the earth and the sky Found a new track, got your groove back Got a stash of second chances in your backpack This is your place and you made it Out of memories you can't remember now It's the first day in a new town There are half familiar corners here He sees horizons beckon crystal clear He can't recall the stuff before, the aches and pains and small details have disappeared On your good foot, found a shortcut To a world of open windows as the door shuts This is your place and you made it Out of memories you can't remember now It's the first day in a new town A cafe framed by street lamp light From the cover of a book A bench inspired by our old bench And your safe there, in a place where The days are all the same but you don't care This is your place and you made it Out of memories you can't remember now May it always fell, like it’s the first day in a new town
9.
There's a picture that appears when a name comes to your mind Be it a photo or a film a random image caught in time It's the same from friends to family to acquaintances So If I could choose what you hold on to when I'm gone Remember me like this Running hard to find my way Trying hard to choose the kindest words for the perfect thing to say Remember me like this Keeping my faculties from going south Balancing between my fire burning up and blowing out Remember me like this Laughing til I can't stand straight Looking at the whole world gratefully If you remember me There are tapestries and statues left to canonise the greats But for us on smaller journeys that's a grade that we’ll never make But we'll be filed away inside each other's memories And If I could choose the hook you hang my efforts from Remember me like this Just before a new spark fades Or trying to face another broken-hearted beat down with some grace Remember me like this Trying to get the washing dry Making out the glowing embers of the twinkles in my eye Remember me like this Buzzing from a job done well Chasing down a brand-new melody If you remember me At all, Remember me Remember me like this On the Saturday we put up the tree In the breath of realisation that it's only you and me Remember me like this While this version of me still exists With the strength of mind to make this pointless wish Remember me like this
10.
You are in all these things too much and not enough You are in all these things too much and not enough Whenever the day slows down and my shadows getting long Whenever I need foundations to build my next move on Whenever the world fades into a hum in the echoes of the sun Wherever a willow weeps with its fingertips to the ground Whenever I reach to call and forget you're not around Whenever I need the focus to see the kind of man I used to be before the world tore into me You are in all these things too much and not enough You are in all these things too much but not enough You are in everything, just not enough Whenever I hear your voice in the buzz behind my words Wherever a memory hides and the details start to blur Whenever there's footprints left in the snow as my breath goes up in smoke defeated by the cold You are in all these things too much and not enough You are in all these things too much but not enough You are in everything But what if everything is just your way, opf trying to say “Hello, I hope you’re OK”? Well, I guess that I’m Ok Life isn’t easy but were gonna be fine We’re gonna be fine Gonna be fine

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released September 1, 2023

All The Songs on PARTING WAYS were written by Ric Neale

These songs are about grief and friendship

Produced by Ric Neale, mastered by Ed Heaton. Ric would like to thank Chris Milnes and Adam Martin for their production wisdom and Lottie Hartnack for help on the track ‘Right Now’

All instruments played by Ric Neale, apart from backing vocals on ‘We Don’t Care About The Rain’ by Tom Hammond and dobro on ‘You Would’ve Loved This Song’ and ‘First Day In A New Town’ by Matt Sim. Thanks to Steve Jackson for the harmonica I play on ‘Los Angeles’

Photography by Barnaby Aldrich with design by Ric Neale. Ric would like to thank Paddy Garrigan for his assistance with design and Chris and Jane for letting us use their pub for the shoot.

Thanks also to the Bailey family and Craig Golding for giving me access to some awesome pianos.

Ric would also like to thank Mel, Adam, Hattie and Muppet for putting up with me, Danny Cope and Sam Carter for sharing their wealth of knowledge with me, Rob Reed for the ‘Echoes of the sun’ line and Daffy for recording some authentic L.A. waves.

…and Lee for carrying me as far as he could

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