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Going Back To Brownhills

from We Entered The Vortex Of Desire by Gentle Ihor's Devotion

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Recently I did a gig near Cannock Chase. I hadn't been in that area for over a decade and I saw a signpost for Brownhills that I remembered from when I used to regularly visit the area. The line, 'Going back to Brownhills' came into my head and I started to reminisce about my life as a younger man. Some more lines came into my head and I jotted them down as soon as I was parked up.

Later I was playing around with an open G tuning on my guitar with a capo on the fourth fret. I found a riff that fitted 'Going back to Brownhills' perfectly. The rest is music.

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Going to Brownhills, on my own
Travellin’ light, like a rolling stone
Radio blasting, a looping song
Putting my foot down, cruising along

I’m riding high on the summer heat
I got Places to go, an people to meet
I came here once a long time ago
Livin my best life dontchya know.

Going back to Brownhills
Going back to where I sold my skills
Going back to Brownhills
Going back to find forgotten thrills

Pale ghost rider whispers in my ear
Time don’t change it just shifts a gear
It’s a hard lesson for the young to learn
I didn’t notice ‘cos I missed my turn

(Chorus)

If I’ve said it once I musta said it twice
I’ve thrown away all my loaded dice
How I got here don’t matter now
judgement waits for me over the brow

(Chorus)

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from We Entered The Vortex Of Desire, track released September 2, 2022
Small Town Girl supplied backing vocals.

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Gentle Ihor's Devotion Leeds, UK

Formed in the 1980s. Their 12 inch single 'Naked' was single of the week in Melody Maker. Signed to TUG REC in Germany. Lead singer Gentle Ihor is solo now collaborating with various musicians.

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