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Hell No! (50 Shades of Grey)

from 2022 After The Coldrush (Covid) by Barry Kingsbeer

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Getting old disgracefully. Partly autobiographical song with some licence

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HELL NO (50 SHADES OF GREY)

I WOKE UP AN OLD MAN I LOST SOMETHING ON THE WAY
NEVER HAD A MASTER PLAN NOW MY HAIR’S 50 SHADES OF GREY
ONCE UPON A YOUNG MAN I HAD MY LIFE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
THERE WAS TIME TO BURN AS FAST AS I CAN NOW I’M LOOKING BACK AND I SEE

TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NO-ONE THAT’S WHAT THE WISE MEN SAY
I WAS OUT THERE HAVING FUN NOW I’M 50 SHADES OF GREY
THERE WAS A NEW MOON RISING IN THE SOUTHERN SKY THE STARS WERE OUT AND SHINING
BUT MY LIFE CAME RUNNING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND HELL IT JUST PASSED ME BY


DO I REGRET THE TIMES THAT I WASTED? FEEL BAD ABOUT THE CHANCES NOT TAKEN?
WHEN I THINK OF THE LIFE THAT I’VE TASTED DO I STAND HERE FEELING FORSAKEN?

HELL NO NO POINT IN FRETTING
HELL NO NO POINT IN UPSETTING
HELL NO NO POINT IN REGRETTING
I NEVER WENT WHERE I DIDN’T WANNA GO
OH HELL NO

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ONCE UPON A YOUNG MAN I HAD THE WORLD LYING AT MY FEET
I HAD EVERYTHING IT TAKES EXCEPT FOR THE BREAKS I RODE MY MUSIC DOWN A DEAD END STREET
BEFORE YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR LIFE’S GONE YOU’RE STANDING OUT IN THE COLD
AND ALL THE THINGS YOU KNOW SHOULD HAVE DONE YOU CAN’T DO BECAUSE YOU’RE TOO DAMNED OLD

I WATCHED MY FRIENDS GET FAMOUS TAKING THEIR PLACE IN THE SUN
PLAYING THE GAME WHILE I WAS CHASING FAME LEFT BEHIND WHERE WE’D ALL BEGUN

MUSIC DREAMS AND FANCIES HAVE A HABIT OF SLIPPIN AWAY
I HAD MY SHARE OF CHANCES DO I REGRET ONE SINGLE DAY

HELL NO NO LOOKING BACK
HELL NO NO GOING BACK
HELL NO THIS IS A ONE WAY TRACK
I NEVER WENT WHERE I DIDN’T WANNA GO
OH HELL NO

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from 2022 After The Coldrush (Covid), track released January 28, 2023
All my own work

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Barry Kingsbeer Stratford Upon Avon, UK

I've played bass and sung since I was 13. Pro back in the sixties for a while doing the beat group thing through to some spectacularly unsuccessful recordings. Over the years I've been lucky to have worked with some great players. I started writing songs in the 70s but not seriously until a few years ago. I write to please myself but if anyone likes anything that they hear here - that's a bonus. ... more

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