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The Hermit's Waltz

by Pepe Belmonte

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1.
TO THE BOYS & GIRLS There's no freight train common' And I ain't waiting for no greyhound 'Cos the dollar in my pocket Its a Sterling pound And I ain't never caught sight Of Mr Young's Harvest Moon I Just cant get me enough of them American tunes So excuse me while I play this little tribute To the boy and girls Of Country, Rock n'Roll, Soul and Blues Well Elvis had it down Shaking that pelvis all around While old John Hooker Played 'em like you'd never heard And Hendrix, Holly, Joplin Morrison, Cash and Otis too Left us all understanding the eternal blues I weren't born in the USA But I've worked on Maggie's Farm Drunk enough whiskey to know I don't do too much harm As long as you got them tunes man You know you're gonna pull through All it takes is a couple of tabs And a gram or two
2.
Foolish 02:23
FOOLISH Hello there baby how do you do? I just wanted to call you up and have a word with you But your voice don't sound as sweet as before Maybe its because you don't love me no more Now I feel foolish Now I feel blue Feel like a child trying o get along with you Hello there baby how do you do? I just wanted to call you up and have a word with you but your voice don't sound as sweet as it done before Maybe its because you never loved me at all Now i feel foolish Now I feel down Feel like a lonesome dumb and lovestruck clown Hello there baby Im thinking of you Looking out my window here at the full moon It drive me crazy I'm half way up the wall Just wanted to spend this night with you thats all But now I feel foolish Now i feel down Fell like a king lost with our his crown Now i feel foolish Now I feel down Feel like a lonesome dumb and lovestruck clown Now I feel foolish Now I feel blue Feel like a child trying o get along with you
3.
PENDING ON MY MIND I took a ride late last night Deep into that countryside None of the things I ought to do Pending on my mind Pending on my mind Was you and I City lights they're making me blind To the dreams upon which we fly The blue lights flash and sirens wail Pulling down hard on my coat tail And pending on my mind Was you and I Theres water in the corner of your eye But don't sigh the die is cast Go hold your beacon high on the mountain The tide is rising fast They're shooting rounds off at my feet Every time I gain some ground Something turns and shoots me back down The Cuckoo's been breeding in the Robin's nest Its just a law of love I guess And pending on my mind Was you and I
4.
Lonely Lady 05:28
LONELY LADY Lonely lady you've swallowed all my tears But for whom do you hide your prime fears There's a pattern forming somewhere child And yes its straining me too To be alone with no-one but you Could cradle this clasping coup No more no more Babe its killing me No time this time Scarlet lady Sodium has fun plucked from your weary eye Its slides they glide over hairs of invisible white We have spent our times been bent Under insomnian nights And the worlds looks so very green to me Despite these auburn light It burns it burns lady lets learn This flesh this mesh this night will return
5.
Walk On Down 04:12
WALK ON DOWN I got a lonesome letter From an old friend Across the border He writes his minds been roving But he's too scarred To make that step I gotta walk on down I see a big grey tom cat Rest his old bones On my tin roof And here come dear sweet Lily She bring sunshine all about her feet I raise my weary head To the morning' Every morning' The cuckoo sounds her warnin' i don't mind No I don't mind
6.
MOUNTAIN WITH A MOVING PEAK I started to climb when i could not see Mountain it was cold mountain it was high Mountain it would roll with a moving peak If you want my advice then you'd better not start to climb A mountain with moving peak When the four winds blow you'd better hold tight North she come down freezing south she up come steaming East she come west she come Rolling on a thunder streak If you want my advice then you'd better not start to climb A mountain with moving peak Have I committed some kind of crime? Thought i was walking the line Now i cant even tell whats mine so to speak Rocks tumbling all around Lava flowing up through the ground Whats that rumbling sound of which you speak? Its a mountain with moving peak Lost highway come my way when i was just a boy Girl she come up swaying take me by the hand saying I love you, you love me This boat will never spring a leak Well the very next thing I find That woman's left me way behind And I'm standing on the summit of A mountain with moving peak
7.
NOTHING BLUE EXCEPT THE SKY It makes me blue toy know We're all alone in the end So I'm coming up to meet your smile With nothing blue except the sky I don't claim to know the truth But I've seen trouble there in your mind And a swooping dove and a howlin' wolf Calling our heart and our soul When I've shown you the bitter side Just want you to know I weren't lying But i don't ever want to make you cry Your heart is an ocean and its a tide on mine I know theres magic good and bad And that this old worlds a fine place to call home I've heard angels sing songs of praise While you sleep beside me
8.
MISTLETOE KISSES If you ease me down well I won't freeze up on you your mistletoe kisses so good for a heart torn in two Well I know you baby I got nothing left to loose If I hear that long gypsy song I may just make my move I walk and I crawl this city your songs in my head Now I find myself standing at the waters edge But how can I explain to you something you already know so well You're on a fast moving train and I'm learning to stand still But if you ever need some company or time of mine just call my name You opened up your door to a poor boy out in the rain
9.
BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE Gotten blue before sunrise Hope the morning the same 'Cos any more blue found round here Its gonna lead me to an early grave I spent no time with my lover Only spread words of lust Now I'm soon gonna find myself To be washed up and out of luck I can't believe in nothing If it don't hold itself But my minds been breaking down Soon I won't have faith in myself Guide me to the river I'm so blind these days I'm gonna throw my body to that cool water Let it sink to where the water babies play I'll drift among the rushes I'll float among sunbeams My body gonna flow down river When its clean gonna return to me
10.
THE HERMIT'S WALTZ Will you come to the edge with me my love And hold my hand in yours? Or will you find another folly And cast our love adrift? Well my hearts been won And my soul is waning too Will you come to the edge with me my love Our loving souls to wed? Like molten steel inside my blood is moving Since hearing of my true love's choice No longer her hand will I be holding And its alone I stand here at the edge I'll sing no more to entertain or respite ye And I will dance no longer to be free But I will sing for those who know a lope thats been lost And I will dance The Hermit's Waltz

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The Hermit's Waltz was recorded live over two sessions at The Doghouse Studio. the first in the summer of 2009, the second in the winter of the same year.

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released November 5, 2014

Pepe Belmonte - Guitars/ Harmonica/ Vocal
Jo Silverston - Cello/ Vocal
Anna Jenkins - Violin
Andy Lowe - Double Bass
Amy Kelly - Percussion/ Vocal
Ian M Hale - Vocal
Ollie Weeks - Chef do Cuisine

Doghouse Studio Engineers - Mike Silverston & Andrea Feasey
Mixed & Mastered by Mike Silverston

Produced by Pepe Belmonte & Jo Silverston
All songs written by Pepe Belmonte

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Pepe Belmonte is a roots-blues guitar player and singer song-writer. He grew up in Co. Cork on the West coast of Ireland.

www.pepebelmonte.co.uk

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