At the bus stop with one eye
On your watch
You turn and say
To strangers there's not enough time
For one man in one life
Just a flicker and then a breeze
Breeze, breeze
But you sit there for hours
Watching programmes you don't
Plan to watch they just come on
And if you had one chance to change
Would you review your plans?
'Cause there's not enough time
For one man in one life
Just a flicker and then a breeze
Breeze, breeze
I keep my time
Saved in a box
From going fast in cars
I've piled it up high
From saying hello to friends
With a quick goodbye
'Cause there's not enough time
For one man in one life
Just a flicker and then a breeze
'Cause there's not enough time
For one man in one life
Just a flicker
And a breeze
Breeze, breeze, breeze, breeze, breeze...
Kathryn Williams (born 15 February 1974, Liverpool, England) is an English singer-songwriter who to date has released 14 studio albums, written and arranged for a multitude of artists, and was nominated for the 2000 Mercury Music Prize.
Williams released her first album, Dog Leap Stairs, on her own Caw Records label in 1999 with a budget of £80. The follow-up, Little Black Numbers, garnered a Mercury Prize nomination in 2000, bringing her to the attention of a wider public.
Williams has collaborated and recorded with artists including Chris Difford, Ted Barnes, Thea Gilmore, John Martyn, Joel Salakula, Tobias Froberg, Ed Harcourt, James Yorkston, Marry Waterson, Boo Hewerdine, and Paul Smith.
In March 2021 Kathryn published her debut novel The Ormering Tide via Wrecking Ball Press
For one man in one life
Just a flicker and then a breeze"
These lyrics hit me like a wrecking ball in the chest. But I think I need this message right now.
Je doet dus geen flikker?!
(F)__I watch you wait / at the bus stop... (SP)_I wish___I___had___Sylvia Plath And again with: (F)_'cause there's not enough time ... (SP)_______________She___and___I___... (F)_____for one man__in one life ... (SP)_would sleep on__a boat______... (F)__just a flicker__and then__a breeze (SP)_and swim in_____the sea___without clothes(sorry for all the underscores, i wanted these to line up right)Both songs have very standard "folk" chord progressions and the melodies are pretty standard as well - sort of lullaby-like melodies. There are hundreds of songs with that sort of phrasing in 3/4 time.
Had the pleasure of seeing her play live in a small venue in Bristol UK with an audience of <200 - simply wonderful.
No problem; they're both great songs.
Dukkha wrote:
It's "Play something different," which is the button in the header if you're listening on the website, also available in the apps. Nice when you don't like the current song and want something different. It goes back to the main stream after the one "different" song.
listenin' to this song closely, whilst stirrin' my mornin' porridge, the lyrics are timeless, this song will not grow old, love it so much!
Just happened to me. Stopped me in my tracks. And that doesn't happen very often. This one is special.