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Rock 'n' Roll Dreams

from 1971 by Blake

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Words and music by Julian Pugsley

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Dreams

‘69 was the year that events conspired to seal my fate
John and Yoko in a hotel room with peace to articulate
My dad was a reporter and John came on the line
He said, “Hello Birmingham!” it never left my mind

I’m still chasing all those rock n roll dreams
I’m still making all my little plans and schemes
I’m still chasing all those rock n roll dreams

I fell in love with The Beatles in the saddest circumstance
On that day in 1980 when a crazy didn’t give peace any chance
At school some classmates asked me if I’d lend them a hand
I stood in as the singer of a rock n roll band

I’m still chasing all those rock n roll dreams
I’m still making all my little plans and schemes
I’m still chasing all those rock n roll dreams

At seventeen inside the case of my first electric guitar
Someone had written out the words to The Byrds’ “So you wanna be a rock and roll star”
I took it as a prophecy and seconded the motion
For me it was a contract for a lifetime of devotion

I’m still chasing all those rock n roll dreams
I’m still making all my little plans and schemes
I’m still chasing all those rock n roll dreams

I practiced in my room and I wrote songs almost every day
I got a group together and we dreamed of going all the way
I gave up on my studies and they threw me out of college
My only thirst for learning was for rock n roll knowledge

I’m still chasing all those rock n roll dreams
I’m still making all my little plans and schemes
I’m still chasing all those rock n roll dreams

There’s a shop called Vinyl Vault
It’s always been my favourite haunt
You can get anything you’d ever want

I knew that there was nothing else that I could ever do
So we struck out on the circuit and we went and paid up all our dues
A record label signed us but they didn’t really get it
I left and went my own way and I never did regret it

I’m still chasing all those rock n roll dreams
I’m still making all my little plans and schemes
I’m still chasing all those rock n roll dreams

I was living in the city some graffiti told truths I was denying
On a bench someone had written “Get me away from here I’m dying”
I’m a child of the seventies, my generation’s ageing
I wish it was the sixties when the times they were a-changing

I’m still chasing all those rock n roll dreams
I’m still making all my little plans and schemes
I’m still chasing all those rock n roll dreams

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from 1971, released June 1, 2020
Blake - vocals, acoustic guitar, programming
Joe Brown - 12 string acoustic guitar, bass, organ

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UK 60s-tinged/ lo-fi /indie pop
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