C-90
UnderholdningC-90 is a collection of songs whose melodies, chord sequences and, in some cases, arrangements, Dave Egan recorded onto cassette tapes, mainly C-90s, back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s or, to put it another way, Circa - 1990. This was done either by way of bouncing from one cassette recorder to another or, later, using a four track recorder. On reflection, the original lyrics for these songs were no longer particularly relatable to Dave and so he rewrote them to create a juxtaposition of today’s lyrics on Circa '90’s music and a middle aged man’s words superimposed on a young man’s melodies.Scroll to the bottom for Track 1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- My Lowest Tide (00:05:56)
Track 12 from the album C-90 by Dave EganLyrics: My Lowest TideI was standing by the water when I first realisedThat just a step beneath the water and troubles never riseI was cold and lonely and I, I cried:My lowest tideI was standing by the water when I first saw the lightThat death was just below the water where jilted lovers diveI was cold and low but I survivedMy lowest tide'Cos everybody changes, everybody changes nowYou will too, cos everybody changes nowI was young and I was greenYou are too but everybody changes nowYou just need to find your feetYou’ll pull through, ‘cos everybody changes nowI was cold and low and now I knowMy lowest tide is over nowBe free Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- To Watch and Wonder (00:04:18)
Track 11 from the album C-90 by Dave EganLyrics:To Watch and WonderTo watch and wonder is such a weight on my mind and INever realised you could Cry with anger and wield your pain like a knife and INeed a little time to be freeThe sacred slaughter of all that’s good in your life is fineSo long as you can find in yourSearch for water, to tame the fire and to taste the wineAnd find a little time to be free Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Someone (00:03:37)
Track 10 from the album C-90 by Dave EganLyrics:SomeoneSomewhere there’s a place I can go, so that everybody knows I am somewhereSometimes I can hide from the me that I don’t need to be even sometimesSomedays I am scared I might find that I’m not in your mind even somedaysSomething makes me say what I fear so that everyone can hear me say somethingForever young, forever hot, forever not, forever pacifiedForever young, forever hot, forever not, forever pacifiedSomeone somewhere’s following me so everyone can see I am someoneSomehow I have opened the door to live forever more, maybe somehowForever young, forever hot, forever not, forever pacified(Forever believe its true)Forever young, forever hot, forever not, forever pacified(You know we believe it too) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Fire and Steam (00:04:15)
Track 9 from the album C-90 by Dave EganLyrics:Fire and SteamShe draws me in with siren’s thrallShe wraps me up to seal my fallShe knows my longings as she grows my fearsShe feeds on lust washed down with tearsShe casts emotion (she reels me in)No competition (fools seldom win)Spews ammunition (and so death begins)Of rage and deceptionWith fire and steam she has brought us to extremesShe has torn out our hearts. Now we’re worlds apart… we are worlds apart.She tracks my footsteps and my every keyShe sits on (watches) every page I seeShe gives me comfort in echoic roomAs she tells her master of his doomShe leaves me wrestling (she feels me writhe)In spun threads of emotion (to its source she climbs)With slow evisceration (she bleeds me dry) She bleeds me for her potionWith fire and steam she has brought us to our kneesYet we still feel the need to be hirelings at her feet Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Don't (00:03:59)
Track 8 from the album C-90 by Dave EganLyrics:Don'tJulie needs a friend to helpBut those who can she cannot tellJulies home aloneSuffocating in its loveDon’t shut me off from you don’t say that you’re not mineDon’t cut my heart in two don’t tell me you are fineJulie glides on steelJust to prove the cold is realShe skates a frozen Baysville poolI pray to god she won’t fall throughDon’t shut me off from you don’t say that you’re not mineDon’t cut my heart in two don’t tell me you are fineIf you could hear what would I say?D’you recall the time we had when stupid games we’d play?And could you answer if I prayed?Give it up, give it up, give it up, pleaseDon’t shut me off from you don’t say that you’re not mineDon’t cut my heart in two don’t tell me you are fineDon’t shut me off from you don’t say that you’re not mineDon’t cut my heart in two don’t tell me you are fineYou're not fine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Shining Like the Sun (00:03:26)
Track 7 from the Album C-90 by Dave EganLyrics Shining Like the SunToo many dreams had come & gone for us to say this was the oneSo many lights had died yet through the darkest clouds we saw you comeShining like the sun, shining like the sun.Too many times we talked of war with only battles others wonSo many times we have been blinded to this perfect light you’ve shoneShining like the sun, shining like the sun.After all we’re just shadows of the ones we used to beWhen I close my eyes our past is sometimes all that I can seeBut open wide and futurelight comes pouring over meOver me, over meShining like the sun, shining like the sun Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Beautiful Monster (00:04:54)
Track 6 from the Album C-90 by Dave EganLyrics:Beautiful MonsterJulie had a dream about a monsterIt had tracked her down for a year or twoShe’d hide for a while and he’d hunt down to find,And every time she’d run, he’d follow afterJulie was so scared she cared for nothingBroke down and cried with a friend who knewOf all her fractious fears and while washing off her tearsShe told her about her stupid monster:“Hey Julie, there’s just hope in his headYou’ll see the hunger in his eyes is just to be with youAnd the claws of his fingertips are to protect you from your foeSo don’t run, take his handHe’s beautiful”Julie knew she had to face the monsterI guess she knew she’d nothing left to loseAnd if he ripped and heavedTo take the final breath she breathedAt least she knew she wouldn’t have to“Hey Julie, there’s just hope in his headYou’ll see the hunger in his eyes is just to be with youAnd the claws of his fingertips are to protect you from your foeSo don’t run, take his handHe’s beautiful” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Usaha (00:04:22)
Track 5 from the album C-90 by Dave EganLyrics:UsahaUsaha & Inever saw eye to eyeI never dreamed that I’d be seen to be beholden to your charmsAnd I never tried to stem the tideAnd I, eye to eye, skin to skinFace to face all cause to winSide by side we lie.Usaha and INever saw eye to eyeWith all my dreams of liberty I didn’t mean to get drunk upon your loveAnd I never stopped to question whyAnd I, eye to eye, skin to skinFace to face all cause to winSide by side we lieWe lie and we lieYou hypnotise your people and play upon their fearsTell your fools their dreams are true and black is whiteWhisper to their feelings, cast away their tearsSell the sun ‘til day is done and don’t ask why… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Really Coming Down (00:04:18)
Track 4 from the album C-90 by Dave EganLyrics:Really Coming DownHey it’s really coming down…I really thought the rain clouds would have thinned by nowBut it seems the gods have still got tears to cryThere’s a roll of thunder in the Western skyAs we cower underneath the shade of vinesI really thought by now we would be out of itBut it seems the fates have still got more to giveLike a clash of wavelengths in a minor keyAs our glasses chime to drown disharmony, it can be hard to see thatEven though there’s darkness cross the skyHoney you know we’ve been through worse before and we’re still alive‘Cos we’re in this thing for the long run and we won’t give up ‘til the rain is doneAnd it won’t be long, if we’ll both be strong, ’til we sip under sunnier skiesI didn’t know the world we’ve worked so hard to makeCould work its ways to make things seem so hardMaybe it’s the minor in a major keywhose choral resolution is our destiny, well we soon will see ‘cosEven though there’s lightning in the skyHoney you know this plane has seen much worse yet still we flyCos we’re in this thing for the long run and we will not sleep ‘til the day is doneIf we’ll both be strong then it won’t be long ’til we’re sipping under sunnier skiesWe’ll be stepping into the sunshine, pushing on to the best of timesIf we’ll both be strong then it won’t be long ’til we’re sipping under sunnier skies Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Weeping Willow (00:03:57)
Track 3 from the album C-90Lyrics:Weeping WillowOh how different the days when you’d listen in faith to every word I would sayHow soon the pictures you made would be drawn in the shade of your blossoming rageYou’d come round in a whirl of sequins and of paintAnd now your tables turn with passages of painI am I am your weeping willowI am the pictures on your wallI am the teardrops on your pillowAnd I know you don’t heed me anymoreYou were once but a child with a tear in your eye and a thirst for our liesNow the truth that you seek is the cause of the meek and the hurt of their criesYou long to pave the world with justice and with rightsAnd as your passions whirl no touch can reach your criesI am I am your weeping willowI am the pictures on your wallI am the teardrops on your pillowAnd I know you don’t heed me anymore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Wonderful Life (00:04:28)
Track 2 from C-90Lyrics:Wonderful LifeTake me away on the breeze, my loves if you pleaseFrom a world that gives nothing to a fool who believesCarry me off to a day where Philotes’ reignsWhere the sweat of the blessed is humanity’s gainAnd humanity’s gain, through the veil of philosophy,Rides the Rawlian waves from the shores of Bernays’ belle epoqueIts a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful lifeIts a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful lifePhineas gave man a gauge for to measure his waysTo being served by emotions but being never their slaveFashion a world for me now that gives thought to the hows,To the whys and wonders that conspire to confoundThat conspire to confound against Galton’s autocracyCeding Spensoric ground to the dreams of some foolish sociocrat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Time to Move Away (00:04:46)
Track 1 from the album C-90 by Dave EganLyrics:Time to Move AwayJulie had a dream that she lived within a pictureOf colours and brushstrokes clearShe lived among reds and greens and bluesWeaving lines of rich and varied viewsShe was scarred and scared when she learnedThat her loved and precious painting was slowly fading in sunlights’ glareShe packed her bags and walked awayInto a sunset just turned to greyIts time to move awayThere’s nothing left to sayJulie found another home in another pictureOf charcoals, all shades of greyOne day she pulled the blinds and got such a shockBlack and white lines was all she gotIts time to move awayThere’s nothing left to sayAnd so she flees the dying skiesIn search of form and colourWishing that sun would emerge from rain once againThat summer smiles emerge from tears…Its time to move awayThere’s nothing left to sayConcession can’t be savedThere is no grey, its time to move awayIts time to move awayThere’s nothing left to sayNuance has found its graveThe birdbrains made it time to move away Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.