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The politics Of Kindness - Album

by Paul Field

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Mike Dutch
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Mike Dutch Thanks Paul for ALL Your hard work in producing yet another Excellent Album ( I've only listened to the 1st 3tracks so far!). When you first contacted me about this Album you asked about releasing a CD version!? IF/WHEN You get time to make this hard copy version could You please let me know how much it will Cost!?. So that I can play it on my Car CD Player!.
mariangaff
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mariangaff How Long? so articulates the pain of living in lockdown. It is challenging for everyone, but must be much, much worse for those for whom their livelihood is suddenly snatched away - especially with no end date in sight. Let's hope that the end of lockdown is truly, "just around the bend*!!
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1.
The Anniversary It’s been a long time coming down this road we chose to take Through the dreams we’ve shared together and the scars of some heartbreaks The accidental damage the wounds of friendly fire And the tough negotiations between our reasons and desires It’s been a long time coming where did the years all go? Maybe the mark of wisdom is to admit what we don’t know Life is an adventure and love’s a sacrifice It’s a miracle we got his far I’m grateful and suprised If all the love in the world were mine to give I wouldn't change a thing in the life we’ve lived If I could roll back the years into rewind I wouldn't change a minute of the time I've spent with you It’s been a long time coming and we’ll be a long time gone But through our children’s children together we live on We only hope the good we’ve given outweighs mistakes we’ve left behind The successes and the failures that measure our lifetime If all the love in the world were mine to give I wouldn't change a thing in the life we’ve lived If I could roll back the years into rewind I wouldn't change a minute of the time I've spent with you Words & Music © Paul Field
2.
The politics of kindness The politics of kindness the diplomacy of love The art of forgiveness is powerful enough To shape a new tomorrow beyond the lies and greed The politics of kindness is what we need We live in troubled times where cheats and racketeers Are misleading us with fake news and exploiting all our fears Compassion is forgotten and tolerance is lost And somewhere in the future our children count the cost The politics of kindness…. The language of division the words that fan the flames The fire of our prejudice that looks for someone else to blame The gospel of indifference the blind eyes that we turn The space that grows between us when we let the bridges burn The politics of kindness…. The messages of mercy the principles of peace Are harder to hear, when hate and violence increase How long will it take us until we read the signs How long will it breaks us cos' we’re running out of time The politics of kindness…. Words & Music Paul Field
3.
How Long? 04:50
How Long The songwriters are silenced now The poets lonely voice is composing for an audience of one No hall no microphone no lights no stage The lines of interaction are undone So many empty spaces now between us, you and me In all the empty places where our music used to be How long, till we can sing together again? How long, how long? How long, till we can share our lives, the beauty and pain? In our songs How long? We can stream our words and melodies But it can never be the same it can never quite replace the human touch The mysterious art of music when a song’s shared face to face It’s the emotional connection is what we miss so much While these distances between us are keeping us apart You can’t lockdown imagination you can’t quarantine a heart How long…. These distances between us are keeping us apart You can’t lockdown imagination you can’t quarantine a heart How long…. Words & Music © Paul Field
4.
Keeper of my heart You comfort and console me you rage and rock'n'roll me Release me and you hold me like no one else can do You lock me up and free me you close your eyes and see me You know how it feels to be me all i want is you You hurt me and you heal me you hide and you reveal me You shuffle me and deal me you make and break my heart You follow and you lead me you doubt and you believe me I need you and you need me we're each other's counterpart You're my bright new morning you're my midnight star You're my roots and you're my wings you're the strings on my guitar You're the ocean in the moonlight and by love's mysterious art You're the guardian of my dreams you're the keeper of my heart We’ve a long way still to travel and bridges still to burn But we walk the road together through every twist and turn We’ll celebrate our best attempts and learn from our mistakes And hope the love we give is always more than what we take You're my bright new morning you're my midnight star You're my roots and you're my wings you're the strings on my guitar You're the ocean in the moonlight and by love's mysterious art You're the guardian of my dreams you're the keeper of my heart Words & Music © Paul Field
5.
The House Of God If this is what you call the house of God maybe I’ve come to the wrong place I didn’t come expecting judgement here I came looking for grace I didn’t come for a performance or for sanctimonious songs I just thought I’d find acceptance here well maybe I was wrong If this is what you call the house of God then surely it should be for all The old the young the lives undone compassion without walls For the faithful and the faithless for the outcast and the lost For all the disillusioned dreamers who crawl toward the cross For the wounded and the broken who have cried their tears enough For the reckless and the renegades who still believe in love If this is what you call the house of God maybe it’s time that I checked out I’ll take my thimbleful of faith with me and I’ll take my sack of doubts And I’ll leave you with the bill to pay for all the guilt you laid on me For tonight I’m going dancing with the forgiven and the free Words & Music © Paul Field
6.
Walking in your shoes I can’t imagine what it feels like to be walking in your shoes I can’t imagine what it feels like to be homeless I can’t imagine what it feels like to have nothing left to lose I can’t imagine what it feels like to be walking in your shoes I can’t imagine what it feels like to be running for your life Can’t imagine what it feels like to be hopeless Can’t imagine what it feels like alone and terrified I can’t imagine what it feels like to be running for your life Oh Oh Oh Walking in your shoes Oh Oh Oh Walking in your shoes I can’t imagine what it feels like to watch your family die I can’t image what it feels like to be helpless I’ve heard about you on the radio I’ve seen you on the news But I still can’t imagine what it feels like To be walking in your shoes Can you imagine what it feels like to have no choice to choose Can you imagine what it feels like to be powerless Can you imagine what it feels like to be exploited and abused Can you imagine what it feels like to be walking in my shoes Oh Oh Oh Walking in your shoes Oh Oh Oh Walking in your shoes Words & Music © Paul Field
7.
One Word 04:10
One word One word is all it took One word carelessly spoken One word a guilty look One word and my heart was broken I’ll never understand the damage of just one lie I never thought love could die from just one word One word a slip of the tongue One word and there’s no use pretending One word and dreams are undone One word and my whole world is ending Who can I trust anymore How can I start again I never thought love would end with just one word One word a fatal mistake One word and nothing else matters One word is the difference it makes One word and the promises shatter How can i get over you I guess i never will I never thought love could kill with just one word Words & Music -© Paul Field/Ralph van Manen/Robert Riekerk/Tommy Riekerk
8.
Gorgeous Girl Never forget how beautiful you are my gorgeous girl Don’t ever let anybody dim your star you light up the world You shine on through my darkest nights you find hope where I find none And when I give up you keep on believing that the best is yet to come Gorgeous girl We can be thunder and lightning we can be sunshine and rain The power of our love can be frightening We’ve tested it over and over and over again Sometimes we push to the limit till it feels as if something must break We go down to the wire, put our hearts in the fire It’s amazing the pain love can take Never forget how beautiful you are...... I know I’m not easy to live with some days I can’t live with myself I’m amazed at how faithful your love is I’d never find anything like it with anyone else I know sometimes it’s a struggle it’s a miracle how we survive But you never let go and I want you to know I’m the luckiest man alive So never underestimate what you bring to this world The love and light that you create is priceless my amazing gorgeous girl Never forget how beautiful you are....... Words & Music - Paul Field
9.
Strange Christmas It’s gonna be a strange Christmas this year With unwelcome decorations of anxiety and fear Tables laid with loneliness uncertainty and tears It’s gonna be a strange Christmas this year I want to see the faces behind the masks we have to wear I want to shake some hands and see the smiles we need to share To wish each other all the best for the year that is to come But all those good intentions for now have come undone Strange Christmas this year It’s pretty hard to talk about the season of good cheer Still we hold on to our dreams and we hope and persevere It’s gonna be a strange Christmas this year I want to see my family and tell them how I miss The wonder of the human touch the magic of a kiss I want to hold my grandchildren to read and sing them songs This painful separation just feels completely wrong Stumbling through the dark we long to dance into the light This lockdown of our lives is like a chain that holds us tight We need a star to follow we need to be released This year more than ever we need the Prince of peace Words & Music © Paul Field
10.
Where will it end? Where will it end where do we go from here? How much will we lose as we journey through the years Where will it end how much is progress worth? We can’t make a better world If it’s costing us the earth Beauty in ashes nature in chains How long till the shadows are all that remain? Where will it end how much can this world take How far can we turn the screw before it’s heart must break? Where will it end it’s a dangerous game to play When everyone wants everything and no one wants to pay Beauty in ashes Nature in chains How long till the shadows are all that remain? Where will it end where do we go from here? How much will we lose as we journey through the years Where will it end how much is progress worth? We can’t make a better world If it’s costing us the earth Beauty in ashes Nature in chains How long till the shadows are all that remain? Words & Music - © Paul Field
11.
Just Around The Bend Been a long time travelling down this hard & rocky road We’re all just trying to survive Walking together and sharing the load Doing all we can to stay alive I believe the journeys nearly over I believe these troubled times will end I believe we’ll find a better place just around the bend We may be weary and sometimes we just don’t know How we can keep on keeping on Take one day at a time and trust that history will show When we’re united we are strong I believe....... So take care of each other for we all need the hope that heals the love that mends Even when the darkness is as far as we can see The sun will shine again somewhere just around the bend I believe....... Words & Music © Paul Field & Jonathan Veira
12.
Lucky Man 03:35
Lucky man If only I’d known long ago all the things that I know now How different I’d have been Looking back on all that time i wish I could erase somehow Those regrets and might have beens Lucky man that you forgive me Lucky man to get a second chance It’s been a long time in the learning and a hard road we’ve been down Lucky man to find your love second time around Running round in circles chasing every dream that came my way So blind I couldn’t see The love that I was looking for was staring at me night and day Right there in front of me Lucky man that you still want me Lucky man to get second chance It’s been a long time in the learning and a hard road we’ve been down Im a lucky man to find your love second time around Words & Music © Paul Field & John Peppard

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New solo album, recorded during Lockdown 2020/2021

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released April 5, 2021

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Cello on 'Where Will It End' played by Torsten Harder.

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