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STRANGE HOUSE

The touchy subject of mental illness this time, everybody knows someone who has suffered from it in various degrees, but thank god they don't use those old cure methods any more, the health service is a lot better on care these days but there is still a heck of a lot to learn! Many people who remembered their feelings during an episode of mental illness say they thought everybody else was acting strange and they lost all sense of time and place, like a bad dream, and imagined things and disembodied voices seemed very real. Dementia patients usually lose all their memory but retain early childhood memories, the foundation blocks of the brain.

The song is the final track to be finished for the "Folk of Oak" album due out soon!

Guitar - C&T,
Amps - Fender, Orange Micro Terror, Ampeg Bass
Drums - Roland TD-12 Elm
Bass - Violin style Bass
Sound effects - Freesound.org

I'M IN A STRANGE HOUSE, WITH STRANGE PEOPLE
LET ME GO NOW, LET ME GO NOW.
IN A STRANGE ROOM, IN A STRANGE TOWN,
TAKE ME HOME NOW, TAKE ME HOME NOW.
I WAS WONDERIN', HOW I GOT HERE,
IT'S A STRANGE WORLD, IT'S A STRANGE WORLD.
WHERE AM I NOW, WHERE AM I NOW,
IT'S A STRANGE WORLD, IT'S A STRANGE WORLD.

CHORUS - AND FROM WHERE I STAND THINGS DON'T LOOK VERY BRIGHT.
FROM WHERE I STAND DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DAY OR NIGHT.

I GOT NO PAST HERE, GOT NO FUTURE,
LET ME GO NOW, LET ME GO NOW.
I REMEMBER, ALL MY CHILDHOOD,
TAKE ME BACK THERE, TAKE ME BACK THERE.
WHY THE PEOPLE, ACT SO STRANGELY, IN THIS STRANGE WORLD, IN THIS STRANGE WORLD.
TAKE YOUR PILL NOW, TAKE YOUR PILL NOW,
IT'S A STRANGE WORLD, IT'S A STRANGE WORLD.

CHORUS

I GOT NO PAST HERE, GOT NO FUTURE,
LET ME GO NOW, LET ME GO NOW.
I REMEMBER, ALL MY CHILDHOOD,
TAKE ME BACK THERE, TAKE ME BACK THERE.
WHY THE PEOPLE, ACT SO STRANGELY, IN THIS STRANGE WORLD, IN THIS STRANGE WORLD.
TAKE YOUR PILL NOW, TAKE YOUR PILL NOW,
IT'S A STRANGE WORLD, IT'S A STRANGE WORLD.

CHORUS

I'M IN A STRANGE HOUSE, WITH STRANGE PEOPLE
LET ME GO NOW, LET ME GO NOW.

Words and music copyright Steve Trowbridge February 2014

From forthcoming album "Folk of Oak"
due out soon.

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Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on February 24, 2014 at 9:59pm: many thanks Keith! (-:

Comment by Keith Rearick on February 24, 2014 at 10:13am: Some true words in those lyrics. Thanks for sharing.

Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on February 24, 2014 at 10:11am: cheers bug, many thanks Jason 'n' Nancy! (-:

Comment by Nancy kat on February 24, 2014 at 9:37am: Weirdly true~ the mind can be a scary place to be trapped in~ Exceptional work S~Paw~St

Comment by Jason Mills on February 24, 2014 at 7:10am: Awesome tune Steve!!! Loved it!!!

Comment by BUGGY (C) on February 24, 2014 at 4:11am: Money ...root of all evil!
They're on the streets in Watford Steve inc me!
What happens to care first ,then worry about who pays for it?
Never mind they can now afford 90k for traffic lights
That get removed in a week instead, far better use of the funds
Don't ya think?

Cool song song !

Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on February 24, 2014 at 3:28am: Many thanks guys! UJ in the UK mental health care depends on which borough council you live in, my one's pretty good but there are a lot of poor councils robbed of govt. funding but a lot of private sharks out there for those with plenty of cash.. (-:

Comment by Uncle John on February 24, 2014 at 3:23am: Huh. Good one, Steve. Lyrics ring true and sad. Mental health care in the US is in a sorry, sorry state.

Comment by Reeds Taylor on February 24, 2014 at 1:17am: Good tune Steve

Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on February 23, 2014 at 9:35pm: many thanks! album preview coming soon (-:

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