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Don't Mind If I Do

by Gavin Lazarus

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1.
If you've got a problem, I can make it two That's something I can do for you Need a new opinion? I'll get one to you That's something I can do for you But if you wanna leave the pace of life behind If you're reeling all the time Just go looking for the ones that love you Just turn around, you may have just found them If you feel the pressure I can ease it through That's something I can do for you If you are a dreamer, I'll bring the world to you That's something I can do for you And if you wanna find the one that you must love Who's appealing all the time? But if you wanna find the ones who love you Just turn around, you may have just found them If resolution, of institutions, means revolution Well that's something you could do Or you could scale down Mountain trail down Or just drink the ale down Well that's something you could do So if you wanna find the one that you must love Who's appealing all the time? But if you wanna find the one who loves you Just turn around, you may have just found them If you've got a problem, I can make it two That's something I can do for you That's something I can do for you That's something I can do That's something I can do That's something I can do for you
2.
Good evening my dear and welcome to the Royale Relax, make yourself at home and have a drink It's on the house Just a small token at the door Check your coat And get on the floor I have a final reminder She has a future behind her I have a word in her favour She has a love I can savour Let me love you Let me treat you right Let me love you Let me treat you right It's nothing scary or sinister It's not a job for the minister It's less a case of a love true And more a love I can give you Let me love you Let me treat you right Let me love you Let me treat you right Let me love you Let me treat you right Let me love you Let me treat you right You have got to let it move you There is nothing you must prove You have got to let it move you There is nothing you must prove Let me love you Let me treat you right Let me love you Let me treat you right Let me love you Let me treat you right Let me love you Let me treat you right You have got to let it move you There is nothing you must prove You have got to let it move you There is nothing you must prove Let me love you Let me treat you right Let me love you Let me treat you right Let me love you Let me treat you right Let me love you Let me treat you right Take it easy Take it easy Just pick up your things as you leave.
3.
Bedhead 03:44
Early today I dreamt of dogs and meadows and When I awoke I saw you lying there and Too soon I arose Leaving those dogs and meadows and Leaving you warm So peacefully lying there and Outside there was only noise and cloud And I had no desire to join the crowd So I turned right around and Jumped back into my bed I wasn't surprised Cos lately I've been drifting and Losing my will Not to be sleeping still and Deep in my dreams I revel in all absurdities I wish they were real So I would know how I really feel About this old world of noise and cloud To know how good it feels to join the crowd But I turn right around and Jump back into my bed Deep in my dreams I revel in all absurdities I wish they were real So I would know how I really feel About this old world of noise and cloud To know how good it feels to join the crowd But I turn right around and Jump back into my bed yeah Well I turn right around and Jump back into my head
4.
You got what you need now honey so let me breathe You got what you need now honey so let me breathe Living in, or living out You still throw you're weight about but You got what you need now honey so let me breathe You got everything now woman you don't need me You got everything now woman you don't need me Pushing in, or pushing out You still throw your weight about but You got everything now woman you don't need me You don't need me To get on your back I'm not what you lack You don't need me To get on your back I'm not what you lack Step out on your own now woman and let me be Step out on your own now honey and let me be Living in or living out You should go but you're too devout so So step out on your own now woman and let me be You don't need me To get on your back I'm not what you lack You don't need me To get on your back I'm not what you lack
5.
Antipodeans 04:32
In this old land of our From Solsbury Hill to the faded twin towers We must invest in youth Antipodeans stand as proof The southern hemisphere Has more than just bad soaps and cheap beer They realise that power Never peaks in your last hour Don't want to drag me down Don't want to drag me down Don't want to drag me down Don't want to drag me down It's such a crazy scene We're always bragging 'bout what we've been But it's a lazy age And we're no longer centre stage So we must try and learn We've done some teaching now it's our turn to be taught So we must try and blend Young and old We will never go down Don't want to drag me down Don't want to drag me down Don't want to drag me down Don't want to drag me down In this old land of our From Solsbury Hill to the faded twin towers We must invest in youth Antipodeans stand as proof Don't want to drag me down Don't want to drag me down Don't want to drag me down Don't want to drag me down You're bringing me down You're dragging around
6.
Fairest Child Sweet woman Can't begin to say how you've turned me life around Can't begin to say how you're like no other And heaven knows you're the one Yeah heaven knows you're the one Fairest child Sweet woman You don't even know all the talents you possess You're light is like a beam that I follow gladly And heaven knows you're the one Yeah heaven knows you're the one (Yes you're the one) You're the quiet one we all depend upon (Yes you're the one) You're the canvas that we throw our colour on (Yes you're the one) You're the one we miss whenever you are gone Yes you're the one You're the one (Yes you're the one) You're the quiet one we all depend upon (Yes you're the one) You're the canvas that we throw our colour on (Yes you're the one) You're the one we miss whenever you are gone Yes you're the one Fairest Child Sweet woman Can't begin to say how you've turned me life around Can't begin to say how you're like no other And heaven knows you're the one Yeah heaven knows you're the one Heaven knows you're the one Heaven knows you're the one
7.
If I Like It If I think it's true Don't mind If I do Well It doesn't have to be completely new I don't mind if I do No I don't mind No I don't mind if I do Every single piece of music comes from somewhere else And to that you add a little self Now I can find release in music I write it how I please I don't care for fashionable decrees Because If I Like It If I think it's true Don't mind If I do Well I don't care what style or era too I don't mind if I do Now I have always advocated words and melody Give it drive and give it honesty Now I know most folks are placated with drivel they are fed But I have never been so easily led. Because If I Like It If I think it's true Don't mind If I do You think it sounds like Beatles, Kinks or Who Ha don't mind if I do No I don't mind No I don't mind (Don't mind if I do) I don't mind if it's macho or effete (Don't mind if I do) If it moves the soul or if it moves the feet (Don't mind if I do) I don't mind the era or the century (Don't mind if I do) Just as long as it says something to me If your should needs liberating Don't sit there procrastinating Timidly prevaricating There's a world of pleasure waiting If your should needs liberating Don't sit there procrastinating Timidly prevaricating Right this way your tables' waiting If I Like It If I think it's true Don't mind If I do (No I don't mind) Doesn't have to be completely new I don't mind if I do (No I don't mind) If I Like It If I think it's true Don't mind If I do (No I don't mind) I don't care what style or era too Don't mind if I do (No I don't mind) If I Like It If I think it's true Don't mind If I do (No I don't mind) Doesn't have to be completely new I don't mind if I do
8.
Wicked Woman 05:33
Summer days, living fast Some things are worth saving Given all that you know You must have been raving And I have heard that at a pass Some things are worth keeping Anyway what I know Is not worth repeating A hoo hoo You're such a wicked woman A hoo hoo Ah you've got pleasure on the brain A hoo hoo Ah what a wicked woman Let me tell you what you want to hear You don't have to try I can tell you what you want to hear You don't have to You don't have to try You don't have to try A little joy, and a lot of hope Ain't making me wiser If you measure love by the pound You're some kind of miser So push it in, and pull it out And play when it suits you I make scream, but I won't shout And I won't pull your roots through A hoo hoo You're such a wicked woman A hoo hoo Why you've got pleasure on the brain A hoo hoo Ah what a crazy woman Let me tell you what you want to hear You don't have to try I can tell you what you need to hear You don't have to You don't have to try You wanna know what you are? Ha? You wanna know what you are? I'll tell ya Well you're a thrill seeker Yeah you're a thrill seeker Ah such a thrill seeker Well such a thrill seeker Well you're a thrill seeker Yeah you're a thrill seeker Well such a thrill seeker A hoo hoo Ah you're a wicked woman A hoo hoo Why you've got pleasure on the brain A hoo hoo Ah Let me tell you what you need to hear You don't have to try I can tell you what you want to hear You don't have to You don't have to I can tell you what you want to hear You don't have to try I can tell you what you have to hear You don't have to You don't have to try You don't have to try
9.
Innocence 04:20
Many years of finality Have departed Since the day I left Innocence was a casualty That hung it's head Like a child bereft The greatest losses were then commonplace All the small things that you cannot replace Incidental memoirs Of a forgotten place Wars were fough Under foreign skies In someone else's fantasy But time we know has a tendency To support our new Reality And the springtime still puts leaves on the trees And our spirit cools the warm summer breeze As we do as we please As we do as we please So we try to make better now All the things we misunderstood before And innocence tries to creep back in Through the broken shards Of a shattered door Innocence tries to creep back in Through the broken shards Of a shattered door Innocence tries to creep back in Through the broken shards Of a shattered door
10.
Got to keep rollin' now Though you've given all you've got to give Got to keep rollin' now Though you may not have the will to live Got to keep rollin' friend Till the battle of the day is won Cause if things are going slow Well the one thing that you know is that You got to keep rollin' on Got to keep rollin' now Though you're better is impaired Got to keep rollin' dude Though you're showing too much underwear Got to keep rollin' child Though your dreams aren't even in your head Cause if you're not rollin' yet well its a solid gold bet That you won't be rollin' when you dead Now time's creeping up you Regardless of what you've begun And the only thing that you can do Is to keep on rollin' And to have a lotta fun a well Got to keep rollin' now There's really nothing you can lose Got to keep rollin' friend Though it helps to have a little snooze Got to keep rollin' now And grinning when it all goes wrong Well it's been going on o long But the message of my song is that You got to keep rollin' on Now time's creeping up you Regardless of what you've begun And the only thing that you can do Is to keep on rollin' And to have a lotta fun a well Got to keep rollin' now There's really nothing you can lose Got to keep rollin' friend Though it helps to have a little booze Got to keep rollin' now And grinning when it all goes wrong Well it's been going on too long But the message of my song is that You got to keep rollin' on my friend You got to keep rollin' on I said You got to keep rollin' on
11.
It's taken some time Making it clear You know it isn't a crime You've nothing to fear These are the things I say These are the things I do So Leave Me Behind (Come on baby won't you leave me behind) Leave Me Behind (Come on baby won't you leave me behind) Leave Me Behind (Come on baby won't you leave me behind) Leave Me Behind (Come on baby won't you leave me behind) You've nothing to gain And nothing to lose You see I'm making it plain Im letting you choose This is the way I am Nothing is gonna change So Leave Me Behind (Come on baby won't you leave me behind) Leave Me Behind (Come on baby won't you leave me behind) Leave Me Behind (Come on baby won't you leave me behind) Leave Me Behind (Come on baby won't you leave me behind) Ha Cause I can't remember Where I went wrong So take your life up and let it shine You see it's taken some time Just making it clear You know it isn't a crime And you've nothing to fear These are the things I say These are the things I do So Leave Me Behind (Come on baby won't you leave me behind) Leave Me Behind (Come on baby won't you leave me behind) Leave Me Behind (Come on baby won't you leave me behind) Leave Me Behind (Come on baby won't you leave me behind)
12.
Honey Child 04:28
I want you to tell me why Why you cry Oh honey child There is to much at stake between us Won't you try Oh honey child And the last thing I need now Is to lose you So I want you to tell me why Why you cry Oh honey child Now we all have urgent needs On our mind Oh honey child But there's so much joy in living And you should know I know you do And the last thing we need now Is to hide our feelings So I want you to ease your mind Clear your mind Oh honey child Oh honey child Please realise you have power Yeah and you must learn how to use it And I understand Why you're feeling down But your strength comes from positivity Let me show you the way Let me show you the way Yeah Now I know you will hear my words And know they're true Oh honey child And I know you'll rise right up now You always do Oh honey child And the last thing we need now is to hide our feelings And I know I can make you smile Make you laugh Oh honey child Oh honey child Oh honey child Oh honey child Oh honey child Oh honey child Oh honey child Oh honey child Oh honey child That's right honey child

about

Don't Mind If I Do is an album a long time in the making!

Recording began as long ago as 2018 with a handful of songs, but lockdown 2020 sped the process up like a crazy thing, and by mid July there were around 20 songs in the can.

They are a mixture from the distant back catalogue combined with more recent tunes and a newly penned title track.

With such a lot of material available and plenty more to come, it seemed like a good idea to send it out in manageable batches! So this is part one of a two album release scheduled for 2021. The second companion album is at an advanced stage of production and due for release before Autumn 2021.

credits

released April 30, 2021

The album almost entirely solo from conception to final mastering and all stops in between but there are a few exceptions and folk who have helped along the way, and they all deserve thanks...

Kesia, Arwen and Eben Lazarus for backing vocals on 'Fairest Child' and 'Leave Me Behind'.

Robert Brian for drums on 'Don't Mind If I Do'.

Kesia Lazarus once again for some keys work on 'Innocence'.

Eben Lazarus who co-produced the album.

Special thanks also to : Anna Scrivenger and Tristan Darby for their ears, support and input.

Thanks also to Sontronics for the excellent microphones used in the recording.

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Gavin Lazarus Bath, UK

An eclectic blend of retro styling, wry and feelgood melodic guitar pop,
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balladeering, groovy riffing, sweeping cinematic song styling and old-school rootsy jazz and swing.

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