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A Scottish Child From The 1960s

by Jim Byrne

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1.
Coming Up For Air 01:39
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Coming Up For Air - by Janet Crawford and Jim Byrne Coming up for air Eyes are damp from tears Counting down from ten, nine, eight You’re holding every hour Together with your trust Every day goes, one by one Do not fear, lift your eyes lift them up from the ground Trust yourself Look around Look around Trust yourself Look around Look around Reaching out for now It will be alright Love and hope will, see you through Soon the time is done Clouds no longer drawn The sun will burn right through Do not fear, lift your eyes lift them up from the ground Trust yourself Look around Look around Do not fear, lift your eyes lift them up from the ground Trust yourself Look around Look around
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A Heart Made Of Gold 03:31
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A heart made of gold Well I imagined my life, it was turning out fine And I’d find a love in the fullness of time I’d be meeting that girl and she’d be so bold And as for her heart, a heart made of gold It will be sweetness and light and candy for days Because when you’re planning for love, music it plays And we’re always dressed, we’d be ready to go Never caught in the rain always making the show And the curtains they'd raise for my girl, she’s so bold and we’d be together until we grow old And every flower she’d pick it would colour my day And If I’ve broken those stems, she won’t turn away But then I met a girl with a heart made of gold She just caught me off guard when I wasn’t so bold When the curtains they raised, for that girl I was sold Now we’ll be together until we grow old And sometimes she’s sweet, sometimes she’s blue But nothing is wrong, when everything’s you And sometimes we dance, the music it plays She still gives me her heart on the darkest of days Now we laugh and we cry, get caught in the rain Just greeting each tear with its comfort and pain And now we just smile if we’re missing the show When every once in a while we've somewhere to go Because I met a girl who’s ever so bold And as for her heart, a heart made of gold Yes I love a girl she’s ever so bold Because I’ve found a girl with a heart made of gold
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If You'll Be Mine 03:37
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If you’ll be mine Fate will be kind to you Shine a light on your path Love will reach into your heart To make good what you feel Summer days will be bright The warmth of the wind on your face The spirit of life will hold you tight And make good what you feel Love will not fade Days will be kind Sweet time, sweet love If you’ll be mine Sweet time, sweet love If you’ll be mine This promise I make to you Only love can make it true Forever a friend in your heart To make good what you feel Love will not fade Days will be kind Sweet time, sweet love If you’ll be mine Sweet time, sweet love If you’ll be mine
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Smile With Me - Featuring Mary K Burke 03:52
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Smile with me Smile, with me Open your eyes, wipe away all your tears Tell me your troubles, tell me your fears And you can smile with me Take the time, to heal Hold out your hand and your heart will be seen Your dreams of tomorrow will be your dreams today If you can smile with me If you can smile with me To all you kings, and queens of sad The dark thoughts, the pains you've had Those winter clouds, the rain that fell Spring has a tale to tell, You can Smile with me you can Open your eyes wipe away all your tears You can Tell me your troubles, tell me your fears And you can smile with me Time changes, all you see You can hold out for hope, sing out for free Let those cannons of words, blast your troubles away And try, to smile, today Smile with me Open your eyes wipe away all your tears Tell me your troubles, tell me your fears And you can smile with me Smile with me Hold out your hand, and your heart will be seen Your dreams of tomorrow, can be your dreams today If you can smile with me Yes you can smile with me
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Sweet Maria 03:28
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Sweet Maria I watch the flowers on the table take a bow Raindrops on the window form a tear For my love, my dear, my sweet Maria And It’s a blessing to be where I need to be For this kiss upon your hand will set you free, My love, my dear, my sweet Maria And this hurt upon my heart Too soon we are apart We find our peace somehow I let go somehow the earth it turns until the morning shows the birds they sing, their sweetest songs above For my love, my dear, my sweet Maria And this hurt upon my heart Too soon we are apart We find our peace somehow I let you go somehow The earth, the sun, the stars Let the spirits play their part Now this world is in our hearts We can never part My Sweet Maria So I watch the flowers on the table take a bow The raindrops on the window form a tear For my love, my dear, my sweet Maria
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Don't You Know I'm Innocent 04:18
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Don’t you know I’m innocent I pick up a penny for your thoughts post off a pencil printed with my name and you asked me why I get you so high So I make canvas and paint it with your smile write down all the numbers for the colours that I try I see you back up your phone Don’t call me at home  Don’t you know I'm innocent Don’t you know my crime was just to play for you I can never be the man you see - that’s all, that’s all And as far as all my kindness goes I’m right behind your righteous cause  But I cannot pay the final costs - at all So I push in a candle, and light it for my prayers  Post of a letter printed with the story of your tears  Now I pick up the phone  and I call you at home Don’t you know I'm innocent Don’t you know my crime was just to play for you I can never be the man you see - that’s all, that’s all And as far as all my kindness goes I’m right behind your righteous cause  But I cannot pay the final costs - at all
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Take My Heart - by Jim Byrne and Lesley O'Brien 03:58
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Take my heart You say, you hear the wind in the pines But it tells you no secrets But I know the sound of its song And it’s singing for me And those twinkling stars In those honey jars You say, dear, that means nothing. Yes, it means nothing but my love she’s waiting for me. And she’ll take my heart And hold it tight She’ll take my hand And we’ll dance till light And in the summer time When The bells they chime on the hilltop Yes I know that those bells they chime for me Because the fish in the sea They always listen And they tell me, that my love she’ll soon be free She’ll take my heart And holds it tight She’ll take my hand And we’ll dance till light Take my heart Hold it tight She’ll take my hand And we’ll dance till light You know those Dragonflies you see they carry our dreams And this gentle earth, it holds us tight And every time you say dear, all this means nothing Yes, it means nothing, but my love she’s waiting for me. And she’ll take my heart And hold it tight She’ll take my hand And we’ll dance till light Take my heart Hold it tight She’ll take my hand And we’ll dance till light Take my hand We’ll dance till light Jim Byrne & Lesley O’Brien
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Love Breaks In Many Ways 04:32
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Love breaks in many ways I know, it’s true That love, breaks In many ways So I say, this night No more, will, I give, you take This love… I wish you well, my friend This love… I, hope you’ve chosen well, my dear This love.. I wish you well For this love, it breaks in many ways And I hear you cry In God's name you say (bv - ‘Why cut me from your heart?’) but I know this game love plays no part So I cut you from my heart My dear I know (I wish you well my dear) It’s true (I wish you well my love) That love (I wish you well my friend) love breaks I know (I wish you well my dear) it’s true (I wish you well my love) This night (I wish you well my friend) love breaks Love breaks, Love breaks, Love breaks, Love breaks
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I'm Just An Informer 04:05
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I'm just an informer, in this game I see the weather, I report the rain I see the cadence to your life I know who’s to blame But who’s the joker, in this box And does he scare you, when he knocks He’s the man I know He cannot tell, he can only show And the plans that we make  All the castles we create And all the coats we choose wear We cannot shake But there's a moment, I understand It’s filled with promise, it’s a brand new land There’s the key I have, fits this lock  I have to hand And the plans that we make  All the castles we  create And all the coats we choose wear  All the stories we have to bear And all the kings and queens we are We cannot shake I’m just an informer In this game I’m just and informer In this game I’m just… And all the plans that we make  All the castles we  create And all the coats we choose wear  All the stories we have to bear And all the kings and queens we are We cannot shake
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Take Time 01:19
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Blind Blind Love - Live in the living room with Linda Jaxson - Bonus Track 02:36
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Blind Blind Love - Alt Version This heart of mine is a blind blind fool It just takes one smile  to break this lovers rule A single glance And I can cross the line A careless touch  and I'm out of time A gentle game of playing two Can take this man away from you don’t kiss the girl Don’t kiss the boy I've got a blind blind love and that love is you So if you catch my eye Just know it’s true I keep my love at home and my kissin’ too Though this heart of mine is a blind blind fool Got one true loves And that love is you

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Album release from Scottish songwriter who signed his first solo record deal at 59

…sounding more and more like one of Scotland’s great musical best-kept secrets but I reckon it’s time for him to no longer be a secret and to find a much wider audience. Duglas T Stewart

Born in 1962, the year the Beatles released, Love Me Do, aged 4 when Bob Dylan released Blonde on Blonde and 14 when punk hit in 1976. Jim Byrne made national news when he signed his first solo record deal with Fox Star Records at 59. Two years later, he delivers, ‘A Scottish Child From The 1960s’.

‘A Scottish Child from the 1960s’ is a set of songs about imperfection, transcendence, romance, the fragility of relationships, love, comfort, childish wonder, and the summoning of friendly Scottish spirits. This album takes you on a journey, one that starts and finishes with birdsong: recorded by Jim on his phone as they sat outside the Artisan Cafe near Crainlarich, where he and his wife Pat stopped for a rest on their journey north.

“There are so many twists and turns in there it is an emotional journey. I know the Artisan Cafe and I knew I recognised those birds! “Carol Laula

About Jim Byrne

Born in Clydebank Jim spent his teenage years playing in punk bands and many subsequent years playing in garage bands, (most notably, The Primevals). When he set out on a solo career in 2008 he picked up his acoustic guitar and headed towards the Americana/Folk genre.

An award-winning songwriter and accomplished guitar player, prior to signing with Fox Star Records he had self-released 4 critically acclaimed solo albums. The three most recent, ‘Oh My Beautiful You’, ’The Innocent’ and ‘Every Day is Sunshine’ where particularly well received by listeners and press alike (Q Magazine, UNCUT, Maverick, Folk Blues and Beyond, Spiral Earth).

Jim has toured internationally and has supported artists such as Benny Gallagher (of Gallagher and Lyle) and shared the stage with Blues performers Hans Theessink and Whizz Jones, famed for influencing Eric Clapton. As a songwriter he has written with, among others, the Jazz singer Carol Kidd, pop singer Marti Pellow and many writers and poets including Janet Crawford, professional storyteller Lesley O’Brien and his wife Pat Byrne.

What they are saying about ‘A Scottish Child From The 1960s’:
“Jim Byrne is getting better with age. He is sounding more and more like one of Scotland’s great musical best-kept secrets. His music sounds so genuine and from his soul and that makes a strong connection with me”. Duglas T Stewart

"Just JOYFUL. There are so many twists and turns in there it is an emotional journey. The harmonies there are wonderful. Smile, with the fab Mary Kathleen Burke. Gorgeous harmonies. Carol Laula

“…getting even better with time - wish I knew the secret…. There's true art here, best work to date. Duncan McCrone

“He's a storyteller, the likes of Johnny Cash and Leonard Cohen. Perhaps Scotland's best. This new set of songs is sure to get him the attention he deserves. Michaela Foster Marsh

“Jim Byrne has lived. He has lived deeply and openly, and this authenticity is reflected in the songs that he writes. Christine Sparks

“This is vintage and contemporary folk-country; a battered acoustic, a fiddle, and high-lonesome female harmonies cradle Byrne’s half-spoken, half-crooned smoked-caramel baritone.  Robin Miller

“…immaculately performed, arranged, played and sung with the voice of a writer and performer who knows exactly the weight of each word. The whole collection of songs seems like an offering; one that seems to reward the writer and performers and the listener equally. A joy. Tom Fairnie

Talk to Jim about his latest release

Jim is an entertaining guest and would love to chat about his songs and the story of the new album. Send him an email to arrange an interview:
Email: jim@songsbyjimbyrne.com

FoxStar Records: www.foxstarrecords.com
Twitter: twitter.com/SongwritingMagc
Facebook: www.facebook.com/musicbyjimbyrne

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released January 11, 2024

All songs by Jim Byrne apart from Coming Up For Air by Jim Byrne & Janet Crawford and Take My Heart by Jim Byrne and Lesley O'Brien.

All instruments by Jim Byrne apart from fiddle by Kurt Baumer and drums by Lejoe Young.

All songs produced by Jim Byrne apart from Love Breaks which was produced by Jim Byrne & Mark Freegard.

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Jim Byrne Glasgow, UK

Glasgow based Jim Byrne is an accomplished folk blues guitar player and songwriter. Jim is a recording artist with Fox Star Records.

He has released 4 critically acclaimed albums since going solo in 2008. ‘The Innocent’ and ‘Every Day is Sunshine’ where particularly well received by listeners and press alike (Q Magazine, UNCUT, Maverick, The Daily Record, Folk Blues and Beyond, Spiral Earth). ... more

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