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Ten Feet Tall

from Gateway to the South by Big Ray

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Words & music by Ed Wenn.

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Well it was one of those times when your memory takes you by surprise
And I was driving home late again on a Friday.
I had the radio on. My mind was almost the whole way gone.
When Laughing Len jumped out at me from the darkness.
It got me thinking ‘bout you. It got me thinking how it used to be
And now I’m smiling and shaking my head
And driving home through the night

And I knew nothing. But I felt it all.
And that was the time I felt ten feet tall.

You had a bass guitar, a knackered Shaftsbury bass guitar.
It wouldn’t stay in tune or something so it just stood there.
I remember the peace in your rooms on those long, sleepy afternoons
The summer breeze in the curtains & those 'Songs of Love & Hate'
Walking with sweet Roseanne from Euston to Harlesden.
You said it’s no big deal, but it still blew my mind in a good way.

And we knew nothing, But we felt it all.
And that was the time we felt ten feet tall.

Oh, we played Dave Grubbs and Squirrelbait and Dinosaur before the ‘Junior’
Big Black and Volcano Suns, Antietam and Bullet La Volta.
We wore pajamas, beads, hardcore tees.
You hid me from the International Phone Police.
You lectured me about my choice of girlfriend.
You didn’t like that she wore make-up.
Then you became a scene supremo.
A punk rock star for real.
You played your bass on MTV.
Iodine and Savory.

And now I feel nothing, because I know it all
And I’d like to try again to feel ten feet tall.

credits

from Gateway to the South, released February 1, 2014
Ed Wenn - Vocals & guitars
Ben Kaye - Guitar solos
Rich Matthews - Guitars
Damion Rice - Bass
Marc Maitland - Drums
Dan Goatham - Harmony vocals

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Big Ray London, UK

Big Ray has been around in various incarnations since 1991 lurching from 'full time band' to 'state of mind' & all flavours in-between. The personnel shifts & expands, but centres around Ed Wenn & 2 or 3 close friends. The musical starting point has remained constant; a mix of The Who, The Kinks, Big Star, CSNY & Steve Earle layered over a punk rock sensibility & attitude. ... more

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