Life Goes On

Happy New Year!

Last night while stuck in a traffic jam for a frustrating 2 hours, making a four hour road trip turn into 6 hours at the wheel; I discovered a song on BBC2’s Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie Show that I just could not get out of my head. It was one of their weekly ‘picks’, and I only caught the tail-end of it, but man, I just could not get the song's lyrics out of my mind as it bounced around inside like an echo. The problem was I missed who the band was, catching only the tail-end.

But it left its mark in my mind like a cattle brand.

Then tonight, thanks to the internet I tracked it down, as Noah & The Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. a band I’d never heard of before, but that song is so wonderful, and due out in March on their Album ‘Last Night on Earth’ - their 3rd album

Wonderful lyrics that resonate in me, and prove the power of words with existential abandon in a world turning more crazy by the day.

Life Affirming -



L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N (Life Goes On) © Noah and the Whale

Lisa likes brandy and the way it hits her lips
She's a rock 'n' roll survivor with pendulum hips

She's got deep brown eyes

That've seen it all
Working at a nightclub that was called The Avenue

The bar men used to call her "Little Lisa, Loney Tunes"

She went on almost anyone
From the hard time living 'til the Chelsea days

From when her hair was sweet blonde 'til the day it turned gray

She said :

Chorus

L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

You've got more than money and sense, my friend

You've got heart and you go in your own way

L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

What you don't have now will come back again

You've got heart and you go in your own way
Some people wear their history like a map on their face

And Joey was an artist just living out of case

But his best word was his letters home
His standard works of fiction about imaginary success

The chorus girls in neon were his closest things to friends

But to a writer, the truth is no big deal
From the hard time living to the sleepless nights

And the black and blue body from the weekend fights

He'd say :

Chorus

L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

You've got more than money and sense, my friend

You've got heart and you go in your own way

L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

What you don't have now will come back again

You've got heart and you go in your own way
BridgeOn my last night on earth, I won't look to the sky

Just breathe in the air and blink in the light

On my last night on earth, I'll pay a high price

To have no regrets and be done with my life

Chorus

L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

You've got more than money and sense, my friend

You've got heart and you go in your own way

L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

What you don't have now will come back again

You've got heart and you go in your own way(repeat)