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British Summer Time

from Music Product One by Wheelwright

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lyrics

And mum said do you hear that sound
It means the swifts are here from Africa
And I don't know why they fly that far
Just to be hear with us in the pouring rain

And it was British Summer Time
Yes it was British Sumer Time
With ice-cream in the rain
Coz it might just turn out nice again

And we’re on the beach and it’s a cold grey day
But at breakfast dad said well let’s go anyway
Coz with a bit of luck it’ll brighten up
But we got wet through and my hands went blue

But it was British summer time
I remember British Summer Time yeah
With ice-cream in the rain
Coz it might just turn out nice again

And on that last day when I held your hand
And you weren’t quite sure where you were
And we turned you round so you could see the sun
And you said well at least it’s turned out nice again

And it was British Summer Time
And now I’m listening to the rain
And I know all things must pass
But you can’t escape the pain
And there’s this seaside photograph
Of that day I cried and cried
Then we had ice-cream in the rain
And it was all alright again
And the rain shall make a door for me
And I shall walk through it

Sitting in a British car-park waiting for the rain to stop
And if the rain don’t stop then we’ll just get wet

[Shipping Forecast]

[Repeat chorus]

You get accustomed to the rain
You get accustomed to the rain

[Shipping Forecast continues]

credits

from Music Product One, track released May 8, 2019
Produced arranged composed recorded performed & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright. Many thanks to Jonathan Beckenstein and Phil McWalter for their invaluable feedback on earlier versions of this track. The line 'and the rain shall make a door for me...' is nicked from the writer Susanna Clarke and the idea for the lyric 'sitting in a British car park...' was inspired by a Soundcloud comment exchange with Steph Sweet. The field recording of midnight summer rain used in the middle and at the end was made by Phil McWalter.

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