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Just Like James

by Terence Blacker

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‘Name and reputation are just feathers on the breeze,
And fame is just another is just another sweetheart deal...’

So sings Terence Blacker in this song of changing places, of celebrity and the simple life - or was it James Taylor?

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I was drifting off the other night
In front of my TV
When I felt my phone start buzzing
And someone asked for me.
He said, ‘Hey, this is James Taylor,
That’s right - Sweet Baby James.
I’ve been looking for a favour
My people came up with your name.’

‘Now I was born a few years ago
Just a few days after you.
We wear our hair the same way,
Give or take a hair or two.
And hey, we both play guitar
Though you’re not nearly as good as me
But I’ve been watching your simple life
And, man, I like what I see.
‘Cos name and reputation
Are feathers on the breeze
And fame is just another sweetheart deal
You can have the fantasy
I’ll take what is real
While you live your live just like James.

He said, ‘I know I’m famous,
They tell me I’m adored,
But I dream of being nobody
I long to be ignored.
And hey, you’ve really got that gift
Man, you’re out of sight.
It’s time to leave those shadowlands
And take my place in the light.’

So I had a word with the one I love
Just to see what she would think
She went kind of misty-eyed
And turned a gentle shade of pink.
She said, ‘Hey, I really love his songs,
I’ve always been a fan.
Come-a come-a come-a come-a come come
He’ll be my handyman.’

Oh Massachusetts
The maples and the pine
I tell myself I’m home where I belong
Here everybody loves me
They’re all friends of mine
And I just have to strum a chord
For them to sing along....

My woman called me late last night
My people put her through
And she went on about Baby James
How the dog prefers him too.
And, hey, they love their simple life,
The silence of the phone,
And how they smile when they see my face
On the cover of Rolling Stone.

‘Cos name and reputation
Are feathers on the breeze
And fame is just another sweetheart deal
Now I’ve got the fantasy
They’ve got what is real
While I live my life just like James.

Now I’ve got the fantasy
But I’m missing what it real -
‘Cos in my mind, I’m going to the Waveney Valley....

credits

released November 17, 2023
Terence Blacker - vocals and guitar
David Booth - bass and percussion
Kelly Bayfield - backing vocals

Produced by David Booth

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Terence Blacker England, UK

'Classic folk blues in the making.'
FATEA MAGAZINE

'We need cheering up right now and this singer-songwriter, sometimes tender, sometimes sardonic, is just the ticket.' SUNDAY TIMES

Huge fun... it put a big smile on my face.'
TOM ROBINSON, BBC6 Music

'One enormously satisfying album.... humorous, beautiful, deadly, a real treat for the senses.'
LIVERPOOL SOUND AND VISION
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