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Wealth In The Cellar

by Serengeti Long Walk

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1.
Layer Upon Prayer (Demo 2007) 03:35
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Layer Upon Prayer Moaning and groaning she labours through the pain Why she chose to suffer I could never explain Leaves fall all around us, I see by candlelight You are your mother’s mother so be that way tonight We fuse another wick as the grease drowns the flame But you know deep down inside it’ll never be the same We fuse another wick as the grease drowns the flame But you know deep down inside it’ll never be the same Hey you call this living? I ask you what is life? You father little girls to become somebody’s wife Look all around you, tell me what you see If it’s someone living, I tell you it ain’t me You don’t think to look around you when the pretty girl has found you You don’t think that she is possibly unreal You don’t think to look around you when the pretty girl has drowned you ‘Cos love is something you could never feel I was on the outside looking at the inside, my mind wasn’t all that kind to me, you see? Now I’m on the inside looking at the outside, there’s no difference as far as I can see Layer upon prayer, well were you right? Look all around you it’s not a pretty sight Torture and madness, see how people scream They have stopped and told me this is just a dream We fuse another wick as the grease drowns the flame But you know deep down inside it’ll never be the same We fuse another wick as the grease drowns the flame But you know deep down inside it’ll never be the same Well were you right? It’s not a pretty sight See how people scream This is just a dream
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Dead On The Bed Of Love (Demo 2008) 02:38
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Dead On The Bed Of Love Here are fallen angels, here are imitations Dragged from cloudy cradles, class and creed and working stations To draw broken wings over shattered sins To leave and to die down where the pieces lie So don’t talk to me about heaven, don’t talk to me about hell Don’t talk to me about heaven, I hear the tolling of the bell (Don’t) talk to me about heaven, don’t talk to me about hell Don’t talk to me about heaven, I hear the voices in my head But I’ll be dead on the bed of love, that’s how you leave me Dead on the bed of love, with your talk of sanctity I’ve read on the bed of love and it means nothing to me Dead on the bed of love keeps meaning nothing to me You know modern fables, catch-calls of your generation Laid your cards on every table, every town and every nation You know no disgrace, no sorry, no embrace I walk from place to place starting at an empty space So don’t talk to me about money, don’t talk to me about guns Don’t talk to me about money, I hear the jangling of your funds (Don’t) talk to me about money, don’t talk to me about guns Don’t talk to me about money, I see the comfort of your sons But I’ll be dead on the bed of love, that’s how you leave me Dead on the bed of love, with your talk of sanctity I’ve read on the bed of love and it means nothing to me Dead on the bed of love keeps meaning nothing to me
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Rainy Day (Demo 2008) 03:26
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Rainy Day Suppose I arrive with a flower in my hand Look down to you with a smile Drive you anywhere in the land you want to go Suppose I then say nothing new This time would you hear it? What would your answer be now? This time would you hear it? Would your answer be nothing new? Suppose I say I want to do all this but can’t And then I say nothing new Suppose I say I want to do all this but can’t There’s not much more than I can ever do This time would you hear it? What would your answer be now? This time would you hear it? Would your answer be nothing new? Just an idea put aside for a rainy day One of those thoughts to wake up to as if to say You can’t resist, your thought’s a wish And it’s just an idea for a rainy day
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See What A Fool I've Been (Demo 2008) 03:40
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See What A Fool I’ve Been I hear we’re born to Born to be borne through On a slow tide, high noon On a long walk for a short view Here comes the heavy brigade Come carrying weight across an open space I run for cover, they storm into view But I wait out here til I see you See what a fool I’ve been, believing in red and green See what a fool I’ve been, amber was never me It’s the way of lives to play it cruel To take a knife to such a fool Fool, fool, fool, fool, fool Stop go I know you’ve run through Soft sand in a monsoon I tried to warm you But was left cold in a high noon See what a fool I’ve been, believing in red and green See what a fool I’ve been, amber was never me It’s the way of lives to play it cruel To take a knife to such a fool Fool, fool, fool, fool, fool Stop go
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I Like Your Legs (Demo 2009) 02:38
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I Like Your Legs I like your legs They take me where I want to go And then back home Back home, back home, back home Back home, back home, back home I like your eyes And what they see Out on the road Beyond the sea The sea, the sea, the sea The sea, the sea, the sea I like your hair When you let it grow How it used to be When I got to know The world, the world, the world The world, the world, the world This time I understand, this time I understand This time I understand, this time I understand Understand I like your soul When it jumps for joy The running girls The laughing boy The boy, the girls, the boy The boy, the girls, the boy This time I understand, this time I understand This time I understand, this time I understand Understand
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Not The One (Demo 2009) 04:07
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Not The One They hung out together, didn’t talk forever Is it what you think, well Someone should have told them It’s no mystery, things they come between us Steady goes you say but Just ends up in meaningless They don’t have to be in love They don’t have to be in love They don’t have to be in love They don’t have to When you’re finished with me, don’t believe that you’re free There is something left undone But that’s the reason They hung out together, didn’t talk forever Is it what you think, well Someone should have told them We don’t have to be in love We don’t have to be in love We don’t have to be in love We don’t have to You were not the one in love You were not the one in love You were not the one in love You were not the one in love
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The Rain Of The Night Before (Demo 2010) 02:47
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The Rain Of The Night Before The shame of the night before Lingers in my mind Like the trail of rain on glass The rain of the night before Black stars in the sky Road signs telling me lies The moon of the night before Lingers in my mind Like a glass that has overturned With the rain of the night before Black stars in the sky Road signs telling me lies Road signs telling me lies Black stars in the sky Road signs telling me lies Road signs telling me lies Road signs telling me lies Road signs telling me lies The rain of the night before The rain of the night before The rain of the night before The rain of the night before
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Spare Me (Demo 2010) 02:28
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Spare Me You walked in the room and you turned on the light You know you lost me when you blinded my sight I don’t really care for your mother’s games I don’t really care for your sister’s pain All I really care for is you Had a little drink about an hour ago As the song said it made me a little slow But that’s alright Gonna get some more tonight And all I really care for is you Talk to me baby that’s what you said I tried to speak but the words just bled from my mouth And here we go again Talking about your family And all the words Where’s the love? How you’ve lost your way What will they say Ooh it’s so sad Please be kind I know it’s me But … But … But … BUT … Spare me

about

Wealth In The Cellar is the fourth album by Serengeti Long Walk, released in January 2021. It contains a selection of remixed demos and out-takes of older songs, some of which were originally written in the ‘80s (Layer Upon Prayer, Dead On The Bed Of Love, Rainy Day and See What A Fool I’ve Been) as well as newer songs composed by the band’s current line-up in the late ‘00s (I Like Your Legs, Not The One, The Rain Of The Night Before and Spare Me). The recordings were made between 2007 and 2010 at The Stables, Castlecove, Co. Kerry, during sessions that led to the band’s first album release Glimmerless.

Having entertained the idea of reforming in 2007, almost twenty years after their farewell gig at The Triskel Arts Centre in Cork, the band infrequently gathered at The Stables between 2007 and 2011 to revisit the old ‘80s material and eventually to begin to write new songs as well. A significant amount of old and new material was recorded by the band. However, Glimmerless ultimately featured just a subset of this work that was eventually chosen to be mixed, produced and finished to a more polished standard for an album.

But many solid recordings remained, particularly of songs that hold personal value for one or more of the band. Some of these recordings were dusted off during the lockdowns of 2020, relistened to, tweaked and discussed during zoom calls, resulting in a selection being remixed and mastered for release as Wealth In The Cellar. The aim was to preserve the demo-style, “in the room” feel of the original recordings, eschewing newer overdubs, excessive fixes or over-production.

Layer Upon Prayer is the earliest of the songs, one of the very first to be a standard of the band in their 1980s incarnation. The version here is essentially unchanged from that ’80s original.

Dead On The Bed Of Love was likewise a popular standard in the ‘80s and remains a favourite of the band’s closest fans, despite it never appearing on an official release to date. It has been played in many formats, the version here with saxophone being closest to the original ’80s style.

Rainy Day was composed in 1986 when the band was already established and gigging around Cork City. This version replaces the original clarinet theme with piano but is otherwise unchanged.

See What A Fool I’ve Been is of the same mid ’80s vintage, though it went through a number of changes and additions compared to the original version before settling on the format contained here.

The more surprising aspect of those early Stables sessions in the late ‘00s was the emergence of new material and the realisation among the band that a genuine reunion was underway, with a return to writing and gigging on the horizon. As newer compositions, I Like Your Legs, Not The One, The Rain Of The Night Before and Spare Me show the band moving towards a more guitar-oriented sound and dropping the saxophone and (almost) funk-influenced sound of the ‘80s set.

credits

released January 31, 2021

All music and arrangements by Serengeti Long Walk.

(1) lyrics by Joe Dermody; (2)(5)(7) lyrics by Mick Duggan; (3) lyrics by Des O’Mahony; (4) lyrics by Mick Duggan, Ger Duggan & Joe Dermody; (6)(8) lyrics by Jon Heffernan.

Engineered by Des O’Mahony and Jon Heffernan.
Mixed and produced by Des O’Mahony.
Mastered by Pete Maher (petemaher.com).

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Serengeti Long Walk Cork, Ireland

Serengeti Long Walk originally formed in Cork City in the early 1980s. The original line-up played their final gig at the Triskel Arts Centre in October 1988.

In 2007 the band reunited. Joined by a new drummer, the resulting album was the October 2012 release Glimmerless. This was followed by Wave Signs in 2018; Live At Lian Club Rome In March 2020 and Wealth In The Cellar in 2021. ... more

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