Name: Sandstone & Lime
Duration: P00H03M27S
Description: A song about life in a Glasgow tenement, about neighbourliness and community, about isolation and connection.

Sandstone & Lime

by Fergus McNeill

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A song about life in a Glasgow tenement, about neighbourliness and community, about isolation and connection.

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She lives here alone now, both the girls grown, her man passed three winters ago
Clean and precise, she likes to keep the place nice, not one for letting grief show
Straight through the wall the man no-one calls is drowning his sorrow by drams
A whisky-a-day keeps remembrance at bay; at least that's this old soldier’s plan

I keep this close, I keep all of them close
None of them know me at all
In silence I hold all the secrets they’ve told
And none of them know me, none of them know me at all

Behind the green door, it’s the same as before for the first-loves that settled and stayed
He still brings her soup with a serviette looped though a ring that her grandmother made
The couple across seem so busy and lost – the question is which will leave first
Young people today never dig in one place long enough to find diamonds in dirt

I keep this close, I keep all of them close…

The storm-doors can’t quiet the waves; that ships-in-the-night have to face
Stone walls won’t keep us from harm; our last hope might lie in these arms

I keep this close, I keep all of them close…

I keep this close, keep all of them close; none of them know me at all

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released March 27, 2023
Words, music, guitar and vocals by Fergus McNeill
Piano arranged and performed by Jamie Campbell
Clàrsach and violins arranged and performed by Sam MacAdam
Additional vocals arranged and performed by Outi Smith
Recorded and engineered by Keith Bird at UWS
Mixed and mastered by Paul McGeechan

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Fergus McNeill Glasgow, UK

Fergus McNeill is an award-winning, singer-songwriter based in Glasgow. He has written a lot, and released a little, either in his own name or, in collaboration, via 'The Wayward Puritans'.

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