We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Ballad of a single mum

from Antillean Rhapsody by michael baldwin

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

I need you now, right by my side, we're all alone

I want you home with me.
Stop running all over town
Looking for what? You know I've got
Just what you need
I want you by my side
Your little child will need a guide
a hand to hold, someone to give
a heart and soul.

Some men will drink and fight and run around all night
They live in fear of what they hear inside their brain
A child is calling clear a message to a father dear
Daddy come back, I need you now, I'm all alone

Oh Darling, Darling can't you see
that you could mean so much to me
but if you throw away the chance that we might have to
build a life together,
we will drift like broken reeds across the sea

(extra verse)
Some men will go to war, they won't come back no more
Yes they were brave, and we will save a photograph
But where should they be now? Beside a mother and child at home
Instead of cold in some far land across the sea.

credits

from Antillean Rhapsody, track released April 3, 2019
Lyrics and music by Michael Baldwin, Saxophone. Arranged by Kazoom with Jon Smith piano, Danny Padmore, bass, Roland Rivron, drums and Denise Baptiste vocals. Recorded at BTW studios 125 Myddleton road, Wood Green, London N224NG by John Borthwick 22/04/86

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

michael baldwin image

michael baldwin London, UK

since the 1980's, he ran his own bands and worked with Russ Henderson MBE, Gary Crosby, MBE, Denise Baptiste, Jon Smith and Roland Rivron
In Jamaica, he played reggae with the Stardust band. In the USA, he played in Portland and Los Angeles, once with Esperanza Spalding. Recently he has played with Amarea, Jardares Por Fuera, Lokandes, Gypsy Butter and Dandaluz and other Flamenco and Rumba bands ... more

contact / help

Contact michael baldwin

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like michael baldwin, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Seafood Sam joins the show to discuss his newest album, " Standing On Giant Shoulders".
listen now