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Banji Mashide

by Jimmy Sky

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This is a wedding dance, This is romance, This is our song. This is the sound of children's cries, And bonfire nights, Of birthdays and love. This is what traps a man, This is what makes a man, It's why I'm alive, It's that one cold moonlit night I stepped inside the embers of your heart and soul, Standing on some gravesite, I took your lily-white hand in mine, And called you my betrothed We've been through everything, Each little painful sin, And still we belong. Living in little flats, Wearing those little hats, We were hand in hand alone. Fighting the biggest crowd, Having to do without, I'd do it all again. For that one cold moonlit night I stepped inside the embers of your heart and soul, Standing on some gravesite, I took your lily-white hand in mine, And called you my betrothed So may I have this dance, Give me another chance, A moment here with you. We'll kiss like it's Valentine, Like it's just been made a crime, Like we're drunk on the dance floor. This is a fallen star, This is our Noah's Ark, This is our song. It's that one cold moonlit night I stepped inside the embers of your heart and soul, Standing on some gravesite, I took your lily-white hand in mine, And called you my betrothed This is a wedding dance, This is romance, This is our song.
2.
Say you're hopeless I will hold you up for one night Hold my hand in solitude Be my highest light They say you're coming out again They say you're coming out again I don't know what that means But I can't make it better My friend in the mirror Hoh hoh hoh, who? Hoh hoh hoh, oh... Hopeless is the heart That makes up all these tales just to get on by I believe in the joys of love If you walk a mountain to get on high Say we can be everloved Show me there's a better song Somewhere round the corner Now I can't make it better My friend in the mirror Oh, oh, oh, who? Oh, oh, oh, oh I can't make you better My friend in the mirror Oh, oh, oh, who? Oh, oh, oh, oh I feel the everglades I hear the water run down I hold the hand of light It's the only hopeless night I hope to never know All the pain that you can show me As you stare into my Stare into my eyes Hell now I can't make it better My friend in the mirror Oh, oh, oh, who? Oh, oh, oh, oh
3.
The autumn leaves they blow in the wind The colded rain it falls like the snow And the empty sun no longer gives heat Under the autumn moon, our flower cannot grow Tell me my friend, what can we do When winter's in the autumn of our love Tell me my friend, where can we go To get summer back in the autumn of our love And I love only you Yes I love only you The seasons leave their fruit on our memories Our seed it grows in the womb of mother earth But why should our seasons fade and die Just so our flower's seed can be renewed Tell me my friend, what can we do When winter's in the autumn of our love Tell me my friend, where can we go To get summer back in the autumn of our love Tell me my friend, what can we do When winter's in the autumn of our love Tell me my friend, where can we go To get summer back in the autumn of our love And I love only you Yes I love only you
4.
The sun shines not as warm, now you've gone away And the breeze no longer gentle, because you would not stay In the lonely empty nights, bring memory, tears and pain But I wait here for you my love, like a flower waits for the rain Yes I wait here for you my love Like a flower waits for the rain Like a flower waits for the rain My dreams and thoughts drift back, to the days we had together And sometimes my heart decries, and I wish time had stopped forever In the lonely empty nights, bring memory, tears and pain But I wait here for you my love, like a flower waits for the rain Yes I wait here for you my love Like a flower waits for the rain Like a flower waits for the rain Oh rain, rain, rain Sweet pain, pain, pain Like a flower waits for the rain Said I wait here for you my love, like a flower waits for the rain Said I wait here for you my love Like a flower waits for the rain Like a flower waits for the rain Oh rain, rain, rain Sweet pain, pain, pain Like a flower waits for the rain
5.
Like a city all a'glow, how it feels to humbly know The lover of your soul Some you gain and some you lose, a million trinkets, more for fools Time will tell, and break the spell 'Cause when the lights go down And you see your golden crown is in tatters When there's fire on the breeze And the kingdom of your dreams has been shattered It doesn't matter If you love her It doesn't matter If you love her People turn away from you, yellow-bellied, hands of blue Loneliness might serve you best Swim the ocean of the sky, growing aching wings to fly Along the ground, where love is found 'Cause when the lights go down And you see your golden crown is in tatters When there's fire in the trees And the kingdom of your dreams has been shattered It doesn't matter If you love her It doesn't matter If you love her One day when we're all done Got to ask yourself the question What did I truly desire Higher 'Cause when the lights go down And you see your golden crown is in tatters When there's fire in the trees And the kingdom of your dreams has been shattered It doesn't matter If you love her It doesn't matter If you love her 'Cause when the lights go down And you see your golden crown is in tatters When there's fire on the breeze And the kingdom of your dreams has been shattered It doesn't matter If you love her It doesn't matter If you love her
6.
If you want to start your running You'd better get fit An escape from our love I will offer it If you need to hide away We can learn to lay stone A neat little fortress Call it a home There's a light in the dark It had better be you There's a dawn outside If you're ready These are the years of the rest of our lives These are the years of the rest of our lives These are the years of the rest of our lives I don't want to waste a minute Can you feel the light of always Tugging at your coat Everybody got the bug They all want to be afloat If you need to burn your bridges We got fire and smoke But time isn't waiting Forever in hope There's a kiss on the lips And a table for two There's a door outside If you're ready These are the years of the rest of our lives These are the years of the rest of our lives These are the years of the rest of our lives I don't want to waste a minute You only get one light Even if you don't You only get one try Even if you don't You only live one time Even if you don't You only get one glide Even if you don't These are the years of the rest of our lives These are the years of the rest of our lives These are the years of the rest of our lives I don't want to waste a minute These are the years of the rest of our lives These are the years of the rest of our lives These are the years of the rest of our lives I don't want to waste a minute I don't want to waste a minute I don't want to waste a minute I don't want to waste a minute I don't want to waste a minute I don't want to waste a minute

about

Banji Mashide: six songs, three years, one journey. A story of what life is all about - falling in love, getting married, breakups, patching thing up, laughter, sadness, depression, self destruction, existential death, personal redemption, rebirth, and starting anew.

Although each song, the record as a whole, the recording process and the period between have their own complex stories, Jimmy has said that he hopes listeners will resonate in their own way, with their own interpretation. More than anything, Jimmy hopes Banji Mashide will bring joy to its audience.

This EP follows ten previous independent album releases, and is a significant departure from Jimmy Sky's previous lo-fi, self-produced home-basement recording style.

Banji Mashide is produced, engineered and mixed by ARIA award winner Govinda Doyle (Angus and Julia Stone, Lady of the Sunshine) who also features as a musician on the record. Mastered by John Davis of Metropolis Studios (Nick Cave, The XX, Led Zeppelin). Featuring guest vocals by Logan Dove, strings by Cye Wood, trumpet by Tara Nielsen, and saxophone by Josh Appleby.

Tracklist:
A Wedding Dance
Friend in the Mirror
Autumn of Our Love
Flower and the Rain
What It's All About
Rest of Our Lives

credits

released October 31, 2022

---Composer Credits---

A Wedding Dance, Friend in the Mirror, What It's All About, Rest of Our Lives: Jimmy Sky (lyrics and music)

Autumn of Our Love: Robert James 'Jasmine' Rintoull (lyrics and music)

Flower and the Rain: Trevor John 'Nemo Guru' Rintoull (lyrics and music)


---Performance and Production Credits ---

Jimmy Sky: Vocals, Guitar, Keys (all songs)
Govinda Doyle: Bass, Drums, Keys (all songs)
Logan Dove: Vocals (Flower and the Rain, Rest of Our Lives)
Cye Wood: Strings (all songs)
Tara Neilsen: Trumpet (A Wedding Dance)
Josh Appleby: Saxophone (Rest of Our Lives)

Recorded at Studio 55
Produced, engineered and mixed by Govinda Doyle at Studio 55
Mastered by John Davis at Metropolis Studios

Copyright James T Sky (Jimmy Sky)2018
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