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Jon: Anthemic Widescreen Psychedelic Indie Pop Rock. "Great Expectations which you can never live up to" Still. you have to have a go, right? Lots of jangle a go go in this suburban jungle. This track is unitended Consequence of a happy accident: unknowingly sent an mp3 acoustic demo of the song in a batch to Gav when trying to decide which tracks we were going to record for this LP, the band never having played it live and some of them hadn't even heard it before, when Gav suggested we finish the LP with it.

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"GREAT EXPECTATIONS" words/music ©1995 by JAG Delaney

Verse 1
Climb into the sunlight - chase the dreams of another life
It’s a revelation... to your eyes open wide, to a future bright
And inviting, so exciting, to the body and the soul.....

Chorus 1
But when the time comes for you to fall
you’ll find….. It was not what you’d expected at
all

Verse 2
Fly In to the sunset - wait until the sky burns black
Drive and drive for miles
Make believe you’re never coming back
Again but what then? what then? what then?

Chorus 2
When the time came for you to fall
You found ………it was not what you’d expected at (all)
Great Expectations which you can never live up to
Great Expectations which you can never live up to

Verse 3
Hear the chimes at Midnight - the ghosts of love are in your room
Remember long gone feelings and pray the daylight will come soon
To release your angels - guardians of your prison heart
Hope is in their healing and love alone the key

Final Chorus 3
For when the time comes for all to fall
We find It was not what we’d expected
Not what we’d expected,
Not..... what we’d expected at all

Outro
Great Expectations which you can never live up to

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from Songs From The Sea Of Storms, released March 23, 2020
Jon Delaney: Songwriting, vocals, 6 & 12 string electric & acoustic guitars, Nashville high strung, Synthesiser.
Duncan Bisatt: bass
Rai Clews: Kingdon cajon, percussion
Gavin Monaghan: lead guitar

Engineered and Produced by Gavin Monaghan
Recorded at Magic Garden Wolverhampton 2017.

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"Premium strength indie Folk Rock Power- pop"

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Led by Singer/Songwriter Jon Delaney (also currently of Wildflower Rogue (folk/acoustic pop duo) formerly of Kismet Hardy, Cloudy, No Time Wasters IDST, and Cardinal. ... more

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