After Buggering the beautiful Beatles i thought i'd have a go at old Tom...............

Started as an acoustic bluesy tune and it grew from there. I used my acoustic/electric godin and some midi organ and horns ... nothin's ever easy

I've always wanted to do a big band blues tune ... this is as close as I'll ever get!

Not on any album this was there first hit.

I am a man, of means, I mean I hide behind my strongest teeth. White Ivories, white ivory. I tread on hollow ground, Broken glass, and longer ways down. Than metaphors, engulfing me I stare up at night, Wonder who else might feel such a fright…

I've got a king size bed, in my heart And I'm sinking in, termites eat me apart. And the pillows, under my bones, Feel like stones. Cause I'm sinking in, into spiderwebs, And my head is spinning, so Wake up, wake up, wake up Get outside Stay…

I've got a king size bed, in my heart And I'm sinking in, termites eat me apart. And the pillows, under my bones, Feel like stones. Cause I'm sinking in, into spiderwebs, And my head is spinning, so Wake up, wake up, wake up Get outside Stay…

So come down, and fade away, The lights are still hanging from last holidays. And the place in the dark, we'd occupy, Is leaving my heart, feeling nullified. So slow down, and walk with me, Dark empty lanes, under heavy leafless trees…