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Lifetime : (Brighton/Welbourn) Recorded on 4-track at Portland Street, Lincoln rehearsal room by Neal Quincey 25-26 April 1981. Personnel: Simon Brighton – Guitar & Backing Vocals/Nick Green – Drums/Terry Welbourn – Bass & Vocals with Steve Orient – Strings.

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Lifetime

Walk in a landscaped garden where silent figures stare.
Unfinished wine on the tables.

A lifetime just slipped away, a lifetime just slipped away, a lifetime just slipped away from here.

Breathing slowly, he can taste the air.
A bitter taste, he has never known before.
He calls his friends to a final meeting.
A lifetime just slipped away, a lifetime just slipped away, a lifetime just slipped away from here.

Gaze out on a river. Stare out over a town.
A cigarette glows in the gutter.
A lifetime just slipped away, a lifetime just slipped away, a lifetime just slipped away.

Lyrics by Terry Welbourn © 1980

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from The Cinema Clock and Other Stories​…​., released January 18, 2021
A Brighton/Welbourn composition. All tracks digitised by Neal Quincey and re-mastered by Steve Orient Summer 2020.

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Sinking Ships 1980 Lincoln, UK

Terry Welbourn and Simon Brighton formed Sinking Ships in 1979 with Colin Hopkirk and Nick Green. In 1980, the band recorded: I Start, Smiles and Guns, A Sinking Ship, Third World and Weight Loss. After Colin left they recorded, The Cinema Clock and Strangers, released as a single in the autumn of 1980. Tracey Horseman, Steve Orient and Charlie Anderson then joined for the single Dream in 1981. ... more

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