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Q Blues

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Q for Qoheleth - traces of Herman Hesse's Narziss and Goldmund, Leonard Cohen's Tower of Song and the old Q preacher himself - with a bit of me mixed in

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Q(oheleth) Blues

Back when I was 21
I was trying to keep it in

You were spreading it around

who was lost and who was found?


I stayed back home with my soul

you went off to see the world
What got kept and what got tossed?
Who was found and who was lost?


Youth is wasted on the young


Wisdom’s wasted on the old
And when all is said and done

Feel’s like we’ve been bought and sold

Wisdom’s wasted on the old
I was strong but now I’m wise

Youth is wasted on the young

That’s the story of my life 


Back when I was seventeen

I was tight and hard and lean

Could have stayed out every night

But my soul was too polite

Scared of what my head would say

I hid my desires away
Now forget what Leonard said

I’m aching but I’ve hardly played


Youth is wasted on the young


Wisdom’s wasted on the old
And when all is said and done

Feel’s like we’ve been bought and sold

Wisdom’s wasted on the old
I was strong but now I’m wise

Youth is wasted on the young

That’s the story of my life 



I know this is so romantic

So pathetic so pedantic

So predictable and yes
Tell me to get right over myself

I know this is all self-pity

Just because I’m sitting pretty
And you think that I am messing

Soon I’ll start to count all of my blessings

Youth is wasted on the young


Wisdom’s wasted on the old
And when all is said and done

Feel’s like we’ve been bought and sold

Wisdom’s wasted on the old
I was strong but now I’m wise

Youth is wasted on the young

That’s the story of my life 


OUTRO
Is this all just vanity 
and Running down the wind

Is this all just vanity 
and Running down the wind

We picked an argument with time 
we were never going to win
Pick an argument with time you’re never ever going to win

credits

from all the other people, released March 7, 2023
Lead Vox - Doug Gay
Electric Guitars - Charlie Irvine
Acoustic Guitar - Rory Butler
B Vox - Fay Butler, Suzanne Butler
Keys - Steve Butler
Bass - Sandy Butler
Drums - David Dukes

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Doug Gay Glasgow, UK

Doug was part of Calvin's Dream in the 1990s, who released the album 'Fanatical' on Sticky Music in 1995. Since 2005, he has taught theology at Glasgow University.
He released the album 'Life After Death' in 2018.
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