We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Late Night Early Morning

by Friends

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $10 USD

     

1.
After All 03:03
After all the conversation’s done After all the lingering guests have gone What’s not right We’ll sort it out all night Let’s carry on We’ll talk it through till dawn After all the birds are singing After all the bells are ringing After all there’s something you can trust And after all I still believe in us After all the wine we drank back then After all those times that shouldn’t end Day by day The music died away It’s not so hard Don’t tear yourself apart After all the trees are swaying After all there’s children playing After all we waited long enough And after all I still believe in us Bye bye you Do you have to go so soon? I know what it means I’ll hang on to those dreams After all the stories have been told After all the memories have turned cold Year by year You know that I’m still here It’s not so late I’ll park my car and wait After all the birds are singing After all the bells are ringing After all there’s something you can trust And after all I still believe in us After all I still believe in you You know I still believe in me You know I still believe in us Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
2.
When I was a young man And never watched the time The way ahead was nowhere in my mind Early April mornings Wondering why I’m here Lie beside the river Watch the water disappear Blazing noon in August Half my days to go Where the river’s widest Come and swim against the flow Cool September evenings The overhanging trees Shadows through the branches See it swallow down and drag away the leaves Only keep on walking and you know you’ll reach the sea Follow where it leads you and you’ll grow to be A better man than me The river flows and nobody knows where it goes The river flows and nobody knows The river flows and nobody knows where it’s been Who it’s seen and what it means Wading by the willows when the sun is climbing high Dive into the river, hold your breath until you reach the other side The river flows and nobody knows where it goes The river flows and nobody knows The river flows and nobody knows where it’s been Who it’s seen and what it means The river’s always talking Many things to say Listens to my secrets Takes them all away The water’s always changing But only says the same Shows me my reflection Doesn’t know my face or recognise my name The river flows and nobody knows where it goes The river flows and nobody knows The river flows and nobody knows where it’s been Who it’s seen, what it means and how it dreams The river flows and nobody knows where it goes The river flows and nobody knows The river flows and nobody knows The river flows and nobody knows where it’s been Who it’s seen and what it means Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
3.
When you feel down and out Well I’ll still hang about At the end of the day You can throw me away Round and round in circles with your words Tell me something that I’ve never heard Two strong arms to wrap around you Two tired eyes to dream about you One warm heart to beat against you A second skin to help protect you All I can say is how I feel And all I mean is what I say In my way And you cry when you’re hurt And hide away from the world I can share in your pain Till you feel good again Darling you’re the image in my dreams Darling this is where I want to be Two strong arms to wrap around you Two tired eyes to dream about you One warm heart to beat against you A second skin to help protect you All I can say is how I feel And all I mean is what I say In my way Say how you’re feeling right now Tell what you’re thinking about Stay till the storm has blown out And it’s hard to be sure What you want any more There’s a long way to go But I still need to know It’s better to be sorry than be safe Better that it’s never than too late Two strong arms to wrap around you Two tired eyes to dream about you One warm heart to beat against you A second skin to help protect you All I can say is how I feel And all I mean is what I say In my way Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
4.
I see the sadness in your smile The distance in your eyes I love the passion when you talk The different way you look I hear your laughter in the air I feel the lightness of your touch And even times when you’re not there You’re still around me just as much I like the special things you do The easy way you move I love the colours in your hair The strange things that you wear And any time I picture you And I imagine where you’d be And if you’re thinking of me too I see you looking back at me When I’m feeling down I think of When you’re not around I think of Some of the things I like about you Some of the things I wish we could do Some of the places I’d take you away Some of the things I wish that you’d say And are you always in my mind? And are you always in my eyes? And am I only killing time Until I know you’ll be around? Some of the things I wish we could see Some of the things that matter to me Some of the days I’ll never forget Some of the times that haven’t come yet I want to spend my time with you And share the things you do I knew you all those years before And now I know you more Do you remember me from then? Didn’t you know we’d come so far? I’m only asking you my friend To be exactly as you are When I’m feeling down I think of When you’re not around I think of Some of the things I like about you Some of the things I wish we could do Some of the places I’d take you away Some of the things I wish that you’d say Some of the times I’ve waited for you Some of the dreams I wish would come true Some of the days I’ve wanted you here Some of the nights I’ve felt you were near I see the sadness in your smile The beauty in your eyes Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
5.
Streetscene 06:20
I used to live right there Down the hallway and up the stairs Now we’re going back Over twenty-five years Where I started out It’s nothing much to shout about An empty room to sleep And the noise of the street Moving up the hill Climbing high and further still Walls are shining white And the cool of the night Goodbye Hamilton Road I knew you so well We had a few years And there’s so much to tell Goodbye Highbury Grove It’s time to move on I’m getting ahead So much has come and it’s gone Round and round, up and down Through the town, then and now Streets I’ve seen, how I’ve been What I know, where I go 61 and 17 32 and 33 54, 25 86 and 49 Good times, favourite places Old friends, smiling faces Loves, hates, keep repeating Hideaways, secret meetings Late night early morning Pale light, rain is falling Sunrise, mist is clearing Tired eyes, sky appearing Regents Park and Primrose Hill Camberwell and Robinsfield Mansfield Town, Billingham Stockwell Park and Nottingham Elms, ash, oak, pine That’s yours, this is mine Blue door, yellow walls Corner shop, market stall Streets that I have been Places that I’ve seen Something that is mine Going back to find Goodbye Cavendish Road I miss you so much It’s been a long time And now we’re out of touch Goodbye Newington Green I loved you for years And on a clear day I still can see you from here Then I crash and burn Blew as much as I could earn A corner on the floor And the holes in the wall Goodbye Avenue Road So what did I do? I’ve fallen so far Now I’ve come back to you Goodbye Cannondale Lane I’m dead on my feet With nowhere to go I’ll find your rundown street Goodbye Liverpool Road We had a good time Those nights were the best You know those friends of mine Goodbye Parliament Hill You’re looking so old The end of the street Is not the end of the world I used to live right there Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
6.
I’ve got a book of broken promises That I could dedicate to you One on every page Another every day Disillusion shining through I never knew it could be different Till I met you I never dreamed it could be better Till I met You’re the one who saw me as I am You’re the one who gave me all your understanding You looked into my eyes Took me by surprise You recognised the lies Uncovered my disguise I never knew till I met you I’ve got a box of faded memories That I am learning to forget Relics from the past I’m rid of them at last No longer live at this address I never looked into the future Till I met you I never thought that I would be there Till I met You’re the one who saw me as I am You’re the one who gave me all your understanding Threw it all away I’m living for the day Do it anyway So many things to say I never knew till I met you And when the roses bloom in summertime Then I can show you how I’ve changed I’ve given up regrets And started to forgive myself instead September blowing out the flame December melting into spring Another April shower Waking up the flowers I’ll lie outside and catch the falling rain Open up my eyes to see The endless possibilities Waiting there ahead of you and me I never knew this precious feeling Till I met you I never understood the meaning Till I met You’re the one who saw me as I am You’re the one who gave me all your understanding You’re the one who saw what I could be You’re the one who gave me something to believe in You made me want to try Showed a reason why Opened up my eyes Another way of life I never knew till I met you I never knew till I met you Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
7.
I’ve been away and now I’m home And you can say I’ve been someotherwhere I went outside and walked as far from here as the road I left my history behind I spent the days forgetting everything And every night I slept from darkness Through to the day Gone away, and not here anymore Home again, I’ve been someotherwhere And where I’ve been the years are slow I’ve been where everything has broken down You wouldn’t recognise a face or name That you’d know I spent the missing years alone This is an echo from another time I’m on a visit from a far-off world That I found Gone away, and not here anymore Home again, I’ve been someotherwhere Out of here, and might be gone a while Home again, I’ve been someotherwhere Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
8.
Go Jojo Go 04:16
Jojo will you tell me all your dreams? Jojo will you tell me what they mean? All about your castles in the air Jojo you’re a sapphire in the sun Jojo you’ll go blinding everyone You keep on moving while the world’s asleep The tricks you pull would make your mother weep You’ve got to go Jojo go You’ve got to be the best You’ve got to beat the rest No Jojo no Don’t want to catch the rain Don’t want to miss the train The whole world is watching every move Jojo I can see how far you’ll go Jojo I can tell you all I know Everything you touch will turn out fine Bronze to gold and water into wine You’ve got to go Jojo go You’ve got to set the pace You’ve got to win the race No Jojo no Don’t want to see you fail So don’t come off the rails Go Jojo go You’re going to change the world Well that’s what I’ve heard Go Jojo go You’re going to run the show Well that’s what I was told Go Jojo go You’re going to take a fall Let’s get away from it all Go Jojo go You’ve got to start again You’re going to need some friends Go Jojo go You’ve got to light the fire You’ve got to walk the wire Go Jojo go You’ve got to turn it on You’ve got to raise a storm Jojo will you tell me all your dreams again? Jojo will you tell me what they mean again? Jojo shall I tell them how you’ve done? How you spend your millions in the sun All about your castles in the hills The special way they say you get your thrills You’ve got to go Jojo go You’ve got to be the best You’ve got to beat the rest No Jojo no Don’t want to catch the rain Don’t want to miss the train Go Jojo go You’ve got to set the pace You’ve got to win the race No Jojo no Don’t want to see you fail So don’t come off the rails The whole world is watching every move Go Jojo go Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
9.
Dark Side 05:02
When you’re born Are you ever warned The wild spring storms That hit you from the sky? As you grow Do you ever know Why years go slow But summer rushes by? When you’re old Are you ever told How freezing cold The autumn breezes bite? As you die Do you wonder why You’re left to lie Through lonely winter nights? You haven’t seen my dark side yet The kind of dream you don’t forget You want to know what happens next? I’m going to show you now Late night schemes To keep away my dreams And what they mean If I read them right Meet the sun Now five o’clock has come See what I’ve done In early morning light Head confused With alcohol and blues The midnight news Is yesterday’s goodbye Sweat and shake And force yourself awake The more you take The less you wonder why You haven’t seen my dark side yet The kind of dream you don’t forget The big surprise you don’t expect The kind of thrill you won’t regret You haven’t seen my dark side yet The kind of dream you don’t forget The kind of trick you can’t expect You want to know what happens next? When you’re born Are you ever warned? As you grow Do you ever know? When you’re old Are you ever told? As you die Do you wonder why? Scream and shout Let it all come out It’s just about The things I’d rather hide Twist and sway Through the dead-end day Chase it away Right to the other side Through the haze I try to find my way Go out to play My solitary games Reach so low And hope it doesn’t show Know where to go To find my secret shame You haven’t seen my dark side yet The kind of dream you don’t forget The big surprise you don’t expect The kind of thrill you won’t regret You want to know what happens next? The kind of trick you can’t expect You haven’t seen my dark side yet You’re going to see it now Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
10.
Somewhere in the middle of my life I took a wrong direction from my path The way I knew was lost And the road ahead was closed I lay alone and waited in the dark I don’t know how I came to be right there I can’t say why it happened to be then Suddenly I saw What I’d really come here for All at once I recognised my fear Everything that mattered once to me And ever happened, I could see And now the morning could begin At the end of my life I don’t want to be sad when it’s spring At the end of my life I don’t want to regret anything And I don’t want to wonder what I could have been If I’d only been stronger and followed a dream At the end of my life I don’t want to be sad when it’s spring At the end of my life did I take every chance that I had? At the end of my life did I miss any moment I had? At the end of my life have I wasted my time? Did I throw it away or leave something behind? If I’m happy or sad well I’m still here today And I know I’ll be glad that I don’t have to say “If only I’d said and if only I’d done And if only I’d seen what I knew all along” At the end of my life I want someone to know I was here At the end of my life I want someone I love to be near When I look at the view I can say I was there And I gave what I had and had something to share At the end of my life I want someone to know I was here At the end of my life I just want to remember today At the end of my life I can walk in the sun and the rain At the end of my life there’s still somewhere to go There’s something to learn and there’s people to know At the end of my life I just want to remember today At the end of my life I just hope that I mattered to you At the end of my life have I done all I dreamed I could do? At the end of the day I can sing you a song If you like it I’ll leave it for you when I’ve gone At the end of my life I just hope that I mattered to you At the end of my life I just hope that I mattered to you At the end of my life I just hope that I mattered to you At the end of my life I just hope that I mattered to you And I do At the end of my life I don’t want to be sad when it’s spring At the end of my life well I’ll know that I gave everything At the end of my life I can say that I tried And a name on a stone to say I lived and I died At the end of my life I don’t want to be sad when it’s spring When it’s spring When it’s spring When it’s spring When it’s spring When it’s spring When it’s spring When it’s spring Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
11.
I’m breathing in The scent of grass around my face The sound is pure The voices slowly die away The sky beyond The windows open to the breeze The light is clear The shadows falling through the trees I’m fading out I’m drifting in I’m floating down And all around Slow dissolve Slow dissolve I’m in the haze The colours move across the wall The patterns blend The echoes softly come and go The air is still The room is cool I know I’m here I know I’ve gone Slow dissolve Slow dissolve Slow dissolve Slow dissolve I’m fading out I’m fading out I’m fading out I’m fading out Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd

about

Late Night Early Morning pursues and develops the glorious sound of Beautiful You, with its intoxicating mix of acoustic guitars, Hammond organ, trumpet and very English voices, and takes it to another level again.

From the upbeat pure pop of opener After All to the doomladen Dark Side; from the London landscape of Streetscene to the Americana of Go Jojo Go; from the nature-mystical weirdness of The River Flows to the existential emptiness of Someotherwhere, taking in some beautifully Beatleish string arrangements along the way - Late Night Early Morning is an album of celebration and meditation which talks of living, dying and many things in between. The album showcases the whole range of the band's style from straight-ahead tunefulness to downright strangeness.

credits

released July 25, 2011

William Jones: voice, acoustic, electric, acoustic 12-string & Spanish guitar
Melanie Harrold
Tom Tait: trumpet
Al Wood: soprano saxophone
Richard Buckton: electric guitar
Andrew Price: violin
Bob Wild: violin
Nick Howson: viola
Elise Towler: cello
Jon Kirby: keyboards
Edwin Pearson: bass, double bass
Martin Parker: drums, percussion

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Friends City Of London, UK

contact / help

Contact Friends

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Friends, you may also like: