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I'M NOT GOING TO WALK (THAT WAY AGAIN)

by David Heavenor

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During the lock down I'm revisiting songs I wrote in my twenties but never recorded. This one was partly about an English girl I was besotted with who was studying arabic and music at Edinburgh University. She used to live on East Preston Street close to where I work so I pass her flat everyday. It is strange living the emotions of a 21 year old as I never sing this song publicly although this version has now been played on the Iain Anderson Show. Looking back all the songs over the years act as a kind of road map to my life. Places, people, relationships .....

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I’m Not Going to Walk (That Way Again)

Caught in the role of displaying my soul
You were there just to listen to me
Caught in my head to catch every thread
You were to bow to everything I’d see
The way that I cried I know I denied
Every insight you had over me
Dragging my feet, I stored every sheet
To highlight the man I wanted to be

Sweet child I worshipped you
You were the god for my blues
I only wanted your touch
No other could hold the secret of my soul
I ached to see you so much
The power of that love was so far above
Any other I’d crossed on the road
But you hardly said a word from your head
I spurned you to fit my code

But I’m not going to walk, not going to walk
Not going to walk, amen
I’m not going to walk, not going to walk
Not going to walk that way again.

(Slow down, boy. Slow down.)

My Lord you were everywhere, you filled every layer
I could ask for no other to feel
Relaxed in the shade I now see that I made you
Into the potion of a deal
I leaned hard on you so that I would come through
I defined how you were going to give
I expected so much, I made you as such
I defined how I was going to live

Then this restless disease destroying my ease
Making me feel so cursed
Bottled inside I wanted to hide
But now I’m wondering whose shame was worse?
All the people I’d meet I’d bow in defeat
Their distain dictated my acts
And every fine face put me in my place
Showing me all the things, I lacked

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released May 10, 2020

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David Heavenor is a Scottish singer songwriter based in Edinburgh Scotland. He has produced 8 albums plus 3 EP's.

I'm Watching Rosanna. ' An insightful song....beautifully written and observed. Iain Anderson. BBC Radio

'Jenny & the Cold Caller. One of the best songs ever written...' Ricky Ross ... more

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