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Originally a song with different verses which I used to do with my friend and flatmate Jamie Noble ( see my lyric book) then I made it into more of a narrative when in a band called Cahoots in Edinburgh. Based on a dream I had of a Wildcat stalking me with its rich black coat and piercing yellow eyes. We did a great reggae version performed at Street Level Festival and The Netherbow Theatre (Sam, Simon, Ricky, Bruce et moi)

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WILD CAT

The lights went on in the city
It had been raining hard all day
The dirt and the steam from the factory machine
Spilled out in the usual way
There was insolence in the nation
The government was lost
Her majesty’s ministers defensive and sinister
On a show done by David Frost
A young boy came from the country, a giro to pay the rent
Caught up in a nightmare of the streets and the blank stares
And a cat which was heaven sent

Wild Cat get out of my brain
You're driving me mad, I'm going insane
Wild Cat, you're in the devil's pay
Name me your price to turn you away

The lights went off in the city
It would be six o’clock quite soon
The boy had been dreaming, pestered by the rhythms in the sun and the moon
He opened the door on his landing
Walked down the stairs and trod
Upon a newspaper with a headline declaring a message from God
The preacher cried, get ready, ready to wail and howl
For while the poor hate the rich and the rich hate the poor
There’s a cat come on the prowl

Then he got himself ready and laid himself down
And got himself lifted from a grave in the ground

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from David Heavenor - LIVE BOOK LAUNCH CONCERT, released May 7, 2023

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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

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