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Talk About The Weather

by Serious Child & Andy Ruddy

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1.
how to dream 02:58
enemies then were future friends if I know anything, I’ll get it wrong again kids with the grandest schemes then we’re caught up again in the machine the alarm clock sounds, breaks the hush and I will rush again to beat the rush we were feathers on the breeze we got caught up again in the machine and my only fight is for a seat and my coffee high my daily peak we were feathers on the breeze and then we forgot how to dream and I’d just know how to dream if I remember when I fell asleep I close my eyes and start to breathe and I hear everything, remembering how to dream back at home, dead on my feet and then I crash again and fall asleep we’re all feathers on the breeze and we’re together in the same machine enemies then could be old friends if we knew anything, we’d make amends we grew up on the same street why do we find it hard to remember how to dream and I’d just know how to dream if I remember when I fell asleep I close my eyes and start to breathe and I’d just know how to dream (the alarm sounds and breaks the hush) if I remember when I fell asleep (and I will rush again to beat the rush) I close my eyes and start to breathe and I hear everything, remembering and I hear everything, remembering how to dream
2.
satellites 03:10
as you gently close the door I know we’ve gone too far on the corner of the bed with my hands in my hair if I’d have only moved away you’d have known how to stay if I’d given you the space we’d have found a way playing over and over again ringing in my head playing over and over again and it’s suddenly 3am we’ve fucked up everything everything and the friends we come across know our collision course we’ve been awake all night a pair of satellites playing over and over again ringing in my head playing over and over again and it’s suddenly 3am we’ve fucked up everything everything a pair of satellites playing over and over again we’ve fucked up everything playing over and over again a pair of satellites playing over and over again we’ve fucked up everything playing over and over again
3.
what do dreamers do when their dreams come true do they fall apart find something new what do dreamers do when their dreams come true what do we do in a world of clouds we can dream of sun or learn to love the rain again what do dreamers do when their dreams come true what do we do, what do we do when you’re diving deep and swimming strong and the current carries you along dream on dream on what do dreamers do when their dreams come true and they dream about all they could lose what do dreamers do when their dreams come true what do I do do I dream of you what do I do do I dream of you?
4.
I’m taking out the bins and I don’t want to bump in to all the people living on the ground floor in my mind I do a military roll and hide behind the front door make my way down the corridor I hear the sound that I had feared the man from number 10 appears and asks me if things are going well the truth is a disaster you don’t want to know the answer you know as well as I the world has gone to hell can we talk about the weather never mind what’s here inside don’t want to talk about each other can we talk about the weather and if I let you talk about all the things you care about the fake news and conspiracies 9/11 was an inside job lunar landings all made up laboratories the source of the disease can we talk about the weather never mind what’s there inside don’t want to talk about each other can we talk about the weather can we talk about the weather here inside no-one calls the kids are bouncing off the walls it’s eight weeks now with nothing much to do we’re keeping busy little tasks papering over all the cracks and wondering how we’re going to make it through we don’t speak about next door the lady lying on the floor crying out for anyone to come we broke in and found her there helped her back into her chair brushed her down and put the kettle on then we talked about the weather never mind what’s here inside and how soon it’s to be better and we’ll talk about the weather never mind the storm inside and how soon it’s to be better can we talk about the weather can we talk about the weather
5.
isn’t it about time you got yourself a real job isn’t it about time you started to grow up isn’t it about time you turned the music down isn’t it about time time you stopped messing around you’ll be waiting forever for the right time you’ll be praying praying for another of your nine lives used up your luck and every last one of your lifelines isn’t it about time isn’t it about time you saved your soul for the weekend isn’t it about time you tied up your loose ends isn’t it about time you gave up the pretence isn’t it about time you showed some common sense you’ll be waiting forever for the right time you’ll be praying praying for another of your nine lives used up your luck and every last one of your lifelines isn’t it about time I hate every song they’re playing on the radio and I know it’s not what you know it’s who you know hey kids you can be anything you want to be hey kids as long as you’re there by 23 as long as you’re there by 23 isn’t it about time you came over to the dark side isn’t about time you watched the TV every night about time you stopped renting and started buying isn’t it about time you signed on the dotted line isn’t it about time you got yourself a real job isn’t it about time you joined the rest of us isn’t it about time you turned the music down isn’t it about time you started to grow up you’ll be waiting (isn’t it about time) you’ll be praying (to get yourself a real job) you’ll be waiting forever for the right time
6.
come with me and follow me come on with me she said can you keep a secret well then follow me she said I’m a sensible talker it’s not my fault if you can’t keep up I’m a sensible talker it’s not my fault so I won’t stop I’m the queen of the castle in my house on top of the hill I’m the queen of the trampoline and I bet you can’t catch me oh I bet you can’t catch me come on let’s run let’s run away and hide with me she said I’ll be the one to save you but first we must run away I’m making a magic necklace you can wear it if you like make with the spells and the magic wand but be quiet it’s a surprise I’m the queen of the castle in my house on top of the hill I’m the queen of the trampoline and I bet you can’t catch me oh I bet you can’t catch me look at me I can climb a tree and wobble it you know teddy you’re a unicorn it’s time to watch the show I’m the queen of the castle in my house on top of the hill I’m the queen of the trampoline and I bet you can’t catch me oh I bet you can’t catch me well I bet you can’t catch me oh I bet you can’t catch me
7.
roper lane 02:32
a stone waits to fall from a dry stone wall a thousand feet above the sea as it all falls quiet ten years away and it all feels the same like nothing changed up roper lane as it all falls quiet the cries and the shouts as the lights die out on the football field kids in black and green all fall quiet far from the crowd with my head in the clouds I’m not alone I’m right at home as it all falls quiet my heart beat slows with the twists and turns of the road and the headlamps and the streetlights look like toys ten years away and it all feels the same like nothing changed up roper lane as it all falls quiet a stone starts to fall from a dry stone wall a thousand feet above the sea as it all falls quiet
8.
I met her in the green room sharing prawns and anecdotes and on the talk show sofa well she laughed at all my jokes we know it’s not important but it’s what they want to know where we’ve been and who we’ve seen a fascinating show CHORUS all my friends are famous for the wonderful things they do and if you’d like to be you could be my new friend as long as you’re famous too all my friends are famous my phone book’s a real who’s who and if you move quick get yourself a blue tick well maybe you could be there too I met him at a charity function he was surprisingly down to earth (and very funny too) he gave me the firmest handshake and said we really must stay in touch (I love your work) CHORUS I’d like to thank my parents and all my childhood friends you’re the ones who made me made me who I am lastly but by no means least I’d like to thank the fans we did it together guys CHORUS well if you move quick, get yourself a blue tick maybe I’ll got time for you we could be friends if you are famous too
9.
catfishing 03:36
you were full of it right from the start but so was I and so here we are I had my worries swiping right are you for real or is this just another lie wearing masks showing our best faces shortcuts to all the wrong places in the hunt for the thrill of being chased when I get too close you just turn and run away always a reason why it’s never the right time always a reason why it’s never the right time got my suspicions that I’m hanging on your line wearing masks showing our best faces catfishing hoping someone’s gonna take the bait always a reason why it’s never the right time we all know it’s just the way that it goes difficult people keeping us on our toes like junk food you’re never filling but my heart is weak my stomach willing always a reason why it’s never the right time always a reason why it’s never the right time got my suspicions that I’m hanging on your line wearing masks showing our best faces catfishing hoping someone’s gonna take the bait always a reason why it’s never the right time catfishing catfishing always a reason always a reason always a reason why it’s never the right time got my suspicions that I’m hanging on your line wearing masks showing our best faces catfishing hoping someone’s gonna take the bait always a reason why it’s never the right time not enough so our need is never ending I get the feeling that we’re both pretending always a reason why it’s never the right time it’s never the right time catfishing catfishing it’s never the right time catfishing catfishing got my suspicions that I’m hanging on your line catfishing catfishing got my suspicions got my suspicions got my suspicions that I’m hanging on your line
10.
jimmy lived next door he was a 35 a day kind of guy finally kicked the habit finally gave in to the doctors and his wife six months down the line back in the waiting room staring into space til the doctor called him through he said I thought that I’d feel better I don’t feel the benefit if I’d have known I’d be back here then I’d have never quit is this as good as it gets then give me back my cigarettes, is this as good as it gets I’m only serving my time a steady decline I’m calling off all the bets make mine spiralling with little highs make mine spiralling with little highs sat at the kitchen table he stirs two sugars in his tea underneath the light bulb watching shapes rise in the steam glances out the window sees a buzzard on the breeze circling the cold air trying to catch the heat he said I think about the numbers and how nothing’s ever fair a thousand things could kill me so why should I be scared is this as good as it gets then give me back my cigarettes is this as good as it gets I’m only serving my time a steady decline I’m calling off all the bets make mine spiralling with little highs make mine spiralling with little highs I saw him in the garden he sat smoking on the step asked him how you keeping he said well nothing’s got me yet don’t tell her that you saw me cos she still thinks I’ve quit I keep marlboros in a flower pot I hide them in the shed he said I think about the numbers and how nothing’s ever fair a thousand things could kill me so why should I be scared is this as good as it gets then give me back my cigarettes is this as good as it gets I’m only serving my time a steady decline I’m calling off all the bets make mine spiralling with little highs make mine spiralling with little highs

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2 songwriters
24 years apart
8 months of zoom thursdays
singing in our bedrooms

a lifeline in difficult times

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released September 3, 2021

All songs by Ruddy/Young

Produced by Chris Pepper at Saltwell Studio

Mastered by Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering

Serious Child: vocals, guitar, harmonium, ukulele
Andy Ruddy: vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, kazoo
Chris Pepper: bass, drums, percussion, keyboards, harmonium, dulcitone, ukulele, guitar
Kirsty McGee: flute, backing vocals
Jamie Francis: banjo
Pete Harvey: cello

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Roots songwriter from the West Sussex woods

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