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Fieldwork

by Jason Allen

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1.
Get To You 04:10
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GET TO YOU I've been reading back over your words Now I know how it went and hell it hurts The ending, the end was hollow babe The pointless and the walkaway And that won't change I can't erase the way it felt To lose you, to lose me To lose us in the haze of what you had Before I fell onto your island Before I landed in your life These eyes remember you These thoughts return to you I will see you when you get through I will lead you, take you, show you I will meet you, break through Get to you, get to you So I've been heading back over old ground And most of what's left is all I found The rest of it was lost without a trace The line crossed into the lonely states Before I fell into your path Before I landed in your mind I will see you when you get through I will lead you, take you, show you I will meet you, break through Get to you, get to you I will see you when you get through I will love you, take you, get to you... © Copyright 2015 Jason Allen. All Rights Reserved.
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Natural Stuff 03:41
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NATURAL STUFF Love is what you make of it Love goes where you wanna take it Love is made with that natural stuff How was I to know you'd be so gracious in the way you move? That I would notice and let it show I guess you knew I knew 'Fess it up, ride your luck Let it out and make it known 'Cos the hope in my head won't give up Won't give out and it won't let go Love is what you make of it Love goes where you wanna take it Love is made with that natural stuff I'm looking out the back of my head - I still see you I'm taking back the words I said then, I'm gonna offer the truth I'm trying to come back from the dead It's gonna take some doing Can I include you in this? Come on now Hey! Come on now Come on now Hey! Come on now Everywhere, every time Everything still tastes of you If this wasn't meant to be You were sent to me, to understand what I do I'm looking out the back of my head - I still see you I'm taking back the words I said then, I'm gonna offer the truce I'm trying to come back from the dead It's gonna take some doing Can I include you in this? Come on now Hey! Come on now Come on now Hey! Come on now My love, it's down to you, all is forgiven here Come on now My love it goes with you, that's where it will be Love is what you make of it Love goes where you wanna take it Love is made with that natural stuff © Copyright 2015 Jason Allen. All Rights Reserved.
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You Were Not The End 03:38
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YOU WERE NOT THE END Look at you now all successful The money bought friends and status symbols Maybe not so influential Could it be inconsequential? I've been to the moon and back since then Made some really important friends You were not the end Self-promoted to headmistress Lady Muck in an uptown district Acting like you are landed gentry Here's a sign, see it says 'no entry' I've been to the brink and back since then Watched these broken pieces mend You were not the end Look at you now, all successful That could change if you're not too careful Built a house of cards on sand dunes Sing it down if you can't change your tune You've been to the edge but not returned Standing on a bridge that we once burned You were not the end Tried to make a big impression Save your face for the next recession Honesty is overrated In a mind so complicated I've been to the moon and back since then Made some really important friends You were not the end © Copyright 2015 Jason Allen. All Rights Reserved.
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On A Hill 04:11
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ON A HILL You and me on a hill On the night we met and we said "I love you..." You and me on a hill And we looked down at the valley And we saw what we needed Planted ideas in my head That you and me would always be here I will seek you, breathe you Nothing comes close So tell me now where you are As I look from afar 'Cos I don't hear what you are saying Because you're so near Yet you're so far You and me on a hill Looking down at the valley below You and me forever still Looking down at the lifetime ahead All plans come to fruition All dreams will make ignition I am yours yet you are somebody elses So tell me now where you are As I look from afar 'Cos I don't hear what you are saying Because you're so near Yet you're so far So far, far away Do you hear what I say now? Do you hear what I say now? No, no, no, no... You and me on a hill On the night we met and we said "I love you..." © Copyright 2015 Jason Allen. All Rights Reserved.
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Hey What Ya Got? 02:12
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HEY WHAT YA GOT? I'm the man who began once again Reborn in the country, heading west Everything's not lost just out of sight Between the devil and the detail down the line Dead reckoning brought me to your place I couldn't help but notice how you've changed No fight but you're laying all the blame Just a technical bitch, they're all the rage Oh, do you like this? Don't give They'll begin to see it your way It's archaeology in reverse Just a personal reboot, unrehearsed Hold the lines as the four winds blow There's a war to be waged don't you know? Shape-shifting down here in the dust Got the grit tin blues, it's shit or bust But go we must You like this... Go! Gonna get me some good stuff, hey Not gonna see here again Gonna get me a piece of ass Gonna buy me some whiskey and grass Gonna take it through to the next I'm gonna show you all just who's best Gonna take it, oh, hey! What ya got? Gonna take it Hey what ya got? Gonna take it © Copyright 2015 Jason Allen. All Rights Reserved.
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Enough Of This Love 02:31
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ENOUGH OF THIS LOVE I know there's enough of this love to go around You gotta know you're lost to be found Or take the long way round And I know there's enough of this life to go around We're not the only place to be found 'Cos it's a long way out It shows If we let the seed grow We can watch the tide flow 'Til love is all that we know Let's go We know there's enough of this world to go around We gotta keep our feet on the ground 'Cos it's a long way down And we know there's a feeling of love there to be found If we can only speak it aloud Then we can work this out We know If we let the seed grow We can make the tide flow 'Til love is all that we know Let's go © Copyright 2015 Jason Allen. All Rights Reserved.
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In This Temple 02:48
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IN THIS TEMPLE In this dream Nothing passed unseen Lights upon the hilltop A place that should've been In this temple There are no walls Build the next one Bells will call out In this temple Happy little Earthlings Choose a new adventure But don't go anywhere from here In this temple Think it all away Faces in the morning Leave without a trace In this dream In this temple Bells will call out © Copyright 2015 Jason Allen. All Rights Reserved.
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Rats 03:25
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RATS Love them rats Those rats don't bother me See that fox In the hen house on a spree Hear that owl Howling from the tree One cold night You know the truth's gonna come to be Conversation on Ticket to the prom Cinderella's got her shoe The Prince of Hearts still got the blues Pay that price The one you can't afford to meet Learn your lies And tell me everything you see Trust your heart But your head it ain't gonna agree Piece by piece Dismantling the dream Clocks go ticking on Sitting by the bomb Umbrella barely used Rainy days are far and few There's an eloquent, relevant elephant in the room There's an eloquent, relevant elephant in the room One cold night You know the truth will come to be Conversation on Ticket to the prom Cinderella's got her shoe The Prince of Hearts still got the blues Love them rats, you know the rats don't bother me Love them rats, you know the rats don't bother me Love them rats, you know the rats don't bother me © Copyright 2015 Jason Allen. All Rights Reserved.
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Slow Motion 04:06
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SLOW MOTION I was there When you told him you weren't leaving I was there When everything came crashing down In slow motion In slow motion Watched as every last emotion Played up on our stage I was there When you held him in the firelight I was there When every word you said was lies In slow motion Watched as you pledged fake devotion And promised to be true And I was there When you shed all of your clothes And I was there When you agreed to hold my hand In slow motion Watched your every movement closely Played out in my bed I was there When you left all of your fears I was there When you made it through to here In slow motion In slow motion © Copyright 2015 Jason Allen. All Rights Reserved.
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I'll Be Here 03:24
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I'LL BE HERE Here's to days gone by Hellos and happy times The best days of our lives How the time flies How the time flies Well I hope you found some peace Or a heart that healed at least Endless summer dreams Then we woke up Then we woke up I'll be here if you need someone I'll be here if you've fallen out of love I'll be here waiting for The One I'll be here, I'll be here If you're passing here you know This door will never close to you The heavens always glow When you're near me, when you're near me I'll be here if you need someone I'll be here if you've fallen out of love I'll be here waiting for The One I'll be here, I'll be here So here's to days to come And a path that brings you right back here to me The best days of our lives Are still ahead now Still ahead now © Copyright 2014 Jason Allen. All Rights Reserved.
11.
We Found Good Hope 03:19
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WE FOUND GOOD HOPE On the road of good souls We found ourselves We gathered wisdom We made sweet sounds On the ocean of thoughts We launched our boat We sailed around the cape We found good hope On the island we beached We made our home All the mountains we reached We climbed them one by one In the final moment There will be understanding There will be light There will be calm In the final moments Spirits will rise There will be healing There will be peace There will be peace © Copyright 2015 Jason Allen. All Rights Reserved.
12.
Make You 03:10
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MAKE YOU In the morning it'll all be different When the moment comes to pass Realise inside my head The sound of you There was something here for us Feeling on song but you don't approve I can only say it's true In the end it counts for nothing Every day we come to pass Everyone and everything you know Is transitory And I'll make you call, make you call Make you wish you'd never been fool enough To be with me alone All that I send away All that I have to say All that I send away It comes to you Comes down to you Check it out now Everybody's got some place to be Not everyone thinks like you and me But everybody's got a little life to give We make our own consequences Hey, hey, hey! It's a beautiful day It's a beautiful day And I'll make you call, make you call Make you wish you'd never been fool enough To be with me alone And I'll make you think, make you think Make you wish you'd never been cruel enough To leave me here alone © Copyright 2012 Jason Allen. All Rights Reserved.
13.
Listen To The Man 03:25
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LISTEN TO THE MAN We're staying up all night We'll make it to the morning light It's alright, we're heading to the finish line We've got ideas in our minds And they need some kind of release Up all night Don't be afraid to live Post-sunrise, spending the day in bed 'Cos we're creative types It doesn't matter if you wanna sleep all day Mess about all night It's your life, it's the style Right? That's what it's all about All the lights are out Bar the one above my head Listen to the sound of my thoughts It's a symphony Receiving messages that come through Waking up in the afternoon It doesn't matter if I'm tripping over my feet Moving to my own beat It's my life, it's my right Right? Who cares? Listen to the man Who cares? Listen to the man who cares Listen to the man who cares © Copyright 2015 Jason Allen. All Rights Reserved.
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Tin Can Planet 03:13
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TIN CAN PLANET I'm in a good place sat in a field I'm in a good place sat in a field And the field is on a planet And the planet's spinning 'round And the field is on a planet And the planet's spinning 'round I'm in a good place in a field On a planet spinning 'round Looking from this vantage point I see a world that needs to take a chill pill I can't believe there's something Up there we don't know about I'm in a good place looking down On all the bad things that we made My eyes deceive - this can't be real I'm in a good place A good place in a field And the field is on a planet And the planet's spinning 'round Floating in a tin can A tin can in a field And the field is on a planet And the planet's spinning 'round I'm in a good place in a field On a planet spinning 'round And the planet's still spinning 'round Got a fuel tank run down underground But the sun, the wind, the tides are free It ain't a distant far-off galaxy And we're spinning 'round the centre Of our universe and we can see There's people everywhere I hope somebody cares Because we're floating in a tin can A tin can in a field And the field is on a planet And the planet's spinning 'round Floating in a tin can The tin can's in a field And the field is on a planet And the planet's spinning 'round We're in a good place - keep it real On a planet spinning 'round © Copyright 2007, 2012 Jason Allen. All Rights Reserved.

about

"I escaped to the country. It had been a long time coming. It felt like the town was blotting out my sense of creativity.

The rural lifestyle inspired my guitar playing. A new wave of musical ideas emerged, each captured as voice memos on my iPhone.

Using my laptop and a cheap classical guitar, I began to arrange, record and expand the ideas into songs, painting layers of music and texture on top. The words were either stream-of-consciousness improvisations and/or developed as I went along.

I recorded a lot of tracks during this 18-month process. It was a very relaxed gestation period. There are no electric guitars, only nylon-stringed acoustics. I played every instrument, sung every note, did it all by myself.

Eleven of the songs from this time span make up Fieldwork."

Tracks 12 - 14 were added to the standard Fieldwork album in February 2021. Track 13 was previously unpublished.


Recorded in a field in Somerset. Additional drums
recorded at Shockerwick Studios, Bath. Written, performed
and produced by Jason Allen, December 2013 to June 2015. Track 12 written and recorded in spring 2012. Track 14 written and recorded in 2007.

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released July 3, 2015

Jason Allen:
Vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitar,
bass guitar, drums, percussion,
ebow, keyboards, programming, harmonica, lyrics.

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Jason Allen England, UK

Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Somerset, England. Jason has written and self-recorded multiple solo albums and EPs, the most recent of which (February 2024) is called Borrowing Power From The Mill.

More information can be found at www.jasonallen.co.uk ... more

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