White Walls and Golden Shores

from Shire and City by Gordon Duthie

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Produced by Gordon Duthie

Lyrics written by Gordon Duthie

Instrumentals arranged or composed and performed or programmed by Gordon Duthie

Vocals performed by Gordon Duthie except the female vocals on "Sadness Brings Us Together" which were performed by Kristen Johnson

Recorded during 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland except the female vocals which were recorded in 2012 in Ohio, United States of America by Kristen Johnson

Mixed by Kevin Paul except “Ten Reasons to be Happy”, “Hide”, “Paying a Broken Record” and “Routine Cycle” which were mixed by Scott Horton and “Frost to Humidity (Only in Aberdeenshire)” which was mixed by Gordon Duthie

Mastered by Kevin Paul

Art direction and design by Gordon Duthie and Szymon Włochowski (inside cover panorama photograph of Aberdeen taken by Andy Stuart and back cover artwork created by I 365 Art)

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© Gordon Duthie 2012

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The state of Scottish football
Will never be the same
Down in the foothills
The echoes of the rain

A sense of disappointment
White walls and golden shores
Honesty and hard work
Is what I'm looking for

Air that makes you want to breath
The salt up in the streets
Years of empty canvasses
Respect is what it needs

We picked up our pebbles
As the smoke flew out the beach
The film wasn't real
Like the phone down at the sea

Time is not a factor
In god's country as it stands
The envy of the world
Or a past forgotten land

Cars slide past the mountain
As it all comes around for free
Ice cream shops and sweetie bars
Haven't been on my TV

The captain's down on Friday
To say a fond farewell
We'll miss your thanks and faithful stance
Your guidance fares me well

These rocks and sands and windy lands
That they all tried to raid
Reflecting and respecting
on what I have here today

I think I have been lucky
To have everything I want
But freedom is a word
That I haven't forgot

Time is not a factor
In god's country as it stands
The envy of the world
Or a past forgotten land

Time is not a factor
In god's country as it stands
The envy of the world
Or a past forgotten land

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from Shire and City, released June 18, 2012

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