TRAVELLER
In a breath I left my words up in the air
There was no point in taking them everywhere
Sometimes I wanna be dumb
Say “No,” and “Nothing’s come!”
Leave my mouth outside my hidden mind

When I used to laugh I left it to the last
There was no way I’d hang around and stay
Sometimes I wish I’d choke
Watch my words go up in smoke
Take the burden off my restless eyes

Now I’m leaving here
But you know I really care
Now, now, now, now, now
I gotta tell you why I’m going there

Too late I wrote The Tale of No Return
I could not foresee there was nothing left to learn
Sometimes I wanna be small
Walking short and not so tall
And watch my words spread out across the sky

Now I’m leaving here
But you know I really care
Now, now, now, now, now
I gotta tell you why I’m going there

In a breath, I left my words up in the air
There was no point in taking them everywhere
Sometimes I wanna be dumb
Say “No,” and “Nothing’s come!”
Leave my mouth outside my hidden mind

Now I’m leaving here
But you know I really care
Now, now, now, now, now
I gotta tell you why I’m going there

Words by Peter Greatorex. Copyright (c) Pig Pen Music 1990.

Lyrics by Peter Greatorex.
Music by P.Greatorex/G.Davies/J.Willmot/M.Greatorex/R.Parsons.
Sequenced at Silent Running Studios, Exeter, by George Davies and Jeff Willmot, 1992.
Re-recorded, mixed, produced and mastered at Wud Records Studios, 2009, by George Davies.

Performers:

Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, bass, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – sequencing

Facts:

• Along with Prisoner, this song was going to be recorded by Pete and George before George went to Salford to study music at university. As it happens, he stayed in Exeter and worked in Silent Running Studios for several years.
• It is in the key of D.
• Marc came up with the original guitar and bass parts in the verses.
• Rowena wrote the lead line on the sax in the break between verses one and two.
• George stole the guitar parts for the intro and the chorus from another song he wrote several years previously about being a sick as a child.