Don’t Let It Pass You By

Don’t let the times go slow Mama
Just let them ride on easy
It’s happening
It’s happening

Don’t let the blues fool you Mama
Just let them pass you by
That’s what they’re there for
That’s what they’re there for

Open up your heart and let it all go
Cos you know sometimes you just gotta let it all flow

And all those times there in your head
Was only there to compensate
All the while the way was waiting
You just had to grab a hold of the way
All today
Of the way
In that sway

And what is today is never tomorrow
And who is gone may only follow
Take hold of my hand til the morning comes
New dawn come when you wake up
When you wake up
When you wake up

Don’t let the times go slow Mama
Just let them ride on easy
It’s happening
It’s happening

Don’t let the blues fool you Mama
Just let them pass you by
That’s what they’re there for
That’s what they’re there for

Open up your heart and let it all go
Cos you know sometimes you just gotta let it all flow

And all those thoughts there in your brain
Was only there to compensate
Cos all the while the way was waiting
You just had to grab a hold of the way
Of today
Of the way
Caught In the sway

And what is today is never tomorrow
And who is gone may only follow
Take hold of my hand til the morning comes
New dawn comes when you wake up
When you wake up
When you wake up

Lyrics by Simon Miller.
Copyright ℗ 1985 Pok Songs / Explicit Music.

Don’t Let It Pass You By

Music and lyrics by Simon Miller.

Copyright ℗ 1985 Pok Songs / Explicit Music.

This arrangement by Pok, Fedax Si-Hulmin, Josh Reynes, Maxx Damage and Sven Stiglund.

Pok’s guitars and voices recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2017.
Everything else recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2023-4.
Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2024.

Copyright © 2024 Wud Records.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – lead vocal, lead and rhythm guitars
Fedax Si-Hulmin – guitar, backing vocal
Josh Reynes – organ, synths
Maxx Damage – bass
Sven Stiglund – drums

Fun Facts:
* Don’t Let It Pass You By begins with a cute little instrumental in the key of A major.
* This section introduces the string section and keys, there are no drums.
* Pok plays a rhythm track on Marsha panned to the right throughout the song and a clean sounding lead track panned down the centre, also on Marsha.
* Fedax plays chords on the Ice Maiden panned left, and Maxx’s bass and Josh’s DSK B3x are also present.
* Fedax uses a patch on the Neural DSP Quad Cortex called Brit 2203, scene 1, and the Ice Maiden’s bridge pickup in humbucker configuration.
* Once the intro is done, the key changes to E major and the feel becomes a hard blues rock vibe.
* The tempo for the song is 144 BPM, or allegro vivace.
* Don’t Let It Pass You By has a lyric that delivers a very strong and positive message.
* The whole song is upbeat and has a real feelgood factor about it.
* Don’t Let It Pass You By was composed by Pok in 1985 and the earliest version was performed by Laughing Sun.
* It was also performed by the Spacegoats during their brief Electric Elves incarnation, some of which you can hear in the Archives section of the Wud Records website.
* The synth that sounds a little like the EDP Wasp is the Kriminal Twilight synth, which is freeware, and you can learn more about it here: https://rekkerd.org/kriminal-releases-twilight-vsti/
* There is also a pad called fullonpad from the Polly8te by Osiris, which you can find here: https://sites.google.com/site/osirissynths/Home/synth-page