No escape from the rain

Words and music by Richard Homer

4/4, 120 bpm

Am G

The French window curtains / flap in despair

F E

phone wire hum / monsoon breakers roar

Am G

I elbow back the curtain, to / gaze at the weather

F E

the sky couldn’t care it / continues to pour

Am E Am

Am E Am

but there’s no / escape from the / rain

Am C/GC

apart from / extra, / unwanted / rain

FC/GC

nothing / no / nothing / is out / there

a young girl on her bike / replaces the chain

to explore the remnants of the / wet afternoon

in an otherwise empty / unexciting place

a trio of shouting bike boys / play out of tune

but there’s no / escape from the / rain

from a quiet lightless lamp on a / grubby cupboard top

a gust of wind blows some / paper to the chair

tree, lane are wet through / just like poor clothing

in a washing machine without / affection or care

I tickle mini stubble with the / top of the pen

hanging in apathy, / bare legs on the arm chair

I begin to think that / apart from the rain

nothing or anything or / anyone can be out there

piano rain coming in / pizzicato glistening 

on the ant infested / bamboo to the rear

quiet bird chattering, / insect half whispering

they know new raw, rough rain is / going to appear

but there’s no / escape from the / rain

but there’s no / escape from the / rain

AmC/GC

there’s no / escape / no / escape

FC/GC

no / escape / escape from the / rain

inert thinking (two fifteen a.m.)

Words and music by Richard Homer

E Am 120 bpm

I woke around four to the / oncoming rain

GFE/BE

thinking of no one and / nothing / again

EFGFE / BE

just / lying / there, / half / unaware

Am E Am / F E / Am

inert / thinking / now / again / with me / here

the rain kicks in with a / vengeance now

banging on the roof, / bending of the / bough

there’s / nothing / here, except / empty / beer

inert / thinking / now / again / with me / here

the percussion of the rain, the / gamelan chime

wandering through the night, no / rhythm or / rhyme 

in a / checkmate / maze / alarm clock / in a / haze

inert / thinking / now / again / with me / here

on the empty bed, with / quiet pen I write

thoughts that come to me, / throughout the long / night

wandering / here and / there, in / insipid / morning / air

inert / thinking / now / again / with me / here

Am F

I go / back in / time to / a / place far / from / here

G G7

where insects fly / and / crawl on / the / concrete to / the / rear

F C

cobweb on / my / camera, / in / empty / barren / air

G G7 C / E Am F E Am

the ill-/ fitting / window frame / is / fading-grey / and / bare

I go / back in / time to / a / place far / from / here

where insects fly / and / crawl on / the / bamboo to / the / rear

the new dusk / has / come now, / the / lights go on / and / on 

I think, yet / again, where  / another day / has / gone

 

Hibernating mouse

 Words and music by Richard Homer 

 4/4, 145 bpm 

 Intro E, Am, GI7, C, E, Am, Am, E, Am, E, Am Am GI7 Am 

Am GI7 Am

The Emirates booklet, the sky / gleaming, / clear,

C GI7 G 

here, there’s not much to give a / winter / cheer,

E Am

with no one, and nothing, to get / anywhere near. 

Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am E Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am E Am

There were no tears that / came to / jeer;

the kick’s not enough to get me / into high / gear,

with no one, and nothing, to / get me into cheer.

Am GI7 Am

A usual evening / enlightened / by

Am GI7 Am

a few swigs to help / another night / fly,

G C

when I lay in the / house, a hibernating / mouse, 

E     with no one, and nothing, E4

Am with no one, and nothing, Am4

GI7 with no one, and nothing, GI7 4

C.   with no one, and nothing, C4

E Am with no one, and nothing / going by

Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am E Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am E Am

Oh no, oh no, what do I / want to / appear?

The desert looks so far away, / yet so / near,

when I lay in the / house, a / hibernating / mouse, 

with no one, and nothing, to / bring a tear.

A shower to make me feel / clean and / bright, 

on a cold winter, lonely, / wireless / night,

with no one, and nothing, to / make things right.

On this long, long, this / long, long / night,

with little to make / things come / right,

with no one, and nothing, to get // emotion to / bite.

C high GI7h G, C high GI7 G

I want to be where / no one can / know 

where the kite, the / hawk, the / rabbit go

where a rough wind in the / night might / blow

where young primrose, bluebell / flowers / grow

C high G17 C high G17

when I lay in the / house, a / hibernating / mouse

E Am

with no one, and nothing, to make me / wake up and grow

The Gwent winter stars / clear up / high,

the lights of Hereford cars / cruising / by,

when I / lay in the / house, a / hibernating / mouse, 

with no one, and nothing, to a / get anywhere nigh

I think Orion’s Belt up in / the cold Gwent / air, 

maybe, just maybe, the stars / might / care,

when I lay in the / house, a / hibernating / mouse, 

with no one, and nothing, to bring // contentment to bear. 

Monsoon kicking in (musin hujan)

Words and music by Richard Homer 

A B flat A

We talked and talked / throughout the / morning 

E A

of sim card, cell / telephone

A B flat A

no yapping of some / wretched / woman

E A

just boy and dad and the / air alone

E A 

watching the monsoon / raw sky open up EA

I spent the early / light flow / hours

reading up on Maths, / Biology;

the woman went out for / fresh market / fush

the air takes a break / alone with me

watching the monsoon / raw sky open up

A E A

watching the monsoon / raw sky / open up

E A

watching the monsoon / raw sky open up

With the old and / unused / Nokia

he showed me how to choose the / date and the time

wallpaper of / Pooh the / Bear

but the broken connection / played just mime

watching the monsoon / raw sky open up

B flat / F7 / F / C

F C B flat F 

the / rain, / the / rain, the / rain, / the / rain

hujan, / angin, / guruh, / kilat C

F B flat C F

kini / hujan / tanpa / henti

angin / kuat / goncang / pokok 

matahari / telah / hilang

guruh / garang, kilat / bengkok

hujan / lebat, / tanpa / henti 

Wakaf / Tapai, / ribut / petir

katak / kuak, / longkang / penuh

jalan / tutup, / air / banjir

CCC GGG EEE

Absence of both / car and / bike

as the tree bound wind comes / through again

a brief respite / from the / downpour 

before the new onslaught / of the rain

watching the monsoon / raw sky open up

A E A

watching the monsoon / raw sky / open up

E A

watching the monsoon / raw sky open up

B flat / F7 / F / C

F B flat C F

kini hujan / tanpa / henti

angin kuat / goncang pokok 

matahari / telah / hilang

guruh / garang, / kilat / bengkok

CCC GGG EEE

A E A

watching the monsoon / raw sky / open up

E A

watching the monsoon / raw sky open up

A E A

hujan turun dari / langit / mentah 

E A

hujan turun dari langit / mentah