Live and Kicking Album

Heart Made Of Stone * Reyrolle Days * Mean Hearted Woman * Lovers Make You Cry * Remember * Everyone's A Star * Don't You Worry About Me * Sounds Like Good Advice * Leave Me Alone * Empty Promises * Jumble Of Pearls * You Got The Blues * Dream On * Downbeat and Broken

Downbeat And Broken

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Another very early recording circa 1969 at the Argus Butterfly, Peterlee. Many big names played here but we worked a few times with a great local band called Government. The lead singer was none other than David Coverdale who later went on to front Deep Purple before forming Whitesnake.

We heard him being interviewed on Radio Newcastle recently. He was really inspirational, so we're definitely not downbeat and broken.

You’d have me downbeat and broken

You’d have me be nothing at all

You’d have me downbeat and broken

You just wanna make me feel small

But I’m through with all this talkin’

I’m walkin’ and I’m walkin’ out tall

You’d have me downbeat and broken

You’d have me get down on my knees

You’d have me downbeat and broken

Think that you can do what you please

But I’m through with all this talkin’

I’m walkin’ free as the breeze

Cos now I’ve come to realise

That all you’ve done is wasted my time

And the sooner I get outa here

The sooner you’ll be out of my mind

You’d have me downbeat and broken

Downbeat, down on my knees

You’d have me downbeat and broken

Downbeat, do what you please

But I’m through with all this talkin’

I’m walkin’ free as the breeze

"The sooner I get out of here

The sooner you'll be out of my mind"