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Aerodrome Motel

by Nick Frater

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1.
The pleasure is mine I speak for myself I take on the town from time to time I dress to the nines I leave work on time I share every thought that’s on my mind I’m on the attack I’m putting them back and questioning your measure of the man I’m off and I’m on I’m black and I’m white I live in a thousand shades of grey and maybe I will I think that I might just spit on the floor what they might say I’m acting surprised I’ve been plagiarised by the second thoughts that play on my mind play on my mind The pleasure is mine The pleasure is mine So I keep on marking time just right I’m moving in lines, you tell me to; making sense of ‘the French defence’ tonight The pleasure is mine, so I keep on marking time I’m blinded by light I swing to the right I’m Colouring in between these lines I’m lost on the dial I fell out of style I’m hanging on every exit sign A film to fulfil I’m shooting to kill the doubts in the back of your mind in the back of my mind The pleasure is mine The pleasure is mine So I keep on Marking time just right to Stay anodyne to keep me from tying down the party line tonight The pleasure is mine, so I keep on marking time Into the unknown I’ll go it alone I run at the shadows on your wall It’s twenty below I’m letting you go To the corner side, just to let you know what’s at the dark end of the road I’m biding time I’m staying in line Not trying to mark my cards tonight Taking my time Taking what’s mine cos the word is this pleasures all mine the pleasures all mine The water is fine No crossing the line So I keep on Marking the time marking the time The weather is fine I made up my mind to go marking time tonight marking time tonight The pleasure is mine The pleasure is mine So I just go marking time
2.
Love Heist 02:52
I didn’t ask what the mask was for I didn’t ask before the drive I didn’t fast forward like before I didn’t ask to be tied uptight Flashing lights flashing lights started tearing me apart Flashing hearts flashing hearts all the things your ever want from me, set out your demands in your ransom plan cos you never know baby Calling all cars there’s a love heist happening to me Stealing looks, stolen kisses on the APB Only hot pursuit now can set me free I never saw where trap was sprung I never saw where it all begin I never saw where the law was run I couldn’t fight when my hands were tied Flashing lights flashing lights started tearing me apart Flashing hearts flashing hearts all the things your ever want from me, set out your demands in your ransom plan cos you never know baby Calling all cars there’s a love heist happening to me Stealing looks, stolen kisses on the APB Only hot pursuit now can set me free
3.
Everybody tells me how I’m stuck in my ways need little something just to get through the day yeah I need a little something, feel a little nothing today I got something stuck in my eye felt a little nothing when I started to cry and I need a little something, need a little something try cos the good guys know just what to say but I don’t feel that way and everybody tells me I’m just stuck in my ways everyone says I’m quiet today need a little space to be back in the game yeah he needs a little something, need a little something I know, my god, that’s heavy to hold and it sounds like a burden I don’t want to be told but I’ll take a little edge of make a little progress today and every good boy does fine so they say, but is it just a line cos everybody tells me I’m just stuck in my ways Heaven help the man I think I am, Heaven knows the man I think I am at heart Heaven help the man I think I am, Cos he don’t give a damn, Cos everyone knows I’m just stuck in my ways everyone says it’s tough at the top I did a little climbing then decided to stop cos I needed something different needed something other than that I am certain or as sure as I can that it’s better just to coast than to work for the man so I started out living, just about surviving today No one needs to know whose shirts you wear Or if they’re easycare, Cos all they say is ‘I’m just stuck in my ways’ Heaven help the man I think I am, Heaven knows the man I think I am at heart Heaven help the man I think I am, Cos he don’t give a damn, Cos everyone knows I’m just stuck in my ways Cos everyone knows I’m just stuck in my ways Cos everyone knows I’m just stuck in my ways
4.
Always wrapped up in what you think See the world from the kitchen sink All the plays you wrote in disappearing ink Melodramas with suspect lines Hidden meanings for you to find buried deep in the ones that you keep behind No ones checking in and so I check out aerodrome motels from a lucid dream no ones coming down and no ones taking off; this home from home with a wave machine Setting sail on the silver trail to gold mines that you won’t stay but sometimes it feels that way yellow pages and cut-off lines lay unraveled as you unwind your backstory blurs into unknown times disconnected this pantomime falls at the finishing line No ones checking out and so I check in aerodrome motel for a lucid dream no ones coming down and no ones taking off; this home from home with a wave machine Setting sail on this silver trail to gold mines that you can’t pay on the tiles with the Anglophiles you know that here comes trouble here comes trouble Setting sail with the nonpareils you know that here comes trouble here comes trouble left alone in the great unknown, cos you know home from home, No ones checking out and so I check in aerodrome motels from a lucid dreamno ones coming down and no ones taking off; this home from home with a wave machine No ones checking out and so I check in aerodrome motel for a lucid dream no ones coming down and no ones taking off; this home from home with a wave machine
5.
She’s waiting on a goodbye Holding out my hand Waiting on a red light Couldn’t understand why she never sleeps she’s Holding out her hand writing on the back an address for her to land No hard feelings, Like she meant it, Like some goodbye song No hard feelings, Like he knew this all along She turning from the winter holding out his hand taking out each splinter from their broken plans god knows Its been on a cold spell Taking down this man Freezing out each whisper Quiet as she can No hard feelings, Like she meant it, Like some goodbye song No hard feelings, Like she meant it, Like some goodbye song No hard feelings, Like we knew this end all along No hard feelings, Like you meant it, Like some goodbye song No hard feelings, Like we knew this all along Now she never sleeps she’s Held out in my hand Fading in this picture Held right in my hand Fraying round the edges holding out her hand
6.
Shake some action baby call Dial this number on the wall Milf seeks BBC for rough & tumble Or to grin from ear to ear Dial this other number here, Chelsea smilers on the dial tonight for rough & tumble but all i ever wanted was to shake a little action tonight but all the action here’s a little edgy and it’s starting to bite Well it reads your mum was here but just to make it clear There’s no believing words scratched in with a pocket knife take a snatch of salt tonight and a shot of cuervo light the meseroles are packed in tight…: for rough and tumble all i ever wanted was to taste a little honey tonight but this here honey bee’s a little edgy and it’s itching to bite Taking down the number now cos I ought to know just how the BBC seeks radio for rough & tumble Hiding undercover was another dirty secret to show but is it still rumour when the headline reads it’s ready to go shake some action went the call, cos if you need some rise and fall You better watch your back for heart attack from a meserole Slap & tickle is the game But if you don’t go naming names There’s a judge who loves to feel touch of sticky fingers A power trip, a mason's grip, a “take him down” that rings down the hall But all I know is now he needs the pleasure of the gavel to fall
7.
Dear modern times No I don’t want you to remember Never mind, no mind, No I don’t want you to remember Little lies, to hide behind Alibis to pacify the senses The best of times, The worst of timings for consensus enmity just seems to occupy the TV Spinning lines to change your mind Cutting ties, with what’s outside the window Dear modern times maybe it Seems too strange to mention what you said to me Dear modern times maybe it Seems too late to question what you say to me And often times No I don’t need half baked opinions It seems to me too many fuckwits on the tv Polarised to pay no mind Not surprised, I’m trying not to notice Dear modern times maybe it Seems too strange to mention (what you say to me) Dear modern times maybe it Seems too late to question (what you said to me) pay no mind I’m only trying to cutout all noise pay no mind I’m only trying to save you from the The silent treatment (better watch what you say) Dear modern times lately it Seems too strange to mention what you said to me Dear modern times maybe it Seems too late to question what you say to me Dear modern times No I don’t want you to remember want you to remember Never mind, no mind, No I don’t want want this new forever dear modern times dear modern times dear modern times
8.
Diana died in 95 There’s been no Valerie since some time late in 83 Suzanne dropped out of the list Kylie will be sorely missed, Maybe Trevor, being Frank, So will Tracy way out in the Sandwich Isles you might find a man called Friday Or Wednesday in the Addam’s house When the advert starts to say Do you love a girl called Ethel Have you kissed a boy named Clive Or gone dancing with a Gertrude Was a Gary born this side of the century , I wonder Is your name still alive? Maybe Lee’s on the decline My darling Clementine it must be four score years or more since we heard her mates shouting crossed the playground gates And Vera, Chuck and Dave are heading for and early grave Well have you met a beau before Outside of a dandy screenplay Or spelled belle out in semaphore As the advert turned to say Have you heard a guy called Gerald Have you seen a child named Pam Do you love a girl called Ethel Have you hugged friend called Stan Or gone dancing with a Gertrude Was a Gary born this side of the century , I wonder Is your name still alive?
9.
American expressways, falling into lines At sunset, tailing back to Ocean Drive American expressways, calling me “Go west my son, set sail upon the 405” American expressways A highway to repress old Father Time American expressways American expressways American expressways falling all this Nation building, California came undone. American Expressways, underneath the Westway dreaming, get me to the church on time American expressways Electioneering press-hounds down the line American expressways American expressways Say they don’t wanna fight no one no more Tired of the sickle tooth & claw A way back home to see For a way back home to drive thru American expressways A highway to repress old Father Time American expressways American expressways down the line — American expressways falling Im just calling home
10.
Lovers dial nine never a call for you only a hall of strangers walking through airports and trains never a place for you never a home to go so you wait….for courtesy calls for you only one phone to ring it could change everything Love calls for you on a courtesy phone that rings silent and cold your line is impossible voice start to break as you steal a double take Of heartache Lay me to rest Cos I’m sick and tired…… ride out the tide once again Put it to bed I burn my self out thinking about a phone call from a friend…that breaks sticks & stones for you please do not call again what can you say to that Haven’t you heard it’s a battle of words When they’re tied in your tongue your line is impossible voice start to break as you steal a double take Of heartache Say good night I’ll hold your candle tight sail in to harbour’s arms shelter your heart from harm always on hold, on a strangers phone courtesy call, for you What is there left to do But Into the night again Lovers dial nine again Into the night again

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released August 19, 2022

Nick Frater: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys, Percussion, Harmonium, Omnichord

Nick Bertling: Drums (2,3,6)
Emily Dolan Davies: Drums (4), Percussion (4)
Joe Montague: Drums (1,5,7,8,9,10), Percussion (1,2,5,6,7,8)

Joe Kane: Percussion (1,2,6,7,8)
Luke Smith: Percussion (1,2,6,7,8)
Kirkcaldy McKenzie: Typewriter (7)

Dana Countryman: Backing Vocals (1), Piano (1), Vibraphone (1)
Alex Lewis: Backing Vocals (4,7,9,10)
Kevin Robertson: Backing Vocals (3)
Scott Robertson: Backing Vocals (3)
Jamie Whelligan: Backing Vocals (6,7,8) Baritone Guitar (5)

Greg Holme: Pedal Steel (10)
Chris Mulligan: Guitars (6)
Jake Smith: Guitars (3)

Derrick Coonghe: Tenor Sax (6), Baritone Sax (6)
Nathan Thomas: French Horn (10)

Written, performed, engineered, mixed and produced by Nick Frater
Percussion recorded in Abbey Road Studio 2
Mastered at Simon Francis Mastering

Art and design: Adam Mallett

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Croydon based songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist.

Specialising in 60s/70s inspired power-pop.

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