There's a tendency around New Year for people to start beating themselves up about their own personality traits, physical appearance, personal habits etc. This is just a plea for people to go easy on themselves... accept your imperfections, and worry about something else.
(Unless of course you really ARE evil, in which case please try to change... people will like you much more!)
lyrics
Well there's life in this old puppy yet
Though there's ore behind than left ahead
And there are things I've done and things I've said
That I'd be happy to forget.
But I'm not the kind to look behind
I'm not scared of what I'd find
I've just got too much right now on my mind
For nostalgia or regret
And I've never been evil.
Certainly selfish -
Sometimes it's hard to tell if I mean what I say.
And I can be thoughtless
And careless of wasting precious time
But on the list that's not the first -
It's really not the worst kind of crime.
Well I don't let truth or honesty
Get in the way of a good story
And I'll twist your words any way I please
If it gives me a better rhyme
And I turn a blind eye to obstacles
Until the situation's critical
I think mountains are more beautiful
To look up at than to climb
But I've never been evil.
I try to stay civil
But when I've had a skinful
I argue all the time.
And when my tongue gets wagging
I can give a pretty good slagging off...
But on the list that's not the first -
It's really not the worst kind of crime.
I'm not going to lie
I don't really try that hard to see
The situation from a different point of view.
But in this I'm not alone
My heart's hard, but it's not a stone
And I won't show fake concern
And for Heaven's sake - I won't take it from you!
Well I'm not the world's most loyal friend.
Too quick to give up and start again.
I've made promises I never meant
Just for an easy life.
And I don't always wash behind my ears
I've neglected building a career
And made fn of all those crocodile tears
I've faced from time to time.
But I've never been evil.
Though I've been sorely tempted
I've always prevented
The dark blocking out the light.
My faults and failings
They don't keep e awake at night
And on the list that's not the first -
It's really not the worst kind of crime.
Not the worst kind...
credits
from Heaven's Gate / (I've Never Been) EVIL,
released December 16, 2018
Lyrics and Music: Greg Hancock copyright 2018
Acoustic guitar and vocal : Greg Hancock
Double bass and electric guitar Lukas Drinkwater
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