A Vision in Preston

Amy and I played Preston's Mad Ferret on 9/11 - I made no reference to the date at the gig but I wept watching the news earlier in the day, those speeches, so heart breaking, so sad. Heres a little clip from the night, a song from the current album called 'A Vision' -

A Vision

I had my hair shaved at the back like Terry Hall in 1984
I was waiting at the bus stop heading off to work at the mental hospital
Harrington Jacket, smoking B&H I spent forever in the record shop
It was just another routine summer’s day in Selly Oak

The sun it seemed a little too bright for the sky
Little figurines started to dance in my minds eye

I had a vision
I had a vision

I was transfixed and all I could see was a psychedelic wash of light
The cars left pretty trails behind and the road started melting
Like a Salvador Dali painting

A sense of inner harmony and peace took over me
Like I knew what I was here for and in what to believe

I had a vision
I had a vision

The bus drove by I was on another plain but the plane came down soon after that

I just sat there… a woman said are you OK?
People staring someone said ‘are you OK’ I said I never felt this good before and never will again…

So took the day off sick and went to bed in the middle of the afternoon…