Comes in a jewel case with an attractive 16-page booklet including lyrics to all songs, a selection of individual photographs of each contemporary band member who played on these sessions, recording details and additional credits, etc.
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Contains the immortal line 'Think positive! Think confidence! Think 'I am in command!' which gave us the title for the album. This line probably sums the song up as well as any, which is about people attempting to take control of their lives and reaching for their dreams.
This song originally contained as many as six verses which were condensed and edited into the four that were finally used, plus more chorus repeats, but this would have made the song too long. Thematically, there were originally enough ideas in the lyrics that they could have spawned 3 or 4 seperate songs. Hopefully these ideas haven't been too diluted in the process of attempting to create something more compact. You can judge for yourselves.
When we first experimented with a possible arrangement for this track at an early rehearsal for the album at Glenn's house, Hugh was originally playing flute. It wasn't until he switched to mandolin at a later rehearsal session, again at Glenn's house, that the song really came alive and we had found the secret ingredient we were looking for.
It would seem to us to be the obvious first choice for a single if one was to be taken from the album. What do you think?
(Taken from The Whisky Priests April 1998 Newsletter)
lyrics
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
First she dries the dishes then she dries her eyes
'Though her tears could fill an ocean, her own river's running dry
She's moved to Dead End Street from Opportunity Rise
Where the spirits of dead dreams haunt the back lanes of her mind
Sometimes he shows affection in a way that makes her proud
But mostly he can't stand her; she's just a stupid cow
To one who doesn't love her or respect her anyhow
And cares nothing for their future just his own here and now
So come on now, get your head out of the sand
You're just like Alice dreaming of a wonderland
But yours could be reality if you just take a hand
Think positive! Think confidence! Think, "I am in command!"
Time is a prison time is our own Hell
Time is the destroyer; it's the fire in which we burn
And on this one-way ticket, which offers no return
Time never heals is something you will learn
And as time slips away, it seems such a crime
To see one so young growing old before their time
Life offers too few chances don't let them pass you by
For perhaps the greatest crime is never to have tried
So come on now, get your head out of the sand
You're just like Alice dreaming of a wonderland
But yours could be reality if you just take a hand
Think positive! Think confidence! Think, "I am in command!"
So come on now, get your head out of the sand
Don’t waste your whole life trapped in dreams of wonderland
The reality could be yours if you just make a stand
Think positive! Think confidence! Think, "I am in command!"
Think positive! Think confidence! Think, "I am in command!"
Think positive! Think confidence! Think, "I am in command!"
Gary Miller first rose to international prominence with folk-punk/rock pioneers The Whisky Priests (1985-2002), founded with
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