Martin BARRE


A Trick of Memory

(1994)



1. Bug 4'08
(Martin Barre)
2. Way Before Your Time 4'37
(Martin Barre)
3. Bug Bee 0'49
(Martin Barre)
4. Empty Cafe 2'08
(Martin Barre)
5. Suspicion 4'25
(Martin Barre)
6. I Be Thank You You, After Me 2'17
(Martin Barre)
7. A Blues For All Reasons 7'16
(Martin Barre)
8. A Trick Of Memory 4'09
(Martin Barre)
9. Steal 4'49
(Martin Barre)
10. Another View 1'45
(Martin Barre)
11. Cold Heart 5'21
(Martin Barre)
12. Bug C 0'52
(Martin Barre)
13. Morris Minus 3'06
(Martin Barre)
14. In The Shade Of Shaddow 4'10
(Martin Barre)

Total Time: 49:52


  • Martin Barre - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Flute, Bass, Vocals
  • Andrew Giddings - Keyboards, Organ
  • Matt Pegg - Bass
  • Martin Allcock - Double Bass

    Guest Musicians:

  • Rob Darnell - Percussion
  • Marc Parnell - Drums
  • Mel Collins - Saxophone, Alto Saxophone
  • Marc Johstone - Keyboards, String Arrangements
  • Tom Glendinning - Drums On Tracks 2 And 9
  • Katie Kissoon - Background Vocals)
  • Linda Taylor - Background Vocals)
  • Weston Foster - Background Vocals
  • Joy Russell - Vocals
  • Ian Francis -Vocals
  • Graham Ward -Drums
  • Rick Sanders - Violin
  • Ric Sanders - Violin
  • Wilfred Gibson - Violin
  • Nick Pentelow - Saxophone
  • Richard Sidwell - Trumpet
  • Steve Sidwell - Trumpet
  • Maggie Reeday - Vocals
  • Mark Tucker - Guitar, Background Vocals
  • Gavyn Wright - Violin
  • Wilf Gibson - Violin
  • Tony Pleeth - Cello
  • Garfield Jackson - Violin
  • Malinda Maxwell - Oboe

    Produced and Engineered by Martin Barre and Mark Tucker
    Brad Davis - Engineer, Mixing
    Tim Dickenson - Assistant Engineer
    Simon Wall - Assistant Engineer




    1. Bug


      (Instrumental])

    2. Way Before Your Time

      I was thinking about some time ago
      Way way before your time
      Everything is so plain to me
      It was just some sort of joke
      Way way way before your time
      Way way way before your time

      Take me down
      Take me down that road
      I don't know
      I don't know where it leads
      I need someone to help

      Lying in my bed awake
      It seems so far away
      How we got away with what we did
      Well the answer lies with you

      Way way way before your time
      Way way way before your time

      Take me down
      Take me down that road
      I don't know
      I don't know where it leads
      I need someone to help

      You can hide behind the dark
      Make believe there's no-one looking back
      If we looked a little strange
      Keeping us from going quite insane

      I was thinking it had all been said Nothing left to do
      Things in my head just can't be new
      Just how do you begin?

    3. Bug Bee


      (Instrumental)

    4. Empty Cafe


      (Instrumental)

    5. Suspicion

      Where did I go wrong
      So sure I'd get caught
      The law found me at last
      No pity for this man
      A mans great weakness 'till he dies
      He never learns to stop telling dirty damn lies
      The moment of truth comes a little too late
      Just twenty yards from the Pearly Gates

      Take me take my lies
      Wash my mouth out clean
      Is it time to swear my oath
      Throw me at your feet.

    6. I Be Thank You You, After Me


      ([Instrumental)

    7. Tug

      It is a moment of wonder
      When I see you smile
      It fills my life with joy
      Tells me it's all worthwhile
      Help me to tread so lightly
      Which way to sway
      Am I right or wrong
      Am I the one who must say?
      This is a bad road to travel
      This is a strong stream which flows
      Hold on to what you can learn and follow me

      Take my hand
      Lead me on
      For good or bad
      Put your trust in me

      Witness my weary habits
      Frown on my stupid ways
      Don't try to understand
      Where I have failed myself
      Is it too much to take
      My heart is too weak
      Just give me one solid reason
      To guide you through jagged rocks

      This is a bad road to travel
      This is a strong stream which flows
      Hold on to what you can learn and follow me

      Take my hand
      Take my hand
      Lead me on my way
      I will go where the rivers flow
      To my home

      This is a terrible thing
      Judging our right is not wrong
      Who is the one to say
      We are not perfect inside
      There is but one good reason to carry on
      The smile that lights up your face
      Stokes up the fire in me

      This is a bad road to travel
      This is a strong stream which flows
      Hold on to what you can learn and follow me

      Take my hand
      Take my hand
      Lead me on my way
      I will go where the rivers flow
      To my home

    8. A Trick Of Memory

      She looked across the room, met my eye, moved on
      I did not trust myself, was it me she saw
      And then when I saw her later, she smiled at me
      I couldn't speak one word, she laughed, I froze
      That day, I remember well
      A friend and more than I could tell

      Waiting for the right time
      Fighting for the best chance
      Hoping she remembers
      A trick of memory

      So many got between us, I had to fight
      You talked to them with such a graceful ease
      Whatever made me, I'll never know,
      But I pushed on through
      Words seemed to tumble out in a rush

      Was it a trick of memory, I heard you say
      You would meet me later in some bar
      We could talk alone, just face to face
      So all I can tell you now,
      Is it started strong and will always grow

    9. Steal


      (Instrumental)

    10. Another View

      You just use me like a stepping stone
      Your dog even knows how to treat it's bone
      Talk to me like you use the phone
      Leave your message after the tone
      Be the apple of your eye not the stone in your plum
      Treat me good treat me bad
      I know, you need another view

      I hear your voice before I see you come
      You think I act kind of stupid and dumb
      If I could get just one word in
      Your respect I'd try to win

      Be the apple of your eye not the stone in your plum
      Treat me good treat me bad
      I know, you need another view

    11. Cold Heart

      Cold heart on a warm shore
      Cold feet in shallow water
      Sore eyes strain in the dark
      Reach out your hand
      Will you be there?
      Waiting for me
      Just one more time
      You've heard it all before
      A stranger to your shore
      Older but wiser
      Stare into my eyes

      Time changes nothing
      My memory serves me well

      The turn of the tide
      The wind on your face
      A far distant shore waits for your sweet embrace

      Days draw long the night holds no rest
      Thought of a land lying far to the west

      Cold heart on a warm shore
      Cold feet in shallow water
      Sore eyes strain in the dark
      Reach out your hand

      Never look back
      Keep your eyes open wide
      On the edge of the land
      See how it nears
      I'm coming home
      Our time is here
      Closer to you
      Love lies much deeper
      Than you'll ever know

      The turn of the tide
      The wind on your face
      A far distant shore waits for your sweet embrace

      Days draw long the night holds no rest
      Thought of a land lying far to the west

    12. Bug C


      (Instrumental)

    13. Morris Minus


      (Instrumental)

    14. In The Shade Of Shaddow


      (Instrumental)