Phil MANZANERA


6PM

(2004)



1. Broken Dreams 5'10
(Phil Manzanera)
2. Green Spikey Cactus 5'08
(Phil Manzanera)
3. Love Devotion 5'39
(Phil Manzanera)
4. Wish You Well 5'39
(Phil Manzanera)
5. 6PM 3'36
(Phil Manzanera)
6. Waiting For The Sun To Shine 4'28
(Phil Manzanera)
7. Manzra 5'12
(Phil Manzanera)

The Cissbury Ring:

8. Cissbury Ring 4'28

(Phil Manzanera)
9. Porlock 1'21
(Robert Wyatt / Phil Manzanera)
10. Shoreline 1'43
(Phil Manzanera)
11. Always You 3'25
(Phil Manzanera)
12. Sacred Days 3'59
(Phil Manzanera)

Total Time: 49:45


  • Phil Manzanera - Guitars (1, 2, 6, 8-12), Acoustic Guitars (4), Treated Guitars (7), Organ (4), Hammond Organ (5, 12), Piano (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11), Keyboards (3), Synths (10), Drum Programming (6, 7), Vocals (1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 11)
  • David Gilmour - Guitar (11), Lead Guitar (12)
  • Brian Eno - Enotonic (1, 6, 7)
  • Nigel Simpson - Piano (7)
  • Andy Mackay - Saxophone (2, 6), Oboe (3, 10)
  • Jamie Johnson - Bass (1-6, 8, 11, 12)
  • Yarron Stavi - Double Bass (7-11)
  • Bill MacCormick - Bass Solo (4)
  • Brendon Jury - Electric Viola (5)
  • Paul Thompson - Drums (1-5)
  • Robert Wyatt - Drums (8, 11, 12), Trumpet (8, 9, 11)
  • Chrissie Hynde - Harmonica (2, 4), Backing Vocals (2, 4)
  • Claire Singers - Backing Vocals (2-4, 8, 11)

    Produced by Phil Manzanera
    Mastered and Mixed by Jamie Johnson
    Electric Phil photo by Mark Hancock
    Inside Cover - Phil at 'Pooh and the ostrich feather' gig in crypt of Church. Dulwich 1968
    Cissbury Ring Photo by Claire Singers
    Sleeve Design - Ryan Art
    All power to the web meister Bill MacCormick

    All Titles Written by Phil Manzanera
    Published by
    GALLERY MUSIC Ltd.
    Except "Porlock" Wyatt / Manzanera
    Published by
    GALLERY MUSIC Ltd. / Robert Wyatt

    Recorded at GALLERY STUDIOS, London

    Special Thanks To The SOUNDING BOARD who have listened patiently and stoically in the face of aural temerity, bravado, naivete, a thick skin and sometimes even without being able to escape from the car!

    Claire, Al, Izzy, Sarah. Bill, Amin, Jamie, Robert, Alfle, Tomma, Eno. Andy, Lucinda, Lucho, Chrissie, David, Polly, and my children, Chloe, Charlie and Sophie. Os Quiero.
    Love and Devotion To my soul mate and muse CLAlRE without whom this would not be possible

    "6PM" is Phil Manzanera's 6th solo album (hence the title - which has nothing to do with the time!)



    1. Broken Dreams

      Broken dreams at the daybreak
      Waking up to a brand пеш dawn
      And as the world turns flnd the way it used to be is almost there
      And then you drift away
      Falling through your safety net
      Crashing down
      Onto so thin ice
      Shattered glass clouds your clear view
      And your new world is neither
      here nor there

      Wounded praying in the headlights
      Running wild on an empty plain
      Twist and turn now
      Feeling half down in the swirl
      deeper than before
      Broken dreams at the daybreak
      Waking up to a brand new dawn
      And as the world turns
      And the way it used to be is almost'there
      And then you drift away

      You drift away

    2. Green Spikey Cactus

      There's a painted smile on your face
      That goes with your crickets eyes
      There's ten buzzards circling around you
      That provide you with your alibis
      Your alibis

      You remind me of a green spikey coctus
      Lonely on an open desert road
      You hurt the ones that get caught up
      It's your needles, never leave them alone

      Come together
      Let's come together right now
      Gonna cut you down
      Come together
      Let's come together right now
      Gonno cut you down
      Cut you down

      There's a twister coming ormodillo
      A rattlesnake hiding in the bush
      Bite the dust low down senorito
      The sond is all run out and you're bust

      Cut you down
      Come together
      Let's come together right now
      Gonna cut you down come together
      Let's come together right now
      Gonna cut you down
      Cut you down

      You remind me of a green spikey cactus
      Lonely on an open desert road
      You hurt the ones that get caught up
      It's your needles never leave them alone

      Come together
      Let's come together right now
      Gonna cut you down come together
      Let's come together right now
      Gonna cut you down
      Cut you down

      Son of a bitch you damn darn
      Potato-head
      I'm gonna swat like a big fat fly

    3. Love Devotion

      Put your head upon my shoulder
      'Cos I need to know you're there
      And every day that I'm getting older
      Can't pretend that there's no fear

      Like autumn leaves that fall and scatter
      Get down away and disappear
      I don't mant to lose this good thing
      I just want to keep you near

      Our love runs deep
      Deep with devotion
      Higher than the highest sky
      Bluer than the bluest ocean
      Our love runs deep
      Deep with devotion
      Higher than the highest sky
      Bluer than the bluest ocean


      Put your hand into my hand
      And let me look into your eyes
      I can see the way you're feeling
      And the love that's in your smile

      Like autumn leaves that fall and scatter
      Get blоwn awаy and disappear
      I don't want to lose this good thing
      I just want to keep you near

      Our love runs deep
      Deep with devotion
      Higher than the highest sky
      Bluer than the bluest ocean

      Like autumn leaves that fall and scatter
      Get blоwn аwаy and disappear
      I don't want to lose this good thing
      I just want to keep you neor

      Our love runs deep
      Deep with devotion
      Higher than the highest sky
      Bluer than the bluest ocean

      Our love runs deep
      Deep with devotion
      Higher than the highest sky
      Bluer than the bluest ocean

    4. Wish You Well

      Goodbye old friend
      Off with Saint Serene
      Out on flight nineteen
      I wish you well

      If what you say is true
      And there's another state
      We'll meet again some day
      As we wander through

      You found a way
      To make yourself be heard
      Seems like the time had come
      To leave the people's world

      Goodbye old friend
      Off with Saint Serene
      Out on flight nineteen
      I wish you well

      And somewhere
      Far on a red horizon
      Your flame
      Lightens a darkened mind
      And somehow
      It doesn't seem so surprising
      'Cos the truth
      Was right there before your eyes

    5. 6PM

      La una de la tarde
      Las dos de la tarde
      Las tres de la tarde
      Las cuatro de la tarde
      Las cinco
      6pm

    6. Waiting For The Sun To Shine

      I'm walking down the road
      A ten ton weight on my head
      On my head
      Feeling cold
      Feeling cold to the bone
      To the bone
      And I'm waiting
      Waiting for the clouds to break
      Waiting for the sun to shine

      And you don't knоw where I've been
      And you don't knоw where I've been
      Where I've been
      What I've seen

      I'm coming through to the light
      As light as a feather in the mind
      Blowing in the mind

      And I'm waiting
      For the clouds to break
      And I'm waiting
      For the sun to shine
      'Cos I'm waiting
      Waiting for the sun to shine

      'Cos I'm waiting
      Waiting for the sun to shine
      'Cos I'm waiting
      Waiting for the sun to shine

      Shine on
      Shine on

    7. Manzra

        ( Instrumental )

    8. Cissbury Ring

      On the hill
      High up on the Downs
      If it's clear
      You can see for miles and miles

      Down below
      All along the coast
      Near the rocks
      The sun on the sea glitters everywhere

      Meanwhile up in the air
      The birds they swoop
      They dive
      There's another world
      Up here
      You knоw it's hard to describe

      Then we walked
      Right around the fort
      And then we talked
      We spoke about the olden days

      Of a time
      Many years ago
      Forgotten days
      When life was simpler than we know

      Meanwhile up in the air
      The birds they swoop
      They dive
      There's another world
      Up here
      You knоw it's hard to describe

      On top
      Of Cissbury Ring
      Four seasons in a day
      Confusion drifts away
      On Cissbury Ring

      Meanwhile up in the air
      The birds they swoop
      They dive
      There's another world
      Up here
      You knоw it's hard to describe

      On top
      Of Cissbury Ring
      Four seasons in a day
      Confusion drifts away
      On Cissbury Ring

    9. Porlock

        ( Instrumental )

    10. Shoreline

      The clouds are drifting
      As the sand is shifting
      Along the shoreline

      And as the sun sets
      The sound of darkness
      Is there for evermore

      I've walked through troubled waters
      And out on my journey before

      But to tell you the truth
      I can't turn it around anymore

      It's an everyday story
      To those familiar with pain

      But I'm sure you don't want to hear
      That old ending again

      Now the tide's coming in
      I think it's time to go
      Yes the tide's coming in
      And I've got nowhere to go
      Oh the tide is rising
      And I've got to go

    11. Always You

      Now that you're all alone
      And far from the madding crowd
      I hope you realise
      That love was not in vain

      Always you
      It was always you
      You were the one for me
      1 always knew

      Alwoys you
      It was always you
      You were the one for me
      I was always true

      And after all's said and done
      And now that the time has gone
      And the glory days are done
      I'll drift into the night

      Always you
      It was always you
      You were the one for me
      I always knew

    12. Sacred Days ( '88 remix )

      Sacred days
      Sacred nights
      Socred time
      Spent with you

      Sacred days
      Sacred nights
      Sacred time
      Spent with you

      You took your chance with me
      I had no place to go
      I hoped that you would come along

      You turned my head around
      I had no time to waste
      I guess I found out just in time

      Sacred doys
      Sacred nights
      Sacred time
      Spent with you

      I took you by the hand
      You made me feel so strong
      I knew it wouldn't be too long

      That I'd be there with you
      And you'd be there with me
      Some things ore meant to be

      Sacred days
      Sacred nights
      Sacred time
      Spent with you