Mike & The MECHANICS

The Road

(2011)

1. The Road 4'21
(Mike Rutherford / Christopher Neil / Martin Sutton)
2. Reach Out (Touch The Sun) 4'04
(Mike Rutherford / Andrew Roachford / Jamie Norton / Ben Weaver)
3. Try To Save Me 3'49
(Mike Rutherford / Christopher Neil / Andrew Roachford)
4. Background Noise 4'17
(Mike Rutherford / Christopher Neil / Arno Carstens)
5. I Don't Do Love All 4'38
(Mike Rutherford / Christopher Neil / Tim Howar / Andrew Roachford)
6. Heaven Doesn't Care 3'38
(Mike Rutherford / Christopher Neil / Martin Sutton)
7. It Only Hurts For A While 4'12
(Mike Rutherford / Andrew Roachford / Jamie Norton / Ben Weaver)
8. Walking On Water 3'43
(Mike Rutherford / Christopher Neil / Arno Carstens)
9. Hunt You Down 3'47
(Mike Rutherford / Christopher Neil / Arno )
10. Oh No 4'19
(Mike Rutherford / Christopher Neil / Tim Howar)
11. You Can Be The Rock 5'17
(Mike Rutherford / Christopher Neil / Andrew Roachford)

Total Time: 46:06

  • Mike Rutherford - Guitar, Bass, Programming
  • Roachford Roachford - Lead & Backing Vocals, Wurlitzer
  • Tim Howar - Lead & Backing Vocals
  • Gary Wallis - Drums
  • Anthony Drennan - Guitar
  • LukeJuby - Keyboards
  • Arno Carstens - Lead Vocal on "Background Noise", "It Only Hurts", "Hunt You Down"
  • Martin Sutton - Programming, Guitar
  • Peter Adams - Hammond Organ
  • Toby Chapman - Keyboards
  • Harry Rutherford - Drums on "Hunt You Down", "Background Noise" and Additional Programming on all Tracks
  • Jamie Norton - Keyboards on "Reach Out (Touch The Sun)", "Walking On Water"
  • Ben Weaver - Guitar on "Reach Out (Touch The Sun)", Bass on"Walking On Water"
  • George Hewlett - Organ "Hunt You Down "
  • Hugo Flower - Guitar on "Hunt You Down"
  • Jamie Moses - Guitar on "Try To Save Me"
  • Ben Robins - Programming on "Try Òo Save Me", "Oh No"
  • Christopher Neil, Hazel Fernandez,
  • Beverley Brown & Mary Pearce - Backing Vocals
  • BARROW HILLS SCHOOL CHOIR on "Heaven Doesn't Care"

    All Tracks Produced by Christopher Neil and Mike Rutherford,
    Except "Reach Out (Touch The Sun)" and "Walking On Water" produced by Mike Rutherford and Graham Stack for     METROPHONIC PRODUCTIONS.
    All Tracks Engineered and Mixed by Harry Rutherford.
    Management - Tony Smith for Tony Smith Personal Management
    Thanks To Jo Greenwood and Carol Willis.
    Andrew Roachford managed by Stephen Roachford - info@roachford.co.uk
    Photography by Paddy Balls for Shameful Photographic and Carsten Windhorst, Design by Greg Jakobek at Warsaw
    Thanks to Richard Connell, Tris Penna and Will Nicol at Arista.

    Published by: Tks 1 / 6 Michael RUTHERFORD Ltd. / IMAGEM / 63 SONGS / CATALYST MUSIC Publishing / DALMATIAN SONGS / UNIVERSAL MUSIC.
    Tks 2 / 8 Michael Rutherford Ltd. / Imagem/ BMG Rights Management GmbH/EMI Music Publishing Ltd, Tks 3/11 Michael Rutherford Ltd/Imagem/63 Songs/Catalyst Music Publishing./BMG Rights Management GmbH, Tks 4/7/9 Michael Rutherford Ltd/ Imagem/63 Songs/Catalyst Music Publishing/Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Tk 10 Michael Rutherford Ltd/lmagem/63 Songs/ Catalyst Music Publishing/ Copyright Control Tk 5 Michael Rutherford Ltd/Imagem/6Ç Songs/Catalyst Music Publishing/ Copyright Control / BMG Rights MANAGEMENT GmbH.

    "It was at a meeting with Brian Rawling from Metrophonic Productions and Jon Crawley who asked the question "What are the Mechanics doing these days........?" that restarted the project. So thanks to both of them and to Christopher Neil for encouraging me to go back to how the first album started, which was to write songs, find great singers and players, and for recommending Andrew Roachford and Tim Howar to sing and co-write."

    - Mike Rutherford

    Recorded at The FARM STUDIO, Surrey - Thanks To Dale Newman and Geoff Callingham.
    Additional Recording -     CHURCHFIELD STUDIO, London and Tree HOUSE STUDIOS, Cape Town
    Mastered by Dick Beetham at     Ç60 MASTERING, London




    1. The Road

      And the road gets brighter
      And the load gets lighter
      And it's so much better
      Better every step we take together

      Ooh look where we've come
      Looking back who'd of thought
      We could do what we've done

      We still got
      So much to carry
      So far to go
      (Still got)
      So much to learn
      So much we don't know
      Maybe we'll stumble, maybe we'll fall, but
      We got each other to hold

      And the road gets brighter
      And the load gets lighter
      And it's so much better
      Better every step we take together
      And the life tastes sweeter
      And the love runs deeper
      And it's so much better
      Every step we take together

      Let's take our time
      And the way that we're going
      It's gonna be fine

      We still got
      So much to carry
      So far to go
      (Still got)
      So much to learn
      So much we don't know
      Maybe we'll stumble, maybe we'll fall, but
      We got each other to hold

      And the road gets brighter
      And the load gets lighter
      And it's so much better
      Better every step we take together
      And life tastes sweeter
      And the love runs deeper
      And it's so much better
      Better every step we take together

    2. Reach Out (Touch The Sun)

      It seems that I've
      Fallen to the ground
      It seems like I'm whole again
      What can they do
      I've learnt to take it
      If only I knew then

      The world is turning night and day
      So love let it shine away

      Reach out and touch the sun
      Reach out and feel again
      You've gotta reach out
      Again

      This situation,
      Coming to the end
      Now the light is back again

      And I will never be afraid
      So love let it shine away

      Reach out and touch the sun
      Reach out and feel again
      You gotta reach out
      Again

      Reach out and touch the sun
      I know that you'll make it
      Through the rain
      You gotta reach out
      Again

      And it's good that
      We won't be afraid
      Coz every night and day
      When you're trying to make it
      And you know you'll find a way

      Reach out and touch the sun
      Reach out and feel again
      You've gotta reach out
      Again

      Reach out and touch the sun
      I know that you'll make it
      Through the rain
      You gotta reach out
      Again

    3. Try To Save Me

      All my family, all my friends
      They won't take me back again
      It's not hard to understand
      Why they finally washed their hands

      Try to save me
      Oh don't betray me
      Try to save me
      Give back what you gave me
      Try to save me
      I know I'm crazy but
      Try to save me
      Like I saved you

      When you were scared and full of doubt
      I got down and pulled you out
      And if in time you feel the same
      I'll always hold myself to blame

      Try to save me
      Please don't betray me
      Try to save me
      Give back what you gave me
      Try to save me
      Lord knows I'm crazy but
      Try to save me
      Like I saved you

      It's a lonely weight to carry
      I need your help to keep me strong

      Try to save me
      No don't betray me
      Try to save me
      Give back what you gave me
      Try to save me
      Oh Lord I'm crazy but
      Try to save me
      Like I saved you

    4. Background Noise

      These streets
      These streets have beats that linger
      These trigger fingers seldom caress
      The best sound
      Comes from nowhere

      In These streets We speak in conversations
      Caught up in invitations
      And yet
      The best sound comes from nowhere
      Out of nothing

      In the background noise
      Comes the world of choice
      In the distance a familiar voice
      It's the one, it's the one
      I adore

      In the background noise
      I can hear you call
      With such persistence
      That I have to fall
      It's the one, it's the one
      I adore

      What gives what takes
      I'm always considered a contender
      I surrender I surrender

      In the background noise
      Comes the world of choice
      In the distance a familiar voice
      It's the one, it's the one
      I adore

      In the background noise
      I can hear you call
      With such persistence
      That I have to fall
      It's the one, it's the one
      I adore

      These streets

    5. I Don't Do Love All

      Do you wanna dance
      Do really wanna
      Take another chance
      Are you strong enough
      To hold love in your hands
      Just to watch it fall away

      Do you wanna scream
      Falling in the fire
      Burning to extreme
      Count the pieces
      Of another broken dream
      Try to put it back again

      I don't do love
      I don't do anything
      I'm not chasing after someone's heart

      But I'm not strong
      When you are next to me
      I feel I'm getting closer
      Feel I'm going back to start

      I don't do love
      I don't do dreams
      I can't do hope
      All those things

      I won't do pain
      I won't do tears
      I can't get close
      All those years

      Do you wanna dance
      Do you really wanna take a lovers chance
      Watch another memory
      Slipping through your hand
      While you slowly walk away

      Do you wanna scream
      Feel the hope and pain
      And everything between
      Another lover
      Never saying what they mean
      Never meaning what they say

      I don't do love
      I don't do anything
      I'm not chasing after someone's heart

      But I'm not strong
      When you are next to me
      I feel I'm getting closer
      I feel I'm going back to start

      I don't do love
      I don't do dreams
      I don't do hope
      All those things

      I won't do pain
      I won't do tears
      I can't get close
      All those years

      Do you wanna dance
      Do you really wanna dance
      Do you wanna dance
      Do you really wanna dance
      Do you wanna dance

    6. Heaven Doesn't Care


      One summer afternoon
      You walked into heaven
      No one said a word
      About your t-shirt and your jeans

      No one asked to see
      Proof or confirmation
      You were meant to walk
      In a place you've never been

      All the sacred words
      All the regulations
      Holy aspirations
      They don't get you there

      Every voice is heard
      No discrimination
      There's no revelation
      Heaven doesn't care

      Your name was on the door
      You were unexpected
      Got there way too soon
      Before your time

      All around you saw
      Every kind and every colour
      Every single soul
      A star that shines

      All the sacred words
      All the regulations
      Holy aspirations
      They don't get you there

      Every voice is heard
      No discrimination
      There's no revelation
      Heaven doesn't care

      All the holy words
      All the revelations
      Only aspirations
      They don't get you there
      Every voice is heard
      No discrimination
      There's no revelation
      Heaven doesn't care

    7. It Only Hurts For A While

      You always seek the problems
      At my door
      Its the prettiest problem
      I choose to ignore
      And love will always let you down
      And its ruthless
      You're in distress
      Why don't you come out and confess

      And did the ship already sink long time ago
      Did the anchor break
      It's only we who'd know
      See people talking
      Solving nothing
      It only hurts
      It only hurts
      It only hurts... for a while

      It's a human mystery no one can explain
      Why we take the ones who hurt us
      Back again
      And love will always let you down
      You moved less
      To his caress
      Why don't you come out and confess

      And did the ship already sink long time ago
      Did the anchor break
      It's only we who'd know
      See people talking
      Solving nothing
      It only hurts
      It only hurts
      It only hurts... for a while

      Time has knocked the wind out of your sail
      No adventure, no fulfilment
      Just this space
      And you could have it all
      And lose it all
      It only hurts
      It only hurts
      It only hurts... for a while
      It only hurts
      It only hurts
      It only hurts ... for a while

    8. Walking On Water

      I don't know if I can find a way
      To help myself
      I'm going to start again

      Wanna take the the dreams we had before
      And try it again
      Wasting life on a fantasy
      I don't know why I ran away
      Oh what I'm trying to say...

      I wanna be the best that I can be
      Can you find the faith to believe me
      Oh like walking on water
      Heaven knows that I'm willing to try
      Over and over and over and over

      I didn't understand
      That I can't stand alone
      I need you back again
      Time has passed
      Now I just can't stay and hideaway
      Oh what I'm trying to say


      I wanna be the best that I can be
      Can you find the faith to believe me
      Oh like walking on water
      Heaven knows that I'm willing to try
      Over and over and over

      Wanna take you up to the touch the sky
      Be the water when the well runs dry
      Wanna make a world and take you there
      Over and over

      If you can find a way
      Let me take your hand
      I won't let go again
      Time has passed
      Now I just can't stay and hideaway
      That's what I'm trying to say

      I wanna be the best that I can be
      Can you find the faith to believe me
      Oh like walking on water
      Heaven knows that I'm willing to try
      Over and over and over

    9. Hunt You Down

      Love will always hunt you down
      Now the chase is on around and around
      Love will always hunt you down
      I hope that we can make it
      I hope that one day you will come around

      Don't write me off
      Before we begin
      You act like love is a sin
      But even losers can win

      Don't cut me out
      For now we are here
      There is no time for tears
      And it's a long way from over

      Love will always hunt you down
      Now the chase is on around and around
      Fools are we to think we'll stay apart
      I hope that we can make it
      I hope that one day you will come around

      Don't shoot me down
      Give it a chance
      Why don't you finish the dance
      Now we've got time on our hands

      Don't hold me back
      Don't shut down your heart
      This is only the start
      And it's a long way from over

      Love will always hunt you down
      Now the chase is on around and around
      Love will always hunt you down
      I hope that we can make it
      I hope that one day you will come around

      Love will always hunt you down
      Now the chase is on around and around
      Love will always hunt you down
      I hope that we can make it
      I hope that one day you will come around

    10. Oh No

      Oh no
      I don't know what to say
      When you won't even look at me
      Let go... Let go

      I tried
      But I never believed
      That you sleep with the enemy
      I closed my eyes

      Now every time I see your face
      I wonder where we both would be
      If we could only leave the past behind

      Oh no
      What are we gonna do
      What are we gonna say
      Oh no
      How are we gonna feel
      If we can't run away
      Oh no
      And I don't understand
      Why we don't feel the same
      When we ask each other why

      Sometimes
      In the heat of the night
      I can hear what you said to me
      My life
      It's my life

      Who's wrong
      For it can't be denied
      When it's standing in front of me
      Who's wrong
      Who's right

      Now every time I see your face
      I wonder where we both would be
      If we could only leave the past behind

      Oh no
      What are we gonna do
      What are we gonna say
      Oh no
      How are we gonna feel
      If we can't run away
      Oh no
      And I don't understand
      Why we don't feel the same
      When we ask each other why

      And if I have to live this lie
      Then I won't let this fire die
      I will not walk away
      And I refuse to say
      Goodbye...

      Oh no
      What are we gonna do
      What are we gonna say
      Oh no
      How are we gonna feel
      If we can't run away
      Oh no
      And I don't understand
      Why we don't feel the same
      When we ask each other why

    11. You Can Be

      You could be the rock
      I could be the rollercoaster
      I don't know how to stop
      Even when the party's over

      You could be the light
      Even when there's no light shining
      It'll be alright
      I don't have to keep on hiding

      When you climb this wall
      You're not afraid to fall
      And somehow
      I know

      I could be the book
      You could be the final pages
      Show me where to look
      And I will be the man who changes

      I could be the knife
      You could be the voice of reason
      You could save a life
      Keep a cold heart beating

      When you climb this wall
      Not afraid to fall
      And that's why I know

      In the quiet of the night
      I need you in my life
      And it's clearer every day

      Standing right in front of me
      I feel you reaching out for something there inside

      Everything that I can't see
      You have never been afraid
      To make it right...

      When you climb this wall
      Not afraid to fall
      And somehow
      I know

      You could be the rock
      I don't know how to stop