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I wanna be you I wanna be the people on the screen With them you don’t see through To the kicking and the screaming I wanna be true But in a way that everyone can tell I wanna be blissfully unaware Instead of burning down to the blood cell I want my life to look like that Maybe it does to you and I don’t know it yet I want my ways to become clear Maybe they are but they’re not the focus of this bet I wanna be calm I wanna be surrounded by the music Please no one else come to any harm If it has to be broken then let me break it I wanna be in your arms The place where it all just falls away I wanna be the vandal with the charm Instead of the nuisance in the clay I want my voice to sound like that Maybe it does to you Maybe I’ve got it all backwards I want my days to end up here And they definitely do Let’s get to the point where there aren’t any actors Round the corner of your future Those facts and figures do nothing for ya It’s all just a dizzying array A barrage that won’t go away I wanna be the comfort not a commuter
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I don’t think you made the grade I don’t think you’ll come around I don’t think they broke the mold your actions are making all the sound Stay down Keep your head clear Go to ground I don’t want to get down With you all out here I don’t think we paint this red There’s nothing on this horizon The horse you’re beating is already dead You’re a dime a dozen Stay home We don’t want to see you We’re down to the wire No time for your heart’s desire It’s easy enough to do Who died and made you king Without you doing anything What gives you the right To deny the fight This fight tonight We don’t think you cut the mustard And no one can eat my hat Elvis has left the building And you’re still hanging around the back Leave now No one is holding all the cards It’s time this madness cease No one is getting through in one piece Maybe just shards
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My big release of 2020 was going to be "Where Our Hearts Can Be A Shambles' an album I had worked on for 18 months and collaborated with people across the country on. However after that album was released in February I just kept writing music.

Then Covid-19 hit.

It's not like I suddenly had more time, in fact, quite the contrary, working from home seems to mean working all the time with seemingly no end. Writing and recording songs became a nice little escape and I was having more and more fun playing with the lyrics and expanding my electric guitar playing and producing skills.

Originally intended just to be a rough and ready, fun and free release of tracks and ideas during lockdown, Truer Crime ended up growing into something much bigger, much better and, to me at least, more important.

As contributors and collaborators came on board the sound started to change, develop and blossom.

This is now my third album assembling a group of digital collaborators or, as they will now, and forever, be known "The Fixtures" and it's my favourite part of the process. From remixing, to new instruments, to collaborating on vocals with a university friend I haven't seen in almost 20 years, every single contribution takes what meagre song offerings I can cobble together and makes them sore high through the clouds, then do a superhero landing, kick a bunch of henchmen's arses, down a swift pint or two and then take a well deserved nap on a Bermuda beach.

This whole thing is a truly international affair with musicians from America, England, Scotland and Belgium on the tracks. I do hope it brings a little light into the darkness of the current situation and that you enjoy it enough to tell your friends and family about it!

This album, of course, wouldn't have been possible without Kim, Bacon and Constance xx

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released September 4, 2020

All songs written, recorded and produced by Jon Cross
except "This Money is Ours" Produced by Jonny Cole of Jonny & The Kid
and "Do It For Yourself" music by Matt Farley & Lyrics by Jon Cross

This time "The Fixtures" were:
Jay Mayo - 12 string guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Hilde Heynickx - Vocals
Matt Farley - piano
Jonny Cole - horns, remixes
Kirk Howle - tongue drum, stylophone, whistling, casio guitar & drumming
Gary Hornseth - clang master general
Greg Singh - remixer, guitars, bass

All other vocals and music performed by Jon Cross

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Songwriting and banging your instruments together

The main thing I love to do is write songs. I pick up various instruments from ukulele to piano, accordion to percussion and electric guitar to harmonica and bang them about to try and get close to the noises I hear in my head but the writing comes first. ... more

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