Here Tomorrow

Singer/songwriter/guitarists David Harley and Don MacLeod met at the Boundary Road folk club in Swiss Cottage in the early 1980s. Discovering they had somewhat similar guitar styles and tastes in music, they eventually joined forces and worked together for a while as a duo and with other musicians. Then came a short hiatus of 30 years or so due to parenthood, work and geographical issues, before they got together for a few appearances in Worcestershire and Cornwall. Then, of course, came the pandemic, so any plans for further appearances or recordings are on hold. However, some recordings of songs they wrote and/or played together in the 1980s do exist, and are presented here.

‘Here Tomorrow’ was recorded around 1982 at Hallmark, a stone’s throw from Carnaby Street for an album (unreleased for contractual reasons) that would also have featured Bob Theil, Bob Cairns, and Pat Orchard: it wasn’t a band album, but one intended to showcase the work of all five as songwriters: the engineer was Steve Hall.

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Lyrics

Here Tomorrow (Don MacLeod – David Harley)

You don’t have to talk, you know it’s really not a case
Of finding words for filling in our time and space
I’ll still be here tomorrow, if that’s what you want too
Who else could take me where we’ve been? No-one else but you

The day was a river of darkness / Till you brightened up the night
And that’s the best of good reasons / To come close and turn down the light

There’s a lot to say, a lot I guess we should discuss
But surely later would be soon enough
I’ll still be here tomorrow, if that’s what you want too
Who else could take me where we’ve been? No-one else but you

It’s not the time for true confessions / Lying here still aglow
With all your warmth and softness / God knows there’s nowhere else I’d want to go

We could talk of time and changes, good trips and bad
And just for once time is on our side
But now’s the time for loving and resting so close
And yesterday is dreams and nursery rhymes
I’ll still be here tomorrow, if that’s what you want too
Who else could take me where we’ve been? No-one else but you
Who else could take me where we’ve been? No-one else but you

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