Well, I don’t want to be your everything
’Cause I don’t need a second job
No, I just want to hear your sweet soul sing
It’s the music of the gods
Well, I don’t want to buy you all the things
’Cause you’re filled with abundance now
No, I just want to hear your sweet soul sing
For as long as you will allow
Simple things I still don’t understand
And we still can’t afford the life of kings
And we don’t have the smoothest hands
But I melt when I hear your sweet soul sing
And it’s all yours to command
Well, I don’t want to sit here till next spring
Trying to grind out the perfect rhyme
But whenever I hear your sweet soul sing
Then my heart keeps perfect time
Simple things I still can’t understand
(In a world of breadth and wonder)
All these things I still don’t understand
Love has cost me all I have
But I’m richer than before
Nail my manifesto up on the door
Love has cost me all I have
But I’m happy poor but proud
Write my call to action up in the clouds
(Write out loud)
Well, I lived for the unimportant things
Waved the flag at my own parade
But until I had heard your sweet soul sing
I was lonely and afraid
Now your smile is my only diamond ring
And your touch turns my heart to gold
And whenever I hear your sweet soul sing
Then I’m happy growing old
South African punk legends Ivan Kadey (National Wake) and Warrick Sony (Kalahari Surfers) team up for an album of rousing folk-rock. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 22, 2022
Big, brawny, hooky songs with 20-ton riffs and choruses as sweet as candy make this one of the month’s strongest rock albums. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 12, 2020
supported by 4 fans who also own “Sweet Soul Sing”
This new EP hasn’t left my car since I got it. This is so right for this moment in so many ways, starting with the title song. It’s hard to improve on The ‘Oo but this version hits the right balance between homage and innovation. The guitar sound offers a jangly mid-60s authenticity but the sweeter backing vocals reveal a complexity to the gender confusion that makes it feel entirely up to date...
[read the rest at https://grahamwynd.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/lys-guillorn-her-band-im-a-boy-ep/] Kate Laity