Tracklist
| 1 | Lights of Apollo | 4:41 |
Credits
- Bass Guitar – Graham Bolger
- Drums – Binzer Brennan
- Electric Guitar – Travis Lyon
- Lead Vocals – Carol Keogh
- Lyrics By – Carol Keogh
- Pedal Steel Guitar – Travis Lyon
- Piano – Gavin Glass, Paul G. Smyth
- Synth – Gavin Glass
- Vocals – Grainne Hunt
Notes
ALL PROCEEDS TO PETER MCVERRY TRUST#endhomelessnessnow
https://carolkeogh.bandcamp.com/
Lights of Apollo was written in response to the HomeSweetHome occupation of the Apollo House building in Dublin, where numbers of homeless people were short-term housed over Christmas 2016. As well as keeping a number of people safe and warm for the length of the occupation, all residents were facilitated in finding long-term housing solutions on the closure of the House. The campaign highlighted the desperate circumstances of many and helped to ramp up the conversation about Ireland's housing crisis.
'Fire as Hope' photography by David Cleary
GETTING READY TO DRIVE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
THOUGH I AM NOT DRIVING VERY FAR
I RECOGNISE I'M RELATIVELY PRIVILEGED
THAT I AM NOT SLEEPING IN THIS CAR
OH HOW WE NEED TO KEEP IT SIMPLE
OH HOW WE NEED TO SEE THAT PEOPLE
JUST WANT A ROOM SOMEWHERE
THEY JUST NEED A ROOM SOMEWHERE
AND THE STARS CAME OUT FROM UNDERGROUND
TO TURN ON THE LIGHTS OF APOLLO HOUSE
AND KEEP SOME PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS TONIGHT
GETTING READY TO DRIVE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
THIS YEAR'S BEEN A STRUGGLE FOR ME
TO KEEP MY HEAD ABOVE IRISH WATER
BUT I'VE KEPT A ROOF OVER IT THANKFULLY
OH HOW WE NEED TO KEEP IT SIMPLE
THERE ARE FOLKS WITHOUT HOMES
AND HOMES WITHOUT PEOPLE
LET'S GIVE THEM A ROOM SOMEWHERE
THEY JUST NEED A ROOM SOMEWHERE
AND ALL OF THIS TALK ABOUT RENTAL RETURNS
IS JUST NERO FIDDLING WHILE DUBLIN BURNS
AND PEOPLE FREEZE ON CITY STREETS TONIGHT
AND IF YOU FEEL HELPLESS I DO UNDERSTAND
BUT WE CAN'T FIX IT ALL SO WE DO WHAT WE CAN
TO KEEP SOME PEOPLE ALIVE TONIGHT
BECAUSE THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF FATHER AND MOTHER
THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF SISTER AND BROTHER
THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOOD FRIENDS AND LOVERS
GO I
AND THE STARS CAME OUT FROM UNDERGROUND
TO TURN ON THE LIGHTS OF APOLLO HOUSE
AND KEEP SOME PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS TONIGHT
Recorded and mixed at Orphan Recording Studios by Gavin Glass. Engineered by Graham Byrne. Mastered by Richard Dowling at WAV Mastering, Limerick.
