Alchemeon: Crazy Mandy

Crazy Mandy by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Spring 2009. * Crazy Mandy is in the key of D minor. * It was originally performed by Laughing Sun in 1985. * When this was recorded it was still a new song for Alchemeon. * Pok had the idea for this song after meeting one of George's girlfriends, whose name was not actually Mandy. * A new development in the Alchemeon version was that Jim and Iggy made the Boosa Nova section towards the end of the song much more Bossa Nova-ish. CRAZY MANDY If you have flown too far from the nest If they got you under sedation Come rest in here, come meet your fears Come greet some human relation And we shall wait and say the words That cool you like a breeze Becoming part of the clothes that you wear Becoming whole, it’s easy It’s all in the plan, crazy Mandy It’s all as it should be It’s all in the winds of time my love And it weighs out like sand Add two and two, it’s all you need do You already have done that No sign on the line, everything’s fine Everyone’s here from the start And to take a bet and jape and jest Is all you might have done This matters not because what you have got Is really much more than that It’s all in the plan, crazy Mandy It’s all as it should be It’s all in the winds of time my love And it weighs out like sand Silently she has to wait in the long halls of stone Red drops the blood from her fingers to the floor Will she know? Will her children grow? Will she hear? Is she near? Watch her go Mindfire glow She is seeking Mandy a bird of some sort she soared High above civilization And looking down she gulped and frowned Saying this is not my inclination To bank and shop the streets and follow All these rules I see Something else must I do Or am I really being me? It’s all in the plan, crazy Mandy It’s all as it should be It’s all in the winds of time my love And it weighs out like sand Words and music by Simon Miller. This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy. Performers: Pok the Bard – guitar and voice Jim Iz – keys and voice Iggy – drums and percussion George – bass and technicals This version recorded live at Sound Gallery, Exeter, 6th April 2009. Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2020. Released worldwide September 14, 2020. Original release date: 10th April 2009. Copyright © 2020 Wud Records. Copyright ℗ 1985 Pok Songs/Explicit Music. See also: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/ https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/alchemeon-lyrics/crazy-mandy https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009 https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09 https://twitter.com/WudRecords