Paul James Irvine

hoping to get back out playing live again soon! Kidney stone appears to have finally passed, crossing fingers there's nothing else up there! May 14th I get hip replacement surgery, and should be bounding around again after a little recovery time!
Rock on!

Did you know... medical debt is the #1 cause of personal bankruptcy in the US? Yup, and one day i got so incensed by this state of affairs, that this little ditty popped out!
"Doing Alright Jack?" is the closing track on my EP (apple, amazon, sptoify, tidal, deezer, wherever you stream :) )
Here's a live version from a week ago at my local bar BBear Paw InnI'll be back there on Tue Dec 5th around 7pm if you wanna swing by and join the fun! Hey, bring an instrument and we can jam live too!

[lyrics]
The system is broken when you're down on your luck
we all get sick, can you spare a buck
not your problem, you're not stuck
You dont give a damn, you dont give a f**k

Why should a mother lose her house and her home
Just because she got cancer of the bone
(short straw, no fault of her own)
medical debt she'll have to carry alone
Who's gonna pay?

are you doin' alright Jack? (yeah we're doing alright)
are you doin' alright Jack? (yeah we're doing alright)
are you doin' alright Jack? (yeah we're doing alright)
are you doin' alright Jack? (yeah we're doing alright)

Bought a slice of the American Pie
tastes like s**t, ever wonder why?
So you think you can think, and you think you can fly,
you can dream til the day you die

the dream you were sold was to keep you down
keep you in chains, keep you on the ground
they built a wheel, you run round and round
Have a Nice Day!

we're not alright Jack, we're not f***ing alright
no we're not alright Jack, we're not f***ing alright
no we're not alright Jack, we're not f***ing alright
no we're not alright Jack, we're not f***ing alright
are you ready to fight jack, yeah we're ready to fight!

I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Doing Alright Jack? You can find this track on my EP "Shape It In Your Mind" available on all streaming platforms round the world. Here's a rendition from my local open mic Be...

blue and brown - january 2023, taking a break from recording 'Shape it In Your Mind' for a few photos.

My new EP "Shape It In Your Mind" drops on July 14th on all the usual streaming platforms! Presave link is https://vyd.co/Shapeitinyourmind