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THE SINS OF THE FATHER
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Today I would say that I´m more of a songwriter than a performer, although I do sing with a sixties rock and roll band (Hithouse Shakers) in Denmark where I hav
Today I would say that Im more of a songwriter than a performer, although I do sing with a sixties rock and roll band in Denmark where I have been living since 1985. I was born i London but grew up in Lancashire somewhere between Liverpool and Manchester. I served my apprenticeship as a musician/singer in the Working Mens Clubs of Britain. Later I had a humble success with a band called Silhouette which involved touring the most of western Europe. Today I live with my wonderful wife, Trine on the island of Sjælland in Denmark (about an hours drive from Copenhagen) Please listen to my and feel free to comment.
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Genre
Pop • Pop Rock
Charts
Peak #1,038
Peak in subgenre #244
Author
Andy Goggin
Rights
Andy Goggin 2005
Uploaded
December 21, 2005
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MP3 8.6 MB • 320 kbps • 3:46
Story behind the song
I speculated a little on the idea that behaviour was genetically pre-ordained. You know "The apple doesn´t fall far from the tree", and all that! Am I really destined to make the same mistakes as my father or is it possible to break the pattern? Richard Jay from The Music Broker Network said about this song: "I think that more songs should be written in 3/4...... The vocals are great on this and the slide guitar is a nice touch. The arrangement is imaginative." Dale Kawashima from Songwriter Universe, Los Angeles, said about this song: "There are several elements in this song that I like. This is a lyric story that is very contemporary, that many sons and fathers can relate to. You do a good job of explaining how the sins of the father have passed down to the son. But what I like best, is that towards the end of the song, you say that the son can chart his own path, that he is not doomed to repeat the mistakes of his father. This is a strong, positive statment that adds an important dimension to this song."
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(Words & Music by Andrew Goggin) © Andy Goggin 2005 When the sins of the father pass down to the son You are doomed to repeat his mistakes For the rules you have learned to decide right and wrong Can´t compete with this pre-ordained fate So you follow your instincts the best way you can Still a hollow inside you can´t fill And you question your motives yet act like a man With your world built up round the next thrill These things were not up to you The years that you thought you were true Were not wasted or just blown away For they made you the man here today Like father like son that´s the way it begins And the safety in things you have known But he with eyes open is he that will win Even though this black seed has been sown Just because there´s a mountain you don´t have to climb You can stay with your feet on the ground When the oceans around you are made up of wine You decide if you´ll swim or you´ll drown These things are all up to you The years you have left can be true Don´t you waste them with dark yesterdays Let the fire in your heart show the way When the sins of the father pass down to the son You´re not doomed to repeat his mistakes
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