Gig: 11/1/1995, Mike Peters, Galway Roisin Dubh

‘Spiritual’ [5:40] (Mike Peters), Mike PetersLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: We’ve got to find a way to heaven Before our lives reach the ends Oh why is life oh so fatal? Each day is filled with emptiness The world is full of cruel beauty We fall asleep so afraid If there’s a God in the heavens When will he answer our prayer? Oh yeah. Love is not of the earth Love is [read more]

Since the Sharpening Club closed down, it’s been busy times back at MPO HQ. ‘Mopping up’ after the USA, ‘setting up’ for the Gathering Nine and ‘revving up’ for the UK Second Generation Tour. Despite his busy schedule Mike has been ‘stepping up’ with his personal trainer, Johnny Marine: ‘pressing up’ in streams and running up local mountains. Performing for two hours a night requires great stamina and so Mike [read more]

‘Peace Train (Chant Has Just Begun), The’ [3:37] (Macdonald/Peters/Sharp), Mike PetersLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: The peace train says that in the first carriage rides FREEDOM a CONFUSED man who states that the whole of his life from SCHOOL-house to CHURCH-house, PUBLIC-meeting to POLITICAL rally, DEMONSTRATION to CONVERSATION TRAVELS to be MISUNDERSTOOD PEOPLE not knowing WORDS anymore. In the SECOND CARRIAGE ETYMOLOGICAL man speaks out of turn, sitting behind CONFUSION having picked [read more]