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Where I'd Rather Be

from Where I'd Rather Be by Sharp Class

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My mind, it ticks more than anyone would guess
Going over like clockwork it won't rest
Unless it's in a place of ease
Where I feel my best and I can do what I please

Escapism is bliss
Reverie never goes amiss

My own little world is where I'd rather be
My own little world is much more of my scene
My own little world is tailor-made to suit me
Just for me

Walk through the door and pour myself my fourth cup of tea
Sit in the living room and catch the last bit of news at six on TV
All too soon an hour has passed and my cup of tea's stone cold
And I can't even repeat the tragic stories Mr. Whatshisface newsreader told

Escapism is bliss
Reverie never goes amiss

My own little world is where I'd rather be
My own little world is much more of my scene
My own little world is tailor-made to suit me
Just for me

Put on a brave face and face the world
Put on a brave face and face the real world
Cast away into existences palm
Where the harder you swim the more you drown
Society waited with open arms
To bring you in and choke you out

My mind, it ticks more than anyone would guess
Going over like clockwork it won't rest

In the blitz of the working week, amongst the fray
From dawn to dusk, life and death, burning sun or pouring rain
Besides the fact of whether I'm trapped in life's fast lane
I find myself reconciling with the fairies that take me away

Escapism is bliss
Reverie never goes amiss

My own little world is where I'd rather be
My own little world is much more of my scene
My own little world is tailor-made to suit me
Just for me

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from Where I'd Rather Be, released September 8, 2023
Written by Oliver Orton
Produced and Performed by Sharp Class

Electric Guitar / Lead Vocals / Percussion - Oliver Orton
Bass Guitar / Lead Vocals / Backing Vocals - Billy Woodfield
Drums - Declan Mills
Additional Hammond Organ - Alex Townsend

Drum Recording and Production - Simon Hopkinson at Electric Bear Studios
Guitar / Vocal / Percussion Recordings - Oliver Orton
Bass Guitar and Vocal Recordings - Billy Woodfield

Mixing Engineer - Oliver Orton
Mastering Engineer - John Paul Braddock at Formation Audio

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Sharp Class Nottingham, UK

Sharp Class are a British power trio consisting of Oliver Orton on guitar and lead vocals, Billy Woodfield on bass guitar and Declan Mills on the drums. Their songs are grounded in realism and spattered with a sly English wit, while seamlessly merging the illustrious DNA of Punk, Soul, Power-Pop, Britpop and Rock n' Roll. ... more

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