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Bruce Coughlan w/ The Sojourners - Lean Times

from Waiting For Rain by Bruce Coughlan

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LEAN TIMES

It seems such a long time, I hope everything is well
Me, I guess I'm doing fine, some days it's hard to tell
Some days I feel my life is passing me by
I feel like letting go, and I don't know why

But in the lean times you can lean on me
And when your world is troubled
I'll be as near as I can be
When times get so hard, I'll be as strong as an oak tree
When the lean times come, you can lean on me

Do you ever feel like you're losing your mind?
To some long-remembered sorrow that you can't leave behind?
Living in memories of lost and lonely days
Times when it feels like life is slipping away

But in the lean times you can lean on me
And when your world is troubled
I'll be as near as I can be
When times gets so hard, I'll be as strong as an oak tree
When the lean times come, you can lean on me
In the lean times

It's sure been good to see you, I wish you all the best
How I’ll keep on keeping on, well it's anybody's guess
These days I feel like I've got nothing left to say
I'm just turning over pages and counting down the days

But in the lean times you can lean on me
And when your world is troubled
I'll be as near as I can be
When times gets so hard, I'll be as strong as an oak tree
When the lean times come, you can lean on me
When the lean times come, you can lean on me
When the lean times come, you can lean on me
When the lean times come

In the lean times, you can lean on me
In the lean times
In the lean times, you can lean on me
When the lean times come

credits

from Waiting For Rain, released June 1, 2017
Bruce Coughlan: lead vocals & classical guitar

Simon Kendall: Wurlitzer, Hammond, Clavinet/Pianet, Steinway & thumbtack piano

Joby Baker: kit, congas & shaker

Rob Becker: upright bass (except Back of My Mind – Laurence Knight: upright bass)

Paul Pigat: Gretsch guitar on Take Me Back to Memphis and Yesterday’s News

The Sojourners (Marcus Mosley, Will Sanders & Khari McClelland): support vocals on Lean Times, Waiting for Rain and Peace, Love & Understanding.



Produced by Joby Baker

Recorded, mixed & mastered by Joby Baker at Baker Studios, Victoria, BC Additional direction & recording by Simon Kendall at Hammond St Studio, Vancouver, BC



Photography and design by Fred Armstrong

Warm thanks to all my extraordinary friends & family who continue to prop me up, help me along and keep me going. Thank-you to all the artists who lent their prodigious talents to this recording. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported the Waiting for Rain Indiegogo initiative, and to Brigitte Bach Seib & Friends for hosting a fundraising concert. Thank-you all for making this dream project possible. – Bruce Coughlan



P&C Bruce Coughlan Music / Raincoast Records 2017 All rights reserved. All songs registered / Warning: Unauthorized reproduction if this recording is prohibited by Federal law and subject to prosecution / Raincoast Records / www.songsmith.ca / Made in Canada

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Bruce Coughlan Maple Ridge, British Columbia

Pacific Canadian-based recording & performing artist, Bruce Coughlan has spent decades making Acoustic Roots Music Music of all descriptions. An expressive singer and rock-solid guitarist, Bruce is driven by one guiding principle: It's all about the Song. ... more

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