Helen Love

John Peel Roadshow

Album: Calm Down Dad [2009]
Author: Helen Love © Elefant Publishing

I skipped school for the afternoon

I caught the bus in at half-past two

I feel all hot and I feel all cold

Taking my demo to the John Peel Roadshow

 

She met a boy with a Pastels badge

A demo tape and a record bag

He wouldn’t dance ‘cos it was a drag

There’s no way I’m dancing, no way

 

And I gotta give my demo to John Peel

I hope he loves my band

And I gotta give my demo to John Peel

I hope he understands

Take a chance

Be brave

Don’t be scared

Give him your tape

 

“Hey” he told her he was in a band

And he’s gotta get his demo in John Peel’s hands

But he felt all nervous did she understand?

She said “I’ll put it in his record box for you”

 

And I gotta give my demo to John Peel

I hope he loves my band

And I gotta give my demo to John Peel

I hope he understands

Take a chance

Be brave

Don’t be scared

Give him your tape

 

She met him at the John Peel Roadshow

Oh what a beautiful night

She met him at the John Peel Roadshow

With the stars shining bright outside

She met him at the John Peel Roadshow

Oh what a beautiful night

She met him at the John Peel Roadshow

With the stars shining bright outside

 

Late November 1989

Stars were shining such a special time

What a roadshow 

What a night

 

And I gotta give my demo to John Peel

I hope he loves my band

And I gotta give my demo to John Peel

I hope he understands

Take a chance

Be brave

Don’t be scared

Give him your tape

 

Give your demo tape to John Peel