We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Featuring 13 original compositions and 8 wonderful musicians. Artwork by 16sillyducks and design by Shone Storer. A great cross genre piece of songwriting from Scotland.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Everything In The Delicatessen via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days

      £12 GBP or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    7
    releases

    Get all 7 tomhoustonmusic releases available on Bandcamp and save 20%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Everything In The Delicatessen, PuSHING THE PuLL DOoR, Gap in the Fence, Plastic Trumpet, Filling in the Cracks, For Kate, and Open the Skylights. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      £43.20 GBP or more (20% OFF)

     

about

THis song has been around for quite a while. It was written in a big country house a few miles from Glastonbury. We tried to record it when I was in a band, davesnewbike, but we never got it to our satisfaction. Here Joe and I take a softer approach. Sneaking up on it.

lyrics

Distracted


Breathing
I am breathing it in
I am free in my skin
I am
Here

Trying
I am trying to climb
I am trying to get
somewhere

Broken like a rag doll
Short on sympathy
No one loves a no one
Unless I can convince you
With my fantasy

Distracted by the smell in the room
By that strange perfume
That says you are here

Distracted by the songs on the shelf
By the stories they tell
Half vinyl half dream

Distracted by the ghosts in the air
By that sixties affair
And the final scene

Broken like a rag doll
Short on sympathy
No one loves a no one
Unless I can convince you
With my fantasy

Breathing
I am breathing it in
I am free in my skin
I am
Here

credits

from Everything In The Delicatessen, released October 6, 2023
Tom Houston : Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
Mattie Foulds : Drums
Joe Murray : Bass
Mary Erskine : Cello
Phil Alexander : Accordion

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

tomhoustonmusic image

tomhoustonmusic Tillicoultry, UK

Tom Houston releases his sixth studio Album in October 2023.
Everything in the Delicatessen.



Tom lives in Central Scotland and was songwriter of note on BBC Scotland's Iain Anderson's show in 2017.

He is also a regular on Tom Robinson's BBC Introducing Mixtape

'Extraordinary' Tom Robinson 2022 ... more

contact / help

Contact tomhoustonmusic

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like tomhoustonmusic, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now