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Well, we're at my studio, which is on a houseboat on the Thames in Hampton.

It's a very grand old houseboat built in 1911.

The wonderful Fred Carno it was built for.

And it's a beautiful place. I bought it in 1986.

And this is where we've done quite a lot of the work.

And we've been to Abbey Road, where we recorded an orchestra session with

string arrangements by Zbigniew Preissner, who's a great writer and

arranger from Poland.

It was all conducted by Robert Ziegler.

I've been working for over a year now with Phil Manzanero. He's my neighbor in

the country and sorting through the mass of demos that I've accumulated over the

last 10 years since I made a proper record.

And more recently, I've got Chris Thomas on board as well to help give my bum a

bit of a kick, which it needs at times.

And we've got all sorts of people playing on it. We've got David Crosby

and Graham Nash singing on one track.

This one I've got a turn out of.

Sorry to interrupt, David. It's Roger on the phone.

How's it going?

Very good.

Okay.

Sounds good to me, yeah.

Okay. Yeah, sure.

To me, yeah.

Got Robert Wyatt playing some cornet and some percussion here and there.

Thank you.

Must be close to a year and a half ago that I started going through this stuff

with Phil Manzanera and then say four or five months ago I started kicking it up

a gear and actually booking sessions and getting musicians and doing some

recording.

I'm really really thrilled with it.

The orchestra has added a whole extra dimension to what's been going on.

Alistair Molloy is here and playing the glass harmonica.

well he's got two actually one is his proper wine glasses he has a three

octave range and he also has another one which he pedals with his feet and it

goes around and it's a series of glass bowls that are all joined together

getting smaller and smaller and he just plays fingers play several at a time

extraordinary machine oh beautiful beautiful that was much better it's what

we used in pink floyd for the opening of the wish you were here album years ago

we did that Part of that sound was wine glasses.

One day he'll slip away Cool water

flowing all around In the river

and on the ground Leave a pocket full of stones

And not believe in other lies

He'll live in wonder.

He won't fight or comprehend.

In his world, he won't go

under.

Turns without him till the end.

Wait for me

Shameless you the

sea Soon the blue

So soon

Soon

the blue So soon

Almost always the lyricist comes after, hopefully is inspired by some feeling

that's created.

And the blue is a great example of that. Brilliant lyrics by Polly that really

capture the mood of this song.

I'll be playing the Albert Hall here in London.

And a very few, very select, very nice venues.

Now it's time to go from your sad stare.

Make my getaway time on my own.

Leave things a better way to find my way home

to you.

So break the bread and pour the wine.

I need no blessings but I'm counting mine.

So break the bread and pour the wine.

I need no blessings, but I'm counting mine.

Life is much more than money buys.

When I see the faith in my children's eyes.

This kind of love is hard to find I never

got to you by being kind If I'm the one to

throw you overboard At least I showed you how to swim

for sure When you're down

I think it's good stuff.

Every once in a while, and I wish it happened more frequently, a musical idea

comes with a lyrical idea.

It sort of throws itself at me.

Polly had said that she didn't want me to buy her something for her birthday,

she wanted me to make something for her birthday.

And writing a song would be one of the good options.

So I worked hard and wrote that

song.

I'm fantastically pleased with you.

I would go as far as to say that I

think it's the best work I've done.

about 30 years.