Name: Lean On Me, Love
Duration: P00H04M09S
Description: First released on 'BLINK... and you miss it', the band's first album as a bouncy, uptempo song but has since morphed into an emotional, almost a capela tour de force, when sung live by Andrew. Couples in the audience move closer together and often live the lyrics of the song in the moment. Amazing to see venues of all sizes become silent while it is being performed.

Lean On Me, Love

from Let The Music Speak For Itself by Merry Hell

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First released on 'BLINK... and you miss it', the band's first album as a bouncy, uptempo song but has since morphed into an emotional, almost a capela tour de force, when sung live by Andrew. Couples in the audience move closer together and often live the lyrics of the song in the moment. Amazing to see venues of all sizes become silent while it is being performed.

lyrics

Lean on me, Love – words & music by John Kettle

When boredom fills your kitchen sink
And the world is standing at the brink
When the bars are closed and you need a drink
Lean on me, Love

And when dark clouds try to drown the sun
When it hurts so bad it leaves you numb
When they blow us all to Kingdom Come
Lean on me, Love

And when desperation makes you burn
And you know less the more you learn
When your old bones feel the seasons turn
Lean on me, Love

When you’ve finished grandma’s apple pie
And black tornadoes blast the sky
When you’re holding back and you don’t know why
Lean on me, Love

When you’re feeling crushed by the machine
And your boss comes in and treats you mean
When you’re shaking like a tambourine
Lean on me, Love

And when you’ve given all that you can give
And your brain is leaking like a sieve,
When they’re repossessing where you live
Lean on me, Love

And when you’ve said all that you can say
When they turn their backs and walk away
When your dreams cave in and fade to grey
Lean on me, Love

When you’ve been howling at the moon
And your hope has been and gone too soon
When rock n roll don’t shake the room
Lean on me, Love

And when dreaming doesn’t make it so
And your aching heart is gonna blow
Turn on, turn up, your radio
And lean on me, Love

credits

from Let The Music Speak For Itself, released May 12, 2023
Words and Music by John Kettle

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Merry Hell Wigan, UK

Multi-award winning Merry Hell offer joyful, uplifting folk-rock, with a message for troubled times. Native to the North- West of England, the 8-piece musical charabanc was built from the embers of the much loved folk-punk band The Tansads, developing a life and feel all of its own. Through 6 albums and hundreds of gigs, they offer hope & light in our troubled times. ... more

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shows

May 4

The Evron Centre

Filey, UK
May 10

Civic Hall

Holmfirth, UK
May 13

Nantwich Town Football Club

Nantwich, UK
May 23

Hutton Rudby Village Hall

Yarm, UK
May 25

Darwen Live

Darwen, UK
May 31

Coombes Farm

Lancing, UK
Aug 25

Civic Hall

Cottingham, UK
Sep 5

Katie Fitzgerald's

Stourbridge, UK
Oct 27

St Mary's Centre

Chester, UK
Nov 22

Chelmsford Social Club

Chelmsford, UK
Dec 6

Harwell Village Hall

Didcot, UK

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