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.
/

about

I was a child, visiting my grandfather's house. In the flickering glow of the electric fire, lulled into a soporific stupor by the low hanging fug of cigarette smoke, remembered songs would play from the ancient radiogram in the corner.

At the time the stacked harmonies seemed impossibly old fashioned and sentimental, but I guess they must have crept under my skin somehow.
Inspired by the jazz standards of the 1930s and by that same fug of sentimentality, No Imaginary Kiss pays homage to many things gone but not forgotten, expressing an unashamedly romantic yearning for some kind of perfect love.

A must-watch: Kerry Lowe's charming video for this song features footage from Arthur Hilton's (1953) B-movie Cat Women of the Moon ('astronauts travel to the moon where they discover it is inhabited by attractive young women in black tights' IMDB)

lyrics

No Imaginary Kiss (Kirsty McGee)

I never dreamed a dream so sweet as this
No imaginary kiss
Could be so sweet as kissing you

I never dreamed I'd meet someone like you
So good, so faithful & so true
When life has been so brittle & so blue

Will I awake to find my restless mind
Excelled itself inventing
The one desire my heart expressed
That I just dreamed our happiness?

I never dreamed a soul so good as yours
Shining steady through its flaws
But steady shining nonetheless

I'll be the one who loves you most of all
Arms to catch you when you fall
And we will wheel on wings of precious hue

When I dream you're in my arms
Oh so soft & still
I remember all your charms
And I guess I always will

I never dreamed a dream so full of joy
No imaginary boy
Could hold me closer than you do

I never dreamed someone would hold me tight
Would cherish me to sleep at night
When life has been so brittle & so blue

So hold me gently just some more So I can dream this dream
So I can dream & still be sure of you

I never dreamed a dream so sweet as this
No imaginary kiss
Could be so sweet as kissing you
Could be so sweet as kissing you

credits

from Diamond Days EP, released December 2, 2016
Kirsty McGee - voice, guitar, backing vocals
Ellis Davies - lead guitar
John Ellis - piano, keyboards
Dave Tompkins - double bass
Howard Jacobs - drums, percussion, clarinet, bass clarinet
Biff Roxby - bass trombone, trombone

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Kirsty McGee image

Kirsty McGee Manchester

A wandering maverick and spellbinding live performer with a voice that has been described as having the texture of smoke & velvet, McGee defies categorisation, to make 'hobopop' –“music of no fixed genre”. Her continuously evolving musical personality is proof that a freedom from artistic restraints can sometimes produce a unique, enthralling and original voice with a rare honesty. ... more

contact / help

Contact Kirsty McGee

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Kirsty McGee recommends:

If you like Kirsty McGee, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.
listen now