On the 8th December I was unfortunate enough to have a heart attack and ended up in hospital for 9 days.

I was a bit peeved by this because 1. I have never smoked, 2. I go in the gym every day for an hour, 3. I don't drink alcohol and 4. I follow a plant based diet. The consultants professional opinion was that I was 'Very unlucky'

We were due to travel up to London to see my son on the 20th December, but obviously that wasn't going to happen, so this song is inspired by my phone call from the hospital to my son.

Oh and by the way I really am doing fine...

For those interested in the gear and recording process -

It was recorded using Cubase Elements. The guitar parts were played on my Ovation 12 string (DI'd into the DAW) and a Squier acoustic guitar (recorded with an SE Electronics 2200A condenser mic.) The bass is a Squier PJ Bass that I swapped the original pickups for a set of EMG active ones. Drum sound was from the Cubase library played real time from a keyboard controller. The string sounds are from the Cubase HaLion library. Vocals were recorded using the SE Electronics mic. All effects, phaser, reverb, delay, chorus - are the stock Cubase ones. The Guiro and Vibraslap are 'real' acoustic instruments again recorded with the SE Electronics mic

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It took me by surprise, More than words could ever say my darling. What was gonna' be, Just another winters day to me darling,

But don't worry, 'Cos I'm doing really fine. Please don't worry, You don't need a perfect heart...

If I could just go back, You know I wouldn't change a thing my darling. We can just carry on, We can laugh and dance and sing to you darling,

But don't worry, 'Cos I'm doing really fine. Please don't worry, You don't need a perfect heart...

Maybe I'll call you up, We can talk about the past, darling About our futures too, Time just seems to fly so fast my darling,

But don't worry, 'Cos I'm doing really fine. Please don't worry, You don't need a perfect heart...