Jackie Leven
Jackie Leven (18 June 1950 – 14 November 2011) was a Scottish songwriter an… Read Full Bio ↴Jackie Leven (18 June 1950 – 14 November 2011) was a Scottish songwriter and folk musician. After starting his career as a folk musician in the late 1960s, he first found success with new wave band Doll by Doll. He later recorded as a solo artist, releasing more than twenty albums under his own name. He also recorded under the pseudonym John St. Field for the album Control (1971) and Sir Vincent Lone for the albums Songs For Lonely Americans (2006), When The Bridegroom Comes (Songs For Women) (2007) and Troubador Heart (2008). Under his own name, he released 11 albums since 1994 (following a break from music); one of these, a duet with author Ian Rankin, features an exclusive short story, Jackie Leven Said.

In the 1980s, Leven released two singles - Love Is Shining Down On Me and Uptown - under his own name. Unfortunately, this failed to turn into a career as he was the victim of an unprovoked attack in 1983. Strangled and nearly killed, Jackie lost his voice for a year and became addicted to heroin. Conquering his addiction, he set up the CORE Trust, a charity aiming for a holistic approach to drug addiction whose patrons included Princess Diana.

Jackie returned to music in the early 1990s with a series of live shows, before the release of his first new solo album, The Mystery of Love is Greater Than the Mystery of Death, in 1994. Since then, Jackie's songs have followed a dark, gloomy theme - Jackie describes his songs as "saying shit happens" and then helping people to deal with it.

Leven also read poems and stories set to music on his albums; examples include the poem "A Blessing" by James Wright on the Forbidden Songs of the Dying West and the short story "Faces" by Rainer Maria Rilke on Shining Brother Shining Sister. During his career he collaborated with many poets and authors, including Robert Bly (on more than one occasion) and Ian Rankin, as well as avant-garde musician David Thomas of cult band Pere Ubu.

Jackie Leven died on Monday, 14 November 2011. He had been suffering from prostate cancer.
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Jackie Leven Lyrics


Blue Soul Dark Road don't know much about the way I feel I work alone…
Boy Trapped In A Man Your words they kill me as I stumble out the door you…
Burning the Box of Beautiful Things your water is running over my life in a dream to live…
Call Mother A Lonely Field Like young irish men in english bars the song of home…
Classic Northern Diversions I took a train out of Leeds in the smear…
Clay Jug 'Inside this clay jug There are canyons, and pine mountains,…
Desolation Blues Where did you take me when it was nearly dark? wearing a…
Empty in Soho Square and there's a cool fascination when I'm going nowhere someth…
Extremely Violent Man Small children and scars on my right hand remind me I am …
Farm Boy when I was a farm boy working in snow putting up fences in…
Gylen Gylen The ferryman has hands of stone The ferryman is on his…
Heart In My Soul There's a funeral this morning Someone I used to know H…
Here Come The Urban Ravens Sitting on your own in a little café With the smell…



Leven's Lament Ride with me darling Out of this place There's nothing here …
Levens Lament Ride with me darling Out of this place There´s nothing her…
Live or Die called my lover on the telephone I could tell she was…
Looking for Love I came in your room Looking for love I came in your…
Marble City Bar If you ever go to the marble city Of Kilkenny in…
Men in Prison One day in a lawless land As I stood by the…
My Lord What A Morning My Lord what a morning My Lord what a morning My Lord…
Night Lilies come gether round assholes and chop me a line I'll tell…
Old West African Song Do not seek too much fame but do not seek obscurity be…
One Man One Guitar tell fortune of the blindness tell nature of day tell friend…
Poortoun I come from Poortoun where the river leven runs the mills …
Saint Judas When I went out to kill myself I caught a pack…
Shadow In My Eye Jailer bring me water My throat is kinda dry And I'm lying…
Silver Roof I want to know Where that road is going to I want…
Single Father If we should meet in Glasgow, By chance on a rainy…
Snow in Central Park I look into your eyes And see the dawn reflecting slowly We…
Some Ancient Misty Morning Some ancient misty morning Some ancient misty morning As…
Stornoway Girl ′Avril - what was that thing you Said in the bar…
The Crazy Song Crazy waiting for you Singing crazy songs Crazy waiting for …
The Sexual Loneliness of Jesus Christ they say that god is in the detail and I'm shire…
The Wanderer Everywhere I search for you Nothing do I see I search the…
Working Alone/A Blessing Working alone in the evening sun A man and two horses…
Young Male Suicide Blessed By Invisible Woman I am still a young man Though my body´s growing…