Lyric writing, making music and the creative process
Fires burning
All across Europe
Temperature rising
Waters too hot
Migrants migrating
Refugees waiting
Population’s aging
Game being shot
Have we hit the spot
Is this the full stop
All we really want to do
If I come over it’s too hot for our lust
We can open all the windows
Get some cool air across us
The bands still playing
Holidays in the sun
Nobodies listening
Too busy making money to care for anyone
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I see you at the bus stop
Waiting in the rain
Under your clear umbrella
Skin like porcelain
Watch you from my window
Hey it’s your birthday
I made you breakfast in bed
You’ll be late for work now you can’t stay
Later tonight we celebrate
Friends and fam will all be there
We’ll all sing happy birthday to ya
Then we’ll dance real close
It’s a celebration
Wish your birthday was everyday
It’s a celebration
Celebrate you everyday
You’re the most you’re the best
You give your love and I am blessed
I wanna give you all I am
All I am is because of you
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I know my name
I can’t tell you who I am
I’m not to blame
I wasn’t aware of your plan
You set me up so well
Delivered me from hell
Pushed the big sell
Hey mother I won’t tell
I’ve been running all my life
Trying to get away
I won the race once or twice
I’m only running in circles
Remember we were a team of two
Isolation brought us together
All those days I couldn’t forget all of you
Incantation bells ring on forever
When the dust settles
The whole world knows
I’m still the same
A boy again
I played the game
I know my name
I know my name
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Looked the enemy in the eye
White smoke rises into the sky
Took a chance don’t know why
I guess I’m just that kinda guy
Looked the enemy in the eye
What I saw was deep inside
Like a mirror hanging from the sky
I guess I’m just that kinda guy
I’m the enemy
It’s all in my mind
My thoughts are jumbled
Can we rewind
Back to when I was young
No cares or thoughts about the day
Just live it well live it good
No tears worn like heavy weights
No belts or guns around your waist
And time sits still on the harbour wall
The mirror reflects it can’t hear you fall
So catch me and lift me up
Talk to me if you must
If I’m a creep I am just
I’m someone who eats their crusts
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Been trying to reconcile
Hoping you’ll forgive
Changing my old ways
Learning a new way to live
Before when I was young
I lacked poise and grace
Answers and reasons for this and that
Had all the chops and chit chat
Who wants to be the loser
Someday I’ll win the race
I lost you
Like playing cards
Took a risk
Can’t win you back
I lost you
Losing was easy
A simple twist
I can’t win you back
Trying to reconcile
One night at a time
It was nice n sleazy
Losing you was easy
Now I’ve paid the price
The banker took my keys
Been winning all these years
Now I know how it feels
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I can’t pay my rent
The bills are piling up
Everyday expenses
I’ve got no control
I can’t afford a cigarette
A few drinks in the pub
I thought I was middle class
I was never in that club
Mr Landlord
Have some common sense
Money doesn’t grow on trees
I can’t make the rent
I’m already on my knees
All my moneys spent
I bought a summer dress
A wedding in the spring
Told my sister not to do it
Please don’t wear his ring
He’ll be gone just like them all
Leave you high and dry
They tell you it’s loves call
Then they say goodbye
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Summer is waiting
No work on tonight
This weekend is ours
Let the Fireflies take flight
We found some shelter
Wood on the fire
Sand in the blanket
And midnight desire
I watched the moonlight
Fall on the water
You saw silver
And fireworks fly over
I wish this night
Could last forever
We are so young
Our hearts are together
We both know it’s true
And it’s understood
If we just believe
This is something so good
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Losing control
It’s a losing cause
I’m feeling down
We could be lost
Can’t seem to get you
Out of my head
You’re so far away
You’re not in my bed
My blood rises
My heart aches
Your regrets
Are my mistakes
Lovers of the past
I leave alone
Recall them
On the telephone
I’ll be sleeping soon
Catch me if you can
Starring me
In my own sweet dream
Come around all you clowns
I won’t care I’m sleeping now
There’s a circle
Around the sun
Like your arms
That kept me warm
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Lift me up
I want to feel like I’m Flying
Don’t let me fall
Don’t let me fall
You we’re always the clever one
The blue eyed girl who got things done
Always saw the Sun in the sky
Shadows and dark clouds passed you by
You’d talk about a future so bright
Moving forward a step at a time
Speaking words a beautiful noise
I’d follow you to the end of the line
Where are you now
Did you make it alright
Did you fix the world
Did you set it alight
You always spoke so confidently
So tell me now what you saw in me
There’s half of you in half of me
If I hate you I can’t be free
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It’s Monday night 12am
No one awake just me
My thoughts are like a whirlpool
Doctor Doctor set me free
You took flight on Saturday
Not your fault you had to leave
You left me here and I pray
I wear my heart on my sleeve
I never really knew you
Just enough to share a bed
I tried my very best to know you
Can anyone get inside your head
You always were facile
It’s what I liked most about you
Like the wind you change direction
I would follow you to be true
I’m a North star your a ship
No direction lost at sea
I’ll guide you home if you want me to
Please don’t scupper me
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