Lyric writing, making music and the creative process
We’re on the road again
It’s good to be going somewhere
We can listen to the wheels turning
And our favourite radio station
I like to watch the trees fly by
The villages with their church spires
Vintage cars with their hoods down
Still can’t wait to reach my destination
It’s not the getting there that counts
It’s what you learn along the way
05/09/2023 Tuesday 747
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I couldn’t talk to you
Let you know my secrets
You wouldn’t listen anyway
Too caught up playing games
When I look at you now
All I see is weakness
You won’t help yourself
It’s too late in the day
I’ll leave the window open
Let the sweet breeze brush your skin
You can see the mountain
Climbed it many times before
You can do it once more
I told you all about the boys
How they’re doing and getting on
I caught you when you smiled
You winked goodbye like in the song
I’ll put some music on
Violins in three four time
Summer in the lowlands
Dancing in the aisle
04/09/2023 Monday 746
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You were sent from heaven
Into my arms
You are loved
You are loved
I din’t know it would happen
It just did
I wanted you
You wanted me
There was nothing in between
Everything is meant to be
I’ll open the door
I’ll hold your hand
Won’t let the cold air
Freeze on your skin
I am a secret
A wish on a star
03/09/2023 Sunday 745
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It’s my holiday
Time for me alone
Do whatever I like
Talk to god and run
Through the streets nice
Breath the warm air in
Look up above my head
Beauty in each step
I might think of you
Wish you were here
Send a postcard with kisses
A picture of the beach
Read the book you gave me
Some sustenance for the soul
Take a day trip to the hills
Buy keepsakes in the town
Sit underneath the Plain trees
Watch old guys in the square
Pétanque and chess forever
A cool drink in the shade
I’ll lay my head to rest
The pillow case so crisp
Thankful for the moments
Today I am complete
02/09/2023 Saturday 744
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How much is enough
Just keep pushing
Don’t ever stop
Until you reach the top
I always tried to be positive
Except I heard the things you said
Now I’m back thinking negative
Want to raise me from the dead
By the stream
Watching you read
Listening to the sounds
Feel the grass under-feet
We are here
For a reason
To make our dreams
Come true
It’s been clear
Throughout the seasons
I’ve been hoping
That’s it’s you
31/08/2023 Thursday 743
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A story for the ages
I’d tell you if I had one
We are just passing through
Waving at ourselves every day
Inside the holy pages
We all walk under the same sun
You know me I know you
We are just passing through
30/08/2023 Wednesday 742
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We fight
Then we make up
It’s all right
We are tough enough
You say things
In the heat of the flame
Words sting
Then we do it again
There’s so much love between us
We’re just working it out
There’s so much love between us
We talk
I’m always wrong
I’m the bad guy
I’m too strong
So cut me some slack
Let me off the hook
I don’t want to hurt you
I want to show you my worth
We got so much love
Ready to burst
Let’s cut to the chase
We can feel its force
29/08/2023 Tuesday 741
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I can’t read the signs
The world gets on with living
People in the water
And they’re sending cars to space
Where’s the love
The common people singing
We used to help each other
We used to live with grace
Getting bigger growing
I can’t read the signs
Water’s still flowing
I can’t tell the time
It’s cool down on the beach
Feels like 25
I’m watching from the shade
Keep the summer stay alive
Watch the sun set from the balcony
Drink the air and taste the night
Tomorrow we go dancing
Down the steps into the light
25/08/2023 Friday 740
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I woke up in sunlight
I followed you home
The heat was absorbing
You talk to your phone
Lulu was dancing
It lifted my heart
Our hellos are glancing
When will this day start?
Don’t look at the sun too long
You might not see your enemy
She’s not standing right in front of me
Blue lights falling all over me
We used to laugh
At every little thing
The world was so beautiful
Every day we would sing
I’m sometimes lost
Sucked inside my phone
Can’t find a way out
Take the right way home
What’s the answer the antidote
No quick fix
No drugs or alcohol
I’m trying too hard to think too much
24/08/2023 Thursday 739
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I want to be here now
I’m gonna to make a vow
I won’t bow down
I won’t bow down
I used to be a servant
Do whatever you would say
So afraid of everyone
Waiting to be played
Now I’ve been watching
And I’ve listened to your words
You’re nothing more than human
We are just the same
Don’t put me down
Don’t push me around
I’m not your clown
I was lost now I am found
I’ll tell you what you want to hear
Just to keep you on-side
Then you can live without fear
Ignorance is bliss sometimes
No news is good news
So turn off your device
Go outside into the light
Watch the birds in the trees taking flight
23/08/2023 Wednesday 739
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