Lyric writing, making music and the creative process
Finest time to see you
Lost in wine can’t see you
Too much to take away
Got a car full of paper and a sleeping bag too
I’m out on my ear
I didn’t listen well
No compromising here
I’m living in car hell
Don’t drop me down
Break my Heart of Glass
I’ve been forever the fool
I turned out a pain in the ass.
Do do do doo, do do do doo do
Lift me up
With sunshine eyes
Wake me up
Through winter skies
Shake me now
My cardboard lies
It won’t be long
Another street Angel cries
Click click, click
Sick, sick slick
So quick to leave
Don’t walk out the door before you listen to this
My plea to you to stay
Stay and dance to the music
Stay and sway to the rhythm
Let your feelings fall away
Let your heart be held
By me, just me
Click Click, click
Lights go off
Tick, tick, tick
One other thought
If love was all we have
Surely it’s not enough
Let your heart be held
By me just me me
See you now
Do you see me?
Why you watching?
Are you waiting for me
To say something
That means something to you?
Or you could be waiting all your life
For good things to come
Waiting all your life
In the shadow of the sun
Waiting
If you take one minute
Just to look around
You’ll see everything you need beside you
Always waiting to be found
All your life waiting
I’m so tired
I can hardly sleep
Slipping in and out
Standing on my feet
The animals and the hedgerows
Are fighting me for time
The deadness of the silence
Looking up for a sign
Don’t let me fall again
I can’t keep on getting back up again and again
Give me a call again
I can’t sleep until I wake up again
I’m breathing heavier
I’m bending on my knee
I’m losing all my cares
And all I want to be
I’m so cold
I can’t feel my toes
My heart is warm
That’s how the feeling grows
I look for you
To help me through
The dark storm
Where our lives are torn
We are leaves
Screaming on the mast
Sirens crying
To wreck you from your past
The waves are strong
They invite you in
It’s a false comfort
To build a ship You must begin
So use wood of age and
Tar that’s lived and flowed and
Canvas stitched and sewn
Woven tight to capture the undertow
Cut the oak with accuracy
Don’t waste a single strand
And when you feel you’re finally there
You’ve reached Van Diemans Land
So let’s get back to doing what we do
Let’s get back to being me and you
Let’s stop running with the crew
Let’s forget about all the things that are not true
In the beginning
I thought I wanted it all
Rooftop parties by the pool
Everybody thinking I was real cool
Jack and black
A milli on the table
Lining them up
As much as I want and I’m able
It’s not a good way to live
If inside your heart you can’t give
It’s not an emptiness to fill
Not just time you have to kill
So take a look and renew
Let’s get back to what we do
Being me and you
No more running with the crew
Release and reload
Capsule rocket on the mend
Sitting here, a lonely King
Driving everyone around the bend
I can think now
Do I hear what I say to myself?
If I listen, will it be clear
What I want from the shelf?
If you can dream it, you can have it
So why won’t you dream of me?
If you can see it, you can touch it
So why can’t you touch me?
I know you want me
I’ve seen your eyes
I’ve seen that look
That says I will
If you want me
Don’t say goodbye
Until you shock me
Well and still
Keep it simple
You’ll stay strong
By the time love
Comes along
You’ll be ready
If it’s wrong
Just say nothing
It’s only John
Dancing in the city all night
Music falling from the speaker
Bass is heavy
Like the ground
Melody spins you
Round and round
Your lost inside your head
You’re not a girl that goes to bed
Staying up late
It’s party time
Keep it simple
You’ll see the signs
Your lost inside your head
You’re not a girl that goes to bed
Ring of the alarm to wake her up again
Giving all she has to working for a friend
Or so she likes to call them
The ones who make her smile
Others are more dangerous
They understand her style
It’s a solitary life
It’s a solitary dream
Working to make it better
Isn’t as easy as it seems
What has she got to look forward to?
The grind and grunt of life?
The rack and shunt of movement?
Nothing soaring like a kite
She used to have a real love
The dark days took their toll
Winter was a solace
Then summer took her soul
And falling from a graceful height
Is flying without wings
Then you meet yourself
When the fat lady sings
Steel and chrome
Standing cold and alone
Outside the cinema
With you on my mind
Sunshine and alcohol
Warmth and friends
By the pool and there you are
I’m not going blind
Sunglasses on hair tied up
Suntan lotion glistens on sunkissed skin
Is this how love begins?
Is this a thing?
When you know what she wants to be?
What do you do
Take her there and be thankful
She let you be the one to make her dream come true
Islands in the distance
Speed boats crashing through
The choppiness and foam
We are still alone