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Days of my Youth

A collection of toons of the peaks and troughs of the Love thang.

Stream

Bring You Down

Sweet Sensation

Sweat

I Could Do Better

You say 
He said 
She says
I say
It's all opinions

Don’t Preach

First you say that you want it
But you're never really on it 
So you let it go
You try to justify the reason 
It's not the right time or the season
So you let it go

Don’t preach
Don’t judge
Don’t criticise
There’s no need
For that talk
The no compromise 
Just take it 
Or leave it
And just carry on
The past is the past now
It’s time to move on

She's a bad mamma jamma 
Hit a nut with a hammer
You know what I mean 
But in its way it's a solution 
A kinda quiet revolution
To have her say

Don’t preach
Don’t judge
Don’t criticise
There’s no need
For that talk
The no compromise 
Just take it 
Or leave it
And just carry on
The past is the past now
It’s time to move on

All I ask is  someone should listen
To the things that are said 
Cause in the past
No one's listened
To the words or the things that are said
All I ask
All I ask
All I ask
All I ask

Don’t preach
Don’t judge
Don’t criticise
There’s no need
For that talk
The no compromise 
Just take it 
Or leave it
And just carry on
The past is the past now
It’s time to move on

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Don't Preach

This album is my attempt at what is known as "Heartland Rock" 
My homage to Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Cougar Mellencamp, Bob Seger and the like...... 
The album title is a playful nod to the humour of the sectarian city I grew up in.

Hit And Run

The times they are a changing...................hopefully

Break On Through To The Other Side

Nothing doing
Nothing brewing on the horizon
Read the paper
Take a rain check on the day
Maybe later
Something better
Will occur to you
Have your time now
Have your say

Break on through
To the other side 
Break on through
Make a start
Break on though
To the other side
Break on through now
Make your mark

Something out there is changing 
I can feel it every day 
Nothing changes without reason 
Reason changes things everyday 

Break on through
To the other side 
Break on through
Make a start
Break on though
To the other side
Break on through now
Make your mark

I feel Times are a changing
Something somewhere’s got to give
Views and thoughts re arranging
Make a better way to live

Break on through
To the other side 
Break on through
Make a start
Break on though
To the other side
Break on through now
Make your mark

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Break On Through

When all you ever wanted comes to you and then................
I didn't see that coming.

4 O’Clock in the Morning 

Out here in the desert 
Out here on the plain
So awoke and alert 
As I'm washed by the wind and the rain
Out here in the country 
Out here on the road
I stand by conviction
So aware of the truth as it showed

Know I want to be with you only
On the road can be oh so lonely
But I know that 
If I can resist all temptation
You must be the right one for me
 
It’s 4 o’clock in the morning 
I ain’t got nothing to do  
I wanna spend my life living 
I wanna spend my time with you 

This lonely existence
This soulless career
That I chose to pursue
Never knowing quite how to steer
All I ever wanted
All I ever dreamed
Has come to fruition
And is not quite what it seemed 

Know I want to be with you only
On the road can be oh so lonely
But I know that 
If I can resist all temptation
You must be the right one for me

It’s 4 o’clock in the morning 
I ain’t got nothing to do  
I wanna spend my life living 
I wanna spend my time with you 

It’s 4 o’clock in the morning 
I ain’t got nothing to do  
I wanna spend my life living 
I wanna spend my time with you 
It’s 4 o’clock in the morning 
I ain’t got nothing to do  
I wanna spend my life living 
I wanna spend my time with you

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4 O'Clock In The Morning

Feck Pooh Tin!
Glory to Ukraine!

SLAVA UKRAINI

Far away
In another land
An oppressed people chose to make a stand
Against invasion, annihilation
As the Red Bear raised his threatening hand

For 7 decades a uneasy truce
Cold War, Perestroika and Glasnost  reigned
Until a small man with a huge obsession  
Decided to  unleash Hell on Earth again

For 20 years
This gangster state
Ruled by a  little man with so much hate 
With paranoia and abject horror of equality and freedom - that the West would  seal his fate

Who knows where the pain goes
Who knows where the blood flows
Who knows where the rain goes
When It wash those sins away
Who knows where the pain goes
Who knows where the blood flows
Who knows where the rain goes
When It wash those sins away

Torture rape and genocide
From a " Superpower" on the slide
Its days are numbered
Its army  and a country lumbers to a great divide

Freedom and Liberty made a collective stance
To give this brave nation some kind of chance
To drive away, eradicate, 
Expel these raiders from their Sovereign Land 

Who knows where the pain goes
Who knows where the blood flows
Who knows where the rain goes
When It wash those sins away
We know where the blame goes
We know where the blood flows
We know where the pain goes
When we wipe those Orcs away
Wipe those Orcs away

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Slava Ukraini!

BROCKLEY COMBE

I lay my head, on Brockley Combe
When I come to pass, that’s where I’ll be
My final rest, on Brockley Combe
You’ll know where to find me

Dance with the Spirits, on Brockley Combe
Dance with the Spirits, sing their song
Dance with the Spirits, on Brockley Combe
Dance with the Spirits, long gone

An ancient place, is Brockley Combe
An old Thin Space, the kinfolk say
A slower pace, has Brockley Combe
Time rests for a day

Dance with the Spirits, on Brockley Combe
Dance with the Spirits, sing their song
Dance with the Spirits, on Brockley Combe
Dance with the Spirits, long gone

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Brockley Combe

"Youth is wasted on the young1"
The indestructible
The can do anything
The limitless......
Then you get old.

Days Of My Youth   

I still remember
The days of my youth
Time lasts forever
In the days of your youth
And every little thing that you notice
Seems to grow more and more
And every little thing that you notice
Seems to turn your head and make you think
You’ll last forever more

You were a young girl
When you first fell in love
And I was such a young boy
When I first fell for love
And every little thing that I noticed
Seemed to grow more and more
And every little thing that I noticed
Seemed to turn my head and make me think
I’d last forever more

You and I together
Chasing time forever
No mistake no mystery
You and I forever
Chasing time together
Now that we have found the key

I still remember
The days of my youth
Time, time it seems to last forever
In the days of my  youth
And every little thing that I notice
Seems to grow more and more
And every little thing that I notice
Seems to turn my head and make me think
I’d  last forever more

You and I together
Chasing time forever
No mistake no mystery
You and I forever
Chasing time together
Now that we have found the key

I believe in good things
And I believe in sunshine
In the morning
I believe in daydreams
And I believe in love
Without warning

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Days Of My Youth

It's all fallin' to shit but you've still got your bestie...........or have you?

HOLDING ON TO YOU

Sometimes I feel
Just a little lonely
Sometimes I feel 
Just a little blue
Each time I feel
You are my one and only
And sometimes I feel like I’m holding you

This world is real
So what’s the use in crying
I can’t see we’ll heal
Why do we really care
I know how I feel
Inside I’m slowly dying
But then I can feel like I’m holding you

Holding on to you
Holding you
Sometimes I feel 
Like I’m holding you.

I feel the world’s gone crazy
Feel the world’s gone mad
And i feel
That it’s all just so surreal
We can’t tell what’s fake or real
As we race to the edge

Holding on to you
Holding you
Sometimes I feel 
Like I’m holding you.
Holding on to you
Holding you
Sometimes I feel 
Like I’m holding you.

Sometimes I feel
Just a little lonely
Sometimes I feel 
Just a little blue
Each time I feel
You are my one and only
And sometimes I feel like I’m losing you

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Holding On To You

Just like all Gods .............................Poseidon was petulance personified.

CASSIOPEIA
 
10,000 years you have travelled
So many miles all on your own
All of these years you have travelled
Now you are home
 
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Now you are home
 
Poseidon placed you in the heavens
Chained to your throne there for all time
Photon by photon you have travelled
Time’s so benign

Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Now you are home

Break out from this prison madness
Free from your supposed crime
Gods and petulance and sadness
For all this time

Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Now you are home

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Cassiopeia

Onward and upwards!

DON’T LOOK BACK     

Don’t know why
I feel so strange
I get the feeling
Things have changed
I got to find a way out of here this time

Got no cash
I got time
To make changes
Bottom line
I’ve got to make these decisions worth my while

I feel like I’m really going somewhere
I feel like I’m making up lost time

Don’t look back 
Just face facts
And move on
Don’t look back
Just make tracks
And move on.


Don’t need reasons
Don’t need rhymes
Self believing
It’s no crime
I feel  I now have  the trust and the faith in my kind
  
California
On my mind
Presevation
Get in line
You’re never gonna believe the change in my life
I feel like I’m really going somewhere
I feel like I’m making up lost time

Don’t look back 
Just face facts
And move on
Don’t look back
Just make tracks
And move on.
Don’t look back 
Just face facts
And move on
Don’t look back
Just make tracks
And move on.

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Don't Look Back

I'm not a parent
But put yourself in their place for a while.
The worry.
The expectations.
The disappointments
The hurt.
The mistakes
All the highs and lows that you can't really shelter your children from.

WAY MORE SUMMERS

As I walk with you
On a Summer’s day
And the sunlight is behind you
When I think about
All your “come what mays”
And the hard times
That’ll find you
 
Then you stop
Take a look around
And you listen for
A voice to guide you
 
Way more summers coming by you
Way more summers coming ‘round
Way more summers coming by you
Way more summers coming ‘round
 
Just believe in what
That inner voice will say
Don’t listen to the chatter
There will come a time
You’ll have to run or stay
And the choice you make will matter
 
You’ll have to stop
Take a look around
And you listen for
A voice to guide you
 
Way more summers coming by you
Way more summers coming ‘round
Way more summers coming by you
Way more summers coming ‘round

You've got to find your own way
You've got to find your own way
You've got to find your own way
You've got to find your own way

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Way More Summers

Lullaby

Sleep little darling
Don't you cry
Sleep little darling
Lullaby
I'll keep you safe and warm
I'll keep you free from harm
Sleep little darling
Don't you cry
Sleep little darling
Lullaby

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Lullaby

All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull, fragile shuman.

SO CERTAIN

Out of my way now
What's your hurry?
I got so much
On my mind
Passing the time
Face lines with worry
Anxious glances
At the time

Baby believe me when I tell you
This ain't the only way to live
Fussing and fighting only bleeds you
Something somewhere's got to give

But you're so certain
That the right person
Is gonna find you out
This time
You say "time's money"
Don't find much funny
Yet lay your whole life
On the line

Choosing and chancing
Every step you take
Lines so cliched
Endings fake
Minding my business
Is the obvious take
But I can't stand by
As my good friend breaks

Baby believe me when I tell you
This ain't the only way to live
Fussing and fighting only bleeds you
Something somewhere's got to give

But you're so certain
That the right person
Is gonna find you out
This time
You say "time's money"
Don't find much funny
Yet lay your whole life
On the line

Instrumental break

But you're so certain
That the right person
Is gonna find you out
This time
You say "time's money"
Don't find much funny
Yet lay your whole life
On the line

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So Certain

Faith?
Karma?
Destiny?
Religion?

ALWAYS ON MY MIND

 I was only thinking				-
Yesterday
Seems like I’ve been wasting time
I took my chance and then you
Heard my prayer
Now you’re always on my mind
But that was yesterday
That was yesterday
Always on my mind

It seems we’ve often been this way before
Seems we’re always passing by
Have a look but never
Choose to stay
Always so long and goodbye
But that was yesterday
That was yesterday
Always on my mind

Is it too late to say I’m sorry now
Is it too late for me for mending of my ways
I was a young man full of no ideals
And although I never meant to doubt you
I never stopped to think about
The consequence of all my misspent days

I believe in fate I believe in Karma
I don’t know where my God is 
I don’t know what my faith is
But something tells me there must be something higher
Than this mere mortal man here
Full of hate greed and such fear
Show some spiritual love here            
Always on my mind

If you are the creator
Truly are the hand of fate
Why this pain death and suffering
All this fear war and hate
You’re so yesterday 
No longer on my mind

It's too late to say I’m sorry now
It's too late for me for mending of my ways
I was a young man full of no ideals
And although I never meant to doubt you
I never stopped to think about
The consequence of all my misspent days

I believe in fate I believe in Karma
I don’t know where my God is 
I don’t know what my faith is
But something tells me there must be something higher
Than this mere mortal man here
Full of hate greed and such fear
Show some spiritual love here            
No longer on my mind

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Always On My Mind

ust like all Gods .............................Poseidon was petulance personified.

CASSIOPEIA
 
10,000 years you have travelled
So many miles all on your own
All of these years you have travelled
Now you are home
 
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Now you are home
 
Poseidon placed you in the heavens
Chained to your throne there for all time
Photon by photon you have travelled
Time’s so benign

Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Now you are home

Break out from this prison madness
Free from your supposed crime
Gods and petulance and sadness
For all this time

Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Now you are home

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I'm not a parent
But put yourself in their place for a while.
The worry.
The expectations.
The disappointments
The hurt.
The mistakes
All the highs and lows that you can't really shelter your children from.

WAY MORE SUMMERS

As I walk with you
On a Summer’s day
And the sunlight is behind you
When I think about
All your “come what mays”
And the hard times
That’ll find you

Then you stop
Take a look around
And you listen for
A voice to guide you

Way more summers coming by you
Way more summers coming ‘round
Way more summers coming by you
Way more summers coming ‘round

Just believe in what
That inner voice will say
Don’t listen to the chatter
There will come a time
You’ll have to run or stay
And the choice you make will matter

You’ll have to stop
Take a look around
And you listen for
A voice to guide you

Way more summers coming by you
Way more summers coming ‘round
Way more summers coming by you
Way more summers coming ‘round

You've got to find your own way
You've got to find your own way
You've got to find your own way
You've got to find your own way

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Onward and upwards!

DON’T LOOK BACK

Don’t know why
I feel so strange
I get the feeling
Things have changed
I got to find a way out of here this time

Got no cash
I got time
To make changes
Bottom line
I’ve got to make these decisions worth my while

I feel like I’m really going somewhere
I feel like I’m making up lost time

Don’t look back 
Just face facts
And move on
Don’t look back
Just make tracks
And move on.

Don’t need reasons
Don’t need rhymes
Self believing
It’s no crime
I feel I now have the trust and the faith in my kind

California
On my mind
Presevation
Get in line
You’re never gonna believe the change in my life
I feel like I’m really going somewhere
I feel like I’m making up lost time

Don’t look back 
Just face facts
And move on
Don’t look back
Just make tracks
And move on.
Don’t look back 
Just face facts
And move on
Don’t look back
Just make tracks
And move on.

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"Youth is wasted on the young1"
The indestructible
The can do anything
The limitless......
Then you get old.

Days Of My Youth

I still remember
The days of my youth
Time lasts forever
In the days of your youth
And every little thing that you notice
Seems to grow more and more
And every little thing that you notice
Seems to turn your head and make you think
You’ll last forever more

You were a young girl
When you first fell in love
And I was such a young boy
When I first fell for love
And every little thing that I noticed
Seemed to grow more and more
And every little thing that I noticed
Seemed to turn my head and make me think
I’d last forever more

You and I together
Chasing time forever
No mistake no mystery
You and I forever
Chasing time together
Now that we have found the key

I still remember
The days of my youth
Time, time it seems to last forever
In the days of my youth
And every little thing that I notice
Seems to grow more and more
And every little thing that I notice
Seems to turn my head and make me think
I’d last forever more

You and I together
Chasing time forever
No mistake no mystery
You and I forever
Chasing time together
Now that we have found the key

I believe in good things
And I believe in sunshine
In the morning
I believe in daydreams
And I believe in love
Without warning

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"An old Thin Space", the kinfolk say

BROCKLEY COMBE

I lay my head, on Brockley Combe
When I come to pass, that’s where I’ll be
My final rest, on Brockley Combe
You’ll know where to find me

Dance with the Spirits, on Brockley Combe
Dance with the Spirits, sing their song
Dance with the Spirits, on Brockley Combe
Dance with the Spirits, long gone

An ancient place, is Brockley Combe
An old Thin Space, the kinfolk say
A slower pace, has Brockley Combe
Time rests for a day

Dance with the Spirits, on Brockley Combe
Dance with the Spirits, sing their song
Dance with the Spirits, on Brockley Combe
Dance with the Spirits, long gone

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Days of My Youth

Faith?
Karma?
Destiny?
Religion?

ALWAYS ON MY MIND

I was only thinking -
Yesterday
Seems like I’ve been wasting time
I took my chance and then you
Heard my prayer
Now you’re always on my mind
But that was yesterday
That was yesterday
Always on my mind

It seems we’ve often been this way before
Seems we’re always passing by
Have a look but never
Choose to stay
Always so long and goodbye
But that was yesterday
That was yesterday
Always on my mind

Is it too late to say I’m sorry now
Is it too late for me for mending of my ways
I was a young man full of no ideals
And although I never meant to doubt you
I never stopped to think about
The consequence of all my misspent days

I believe in fate I believe in Karma
I don’t know where my God is 
I don’t know what my faith is
But something tells me there must be something higher
Than this mere mortal man here
Full of hate greed and such fear
Show some spiritual love here 
Always on my mind

If you are the creator
Truly are the hand of fate
Why this pain death and suffering
All this fear war and hate
You’re so yesterday 
No longer on my mind

It's too late to say I’m sorry now
It's too late for me for mending of my ways
I was a young man full of no ideals
And although I never meant to doubt you
I never stopped to think about
The consequence of all my misspent days

I believe in fate I believe in Karma
I don’t know where my God is 
I don’t know what my faith is
But something tells me there must be something higher
Than this mere mortal man here
Full of hate greed and such fear
Show some spiritual love here 
No longer on my mind

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After a long fall.........the only way is up!

My Heart’s on Fire

Ask me no question
I’ll tell you no lies
Honesty still holds the key
I’ve been through my short life
Did not realize
That this life is the only life I’ll see

I’m tired and I’m lonely
Down on my luck
I’ve had it and thrown it away
i think of “if only”
I’d save my last buck
But ifs, buts, justs and maybes, never pay

All this time
My heart’s on fire
I’ve made up my mind
Anyway
All this time
My heart’s on fire
I’ve made up my mind
Anyway
 
It’s all right if you doubt me
It’s all right if you don’t
Friends of mine say I might leave I might stay
Some think I will some I won’t
Blue skies on the horizon
Dark clouds all blown away
I feel hope slowly rising 
And will show me the way

All this time
My heart’s on fire
I’ve made up my mind
Anyway
All this time
My heart’s on fire
I’ve made up my mind
Anyway

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My Heart's On Fire

"No Electrickity" is an album devoid of electric guitars (aside from Bass) synthesizers and such.
A back to basics album.
Acoustic guitars, piano, bass, drums, percussion and backing vocals.
Nothing else.
Simple ingredients.
A simple album.
But a test for me.
Nothing to hide behind.

Love Will Find A Way

Hello and welcome.

I'm half Viking and half Irish brought up in Glasgow.
So................ fightin' and drinkin' then 😉

I am a singer/songwriter writing, playing, recording, and producing my own music.

Thanks for listening

And always remember.....................

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Aagesen

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