And he said I’ll teach you about love
And he said you can teach me about passion
And he said I’ll teach you about love
And he said you can teach me about fashion

Where is my pen? Where is my addiction?
Where is my pen? Can’t shake my addiction
Can’t shape my addiction.

And all the while my love lies waiting
And all the time it was hesitating
If you had a chance to do it all again my love
Would you change the time would you count the cost

Where is my pen? Where is my addiction?
Where is my pen? Can’t shake my addiction
Can’t shape my addiction.

And now awake at night asleep at day
Lost and weary, have we been paid

Where is my pen? Where is my addiction?
Where is my pen? Can’t shake my addiction
Can’t shape my addiction.

And he said far away a boy lies sleeping
And he said far away a girl lies weeping
And he said did you see how this could happen
And he said did you feel a tall tree snapping

Where is my pen? Where is my addiction?
Where is my pen? Can’t shake my addiction
Can’t shape my addiction
Lyrics & Music: Tim Robinson 
Production: Tim Robinson & Peter Hawkin
Bass, Hammond Organ, Drum Programming: Peter Hawkin
Ac Guitars & Vocals: Tim Robinson

Demos

Passion

Walk with me in quiet spaces
Well you know you’re with me
If I walk alone
She holds me softly against the wind that chills me
And it’s like a dream
That she will always be there
She knows before the cry leaves my lips
Gentley she hold me in my fear
Holds me in my tears
And drives away the fear
And all I know is opened
Don’t ever let go

Stay with me in all your feeling
Well you know I love you
If you’ll stay with me 
I’ll always hold you against the storms around you
So take my hand 
I’ll follow where you go
I don’t want to leave you ah but I have to go
Well you know I miss you
If I’m far from home
She holds me softly and let her thought caress me
Don’t ever let go
Oh no no no
Don’t ever let go
Lyrics & Music: Tim Robinson
Production: Tim Robinson
Vocals and all instruments: Tim Robinson

She Holds Me Softly

In memory you and I survive
Remain in time to influence your future
Even though I was not the perfect soul
There were good things in the moment
Laughter in the right places
Tears I caused you, and you caused me
And although I never met you
I remember those times

Chorus
I hope your memory of me is good
That through it all I made you feel alive
If you can take some strength from me
We’ll be living still in those memories

In the memories we had together
There were times I wanted to forget
Even though you were not the perfect soul
There were good things I don’t regret
Lots of things that came out right
Joy I caused you, and you caused me
I’m so glad that I met you
Do you remember those times?

Chorus

In the web of memory
In the web of memory
In the web of memory
In the web of memory
In the web of memory
I’m still here
In the web of memory
In the web of memory
In the web of memory
In the web of memory
In the web of memory
Music & Lyrics: Tim Robinson
All instruments and production: Tim Robinson

Remember Me

This single release also has its own home grown video which you can find on the Casual Son channel on YouTube. Fake News is available on all main streaming services.

Fake news was what you told me fake news, what you said just wasn’t true
Fake news you couldn’t do those things you did if what you said was true
Now you’re gone I’m simply left with picking up the pieces of your fake news

The first thing you said to me was a lie
We have to trust someone if this relationship is to survive
I should investigate everything that you say
But then I’d be fake and that’s not my way

Fake news was what you told me fake news, what you said just wasn’t true
Fake news you couldn’t do those things you did if what you said was true

Well there is plenty of it about
There is no need to be held to account 
For the truth just say what you think to your followers to please them maybe
It’s your truth but it’s not for me

Fake news was what you told me fake news, what you said just wasn’t true
Fake news you couldn’t do those things you did if what you said was true

Since you got the jab you say you’ve got 5G
The government’s tracking you but you wanna be free
You signed up to social media with just one click of the mouse
You’ve got to understand these websites know more about you than your spouse

Fake news was what you told me fake news, what you said just wasn’t true
Fake news you couldn’t do those things you did if what you said was true

The first thing you said to me was a lie
Didn’t you think that I’d realise
Well I didn’t 
You had me at hello
That lead to our goodbye 
So now you see we can all just go and cry
Fake news was what you told me fake news, what you said just wasn’t true
Fake news you couldn’t do those things you did if what you said was true

I’m a sixty-year-old trying my hand at rap
Well you might well say that it sounds rather poor
If I carry on much longer you’ll be heading for the door

Fake news what you told yourself fake news, story values just aren’t true
You couldn’t do those things you did if what you said was true
Fake news, fake news, fake news, fake news what you said just wasn’t true
Fake news, fake news, fake news, fake news what you said just wasn’t true
Music & Lyrics: Tim Robinson
All instruments, production and video: Tim Robinson

Fake News

Fake News (Preview)

There’s someone I’ve known for some time
And I can get close only in mind
She doesn’t seem to know who she is
She doesn’t know what she can do to them
But she does it all the same
But she does it all the same
Chorus
There she goes again 
Push the button and go
Hurricane
Twisting as she goes
Hurricane
She’ll blow you from your mind
Her eye cannot see what she does

You can’t escape this force with distance
I hear you call my name
I hear it whispered on the wind
She blows all others aside
Remember how her thought caressed you
Resisting the pull to save her

<Chorus>

When that girl awakes
To see what she can do
Perhaps you’ll turn around
Dashed in the wake of blind passion
This power you have use it 
To get what you want

There she goes again 
Push the button and go
Hurricane
Twisting as she goes
Hurricane
I’ll find you again
In the caress of a summer breeze
Hurricane 
Twisting as she goes
Hurricane
She’ll blow you from your mind
Her eye cannot see what she does
Music & Lyrics: Tim Robinson
Peter Hawkin: Guitars, Bass, Hammond, Piano, Drum programming, Backing vocals.
Tim Robinson: Guitars, Lead & backing vocals.

Hurricane

On the Knoydart Songwriting Retreat we journeyed to Doune Bay for a few hours to write a song about nature. This is the live version performed the next day at the Knoydart community centre with my fellow players and songwriters singing harmony, along with our mentor Jon Boden adding violin.

I’ve been waiting here so long
For you to find m    
Your soft flowers kiss my neck
Lying here beside the shore
Voices of the past echo through across the bay
Standing tall

Chorus
The sea connects me back to you
Surrounding everything we do
Take me back to the start
When we were never apart 
       
With the breeze upon my lips
I hope to find you
As the waves fall on the shore
I touch the peace of you
Water on my fingers running through across the bay
Still powers me on
<Chorus>
Travelling slow travelling fast
We must appreciate the past
Chorus x2
Tim Robinson: Music & Lyrics
Acoustic Guitar & vocal: Tim Robinson
Backing vocals: Knoydart songwriters
Fiddle: Jon Boden

The Sea (Live)

You turned up in my dream this morning
Although I’d not seen you for years
I was so pleased to be with you
You’re much taller now and your hair is longer too

I’m greeting you like an old friend
Perhaps we’ll have this one last dance
Turning around back to the beginning again

You’ve been waiting in my memory
Like some hidden subconscious reality
Perhaps we never really say goodbye
To those we’ve loved and spent the day

I’m greeting you like an old friend
Perhaps we’ll have this one last dance
Turning around back to the beginning again

When I woke up you’re still there
And I remembered you later that day
Now I wonder what became of you
And why you appeared again last night

I’m greeting you like an old friend
Perhaps we’ll have this one last dance
Turning around back to the beginning again

I’m greeting you like an old friend
Perhaps we’ll have this one last dance
Turning around back to the beginning again
Music and lyrics: Tim Robinson
All Instruments and production: Tim Robinson
Mastering: Abbey Road

Back to the Beginning

She is there every day
Looks like a dream wouldn’t you say
If I could meet her
Hmmm just like to greet her
With her hair in the air
Beauty queen one so fair
If I could touch her
Hmmm just to be near her

Chorus
Well you could be so much
You drive me crazy
Crazy Jane yeah you drive me crazy, crazy 
Crazy Jane, Crazy Jane

I pass by everyday
Start to shake I would say
When I am near her
Hmmm just try to see her
With her smile just for me
Lose my soul set me free
If I could tell her
Hmmm just to be with her.

Chorus
Well you could be so much
You drive me crazy
Crazy Jane, yeah you drive me crazy, crazy 
Crazy Jane, Crazy Jane
Music & Lyrics: Tim Robinson
Production: Peter Hawkin
Vocals and Ac Guitar: Tim Robinson
Drums, Bass, Piano: Peter Hawkin

Casual Son Demos

Crazy Jane

I’ve reached the end now
And there’s no turning back
There’s a time for me that will never come
Oh and I wish I could say that I’m sorry
But the book is closed now
Each page is fading
There’s a different light from a dying flame
Oh and I regret nothing

We’ve got to stop
And listen to a voice
Remember the rain upon your face
Oh it’s time to escape this feeling
And run to a place where only you can reach me
Oh you found me there 
Long ago
Without strength or love I may return there again 
Oh again

Somewhere a fire is burning I know
A part of us will survive
But part must be lost and I must take some time
And cast it aside
It’s a bitter fall
For one held so high
Now I know I don’t understand
Oh and I regret nothing

We’ve got to stop
And listen to a voice
Remember the rain upon your face
Oh it’s time to escape this feeling
And run to a place where only you can reach me
Oh you found me there 
Long ago
Without strength or love I may return there again 
Oh again

I’ve reached the end now
And there’s no turning back
There’s a time for me that will never come
Oh and I’ve changed this time
But the book is closed now
Each page is fading
There’s a dying light from a dying flame
Oh and it’s time to go
Lyrics & Music: Tim Robinson
Production: Tim Robinson
Vocals and all instruments: Tim Robinson

Take Some Time

We’ve told you from the start we love you
And we’ve fed you all the lines we cling to
As the day draws on we need it more than you do its true
But I’ve taken all I can and I’m wondering what to say
It shouldn’t be like this if what you’ve got to say is true

Chorus:
Where is the love where is the line you’re trying to throw me, you throw me
So you think you really know me, you know me
I don’t need this but I can see what you mean
But it’s not the same for me anymore
Anymore, anymore, anymore 
Somebody holds me in the water when I thought I was alone
Perhaps we’ll save each other but if we drown we will have found a meaning
Stronger than any words we may say

Verse
What’s wrong with you can’t you see
It’s my duty to make you think like me
It’s a way to deal with life or a Heartache in the night 
It’s your truth
But I’ve taken all I can what I know has changed it gives me reason
If I test you in the light will it keep me down
But I’ll play this game for you

Repeat Chorus:

It’s been so many years does anyone really know
But there are good things here
I don’t want to lose those just tell me about love
You know it’s true
I can show you a better way some of them show madness driving us away
But if we spread our love around we don’t need a name, just a heart.
Lyrics & Music: Tim Robinson 
Production: Tim Robinson & Peter Hawkin
Bass, Backing Vocals, Drum Programming & Ac Guitar : Peter Hawkin
Ac Guitar & Vocal: Tim Robinson

Just a Heart

Tim is a songwriter and singer based in Oxford. His songs have twice reached the semi-final stage of the UK songwriting competition. Songs are available as existing demo recordings, and are also offered for interpretation by other artists. As a singer, he has a repertoire of over 140 songs ranging from musical theatre to country, including rat pack, easy listening, pop and rock. These are also his creative influences. 

He has collaborated with and bounced ideas off fellow songwriter/producer @PeterHawkin for many years, and has also provided music to lyrics, and lyrics to music, for other writers. As well as singing he enjoys recording, playing guitar, bass, clarinet, tin whistle and tenor sax. His first love in music is songwriting, communicating emotion and stories through a song.  

When not creating music he enjoys travelling, science and technology, aviation, and films of which his favourites are Sliding Doors, and He Loves Me, He loves Me Not. He is fascinated by how lives can pivot on a moment and the decisions of others, whether we have met them or not.

Casual Son

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