This track is about my memories of when I was growing up but also written at a time when things were going well for me but I felt I was getting on a bit

Wishing Days

This song was inspired by my wonderful wife, and I always thought she was out of my league. I originally called it Will She Be Mine but the song changed a bit and I renamed it.

She Will Be Mine

This song was inspired by the movie Pay It Forward, if you haven't seen it, watch it!! Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt and the little guy from The 6th Sense, Sad ending so have some tissues at the ready!!

Pay It Back

This one has kind of 2 themes, One is how quickly time goes by (It's been sung about many time before but this is my take on it) and it's a kind of list of my favourite songs and the search for new music (You know what I mean, when you hear a new song that just blows you away and you listen to it on repeat for weeks (and goes into your Favs playlist forever!)) There's 27 references to other songs in this one, See if you can spot them all! (Tip - one of them is She Will Be Mine from this album)

Humming Top

Excuse the unusual name, written in 2017, the words just came to me and it seemed appropriate based on all the wars and conflict that happened during 2017, Syria, Afghanistan, Egypt. My Mother had painted a picture a few years before and given it to me, it was a lonely cottage in the middle of nowhere surrounded by trees and mountains. It is on the wall on my stairway so I see it every time I go up the stairs. So I imagined being able to go into the picture and escape from the world. And my kids sing in the outro, that was kinda cool!!

Cannonballs Parade

Started in mid 2016 and finished in November, This is a song about religion and the way a lot of Irish people especially my generation, call themselves Catholic but are not really, they are more agnostic. When I was a kid we were sent to mass and asked when we got home who said mass to check that we actually went. So I have memories of sitting on the wall outside mass and asking someone on the way out who the priest was. Open D Tuning for anyone interested.

Road More Travelled

Husband and Father, Singer and Songwriter, Ciarán Dixon, from Rathcoole in County Dublin, sings stories written about his own experiences, influenced by many artists from Paul Simon to more traditional Folk artists

Ciarán Dixon

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