How Long © Chris Wiggs 31 August 2015
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 31 August 2015

How long, how long am I gonna take it
How long, how long am I gonna take it
Cos I feel like I’m through
And I don’t believe I’m gonna make it

How long, how long am I gonna make it
How long, how long am I gonna make it
Cos I feel like I’m through
And I don’t believe I can take it

The angels say “Stay” the Devil’s “ No go”
I’m caught in the middle and I don’t know

How long, how long am I gonna take it
How long, how long am I gonna take it
Cos I feel like I’m through
And I don’t believe I’m gonna make it

The angels say “Stay” the Devil’s “ No-go”
I’m caught in the middle and I don’t know

How long, how long am I gonna take it
How long, how long am I gonna take it

Cos I’ve been taking it from you
Cos I’ve been taking it from you
Cos I’ve been taking it from you

Even when you didn’t want me to


How Long

Breakout © Chris Wiggs 19 September 2015
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 19 September 2015


Breakout

Finally © Chris Wiggs 5 October 2015
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 8 October 2015


Finally

Daylight Fantasy © Chris Wiggs 15.01.16
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 21.01.16
 
V1
Pulling back the shade, a lush and verdant glade
Rides to the horizon, a pure and amber blade
A daylight fantasy, a coat surreal surrounds your waking daze

Lose your head in how it feels, music swirling from the heights 
Sit beside the minstrel’s wheel, spinning as it brings down, light
Pouring down from the skies, pouring down 

V2
Mystery unfurled, kaleidoscopic world
Finding in the meaning, gold within the pearl
A daylight fantasy, a fading opera for all to see

Rising in the air above us, floating in the azure sea
The many spoken sounds around us, 
Euphoria always was so free, always was so free


Daylight Fantasy

Don’t Look Back © Chris Wiggs 27.01.16
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 08.02.16
 
V1
Billy was a beater
Cherie was a cheater
Lenny was a bit of the same
Each one needed the other one
You could say that they were insane

Everyone that knew them
Couldn’t wait to lose them
You didn’t want to get in their way
You should get out of here when the coast is clear
And listen when you hear me say

Chorus
Don’t look back
    There’s nothing here for you no more
    They’ll just use you if you stay
Don’t look back
    They’ll promise you the earth and more
    Misery will come your way
Don’t look back
    They’re dealing in fantasies
    All too good to be true
Don’t look back
    Don’t let them get their hands on you
    Be the last thing you will do

V2
The sun comes up on the little town
Everything is different today
Billy and Cherie and the other ones
Will soon be missing their prey

There’ll be yelling and screaming
And moaning and grieving
Slamming and stamping their rage
They’ll put on a show
So the whole town knows
Shaking the bars of their cage

Chorus

V3
The stars stare down on the broken town
The fallen are left where they lay
The townsfolk hide in their darkened homes
Knowing the one that remains

There was yelling and screaming
And moaning and grieving
Slamming and stamping their rage
They put on a show and you have to hope
That no one remembers your name

Chorus


Don't Look Back

Beautiful Fun © Chris Wiggs 18.02.16
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 22.04.16
 


Verse
Snow on the highway, frost and the ice
I could just fly away, one blink of the eyes
Over the mountains and rivers we’d fly 
Higher and higher, we’d drift through the sky
To the magical land where it all will be found

Chorus
Sun on our faces, it’s warm in the sea
Music is stirring the breeze in the trees
Cooling our thirst in the shade from the sun
Beautiful people and beautiful fun

Post Chorus
What would you say, you could be there today
Open your eyes and just be there today
It may be a dream so you don’t want to stir
Find it’s a storm, not the song of the surf


Beautiful Fun

Fabulous © Chris Wiggs 26.05.16
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 03.06.16
 https://youtu.be/jzjPkzL7tqQ

FABULOUS
Verse 1
The wind is high and I’m feeling low
Time is tight but time is slow and
All I hope is 
All I know

People in the know and people on the go

Verse 2
The city grinds the people in each day
Grinds them out and grows again
In my mind I’m 
Heading home

People feeling high and people feeling low

Chorus
No more on the run, it’s fabulous, fabulous
Knowing you’re around, it’s fabulous, fabulous
You’re the only one this fabulous, fabulous
You’re the only one, it’s fabulous, fabulous

Verse 3
Darkness and the lights shine like flowers
Growing stranger by the hour
Wonder where 
To turn now

People wanting love and people wanting hope

Verse 4
All the winners gather round
I wear a smile, so profound
Taken by the undertow

People wanna know but people gotta go

Chorus, Chorus

Fabulous

Never © Chris Wiggs 08.09.16
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 12.08.16

Never

V1
I hear you yelling like a ringside scout
You’re gonna scratch
You’re gonna screech
You’re gonna shout
But we’re never
We’re never getting back again 
Oh no we’re never
We’re never getting back again

Snakes may fly and the birds may crawl
Then the oceans of the world
Fall down a great big hole
And even at the end of it all
We’re never getting back again
We’re never getting back again
We’re never getting back again

V2
You drive me crazy from the inside out
You make me screech
You make me scratch
You make me shout
That we’re never
We’re never getting back again
Oh no we’re never
We’re never getting back again

What’s that you say
That it’s a matter of fact
That we’re so good together
That we gotta get back

See you wiping the slate then you’re breaking the rack
It’s a whole new game and you’re on the attack
Just  one more time cos after that
We’re never getting back again
Oh no we’re never getting back again
We’re never getting back again
You know we’re getting back again
Ah, you know we’re getting back again

V3
I hear you yelling like a ringside scout
You’re gonna scratch
You’re gonna screech
You’re gonna shout
But we’re never
We’re never getting back again 
Oh no we’re never
We’re never getting back again

Snakes may fly and the 
Birds may crawl
Then the oceans of the world
Fall down a great big hole
Even at the end of it all
We’re never getting back again
We’re never getting back again
We’re never getting back again


Never

A Middle Aged Star © Chris Wiggs 23.09.16
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 23.09.16

A Middle Aged Star

V1
We’re born and we die
In between we have a life
It can be harmony or strife
We might as well 
Just throw a dice

V2
We strive and we try
Never even, asking why
We waste our time while we’re alive 
Waiting for happy times to arrive

Chorus
Why be lost in a sea of confusion
You could be tossed on a wave of illusion
When it collapses on the shore
It’s a mystery no more
Just think how lucky we are

To spend our days
In the warm embrace 
Of a middle aged star

V3
Fate, it won’t bend
To all those messages that we send
There is no reason to defend
There’ll be no changes in the end

Bridge
For Merlin and Guinevere
It was so very clear
Forces were evil
And the light was good

What has come before
Lies broken on the shore
Now that the wave
Is finely understood.

Chorus
Outro

Move On

Forever © Chris Wiggs 16.12.16
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 17.12.16
 

FOREVER
Pre-Verse

I hope we meet again, out on the street again
Feeling the heat again, feeling the beat again

Verse 1
One quick, “Hallo”  I knew just then
All of my days, would not be the same
I would just wait, forever and then
We would just be, together again

Chorus
Hold On, Hold on…

Verse 2
Everything comes when you hold on and wait
Passed in the street, said, “Hallo” again
Forever we said, forever and then
Forever with love and forever friends

Chorus
Hold On, Hold on…

Forever

Claes, at Bruce’s suggestion, sent me a very warm and interesting progression featuring piano. I could hear a potential song and wrote a melody and lyrics called ‘Live my Life Again’ and recorded a guide vocal. Bruce made what I can only describe as a spectacular interpretation and a superb vocal performance.
Claes added new organ and piano parts and I added, drums, bass, acoustic guitar and electric guitar.
Each of us produced an arrangement and mix. Please check them out:

Bruce's mix: https://soundcloud.com/conover/to-live-my-life-again-conover-steen-wiggs
Claes's mix: https://soundcloud.com/cermat/to-live-my-life-again-conoversteenwiggs

Live my life again © Claes Steen, Bruce Conover, Chris Wiggs 31.01.17
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 31.01.17
V1 
Just like any other day   This one went the same
Just another mess around   Just another wasted
V2
Should have taken all of the chances laid before me
Afraid if I could fly   Maybe I might crash and die
Ch1
I just wanna say   Doesn’t change things anyway
I just want another chance to   Live my life again
V3
Always knew the day would come   When I would have to say
Now there’s nowhere left to run       And I can see no way
V4
Just like any other day         Such a silly game
Ending up in my own way    Blame it on a fool’s fate
Ch2
I just wanna say   Doesn’t change things anyway
I would do it all so differently if I could   Live my life again

Live My Life Again - Steen, Conover, Wiggs

Over You © Chris Wiggs 14.08.17
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 09.09.17
V1
I was born to have these thoughts in my head
I fly close to the edge, but I’m not easily led
Over you, over you
V2
Wake up from the dead and work out what’s new
Heaven can wait, I’m just stepping out my blues
Over you, over you
Ch1
We’ve come to the part about the hearts and flowers
When we choose to lose the minutes, we’ve thrown away the hours
In my line of duty, I work a line of beauty
All the while avoiding what’s true
I’m not over you, I’m not over you
I’m not over you, I’m not over you
V3
I’ve my daily bread like a good book said
It’s not enough for life when there’s a soul to be fed
Didn’t want to rule you, didn’t want to fool you 
Remember it was something you said
I’m not over you, I’m not over you          
Ch2
We’ve come to the part about the hearts and flowers
When we choose to lose the minutes, we’ve thrown away the hours
In my line of duty, I work a line of beauty
All the while avoiding what’s true, I’m not over you, I’m not over you

Over You

Southerly Breeze © Chris Wiggs 21.09.17
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 23.09.17

Southerly Breeze

Glass
V1
You’re on the other side of the glass
So how, has this come to pass
It’s a future that’s not built to last
Try and join the colourful dance
Not a chance not even a glance

V2
You’ve made some kind of mistake
And now you’re under the lake
It’s a glass that just won’t break
You can’t be heard or spoken to
Until it’s been broken in two

Ch1
Of course you’re here
It’s just that you don’t appear
You can’t be seen and you can’t be heard
Not a sign and not a word

V3
You’re on the other side of the glass
So how, has this come to pass
It’s a future that’s not built to last
Try and join the colourful dance
Not a chance not even a glance

Ch2
Of course you’re here
It’s just that you don’t appear
You can’t be seen and you can’t be heard
Not a sign and not a word

Glass

Poseidon discovers Aphrodite
 © Chris Wiggs 16.03.18
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 16.03.18

Poseidon Discovers Aphrodite

Rerecorded, remixed and remastered 03.04.19
I Want © Chris Wiggs 13.04.18
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 14.04.18

I still just feel like when I was a kid
And I always have, and I always did
I see the life go from nothing to one
Not, one up to ten, like I did back then

Reach out to the world for a piece of the game
Get knocked right back, burned by the flames
Breaking down walls to the dust and the rubble
Gets you cut up and bruised -  for your trouble

And, I want what I want and when I want it's when I want it's 
The same for me as it's the same for you
When I can't have what I want when I want it 
What do I say and what do I do 
What do I say and what do I do
So what do I say and what do I do
Yeah what do I say and what do I do

Clearing out the back of my mind
They’re not looking good, these things that I find
Think about the things that I missed
And it never gets - any better than this
No it never gets - any better than this

All of these things keep riling me up
Till I can't think straight, can't work it out
Gotta tighten my grip before it all breaks loose 
Then what do I say, and what's my excuse
Yeah, what do I say, and what's my excuse

I want what I want and when I want it's when I want it's 
The same for me as it's the same for you
When I can't have what I want when I want it 
What do I say and what do I do
So what do I say and what do I do
Yeah what do I say    -   and what do I do

I Want

The Water © Chris Wiggs 20.06.18
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 20.06.18
Remixed and remastered 08.03.19
The Water
V1
Waiting in the water, Waiting at half tide
Waiting for the half light, The morning sun to rise
The morning mist to rise
V2
Sunshine on the water, Nowhere left to hide
Water all around us, The water starts to rise
The water starts to rise

Chorus
No one had thought that a place could exist
Covered in seas and waves such as this
That roll over all that they find in their way
All through the night and all through the day

The search for a lifeline to tether our race
Ends underseas and an end we must face
When the water we wanted we found in this place
The end of our search and the end of our days

V3
Sunshine brings the water, it’s nothing like we know
The wind will bring the breakers We will fall below
All will fall below

Chorus
No one had thought that a place could exist
Covered in seas and waves such as this
That roll over all that they find in their way
All through the night and all through the day

The search for a lifeline to tether our race
Ends underseas and an end we must face
When the water we wanted we found in this place
The end of our search and the end of our days

V4
Waiting in the water, Waiting at half tide
Waiting for the half light, The morning sun to rise
The morning mist to rise

The Water

Taken ©Chris Wiggs 04.10.18
Artwork ©Chris Wiggs 04.10.18
Remixed and remastered 12.03.19
Taken
V1
Watching the faces as people pass by
Where is my love, where is my love?
Millions of people their hopes in the air
Where is my love, where is my love?

Chorus
How hard can it be, finding 
One heart that is free, and it’s
Just looking to me, as if
All Love has been taken

V2
I can remember the thrill of it all
Where is my love, where is my love?
The sound of her voice as she’s calling my name
Where is my love, where is my love?

Chorus
How hard can it be, finding 
One heart that is free, and it’s
Just looking to me, as if
All Love has been taken


M8
Millions of faces, the people pass by
Where is my love, where is my love?
Of all the people, it had to be her
Where is my love, where is my love?

Chorus
How hard can it be, finding 
One heart that is free, and it’s
Just looking to me, as if
All Love has been taken

Taken

Hideaway
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 29.12.2018
Re-recorded and remastered 22.02.19

Hideaway is a guitar player’s standard and many of us playing in the later 1960’s played our versions at gigs and for exercise. 
It seems to have started life a long time ago as a stroll through the guitar player’s bag of licks woven together into a natty little tune, passing through many hands and popularised by Freddie King whose version is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEZJvyLGdwg
This version is my take on Eric Clapton’s technically perfect, amped up and up-tempo version which was a showcase for his dexterity and earned him the gunslinger sobriquet ‘Slowhand’. It also established the sound of the Gibson Les Paul guitar.
The John Mayall /Eric Clapton version is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9N8Qi6zLSU

Hideaway

Octavia

Perfect © Chris Wiggs 25.09.19
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 26.09.19

Perfect
V1
Seems like I’ve been dreaming 
The whole evening
On a blue, far off shoreline
Glimpses stealing
The one true meaning
Seen perfectly

V2
I’ve been slow boat flying
The landscape lying
Smoothly to the skyline
Sun sets blazing 
The pale moon’s lazing
Goes drifting by

Ch1
So, if you should take,
Take for a moment, just a moment
If you ever wondered why
Why it’s so perfect, so perfect, you cry

The play we’re in today
Speaks our lines, writes our lives
It plays on perfectly

V3
You may waken going
The river’s flowing
The dream is passing by
Fortune’s favour is
Destined, later
When asking why

V4
There is no use trying
By word or writing
Reasoning those states so rare
Restless questers
Like courtyard jesters
So far away

Ch2
So, if you should take,
Take for a moment, just a moment
If you ever wondered why
Why it’s so perfect, so perfect, you cry

The play we’re in today
Speaks our lines, writes our lives
It plays on perfectly
Speaks our minds, writes our times
It plays on perfectly

Perfect

Crazy © Chris Wiggs 23.10.19
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 27.10.19

V1
All around, the crazy little changes
The air is full of thrill
There’s a kind of madness that found us
Endless days to fill

Calling all who remember
Feeling the strange new power
It seemed that our small horizons
Were opening up and how

Chorus 1
Life on the street
Friends that you meet
The ease and the freedom
The nights without sleeping

New clubs on old roads
Colourful clothes
Your hair’s growing longer
And longer

V2
We were a new generation
The world now goes our way
High, bright, life for the taking
Washing out the grey

Calling out to remember
The colourful nights and days
When opportunity called you
You grabbed it and ran all day

Chorus 2
The last gig was tight
The band was just right
That’s when it all comes together as ever

The end is in sight
At the end of the night
It’s work in the morning
Just crazy

Crazy

Free © Chris Wiggs 20.11.19

Artwork © Chris Wiggs 20.11.19

Free

V1
Roll back making tracks play it for free
No one’s waiting round to see if it be
A hit or miss baby oh that’s just so twee
Get a life or your going to die to hear the PB

V2
No luck make a buck’s no way to be
Play around making sounds the bitter to be
Better now baby cause we’re on the TV
Playing nice name your price 
We’re what you want us to be

Chorus
Three minute picture shows that’s what we’ve got
What are we saying? Whatever you want
What are giving? We’ll give you the lot
We’re going to give it out, all the lot

Free

Don’t You Know © Chris Wiggs 13.03.20
Artwork © Chris Wiggs 13.03.20
V1
Something happened in the dead of night
Crash of thunder and a flash of light
In the morning, cold and all alone
Your frozen to the bone
People look through you like you’re not there
Unaware at all
Scream and shout but no-one turns to stare
The truth, it slowly dawns
Ch1
Don’t You Know
You’re the lonely ghost, abandoned soul, an empty host
Existing in between their lives
Not really there at all
Just a shadow on their wall
V2
Flying high you take a look below
See them running, running to and fro
Chasing dreams of happiness to hold
And chasing dreams of love
Stagger on you know you’re barely there
Reaching, grasping on
Fading fast you must leave before
The day will see you gone
Ch2
Don’t You Know
You’re the lonely ghost, abandoned soul, an empty host
Existing in between their lives
Not really there at all
Just a shadow on their wall
A shadow on the wall

Don't You Know

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