Here is a selection of my favorite songs.

Voila une sélection de mes chansons préférées.

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When I'm Sixty

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/6aAy1nWjAQJKKOgj0AgoeN?si=0e14a9e14a4f44b1
YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/58LVNbbwgWA
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Mad Hatter was remixed and remastered on 11 January 2025
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In 1972 I was heading towards South America via Mexico and other parts of Central America. I knew that certain hairstyles were frowned upon at various borders. Rather than doing anything drastic, like cutting my hair, I purchase a $15 dollar short hair wig and wore it for my passport photo. 

That wig hat served me well across a number of borders.

I actually wrote the song before I ever crossed one of those borders. At least I think so. I know I wrote it while I was travelling on my own somewhere between the US border and Silvia, Columbia. I had plenty of time in cheap hotel rooms along the way.

I like to think that this song says something about the experience of being a traveller on the road to who knows where. I'm not sure what that might be, but it feels very familiar. It takes me back.

Verse 1:
Looking for hat that comes from south of the border
He needs very big one so it must be made to order
All we really know is that he's from a northern nation
Where he took off his sombrero and he left it in the station

Chorus:
But it’s all right
It doesn’t matter
Been a long night
For the mad hatter

Verse 2:
Morning takes his head and hides it in the corner
But that can’t conceal the fact that he’s been heading for the border
So he takes a couple pills just to prove he’s not a purist
Puts a wig hat on his head so he looks just like a tourist

Chorus:
But it’s all right
It doesn’t matter
Been a long night
For the mad hatter

Verse 3:
Paradise is just a place he touches on the run
The loving and the living give him strength for moving on
The world’s out there waiting but it always strikes him funny
When he ends up in some hell hole and he’s just run out of money

Chorus:
But it’s all right
It doesn’t matter
Been a long night
For the mad hatter


Verse 4:
Can’t tell you bout his future, can’t tell you bout his past
Sometimes he says he’s happy and hopes that it’ll last
More often in the night in his hotel all alone
He wonders what he’s doing why he hasn’t got a home

Chorus:
But it’s all right
It doesn’t matter
Been a long night
For the mad hatter

Mad Hatter

See Video

Wandering through this dusty road
Tumbleweed rolls wild and free

Wandering through this dusty road
Tumbleweed rolls wild and free
The winds of fate, they guide our stride
To places where hearts can beat as one

Across the fields, across the sand
Tumbleweed rolls wild and free
It’s like a dance, we sway and spin
In every turn, we meet our fate

As tumbleweeds roll wild and free
They spread their seeds for all to see
In every turn, a chance to grow

From distant lands, we come to meet
Two wanderers on paths so fleet
Chance encounters shape our days
Like tumbleweeds in a boundless maze

As tumbleweeds roll wild and free
They spread their seeds for all to see
In every turn, a chance to grow

Rolling through the desert night
Stars above, our guiding light
The randomness that steers our feet
In life’s great dance, our souls repeat
(In life’s great dance, our souls repeat)

As tumbleweeds roll wild and free
They spread their seeds for all to see
In every turn, a chance to grow

As tumbleweeds roll wild and free
They spread their seeds for all to see
In every turn (Wandering)
A chance to grow (Through this dusty road)
In every turn (Wandering)
A chance to grow (Through this dusty road)
In every turn, a chance to grow

Tumbleweed

Yesterday was a long time ago
All those days were hard to let go
In the night, the shadows used to grow
And my fears were so hard to throw
But life follows

(Life follows its own ways)
Life follows its own ways

Now I see, much clearer than before
All the pain, fading from my core
And life follows

Life follows its ways
Sometimes dark, sometimes clear and easy
Life charts its own course to liberty

Life follows its own ways
Life follows its own ways

Life follows its ways
Sometimes dark, sometimes clear and easy
(Easy)
Life charts its own course to liberty
(Life follows)

Life follows
Life follows

Life Follows

Zodiac

Bill the Blob is feeling alone
Nobody seems to notice his presence
So lost and small, no friends at all
In the big city, it’s hard to find your place
(Bill the Blob feels alone) x2

Bill the Blob is not that tall
Rolling slow with no real aim
Winter, spring, summer or fall
Every day it feels the same
(Bill the Blob feels alone) x2

Then a day Bill the Blob fell in love
When he saw a Lady Blob so gorgeous (So gorgeous)
This day Bill the Blob fell in love
(Lady Blob fell in love too)
Time seems to stand still when you fall in love
(Time stands still when you fall in love)

Bill and Lady jelly hearts melted
They spin in circles, chasing their dreams
Together they wiggle and glide
Through the big city, side by side
(The two blobs are in love) x2

The day Lady Blob stole his heart
(Stole his heart) x3
She was so gorgeous (So gorgeous)
This day Bill the Blob fell in love
(Lady Blob fell in love too)
He fell in love
(Her heart was melting too)
Time seems to stand still when you fall in love
(Time stands still when you fall in love)
This great day Bill the Blob fell in love
When he saw his Lady Blob so gorgeous (So gorgeous)
This day Bill the Blob fell in love
(Lady Blob fell in love too)

Bill the Blob

My quest for peace is surely useless
But no one can tell me or show me
The scars of earth, the cries of men
Repeat their tale again, and again
The ones who dream, find their voices drown, drown

While tyrants burn the world to the ground
The rivers bleed, the skies turn gray
While despots tear the world apart
The winds grow cold, the shadows start
The ones who dream, their silent warnings fade away

I long to express my quest for peace

It's quite utopian, quite utopian
But only dreamers can forge the change in this world
But only dreamers can bring new light to the storm
We need dreamers, many more dreamers, many more

A chosen few with hearts of stone
Turn dreams to dust, leave hope alone
A million voices, strong and clear
Could silence the drums of war

I long to express my quest for peace

Only dreamers can forge the change in this world
Only dreamers can bring new light to the storm
Without dreamers, dreamers, the weight won't shift

We need dreamers, dreamers, to fuel the fight

We need dreamers, many more dreamers, many more
We need dreamers, many more dreamers, many more

Quest for Peace

Walking freely with no aim
No matter where my feet drive me
(Walking freely)
Letting go of what could be
(Letting go)

Leaving my steps in the sand
Following the ones left by another
(Walking freely)
Choose chance more than reason
(More than reason)

(More than reason)
(Chose chance more than reason) 

The wind whispers the path to take
(Path to take)
While the tides erase our tracks
(Walking freely)
Flying away with no goal nor pacts
(No goal)
 
Drawing my thoughts in the sand
Lines that the waves will soon erase
(Walking freely)
Choose chance more than reason

(Walking freely)
Choose chance more than reason

(Walking freely)
Choose chance more than reason
(More than reason)

The wind whispers where to stand
While the tides erase our tracks

(The wind whispers where to stand)
(While the tides erase our tracks)

Walking freely
Walking freely

(Walking freely)
(Walking freely)

Walking Freely

The echoes (echoes, echoes) of your voice
Flow through the stream of my memories

They give the rhythm
They light the path
They give me the strength
To live without you

The echoes (echoes, echoes)

How can you feel so present and so intense?
When you're just echoes lost in deep space

I guess the stars are aligned
How lucky I am?
To still receive
Your echoes (echoes, echoes)

The echoes (echoes, echoes) of your love
Guide my steps with their melodies

They weave through the shadows
They soften pain
They give me the strength to stay
Even though I miss you

The echoes (echoes, echoes)

How can you be so present and so intense?
When you're just echoes lost in deep space

I'm sure the stars are aligned
I want to say how lucky I am
To still receive
Your echoes (echoes, echoes)

How lucky I am?
To still hear you and feel you
To still receive
Your echoes (echoes, echoes)

Your echoes (your echoes, your echoes)

Echoes

Small talk...
Just speak to avoid silence

Small talk...
Just speak to avoid silence

Oh, the weather's nice today (So nice)
It's warmer than last may (Definitely)
Did you hear about the neighbors? (Tell me)
They just moved to God knows where (Really?)

Better say nothing (Nothing at all)
Than to make small talk (Small Talk)
Still, it's not always easy (It's not easy)
To just stay silent (Bla bla, bla bla)

Better speak your heart (Shy heart)
Than talk in vain (Small Talk)
But it's never that easy (It's not easy)
To be just honest (Bla bla, bla bla)

Oh, Traffic’s bad, took me so long (Same for me)
Mornings always feel so wrong (I agree)
Coffee’s cold, but I don’t mind (I prefer tea)
Guess it wakes me up just fine (Hopefully)

(bla bla, bla bla) x4

Better say nothing (Nothing at all)
Than to make small talk (Small Talk)
Still, it's not always easy (It's not easy)
To just stay silent (Bla bla, bla bla)

Better speak your heart (Shy heart)
Than talk in vain (Small Talk)
But it's never that easy (It's not easy)
To be just honest (Bla bla, bla bla)

Small talk ...
Just speak to avoid silence (bla bla, bla bla)  
Weather...
Sunny or not sunny day (bla bla, bla bla)
Small talk ...
Just speak to avoid silence (bla bla, bla bla)  
Weather...
Rainy or not rainy day (bla bla, bla bla)

Small Talk

I like to walk alone
And to feel, feel the rhythm of the city
I look at all the people
Trying to guess, guess the stories of their lives

(Trying to guess, trying to guess)

Why is that man running fast?
Is he late? Late for something big?
Maybe chasing down a dream,
Or just catching the last train to his home?

(Trying to guess, trying to guess)

Every face, a story to imagine
In this city full of people
Every smile, a journey to discover
I just walk and let them shine

So many faces, so many dreams
Rushing past like movie scenes
Who they are, I'll never know
I just love to watch them go

(Trying to guess, trying to guess)

And that girl with shining eyes,
Lost in smiles, or lost in her thoughts,
Is she waiting for someone?
Or just dreaming of love tonight?

(Trying to guess, trying to guess)

(Trying to guess, keep on trying to guess)

(Trying to guess, trying to guess)

Trying to Guess

(Kind of obsession)
(Going Crazy)

Just a day in his life
(Kind of obsession)
It's a matter of courage
He just wants to climb that building
(Going Crazy)
Disappearing into the sky

It's a strong obsession
(Strong obsession)
Just a matter of time
His new goal is that building
(Going Crazy)
That pierces through the sky

He's got no rope, no plan
(Kind of obsession)
But his hands know the way
Each window is a promise
(Going crazy)
Each ledge a step to the top
(A step to the top, to the top)

No ropes, no rules, no reason
(Mr Robert)
No fear, no doubt, no ceiling
(For Mr Robert)

People stop and stare up
As he walks on air
Mr Robert controls his fear
He leaves nothing to chance

No ropes, no rules, no reason
(Mr Robert)
No fear, no doubt, no ceiling
(For Mr Robert)

Mr Robert is the man who kissed the sky
(A true legend)
Mr Robert is the gravity breaker
(The gravity breaker)

No ropes, no rules, no reason
(Mr Robert)
No fear, no doubt, no ceiling
(For Mr Robert)

Mr Robert

I feel like letting go
(Like letting go)
Go running through the shadows
Feel the breeze and feel empty
But I want to make life easy

Some days I just lose my glow
(I lose it slow)
Slow thoughts like a river's flow
Tears fall where the dark winds flee
But I try to hold on gently
  
Go, running through the shadows
Go, chasing after echoes
Let's build a brand new glow
Let's free the seeds we sow

When I feel like letting go
(Like letting go)
I remember seeds still grow
If I feel the breeze and feel empty
Then I breathe and hold on steady

The fire I hold and seal
(I keep it strong)
Strong enough to keep it inside
No storm can break, no night can steal
Nor make me cast it aside

Go, running through the shadows
Go, chasing after echoes
Let's build a brand new glow
Let's free the seeds we sow

I feel like letting go
(Go, running through the shadows)
I feel like letting go
(Let's build a brand new glow)
(Let's free the seeds we sow)
I feel like letting go
(Go, chasing after echoes)
(Let's free the seeds we sow)
The seeds we sow
(Let's free the seeds we sow)

Letting Go

(Running through the shadows)
(Running through the shadows)
(Through the shadows)
(Still lying in my bed)
(Some voices in my head)
(I'm floating in between)
(The night’s not gone just yet)

Look by the window
Is it a cockcrow ?
No matter the dream that I seek
No matter the voice that I hear

Caught in a shadow
Eyes still in slow flow
No matter the day of the week
No matter the week of the year
 
Time to make your dreams come true
The night is ending
Wake up!
Step into the blue

Light through the window
Time in a soft glow
No matter the words that we speak
No matter if silence is near

Fog on the meadow
Thoughts come and let go
No matter the height that we peak
No matter the fall that we fear

Time to make your dreams come true
The night is ending
Wake up!
Step into the blue

The sky is painting something new
No need pretending
Wake up!
The world is waiting just for you

Wake up!
The world is waiting just for you

Wake up!

Wake Up!

All parts by Robert Grigg with inspiration from our Lord God!
https://youtu.be/s1xDAcgg9Nw?si=WHdluoX7f79IvU9-

A Better Way

I wanna carve my name in your skin (ft. exiqutee)

It's time to begin
Time to begin
No time to lose procrastinating

Full time to your projects
Full time
No more half-steps, just full time
Full time

Fuel in the veins
No signs of braking
No time for waiting
No more hesitating

Break all your chains
The path is blazing
No steps retracing
No more escaping

The clock is ticking
It's time to begin
Wake up the fire
Pressure’s elevating

Full time to your projects
Full time
No more half-steps, just full time
Full time

Fire in your chest
No signs of faking
Break all your chains
No time for doubting

Momentum's waking
No second guessing
No steps retracing
No more escaping

Fuel in the veins
No signs of braking
No time for waiting
No more hesitating

Break all your chains
The path is blazing
No steps retracing
No more escaping

Full Time

Composer, author, independent music producer.

Bill the Blob

Chris Dubsan