Ice

Deborah says I need to change the colour of my hair
But the direction of her life
Wasn’t going to take poor Deborah there
Now there’s trouble with the law
Her boyfriend’s on the floor
Saying everything's ok

Crawled away from loneliness
and made it something similar to despair

People don’t know how to be happy in the sprawl
It's a monochrome world she says
Flanked by urban malls
There's no trouble anymore
Just a mind that’s bored
Then Deborah says..
now and then everything's ok

Crawled away from loneliness
and made it something similar to despair...
and the police and the planners and the teachers helped to take her there...

credits...
released July 1, 2020
Words and Music by Mark Allen
Vocal by Mark Allen
Guitar by Benji Miu and Mark Allen
Bass by Benji Miu
Violin by Brenton Edgecombe
Artwork by Robert Smith of Digital Smith
Mixed by Benji Miu
Mastered at Crystal Mastering
copyright all rights reserved

Last Days of Rome

Words and Music by Mark Allen 2020

Updated Lyrics:
Someone who wants to be somebody else
Is the grief that you need left waiting on the shelf
If you come around one Sunday
Then you will know the reason why
My laughter is canned and so very badly mimed
Hey Mr. Green Hey Mr. Green
Tell me what does it mean?

Laying wide awake as the darkness turns to light
Because the ones you fear the most always
Sleep the best at night
God bless you Mary and all those virgins who had their wicked way
Because trouble at home isn’t trouble
If it’s all you’ve ever known
Hey Mr. Green hey Mr. Green
Tell me what does it mean?
What does it mean and what can you see?

Pale White Night demos

Mr Green (original demo)

Words by Mark Allen and Susan Johnson 
Music by Mark Allen
Vocals by Susan Johnson

Rough Demos

Man on the Street (demo)

A strings only remix of the forthcoming Counting Backwards single, Ballad of Yakamia.

Ballad of Yakamia (Strings Only Remix)

A collection of snippets of old demos that capture moments in time. 

Space Saver(allen) With Peter Nikolic on lead guitar
Tough Kids Write Songs(lee/allen)With Connal Lee on guitar/vocal
In the Rain(allen)   With Peter on piano
1943(allen)  With Rowey G on vocal and guitar
Amateur Strip Show(allen) With Benji Miu on the organ
A Miserable Sodding Christmas(allen) With Tamara Catlin on vocal and Peter on the guitar and mandolin

This Land Will Change (reprise)
Words by Mark Allen and Connal Lee
Music by Mark Allen and Connal Lee

With Lucky Phil on the harmonica
Copyright 2020 all rights reserved

Medley

Words by Mark Allen
Music by Connal Lee

Connal on guitar and vocal

Copyright 2020 (all rights reserved)
The lyrics were updated (below) but the newer version was never recorded.

I recognise the life
Of the man who stays inside
His persistence reads
Like writing on the wall
Online every night
Sharing memes that will make him liked
Like a soldier marching slowly off to war
But he’ll never really know
Because the wind will never blow
And he’ll never know what might have been
In amongst the lonely trees
Lying by his side 
Is the heartfelt and resigned
Her loyalty is all they can afford
She kisses with a sigh
Before switching off the light
Lying wide awake
With the wish that she’d done more
But she’ll never really know
Because the wind will never blow
And she’ll never know what might have been
In amongst the lonely trees

“When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree." 

Ram Dass

Lonely Trees (demo)

Blame it on the Sun (rough demo)

A collaborative musical adventure with vegan, systemic change and holistic activism undertones.

Counting Backwards

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