You Were At Your Best In The Sun

Kent (My Unsung Hero)

A co-write with Neil Connor
Danielle on Vocals 
Neil on instruments and production

Chasing Shadows (Banks/Connor)

A co write with  Fiona Ni Ainin 

This link will give you the story of the Children of Lir
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/irish-myth-children-lir-swan-lake

Children Of Lir (Danielle Banks/Fiona Ni Ainin)

It's My Time To Shine - 27 03 2021, 11.24 (Mastered With Clear Sky At 64pct) (2)

Dreaming

Seven Little Stars

Cold Morning Road

When You Coming Home

Dragonflies In Jars (Banks/Paterson)

Sing it Out

Sing it out loudly and sing it out proudly                     
We’re singing with pride        
Come on  celebrate, come on  embrace 
Feel the love that we’ve got inside




We use to sing so silently
Cos the world didn’t want to hear
Now we’re shouting out,  loud and clear
This is me, This is me                So sing it out…….

(Sing it out) loudly and sing it out proudly
We're singing with pride                                  
Come on  celebrate, come on  embrace 
Feel the love that we’ve got inside


There's rainbow flag for  everyone
Someone's  daughter, someone's  son
We’re singing loud and  we’re having  fun
This is me  This is me         So sing it out……..

(Sing it out) loudly and sing it out proudly                           
We’re singing with pride     
Come on  celebrate, come on  embrace 
Feel the love that we’ve got inside


It doesn’t matter  what people think
I  don’t care what people say
Its my life and I’m living it my way
This is me, This is me     So sing it out……..

               
(Sing it out) loudly and sing it out proudly                  
We’re singing with pride                 
Come on  celebrate, come on  embrace 
Feel the love that we've got inside

Sing It Out

Seashore (Song a Week 2019/7)

SAW 2019  10
A photo from an old friend set off a lovely memory

Amsterdam  (Song a Week 2019/10)

Our Little Friend (Song a Week 2019/19)

River Of Dreams

Wine & Whiskey  (Song a Week 2020/8)
Theme :  Behind Every Bar

Wine & Whiskey

Life Can Change in A Single Day
Song a Week 2020/11

Theme:   A Single Day

In A Single Day(Song a Week 2020/11)Lockdown 2

Over The Moon 
Written on a zoom songwriting week
lyrics by David Vaughan-Thomas

Over The Moon

Curlew Call
The Curlew is a bird with an amazing song. It comes back every year but they are on the decline. I love it when you hear the call.

Curlew Call

When She Found Her Heart

Words She Heard

At the Glasgow Songwriting Festival, Emily Barker asked  us to write a song about a River and mine turned into a song about a Dam.
Whaley Bridge is a town in The Peak District in the UK and just just over a year ago a dam nearly collapsed. My children use to sail in competitions on this water. If it had it gone it would have taken out the town(and much of the surrounding area with it). We heard the helicopters going in and out from our house.  The hard work of the rescue services and the town stopped the disaster.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/02/whaley-bridge-dam-raf-helicopter-collapse-peak-district

That Dam Wall

Summer's Just A State Of Mind

Raging Storms

Hope Flickers

A runner was spotted out in the Peaks
Running Free

I’ve seen a free runner out in the Peaks
Sun beats down on his rosy cheeks
Smiling hello to the day that he greets

I see him at ease with the world all around
Pounding the hills as his feet hit the ground
A bird in the distance makes a beautiful sound

Chorus  
Wind in his hair, He glides through the air
People can stare  He doesn’t care,
He’s running free
    Run run run run







Doesn’t need much, just shoes & socks
Breathtaking views as he scrambles the rocks
He runs with a rhythm,  tick tock like a clock


Bridge
Has he always run wild with nothing to hide
Does it take the stress out of his life
He doesn’t give a damn what anyone says
He’s not like me
He’s running free, he’s running free

 

He’s stripped down naked like winter trees
No place for his phone, no place for his keys
His heart’s on his sleeve for all to see

Running Free

Night Sky
A Song a week co-write with Niki Shepherd
zoom across the miles Sydney to Buxton
C/F                Gadd4/B                  FM7      G
Even tho the dark night, overwhelms the soul
C/F                      Gadd4/B                 FM7                   G
Steeped in murky shadow pools, of blackened earth below
FM7         G                      C      Gadd4/B      Am
Slowly I start to rise, and feel the life inside
FM7                       G
Its me and you, lets see it through
                C
Sit by my side

V2
River beds and rock moss, clouds drift into steam 
The sight of stars like diamonds,stirs my soul to dream
Slowly I start to rise,and feel the life inside
Its me and you, lets see it through
Sit by my side

Chorus
Dm7                           G                        C                      Am
Like lulling beams in calming dreams. Feeling we are safe
F                            G     
The stars at night bring us light.       

Galaxies entwined in jewels,slow dancing on the heights
Light and life and joy revealed, hold us here tonight
Slowly I start to rise, and feel the life inside
Its me and you, lets see it through
Sit by my side

Chorus
Like lulling beams in calming dreams. Feeling we are safe
The stars at night bring us light.

Night Sky  (Shepherd/Banks)

A key was returned to English Heritage after nearly 50 years. It was too good a story to not write a song about.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-55243080

Here's The Key To My Gate

https://www.heligan.com/explore/estate/woodland

There is a living statue in Cornwall in the Lost Gardens of Heligan. She sleeps and changes with the seasons

Danielle

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