Originally written as an instrumental about ghosts. On Bill Johnson's suggestion we incorporated spoken word from Roger Hallam's interview on Hard Talk where he discusses the Climate Emergency and our need to act now. Bill's editing and brilliant production gives the track it's power to haunt and hopefully stay with you.

Music for the 6th Extinction (definitive) Richard Lafford

Full Stop?

my love is like a red red rose cover

A contemporary original gospel composition of The Lord’s Prayer. This modern version makes the prayer accessible to all faiths and no faiths. It encourages dancing feet to move and limbs to sway. It is designed to uplift mind and body. It is universal.

The Lord's Prayer

Stay True

The Whistling Milkman

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(Verse 1)
They say everything's bigger down in Texas,
But my heartbreak's spread across the map.
From Tennessee to Colorado,
Each one left their mark on this cowboy's back.
A Georgia peach with a fiery temper,
A Kansas girl with a heart of stone.
They’re scattered far and wide, and it’s a ride,
Trying to leave their ghosts alone.

(Pre-Chorus)
I got scars in places they don’t talk about,
Memories that I can't drown out.

(Chorus)
'Cause all my ex's don’t live in Texas,
They're all over the U.S.A.
Every mile marker tells a story,
Of love that crashed and burned away.
From the Midwest plains to the Carolina coast,
They haunt me wherever I go.
Yeah, all my ex's don’t live in Texas,
But their memory’s got me low.

(Verse 2)
There's a bar in Montana where I still feel her,
A redhead with a tattooed sleeve.
And up in New York, there’s a wild-eyed city girl,
Who swore she’d never leave.
Then there’s that Florida girl with her sun-kissed smile,
She said forever, but it faded fast.
Every stop on this highway of heartache,
Is a lesson in love that didn’t last.

(Pre-Chorus)
I keep my boots moving, I keep my head high,
But the road’s got a way of saying goodbye.

(Chorus)
'Cause all my ex's don’t live in Texas,
They're all over the U.S.A.
Every mile marker tells a story,
Of love that crashed and burned away.
From the Midwest plains to the Carolina coast,
They haunt me wherever I go.
Yeah, all my ex's don’t live in Texas,
But their memory’s got me low.

(Bridge)
I thought the Lone Star State could heal my soul,
But the truth is love don’t play that role.
It’s a wild rodeo, a gamble, a bet,
And the odds ain’t in your favor yet.

(Chorus)
'Cause all my ex's don’t live in Texas,
They're all over the U.S.A.
Every mile marker tells a story,
Of love that crashed and burned away.
From the Midwest plains to the Carolina coast,
They haunt me wherever I go.
Yeah, all my ex's don’t live in Texas,
But their memory’s got me low.

(Outro)
So I’ll hit the gas, let the engine roar,
Leave those shadows in my rearview more and more.
But no matter how far I try to roam,
Those ex’s don’t let me feel at home.

Cause My Ex's Don’t Live in Texas

Empty Promises

PRS Tune code: 608494P pending ISWC

Everywhere I Go

Story of a guy who regrets signing a contract.

Signing On The Dotted Line

Put Your Faith In Me Girl

If you catch me smiling please remind me 
Things aren’t going quite as well 
As they could be or as they should be 
This picture has a tale to tell 

Of cup cakes in the kitchen 
Picnics on the lawn
Flowers cut from her garden
To brighten up my lonely room

In her brand new shoes 
she walked to the river
Keeping to the path 
to protect the leather

And the blister 
was a constant reminder 
Of every step that had carried her 

closer

to the water

Tho’ the petals fade and petals fall
this picture still remains
of our time together
by my bedside framed

she stepped off the bank
and the water broke her fall 
and just for a minute 
she really seemed to float 

but then she sank 

                          thanks to the stones 

                                             she’d sewn 

into the pockets of grandfather’s overcoat


We filter out the sadness
Edit out the pain
Crop out the sorrow
til nothing real remains

and images of her life 
flashed before her eyes

of madeleines and moonbeams
red balloons and breakfast trays
bacon, eggs - and a diamond ring 
fizzing in a flute of chilled champagne

and the joy then 
was just as intense 
as the sorrow
that was to follow

as today gives way to tomorrow

and the blister?

Well, I added the blister to remind me of my sister

who only exists 

                               in the mists 

                                                         of my memory

The Conversation - with Antonia Earls

About Diana Stone

Diana is a performing composer and musician playing Piano Violin & Guitar, synths and other stuff. She was a founder member of Rock/Roots band Elephant Shelf and also the Delta Ladies. She composes in a variety of styles from pop to rock to Jazz and and classical music .Diana is also expert in multi-media recording and music production.

Glass Cage is the name that Diana's solo projects use.

 have been playing various instruments since I was about 15. I started on Harmonica, because it looked easy and it was cheap. I didn't get on that well with it though. I had always enjoyed the Piano but where I was living it was not possible for the familly to have one frustratingly. We tried to get my Grandmas old piano, but sadly we lived in an upstairs flat and could not get it in. I made do with something called a reed organ, which was a bit like a harmonium with an electric blower. I did learn some basic things on it though. I also had a guitar which I made serious efforts with too. One instrument I had always really liked was the Violin and I started playing that too. It was very difficult to start with and I gave up for a year or so, but for some reason I thought I would have another go at it and started again. 

Fast forward a few years and I had been messing about with second hand tape machines and making recordings by bouncing sound from one tape recorder to another. I had a fairly stable job and at that point the Mk1 Teac Portastudio first appeared. Well I had to have one. By this time I had started to build up an interesting collection of Instruments keyboards guitars and so forth. I had rarely played live though. I was a bit of a techie and when I discovered you could create something called an mp3 file and put it on your website, there was no holding me back. I have a lot of music on the web. Everything from completed tracks to demos. The material spans roughly from about 1995 till the present.It covers a lot of musical genres as I have always been diverse in my musical tastes. I am still exploring musically and trying to learn something new along the way. Time passed and having assumed that I would not be doing anything much live ever, in 2004 I was invited to join a band. I have carried on with my personal musical outpourings till now, but have also played around 2500 odd gigs as well. That's something I never thought would happen. Its funny how life takes you in different directions than you expect.

If you enjoy the music I play and want to encourage and support me then just give it play, Thanks for reading this far. 

Love to you all xxx

Empty Promises

Diana Stones Glasscage

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