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Secret To Life (Single) 
Composer/Author: Geoff Achison 
Performed by Geoff Achison & The Souldiggers

LYRICS:
There ain’t no secret to life
There ain’t no secret to life
There ain’t no secret to life
Don’t be wasting your time
No secret to life

If we all treat everyone else
The way you’d be treated yourself
No secret to life

There ain’t no mystery to love
There ain’t no mystery to love
There ain’t no mystery to love
And it’s ever been so
No mystery to love

If we all treat everyone else
The way you’d be treated yourself
No secret to life

We know the pathway to peace
We know the pathway to peace
We know the pathway to peace
Though it’s never been easy
The pathway to peace

If we all treat everyone else
The way you’d be treated yourself
No secret to life

© Geoff Achison 2021

Geoff Achison: Vocals/Guitars 
Roger McLachlan: Bass 
Richard Tankard: Keyboards 
Gerry Pantazis Drums 

Produced by Gerry Pantazis 
Mastered by John Ruberto at Mastersound Studio, Melbourne Aust

© all rights reserved

Secret To Life

Capricorn Pilot (Single) 
Composer/Author: Geoff Achison
Performed by Geoff Achison & The Souldiggers

LYRICS:
Jacki posted your picture today
On her social media wall
As I scrolled through the big news, conspiracies, and attitudes
Yeah, it put my anger on hold

There was a hint of a smile in your eyes
Like you’d just realised that the camera was there
Deliberately candid, your features all perfectly framed
By a wisp of your hair

Our Capricorn pilot
Return to your orbital sun
Happy birthday, to our valiant one

Hey, that’s the outfit you wore in the city
The night of the red-headed girl
You were smooth as the devil
Out to catch ye an angel
At Joey’s Bar, Pizza & Grill

You’d perfected an accent that made you confident with strangers
Betrayed by your larrikin grin
We talked in our code and made insidious jokes
And the red-headed girl up and left

Our Capricorn pilot
Return to your orbital sun
Happy birthday, to our valiant one

Well I guess there were signs at the time
But we never paid no mind, to such serious stuff
You were our Saturday savior, our cosmic space ranger
Always shakin’ it up, messin’ things up, maybe covering up…

You were the door slam, don’t give a damn
While I was the quiet reproach
You had the ladies all wrapped around you finger
I envied each heart that you broke

‘Til you met my one and only, you smiled but you told me
You were afraid you would never know love
I guess Mother earth failed ya, so you set your ship sailin’
To the constellation of your birth

Our Capricorn pilot
Return to your orbital sun
Happy birthday, to our valiant one

© Geoff Achison 2020

Geoff Achison: Vocals/Guitars
Roger McLachlan: Bass
Richard Tankard: Keyboards
Gerry Pantazis Drums

Produced by Gerry Pantazis
Mastered by John Ruberto at Mastersound Studio, Melbourne Aust

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Eyes On The Prize
Composer/Author: Geoff Achison (Control)

LYRICS:
Eyes on the prize
A smack right in the kisser
Never wanna miss on a bull’s-eye

Doing time for the crime
Whatever’s gonna getcha
Any price will fetch ya the fall guy

We got tired of waiting
We got tired of trying
We got tired of waiting
For someone who won’t let us down
This time…

So you took a chance on romance
A promise and wink
Ain’t ever what ya think
It’s a love scam

He’s a sharp dressed man
Another shady spiel
And another dodgy deal
He’s a flim-flam

We got tired of waiting
We got tired of trying
We got tired of waiting
For someone who won’t let us down
This time…

© Geoff Achison 2017

Geoff Achison: Guitars/Vocals
Roger McLachlan: Bass Guitar
Richard Tankard: Keyboards/Vocals
Gerry Pantazis: Drums
Lachy Pantazis: Hand Claps

Produced by Gerry Pantazis
Mastered by John Ruberto (Mastersound Studio, Melb AU)

Eyes On The Prize

Dragon Wings
Geoff Achison & The Souldiggers (Aus)

Digital-Single 
Release date June 3rd 2020

LYRICS:
The King was laughing as the jester took the throne
The people thought the joke was theirs and theirs alone
The court advisors split their ranks and hunkered down
The jester preened his crazy comb and stole the crown

Now that there ain’t nobody else
Just got to rely on yourself

The Eagle boasted it was smarter than the Bear
The spoils of war all hoarded in the Dragon’s lair
When Ursa Major woke, exacting cold revenge
The Dragon smiled to see the Eagle crawl again

Now that there ain’t nobody else
Just got to rely on yourself

The King was only silent when he thought before he spoke
The jester blustering incessant palls of smoke
The Eagle blinded now, he screeched his victory cry
The Bear avenged and Dragon wings across the sky

Now when their ain’t nobody else
Just got to rely on yourself (x2)

© Geoff Achison 2019

Geoff Achison: Vocals/Guitars
Roger McLachlan: Bass Guitar
Richard Tankard: Keyboards
Gerry Pantazis: Drums

Composer/Author: Geoff Achison
Produced by Gerry Pantazis 
Mastered by John Ruberto at Mastersound Studio, Melbourne AU

Label: Jupiter 2 Records
Artist website: www.geoffachison.com

Music video at YouTube

Dragon Wings

Footy Cards is a stroll down memory lane, recounting childhood memories of junior football and avidly collecting huge wads of footy cards, all held together with a thick ‘lacca band. With 6 cards & a stick of Scanlan’s gum in every pack (at 10 cents a pop) the big-league stars were keenly swapped in an effort to collect the whole set! Centered around Geoff’s flowing acoustic guitar, it’s a tale of happier times and simple pleasures

LYRICS 
Early on a Saturday and we bound down the stairs 
Ya can’t get us up on any school morning 
Rummaging for prizes in the cereal box 
Down the creek we’re yabbying and flipping river rocks 

Later on we vote on who’ll approach the old man 
For a shiny silver platypus we’re holding out our hands 
Down to the Milk Bar at a furious trot 
Two packets each of footy cards at ten cents a pop 

Now the footy cards are flicking 
As the swap meet has begun 
The smell of musk sticks and Scanlan’s gum 
“Hey, I’ll trade ya a Dempsey for a Quinlan” 
As he snaps the ‘lacca band 
But you’ll never get McKenna from a Magpie fan 

Next morning at the oval, our boots are hanging ‘round our necks 
The Mighty Bloods will take the field again 
We ain’t won a game since we don’t know when 
But there’ll be Boon Spa & Four & Twenty pies at the end 

There’s one more of kick to kick up in the goal square 
Kids are shouting ‘Jezza!’ taking speckies in the air 
There’s drop-punts and torpies flying everywhere 
Thumpin’ off the boot, the Sherrin slappin’ into hands 

Sunday night is always dinner by the open fire 
There’s baked-beans & cheddar in the jaffle iron 
Countdown is on now and everybody knows 
You’re for Skyhooks or you’re Sherbet but you can’t be both 

© Geoff Achison 2019

Composer/Author: Geoff Achison 

Geoff Achison: Vocals/Guitars 
Roger McLachlan: Bass 
Richard Tankard: Keyboards 
Gerry Pantazis Drums 

Produced by Gerry Pantazis 
Mastered by John Ruberto at Mastersound Studio, Melbourne Aust

© all rights reserved

Footy Cards

Award winning guitarist, singer & songwriter from Melbourne, Australia. Performs as solo acoustic guitarist & singer and/or plays electric guitar with his band 'The Souldiggers' performing mostly original blues/funk flavoured material. Was lead guitarist with veteran Aussie bluesman Dutch Tilders '89-96, winner of Memphis Blues Foundation's Albert King Award in 1995,  won numerous awards for songwriting & performance. Tours chiefly in USA, UK & Australia

Geoff Achison

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