There were times I knew that I was gonna change the world.  
Ride off in the sunset, on a horse, with the girl.
Be a hero, save the day – maybe they’ll throw me a parade.
Instead, I’m working nine to five, trying to pay my dues.
Most weekends I’ll mow the lawn, maybe change a fuse.
Fix a leak and pull some  weeds.  Maybe a hero’s not what you need.

I could have been a bright light in your darkness, a pedestal to lift you up.
A voice of reason in uncertainty, when your lips were dry, I could have been your cup.
I always tried to stand so tall.  I soon found out I could not do it all.
The thing you needed me to be – was enough.

I always thought I had to be strong, be the man.
And you always let me, I see now, and understand.
No, I never saved the day, but you let me think that way
You always smiled and said you loved me as I am.  
Said you wouldn’t change a thing, happy as a clam.
Looking back, it’s plain to see all the things I could have been.

I could have been a bright light in your darkness, a pedestal to lift you up.
A voice of reason in uncertainty, when your lips were dry, I could have been your cup.
I always tried to stand so tall.  I soon found out I could not do it all.
The thing you needed me to be – was enough.

I always did what I thought was best for us both. 
I only needed to do enough.





Enough

Be Nothing Like Me, Wilma (Dec 2023)

Angels crowd around me
Heaven starts to drown me
Tears rise up and run down me
Memories surround me

Oh lord, don't take me now
Oh lord, don't take me now
Oh lord, don't take me now
I'm not ready to leave

Heaven Starts To Drown Me

Yesterday Today And Forever

In The Whispers Of The Wind

home fires (Pride 2024

home fires (Pride 2024)

Rough mix of basic tracks, produced by David Gans and Jeremy Goody, engineered by Jeremy Goody at Megasonic Sound.

Personnel:
David Gans - guitars
Robert Wade - bass
Javier Navarrette - percussion
Christian Crumlish - electric ukulele and lead vocals

All I Know
© 2021 At Swim-Two-Birds

If I were a magician
I’ll tell you what I’d do.
I’d conjure up your future
And show it all to you.

My magic’s all illusion:
Water bottle, plastic flower.
All the things that you will make
Will unfold in their own hour.

All I know is you should know
I’m out here looking out for you.
Everything you’ve ever wanted
Soon will come your way.

No one does it solo only.
Everyone gets sad and lonely.
Don’t forget that out here someone
Loves you every day.

If I were a time traveler
I know just when I’d go.
Back to the place I first met you.
I’d tell you all I know.

But when I built my time machine
It turned out to be fake
And left me with a craving
For your famous pirate cake.

If we could both be pirates
My eye patch would be cool
We’d go right through the book and challenge
Each and every rule

But I’m no jolly roger
Never sailed the seven seas
I never went to Narnia
Nor met the Pevensies

If I were a mixer,
You know that I would be
A stand mixer, fully charged
With electricity.

’Cause you deserve a mixer
That’s magical and fine,
Sent to you in a time machine
From 1959.


Words and music by Christian Crumlish.

All I Know (Song for Finn) - rough mix 4 - work in progress

My Last Song

"Last night I made that same old mistake / My love needed me but I hid away"

Oh Morning Sun

Love On My Mind

The Regent Theatre Flaunts

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7ihfhsI8RUrwmCWEX1SNPL?si=zBEJEcx0ROG-2LlQlrzUmg

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/henri-and-the-fearsome-spinning-cosmos/1603320098

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