Free Fall

Song written this week last year by Taz and Bengie Modson Live at North Star in Falkirk. 
Lyrics 

I went to the Fortune Teller she said son look at your cards
You've been driving down the road so fast but you've not got far
So I went to a lady gypsy she said drink from this cup and feel alright, but she had me having nightmares all the way through the night.

But I think its you
And no one else 
That can break my spell 

So I went to my mother
I think I'm in love 
She said your far too young to know the meaning of that word
I said please help me mother won't you teach me some tricks of
the trade
She said 'That's a question for your father on another day'

But I think its you 
And no one else
That can break this spell.

Fortune Teller (Live @ North Star)

Song written a few years back now. Part of Taz and the Maniacs up and coming first album Peace and Love! Thanks to Robbie Lesiuk for this recording: Live in North Star Falkirk

Lyrics.

Small town getting smaller
Every time the wind gets high
The same old birds flying
Over the Western Skyline
And I've been driving on the same roads now 
For 20 or something years 
Slowly turning a blind eye 
To the fact that I'll never leave here 

A a little taste of heaven is just a whiskey away they say 
But I'll never get that satisfaction until my job pays me 
But the flowers at all these landmarks remind me of sad times
I can't go back there without a drink in me tonight 

So I went to see my man 
And he told me about the Wonderland
Wonderland. Wonderland 

The Lamp post outside my window 
Flickers out onto the street 
Its the only way I've found to get my tired eyes to go to sleep 
I'm getting so sick and tired of plastic Rock n Roll 
All the good ones are dead now so I'm always told 

And I'm unfortunate with love 
I can't find the girl I'm dreaming of
Cos' all the good ones are taken in my little world
And the rest you pay for with your heart

Peace and Live

Wonderland

Bootsie Blue cover mixed in with track one of Taz and the Maniacs concept album Peace and Love, an album which tells the story of Taz Modson's life from growing up in a troubled home to fighting in "The War" with Leon to his challenging fights with love. Peace and Love will be available soon! Thanks to Robbie Lesiuk for the recording: Live at North Star Falkirk

Lyrics 
Waiting on You.

These dark nights are growing cold 
Fill my Soul my drink and Smoke
Now your gone 
Now your gone 

I have missed your beautiful face
Coming home to my embrace 
Won't be long 
Won't be long

Its amazing 
You make the stairs sing
When you are walking 
To the room where I am waiting on you

Strange Reflections Lyrics 

I go down to the river twice a week 
To forget about the bastards who call me a freak 
Skimmed a few stones just like yesterday 
Until I hear the voice (tell me what it says) 
Down the river twice a week 

Well down into the water I see myself 
But the face staring back at me was someone else 
Well I peered even closer (tell me what you seen) It was a dead man's eyes staring at me
Down the river twice a week

There was two bullet holes inside his head 
And the force of this collision made the water turn red 
I fell back and let out a scream until the voices come back and start haunting me down the river now three times a week.

I still go down to the river three times a week 
To go and see my only friend 
He's the only one who listens the only one who understands

Waiting on You / Strange Reflections

Track 1 Side 2 of Taz and the Manics' debut album Peace and Love Sunrise Part 2 tells the story of Taz's early memories with Lousie the love of his life. Inspired by artists such as Ryan Adams and Gorillaz. Thanks to Robbie Lesiuk for recording this: Live at North Star Falkirk

Lyrics

Sunrise 
Sunrise 
Turn my dark night into morning 

And take me back to a simpler time 
When we sat in clover fields and watched the sunrise

The world turns at different speeds 
Floating like falling leaves from the trees 
Take me back to a simpler time 
When we sat in clover fields and watched the sunrise

Sunrise Part 2

Another track from Taz and the Maniacs debut album done acoustically live! This is Don't Say Goodbye a song inspired by artists such as Warren Zevon and Father John Misty also a accidental part 3 to Sunrise. Thanks to Robbie Lesiuk for recording this.

Lyrics:

Don't Say Goodbye 
Like you did before
Broke my heart in two

Coming round here telling the same old lies
It's my favourite fear 
Well I've been thinking that now it is my time 
Just to tell you dear 
Its a lonesome ride 
Don't Say Goodbye

Don't Say Goodbye

Co written with Aidan Burhmann Nurse Louise is the closing track of Taz and the Maniacs' debut album Peace and Love the following is a live recording with thanks to Robbie Lesiuk in North Star Falkirk. Very rough version. Recorded version of Peace and Love coming very soon!

Lyrics:

Nurse Louise help me sleep
You're the cure to my disease 
Why do we treat them mean, watch them leave 
Nurse Louise you wouldn't do that to me 
Would You? 

We first crossed paths at seventeen
Down the park, we carved a heart into a tree 
Took some LSD on Halloween
You were always taking care of me

Did you ever hear about our friends?
Some found love, the rest got jobs 
Working hard to pay for a grave 
And every days the same

Nurse Louise

Written a few years ago now in a dream! Recorded acoustically live in North Star Falkirk by Robbie Lesiuk for the Summer Songwriters Showcase. Leon is the final track in the Peace side of Taz and the Maniacs' up and coming debut album Peace and Love telling the story of the conclusion of Taz's War against Leon! (His personal demons) 

Lyrics:

Remember the middle of nowhere baby on the edge of a haunted night
Where the good times were behind us in a blizzard of black & white 
I see you on the horizon, Leon was my only friend 
You reached out your hand and said a little prayer as the world was about to end (now let me tell you now)

Look into the fire and I see your eyes 
Take a drive down to the city of lights 
Where the signs became clear 
Dived into the water in my darkest hour 
Where I hear your voice getting louder and louder 
Now I can see the signs! 

Well I could walk across the water but honey I'd be leaving you
But I can't stay here no longer when your lies become the truth
I used to be a preacher until my back was broken in two 
Now I'm running, crawling away from people like you 

Look into the fire yeah yeah

Leon

Track from Taz and the Maniacs' up and coming debut album Peace and Love, recorded live acoustically for North Star Falkirk's Summer Songwriters Showcase 2017 with thanks to Robbie Lesiuk for the audio. Platoon was written originally as my attempt for a James Bond song, as the idea for Taz's first album came up I thought it would be very fitting to add it in the record. The lyrics came late at night after seeing The Who in Glasgow, The Who speak to and inspire me every time I listen to them and I wanted to capture some of that magic when writing this song, it tells the story of Taz's opinions of "The War" and personally of my own political opinions. 

Lyrics 

Theres two things I want to say to you 
I love you and I'll never let go 
Theres two things I want to say to you 
I love you now please let me go 

Cos You'll never understand why my heads in the sand 
But I'd be a hero if I died for some colours and some land 
But while were sleeping, in the back a billionaire is planning all of the the attacks 
Flicking through station to station, listening to the rock n roll situation
I realise were taken too soon 
Me You and my brothers all in the Platoon 

Cos' It doesn't matter where your dropped in the middle of the ocean or the middle of the war!
Shoot everything son that you see, from the air that you breathe to your so called enemies 
Another generation, the same old situation 
Millions of opinions all taken too soon on the front lines with their Platoon

Platoon

Cover of one of my favourite songs from one of my favourite artists Warren Zevon Mohammed's Radio. Enjoy Every Sandwich! I don't own the rights to this song and not looking to make any money of this recording.

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