Recorded live and acoustic in March 2013

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Ghost Town

In the ghost town
I feel happy
There’s a peace here
That won’t slay me
I know, yes I know, I’m free

In the Ghost town
I will not leave
I’ll dismantle
All that I see
And I hope, that you can prove me wrong

In the ghost town
Where I can sleep
With my eyes closed
Where I can be myself
Without you on my guard

BREAK

In the ghost town
Where my hand creeps
‘Round my own neck
Pray my soul to keep
My trust in me

In the ghost town
I’m the strong man
With the weak heart
And the fake tan
But I, oh yes I, I am still free

BREAK

In the ghost town
I cannot sleep
I can’t hear you
Right beside me…

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Ghost Town (Live and Acoustic)

One of my favourites of the lesser known Beatles songs, there is something about the melodies on this track that makes me smile. First released on the 1965 album "Help". Enjoy!

It's Only Love (Beatles cover, Live)

From the album "The Twilight Sessions" - Out Now!

Available on CD from www.jamesnighthawk.com/music or on download from iTunes and other vendors

A live acoustic version of this also viewable on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvxiAfjhxQI


Not the One

This is the story of one grateful truth
A taste unforgotten, a hope that bears fruit
If you are the cynic, afraid to confide
Then just how are we supposed to survive? 

Without tempting fate I would like to regress 
To a time less complex, a moment of rest
A love we believed would never subside
Yes, a force that would keep us alive

But no you’re not the one
Not the one, not the one
No you’re not the one
Not the one, not the one

(Break)

There’s no going back, there’s no room for change
The love we once grew, is growing estranged
Who would have thought, our worlds would collide
With a force that we both would survive?

Remember me well, remember me true
Ne’er forget lessons, from friends we outgrew
World-weary minds may cast them aside
In our hearts we must keep them alive

But no you’re not the one
Not the one, not the one
No you’re not the one
Not the one, not the one

(Break)

This is the story of one grateful truth
A taste unforgotten, a hope that bears fruit
I am no cynic, and I will confide
In a song that will keep me alive

But no you’re not the one
Not the one, not the one
No you’re not the one
Not the one, not the one

Not The One

Recorded in Winter 2013. Me, an acoustic guitar and the wonderful Sarah Crisp on Violin. Enjoy!

River (Joni Mitchell Cover)

Recorded live and acoustic in March 2013

Available to download for FREE from www.jamesnighthawk.com

"ftw"

Hello from your good friend
Your friend just across town
We speak online daily
This ol’ life gets you down

A forward attachment
Breaks the working day blues
Harmless distraction
Full of harmless abuse

How r u doin’?
How have u been?
You reply with a smiley face
For the Win

So through web casts and forecasts 
Our social skills stay on parole
Now our lives become hands off
As I laugh my ass off, So droll
We recount our nights out
We leave half the vowels out
Linguistic undoing,
Or modern renewing?
Who knows…

MySpace is my virtue
My home page adorned
With a little “Too much info”
We could not forewarn

Lo, stalkers and slackers
Identity fraud
But who’s really loosing face
In technology’s war?

So we roll on the floor
As we all laugh out loud
What’s so wrong?
We bookmark the pages
This R.S.S living’s ‘da bomb’
Our high speed connection
An imperial direction
To a world of false living
Where all love and all giving
Is gone, gone, gone…

Now the Day’s over
All life can begin
Skip on to our happy homes 
For The Win


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Ftw (Live and Acoustic)

From the new album "Beauty and Sorrow" out now on iTunes

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Jenny

Jenny is a good girl
She never liked to rock the boat at all
She always played it safe
But safe won’t always help you break a fall
So she packed her bags one night
And she stepped into the light
And she smiled
For this life it sure ain’t easy
But living’s all we got, so let’s try

To be free, all the time
To be free, yeah tonight

Jenny is a thinker
She always liked to think she had it straight
But nothing’s ever simple
Sometimes it's never clear, ‘til it’s too late
As she drove away that night
Yes she knows she’ll be alright
She just smiled
For loving sure ain’t easy
But loving’s half the battle, so let’s try

To be free, all the time
To be free, yeah tonight

For each time we think we know
All the people in this show
They’re just clowns
And for each love that tastes so sweet
And every bitter, cruel deceit 
We hold our ground 

Jenny is a good girl
But good won’t always help you win the war
Yet victory is empty
When no one’s left around to keep the score
As she melts into the night
Yes she knows she’ll be alright
And she smiles
For this life can sure be funny
But if the joke's on us, let’s just smile


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Jenny

From my new album "Beauty and Sorrow". Available on iTunes and all good retailers
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Every Time We Fall

Listen my friend to a heart left beat’ed
Listen to the rise and the fall
I can feel it my blood that the times we’ve cheated
Would never have the nerve to recall
The lies we made to hide our shame
The times we had no shame
Every time I’m wrong I make the same excuses
Every time I fall I get down

So pass me your glass if you don’t feel thirsty
There’s always a sorrow to drown
There’s always that dream that became a curse,
She; who was never around,
The dreams that fade into the haze
The dreams we never had
Every time I drink I get the same dark feeling
Every time I fall I get down

Refrain

So herald the moon by the love we’re making
Darken the delicate morn 
For how can a love that is born defiant
Leave each lover forlorn?
The times we fall in love too fast
The times we weren’t in love
Every time we love we make the same mistakes
Every time I fall I get down

Refrain

One of these days we will break each pattern 
The rhythm we choose is unbound
The times we fail are of no concern 
To the light, the colour, the sound
The times we look towards the end
The times we heed no end
In time we learn to embrace the fall
Every time, we fall


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Every Time We Fall

From the album "The Twilight Sessions" - Out Now!

Available on CD from www.jamesnighthawk.com/music or on download from iTunes and other vendors 

Don’t give your love out

I used to think it must be only me
Desire; as a strength here cannot hide
With every shift in our mentality
This willingness to change has a flip-side
Oh, I – I need to guarantee

Yet every chance we take so eagerly
Passion; ride the waves of the rip tide
With every day and every shot of glee
Balance seeks the calm on the inside
Oh, I – I need some mystery

Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out to just anyone
Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out to just anyone
Oh no, how could it be so wrong?

I used to think it never could me 
Desire; we resist when we’re headstrong
Such a lack of sensibility
Can never really last in the long run
Oh, I – I need the company

Yet every step we build a history
Passion; set aflame in the warm sun
With every day and every tendency
To gamble with our dreams, 
till they’re all gone
Oh, I – I need to choice to flee

Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out to just anyone
Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out to just anyone
Oh no, how could it be so wrong?	
 
‘Been giving this all far too much thought,
 I know
‘Been eating away at me tonight 
If I am to blame for this please let me know
If I am to blame, I’ll make it right
But such games are never simple
We shall swim in the debris
Yet every step is history

BREAK

Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out to just anyone
Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out to just anyone
Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out to just anyone
Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out
Don’t give your love out….

Don't Give Your Love Out

From the album "The Twilight Sessions" - Out Now on iTunes and www.jamensighthawk.com

For the Win

Hello from your good friend
Your friend just across town
We speak online daily
This ol’ life gets you down

A forward attachment
Breaks the working day blues
Harmless distraction
Full of harmless abuse

How r u doin’?
How have u been?
You reply with a smiley face
For the Win

So through web casts and forecasts 
Our social skills stay on parole
Now our lives become hands off
As I laugh my ass off, So droll
We recount our nights out
We leave half the vowels out
Linguistic undoing,
Or modern renewing?
Who knows…

MySpace is my virtue
My home page adorned
With a little “Too much info”
We could not forewarn

Lo, stalkers and slackers
Identity fraud
But who’s really loosing face
In technology’s war?

So we roll on the floor
As we all laugh out loud
What’s so wrong?
We bookmark the pages
This R.S.S living’s ‘da bomb’
Our high speed connection
An imperial direction
To a world of false living
Where all love and all giving
Is gone, gone, gone…

Now the Day’s over
All life can begin
Skip on to our happy homes 
For The Win

Recorded live and acoustic for a Radio Session March 2013

Available to download for FREE from www.jamesnighthawk.com

Let me Know

Late night under moonlight there’s a note upon the door
It tells me that your leaving, but for what I am not sure
You say you seek the wonderment in all that we forgo 
And when you’re heading home you’ll let me know

You Travel through the darkness on a cold and icy morn
The lights conducting silhouettes of mockery and scorn
But heady hearts and gung-ho wills will push on through the snow
And when you safe, wherever, let me know

You pull into a silent town, awaking to the day
A lonesome bird is singing loud, a melody so gay
The promise of a new beginning quells the fear below
But if you need a kind ear, let me know

You find yourself a small house on the harbour by the bay 
And take work on a fishing boat setting off that day
The sea air rushes through your lungs and chills you head to toe 
And if your heart’s adrift please let me know
 
The catch is few and far between, the crew look mystified
When out of yonder came a storm of unexpected size
The ship was wrecked on unknown isles, where wild winds seldom blow
And if you’re safe and sound, please let me know

You come-to with a sudden gasp, afraid to move at all
Aware that luck was on your side, from what you can recall
Now bravely you move through the haze, stricken hard with woe
Praying for a chance to let me know

Many days a-pass before your luck again comes through
A search boat sounds a roaring horn, the ship comes into view
The clarity of joyousness sets your face aglow
A joy you cannot wait to let me know

The journey back is solemn, the ocean calm and fair 
Your mind is freed from cloudiness, arisen from despair
And on the shore, I’m waiting, disbelief a friendly foe
There really is no need to let me know

So cast your mind back to that note, pinned upon my door
You said that you were leaving, but to what I was not sure
You tell me that in retrospect, the trials we undergo
Are all I ever need to let me know

Let me Know (Live and Acoustic)

Recorded live and acoustic in March 2013.

Available to download for FREE from www.jamesnighthawk.com 


Midas Touch

Guess it’s the same old story
After the same old glory
But this was a different kind of love
Traded my soul for laughter 
Been chasing your dream thereafter
This was a storm from way above

We’re both part of this jigsaw, come put me together
I feel that you want more than I can deliver
I’ve given you dreams, I’ve given you time

I’ve given you love 
I’ve given you peace
I gave you this Midas touch
Now I don’t feel much; Just Numb
Now it’s begun
I’m wishing for hope for what’s to come
Now I’ve given you love

You say that we moved on too fast 
I hadn’t the strength to get past
 All of the charms I’d never know
Now this is so hard to get through
I needed the chance to get with you
Against all the signs you’d never show

Bridge – Chorus - Break

We’re both part of this jigsaw, come put me together
I feel that you need more than I can deliver
I’ve given you dreams, I’ve given you time

I’ve given you love 
I’ve given you peace
I gave you this Midas touch
Now I don’t feel much; Just Numb
Now it’s begun
I’m wishing for hope for what’s to come
Now I’ve given you love
I’ve given you peace
I gave you this Midas touch
Now I don’t feel much; Just Numb
Now it’s begun
I’m wishing for hope for what’s to come
Now I’ve given you love

Midas Touch (Live and Acoustic)

Recorded for a Live session in March 2013. The FREE four track download "The Twilight EP" is available from www.jamesnighthawk.com

The studio version of "Stay in Touch" is available on the album "The Twilight Sessions" - available from iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby and my official website


Stay in Touch

Once on a cold November night 
Where our time we did sever
Framed in the glimmer of candlelight
Our souls limp to shelter
Fear not change and fear not life
For they’ll both come get ya
Honesty rocks an honest fight
For the better

So stop this now
Give me my dues
This I vow; I loved you

Complications block the light
Light that is blinding to the eyes
We hesitate but we don’t know why
Why we shock without surprise
No I’m not trying to make amends
No it’s not that simple 
Common sense helps us to pretend
That we’re equal

So stop this now
Give me my dues
This I vow
I loved you
But this My Love 
Is not enough
To mend this Love 
So stay in touch

BREAK

Bold distraction is what we need
Stalemate is no fun
Aching touch and a silent plead
How to end what we begun
Hatched as lovers, dissolved to friends
Resonance of a happy home
Now we must face life, once again
Alone

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Stay in Touch (Live and Acoustic - SoundCloud Exclusive)

Singer songwriter from South East England. My Albums "Beauty and Sorrow" (2015) and "The Twilight Sessions" (2013) out now on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify etc  

Influences include Dylan, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, Noah and the Whale, Laura Marling, Damien Rice, The Magic Numbers, The Leisure Society, Fleet Foxes...

Singer, Guitarist and professional Music Producer

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