*NO SOUNDCLOUD PROMO'S*

The words you almost say
are not too far away
and I know you try

and when others look at home
and you feel all alone
you run and hide

  But in your eyes 
  I see a depth of understanding
  a heart that’s not demanding
  the center of my stage is where you are

and when others talk so loud
surrounded by a crowd
of hearts on sleeves

Oh there’s so much more to you
If only people knew
as I watch you leave

  But in your eyes 
  I see a depth of understanding
  a heart that’s not demanding
  the center of my stage is where you are

      Still waters run deep
      Still waters 

  But in your eyes 
  I see a depth of understanding
  a heart that’s not demanding
  the center of my stage is where you are
        
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Still waters ©  2021

*No soundcloud promos*

There’s a furry friend beside me
seems to know me well
more than the others 
that’s why were a nation of dog lovers

and it was easy, 
made friends right away
he loves to be near me
hangs on every word I say

why is it so hard
to connect
with people
why is it so hard
when that’s what we want

br  Sometimes in your life
      you're on your own
      sometimes in your life
      there is no home

why is it so hard
to connect
with people
why is it so hard
when that’s what we want

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More than the others © 2021

There’s just one thing that I ask of you
please don’t judge everything I say and do
you don’t know, what I’ve been through
I ain’t perfect, but neither are you

There are parts of me snatched away with time
and there’s an emptiness that it leaves behind
No you don’t know what I’ve been through
I ain’t perfect but neither are you

    If I ain’t right now what you want me to be
    I just need a little time to rediscover me
    but I love you I do
    I love you yes I do
    but I ain’t perfect, and neither are you
           I ain’t perfect, and neither are you

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Ain't perfect  ©  2021

You were so different
to everybody else
they never got you
they never got you

They didn’t laugh
never got your jokes
they talked about you
but never to you

Maybe someday
when love is stronger
there’ll be enough to go around
no one will be in the lost and found

Maybe somehow
no one will feel lonely
they’ll be included with the crowd
yes included, not put down

You left a letter
with desperate words
now they can see you
now they can feel you

Maybe someday
when love is stronger
there’ll be enough to go around
no one will be in the lost and found

Maybe somehow
no one will feel lonely
they’ll be included with the crowd
yes included, not put down

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Different ©  2021

What do you do in those dark places
that you roam... when you leave yourself

Do you still stumble when you look in the mirror
to find that its somebody else

  and when I lift your head up and see the tears that fall, I'll say...

          Believe me,  nothin' stays the same there's always 
          somethin' else...somethin' else beyond the pain 
          believe me, when your soul is on the floor  you'll find
          a way... but maybe not today

How do you live when the blackest shadow
casts fear..... across your face

and how do I give when my tender moments
don't find a warm embrace

   and when I lift your head up and see the tears that fall, I'll say...

          Believe me, nothin' stays the same there's always 
          somethin' else...somethin' else beyond the pain 
          believe me, when your soul is on the floor you'll find
          a way... just maybe not today

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Believe me   (2021 version) © 2017

Shifting Sands    ©  UKSC Semi-finalist 2014

*SIGNED TO PUBLISHER

When there are no words.


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Nessuna Parola (No words) © 2021

(For Keith)

 We’d meet in the middle
 with a bottle of wine 
 and put the world right

 The clock had no fingers
 conversations would linger
 well into the night

   Where we would laugh till we cried
   always see the funny side
   of life
   share each others dreams
   always say what we mean
   to each other and that was alright
   old friend
   
   we used to laugh till we cried
   always see the funny side
   of life 
   We shared each others dreams
   always said what we mean
   to each other and that was alright
   old friend
 
Good memories still flow
 In the fireside glow
 my old friend

Even though you have passed
these moments still last
they won’t end

  we used to laugh till we cried
  always see the funny side
  of life yeah
  share each others dreams
  always say what we mean
  to each other and that was alright
  old friend

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Old friend © 2022

Astral Ascent © 2022

*NO SOUNDCLOUD PROMO'S*

2022 version of That's why...originally written in 2013.

You call me a clown
but I only perform for you

you show me a frown
and I have to make a joke or two

But while you're asleep
you don't hear me weep
you don't feel the pain
you don't see the tears
and my fears of losin' you
after all these years
that's why I act the way I do

while you're asleep
you don't hear me weep
you don't feel the pain
you don't see the tears
and my fears of losin' you
after all these years
that's why I act the way I do

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Thats why  ©  2013 (2022)

Breaking Silence    ©  UKSC Semi-finalist 2014

Featuring Angie Yates (Backing vocals)

Beautiful child, but you can't see
the fear inside you grew
all they could say, when you ran away
is “what’s the matter ....with you?”

Tears still flow
down a drain with nowhere to go
I want everyone to see
you’re beautifully Broken
to me

and you’re different now, but I don’t care
I love you as you are
you feel the things that no one sees
you are a reservoir

Tears still flow
down a drain with nowhere to go
I want everyone to see
you’re beautifully Broken
to me

and what lies ahead we just don’t know
were healing just the same
these raging wars inside our heads
still find a kindred flame

Tears still flow
down a drain with nowhere to go
I want everyone to see
you’re beautifully Broken 
to me

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Beautifully Broken (Acoustic version) © 2022

Curse The Moon     ©  UKSC Semi-finalist 2014

Music & Lyrics written & Performed by Jason Mark Yates
Music Production Darcy Jeavons

The Answer Is You    ©  2014

The sun comes up and lights our way
     in other words, its another day
     and we don't know, what's in store
     we just get up and live some more

                   New day, give me something good
                   help me live my life the way I should
                   oh sun rays reach into my heart
                   remove the tears, before they start
                   take away the blues, oh I could use....a new day

     The moon comes up and lights our way
     remindin' us it was another day
     and  now we know, what was in store
     and we'll go to sleep and dream some more

                    New day, give me something good
                    help me live my life, the way I should
                    oh sun rays, reach into my heart
                    remove the tears, before they start
                    take away the blues, oh I could use....a new day

                                   I could use a new day
                      Take away the blues, oh I could use....a new day

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New day © 2012 (2022 acoustic version)

The shadows deep inside your heart
are warring with your soul tonight
and though they’ve been there from the start
you don’t have the strength to fight

  living in the shadows 
  in silence and shame
  the shadows
  but you’re not the one to blame
  you’re beautiful to me
  and I wish that you could see who I see

You’re so quick to destroy yourself
while you’re caring for everyone else
conflicted in all you do
as the shadows turn the screw

  living in the shadows 
  in silence and shame
  the shadows
  but you’re not the one to blame
  you’re beautiful to me
  I wish that you could see who I see
  
    There’s more to you
     than what you’re going through
     
  living in the shadows 
  in silence and shame
  in the shadows
  but you’re not the one to blame
  you’re beautiful to me
  and I wish that you could see who I see

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Shadows  ©  2022

Yes I’m alright now, I don’t try to make a fuss
 when you try to talk about us
 guess I’m just coasting, and filling out the time
 with some mindless project, I can find

 occasionally, I see a picture of you and me
 so I try to go to sleep
 cos sometimes, talk is cheap.

 Yes I’m alright now, I don’t need to make a case
 as if it really means that much to me
 and I’m still smilin’ you can see it on my face
 guess I don’t need your company

 occasionally, I see a picture of you and me
 so I try to go to sleep
 cos sometimes, talk is cheap.

I’m alright, I’m alright now, yes I’m alright 
I’m alright, I’m alright now, yes I’m alright 

 Yes I’m alright now, if you’d really like to know 
 things are really taking shape
 and its nice of you to come and say hello
 but when you leave close the gate
 
 occasionally, I see a picture of you and me
 so I try to go to sleep
 cos sometimes, talk is cheap.

I’m alright, I’m alright now, yes I’m alright 
I’m alright, I’m alright now, yes I’m alright 
I’m alright, I’m alright now, yes I’m alright 

 occasionally, I see a picture of you and me
 so I try to go to sleep
 cos sometimes, talk is cheap.

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I'm Alright now  ©  2023

Loxdale street is a long way from home
my knuckles are white
can't you just take it slow
I'm just a kid
loosen your grip now

I'm only here cos the law told me so
to tell you the truth
don't wanna see you no more
I'm just a kid
loosen your grip now

  People watchin' when you pull me around
  and they can see how you shout me down
  on Loxdale street

My whole weeks ruined at the thought of today
I just can't fake it
don't know what to say
I'm just a kid
loosen your grip now

  People watchin' when you pull me around
  and they can see how you shout me down
  on Loxdale street

This whole thing's crazy there just ain't no way
to make a connection
at the end of the day
I'm just a kid
loosen your grip now

  People watchin' when you pull me around
  and they can see how you shout me down
  on Loxdale street

  People watchin' when you pull me around
  and they can see how you shout me down
  on Loxdale street

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LOXDALE ST  ©  2023

He’s gonna find you one day
and you won’t know what to say
but it won’t matter ..cos he’ll love you anyway
he will keep you warm

   sleep like you’re waiting for your prince
   and be awakened with a kiss 

Your eyes will open bright and wide
as he wipes the tears from your eyes
and he will tell you that he’ll never leave your side 
you’ll be alone no more

   sleep like you’re waiting for your prince
   and be awakened with a kiss 

    no one knows how long you waited
    no one knows how long you dreamed

and on that day when you are found
with every beat that your heart pounds
you’ll say I love you and there’ll be no other sound
when two hearts beat as one

   sleep like you’re waiting for your prince
   and be awakened with a kiss 

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Awakened  ©  2023

You’ve got scars
they stop you breathing in and out
You live on Mars
It makes you wanna scream and shout

   Any time soon you’ll find a way
   any time soon you’ll call it a day
   when your nights keep on drawing in

   Any time soon things can all change
   any time soon you’ll rearrange
   stop your spinning world from fallin’

You’ve got pain
It stops you moving straight ahead
you can’t maintain
and all you say just gets misread

   Any time soon you’ll find a way
   any time soon you’ll call it a day
   when your nights keep on drawing in

   Any time soon things can all change
   any time soon you’ll rearrange
   stop your spinning world from fallin’
Any time soon...any time soon
stop your spinning world from fallin'

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Any time soon © 2023

You burn the bridges you are standin' on
throw off the blankets that keep you warm
pull out the stitches that keep you whole
You just can't do this on your own

   If things were different
   If you were different
   we could have a picnic
   just you and me

   If things were better
   a whole lot better
   we might get to talk a while
   and even agree

You hold things tightly then just let them go
You need so badly but won't let them know
rip off the plaster just to watch you bleed
you bite the hand that tries to feed

   If things were different
   If you were different
   we could have a picnic
   just you and me

   If things were better
   a whole lot better
   we might get to talk a while
   and even agree

Picnic  ©  2023

Mr Angel    ©  UKSC Semi-finalist 2014

I'm runnin' out of time
I'm runnin' out of patience with you

I emptied out my soul
tryin' to stop you fallin' the way you do

Lately...I don't think that I can do this any more
I got nothin' left to give
you got me crawlin' on the floor
at the end of the day, its a pain I can't ignore

You lost me long ago
but I had to try and see beyond the fail

You need someone to love
and I guess with me the Hammer hit the nail

Lately...I don't think that I can do this any more
I got nothin' left to give
you got me crawlin' on the floor
at the end of the day, its a pain I can't ignore

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Lately ©  2023

He takes his hat from off the peg
and places it upon his head
followed by his scalf and overcoat
the wooden floor shines with the moon
he’s leavin’ now and not too soon
he’s going home that’s where it hurts the most


he makes his way to his one bed shack
with two steps forward, one step back
and greets an old acquaintance on the floor
he looks toward his empty place
and wipes the tears from off his face
there’s no one there to greet him any more

Unwelcome home, that’s what he says to himself
as he pushes back the mail beneath the door
doesn’t want to open letters any more


As he falls into his unmade bed
with conversations in his head
he tries to make some sense of every sound
but silence holds him like a claw
he just cant take this any more
tomorrow this is where he’ll still be found

Unwelcome home, that’s what he says to himself
as he lies there fully clothed and in his shoes
he’s tired of life, so there’s nothing left to lose
he’s tired of life, so there’s nothing left to lose

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Unwelcome home  ©  2023

How can you talk but just say nothin’ ?
like you will speak without a care
How can you dress like you were painted ?
 not let the wind blow through your hair

     Can you tell me
     what made you
     be so untrue ?
     When all I really wanna know
     is the real you

Why do you measure every sentence ?
like it really matters if you fail
its not about the Grandest entrance
its about what lies beneath the veil

     Can you tell me
     what made you 
     be so untrue ?
     When all I really wanna know
     is the real you

just for a while be in the moment
intently look into my eyes
say what you feel and don’t postpone it
embrace the truth remove the lies

     You Can you tell me
     from your heart 
     and give me a clue
     Cos all I really wanna know
     is what makes you you
     all I really wanna know
     is the real you

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The real you © 2023

Little lost kid in your second hand clothes
 shirt buttoned up in all the wrong holes
your life doesn’t know any better days
please don’t say its just a phase
 don’t you dare

maybe someday you will find
someone to ease your mind
in the arms of endless love

Little lost kid who’s wrist is raw
from being dragged across the floor
your eyes are hollow filled with pain
please don’t think that you’re to blame
any more

maybe someday you will find
someone to ease your mind
in the arms of endless love

      I see you hide behind the door
      tearing paper off the wall
      just to have something to do
      and I see there is no trace
      of a smile upon your face
      co’s of what’s been done to you

little lost kid with eyes of fear
I know why you wont let anyone near
your trust is gone your nerves nerves are torn
you wish you’d never been born
I understand

maybe someday you will find
someone to ease your mind
in the arms of endless love
in the arms of endless love

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Little lost Kid © 2023

She's pretending something special never happened.

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UKSC Awards

All of me

ALL OF ME   © (Remix) UKSC Finalist 2014/2016

Am I askin' too much? © 2025

Well I’ve been runnin' round in circles
got no start and got no end
watchin’ my hands turn to purple
I’m burnin’ up for you my friend

   Baby did you know
   forty feet of snow
   won’t stop me gettin’ to ya
   Baby can’t you see
   what is left of me
   is crawlin’ to your door
   and I won’t give up
   till there is nothin’ more

You’ve got me climbin’ big wire fences
and spendin’ every day alone
diggin’ my way out the trenches
lookin’ for a steppin’ stone

   Baby did you know
   forty feet of snow
   won’t stop me gettin’ to ya
   Baby can’t you see
   what is left of me
   is crawlin’ to your door
   and I won’t give up
   till there is nothin’ more

There’s nothin’ gonna get in my way, I’ve decided
and anythin’ that people say
Oh I’ve tried it, I’ve tried it, I’ve tried it

   Baby did you know
   forty feet of snow
   won’t stop me gettin’ to ya
   Baby can’t you see
   what is left of me
   is crawlin’ to your door
   and I won’t give up
   till there is nothin’ more

   Baby did you know
   forty feet of snow
   won’t stop me gettin’ to ya
   Baby can’t you see
   what is left of me
   is crawlin’ to your door
   and I won’t give up
   till there is nothin’ more
   Baby did you know, Baby can’t you see

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I'm hopin' when I wake there'll be something I can keep....
....That belongs to the two of us.

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How do I exist?
When all I have around me
turns to stone
and try as I might
I always stand alone

how do I fight?
When all my best intentions
turn to sand
as I watch the grains
fall through my hands

Was it easy for you to watch me fall?
from the landslide
did it cross your mind to lift me up?
From the landslide
…I’m left believin’ and waitin’ once again

How do I begin?
When startin allover
again
got my finger on repeat
its the same old game

was it easy for you to watch me fall?
 caught between little or nothin at all
on the inside
..so I’m left believin and waitin once again

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The best thing that you’re wearing is your smile
doesn’t matter what kind of day, even when it rains
 you still shine, all the time.

Somethin’ deep inside of you... just glows
it doesn’t matter what comes your way, cos every single day
your love grows, yes it grows

ch          Well I been tryin’ to be just like you
              but being somethin’ special isn’t somethin’ I can do
                            you bring out the best in me….you do
                             you bring out the best in me ...Its true.

I know its somethin’ that you cant explain
but that don’t matter to much to me, as long as I can see you
 again,.. and again

             Well I been tryin’ to be just like you
              but being somethin’ special isn’t somethin’ I can do
                          you bring out the best in me….you do
                             you bring out the best in me ...Its true.
                               you bring out the best in me….you do
                                you bring out the best in me ...Its true.

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A floating weightless but meaningful feel.
(Cue for ad or specific emotionally intense TV/Film scene.)

*SIGNED TO PUBLISHER

Cue for......You tell me.  Period detective drama?

Pathway to your heart.    (ft Angie Yates Backing vocals)

You don’t talk to me any more
cats got your tongue
and its lookin’ pretty raw

your eyes are fixed on the floor
somethin’ holds you down
and when it rains it pours

      Do you dream every night of the better things…
      a life that now has changed 
      Do you hope some how, you’ll find a set of wings
      so you can rearrange..  a pathway to your heart
          a pathway to your heart

Time is dragging like a plough
no time to heal
and If there was you don’t know how

You cant wait to go to sleep
just for a while
till the clock begins to beep

    Do you dream every night of the better things…
    that someday life has changed
    Do you hope some how, you’ll find a set of wings
    so you can rearrange..  a pathway to your heart
       a pathway to your heart........a pathway to your heart

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No yesterday.sndcld

An empty room...where they once lived together...now they come together to sell up and go their seperate ways.

Love with no respect

*Note to extra play posters* It means nothing to me.

One day I’m gonna meet me
and see who I am
with no imperfection
I’ll be a perfect man
one day, one blessed day
when dreams come true
you’ll see the real you

one day I wont be fighting
to do what is right
and no bolt of lightning
will strike me in the night
one day, one blessed day
when dreams come true
you’ll see the real you

   He has promised
   and he is faithful and true
   he knows what we’re going through

One day I’ll see a mirror
but wont be afraid
to look deep inside me
and see how I’m made
one day, one blessed day
when dreams come true
you’ll see the real you

   He has promised
   and he is faithful and true
   he knows what were going through

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Black Dog : Term for depression.
"The black dog visited me tonight"

*Not Interested in Soundcloud promo's*

             BLACK DOG

Black dog on the hillside tonight
Black dog looking for a fight
he will wrestle with me
give me no rest
sink his fangs 
into my flesh
Black dog on the hillside tonight

Black dog scratchin’ on my door
Black dog breathin' on my floor
he will enter my mind
and take control
make me feel worthless
rip out my soul
black dog scratchin' on my door

Black dog starin’ in the dark
Black dog creeps up and he don’t bark
every once in a while
he fills my head
and he wont go away
till he’s well fed
black dog starin' in the dark

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Prolific Songwriter.
4 times UKSC Finalist and writer of the AVRadio theme tune which is played daily in 183 countries!  Played on the BBC

Jason mark yates

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