Please Believe

You are never going to understand, 
that the way I am is not the way I feel.
This is for the people of the world,
who are destined to succeed but born to fail.

If the six o’clock alarm is
where your big dreams end.
If the day is never yours to seize.

We are never going to comprehend,
why our gorgeous sunny days just turn to hail.

Rain comes falling down.
Late night when you go out.
World turns upside down.
You used to, you used to, you used to.
Rain comes falling down.
Late night when you go out.
World turns upside down.
You used to, you used to, you used to.

If the six o’clock alarm is
where your big dreams end.
If the day is never yours to seize.
Take a leaf out of my crumpled magazine
and you will learn to love, please believe.

If the six o’clock alarm is
where your big dreams end.
If the day is never yours to seize.
Take a leaf out of my crumpled magazine
and you will learn to love, please believe.

Please Believe

Sleepless and blue

You've got something,
you've got something to say.
You miss her more with every passing day.
But do you miss it at sunrise?
Your empty bed, her empty alibis.
What can I say to you?
Don’t lose sleep over someone
you’re not lying next to.
Sleepless and blue.
Love's been so untrue
to you.

You’ve got thirty years or so before you die.
Thirty years or so, not gonna lie.
One moment more with her
is one moment more with her too many.
What else can you do?
Don’t lose sleep over someone
you’re not lying next to.
Sleepless and blue.
Love's been so untrue
to you
to you.

They say the wrong person
is always the one
who you thought was so right.
But don’t lose sleep
‘cos they don’t care.
They’ll sleep just fine
without you there.

One moment more with her
is one moment more with her too many.
What else can you do?
Don’t lose sleep over someone
you’re not lying next to
Sleepless and blue.
Love's been so untrue
to you.

Not lying next to you.
Sleepless and blue.
Love’s been so untrue
to you,
to you.



Sleepless And Blue

You Send Me

You’re not that bright,
You’re never right.
But I don’t care,
I sit and stare.

You come to me,
with things to say.
You never see,
me sail away.

Oh yeah, you send me.
You never see, that you send me, away.

Your vacant smile,
you’re like a child.
And your doe eyes,
they hypnotise.

Oh yeah, you send me.
You never see, that you send me, away.

You send me.
Watch me sailing away

You’re not that bright
You’re never right.
But I don’t really care.
I just sit and I stare.

Ooh yeah, oh you send me.
You never see, yeah.

(Alright) You never see,
me sail away.

You Send Me

It’s a Thing (We Can’t Get Over)

I know, you better, than you know yourself.
And I know, you wish that I was someone else.
You know, me better, than I know myself.
And you know, I wish I was that someone else.

Someone to depend on
Someone who can work you out.
A better version of myself.
But I know, baby that you know, it’s a thing, we can’t get over. 
And you know, baby that I know, don’t say a thing, don’t say it’s over.

I know, you better, than you know yourself.
And I know, you wish that I was someone else.
Someone to rely on.
Someone who can love you back.
Who's up for trying just one more time.
But I know, baby that you know, it’s a thing, we can’t get over. 
And you know, baby that I know, is it a ring, or a four-leaf clover that we need?
Some love and luck in our lives.
Cos when it feels like luck has arrived,
It’s never on our side.

No, it's never on our side.
On our side
No, it’s never, never, never, never, never,
on our side, oh.

I know, baby that you know, it’s just a thing, that we can’t get over. 
And you know, baby that I know, don’t, don't say a thing, don’t say it’s over.
When the love in our lives
The luck in our lives
Feels like it’s finally arrived.
The luck in our lives is never on our side.

It's a Thing (We Can't Get Over)

Hypocrisy

I want to earn your self-respect
But the last time that I checked
My fantasy got wrecked

How can you be the way you are?
Sometimes near and sometimes far
But always with your finger on the pulse
Of what is going on going wrong
The way we were the way you are
The dreams we had that never got too far
Are like an arrow in my heart

You believe in the Allegory of the Cave
But Plato had his faves
The first platonic come-on
How can you be the way you are?
Sometimes near and sometimes far
But always with your finger on the pulse
Of what is going on going wrong
The way we were the way you are
The dreams we had that never got too far
Are like an arrow in my heart

Your whole life is pure hypocrisy

God gave you a pretty face
But you paint yourself another
So you can hide your point of view
You paint yourself another
So no one will discover

What's going on
Going wrong
The way we were the way you are
The dreams we had that never got too far
Are like an arrow in my heart

Your whole life is pure hypocrisy
Do as I say not as I do
Your whole life is pure hypocrisy
You say you care about them but you really only care about
Your whole life is a lie can’t you see?
You say you care about them but you really only care about you

Hypocrisy

Parisian Lady

You sit on the balcony
opposite mine
Smoking your cigarette
Sipping your wine
Parisian lady
You’re a mystery
There’s more to you
Than any man will ever see

Where do you go?
Who do you know?
Who’s the one that you are thinking of?
When the moon rises 
Over the city of love

Feeling more famous than
The city of love
Feeling more famous than
The city of love

Bardot
Jeanne Moreau
Go out tonight
Steal the show
Père Lachaise
Le Marais
Balader down the Champs Elysées
Le Touquet
St Tropez
Where are you
Going to fly today?
Which playground
Will you play?
The Atlantique or the Méditerranée?

She’s turning heads
On the avenue
Hints of Chanel
A dash of Jacquemus
Parisian lady
You’re a masterpiece
Perfectly painted by
Henri Matisse

Where do you go?
Who do you know?
Who’s the one that you are thinking of?
When the moon rises 
Over the city of love

Feeling more famous than
The city of love
Feeling more famous than
The city of love

Bardot
Jeanne Moreau
Go out tonight
Steal the show
Père Lachaise
Le Marais
Balader down the Champs Elysées
Le Touquet
St Tropez
Where are you
Going to fly today?
Which playground
Will you play?
The Atlantique or the Méditerranée?

Parisian lady
Playing hard to get
Who’s your secret
Cinq à sept?
Shhhhhhhh

Feeling more famous than
The city of love
Feeling more famous than
The city of love

Bardot
Jeanne Moreau
Go out tonight
Steal the show
Père Lachaise
Le Marais
Balader down the Champs Elysées
Le Touquet
St Tropez
Where are you
Going to fly today?
Which playground
Will you play?
The Atlantique or the Méditerranée?

Bardot
Jeanne Moreau
Go out tonight
Steal the show
Père Lachaise
Le Marais
Balader down the Champs Elysées
Le Touquet
St Tropez
Where are you
Going to fly today?
Which playground
Will you play?
The Atlantique or the Méditerranée?

Parisian lady
Sipping café au lait
Parisian lady
Haven’t seen you today
Today
Today

Parisian Lady

The Insta Crowd

Here they come
Walking down
Into town
Real live wires
On a dead-end street
To the Circolo 
Or the place to go
Or the face to meet
An Influencer
A dream dispenser
The way you make them feel
But behind the screens
Of the Insta queens
The reel is so unreal

They’re always somewhere Instagrammable
Somewhere so hot that it’s inflammable
And where the lingo’s understandable
And not one person’s incompatible  

You know it really doesn’t matter where they go
As long as it’s an Instaworthy show
There’s only loud and proud allowed
When you’re in with the Insta crowd

Imperfection
Cool deception 
Self worth nothing at all
From your miracle balms
To your Miss Self Harms
It isn’t far to fall
Young lives curated
Like babes incubated
But it’s hard to face
When your happiness
Has been uninstalled 

They’re always somewhere Instagrammable
Somewhere so hot that it’s inflammable
And where the lingo’s understandable
And not one person’s incompatible

You know it really doesn’t matter where they go
As long as it’s an Instaworthy show
There’s only loud and proud allowed
When you’re in with the Insta crowd

Big Ben
London Eye
Awesome garden in the sky
Sunset
Harry’s bed
Finally on my private jet
Booty camp
I need coffee
Aliens please come get me, me, me, me

They’re always somewhere Instagrammable
Somewhere so hot that it’s inflammable
And where the lingo’s understandable
And not one person’s incompatible

You know it really doesn’t matter where they go
As long as it’s an Instaworthy show
There’s only loud and proud allowed
When you’re in with them

They’re always somewhere Instagrammable
Somewhere so hot that it’s inflammable
And where the lingo’s understandable
And not one person’s incompatible

You know it doesn’t
matter where they go
As long as it’s Instaworthy
There’s only loud and proud allowed
When you’re in with the Insta crowd

It doesn’t matter where they go
As long as it’s Instaworthy
There’s only loud and proud allowed
When you’re in with the Insta crowd

The Insta Crowd

Friday Street

Jimmy was a joiner
But now he finds it hard
To make ends meet
To make ends meet

Jim’s wiry hair and broken nose
Cause passers-by to disclose
‘Not carrying no cash today
Aren’t you better off without it
Anyway?’

You say you don’t like Mondays
But you’re living on Friday Street

Susie was a seamstress
But now the cardboard is the pleat
Beneath her feet
Beneath her feet

There’s nothing left for losers
Living in a cashless society
That pays only for pure anxiety

You say you don’t like Mondays
But you’re living on Friday Street
And you say you’re scared of Sundays
But the world is at your feet

You say you don’t like Mondays
But you’re living on Friday Street
And you’ve got that fear of Sundays
But the world is at your feet

You say you don’t like Mondays
When you’re living on Friday Street
And you say you’re scared that some day
You’ll find it hard to make ends meet

To make ends meet
To make ends meet

Friday Street

Can’t go on like this

I was always taught
Write what you know
But I don’t know you any more
Some people were meant to be
But not meant to be together
Cos now this love it hurts me so

I want to be with you
Want to forgive you
But we can’t go on like this
When the bad news
Is like a sad Blues
And the good news doesn’t exist
I’m going to need you
I'm going to love you
Like the iceberg loves the ship
We’re going down and
We can’t go on like this

I was always taught 
Write from the heart
But my heart’s broken
Beyond repair
Never ask the fallen
To fall in love again
When they fell right from the start

I want to be with you
Want to forgive you
But we can’t go on like this
When the bad news
Is like a sad Blues
And the good news doesn’t exist
I’m going to need you
I’m going to love you
Like the iceberg loves the ship
We’re going down and
We can’t go on

There’s a place where I go 
Where the cool waters flow 
I keep dreaming the same dream
And it’s the one where we are winning 
But it’s a dream we’ll never, ever know

I was always taught
Write what you know
But I don’t know you any more
I really think we were meant to be
Just not meant to be together
Cos now this love it hurts me, hurts me so

I want to be with you
Want to forgive you
But we can’t go on like this
When the bad news
Is like a sad Blues
And the good news doesn’t exist
I’m going to need you
I'm going to love you
Like the iceberg loves the ship
We’re going down and
We can’t go on like this
Like this

Can't Go On Like This

It was another night of lies 
Under fractious skies 
As the rain came down 
On a town they call 
Gotcha City 
Where the uninitiated 
Fall in traps set by 
The pathetic empathetic 
Who you could just say 
Are getting silly 

Who controls the past controls 
When the rain falls down 
Who controls the jester 
Controls the clown 

You’re like the playground child 
Who suddenly goes quiet 
When there’s a playground riot 
And they are not compliant  
They don’t do what you say 
They start to play away 
They start to disobey 
And you can’t take it 

When you marked me down 
As a clown who hadn’t 
Taken part in your indoctrination 
Don’t you ever stop to think about 
How that just adds to my determination? 

Oh oh oh 

Who controls the past controls 
When the rain falls down 
Who controls the jester 
Controls the clown
  
You’re like the playground child 
Who suddenly goes quiet 
When there’s a playground riot 
And they are not compliant  
They don’t do what you say 
They start to play away 
They start to disobey 
And you can’t take it 

I thought that I 
Was a pretty nice guy 
Til you came along and told me 
You don’t fit 
You’re a pain and a shit 
But don’t worry 
Cos I’m the Joker
 
Um um 
Ah hah 

It was another night of lies 
Under fractious skies 
As the rain came down 
On a town they call 
Gotcha City 
Where the uninitiated 
Fall in traps set by 
The pathetic empathetic 
Who you could just say 
Are getting very very very silly
 
You’re like the playground child 
Who suddenly goes quiet 
When there’s a playground riot 
And they are not compliant  
They don’t do what you say 
They start to play away 
They start to disobey 
And you 
And you 

Are like the playground child 
Who suddenly goes quiet 
When there’s a playground riot 
And they are not compliant  
They don’t do what you say 
They start to play away 
They start to disobey 
And you can’t take it 

Thanks for committing my suicide 
But at the end of the day 
You’re just a mixed up bride 
Nothing that I do or say 
Will ever give the game away
 
(The pathetic empathetic who you could just say)

Gotcha City

My kids say 'pop, you'll never get far'. I say 'kids, I'm going to be a pop star'.

Yup, I'm an unlikely pop star, and at the time in life when I should be heading towards retirement, rather than global superstardom.

My singing career began at a world-renowned Cambridge choir school. But it didn’t take too many 6am choir practises to persuade me that my passion was less for St Matthew, and more for pop. I'll always remember standing on desks, belting out Elton John numbers acapella at bemused classmates.

I also learned to play drums at school, and spent 1985 as drummer with The Cambridge Footlights on their ‘Topical Heatwave’ UK tour.

In 1997, I helped form six-piece covers band, Coverstar. Over the next twenty-four years, we would become each other’s second family.

Then in March 2021, I finally released my début EP, ‘Where the Elephants Go’ – a collaboration with my Coverstar bandmates Rob Carter and Paul Solman. It's fair to say that without them, the elephants wouldn't have gone anywhere.

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