Words and music by Steve Walsh
Engineered and mixed by Tony Goacher

Andre Arkema: Drums and percussion
Tony Goacher: Bass guitar
Steve Walsh: Lead vocal and guitar

Lyrics:

When breaths are stolen
In bright flashes of war
There’s time for no-one
They’ve washed up on the shore

(Up in the sky they’re)
Free to breathe again
Where real is make-pretend
They’re coming home

They’ve turned to face away
With executions stayed
And no mercies shown
(They’re not alone)

So now we turn round
To land we just found
No soul to dream this
No sacred pretext

(And now we know that)
We’ve only just begun
The ray was set to stun
Aim for the start

Can’t change what we saw
Can’t settle on the score
Burned to our hearts
(We drift apart)

They’re free to breathe again
So let the way begin
Ride in the sun

So let the wave subside
Their beauty all to find
In everyone
(They re-begun)

A Cargo Of Flotsam

Words and music by Steve Walsh
Engineered and mixed by Tony Goacher

Andre Arkema: Drums and percussion
Tony Goacher: Bass guitar
Steve Walsh: Lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars

Lyrics:

Took a pew in the holy house of prayer
Can’t recall why it was I first went there
In the candle light they taught me how to fear

When the preaching’s done absolved souls leave the room
Punched leather strap cracks its sonic boom
In the silence normal service will resume

There were times when the light was fading
You were coming home and I’m still waiting
There were times when a house is not a home
There are times when the monster rages
Take a sacred book and trash the pages
Didn’t pick up when at last you did not phone
But we’re not alone

So this perfect storm runs right through the week
Genuflect to the ghost of St Mystique
Turn to the heavens but make sure you do not speak

There were times when the light was fading
You were coming home and I’m still waiting
There were times when a house is not a home
There are times when the monster rages
Take a sacred book and trash the pages
Didn’t pick up when at last you did not phone
But we’re not alone

Forgive me father I have
Always been this way, but
Now they tell me it’s a sin

Don’t leave me now cos I can’t
Understand and I can’t see
Your paradise from where I’ve been


Forgive me father I have
Always been this way, but
Now they tell me it’s a sin

Don’t leave me now cos I can’t
Understand and I can’t see
Your paradise from where I’ve been

Took a pew in the holy house of prayer
In the candle light they taught us how to fear
In most mysterious ways we could disappear

There were times when the light was fading
You were coming home and I’m still waiting
There were times when a house is not a home
There are times when the monster rages
Take a sacred book and trash the pages
Didn’t pick up when at last you did not phone

There were times when the light was fading
You were coming home and I’m still waiting
There were times when a house is not a home
There are times when the monster rages
Take a sacred book and trash the pages
Didn’t pick up when at last you did not phone
But we’re not alone

Holy

Words and music by Tony Goacher
Engineered and mixed by Tony Goacher

Andre Arkema: Drums and percussion
Tony Goacher: Lead vocal and bass guitar
Steve Walsh: Backing vocal and guitar

Lyrics:

You dealt yourself a hand but like grains of sand
It was falling through your fingertips
And your third time bluff wasn’t enough
You were shooting from your hip

The armchair politicians got excited
cos they were finally invited

Jack’s on the stack, give me heart attack
He’s thinks he’s got something to sell
Now Jack’s on the stack there’s no turning back
He’s got a big, bold story to tell

The armchair politicians got excited
cos they were finally invited

And if you could choose would you want to?
Marching to the beat of a different drum
You could refuse the news if you want to
What have we become?

Jonny’s walking proud and he’s 10 feet tall
For the first time in his life he matters at all
For the first time in his life he took the call
For the first time in his life….

The armchair politicians got excited
cos they were finally invited

And if you could choose would you want to?
Marching to the beat of a different drum
You could refuse the news if you want to
What have we become?

And if you could choose would you want to?
Marching to the beat of a different drum
You could refuse the news if you want to
What have we become?

And if you could choose would you want to?
Marching to the beat of a different drum
You could refuse the news if you want to
What have we become?

Choose! (If You Want To)

Words and music by Steve Walsh
Engineered and mixed by Tony Goacher

Andre Arkema: Drums and percussion
Tony Goacher: Bass guitar
Steve Walsh: Lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars

Lyrics:

You wrote in a letter
Tapped out on your phone
It’s not getting better
So leave it alone

Remember the feeling
That blew us away
But textual healing
Only gets in the way

And if we want to, we can lie
We’re jet fuel streamers, and we’ll fly high
We’ll live forever, ‘til we die
Cry Baby, Baby Cry

Karma comes undercover
Elements of surprise
Unbelievable lovers
Tell believable lies

This impossible beauty
Only comes with the light
And a billion suns won’t
Shut down the dead of the night

And if we want to, we can lie
We’re jet fuel streamers, and we’ll fly high
We’ll live forever, ‘til we die
Cry Baby, Baby Cry

And starry nights are spent alone
And shudders through this flesh and bone
Storm waves come rock this gentle sea
Oceans apart aren’t meant to meet 

And if we want to, we can lie
We’re jet fuel streamers, and we’ll fly high
We’ll live forever, ‘til we die
Cry Baby, Baby

And if we want to, we can lie
We’re jet fuel streamers, and we’ll fly high
We’ll live forever, ‘til we die
Cry Baby, Baby Cry

Cry Baby

We're a three piece with various influences depending on which band member you ask, from classic rock and folk to Britpop and metal. We started in the 90's, and after a hiatus that spanned the best part of two decades - we're back! Excited about sharing new music, revamping some of our best bits from the past, and taking that mixture to new audiences... we hope you like it!

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Andre Arkema: Drums and percussion
Tony Goacher: Bass guitar and vocals
Steve Walsh: Electric and acoustic guitars and vocals

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