A melodramatic pop song about nostalgia, fame, beauty, disconnection and fading dreams. From my 2009 album 'Trigger Happy Love'. 

The Girl I'll Never Know

I read Dennis wilson's bio recently and imagined him writing a song like this from the window of some luxury westcoast house, the morning after yet another drug fuelled bender


Dennis Wilson's Blues

Between 2008 and 2014 the last six members of the older generation of my family passed away. This song is my response to the feelings of grief and confusion that accompanied these deaths.

No Ordinary Morning

this one's for my little girl, Anne-Marie. Born 10 weeks premature in June, 2011.




Racing Around the World


intro 
E – C#m – Abm - B

Verse 1
E – C#m – Abm 
I have worked for a thousand days 
E – C#m 
And now it’s time to rest my bones
Abm
Amuse myself to death.

E – C#m 
In the sun, the wanting comes in waves,
Abm 
I still don’t understand what it means –
B
So I make the bed…

E – C#m 
For you.  You have all the things I need.
Abm
Don’t put them in a box under the stairs,
B
Leave them out in the light,
Stay with me tonight.

CHORUS
A – C#m 
And every bottled feeling has a shelf life,
A – E
So open up the lid and let them fly.
The danger sometimes lies in letting go, dear
But open up the window watch them fly.

Verse 2 (chords same as V1)
E – C#m – Abm 
I’d found a place – to store all of my stuff
E – C#m 
I took a walk along the bay
Abm

And threw away the key.

E – C#m 
In the sand, now surer of my step,
Abm 
I leave the sound of emptiness behind
B
As the rain pours down…

E – C#m 
There’s you.  You’re catching all the waves.
Abm 
You help me understand just what it means
B
To be in the light, to be.

Bridge 
E E A A C#m A B B 

CHORUS
A – C#m 
And all these bottled feelings have a shelf life,
A – E
So open up the lid and let them fly.
The danger sometimes lies in letting go, dear
But open up the lid and let them fly.


Shelf Life

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The Home Front

Scottish/Australian chamber pop mixed in with some folk rockers. influences inc. Richard Hawley, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith. Check Spotify (link below) for more if it's your cup of tea.
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