With huuuuuuuge thanks to Helen Royall for her lovely backing vocals!

Generation Why

Happy Place

LYRICS

There's a thousand questions going round my head
Buzzing like a wasps' nest in a shed
Thoughts and hopes, some not-so-bright ideas
Mental manna to see me out for years

Given time

When it comes to it we're flesh and blood and bone
Clockwork hearts, the need not to be alone
Sieze the day, they say that when you're young
But you don't listen, when you're young

Give it time
Give it time
And you'll be fine

There's a thousand thoughts buzzing round my head
Most benign, some better left unsaid
Hopes and fears, some not-so-bright ideas
Food for thought to last me for years

So give me time
Give me time
And we'll be fine...

Food For Thought

This was my lockdown song. "Over that hill loved ones die alone...."

Cursed & Blessed

Recorded by So What? with thanks to bandmates Nik Hill and Tim Ballinger.

True Day

Wilderness Of Song

Year Of Living Dangerously - Demo

England's Pale Army

Waking up
radio at my head
staking its claim to the souls of the dead
at only eight
it feels too late
for humankind

They're lining up
to bend my ear
they're pushing false prophets and profiteers
and the markets are up
from Wall St to Hang Seng
we're buying again.

So listen up
talk of famine & feast
suicide bombings and paedophile priests
can you think of a better way
to start the day?

So lighten up
keep distracting me
with soaps, cooking, houses, celebrity
patronage, pulpit and pills.

Give me my thought for today
What's my thought for today?
Tune out and play...


Tune Out and Play

RECKONING

A gentle piano piece, with ebow quartet accompaniment. This was recorded with layers of guitar played with ebow to give an ethereal strings effect.

Homecoming - Piece for piano and ebow quartet

Time and Again

Karaoke Queen

Roots And Wings

This track mixes complex rhythms, arpeggiated synth, e-bowed electric guitar and mandolin into a haunting instrumental - I had fun making this - hope you enjoy!

Road To Mandolebo

Folk Dance At The OK Corral

The name of this track comes from the ticking sound at the beginning. This was recorded using an old-fashioned engineer's ruler as a percussion instrument. Hence the name Inches. Also available in metric...

Inches

Piano melody, accompanied with layers of Ebow.....

New Beginnings

I wrote this a few years back after attending a local band's gig. These young musicians played their hearts out, but half the audience weren't listening, preferring to yatter and generally arsing about. Shame because they missed a really good gig.

Pretending To Listen

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