Written after overhearing a conversation in the Captain's Bar in Edinburgh - Some magical guitar from Martin Craggs!

Platonic Love

As the consequences of rampant consumerism and man-made global warming become more apparent, and the worlds governments are manipulated by big multi-nationals into denial, this song presented itself.

They've Poisoned The Garden Of Eden

As a committed atheist I got to thinking about the power of love, within the loving memories of friends and relatives, to bring back the 'spirit' from eternity - We live on inside the hearts that hold our love!

Afterlife - An atheists hymn

A little political history leading to the evil which presides in Westminster!

The Enemy Within

From a snatch of overheard conversation - "When all came to all I got better advice from a complete stranger than I did from my friends"

Angel In A Green Dress

I walked into an Edinburgh bar after a show. There were 7 people in the room, spaced as far away from each other as they could get, and all fidgeting with their phones - including the guy serving - I wrote the song exactly as it was ... Smart phones and un-smart people add up to loneliness!


Lonely Tuesday (Turn Off Your Phone)

When love succumbs to the pressures of living.

The Dance Of Life

We'll Sail Among The Stars

Hugh Gallagher was a fixture in the Royal Oak for as long as I have been singing there. A shock of grey hair and watery blue eyes that stared into space, he sat on his seat by the door, oft mouthing the words of a song you sang, and occasionally giving a perfunctory, "Good song" on completion. A deep man, with a troubled past, whose death touched all of the regulars who knew and loved him. Trying to get a man's life into five verses is supremely difficult, but I hope I will be forgiven for the attempt to bring closure for myself, and to tell others a little about Hughie. I must thank the remarkable Grant Simpson for the haunting fiddle track he so generously contributed.

Neil Devlin

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