I think of our friendship
The times that we shared
Helped each other through hard times
For each other we cared

And I wonder
Yes I wonder
How you're feeling
How you're feeling
Are you alright?
Are you alright?

Now I'm going through hard times
You're so far away
But I know in my spirit
More than brothers we'll stay

And I wonder
Yes I wonder
How you're feeling
How you're feeling
Are you alright?
Are you alright?

I miss your jokes
And I miss your ways
I miss the music
And the games we played 
I miss not having you around
I miss those moments
I miss the sound
Of your laughter
And I wonder
How you're feeling
How you're feeling
Are you alright?
Are you alright?

© 1992 Peter Napthine


1992-10 Are you alright?

Colours have changed their hue
Where once so vivid, now they're oh so bland
Yet as the mist clears from view, you'll see
The situation's in hand

All seems so far from fine
The journey's hidden to an unknown land
Despite all the questions why, you'll see
The situation's in hand

There's no justice in this land, you sigh
No one to help us through
No one to tell the truth
I face this battle on my own you cry
No one to listen to
No one is listened to

Silence will pay the price
Hides the music like no other can
And yet beyond the lie, you'll see
The situation's in hand

2014-04 Mist (The Situation's In Hand) [Bootleg 1990]

It started as 28 years.  It's now been 36 years ....

28 Years (Tribute to John Lennon)

It’s been 28 years
Since it ended in tears
We were stunned into disbelief
I remember the day
When the news came my way
The tributes just covered the grief

How many songs
Would have then come along
If it hadn’t ended that way?
And how many thoughts
Would have altered the course
Of the planet, we just can't say

The dream is over
The prophecy came to be
And war is over
But we're still waiting,
Longing for the world to see

Can you imagine the way
He would have brightened our days
And inspired us to believe?
In a world that seems lost
And suffering's the cost
Of mans unending greed

You can see at a glance
That to give peace a chance
Was a message for all in song
But it fell on deaf ears
'cept for those who kept dear
To the music which still lives on

The dream is over
The prophecy came to be
And war is over
But we're still waiting
Longing for the world to see.

If we don't make it, it’s alright, alright
Whatever gets us through the night

The dream is over
The prophecy came to be
And war is over
But we're still waiting
Longing for the world to see

© Peter Napthine December, 2006


2006-12 28 years

Martin's Tears

As days go by
The table turns
Whilst innocent are hurt
The guilty ones go free

Trouble still remains
Yet to disappear
When will people learn to love
The ones that they never know?

O the love of a friendly stranger
Is missing in this dark day
The world turned it's back on a friendly stranger
Suffering the same sorry way

Anger buried deep
Rises to the fore
You cannot paper over pain
With smiles but an empty heart

The price is high
It's hard to understand
It's hard to think of love
When anger is all you feel

So, where's the hope?
When all seems so unfair
Martin's tears still touch the heart
The time will surely come

The dream goes on
Yet to be fulfilled
How much dying must it take
Till children can live in peace?

© Peter Napthine, March 1992


1992-03 Martin's Tears

Borderline   

There's the sound of laughter in the air
But it drifts away
I wait in vain for the wind to change

I search for light in this darkened room
It only slips away
I cling to hope for it's soon return

Take me to the borderline
Where the misery's mixed with wine
Where the harmony I crave
Is just a step away
Take, take me from this lie
I'm just an ordinary guy
Waiting for the time to rise
For the time will surely come

There's a hint of warmth at the break of day
But the chill remains
Tell me how long we have to wait

I place my footsteps upon the trail
Let it take me where it may
Who knows the destiny we face?

Take me to the borderline
Where the misery's mixed with wine
Where the harmony I crave
Is just a step away
Take, take me from this lie
I'm just an ordinary guy
Waiting for the time to rise
For the time will surely come.

© 2009 Rice 'n' Beans: Mark Archer & Peter Napthine – July 2009 


2009-07 Borderline

Track 11 from the new album The Journey (release date 1st Jan 2018).  In this album, Peter Napthine alternates acoustic folk/pop steel-string guitar-based songs with movements from his classical piano sonata to lead the listener on an authentic and heart-wrenching journey. A truly crossover and ground-breaking experience.

2017-07 Try

When you’ve gone to sleep
Will you wake up in the morning?
And when you’re all alone
Can you prevent yourself from fading?

When your heart is beating slowly
Is your faith in life subsiding?
You must keep on going at all costs
I love you, I love you, don’t leave me. 

And when you think that I’m not with you
Believe me baby, my spirit’s with you baby

If you cry on me I’ll cry as well
Don’t you see you mean that much to me?
So you must keep on going at all costs
I love you, I love you, don’t leave me.

And when you think that I’m not with you
Believe me baby, my spirit’s with you baby

So, when you’ve gone to sleep
You’ve got to wake up in the morning
And when you’re all alone
You must prevent yourself from fading away.



© Peter Napthine, December 1984

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