This is about the "Lonestar cowboy". The last of the traditional dying breed of cowboys in the state of Texas.
Phil Bowen on: 12 string acoustic guitar, Fender strat, steel guitar ,  keyboards and vocals. 
Engineered, mixed and produced- Phil Bowen  
Lyrics
Every little turn
takes you on a different road.
Every little turn 
takes you where the cowboys rode.

Every single road
leads you to a different place.
Every single road
is like an obstacle race. 

They call him the Lonestar cowboy
out in the sun and rain.
They call him the Lonestar cowboy.
It’s all, yeh its all, in his name. 

Every little turn
you can see him in the corner of your eye
Every little turn 
there’s a backdrop of a Texan sky. 

Rising with the morning sun
he brushes down the dust and grit.
He feels the sweat on his brow,
you can see he’s not counterfeit. 

They call him the Lonestar cowboy out in the sun and rain.
They call him the Lonestar cowboy. It’s all, in his name. 
They call him the Lonestar cowboy. It’s all, in his name. 
They call him the Lonestar cowboy. It’s all, yeh its all, in his name.

The legend of the Dutchman's mine

Lonestar cowboy

Lonestar Cowboy

"The last big cattle drive". Another song from Phil's next album "The legend of the Dutchman's mine. 
Phil Bowen on: 12 string acoustic guitar, Fender strat, steel guitar, vocals and keyboards. 
Mixed, engineered and produced by: Phil Bowen 
Lyrics:
Well the mist settles down on the Texas trail
On a late September night
While the train takes the cattle on many a rail.
Leaves me old, hair turning white.

This is the last big cattle drive.
I’ve seen the good days, but this is 1905.
A new century brings a change in our lives.
This is the last big cattle drive.

I’ve walked a thousand roads and maybe more,
slept in many places feeling saddle sore.
40 years on the longhorn drive.
It’s hard to keep going. It’s hard to survive.

This is the last big cattle drive
I started as a wrangler back in ’65.
Stepped up to the plate and in 5 short years
headed up my first big cattle drive.

Well the mist settles down on the Texas trail
On a late September night
While the train takes the cattle on many a track
Leaves me old, no turning back.

This is the last big cattle drive.
This is the last big cattle drive.
This is the last big cattle drive.

The last big cattle drive

The Last Big Cattle Drive

Music and Lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Slide guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar: Phil Bowen 
Lead and backing vocals: Phil Bowen 
Keyboards: Phil Bowen 
Video available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKaxod59kmA 
Many of us work 9 to 5 day after day after day with so little to show for it. We just live for today, have shorter life spans and become a company man. Sometimes it's good to get away. Some get away from it permanently disillusioned by daily news and the voting machine. They find a magical land under a stadium of glittering stars. This song is about a man from Montauk who finds peace where silver waters fall on shades of green. Enjoy the "Company man".
Lyrics:
Well, he came from the town of Montauk
Far on the eastern board of the U.S.A.
He worked his way across interstate lines
Each day seems to roll into another day.
He said enough of the acid reflux
Continuous migraine and pressure of time
Enough of the 9 to 5 routine
Waiting in queues and endless lines.

He feels those echoes of lost years
Feels emotions and heart felt tears
So dead in the water with a shorter life span
Just live for today, be a company man.

It seems too late to say goodbye
At the time we’re moving on
It seems to late to say goodbye 
when life has passed us by.

The sky is the stadium of glittering stars
Far from the city, fast jobs and cars
Silver waters fall on shades of green 
Disillusioned by the voting machine.
Rainbow colours light up his eyes
Free with the spirits under open sky
We all need a little of a magical land 
A short time away from the daily news stand.

Company man

Company Man

Also available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohHFVZLO0BM
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This song engages with the ethereal aspects of seeing the world from the view point of "giant" standing stones that have been around for millennia. We don't know their meaning but we try to understand but they speak in tongues from another land. You just need to close your eyes and dream away, the giants can show you the way. 
Music and Lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Vocals: Phil Bowen 
Keyboards, lead guitar, 12 string acoustic and slide guitar: Phil Bowen
Lyrics: 
Hidden in obscurity the giants stand in grace
Looking through millennia their reason’s being misplaced
Forgotten in time no longer divine
Fallen from heaven they look on benign.

Circle of sarsens, other blue stones
Some have long fallen a few stand alone
Standing with giants we try to understand
Their whispers in tongues from another land.

Feel so good
As you close your eyes and dream away
And mend a heart that’s broken apart
The giants can show you the way. 

Circle of sarsens, other blue stones
Some have long fallen a few stand alone
Standing with giants we try to understand
Their whispers in tongues from another land.
We’re standing with giants from another land
We’re standing with giants

Standing with giants

Standing With Giants

Video available at: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wRP806bHKU
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Life may seem to lead along one road, however there are so many crossroads and points where the road deviates and takes us in a different direction. This song starts by identifiying that there is "One road out of Babylon". Later on the songs points out that there is "one more road" and possibly so many more.
Produced and engineered: Phil Bowen 
Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen 
All instruments (including: Fender strat, slide and acoustic guitar, keyboards, lead and backing vocals): Phil Bowen
Lyrics: 
“Well, there’s one road out of Babylon”,
the preacher said to me.
“Yeh there’s one road for the righteous
who can pay through purgatory.”

“There’s one road out of Babylon”,
well, I heard the preacher say.
“One road for the blameless,
I can show you the way.”

Some time we can cross the line
and feel we come apart
and sometime we can’t see the signs.
Life seems like an abstract art.

“One more road out of Babylon
for the blind and cannot see
and the road’s so dark to find your way,
it goes on endlessly.”

Outro
“One road out of Babylon
One road for you and me
One road out of Babylon
On road for you and me
One road for you and me.”

One thousand miles from Texas

One road out of Babylon

One Road Out Of Babylon

We are born and live in a concrete world that surrounds us not realising the impact on the environment around us. We are trapped in an ever decreasing cycle of climate change and we don't see that "the grass doesn't grow here anymore". The conflict of happiness that modernism brings contrasts to the erosion and effect it is creating on the planet as a whole. It seems that there is so little space and yet so much time but we can't even hear a single word.
Music and Lyrics: Phil Bowen
Engineered and produced: Phil Bowen 
Vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass: Phil Bowen
Lyrics
The grass doesn’t grow here anymore
Said the jailer to the birds
Concrete ceilings, walls and floor
You can’t even hear a single word

The only type of peace that you will find
When you’re fast asleep and all you have are dreams
So little space and so much time
You choose your life. That’s so it seems

Go down your heart
Go down your soul
You can find good reason why you are there
Go down your heart
Go down your soul
Wishing that you are elsewhere….. alright

All I want is to see the sky
That’s all I ask before I die

The grass doesn’t grow here anymore
Said the jailer to the birds
Concrete ceilings, walls and floor
You can’t even hear a single word
Concrete ceilings, walls and floor
You can’t even hear a single word
Concrete ceilings, walls and floor
You can’t even hear a word.

The Grass Doesn't Grow Here Anymore

This song could be interpreted as an old fashoined love song or something much deeper and profound. This song is about an old musician reminiscing about his past. All those opportunities he had. But for circumstances he may have made it. However, he acknowledges that someone has always been there for him throughout his life that helped wash away the footprints (negative memories and thoughts), the footprints in the sand. The "someone" could be a higher spirit, group consciousness or a partner. I will leave it to your own interpretation. 
Produced and mixed: Phil Bowen
Words and music: Phil Bowen
Vocals, backing vocals, harmony: Phil Bowen
Guitar: Phil Bowen 
Keyboards: Phil Bowen
Lyrics:
Sometimes we can feel that we’re back on the road
With music pumping in our head, about to explode.
One day we thought that we would fill all our dreams
But life is made up of so many extremes.

(We) Combe our lives through, we can see all our chances
Locked in the moment and circumstances
All of my life as wake every day
You’re right next to me and you can wash all away

A world full of trouble that can build up so fast
You reinforce good thoughts, place the things that have passed
Into a wave upon the beach as it washes away
The footprints in the sand. 
(Last time) The footprints in the sand
The footprints in the sand.

Footprints in the sand

Footprints In The Sand

These are two ideas formed around EDM and dance called: "Crescent moon and Rising sun".

Ideas 2 And 3 Crescent moon and Rising sun.movie

This track discusses the possibility of use living an illusion....then maybe not...what is truly real?
Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Guitars: Phil Bowen 
Mixed and Produced: Phil Bowen
Lyrics: 
Verse 1
One thing I know, I know nothing at all
Wise men speak. They have something to say
Then you have the fool
Who thinks they are so cool

Verse 2
One thing I swear, I can cut the air with a blade
I wanna dream that we are self-made
With conscious thought
Those fools can soon be shown their way

Chorus
Life’s an illusion in the bigger picture
Lost in the visions we make
See our horizons, love and heart ache
We choose our own milestones that others can tread
Then fools step in they say it’s all in our heads. 

Verse 3
If love is all we have, it’s the only way you can help another
Love may tile you up inside but soon you will find that you’ll recover
Your heart, your soul, 
your sight and mind.

Ideas and thoughts

Life's an illusion

This is the story of a young man's adventure in the mid 1800's when he sets sail from the UK and places his foot on a distant land where he feels at home. 
Also at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl9jLm933OQ
Music and Lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Produced and mixed: Phil Bowen 
Vocals, guitars and keyboards: Phil Bowen
Lyrics:
Verse 1
We sailed into port on a hot afternoon
I felt we had been back and fore to the moon
Salt in my eyes and salt in my throat
I’ve never been so glad to get off a boat

Verse 2
Rapped up in hope and quite a bit of luck
I looked up at fortune and then a thought struck
I’m a stranger in this land but I feel so at home
From my head to my feet and every bone

Chorus
To realise my every dream I’ve had
Realise the choice of good and bad
I may be a stranger in this distant land
But I feel so at home with my brother Galahad

Middle 8
I feel such an old man at age of twenty two
I’ve seen so much hardship with so much to do
I pull myself up with an invisible hand
This is my home. This is my land

Verse 3
The crowd surged forward in the afternoon sun
A voice shouted walk and please don’t run
And then I saw someone raise a gun 
It chilled the spine, I’m sure, in everyone.

Verse 4
I closed my eyes for a moment or two
The crowd surged forward. They stepped on my shoes
Crushed up together, I felt black and blue
The queue seemed so long but soon I was through.

America (Stranger In This Distant Land)

We often seem to be unsatisfied with ourselves and the world about us.  Maybe we could turn the world around and change events/ Maybe we're just another malcontent. This track is off a concept album that is being written. 
Alos at Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTYYEr0_ctQ
Music and Lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Vocals, Guitars, keyboards: Phil Bowen
Lyrics:
Verse 1
Nothing seems to fall like the rain on summer nights
Nothing seems to shine like the stars and moonlight
Someone up there says this land is our own
But others think that it’s there’s alone

Verse 2
Deep in my heart I wanna hold out a hand
But deep in my mind I find it hard to understand
Someone says sit, another says stand
While others think that they own this land.

Chorus
If only our dreams could take the soul of conscience
Reach into the heart of every king and president
To turn the world around and change events
But maybe I’m just another malcontent.

There to here  Pt. 1

Malcontent

This track sets out the start of a journey of a young man from his home in Kilkee bay, County Clare, Republic of Ireland. 
Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Keyboards and vocals: Phil Bowen 
Guitars: Phil Bowen
Produced and mixed: Phil Bowen
Lyrics: 

Verse 1
You turned my head, you walked away
I thought it just another day
As we walked on Kilkee bay
You turned my head, then walked away.

Verse 2
I still hear laughter and see tears
But it’s been so many years
Since we walke on Kilkee bay
You turned my head then walked away.

Chorus
Let the moon, let the stars, let the sun
Shine down
But it only seems like yesterday
Since we walked on Kilkee bay
Where you turned my head and then you walked away

Verse 3
You are the first I ever loved
You are the first I ever lost
It seems we’ll never meet again 
When you turned my head then looked away. 

Verse 4
We may be both in early teens
I saw life as ever green
And words I thought of as hear say
but then you turned your head and looked away.

(We walked on) Kilkee bay

(We Walked On) Kilkee Bay

"Herbie's door sound" is an instrumental track off the album "There to here (Part 1)".

Music: Phil Bowen 
Produced and mixed: Phil Bowen 
All instruments: Phil Bowen
The video is available on YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTyTeiMG6jk

It is also on Spotify at: 
https://open.spotify.com/track/4gwJjyys5ifVNCe08AnVtI?si=1323fb33f5554ed6

Herbie's door sound

Herbie's Door Sound

This is the eighth track off the album "There to here (Part 1)" and is available at: 
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4gVYjwQ7Fiixi7WbyLy0TQ?si=52ac276a8ed244ee
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v8yicaU4Zg
All instruments and vocals: Phil Bowen 
Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen
Lyrics: 
Verse 1
Westward wind carry me along
Across the ocean so blue
Westward wind I’ll put you in a song
I promise if you see us through

Verse 2.
Across dark water and the souls below
As the boat rocks to and fro
In my heart I feel an arrow blow
It’s the way things seem to go.

Chorus
‘cause I’m a lost soul of County Clare
It will always be in my prayers
But westward wind, I’m in your debt
I know you’ll take good care of us. 

Verse 3
I feel the boat rise and feel it fall
But each day seems to go so fast
I hold good memories but all in all 
I’m pleased those times have passed.

Verse 4
You can take the man out of County Clare
But you’ll never take the Clare out of man
I’ll always walk on the sand of Kilkee bay
That’s where my life began. 

Verse 5
Westward wind carry me along
Across the ocean so blue
I feel in my soul I already belong
To the new land from head to shoes

Outro
From head down to my shoes X 5.

Westward wind (Kilkee bay)

Westward Wind (Kilkee Bay)

Door, ray and me is an instrumental track and is the last track off "There to here (Part 1)". It pays homage to the Ray Manzarek of the doors. For the whole album, please visit Spotify at: 
https://open.spotify.com/album/5d5fLZFfmyM454L38Zeumq

Door ray and me

Door, Ray and Me

This is the second track off "There to here (Part 2)." It continues the story of a young man putting his feet on new soil after travelling across the Atlantic ocean from Ireland. 
It is also at Spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/track/5bvqXEYsSNF9u7oCzTQMwQ. 
The album is at: https://open.spotify.com/album/6Ku9FqCADHIPlilLXnTLTG
Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Acoustic and electric guitars: Phil Bowen 
Lead and backing vocals: Phil Bowen 
Keyboards: Phil Bowen 
Lyrics
Verse 1
We sailed into port on a hot afternoon
I felt we had been back and fore to the moon
Salt in my eyes and salt in my throat
I’ve never been so glad to get off a boat

Verse 2
Rapped up in hope and quite a bit of luck
I looked up at fortune and then a thought struck
I’m a stranger in this land but I feel so at home
From my head to my feet and every bone

Chorus
To realise my every dream I’ve had
Realise the choice of good and bad
I may be a stranger in this distant land
But I feel so at home with my brother Galahad

Middle 8
I feel such an old man at age of twenty two
I’ve seen so much hardship with so much to do
I pull myself up with an invisible hand
This is my home. This is my land

Verse 3
The crowd surged forward in the afternoon sun
A voice shouted walk and please don’t run
And then I saw someone raise a gun 
It chilled the spine, I’m sure, in everyone.

Verse 4
I closed my eyes for a moment or two
The crowd surged forward. They stepped on my shoes
Crushed up together, I felt black and blue
The queue seemed so long but soon I was through.

There to Here  Pt. 2

America (Stranger in This Distant Land)

America (stranger in this distant land)

This is the first track off the new album "There to here (Part 2)" An instrumental with Doors influence. Also available at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7bld1sXMZIFPQb8S8XaNyl?si=f23eb4eb707a45b3
2	and YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaKfktZLon0

Doors Open

Doors Open (Instrumental)

This is the title track off the album "There to here". It continues the story of a young man travelling across the atlantic ocean from Ireland in the 1800's and trying to find a place to settle in the new world of America. 
Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen
Mixing and production: Phil Bowen
Vocals/ backing vocals: Phil Bowen
Guitars: Phil Bowen
Keyboards: Phil Bowen
Lyrics: 
Verse 1
I look across Long Island in the setting sun
Shadows seem to dance around everyone
I look back at the ocean there’s nothing but sea
And wonder if this is reality

Verse 2
I walk to the station catch the Stonington line
Lay back my head. It’s like a mountain I climbed
One more day and I’ll soon be there
Providence calls to my evening prayer

Chorus
That’s the way I got from there to here
It seems to roll into another year
A little laughter, a few more tears
That’s the way I got from there to here. 

Verse 3
So the train moves on and time moves on
I’m sitting here thinking that I belong
To this new world of hope, opportunity
No more locks on doors, no master key

Verse 4
The moon shines down across a canopy of trees
On a warm summer night well I feel so at ease
One more day and I’ll soon be there
Providence calls to my evening prayer.

There to Here

There To Here

This track is off the album "There to here (Part 2)". 
Music and Lyrics: Phil Bowen
Keyboards: Phil Bowen
Vocals: Phil Bowen
Guitars: Phil Bowen
It is also at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0UFRsKjsTFeRk9NDGaSEXz?si=055c226c040e410e
and Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTfWVl9BQJE
Verse 1
On this train called “Liberty”
I saw my life in front of me
As I close my eyes and I drift away
And float along the milky way

Verse 2
On this train called “Liberty”
I realised endless possibilities
As I look up to the stars above
On this train called “Liberty”.

Verse 3
The rain pours down on warm summer night in New England
The hypnotic rhythm of the train on the tracks soothes my weary mind
I close my eyes and I float away
To the land of emerald green
I close my eyes live another day 
And thank Mary Magdalene

Chorus
I look at the moon and starlight
Shining high in the sky
I think of all the wrongs and all the rights
But I am just a man of simple means, no wise guy
I am just a man of simple means, no wise guy
(Last time- I am on this train called “Liberty”).

Middle 8
On this train called “Liberty” 
Your free to disagree
As long as I stay on the tracks and never look back
I know that I am free
Free to think, to be who I am
Free to live and not care a dam
I am on the train they call “Liberty”.

This Train Called Liberty

This is the fifth track called “Still waters” and is off the album "There to here (Part 2)".
2.	Also available at Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/4dWHxBi4RwDXdgU0ldXWIQ?si=35c1e0b6e41c43e4
Music and Lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Vocals: Phil Bowen
Keyboards, guitars: Phil Bowen 
Lyrics:
Verse 1
Still waters can run so deep
That can hide a mountain of dreams
Still waters can drown our sleep
No matter who we are it seems

Verse 2
Morning rays shine above the horizon
As I wake up to another new day
All in all, I feel that now I’m someone
As I watch each cloud float by

Chorus
I’m walking down the rail tracks Providence bound
I wake up to the morning sunrise
Rolling down the rail tracks Providence bound
Built on seven hills under open skies

Verse 3
One more soul in the north eastern state
I can pour out my heart and shed some weight
One new chapter. It’s one new start
Well life corresponds to abstract art

Middle 8
A few more minutes ‘till the train pulls in
I think once more where I have been 
A few more minutes, my heads in spin
It’s time to stand up and begin
A new page in life.

Outro 
Still waters, still waters
Still waters can run so deep (repeat and fade).

Still Waters

This is the sixth track off the album “There to here (Part 2)” called “For Betsey Williams”. It would be most appreciated if you could give it a listen and if you like, please comment and repost. As always, your support is very much appreciated.
Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Guitars: Phil Bowen
Keyboards: Phil Bowen
Vocals: Phil Bowen
Lyrics
Verse 1
Red maple leaves reflect the sunlight
As the sun shines down, it seems so bright
I raise myself up and collect all my thoughts
Union station is such a good sight, hey

Verse 2
Betsey Willams holds out her hand 
As I step off the train onto this new land
Well brother, it’s good to be here
I hear your whisper in my inner year

Chorus
I’ve finally feet on the ground; I’m here now
Finally, feet on the ground
Well brother, I’m looking for you, well you said
You’d be waiting for the train to pull in

Middle 8
I can see your hand wave to me
As you stand by an old oak tree
Hey brother, it’s been so long
So many years have come and gone

For Betsey Williams

This is another track of the 2nd album in the trilogy of "There to here". 
Music: Phil Bowen
Keyboards and Guitars: Phil Bowen

Firmer Ground

Firmer Ground (Instrumental)

Another stroll in the park is another track off album number 2 in the trilogy  "There to here".
Words and music: Phil Bowen
Guitars, keyboards and vocals: Phil Bowen 
Mixed and produced: Phil Bowen
Lyrics: 
Verse 1
Another stroll in the park today
I need a little time to get away
Working so hard from morning to night
Those days that passed, they fade away

Verse 2
I thank Roger Williams for the acres of space
I feel that I am one of the human race
I have a place to call my own 
I have a place I call home
And than my brother for his warm embrace

Middle 8
One moment I have nothing but hope
Thinking each day, I have to jump a rope
No more listening to those who moralise
I see my world with new eyes

Verse 3
Another stroll in the park today
I look up to the sky and watch clouds float by
Birds, they sing as they spread their wings
A mother calls when her children cry.

Another Stroll in the Park

Another Stroll In The Park

This is the last track off There to here part 2. 
Composed by Phil Bowen
All instruments: Phil Bowen 
https://open.spotify.com/track/5PxEUBxFZMFVvzIv7irPRK?si=1e8c45ab70af4091

Minute by Minute

Minute by minute (Instrumental)

This is the first track off the trilogy album set “There to here (pt3)” called “On a countdown”.
Your support and feedback are really appreciated. It would be most welcome if you could listen to the track, and if you like, please comment and repost. As in previous messages, Soundcloud blocks me when I try placing “thank you” or similar messages in the tracks. To avoid being blocked again, and in anticipation of you listening to the track and providing feedback, please accept my appreciation and gratitude.
Youtube: https://youtu.be/BOFGAxrHLIA
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6eBc91IrIPLEHIaxoP8DI1?si=bdf7595bd67b46da

Music: Phil Bowen 
Keyboards, guitars and vocals: Phil Bowen 
Lyrics: Phil Bowen
Verse 1
Through my eyes now I can see it all
Through my life I see each rise and fall
Morning sunrise to the sun going down 
Time to move on before I drown 

Verse 2
There’s only one life but you can choose the road
The city is fading about to implode
Look to the future and follow your head
And layout a path with an invisible thread

Middle 8
Through my eyes
And through my mind
All those memories
They’re so hard to leave behind

Verse 3
Brother life keeps pulling; it’s in my heart
It’s time to move on and say goodbye
I leave a part of me with you as I depart
We’ll always have a family tie

Verse 4
Through my eyes now I can see it all
Through my life I see each rise and fall
The waters are rising around this town 
Seems to me we’re on a countdown

Outro
The waters are rising around this town 
Seems to me we’re on a countdown
The waters are rising around this town 
Seems to me we’re on a countdown



There to here  Pt. 3

On a countdown

This is the second track off the trilogy album set “There to here (pt3)” called “Roll away the clouds”. It would be appreciated if you could listen to the track, and if you like, please comment and repost
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2cm73t1Dyj1B3KYwT0cckU?si=99ae7d29ac774757
Youtube: https://youtu.be/z3xllDlNGdA
Music and Lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Vocals, guitars and keyboards: Phil Bowen 
Mixed and produced: Phil Bowen 
Lyrics:
Verse 1
When the summer comes to rest
I feel so fulfilled, I feel so blessed
I’ve a new pair of shoes and a coat for a king
I’ve a house I call home and a wedding ring

Verse 2
All those blues just float away
This is gonna be another great day
I can see to the future with positive thought
From deep in the soul I thank brotherly support

Middle 8
Who can take away our dreams
We work so hard like soulless machines
Roll away the clouds let the sunshine in
Roll away the clouds hear birds sing
I’m just like any other 
Somewhere we have someone.
(Last time)
We’re all like a daughter and son 

Verse 3
Years can come and years may go 
Seasons change from sun to snow
I wouldn’t change a thing. That wouldn’t be me
At last I’ve found stability.


Roll away the clouds

This is the third track off there to here part 3. 
Also available at: https://open.spotify.com/album/4bCeWV15fP67s3OlfuRJ6n
and at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8w_MxASykc
Music and Lyrics: Phil Bowen
Mixed and produced: Phil Bowen
Vocals, Keyboards and Guitars: Phil Bowen
Lyrics:
Verse 1
An old man sits on the sidewalk
With glazed stare looks right ahead
He asks for a dime and says it’s such a long time
Since he laid his body on a feather bed
He says he’s one thousand miles from Texas
One thousand miles away

Verse 2
The old man points to his sunken eyes 
And looks up to the cloudless sky
He said “there’s so much in life a body can give
I gave them so much time now they just walk by”
He said he’s one thousand miles from Texas 
With snow falling in his mind

Middle 8
He says “dreams never break your heart
And dreams never let you down 
Every time I close my eyes
I let my mind float away”
“Dreams never break your heart
And dreams never lie to me
Every time I close my eyes
I let my mind float away again.”

Verse 3
So I raised out a hand and lifted him up 
I asked him his name and where he was from 
He said “son I’ve heard your voice before”
I looked closer in his eyes. He did likewise
He said “once I was strong but now I don’t have long
I think you may be my long lost son.”

Dreams never break your heart

This is the fourth track off There to here (Part 3)
"Rivers flow by” is a reflective journey through time, memory, and resilience—told through the gentle pull of water and the rhythm of change. With lyrics that echo like ripples on a quiet stream, Phil Bowen blends soulful storytelling with natural imagery to explore how life moves forward, even when we’re standing still.
Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Vocals, guitars and keyboards: Phil Bowen

Rivers flow by

A soul-stirring tribute to enduring friendship, "To an Old Friend of Mine" blends poetic storytelling with warm acoustic textures and timeless emotion. The signature lyrical style invites listeners into a personal yet universal journey of memory, gratitude, and connection.
With melodic echoes of classic folk rock, americana infuence and a modern digital edge, this track speaks to anyone who’s ever looked back with love and forward with hope. Whether you're reminiscing or rediscovering, this song is a gentle reminder that some bonds never fade.
This track is perfect for fans of heartfelt songwriting, nostalgic soundscapes, and lyrical depth.
It features instruments: acoustic guitar, subtle harmonies, ambient textures
 Ideal playlist placement: “Americana” “Songs That Speak,” and “Folk rock”
Also available at Spotify: 
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Gn72leN7EVaU9IKGxgM2i?si=77f057d1ca354d34
and YouTube at: 
https://youtu.be/mIJCDCTTJ0I

An old friend of mine

This is the sounds of Phil Bowen at his best. An original song that goes back to the days of the Prisoners Reformed.  

Alabama blues

Alabama Blues

Phil Bowen 

Phil holds a doctorate in philosophy. He is a published author on topics that include emotional intelligence and stress management. His most recent book, "Passion killers in the age of stress and anxiety" is available through Vernon Press at: https://vernonpress.com/book/1106
An earlier book "Emotional intelligence does it really matter?" is also published through Vernon Press and is available from https://vernonpress.com/book/740

While pursuing a career in academia Phil also continues his career in music. He first started to learn the piano at the age of five and at ten began playing the piano accordion. At thirteen he started to learn the guitar. He has played keyboards, guitar and accordion professionally for many years. Phil also writes and records his own songs that have been played by bands in the UK. He is influenced by Ronnie Lane (Small faces/ Slim chance), Eagles, Van Morrison, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blackberry Smoke.

Enjoy the eclectic mix of music from Dr Phil Bowen.
Also have a look at:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcmy6F8x9LlxstPGl34IYg
Also back catalogue at:
https://soundcloud.com/phil-bowen-114199826/tracks
music.apple.com/us/artist/phil-bowen/433806295 and
music.apple.com/us/search?term=Th…soners%20reformed

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