Track seven from the new solo album 'Automatic Karma Situation' in collaboration with the Verulium project, full album on bandcamp:

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Thanks to all for listening and for your much appreciated support! :)

Automatic Karma Situation

I've Got This Island To Myself

Her Happier Times (Brookes and Wigmore)

available for free D/L at https://www.terrywigmore.com/jazz-collection-vol-2 (track 6) 

Oh, for the good old days when life was less complicated and appeared far more rosier than our current global situation.

This is a pensive composition and moves along with images from an older woman's past. Ray's music provides a jazz framework for the memories as they flow much as a stream of consciousness, one image after another - a series of Black and White photos from a Brownie camera or the scenes from a silent film. 

There is a lot to take in and the tempo allows the listener to project his or her own thoughts and feelings onto the silver screen of your mind's eye. 

Music and Lyrics: Ray Brookes (all piano and guitar parts performed, recorded and mixed by Ray - pre-mixed backing sent to Terry for vocals to be added)
Vocal: Terry 

Lyrics to Her Happier Times 
(c) Ray Brookes 

She remembers old friends and lovers lost 
Falling rains and rising costs 
Christmas presents and morning frost 
Ancient clocks and ringing chimes 
The old lady remembers happier times 

Monochrome photos, fewer cars 
Sci-fi movies and men from Mars 
Larger skies and brighter stars 
Shillings and pence and sweets in jars 

Favourite shoes and vintage wines 
Long summer days and fishing lines 
Old sleepy orchards and endless vines 
Birthday cards and Valentines 

She remembers old friends and lovers lost 
Falling rains and rising costs 
Christmas presents and morning frost 
Mother goose and nursery rhymes 
The old lady remembers happier times 

Instrumental - guitar solo (Ray)

Old country fiddles heel and toe 
Gingham waltzes and foxtrots slow 
Those Friday nights at the picture show 
Walks to school steady as you go 

She remembers old friends and lovers lost 
Falling rains and rising costs 
Christmas presents and morning frost 
Pecking orders and social climbs 
The old lady remembers happier times

Jazz Collection Vol 2

Her Happier Times  (Ray Brookes  with Terry Wigmore)

Copyright Conscience of Kings/Nat Daniels 2022
Lyrics by Gaz Brown, Music written & Produced by Andy Hall 
Piano, EDM instrumentals and Remix by Nat Daniels 
Vocals - Gaz Brown and Nat Daniels

This is a Remix of Butterfly Lips, and it's such a thrill for me to work with these two very talented gentleman yet again!..   Please check out their page.. You wont regret it!    https://soundcloud.com/user-667760682
Love and Light.. Nat x

Lyrics:

Butterfly Lips

We're like the pantomime villains
Everybody boo’s when we enter the room 
We’re just an imprint on your souls 
That you left like an unkept wilted rose
It feels like we have been dropped off 
After driving to the middle of nowhere 
So we will clear our desk find a box
Fill it right up and fuck right off

Chorus 
It’s been one of those days 
Now it’s one of those nights x2
And the one thing we’ll never resist
Is the taste of our butterfly lips x2

We are your coffee flavour
In our mixed up bag of revels
Maybe that’s the reason why everyone’s bitter and dishevelled
Our moral gymnastics has somersaulted through the roof again
We will clear our desk find a box
Fill it up and fuck right off

Chorus 

Many people like to claim responsibility for their success
But we will find ourselves alone
For the failures and regrets 
So we keep it short and keep it sweet 
'Cause we’re listening through gritted teeth 
So we will clear our desk find a box fill it up and fuck right off!

Chorus

Butterfly Lips Nat Daniels Remix

Butterfly Lips - Nat Daniels Ft Conscience of Kings (Nat Daniels Remix)

A flamenco waltz to put music to the compilation of photographs taken this summer in the marshes of Huelva. Andalusia. Spain.
Un vals flamenco para poner música a la recopilación de fotografías realizadas este verano en las marismas de Huelva. Andalucía. España.
https://youtu.be/s7hfxtc5p8Q

EL VALS DE LA MARISMA

19)Summer Moon

Summer Moon

I am playing guitar for the first time in a long time. My fingers hurt.

Written and performed by Kyo

Grand Slam

There’s Tony in his leather jacket
in the corner of the room.
Nursing a half empty glass,
one half full of doom.
Cheer up Tony, you know it’s only 4 in the afternoon - no need for gloom.

There’s Tony in his leather jacket
with his back against the wall
listen to his head-racket,
wondering ‘bout it all
but cheer up Tony, it’s not so lonely when you play ball - don’t fall away

but the beer is flat - the lads are loud,
one’s company, two’s a crowd,
he doesn’t like it when it’s rowdy - wants to have his say.

There’s Tony in his leather jacket,
the hours are getting on.
Thinking he might pack it in,
time that he was gone
but come on Tony, take it slowly and have some fun…

Find yourself a karaoke song
put some money in the jukebox - sing along.
Have a game of darts or play some pool
tell a few jokes - play someone’s fool.
Pretend you’re younger and you’re free,
try a few lines see if you can be
the life and soul.

There’s Tony in his leather jacket in the corner of the room.
Where’s Tony in his leather jacket - in the corner of the room.
Where’s Tony’s leather jacket? - in the corner of the room.
Where’s Tony?

There’s Tony in his leather jacket in the corner of the room.
Tony’s in his leather jacket in the corner of the room.
There’s Tony in his leather jacket in the corner of the room.
Tony’s in his leather jacket!

KICKIN' THE BALLS EP

Leather Jacket

ONDE MIGRANTI (Compositore Autore Flavio Pozzaglio) 

Se poi si parte una ragione c’è su queste piste di sale,
Serpente scivoli e lasci dietro te impronte di un lento viaggiare
Solo le nuvole porto con me, verso un temporale
L’angoscia resta dentro e non va via, va ben oltre la strada
Prova a immaginare cosa sento in quest’istante
il sapore amaro di chi guarda indietro e vede solo morte
Lo sguardo spento che, cerca del pane ma non c’è
I trafficanti non hanno pietà, ma un solo dio il denaro
Un altro giorno chissà se verrà col il sole domani
Saranno onde fatte di speranze e di sogni sospesi
Saranno mani vuote in cerca di calore che implorano il cielo
Prova a immaginare cosa sento in quest’istante
il sapore amaro di chi guarda avanti e non vede niente
Lo sguardo spento che, nel mio futuro cosa c’è

Bambini giocano con le stelle e fanno grandi sorrisi
Donne nascondono i loro volti dietro abiti neri
Ma se è vero che esiste un dio per tutti gli uomini
Se è vero che ci mette alla prova non lo voglio pregare
Prova a immaginare cosa sento in quest’istante
il sapore amaro di chi guarda indietro e vede solo morte
Lo sguardo spento che, cerca del pane ma non c’è
I trafficanti non hanno pietà, ma un solo dio il denaro
Un altro giorno chissà se verrà col il sole domani
Saranno onde fatte di speranze e di sogni sospesi
Saranno mani vuote in cerca di calore che implorano il cielo
Prova a immaginare cosa sento in quest’istante
il sapore amaro di chi guarda indietro e vede solo ...

ONDE MIGRANTI (MIGRANT WAVES)(Compositore Autore Flavio Pozzaglio)

If you start a reason
there is on these salt slopes,
Snake slides and leave footprints of slow travel behind you
Only the clouds I carry with me, towards a storm
The anguish remains inside and does not go away, it goes far beyond the road
Try to imagine what I feel right now
the bitter taste of those who look back and see only death
The dull gaze that looks for bread but is not there
Traffickers have no mercy, but only one god of money
Who knows if another day will come with the sun tomorrow
They will be waves made of hopes and suspended dreams
They will be empty hands in search of heat that implore the sky
Try to imagine what I feel right now
the bitter taste of those who look ahead and see nothing
The dull gaze that is in my future

Children play with the stars and make big smiles
Women hide their faces behind black clothes
But if it is true that there is a god for all men
If it is true that it tests us, I don't want to pray
Try to imagine what I feel right now
the bitter taste of those who look back and see only death
The dull gaze that looks for bread but is not there
Traffickers have no mercy, but only one god of money
Who knows if another day will come with the sun tomorrow
They will be waves made of hopes and suspended dreams
They will be empty hands in search of heat that implore the sky
Try to imagine what I feel right now
the bitter taste of those who look back and see only ..

Onde Migranti - Flavio Pozzaglio

Dear friends - a little song about our little ones (in Swedish).
The melody has been approved by my lovely little granddaughter Greta!
Today, June 6, 2023, is a big day for Sweden. We are celebrating the 500th anniversary of our country in its current form. It feels good!
Approximate translation into English below:

What amuses Children

What amuses children
it is not easy to understand
but the reality is
that it is good when the children smile

To swing really high against the sky
so that the world changes
it can be upside down
and then the children laugh out loud

When the children feel bad
and when life feels so sad
then it sometimes helps
when grandpa reads them a fairy tale

In this modern age
there have been things that are fun
and which opens up our world
with pictures from a distant land

I know kids like animals
both small ones and those you can ride on
and when the children hug them
then both animals and children enjoy it

In Swedish:
Vad roar Barn

Vad är det som roar barn
det är inte lätt att förstå
men verkligheten är
att det är bra när barnen ler

Att gunga riktigt högt emot skyn
så att världen ändrar sig
den kan bli upp och ner
och då skrattar barnen högt

När barnen känner sig dåliga
och när livet känns så trist
då hjälper det ibland
när morfar läser en saga för dom

I denna moderna tid
det har kommit grejer som är kul
och som öppnar våran värld
med bilder från ett fjärran land

Jag vet att barn gillar djur
både små och dom man kan åka på
och när barnen kramar dom
då njuter både djur och barn

Vad roar Barn (What amuses Kids)(Lyrics in English below)

Samples taken from "Irish Ways", written by John Gibbs & performed by Sinéad O'Connor. Originally released in 2016

We are a River (feat. Sinéad O'Connor)

Is it a ‘Coffee? Oh I Love You!’ Day?
By Phil Hawker

Is it a ‘Coffee? Oh I love you!’ day?
Or have I thrown my chance away?
Is there anything I can do?
Or does this mean that we are (really really) through?

Is it a ‘Coffee? Oh I love you!’ day
Can I get my game back in play?

Or are we through?
Are we through?
Are we through?

Is it a ‘We’re still good together’ day?
Is it a ‘I don’t want to leave you’ day?
Have I gone too far this time? 
Does it mean you’re no longer mine?

Is it a ‘Coffee? Oh I love you!’ day
Can I get my game back in play?

Or are we through?
Or are we through?
Are we through?

I can usually make it all up 
By brewing a hot coffee cup 
So I know things are going astray 
When you’ve got nothing pleasant to say

So please let me hear those five words
That mean our relationship isn’t cursed.
I know I shouldn’t have lied
But I’m showing you I’ve really tried

So, it’s a ‘Coffee? Oh I love you!’ day. 
I haven’t thrown my chance away.
There was something I could do.
And it means that we’re not (really really) through.

It’s a ‘Coffee? Oh I love you!’ day
And I’ve got my game back in play.

And we’re not through 
We’re not through
We’re not through.  

We’re really good

Coffee! Oh, I Love You! (with vocals)

I use digital software, guitar and keyboards to produce my music. My music is completely original and I compose and edit using Logic Pro. i'm not exactly a great singer, as you'll see from my vocal tracks, so other people's vocals or collaborative vocals for any track are very welcome. I am very happy to collaborate - as long as it's a balanced collaboration!

I have always loved music. I learnt piano as a child and have dabbled with guitar without ever learning it ... until now! I have been in choirs most of my life but have not really delved into making music until the last few years. After initially playing around with Garage Band, I moved on to Logic Pro and that's how nearly all of my music has been produced. I love the interaction on Soundcloud and the comments from other musicians and composers are so helpful and supportive. Keep making music everyone!

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