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04 Guitar Man

A mostly live album of our first lot of tracks.

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The More I Know

Bluesy In G

From the new album "Beauty and Sorrow" out now on iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/beauty-and-sorrow/id987632235

Jenny

Jenny is a good girl
She never liked to rock the boat at all
She always played it safe
But safe won’t always help you break a fall
So she packed her bags one night
And she stepped into the light
And she smiled
For this life it sure ain’t easy
But living’s all we got, so let’s try

To be free, all the time
To be free, yeah tonight

Jenny is a thinker
She always liked to think she had it straight
But nothing’s ever simple
Sometimes it's never clear, ‘til it’s too late
As she drove away that night
Yes she knows she’ll be alright
She just smiled
For loving sure ain’t easy
But loving’s half the battle, so let’s try

To be free, all the time
To be free, yeah tonight

For each time we think we know
All the people in this show
They’re just clowns
And for each love that tastes so sweet
And every bitter, cruel deceit 
We hold our ground 

Jenny is a good girl
But good won’t always help you win the war
Yet victory is empty
When no one’s left around to keep the score
As she melts into the night
Yes she knows she’ll be alright
And she smiles
For this life can sure be funny
But if the joke's on us, let’s just smile


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Jenny

'A Better Man' is a song I wrote many years ago about the desire to self improve when you meet someone special.  I'm a huge fan of 1960s pop music so I wrote it with that style in mind.

A Better Man

Our first live recording at Riverway Studios in Harlow
Here is a small taste of our repertoire of covers.

Everlong 2017 11 17

Superstition 2017 11 17

From the album "The Twilight Sessions" - Out Now!

Available on CD from www.jamesnighthawk.com/music or on download from iTunes and other vendors 

One hell of a time
	
Good day my dear friend, I hope you are well
This silence we break for the stories we tell
I hear life has dealt you a rough hand or two
I hear life is no fun for you

Where is the smile that would brighten each dawn?
The laughter we shared on a warm summer’s morn
The breeze through our hair, the sun on our face
The glee, the beauty and grace

Come hither lady, come stay a while
We know time is wasting, so why not waste mine?
Our kinship is steady, so pass me the wine
And let’s drink to one hell of a time 

REFRAIN

Good day my dear friend, it’s been many a year
For this I am sorry, I tell ye sincere	
Indeed times are strange, but when are they not?
No excuse, for memories forgot’

The smile that you seek is now hidden ‘neath mire
The laughter is choked by a haunting desire
To run free and far from the choices we make
To sleep, and never awake 

So come this way man, come give me a smile
We’re told love is fleeting, we all crave the style
Our honour is steady, ourselves we deny
But we all had one hell of a time

REFRAIN

Hello once again, Missus ‘Woe betide’
Who is this young lady, ensconced in her pride?
We’ve sure never met, I doubt we’d get on
I guess, all hope has long gone

Wake up and remember we still have our say
The choices we make we’re still making each day
Although some backfire, and some may explode
We travel our own chosen road

Come hither lady, come stay a while
We know time is wasting, so why not waste mine?
Our kinship is steady, so pass me the wine
And let’s drink to one hell of a time 

REFRAIN

Hello Mr Man, a hearty hello
You sure made your point, I guess you should know
A slap in the face, would have more than sufficed
Point taken, so please now, be nice?

I guess as we grow we learn more than we should
And much that we learn is misunderstood
I guess I need time to be still and take stock
To cherish, the things we forgot

So come this way man, come give me a smile
We’re told love is fleeting, we all crave the style
Our honour is steady, ourselves we deny
But we all had one hell of a time

REFRAIN

Now we’re all grown up, everything’s wrong
Everything’s vital, nowt is just for fun
And innocence lost is a lesson begun
If he, was never the one

So let’s talk a walk by the old forest lane
And talk of young love, the young men we would tame
And laugh at our stories, our tales so sublime
And give thanks for one hell of a time

One Hell of a Time

Recorded live and acoustic in March 2013.

Available to download for FREE from www.jamesnighthawk.com 


Midas Touch

Guess it’s the same old story
After the same old glory
But this was a different kind of love
Traded my soul for laughter 
Been chasing your dream thereafter
This was a storm from way above

We’re both part of this jigsaw, come put me together
I feel that you want more than I can deliver
I’ve given you dreams, I’ve given you time

I’ve given you love 
I’ve given you peace
I gave you this Midas touch
Now I don’t feel much; Just Numb
Now it’s begun
I’m wishing for hope for what’s to come
Now I’ve given you love

You say that we moved on too fast 
I hadn’t the strength to get past
 All of the charms I’d never know
Now this is so hard to get through
I needed the chance to get with you
Against all the signs you’d never show

Bridge – Chorus - Break

We’re both part of this jigsaw, come put me together
I feel that you need more than I can deliver
I’ve given you dreams, I’ve given you time

I’ve given you love 
I’ve given you peace
I gave you this Midas touch
Now I don’t feel much; Just Numb
Now it’s begun
I’m wishing for hope for what’s to come
Now I’ve given you love
I’ve given you peace
I gave you this Midas touch
Now I don’t feel much; Just Numb
Now it’s begun
I’m wishing for hope for what’s to come
Now I’ve given you love

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Midas Touch (Live and Acoustic)

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