Written 1981 by Terry Reeves
Performed by: Vocals - Terry Reeves, Guitar - Terry Reeves, Drums - Gary Reeves
Recorded: Jersey Road Hounslow 1981


This was the first song that I had ever written and started the idea of Root Division playing as a band in my house. The experience was a major WOW! I love this song because when I hear it I remember how nervous I was to take the first step. If you ever want to play in a band and experience the exhilaration then Go and Do It!

LYRICS

If you see that girl tell her I'm looking for her
She never notice she don't call
If she still says no I know she's got my number
I wrote it six foot on her wall

I'm telling you
If she don't phone gonna set off this bomb
Believe it's true
If she don't call gonna end it all

We lived here many years I thought she'd never leave me
But now she's packed and gone away
She said she had to go even though she really loved me
But she just couldn't stand my ways

I'm telling you
If she don't come gonna get out my gun
Believe it's true
If she don't knock gonna tell Mr Spock

It's taken too long now I really tried to please her
I have changed in many ways
But now the time has come it's my turn to finally leave her
Its my turn to have the final say

I told you now if she didn't phone gonna set off this BOMB

Suicide Love

Written 1981 by Terry Reeves
Performed by: Vocals - Terry Reeves, Guitar - Brian Reeves, Drums - Gary Reeves
Recorded: Jersey Road Hounslow 1981

This song encapsulated all the values and beliefs that youth brings with it and although the band didn't rate this song initially I wanted to perform it.
This is the only version we did as clearly youth was passing me by and adult realisation was taking over. I am pleased we did this version but now I can see why the band, who were older than me, were resistant.

LYRICS

I'm the one who can change the world
I can make your dreams come true
I have the power if I've the need
To make those chains to increase the greed

CHORUS

What am I
Why do I
How can I
I'm who

I control your every thought
I create the hate in you
I have the power if I've the need
To break your heart to make you bleed

CHORUS

I only love the ones I like
Providing that they like me too
I have the power if I've the need
To make you stay to make you leave

CHORUS

I can change your mind to see
I exist for even you
I have the power if I've the need
To make you look to make you read

CHORUS

It might be said you've got it wrong
But that just puts the blame on you
I had the power if I'd the need
To break those chains to decrease the greed

What am I
Why do I
How can I
I'm YOU


I'm Who?

Written 1981 by Terry Reeves
Performed by  Vocals - Terry Reeves,  Guitar - Brian Reeves, Terry Reeves,  Bass - Brian Reeves,  Drums - Gary Reeves,  Saxophone - unknown
Recorded : Wallington London 1983



I made my decision a long time ago that, for me, there is no God. Often this cannot be understood by others and individuals will always try to convince me otherwise. I felt the time was right to stand up for what I thought and I wrote this song. I really loved it as it seemed to be getting that 'monkey off my back'. The 'monkey' still exists in the world, but I am pleased to say that it has no connection to me.

LYRICS

You never hear you never say
Cause your not there again today 
Your not worth believing 
Your always deceiving 

So I'm leaving
Yes I've started to get sane
Cause our life together will never be the same
Be the same

Its been believed that you control
Our worldly goods to you we owe
But we're not receiving 
We just keep on breathing

So now I'm leaving
Yes I've started to get sane
Cause our life together will never be the same
Be the same

You don't exist you never will
This cuts impossible to heal
So what I'm blaspheming
It's better than screaming

Yes I'm leaving
Yes I've started to get sane
Cause our life together will never be the same
Be the same 

God Or Me?

Written 1982 by Terry Reeves
Performed by Vocals - Terry Reeves, Backing Vocals - Gary Reeves Brian Reeves, Guitar Terry Reeves, Bass - Brian Reeves, Drums - Gary Reeves
Recorded: Jersey Road, Hounslow, 1982

When the words of this song formulated in my head I was going through a period of self examination but at the age I was it was with a major lack of experience and knowledge.
I still like the line " I look in the mirror and see nothing there, just a reflection of my life I fear".
Time has moved on and my life has changed having now been a Dad for over 23 years and I have loved every moment but even with all of that I still wonder if  I have done enough?

LYRICS

I look in the mirror I see nothing there
Just a reflection of my life I fear
All the things that I've said and done nothing to date
It's me myself I should hate

I preach my views to all in no uncertain terms
You'll never understand how much inside it burns
Is it all the poverty that politics creates
No its me myself I should hate

Have you looked in the mirror did you see your face
Have you done your bit today for the human race
If not make sure you do before it's to late
Or it's you yourself you'll hate

I just can't understand my life is running dry
Might say self pity that I can never deny
But I don't want to be the one to dictate
Because its me myself I hate

Reflections

Written 1982 by Terry Reeves.
Performed  by :Vocals - Terry Reeves, Guitar and Keyboard - Brian Reeves, Bass - John Palmer,Drums Gary Reeves.
Recorded at Jersey Road Hounslow 1982

I saw a TV programme that stated one day in the future we would be voting by pressing a button in our house. I just extended the idea to what was the political competition between the then two major powers of nuclear threat. Would you press that button?
We never quite got the vocals right and I feel that it would still need some extra  input. 
I am pleased to say that at that time the threat of nuclear war was drastically reduced but decision by button (mobile phone) is only around the corner.......Would You Press That Button?

LYRICS:

Sometime the day will come for us to make the final choice
Decisions yours to make democracy will have its choice
Wont make no difference if you ride a bike or drive Rolls Royce
Your fingers just the same just push the button of your choice

(CHORUS)
Would you press that button
Would you end the human race                       
Would you press that button
Would you let the world continue

Is this existence worth a fight to keep the humans here
Or is this just the chance to make our problems disappear 
Today another day try not to live our life in fear
You've waited for this time to make all your opinions clear

CHORUS

Existence aint that bad I know we have our friends its true
But open up your mind and think much further than your view
There's people on this earth who live and die before they knew
How much their life was worth they'll never know they never do

CHORUS

We have more choice today than many things have had before
But we continue killing everything cause we want more
Must we keep going until the humans have the highest score
If that day should come near must we make the destruction law

CHORUS

The time is not here yet some say they hope it never will
To press that button would give everyone the right to kill
But as there's no one left there's no emotion left to feel
Lets hope the time will come to choose if we should pay the bill

WOULD YOU PRESS THAT BUTTON
WOULD YOU END THE HUMAN RACE
WOULD YOU PRESS THAT BUTTON
WOULD YOU LET THE WORLD CONTINUE

Would You Press That Button?

Written 1981 by Terry Reeves
Performed by: Vocals - Terry Reeves, Guitar - Terry Reeves, Brian Reeves
Bass - John Palmer, Drums - Gary Reeves.
Recorded at Wallington London 1983

There was a major news item on the front of the tabloids involving two young teenagers who had committed suicide in a car. They left a note saying that there was no point in carrying on living as they had no job and no money. Unemployment was the highest it had ever been at that time so it made the headlines. This song was my comment. There was nothing great about the Thatcher government and yes I was there. 

LYRICS

Work hard at school and you will succeed
Get the pieces of paper that you need
You will get there if you are the best
But what happens to us all the rest

CHORUS
No job 
No money                                
No life
No point
(REPEAT)

Discipline will curb your greed
Much more training is what you need
It's better now than it's ever been
Hard times like these we have never seen

CHORUS  X 2

Lets tell the truth and not live a lie
No piece for us of that money pie
The youth are the future that's what we're told
But what will they tell us when we're too old

CHORUS X 2

So what's the point in carrying on
Growing up is just one big con
Haven't listened to a word that's said
Perhaps your listen when I'm dead

NO JOB
NO MONEY
NO LIFE 
NO POINT

NO JOB 
NO MONEY
NO LIFE
NO POINT

Final Choice

Written: 1981 by Terry Reeves, performed by: Vocals - Terry Reeves, guitar - Terry Reeves and Brian Reeves, Bass - John Palmer, Drums - Gary Reeves.
Recorded at Jersey Road, Hounslow in 1982.

My two brothers had been musicians and involved in bands for longer than I could remember and I was desperate to be part of their world. This song is about my quest to be part of their 'crowd' and how once I started writing my songs Root Division was born and with this I was given my biggest dream (playing music with them).  We lost Brian, my oldest brother,  last year and I feel privileged to have been so close to the two of them and now on reflection I feel it was right for me to be on the outside looking in.

LYRICS:

Time has passed life has changed
Path to take rearrange
Some I've trod in the past
Path I want fading fast

Chorus:
Still on the outside looking in
Still on the outside looking in

He say yes you say no
In the end agree to go
I sit here looking on
Wondering why sing my song

Chorus

Tied by birth much the same
Differences age to blame
Why do I feel so sad
Love for me aint that bad


Chorus

Beaten both at my game
Triumph theirs just the same
Made my choice got it wrong
Far behind follow on

Still on the outside looking in
Still on the outside looking in.

Still On The Outside Looking In

Written 1981 by Terry Reeves
Performed by: Vocals - Terry Reeves, Guitar - Terry Reeves, Brian Reeves, Bass - John Palmer, Drums - Gary Reeves
Recorded: Wallington, London 1983

The memories of this song are very special to me. It was the first time I had ever experienced writing a song as a band. Yes I had written the words and music but it was the band with their contributions that turned it into the song that you hear. As we played the song together it got better and better and the feeling inside was like no other I have felt before. It was like a remake of the old film 'Summer Holiday'.

LYRICS

The war has long begun
Forget your rifle just run
Don't want you dead
Just want to control whats in your head

They call it democracy
You can be what they want you to be
Only see what they want you to see

Yes the the war has begun
Forget the money just run
Don't care what you need
Just want to control how you bleed

It's a one way philosophy
Do what they say and you'll be free
Believe that then you'll never believe

That the war has begun
Forget everything just run
Don't hear what you say
There your born and there you'll stay

Destruction completely
Cant believe it's you or me
May be some day we all will see
That the war has begun

The War Has Long Begun

Written 1982 by Terry Reeves
Performed By: Vocals- Terry Reeves, Guitar- Terry Reeves,Brian Reeves, Bass- John Palmer,Drums-Gary Reeves,Saxophone - Unknown
Recorded: Wallington, London 1983


Even now I still love the energy of this song. Everything being reported in the news at the time was provoking a reaction within me but I had no one to really share these thoughts and frustrations with. I still really love the feeling  I get inside when I hear and play this song although, now a little older, I am no longer going off all the world one by one and have become a bit more tolerant and selective.

LYRICS

Met a friend from years gone by
Both remarked how time did fly
Said he couldn't give a toss
About the workers now he's boss

Watched a hero of the past
Say he'd seen the light at last
Hope and prayed that all his fans
Would put their lives in tory hands

CHORUS
Yes I'm going off the world one by one
Guess it wasn't meant to be any fun
Yes I'm going off the world one by one

People ring the radio
To get their views heard on the show
Can't believe the things I hear
Makes me want to disappear 

Freddie Laker he's gone broke
Some feel sorry for that bloke
Send him money such a shame
He's only got five million to his name

CHORUS

Got a visit from the Pope
Kissed the ground Christ what a dope
You could hear the people cheer
Was it love or was it fear

If what I've said gets through to you
But don't reflect your point of view
There is only one thing I can do
You're just another join the queue 


Yes I'm going off the world one by one
Yes I'm going off the world one by one
Yes I'm going off the world one by one
Yes I,m going off the world one by one
Yes I'm going off the world one by one
Yes I,m going off the world one by one
Yes I'm going off the world one by one

One By One

Written 1984 by Terry Reeves
Performed by: Vocals - Terry Reeves, Guitar Terry Reeves, Bass - Brian Reeves
Recorded: Wallington Croydon London


For me George Best was the greatest player that ever lived, but suffered from being better at what he did than everybody else. 
At one time in my life I think I was within an inch of becoming an alcoholic and yes at the time it solved all my problems. I was rescued by a beautiful women but unfortunately George was not.
He was one of my greatest heroes and I spent a large amount of my early years trying to emulate some of his football skills. I was given the opportunity to meet him on two occasions and he was a really nice genuine man and I was really upset when he died.
My brother Brian and me completed this recording in one afternoon and he came up with the fantastic bass line, it was always our intention to develop it and take it further.

This is my tribute to George Best

LYRICS

Yes I drank the bottle dry
Please don't ask the question why
Just except this drunken man
Drinking for another plan

Couldn't take things in my stride
Second place it hurt my pride
Told to take some time to think
Think I'll have another drink

CHORUS

Yes he's the greatest he really has it all
The king of any man who ever kicked a ball
He makes the head lines every time he shows his face
I wonder if they know our hero up in space
If not it's just a disgrace

He's here
Georgie   
No fear

Tried to force me to retire
From the bottle I admire
Knew I'd lose out in the end
Destroying me or my best friend

Belong to no one else but me
I'm not public property
I know I have myself to blame
Life is not my favourite game

CHORUS

It's not as sad as you might think
Not looking for a missing link
And I don't need an open door 
Cause all I have to do is poor

Georgie Georgie come back Georgie
Georgie Georgie come back Georgie

Best Of Both Worlds

I spent my youth trying to become the next George Best but by the late 70s it was clear that I did not have the talent required and because of my single mindedness about this pursuit I think my eldest brother Brian was absolutely shocked when he received 3 songs written and performed by me on a cassette tape in the post.

This was the start of "Root Division" and without my two brothers’ talent and input it would not have existed. In addition to myself, Terry Reeves, my two brothers Brian Reeves and Gary Reeves, John Palmer (a bass player from my brothers' previous bands) he was a very encouraging influence on every thing I wrote and I owe him a lot. I would like every body to know that we had such a good time through out the existence of the band and I don’t remember a time when we were not laughing at one time or another.As there are only two of us left the band will no longer be producing anymore music so this is a celebration of Root Division’s beginning to end. I hope you enjoy.


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