Name: Beautiful by Sally Crosby in ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 362
Duration: 4 min 8 s
Description: Body positive, self-confidence booster track written for acoustic guitar and female vocals, with a violin instrumental.

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This is the fifth and final track from upcoming EP "I Need to Be Done". It's a piano ballad. 

You can pre-save the EP to Spotify now and/or pre-order from iTunes. Click this link -> 

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sallycrosby/i-need-to-be-done

The EP comes out September 20th! :)


Lyrics:

Everything’s fine, yeah everything’s good,
No, those words they meant nothing to me
Hey, don’t worry, don’t fret not at all
‘Cause those words they meant nothing I know-oh

So why does it burn, dry leaves to a flame?
Yeah why does it burn like acid rain

I guess what I’m saying is
I’m not taking this lightly
Those words you screamed well they hurt me
Yeah, yeah
Ooh, those words you screamed well they hurt me
No, I’m not taking them lightly at all, not at all  

x2

I Need to Be Done

Not Taking This Lightly

Dyma'r cân cyntaf o'r EP newydd iaith Gymraeg sy'n dod allan yn llawn diwedd y mis :)

This is track one of a 4-track Welsh language EP out January 31st! :)

Nunlle Arall

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Dyma'r ail gân o'r EP newydd Cymraeg. Ddaw hi allan ar ddiwedd y mis (Ionawr 31!) Geiriau isod. Diolch am wrando x

This is the second song from an upcoming Welsh language EP. It comes out January 31st! Lyrics below. Thanks for listening! X

Goleuni (Geiriau)

Ar y penwythnos bydden ni’n symud y clociau ‘mlaen
Allai’m aros i weld mwy o’r budr baw yn cerdded adre’
Does na’m byd yn bod gyda gwynt a glaw
Ond mae’n rhaid imi weld y goleuni nawr
Duw, dwisho gweld y goleuni nawr 

Mae’n well gennai y goleuni
Mae’n well gennai y goleuni
Mae’n well gennai y goleuni
Mae’n well gennai y goleuni

Rwan rwan rwan rwan
Nawr nawr nawr nawr
Haul haul haul haul

Rwan rwan rwan rwan
Nawr nawr nawr nawr
Haul haul haul haul

Ar y penwythnos bydden ni’n symud y clociau ‘mlaen
Allai’m aros am nosweithiau hir a chynnes
Does na’m byd yn bod gyda gwynt a glaw
Ond Duw, trowch fyny’r haul am fwy o oleuni nawr
Duw, trowch fyny’r haul
Dwisho mwy o oleuni nawr

Mae’n well gennai y goleuni
Mae’n well gennai y goleuni
Mae’n well gennai y goleuni
Mae’n well gennai y goleuni

Rwan rwan rwan rwan
Nawr nawr nawr nawr
Haul haul haul haul

Rwan rwan rwan rwan
Nawr nawr nawr nawr
Haul haul haul haul

Mae’n well gennai y goleuni
Mae’n well gennai y goleuni
Mae’n well gennai y goleuni
Mae’n well gennai y goleuni

Rwan rwan rwan rwan
Nawr nawr nawr nawr
Haul haul haul haul

Rwan rwan rwan rwan
Nawr nawr nawr nawr
Haul haul haul haul

Goleuni

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Dyma'r trydydd cân o bedwar iaith Gymraeg
Here's the third of four Welsh language songs

Gobeithio newch chi mwynhau! / Hope you enjoy


Geiriau/ Lyrics:

Rhedeg yn erbyn y cloc, dyna dwi o hyd yn ei neud
Rhedeg i ffwrdd o'r syniad o dacluso
Ai bai fi yw hi am fy mhroblemau i gyd?

Mi gefais i gardiau penblwydd
a dau ohonynt yr un hen bwnc
yn trio gwneud hwyl o broblem ddifrifol
Yn gwneud jôc ohona i
Ai bai ofn ydi hi?

Dwi'm yn gwybod os oes na rhywbeth â allai fy newid
Dwi di trio bron bob dim
Byswn i'n falch os allai bobl adnabod pa mor anodd ydi byw fel hyn

Rhedeg yn erbyn y cloc, dyna dwi o hyd yn ei neud
Sut allai fod yn yr un hen sefyllfa
efo 23 blwyddyn o brofiad ar y ddaear
a finne heb newid dim
a finne heb newid o gwbl

Newid, newid, newid
Dwisho newid, newid
S'neb yn deallt, deallt
Fe hoffwn i newid ond dwi'm yn gwybod
Dwi'm yn gwybod sut

La la la

Haia! Dyma'r pedwerydd cân o bedwar iaith Gymraeg.
Hey! This is the fourth and final song of a Welsh language EP.

Geiriau:

Mae ’na rhywbeth yn dy galon di
Sy’n edrych amdana i
Falle fy mod I’m twyllo fy hyn, rhif un,
Yn ôl pob tebyg gawn ni byth wybod

Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un, go!

Mae ‘na rhywbeth amdanat ti
Sy’n gwneud imi meddwl amdana ni, dau,
Er ei bod hi ‘di bod yn sbel
Er ei bod hi bellach o lew

Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un, go!

Un dros dro oeddet ti, rhif tri,
Methu coelio be anfonest ti
Dydy pawb ddim run fath
Nawr mae hyn yn glir i mi

Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un, go!

Gwahanol perthnasau ichi tri
Teimladau gwahanol rhyngthon ni
Dim ond un peth fydd run fath,
Dydw i’m hanner call


Tri, dau, un, 
Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un
Tri, dau, un, go!
Tri, dau, un, go!
Tri, dau, un, go!
Tri, dau, un, go!

Tri Dau Un Go!

Hi! Here's the first track of a new 5-track EP. It features piano, bass, drums and trumpet!

Hope you love it!

Lyrics:

I’m headstrong but my heart’s weak, keep myself to myself, mmm
My mind is strong but my heart’s weak, don’t need no-one else

But I do, but I do need you
But I do, I do, I do need you

Headstrong but my heart’s soft, care a little too much, mmm
Can talk the talk but I can’t walk the walk,
I’m headstrong, knees weak

‘Cause I do, yeah I do need you
‘Cause I do, I do, I do need you

Could say I’ve lost my way but I still know who I am, mmm
Give mixed opinions but so what, 
I am what I am
And I do, yeah I do need you
And I do, I do I do need you

I’m headstrong but my heart’s weak
Keep myself to myself, mmm
My mind is strong but my heart’s weak
I too need someone else

Yeah I do, yeah I do need you
‘Cause I do, I do I do need you

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Headstrong

A hate song. Piano, bass & drums! Hope you enjoy <3

Lyrics:

I wanna go out tonight,
I wanna say things I wish I didn’t
‘Cause if I’m in tonight
I’ll only think things I wish I didn’t
The way you look at me goes right through me
You make me feel like nothing, nothing before

So I wouldn’t save you if you were
the last man on earth,
And if you were drowning
I wouldn’t get my clothes wet
‘Cause you are less to me than I am to myself
‘Cause you are less to me than I am to myself, am to myself, yeah

Let’s go out tonight, 
Let’s say things we wish we didn’t
‘Cause if we’re in tonight we’ll only think things we wish we didn’t
The way you look at me goes right through me
You make me feel like nothing, nothing at all

So I wouldn’t save you if you were
the last man on earth,
And if you were drowning
I wouldn’t get my clothes wet
‘Cause you are less to me than I am to myself
‘Cause you are less to me than I am to myself, am to myself, yeah
Am to myself, yeah,
Am to myself, yeah

So I wouldn’t save you if you were
the last man on earth,
And if you were drowning
I wouldn’t get my clothes wet
‘Cause you are less to me than I am to myself
‘Cause you are less to me than I am to myself, am to myself, yeah

Last Man on Earth

This is track 3 of an upcoming 5-track EP out in full May 23rd. It's about unrequited love. It's an acoustic track, just finger-picked acoustic guitar and vocals.

Lyrics:

I wait all day for just one look
Should I wear my heart, pages of an open book
I could lie on my back
But no that would be that

I take my time
Show my face
Whilst I long for your warm embrace
I’m sitting in the kitchen, laughing at all your jokes
But to you I’m just another of the blokes

Now I know that wherever you are
Waiting for you’ll be like waiting on that shooting star
Now I know that wherever you are
Waiting for you’ll be like waiting on that stupid star
The one I never saw
The one that never came
The one that never was
You’re the one that never was

I could shout and I could scream and you wouldn’t turn
I could lay down my life, suffer burns
Still I’m just sitting in the kitchen laughing at all your jokes
While to you I’m just another of the blokes

Now I know that wherever you are
Waiting for you’ll be like waiting on that shooting star
Now I know that wherever you are
Waiting for you’ll be like waiting on that stupid star
The one I never saw
The one that’s never gonna come
The one that never was
You’re the one that never was

I don’t know what it would take for you
To see me as somebody new
And the clouds are out tonight 
But they’re helping me see clearly 
That you’re never gonna want me 
Now I know that wherever you are
Waiting for you’ll be like waiting on that shooting star
Now I know that wherever you are
Waiting for you’ll be like waiting on that stupid star
The one I never saw
The one that never came
The one that never was
You’re the one that never was
You’re the one that never was 

Shooting Star

This is track four of a new 5-track EP out May 23rd. It's a sad piano ballad <3 

Lyrics:

 It doesn’t look like I can hold it in much longer
I wish I was stronger but I don’t belong here
No matter how I try I cannot escape from how I need to fly
How I need to get high
What am I doing, doing to me?
What am I doing to try to be free

So take me take me take me
Hold me hold me
Free me free me
Help me, help me

Things don’t feel like they are totally real,
If I take all your love will it help me to heal?
I’m rushing around all these days, all these nights
I want to start fighting, I want to stop fights
I’m rolling around in the depths of my mind
I want you to hurt me but you’re just too kind
So take me take me take me
Hold me hold me
Free me free me
Help me, help me

Take it from me it is better to be
A saint not a sinner not tough but a winner
Still I cannot be if I refuse to see 
The damage that I am doing to me
What does it mean, does it mean to be free
Am I losing it all to insanity?

So take me take me take me
Hold me hold me
Free me free me
Help me help me

How can it be that I can give up on me?
When I gave up on living I gave up on loving
and in the world of the living why am I dead?
In the world of the living I am losing my head

So take me take me take me
Hold me hold me
Free me free me
Help me help me

Take me take me take me
Hold me hold me
Free me free me
Help me help me 

Take me take me take me 
Hold me hold me hold me
Free me free me
Help me help me help me

Help.

Fifth and final track from upcoming EP "Shooting Star". Out 23rd May, available to pre-save and pre-order now! :)

It's a love song <3


Lyrics:

I've got a bone that I'd like to pick with you,
It won't take long but it means a lot to me,
I've got some things that I need to say to you,
They won't take long, but they mean a lot to me,

And all I really wanna say is I love you, love you,
Would hurt me to say quite how much that I do,
Will it suffice-

I had a bone that I needed to pick with you,
It didn't take long but it meant a lot to me,
Yeah I had some things that I needed to say to you,
They didn't take long but they meant a lot to me,

And all I really said was I love you, love you,
Would hurt me to say quite how much that I do.
But it sufficed-

To say I love you,
I love you,
I love you,
I love 
x n

Sweet Pickings

Body positive, self-confidence booster track written for acoustic guitar and female vocals, with a violin instrumental.

Beautiful

Tom Shawcroft performing "figure out" - available everywhere now: http://smarturl.it/figure-out
 
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lyrics:
i know that i'm the one to make you feel complete
amongst some other things you fully comfort me
sometimes, i fantasise how you feel bout me
when i come alive
cause i failed to figure out 
that kind of love to fall for 
i somehow fell for a coldhearted kind of love
it was the kind to mess me up but i’ll be singing
sun's out but it's still so cold clear skies but it's been so long
since i remembered how to love myself again
so i called my friend to tell her now "it's been so long"
and i worry how we'll drift off away
my love, you're so hard to love
in years to come you'll learn to trust
so woe is me, i hope you're coming back to me in time
and i'll start feel alright
all you know, you're the one to make me feel complete
amongst some other things you finally found my feelings
buried deep inside a cage, you finally found the key
now i'm so alive
so when you're coming back, oh, i'll be all alone
waiting for you to show me how to feel at home
and i’ll leave my pride out by the door so you can see my heart, 
my all and my flaws, but i’ll be singing
sun's out but it's still so cold clear skies but it's been so long
since i remembered how to love myself again
so i called my friend to tell her now "it's been so long"
and i worry how we'll drift off away
my love, you're so hard to love
in years to come you'll learn to trust
so woe is me, i hope you're coming back to me in time
and i'll start feel alright

#TomShawcroft #figureout

© 2020 Tom Shawcroft.

figure out

Written by David Hoade -
Performed by David Hoade and Nina Johnson -
Produced by Ivan Anchant -
With much love and gratitude -
Dedicated to my dear Mum

Never Be The Same

From Anglo-Irish married songwriting duo The Portraits (“Irresistible and Irrepressible!” Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music) comes an uplifting and timely new single, featuring an astonishing cast of musicians and friends singing and playing their hearts out from Coronavirus confinement in their bedrooms, living rooms and gardens with a simple and beautiful musical message of reassurance: ‘Don’t Worry’.

The powerful orchestral and choral ensemble joined forces through the power of the internet: a full score and guide track was transmitted to all the players via Dropbox, and thirty individual performances in twenty-five different self-isolated locations including bedrooms, living rooms and gardens from the South West of England to North America via France, were returned digitally within three days. It was then left to The Portraits’ arranger and producer Jeremy Millington to unite all the recordings in his home studio to form the final epic work.

The Portraits’ songwriters Lorraine and Jeremy Millington say “the song is only as good as it is because everyone threw themselves at it so wholeheartedly. Not one performance is lacking in spirit, style or belief: maybe that shows just how keen we all are to send the world a giant and heartfelt hug right now. We dedicate it to all who are toiling tirelessly each and every day to fight this terrible disease around the world, and to all those loved ones it has taken from us.”

The song will be released on May 1st 2020 on iTunes, Spotify and all popular digital platforms. The Portraits are married Somerset-based songwriters Lorraine and Jeremy Millington who have performed at six Glastonbury Festivals and been championed on BBC Radio 2. They were due to perform at Glastonbury Festival again in 2020, now postponed to 2021.

Don't Worry

Produced by JB Pilon at Buffalo Studios, London.
Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering, Los Angeles.

Available 23rd April 2020.

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Acoustic indie folk-pop singer-songwriter music from rural Mid Wales!

Everything uploaded I played/ sang it all myself. I play violin, piano, guitar, ukulele, clarinet, percussion and a bit of harp! (yet to feature that last one, give me time, I don't own one... 'yet' hopefully! hehe!).
My songs are guitar, piano or ukulele based. My most 'successful' tune yet, lol, is 'Comet' which received airplay with BBC Radio 6 and BBC Radio Wales on introducing shows (thanks guys). I'm 24 years old as of 2k17. I graduated with a degree in Music and Creative Writing in 2013 from Bangor University, specialising in songwriting and short stories.
In 2014 I toured the UK festival scene as an up and coming act and released my first EP. The tunes I can stomach are on this SoundCloud (I have neurotic, counter-productive perfectionism). I got to play on the bill with Tom Odell, Frank Turner, Razorlight, John Newman, so hopefully you think I have potential now rather than writing me off ;) I've recorded quite a few acoustic sessions, so YouTube search for those if you like what you hear on here, plus you can subscribe to my YouTube channel and check out my home live recordings. I've got music you can buy/ download toooo, both on iTunes and via BandCamp, so follow the links below for those tunes. In fact the links are just all below, and there's enough material to spend a whole day listening to me basically haha so get cracking, yeah? ;) As you might have guessed already, I am a TOTALLY independent musician, yet with big aspirations, so please do support my goals, by reposting, clicking love etc. If you pay for my music, please do so in the knowledge that you are personally helping me both in my fight against poverty and in the progression of my chosen career (struggling musician over here right now, at this stage in life, fyi!) All help appreciated! Share and share this music alike! Thanks one and all, cheers m'dears! ;P Xxxx

Last updated: 24/08/16

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