The Chauffeur (Duran Duran Cover) updated.

Si Staples - Light My Fire (Doors Cover)

Before The Dawn (Judas Priest Cover)

A cover of the Sons Of Anarchy Theme song

This Life Demo (Curtis Stieger & The Forest Rangers Cover)

The Letter

He has no grave
And solely in the field he lies
Unburied, In the fury of the battle cry
He left behind a love, 
In the middle of blood lust
Love letter in his pocket 
As he lays still in the dust
And here there is no cross
To show he's passed away
He's only a memory 
Upon this open grave 
One bullet killed him
Deep Inside the pressure dome
His widow's sat there waiting
For him to come home

He lost his life for liberty for you and I
He lost his fight for life in lands where bullets fly
But still the lessons haven't been learnt over years
The wars still rage among a torrent flood of tears
Too many still remain completely full in fear
Of tyrants exercising power down the years
Power down the years
Power down the years
Power down the years 
They will never be revered

His photo in her window
Of a love she keeps within
Scared by the wounds of war
She carried on but life was grim
They dug away the soil
A secret of the past
A lonely skeleton
With a letter on his chest
A single love letter
With postage due no doubt
His tags and cross enclosed
With words of love abound
The postman pushes through
A bulky envelope
She recognised  the scrawl
The tears began to flow

He lost his life for liberty for you and I
He lost his fight for life in lands where bullets fly
But still the lessons haven't been learnt over years
The wars still rage among a torrent flood of tears
Too many still remain completely full in fear
Of tyrants exercising power down the years
Power down the years  
Power down the years 
They will never be revered

She opened up the note 
from many years gone by
And as she read the note
The tears welled in her eyes
It said I love you dear
I hope you know it's true
I fight the war for freedom
When I'd rather be with you
Please love remember me
If in these fields I fall
Don't ever forget me
And dream of when I'm home
And know that I love you
No matter where I lay
My heart belongs to you
Forever and a day

He lost his fight for life in lands where bullets fly
But still the lessons haven't been learnt over years
The wars still rage among a torrent flood of tears
Too many still remain completely full in fear
Of tyrants exercising power down the years
Power down the years
Power down the years
Power down the years 
They will never be revered


The Letter

Redone...wasn't entirely happy with it the 1st time round...

No More Blood

A bluesy cover of a truly great classic by THE KING.

Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Cover)

Every Breath You Take (Police Cover)

One song you hardly ever hear from years ago. Might have to talk the band into covering this ;-)

To Know Her Is To Love Her (Teddy Bears Cover)

Never Gonna Give You Up Spirit

The Seventies

When I was young
A little kid in the seventies
Tv was key
To everything that I'd grow to be
The geeks had Who
While I grew up on Hutch & Starskey
The girls loved Rollers
I had fell in love with Harry
Saturdays was swap shop 
And tiswas for the comedy
And Jaws had  stopped me
From going swimming in the sea
Flares were swinging
And the collars were as big as Leeds
While punks erupted with their hair &
chains &  pins and things

I'm of the seventies, so screwed up from the sixties
I'm from the seventies, a time of suspect TV
I'm from the seventies, when you'd get your chips for 6p
You think you're fucked up now
You don't know what you were missing

The young had play school
Brian Cant and Floella
We always thought that
Humpty fondled Jemima
The other side was 
just as fucked up for a toddler
Rod, Jane and Freddies
Singing songs about a Twanger
As we got older
We discovered Tommy Cooper
And Benny Hill was
Really just a dirty buggar
But Star Wars came along 
We all wanted a light sabre
Our heroes changed from
Baby Clanger to Skywalker

I'm of the seventies, so screwed up from the sixties
I'm from the seventies, a time of suspect TV
I'm from the seventies, when you'd get your chips for 6p
You think you're fucked up now
You don't know what you were missing

The seventies 
A time us kids a did wonder
Why Gummidge took off head
Replaced it with another
And Benn changed into costumes
Shopkeeper's a stalker
Benn had adventures 
Never paid for anything at all
The Crankies were so weird
Husband would dress wife up
Like a little schoolboy
Only he knows what's in his head at all
Did no one suspect what Saville was up ta
Or Stuart Hall snuck up on girls in 'Knockout

I'm of the seventies, so screwed up from the sixties
I'm from the seventies, a time of suspect TV
I'm from the seventies, when you'd get your chips for 6p
You think you're fucked up now
You don't know what you were missing 

No wonder I am full suspicion and wonder
With all this suspect TV going on around us
So many things that looked so innocent when I was young
Now look completely suss, my head is really warped up
Now  look completely suss, my head is really warped up
Now look completely suss, my head is really warped up
Now  look completely suss, my head is really warped up 
Now  look completely suss, my head is really warped up 
 
 



The Seventies

Untied

Alone in the dark,
You abandoned me here at three
I'm scared and I'm lost,
No one outside my body can hear me scream
No encouragement over the years,
The bitterness building up 
I can't recall one happy time
Coz other kids had Dad's when I grew up

What did I do so wrong
For you to dismember a heart so strong
It's not all about you at all
Your memory's a stain upon this wall
 
My flesh and my blood,
You swore I could count on you.
My guardian and my Dad
You left me without so much as a glance behind you
Angry, and confused,
But there were no great times to share
Your reluctance to acknowledge
A son you damaged without a care

What did I do so wrong
For you to dismember a heart so strong
It's not all about you at all
Your memory's a stain upon this wall
But there in the back of my mind
You're there to remind me you're still alive
One day I will hunt you down
And from then I can live my life untied

 
I dream of the time 
When you are not here no more
My mother and my hero,
Kept me stable all alone
You insult every sinew 
In my body with every breath you take
I wouldn't piss on you
If you was on fire every day

What did I do so wrong
For you to dismember a heart so strong
It's not all about you at all
Your memory's a stain upon this wall
But there in the back of my mind
You're there to remind me you're still alive
One day I will hunt you down
And from then I can live my life untied


Untied Demo

The story of the song...

In Canton, Mississippi, 10-year-old Tonya Hailey is viciously brutalized and killed by two white racist rednecks -- . Almost immediately after Tonya is found, her killers are found at a roadside bar, where they had been bragging about what they did to Tonya. Tonya's understandably distraught and enraged father, remembers a case from a year ago, when four white men raped an African-American girl in a nearby town, and got acquitted. He is determined to not let that happen in this case. While the deputy is escorting the two up a flight of stairs to a court room, he emerges from the building's basement with an assault rifle, and he kills them for what they did to Tonya. He is later arrested at his house, and is scheduled to be placed on trial. . To start things off, the Judge denies bail and denies the Father's petition for a change of venue. One of the rapist/Killers' brother, Freddie, wants revenge on him, so gets the help of the Mississippi branch of the KKK,.That night, a KKK member is found trying to plant a bomb under his attorney's porch. His attorney's secretary is also attacked by the KKK. On the day the trial begins, there is a riot outside the court building between the KKK and the area's African-American residents,  Freddy and the KKK start burning crosses throughout Canton, As a result, the National Guard is called to Canton to keep the peace during the trial. 

(c) Si Villain 2015


Gun Held In Your Hand

Heavens Number

Does Heaven have a phone number
So she can reach her Dad up high
She needs him here today
Just to tell her everything's alright
She wants to hear his voice again
Sometimes at night you can hear her cry
She calls and asks the operator 
Could you reach Dad in the sky
The years go past, the time moves fast 
Still she misses him every day
All she wants is one phone call
To have him talk to her again
Just to be there on the other end
Whenever life were getting her down
She was Daddy's girl, and he was her world
She just wants to hear him now
She just wants to hear him now

I'm sorry operator
I didn't mean to make you cry
Are you missing your Dad too
Or do you got something in your eye
All I want is to hear his voice
You can understand my hurt
Can't you get the pages open
I just want Heaven's phone number
Can't you get the pages open
I just want Heaven's phone number
Please can you try again
Can you try again

For years he had her covered
For whatever life had thrown her way
She always had her troubles 
But he was there for her every day
She's come to terms with his passing
But she will never let him go
He was her very own hero
But now and then she needed him to show
The years go past, the time moves fast 
Still she misses him every day
All she wants is one phone call
To have him talk to her again
Just to be there on the other end
Whenever life were getting her down
She was Daddy's girl, and he was her world
She just wants to hear him now

Oooh...

I'm sorry operator
I didn't mean to make you cry
Are you missing your Dad too
Or do you got something in your eye
All I want is to hear his voice
You can understand my hurt
Can't you get the pages open
I just want Heaven's phone number
Can't you get the pages open
I just want Heaven's phone number
Please can you try again
Can you try again
I'm sorry operator
I didn't mean to make you cry
Are you missing your Dad too
Or do you got something in your eye
All I want is to hear his voice
You can understand my hurt
Please can you try again
Can you try again

(c) Si Villan 2015


Heavens Number

This is an updated version...

A few more harmonies. Hopefully It doesn't detract any.

This song was a poetry competition on Facebook on a page called BULLYCIDE for those against any kind of bullying. Darlene, I hope you like it. It was a touching poem from the heart. 

(c) Si Villan & Corinne Johnston

Redemption Over Forgiveness Denied II

PEACE

Another night, where we young live life
An act of war on the happiness we strive
The Paris streets where blood is spilled we cry
An act of war,  religion be their hide
Don't give us all your bullshit of the policies you hate
Don't give us all the bullshit of the Islamic State
You don't discriminate against any creed or fucking faith
You'll never bring us down for peace is where we play

Peace is where we still play
Peace is where we will stay
Peace is where we still lay
Peace you will never take away
Peace is where we still play
Peace is where we will stay
Peace is where we still lay
Peace you will never take away

Another night, you've taken lives with your gun
Another night, we stand together as one
Another night, your cowardice will never shine
Another night, our strength together will rise
Don't give us all your bullshit of the policies you hate
Don't give us all the bullshit of the Islamic State
You don't discriminate against any creed or fucking faith
You'll never bring us down for peace is where we play

Peace is where we still play
Peace is where we will stay
Peace is where we still lay
Peace you will never take away
Peace is where we still play
Peace is where we will stay
Peace is where we still lay
Peace you will never take away

(Spoken)
Sometimes I feel lost and alone
 as if there were no place for me to be.
  When will we make peace with each other,
   to assure all men can sleep peacefully?

Sometimes I only want to awaken
 and get myself out of this trance.
  Then I finally realize that I am fully awake,
   and say a prayer for the people of France.
 And the whole fuckin world!
 
(c) Si Villan 2015

Peace

Without The Great Divide

As the silence shatters in the night
To the gunshot in the sky
And all the children run for cover
There's a sniper out of sight
Past their doors they heard the sound 
Of many pairs marching feet
Of the Paras making their presence felt
Upon this Belfast street
Adams does a hard day's work
And then he's homeward bound
As a British soldier, just 19, 
Lays wounded on the ground
Well he's taken to place for Queen and country
It's no surprise
As he draws his last breath, says a prayer
And then he dies

Too many dead civilians
Are just casualties of war
And do half the people know what it is
They're really fighting for?
Or has the whole point of it 
Just got lost in the mists of time
While the IRA take credit
For their latest crime
In a safehouse miles from nowhere
3 loyalists lying dead
All in an unmarked grave
With a bullet through the head
The next day the score was evened out 
Civilian Catholics slain
Through rumours of vengeance and fights to the death 
Calls to keep calm from Sinn Fein

Politicians armed with pens
Sit counting up lost lives
The Ulster Paramilitarys'
Sharpening their knives
And loading slugs into a clip
Of someone else's gun
More comes a time of dirty deeds 
Awaiting to be done
As the children grow with fear
Stench of blood is in the air
Hoping those in power can give peace a chance
No more deaths please, that ain't fair
Too many hearts been broken
Too many innocent lives
Just please let Ireland live as one
Without the great divide

(c) Si Villan 2015


Without The Great Divide

It's Christmas Time (Boil The Tories)

One song with another song's instrumental...

Dreaming

Sing it Scream it
When the chips are down
And the day has been a bad one
Lock the world outside
Turn up the stereo
Pour yourself a beer
And let the sound explode on you
Fuck the neighbours moans
Just let the music flow

You can get lost on whatever you want
Air guitar there in your hand
To hell with your enemies
Well they all can wait
Just rock your ass off while you can

Can't you feel the drums
Pounding on your windpipe
Can't you feel the power
Of bass inside your brain
Don't you love the beauty
Of guitars washing over you
Emulate your hero 
Sing it, scream it

When you feel like raging
Thrash will get you breaking walls
When you're loved up
A power ballad smoulders you
When you feel euphoric
A real stomper goes down so good
There's always something there
Don't matter what your mood 

You can get lost on whatever you want
Air guitar there in your hand
To hell with your enemies
Well they all can wait
Just rock your ass off while you can

 X 2 Can't you feel the drums
Pounding on your windpipe
Can't you feel the power
Of bass inside your brain
Don't you love the beauty
Of guitars washing over you
Emulate your hero 
Sing it, scream it
 
You can get lost on whatever you want
Air guitar there in your hand
To hell with your enemies
Well they all can wait
Just rock your ass off while you can

Si Villan (C) 2016

Sing It, Scream It

Sweet Dreams My Darling
Sweet dreams my darling,
Now the day is done.
And the moon is here
To say goodnight to the sun.

Gather up your blankets
And climb into bed.
Close your weary eyes
And lay down your head.

And while you're sleeping
The stars will watch over you
Each one twinkling bright
Sent down from God to keep warm at night
And while you dream your dreams
be sure of the love I bring
You are my everything
You're the reason the birds sing

Sweet dreams my darling,
Now the day is done.
And the moon is here
To say goodnight to the sun. 

So rest for now 
with peaceful dreams,
Of twinkling stars
And shining moon beams.

And while you're sleeping
The stars will watch over you
Each one twinkling bright
Sent down by God to keep you warm at night
And while you dream your dreams
be sure of the love I bring
You are my everything
You're the reason the birds sing

Sweet dreams my darling,
Now the day is done.
And the moon is here
To say goodnight to the sun 
 
Sweet dreams my darling, 
sweet dreams my love,
Sweet dreams my precious gift
My beautiful little one

And while you're sleeping
The stars will watch over you
Each one twinkling bright
Sent down by God to keep you warm at night
And while you dream your dreams
be sure of the love I bring
You are my everything
You're the reason the birds sing
 Sweet dreams my darling,
Now the day is done.
And the moon is here
To say goodnight to the sun

Sweet dreams my darling,
Now the day is done.
And the moon is here
To say goodnight to the sun 

Si Villan (C) 2016

Sweet Dreams My Darling

This is my least favourite life
The one where you fly and I don’t
A kiss holds a million deceits
And a lifetime goes up in smoke
This is my least favourite you
Who floats far above earth and stone
The nights that I twist on the rack
Is the time that I feel most at home

We're wandering in the shade
And the rustle of fallen leaves
A bird on the edge of a blade
Lost now forever, my love, in a sweet memory

The station pulls away from the train
The blue pulls away from the sky
The whisper of two broken wings
May be they’re yours, maybe they’re mine
This is my least favourite life
The one where I am out of my mind
The one where you are just out of reach
The one where I stay and you fly

I'm wandering in the shade
And the rustle of fallen leaves
A bird on the edge of the blade
Lost now forever, my love, in a sweet memory

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