RAGE OF MEN
Words and Music Stephen Randall

They got something to prove
They got nothing to lose
They’re just pumped up muscle
Looking for a hustle
Gonna take you down
Gonna shake you down
Riding on the train to oblivion

They got war on the cards
They got hate in their hearts
We’re one shot away 
From being blown away
Gotta be the man
Gotta have a plan
Riding on the train to oblivion

Is it a lack of
Direction
That fans the flames
That turn into

CHORUS
Rage
Blame it on the rage of men
Rage
Blame it on the rage of men

Got to be in the tribe
Gotta believe in the lie
There are very fine guys
On both sides 
Gonna hunt us down
Gonna run this town
Riding on the train to oblivion

Is it a lack of
Connection
That fans the flames
That turn into

CHORUS
Rage
Blame it on the rage of men
Rage
Blame it on the rage of men

Blame it on the rage of men

Rage Of Men

“Big Finish” is a song about never giving up. It’s a song about family and the influence they have on us. We all make our choices and we all make mistakes, but what matters is how we get up and finish the race. It’s not too late to follow through. In the wise words of my father, “Big finish. Make sure you finish strong.”

Lyrics: 

My father told me something I never forgot
And he tells me every time I play his favorite song
He says man you can mess up a lot
He says make sure you finish strong

Big big finish
Make sure you finish strong

My brother told me something I forget
And I keep trying to remember just the end
It went something about liquor and sweat
It said it’s your time and money to spend

Big big finish
Make sure you finish strong

My mother doesn’t have to say anything at all
One look from her and I am a stream
Laughing over rocks in the mud of fall
Drinking the light of the sunshine beam

Big big finish
Make sure you finish strong

Oh Big big finish
Make sure you finish strong
Yeah make sure you finish strong

Credits: 

Written and produced by Trevor Leonard
Mixed by Trevor Leonard
Mastered by Dave Downham at Gradwell House

Trevor Leonard - Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Bass
Katie Weissman - Cello
Will Blair - Drums
John Leonard - Trombone
Brooke Blair - Drum production

Kadylak Records
C+P 2023 Trevor Leonard

Links:
https://linktr.ee/trevorleonard 
https://tinyurl.com/BigFinishSpotify
https://tinyurl.com/BigFinishApple
https://tinyurl.com/BigFinishSoundcloud
https://tinyurl.com/BigFinishYoutube
https://trevorleonard.bandcamp.com
http://trevorleonard.com

Big Finish

The Ryes

Hideaway

SABLE, fABLE

S P E Y S I D E

Blissfully vacant is the 2nd track from my 2025 album Second Skin.
Release Date to 4th April 2025

Second Skin

Blissfully Vacant

BLISSFULLY VACANT

https://soundcloud.com/plex-auchta - bass guitar and drums
lil' spaceman - beatbox and vocals

susie's got an uzi (ft. Plex Auchta)

NOT JUST ROME
Words and Music Stephen Randall

I don’t know what we can say 
That hasn’t been said before
I don’t know what we can do
If we don’t want to face the truth
It seems to me
That our words won’t drown out the lies
It seems to me
That our tears won’t put out the fires

I don’t know what we can try
That hasn’t been tried before
And at the risk of repeating myself I say
We don’t want to face the truth
It seems to me  
(Bang our heads against the wall)
You can close your eyes and count to ten
It seems to me
(We whistle in the wind)
You can turn around and start again

CHORUS
And so they say
Nero played
While Rome was burning  
And so it goes
It’s not just Rome
That’s burning now
We can’t all fit
In a rocket ship
And fly to Mars no
And if we could
It surely wouldn’t 
Be better than here

I can’t sit in hope and pray
That tomorrow won’t be like today
But I don’t have a glass half full
You know I don’t have a glass at all
I ask myself
(Bang our heads against the wall)
How could I be so naive
I ask myself
(We whistle in the wind)
How could I be so wrong

CHORUS
And so they say
Nero played
While Rome was burning  
And so it goes
It’s not just Rome
That’s burning now
We can’t all fit
In a rocket ship
And fly to Mars no
And if we could
It surely wouldn’t be better than here

Not Just Rome

30,000 DAYS
Words and Music Stephen Randall

When we were young enough to give a damn
We couldn’t see you trying
I guess we should have called your bluff
We had thirty thousand days
To leave this world a better place
If we gave a damn enough

Nobody got time on their hands
Do they, Do they?
Everybody got a deal to land
Don’t they, Don’t they?
Nobody plays by the rules
Do they, Do they?
Everybody gotta half glass full

And we all got our choices
Don’t we, don’t we?
And we all got our voices
To speak up, don’t we?
And we all got our knuckles wrapped at school
Didn’t you, didn’t you?

CHORUS
Coulda woulda shoulda
Take lemons and make lemonade
Coulda woulda shoulda
Can you get out of your own waaaay

Now that we’re old enough to give a damn
You can watch us dying
I guess you should have called our bluff
We blew thirty thousand days
To leave this world a better place
I guess we didn’t give a damn enough

Everybody got crime on their mind
Don’t they, Don’t they?
Nobody gotta a better plan
Do they, Do they?
Everybody gotta point of view
Don’t they, Don’t they?
Everybody wanna jump the queue

And we all got our choices
Don’t we, don’t we?
And we all got voices
To speak up, don't we?
And we all come together if we want to
Don’t we?
Goo goo ga joob Ga goo goo ga joob

CHORUS
Coulda woulda shoulda
With another thirty thousand days
Coulda woulda shoulda
Can we put it off and go and play

INSTRUMENTAL

CHORUS
Coulda woulda shoulda
Take lemons and make lemonade
Coulda woulda shoulda
Can you get out of your own waaaay

30,000 Days

NONE OF US ARE SUPERMAN
Words and Music Stephen Randall

We all live in our Fortresses of Solitude
We all do the very best we can
Hiding from our own secret identity
But none of us are Superman no
None of us are Superman 
We have to get it while we can 
None of us are Superman      

We all live in our own little Metropolis
Living for work or working to live
But most of us are like the Clark Kents of the world
And none of us are Superman no
None of us are Superman 
We have to get it while we can 
None of us are Superman      

And none of us are Superman no
None of us are Superman 
We have to get it while we can 
None of us are Superman

None Of Us Are Superman

Dirt Road

I'm a Brit in America.

I've released eight albums - Naive in 2014, Above The Rain in 2015, Heartlands in 2016, The Freaks and the Brave in 2017, Nashville When I Rise in 2018, Retropolitan in 2020, Oxygen in 2021 and Rock Paper Scissors in 2023.

https://music.apple.com/us/album/oxygen/1567362004
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/retropolitan/1505508938
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nashville-when-i-rise/1422418349
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-freaks-and-the-brave/id1278535762
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/heartlands/id1131404464
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/above-the-rain/id1023879301
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/naive/id882888725
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/na%C3%AFve/id1202021941
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/StephenRandall

I also released a tribute song for the victims of the Boston Marathon, We Will Run Again, (100% of the proceeds goes to the victims) which is also available on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/we-will-run-again/id858791917

I used to write songs for other artists and thought that getting covers was what it was all about. Whenever I heard the end results of what other artists, producers or A&R people would do with my songs, I mostly found it soul destroying, so I allowed myself to I get distracted for a while - inventing a digital guitar (The Stepp DG1 and DGX) and getting involved in mobile computing (Symbian).  Then about eight years ago I started writing again and this time I wrote for myself and rediscovered my passion. So here I am, a songwriter again. 

I record on a MacBook Pro using Logic Pro X, and play a Fender Jazzmaster (my current go-to), American Fender Tele, '59 Epiphone semi acoustic, Taylor 614ce acoustic, Paul Reed Smith PRS Custom 24, Epiphone Sheraton II Pro, Fender Jazz Bass, Line 6 Variax JTV, Stepp DG1 (of course!), Nord Piano 4/MIDI keyboard, Gretsch Lap Steel and am learning pedal steel on a Sho-Bud Pro pedal steel guitar. 

The Soundcloud community has fostered my motivation for songwriting and music discovery. Thanks for listening - every comment, constructive or otherwise inspires me.

Cheers,

Stephen

Not Just Rome

StephenRandall

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