STEVEE

From song cyle about my hometown - London. 

Mandies & Blues

I used to live in Streatham 
High up on the hill.
I knew this bird from Peckham,
She was on the pill.
Fish ‘n chips on her lips,
Players Number Six.
She was thick as a brick
But always up for it.

She gave me a good time, sometimes,
Mandies and blues and cheap red wine.
A little bit of blow and everything’s fine -
She gave me the runaround,
She gave me the runaround,
She gave me the runaround
All over London town.

Peroxide blonde kind of long and thin,
Nose held together with a safety pin

Now she lives in Balham
With a bloke who drives a truck.
And sometimes I think about ‘em
And I wish ‘em good luck.
She’s got a bun in the oven.
Must’ve had half a dozen.
Goes drinking on Sunday
Gets a hangover on Monday.

She gave me a good time, sometimes,
Mandies and blues and cheap red wine.
A little bit of blow and everything’s fine.

Mandies & Blues

Take Another Shot

Take another shot
Let’s see what you got
Slouching on the curb
Curse a dirty word
Looking so tough
But have you got enough

To break out of this gilded cage
And write yourself another page
Here come the changing of the guard
Hit the ball out of the yard
And take your place on the centre stage

Stand up tall and straight
Don’t wanna see you break
Throw a little curve
Try to make me swerve
Look me in the eye
Tell me you can fly

And break out of this gilded cage
And write yourself another page
Here come the changing of the guard
Hit the ball out of the yard
And take your place on the centre stage

Take it on the chin
And go for the win
Knock yourself out
That’s what it’s all about
You can be a hero
Or you can be a zero

But when the going gets tough
Are you tough enough
When the going gets tough
Can you pick  yourself up
When the going gets tough
Are you strong enough

And take another shot
Let’s see what you got
Take another shot

Take Another Shot

Slow soulful song about lost love...

License track: https://www.songtradr.com/user/song/steve-e/crazy

Crazy 

I must be crazy, I must be mad 
To let you slide through my fingers like that 
Thought I had you in the palm of my hand 
How I let you go I will never understand 
Well, I guess it only goes to show 
I was crazy crazy to let you go 

How many teardrops can I cry 
Looks like a waterfall pouring from my eye 
How many regrets can I hold in my heart 
Before the whole damn thing breaks apart 
Well I guess it only goes to show 
I was crazy to let you go

released April 27, 2016 
Music&Lyrics: Steve Elliott

CRAZY (To Let You Go)

Upbeat melancholia

Time to Kill

I’ve got time on my hands,
I’ve got time to kill.
I’ve got no special plans
And I guess I never will.

Standing by my window,
Watch the rain coming down -
There’s a beautiful rainbow
And the sunset wears a crown.

I’ve got time to steal,
I’ve got time to kill.
But sometimes it feels like
I swallowed a bitter pill.

Gotta find a remedy
Gotta find a remedy
Gotta find a remedy
To save my sanity

I’ve got time on my hands,
I’ve got time to kill.
I’ve got no special plans
And I guess I never will.

Standing by my window,
Watch the rain coming down -
There’s a beautiful rainbow
And the sunset wears a crown.

I’ve got time to kill
I’ve got time to kill kill
I’ve got time to kill...

TIME TO KILL netmix

It rains a lot in London! Wish I was in Spain. For those who like reading lyrics, here they are:

BIG THANKS to my producer Sasha Badajkov and my super engineer Nik Lukyanov

RAINY DAY

It’s a rainy day in London town
What are we gonna do
Let’s go down the nearest tube
And sing a tune or two
Maybe we’ll get lucky
Make a hat full of money
Maybe even enough dosh
To go out and get sloshed
 
Mine’s a pint of London Pride
It’s nice and warm here in the snug
But outside it’s a rainy day
If we pull the plug
Will it drain away
Cos outside it’s cold and grey
Have another slug
Troubles fade away
 
It’s a rainy day in London town
I’m waiting for the bus to come
See that girl in the red raincoat
Maybe she’ll be the one
To keep me safe and warm
Take me in from the storm
And we’ll run so far away
To where the sun shines all day
 
I wanna get to the sunny side
Catch a plane to southern Spain
Where outside it’s a sunny day
And the London rain stays far away
Where outside it’s thirty in the shade
In sunny Spain we got it made

STEVEE - Rainy Day

A remix of one of my London tunes. Rock on....

BIG THANKS to my producer Sasha Badajkov and my super engineer Nik Lukyanov

Available at Bandcamp https://stevee1.bandcamp.com/track/the-junction

License track: https://www.songtradr.com/user/song/steve-e/the-junction

The Junction

Going down to Charing Cross.
Gonna see my old boss.
Gotta a package to deliver,
Somewhere across the river.


In the back of some old gaff,
Where they keep things under wraps.
Gotta meet a bloke called Jerry -
Maybe dodgy, maybe very.


Gotta get my motor running,
Gotta get back over town.
Gotta get my engine gunning
Something is going down.


Lost on the streets of London,
Running red lights through Camden.
It’s hard for my brain to function
When it’s gone up the junction.


I gotta get back east,
See the beauty and the beast.
She lives up by the common,
Such a sweet loving woman.


Gotta get my motor running,
Gotta get back over town.
Gotta get my motor running…
It’s hard for my brain to function
When it’s gone up the junction.

STEVEE THE JUNCTION REMIX

This song was written after I nearly got blown up in the Moscow metro bombings a couple of years ago. I took an early train that morning and was lucky. The experience got me thinking and I wondered how many collective teardrops have been shed after such insane terrorist acts. I hope you agree with me that blowing people up is the worst way to get your political agenda across. Peace and love.

How Many More Teardrops?

Verse 1
I heard the news and I fell down and cried -
Another senseless and deadly suicide.

Verse 2
It all happened again today
A crowd of innocent people blown away.

Chorus
How many more tear drops to fall
Before we heed the folly of it all?
Before we read the writing on the wall.

Verse 3
Believing in a cause, they strap on a bomb,
But what they do is crazy and just plain wrong.

Verse 4
Peace and Love is the message we must bring,
Don't let them tell you this war's a holy thing

Chorus

Bridge
Before we read the writing
That is written in blood on the wall,
Written in blood on the wall.

Chorus

Outro
What can we do? What can we say?
But let us pray for a brighter day
And a better way.

How many more teardrops

Against The Rules

This song is about how Russia changed after Perestroika. Available for download in all major digital stores.

Goodbye Mr Lenin

Born in London, I'm a songwriter and guitarist. Check out my Bandcamp link below if you want to get tracks. Here's an unsolicited comment on one of my songs (Little Bird): "Fantastic. reminds me of Richard Ashcroft's better stuff." You can pay what you like for the album, even zero)))

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Thanks for listening and rock on...

STEVEE

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