Charlotte Campbell is a full time musician and busker from London. She loves playing to crowds in the streets and wrote this song to commemorate all the different people she has met while busking and how it has shaped her career.

Streets of London - Charlotte Campbell

She’s got her ambulance driver
Who loves just to drive her
Around the town
Inbetween his rounds

And he’ll turn his siren on loudly
As she leans on so proudly
And thinks of how
Good it’s now

(Chorus)

And the thought of him
Laying hands on her
Leaves me nothing
But angrier
At this mind that gives
No answer
But, I want her, I want her

(Verse 2)

She’s got her life-living visions
Sees her kids not yet living
Has a name for each
And so much to teach

And he’s got his ready employment
You know his ready enjoyment
For all the things
She always brings

(Repeat chorus)

(Break)

I want her to see
That he’ll fall asleep at the wheel
Trying to keep still
As life goes speeding by

But,as for me
Though she knows how I feel
I won’t stick around here
Just to watch another good love die;
Another good love die, another good love die

(Verse 3)

She’s got her ambulance driver
And though I tried to revive her
She wouldn’t move
What did that prove?

And though he pretends to save her
In the end, he’ll betray her
When she sees
Where this road leads
(Repeat Chorus)


“Ambulance Driver” 
Words, Music and Performance © MMVII
by Nguyen/Melville/Achi
Available on the album, Austin, by Banded

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Ambulance Driver

Could you straighten me out
Could you whisper my shout
Could you just be about
Something good
Something I trust without a doubt

Could you let me inside
Could you let me confide
Could you get me untied
From what's cursed
And from which I need to hide

Could you open the door
And say hello, old friend
It's been a long war
But there's peace
in the end
Yes, in peace
We will mend

Could you play on my song
Could you stay much too long
Could you say I'm wrong
About time
And how it breaks what was strong

Could you open your mind
And say "maybe" to this
We all can be blind
To the love
We dismiss
Yeah the love
We will miss

I want to touch those hands
That once reached to pull me through
I've been a stranger in a stranger's lands
But home is near, now with you in view


Could you straighten me out
Could you whisper my shout
Could you just be about
Something good
Something I trust without a doubt

Could you open your mind
And say "maybe" to this
We all can be blind
To the love
We dismiss
Yeah the love
We will miss

Could you straighten me out
Could you whisper my shout
Could you just be about
Something good
Something I trust without a doubt

"Trust Without a Doubt"
Words, Music, & Performance © 2015 by Nguyen/Melville/Achi
Available on the album, Still a Chord to Strum

Trust Without A Doubt

Ready 2B Found
(Words and Music by Taunton Melville)
Performed by No Comprise — 2025
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There’s chatter in my mind
Telling me you’re kind
To find
I wasn’t fine 
With me or my design

There’s vision in my eyes
Showing me you’re wise
To see 
That I had lies
That tried to steal our prize

There’s feelings in my heart
Finding strength to start
Finally sensing
They will play a part

They’re glancing through the dark	
Dancing through the park
On their way to town
Ready to be found

There’s laughter in my voice
Reacting without choice
To words
That were noise
Unclear and missing joys

There’s racing in my veins
Displacing what remains
I feel
No more chains
Locking me in such pains

There’s answers in my soul
Filling such a hole
Finally sensing
That they are in control

They’re wading through the dark
Parading through the park
On their way to town
Ready to be found

There’s movement by my side
Improvement I can’t hide	

There’s holding of new hands
Unfolding of new plans

We’re waking up the night
and breaking up our fight

There’s reasons we are here
We’re leaving what we fear

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Ready to be Found

Walking into this room
Where my father lay
I can't help but feel
That he's still here today

I’m speaking like he can hear
Everything I say
Death is not able
To take my words away

(break)

And my father
My mentor, my friend
Still receives
Every message that I send

(chorus)

Whether he's here or there
Or dancing like wind
With the air
He is near
He can hear
As I sing
He can hear
That's one thing
I don't fear

(Verse 2)

Driving in this car
Where my father steered
I can feel his love
For things he held dear

The way he took care of things
His life, wife, and family
Although he wasn't perfect
He's as close as one could be

(break)

And my father
My mentor, my friend
Still receives
Every message that I send

(chorus)

Whether he's here or there
Or dancing like wind
With the air
He is near
He can hear
As I sing
He can hear
That's one thing
I don't fear

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Words and Music © MMXIV by Nguyen/Melville/Achi

"Father" (live version)

An excerpt of the latest song I had recorded...Yet another sad one, just can't help it. :) Full version along with new CD to come out in the next few months. Enjoy. 

To Love Again (excerpt)

An excerpt of a song that's been a working progress for more than a year going through mixing and remixing stages.  This one is called "midnight." Enjoy! (full song to be on new CD soon)
Music, performance, recording, mixing - Eugene Achi
Lyrics - Taunton Melville

Midnight (Excerpt)

In this episode of Houghton75, we speak with Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, about her research and teaching on the Declaration of Independence, including John Adams’ role in creating it, supported by evidence found right here at Houghton.

Find out more about the exhibition and Houghton Library’s 75th anniversary celebrations at http://houghton75.org/hist-75h
Transcript and detailed music notes: http://wp.me/p7SlKy-vC

Music
Fife & Drum Ensembles from the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/

Houghton75

Danielle Allen: John Adams’ and Our Declaration

On top of the world

Empty beach
My six string 
And a memory… 

I could draw your face in those stars 
Could sense your grip on my aching scar
Almost feel your toes touch mine in the sand
And still dream of walking with you on this beach 
Hand in hand 

Here I am pondering tomorrow 
My loneliness a heavy sorrow 
Oh what I’d give to be softly biting
Your pink lips, youthful and inviting

You showed me what it’s like to be alive
Living each day like another test drive, 
Yes it’s really hard to revel in today
When you’re still in love with yesterday 

Then you faded into the night 
Into a silky ray of moonlight

On this empty beach 
My six string 
And a memory…

I could draw your face in those stars 
Could sense your grip on my aching scar
Almost feel your toes touch mine in the sand
And still dream of walking with you on this beach 
Hand in hand 

Copyright - Eugene Achi - 2017

Reflections (Excerpt)

Copyright 2019 Achi/Melville
Lyrics - Taunton Melville 
Music/Performance/Recording - Eugene Achi

Ready to be Found

Taunton Melville

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