Everyone as a special day in their lives if only once that they remember forever . This is mine and describes a normal day were everything was just perfect.THIS FRIDAY…….

This Friday ~ Conscience of Kings

This is not a song about Marilyn Monroe.
It’s about a fiery relationship they came to an end between two people in which she screams in a melt down  and quotes a famous line from Marilyn Monroe.

If you can’t handle me at my worst then you don’t deserve me at my best !

Marilyn’s Quote ~ Conscience of Kings with Jeff Roberts

As I’ve got older the things that seemed really important when I young just pale into insignificancy.
What’s meant to be is meant to be and I’m not sure you can change that process how hard you try.
All your personal achievements and moments that went well are just 
Little Victories in the war of life.
Just try and have integrity and be a better person every new sunrise.
I’m dedicating this song to my mate Big Johnie who has integrity and gave me the idea for the hook as he always says 
“ there just little victories Gaz”

Little Victories ~ Conscience of Kings

Your cloud a song relating to a relationship that’s finished but photos float on a cloud forever and can be retrieved at anytime to reminisce.

Your Cloud ~ Conscience Of Kings

A song that touches on the realm of mental health and how we need to help break down the defence of such a powerful illness. It’s not a box to tick or a problem to solve its far more complicated than that. 
If theirs someone we love or just someone we know or even a complete stranger just shine a little light into there corner. This will let them now they are not alone and we are here to talk and help. 
The song as been recorded with live instruments remotely and me and Sarge  we would like to thank the musicians who got involved.
Sarge as produced, played several instrumentals and liaised with the other musicians to make this happen. Enjoy

Darkest Corner ~ Under This Sun _

Firstly a big thanks to Shane of Harmful If Swallowed for agreeing to do do this male duet. It’s a first for me and probably for him, so a very interesting concept. It’s been a song that’s been hanging around a while just waiting for the right type of vocalist to agree. I am a great admirer of Shane’s work because of his fine lyrics and interpretations of real life. 
The song Elephant In The Room was wrote over five years ago with my son Owen  who would of been around 18 at the time. He had got into playing guitar and dabbling in song writing so my role was helping him with melody and lyrics. 
It’s a song I always thought had great potential and as I wasn’t that active in music myself at the time only a raw acoustic version existed.
This version is what we used as a sketch and Noobly transformed it into a full blown production. Seriously Noobly is a real talent and absolute pleasure to work with so respect to him.
There as been slight lyric changes but the melody is the same.
The song is about to close friends sitting in one of their living rooms in silence. There is an elephant in the room for both of them because a serious matter is not being discussed and neither of them are opening the conversation. The one  as done something really bad to the other so use your imagination.
The conversation is only happening inside their heads so hence a male duet of thoughts.
Hope you enjoy the song as much as we did creating it.

Elephant In The Room  -  Conscience of Kings feat Harmful If Swallowed

A tribute to one of my closest friends Andy who passed last year from cancer. He left two beautiful daughters and his wonderful wife behind. 
Also a long lasting effect on me and I never got to tell him he really was one of my kings.
This is a raw live recording because that’s seems  more relevant to him coming from a punk background. 
I worked, socialised and shared some unbelievable memorable moments with Andy stretching over a 30 year period.
He was an original punk rocker in his younger days and played as a drummer in many different punk bands. Carried the tattoos of punk and that period carried him through the rest of his life. Very knowledgeable about music and cultures. 
He always got up behind the kit and blasted out at our soundchecks and when we were breaking down after the gig, he just couldn’t help himself. Always supported live new music and my band projects. 
Andy was one of the Co founders with me of underground music magazine Blag. Known as Andypunkrock to the readers.
I will never forget him and think about him everyday.
You don’t realise until certain people leave you how much it affects you. 
RIP Andy you were One Of My Kings.

One Of My Kings (Acoustic Live RIP)

Layman’s Eyes a song relating to person who does not have specialized or professional knowledge of a situation or a crisis. Just sometimes Its really obvious and doesn’t require a rocket scientist to see something as to be done or something as to change for the better. 


I’m not a scientist or even that well educated 
If you fly to close to the sun then you have surely underestimated 
There’s no planet B so how high is your ceiling 
Her crystal ball showed me it’s really not appealing 

Chorus
In my Layman’s eyes
I will never be denied 
What’s happened changes
everything 
What’s happening changes nothing at all
In my layman’s my layman’s eyes x2


She said she wants to go back to the 90s 
I told her I have never left cause it was more exciting
Music  film and arts with no social media
I preferred it back then when we were more Bohemian

Chorus 

M/8
Somethings changed
Goes against the grain
Somethings as changed
And I can’t explain 
In my Layman’s x2
This what I see for you and me 
In my Layman’s eyes

Layman’s Eyes ~ Conscience of Kings

A song relating to the trials and tribulations of relationships that are volatile and a rollercoaster ride. We break up, we make and we repeat the process over and over until we realise that to make this work tough love is needed for responsible behaviour.
We need to fall apart just to know how to come together.

Fall Apart  ~ Conscience Of Kings

# Indie Electro vibe 
 
New single Shape Shifter to be released on 16th November all major streaming services. 
A song based around relationships 
that move and change due to different circumstances to suit the mood. And how ever toxic that might be there’s always an element to missing these people when you say goodbye.
A Shaper Shifter indeed ! 


V1
You moved your face to rest 
upon  my cheeks
And I could feel your eyelashes tickling making me weak 
It made me flutter with electricity 
I knew this moment was the last
one for me 
If just one more night before you leave 
The bed will be to big without you my darling your in need 

Chorus 
Shape shifting chameleon
You go from black to white
Every single night
You go from blue to green 
Depending on the scene
Whatever colour takes you 
As long as your seen
Red to yellow back to green 
shape shifting chameleon 
if you know what I mean


Verse Bridge
If just one more night before you leave 
The bed will be to big without you my darling in need 

V2
And when I touch the cold pressed white cotton sheets
It’s a reminder that’s were you used to sleep 
And maybe I’m a little deluded into thinking you’ll come back
After all that’s been said and done Im the man who told you to pack
It’s not because I was punching above my welter weight
It was the fact that you’re always showing a different face 

Chorus 
Your a Shape shifting chameleon
You go from black to white
Every single night
You go from blue to green 
Depending on the scene
Whatever colour takes you 
As long as your seen
Red to yellow back to green 
shape shifting chameleon 
if you know what I mean

Outro

Your a Shape shifting chameleon
You go from black to white
Every single night
You know what I mean

Shape Shifter  -  Conscience of Kings

#Indie Electronic Rock

Locked out is a true story based on what happened to a very good friend recently.
He had  no idea his partner of three years had been planning to leave him for months. He came home to a note saying I will be in touch there will be an email to follow.
And that was that.
She locked him out her life and hasn’t been seen since. 
Thankfully he’s a survivor and it didn’t take him long to get back on the horse and ride again. 
That’s just the way he rolls !

V1 
We we’re making love the sunday before 
everything as it should 
Couldn’t see the trees 
For the wood 
That note that you left 
Didn’t leave a single  clue
We went from oak 
To hollow bamboo 
Then I guess you always new 

Chorus 
I’m feeling locked out knocked  out 
Now that the word as got out got out 
I’m feeling locked out knocked out 
And I can’t even shout shout out 
Cause you knocked me out for the count 

V2 
There must be a 1000 reasons
To why you left 
And you choose not to tell me 
So I will have to second guess
I’m in room with no windows 
And not any doors 
You’re being moving on for months 
Acting up this front 
 
Double Chorus

Outro to fade 
I’ve been feeling locked out knocked out 
I’ve been feeling locked out knocked out 
Now that the word as got out got out
I can’t even shout out shout out

Locked Out ~ Conscience Of Kings

GOLDIGGERS, HOUSES AND FAST CARS

A tongue in cheek look at life and something we all must of thought about in our younger days on our journey to becoming a Rockstar that nearly but never actually happened.
Could we really cope with fame & fortune and turn into a complete and utter paranoid, drunken, drug using woe is me individual.
We had a lucky escape guys 🤣
Thanks to Dirk from The Gatsbys for his contribution on the guitar work an excellent performance from Denmarks finest. One of the best things about Soundcloud is meeting like minded people and collaborating. Look forward to seeing what 2024 brings. Have a great Christmas and New Year and thanks for all the listens, likes, reposts and comments. 
Special thanks to Noobly for us his hard work in writing and producing such wonderful instrumentals. It’s two years since we started the Conscience Of Kings project and we have recorded over a 100 songs together. We have been interviewed by the BBC and had airplay from many radio stations and podcasts.Released singles, Eps and an album on all major streaming services, ended up on many playlists.
It’s been a journey and without Soundcloud it wouldn’t have happened . Thank you 🙏 

V1

I wanna blond headed girl that is 
gonna really rock my world 
And make me  feel special 
I wanna house by the sea just for her and me 
We’re we can make a  family 
I wanna drive to feel alive cruise down ocean drive
Feel the wind blowing my in my hair
I wanna be that man who said it can
anytime he wants to 


Chorus 

But it all comes at a cost
When you lose sight of what you got
The things that make you who you are 
Give me a little 
Dignity 
Give me a little  
integrity 
Over gold diggers 
Houses and extremely fast cars 


V2
Am I the green eyed monster
Who’s failed to conquer 
Total World domination 
Am I only joking 
But my ego still needs stroking 
So what are you waiting for
This will never end well 
And I guess you can tell
It’s just a lullaby daydream 
We all have big ideas
With even bigger fears 
So I will just stop there 

Chorus

Goldiggers, Houses and Fast Cars   -   Conscience of Kings with The Gatsbys

More of a dance feel track and a change in direction for us. An amazing piece of music from Noobly and the added touch of Nat Daniels amazing voice and her own lyrical section. 
Nat as become a firm favourite with Conscience Of Kings for her professionalism, enthusiasm, incredible vocals and most of all a she’s a lovely warm person. 
My  lyrics were spurred out of watching a TV program were people marry a complete stranger.
The chances of that turning out really well are extremely low and to be honest these people must have their own personal reasons for wanting to take part.
The objective  to fall in love or simply seek 15 minutes of fame only the individuals know.
The term Selling Sunshine is a guide for building a business starting from scratch to a successful sale.
And this is what the show is offering but like any business there are no guarantees of success. 
Watching it reminded me of how emotions are a roller coaster of highs, Lows and deep despair just like setting a business up and waiting for the ride.
You either fail or it becomes a major success,  then that as to be continually maintained to stay successful.
One lady stood out for me she was determined to make a mismatch work but unfortunately the marriage failed. It wasn’t through the lack of not trying it just  wasn’t right.
Just like life everyone’s got an opinion were it’s all going wrong. 
Best to sort your own shit out before going after someone else’s

Selling Sunshine ( Hall, Brown, Daniels) 

V1 

I’m Selling sunshine 
To dry your tears 
That’s the  way 
 It just feels 
It’s Wild frontiers 
On a  Awkward silence 
That’s louder than life 
I just can’t enough 
Of this tonight 

Bridge

Tonight  
Blinding like the burning sun
Turn it up, and push it down…
Staring at an Angels light
Help me to forget … tonight


V2 

I’m Selling sunshine 
To dry your tears 
the  best I can do 
To help your fears 
21 gun salute
Would be for you 
In your secret sadness 
To free you from
This utter madness 


Bridge 

So let’s unpack this 
begin to stack it 
To find what is wrong 
Find where  we belong 
Where we belong …. x2
Belong


Outro 
The one thing she said 
Don’t come for me 
Unless I send for you 
For you x2

Selling Sunshine ~ Conscience Of Kings featuring Nat Daniels

LVC  # Indie Electronic 

A song about the distractions of meeting people and trying to avoid falling for them. 
All the trials and trivialities on the way to finding Love, validation and consistency.



V1
We’ve barely grazed the surface 
And in swinging from the  bigtop circus 
Oh my stupid brain it’s  like  a window frame 
I can look out but it’s travelling as fast as train 
And a one night stand during the day doesn’t feel so sleazy today 

Chorus 
Im after Love, validation and 
consistency 
that’s just the way that it is with me 
That’s just the way that it is and should be 
Your just stunning and it’s plain to see 
You need love, validation & consistently x2
Just like me x2



V2
You’ve being stealing me away from what really matters
And my scales of karma are feeling really rather battered 
I told you my problems and then you went and told me all yours 
Ok yours win so I’m getting out the favourite violin

Chours

LVC ~ Conscience Of Kings

When I sent Mike Fox the acoustic track never did I think in my wildest dreams that he would produce such a mix  of sounds.
The brief was a modern pop track in the realm of Louis Capaldi / Ed Sheeran that sort of thing.
And what I got was an amazing piece of nostalgia 70s Chic  v 80s club which I actually bloody loved.
Just shows that it’s best to trust the process and let these outstanding musicians/producers do their thing . 
It’s such fun collaborating with different people and listening to their different take on things.
Mike is an excellent songwriter himself and you can always pick the earworm in his work.
Big thanks to Mike he was a pleasure to work with and a real gentleman.
I hope you enjoy it guys as much as we did making it.


Give each other up 

V1 
Your love for me is out of practice 
We got somewhere lost in all the traffic 
Im getting prickly now in the hustle 
Im sorry if I ever caused you trouble 

Chorus  
We  can fail at what we hate 
And we can fail at what we love
But doesn’t mean we should give each other up


V2
Why don’t we never seem to make it to desert
Your the sweetest thing  i don’t deserve 
I always new how to make things better 
Now I’m just that storm in your weather 

Finish on a double Chorus

Give Each Other Up ~ Fox & Brownie

I was asked by a music production company to had lyrics and vocal melody to an instrumental track that they sent me. Musically it was a little uninspiring but I enjoyed the challenge. 
So I did my part and spent time perfecting it and it was rejected by them saying they felt their instrumental wasn’t up to scratch and the vocal file was to hissy.
I spoke to Noobly about this and he said sent me the vocal file and I will build an instrument around it. 
He instantly loved the vocal melody and came up with this brilliant piece of work fitting the original vocal into it. 
This is another level of skills to be able to do this and he wasn’t interested in listening to the original version. 
Untold little secret a song about moments of relationships and how movie clips play out in your head. The over hanging tree still remains!


V1
I can still taste the kiss from your 
red cherry lipstick 
Now it just feels like we were actors in own memory clips
(Learning against the wall with the over hanging tree
The last time we kissed was before your said goodbye to me )

Bridge 
Close your eyes close your eyes x3

Chorus 
With one kiss from your dangerous lips
You could sink a thousand battleships 
And with the power you possess in side ya
You’ll Bring down the Great Wall of china 
I’m just your untold little secret 
And yes you are still  my weakness x.2

V2
Heads can turn so easily and your head turned away from me 
So I guess this is the end for you me and our  kissing tree 
(And now when I drive by i always glance across 
It’s just  a memory clip in time i never lost )
(Learning against the wall with the over hanging tree
This the last time we kissed was before your said goodbye to me )

M/8
Memories age 
as the years fly by
but they won’t age a day
Not until we die

Close your eyes

Full Chorus 

I’m just your untold little secret 
And yes you are my weakness x2

Untold little secret ….repeat

Untold Little Secret ~Conscience Of Kings

To The Boys Who’s A Man 

A true song about been given everything from childhood to adulthood and how that affects your personality and how you behave and see the world through different eyes.
Nothing is out of reach yet having everything is still never enough.
This leads to constant problems,  addictions and a massive worry to your love ones. 
Thanks to Nat Daniels for her wonderful vocal contribution. Nat never fails to impress and she is always professional in her approach.
We are going to release an EP on all major streaming services featuring the four songs we have recorded with Nat in the near future. 

Verse 1
You have a  affliction 
(to your addictions)
You’ve have looked death in the eye
(Shed the  crocodile tears dry )
A life that’s been designed 
(You Crashed, burnt &  survived )
In the early hours 
(Thank god no roadside flowers )
You’ve gambled on your life 
Took a massive risk that night 
Pushing against the rules
Thinking your invincible 


Chorus 

This is to  the man  who’s a boy 
Who’s had everything x2
You are down  to the wire 
Running faster getting Higher



Verse2
This is your father and your mother 
Dealing with you  like no other
Your in  danger of going to far
Especially that night in the car 
Something will give or happen 
So break the cycle of this  pattern
It’s time to grow up 
For the boy who’s  had everything 



Middle 8 
It’s time to grow up 
This is to man who’s who’s a boy x2
Who’s……..had everything x2
Whoooooooos everything x4
Everything…….

To the Man Who's a Boy  -  Conscience of Kings with Nat Daniels  -  .wav

One verse One Chorus One Outro sometimes less is more ! 
A song about a friend who was so in love with a girl but she never felt the the same way and he was kept at arms length. They had the occasional drunken fumbles but never the whole way. It hurt like hell but he never wanted to not keep seeing her as friends. She always kissed him on meeting and always kissed him goodbye. 
We give you Friends who kiss 💋 


V1
I’ve had a little taste 
of my dream
better than to of  never tasted it together 
I drive myself to the edge of my
sanity 
I think I love you more than I love
football 
I wanna slide more than into 
my sleeping bag
Lying on your floor and  you in  your king size bed

Chorus 
I wanna be  the hero in your corner
You my  Barbie transformer
Together we can take on everything 
Be lovers be fighters be storm riders 
Not just friends who kiss 
Whooooooo Kiss 

Outro 2.35 
Like a moth to the Flame,  there’s nothing left to gain
I  look like a man who is running out of Road with you

Friends Who Kiss ~ Conscience Of Kings

WHO PUT BELLA IN THE WYCH ELM ! 

A true and fascinating story of an unsolved murder that is literally five minutes from my house in Hagley Woods.
When I first moved to the area more than 30 years ago I would see homemade signs around on the road islands saying……
Who But Bella In The Wych Elm.
No internet or google to look things up, so I was puzzled to what it meant for a while until a local newspaper did a feature on the story explaining.
Back in the early 1940s four  teenage boys found the skeleton remains of a female pushed down into the hollow of a wych elm tree in Hagley Woods while they were out poaching for rabbits and bird eggs to supplement their diets in war time. The skeleton had been there 18 months or more.
There are many wild and wonderful theories of how and why she was put there but still to this day no one knows the real truth.
She was wearing a wedding ring and had been a mother according to the police’s original autopsy. Why wasn’t she missed someone must have known her. 
The world  still goes crazy for the unsolved murder with films, books , plays, BBC  podcasts and documentaries still being made. One site on YouTube as received over 6 million streams, so this isn’t  just local gossip.
This lady was named Bella after the early graffiti chalked on walls in the surrounding areas that said Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm .
She deserves to be treated with compassion, respect and dignity. 
I hope this song goes a little way to that. I fitted the lyrics around to a wonderful piece of music that Noobly had already created. Sometimes it’s just feels he as a catalogue of perfect instrumentals to fit certain themes, what a talented man & friend.
If you want to find out more 
then the  BBC have probably the best  story that  kind of makes sense and cuts through the nonsense and bullshit that surrounds the murder.
Check it out on their podcast called The Body In The Tree by journalist Nicola Goodwin. Eight short episodes of fantastic honest journalism. 
The cover picture is the actual Police map that marks out the wood and where the Wych Elm was, so I’m told.
My fascination with this only exists because it’s on my doorstep and when I drive past the wood I always give her a kind thought. Her skeleton was never been  buried and stayed in Police archives for years and got  moved around the city . They have said they have lost her skeleton so are unable to do a modern dna test to trace her identity. 
More like it’s to costly and resources are better spent on recent crime not a murder over 80 years ago. She will never be laid to rest. 

BELLA
Bella oh Bella x2

V1
It seems you once were a mother, 
and you may have even been a wife
Because you were wearing a wedding ring on that fatal night
And we’re  you from around here
Surely you were missed you my dear
You’ve become a local iconic figure
know one knows you but your so familiar 
Oh Bella 

Chorus
It’s a story that still intrigues and know one seems to know 
And the graffiti as always showed 
Who put Bella in the wych elm
Bella x2 baby you deserve so more than this 
Bella x2 baby was it covered up or was something missed 
Bella baby 

Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm

V2
They gave you a name to make you exist
Bella is beautiful in Italian so hard to resist 
Theories without fact so many tales  & stories 
It was a long time ago now back in the 1940s 

Chorus 

Who Put Bella In The Witch Elm 

Into :
Bella Bella baby what was your name 
Bella Bella baby forever in fame
Bella Bella baby you deserve so much more than this 
Bella Bella baby I think  something was a miss 
Bella baby

Bella ~ Conscience Of Kings

A song I wrote in late January after what seemed the longest month ever.
With a really busy run up to the end of year with family illness and my business, the start of the year felt so flat.
The family matters have continued and the business picking up speed it felt I was walking up broken escalators just trying to get motivated to go again for another year. To be fair I’m getting there slowly now by just dealing with the shit better. 
It’s acoustic based and took me a few attempts to get it to this point and feeling happy about it.
It’s recorded on my mini boss and it’s been a while since I released anything in this form but I just liked how it sounded, capturing the realness. Hope you like also. 

V1
We struggle to see ourselves for who we are
We’re  Picking the pockets of our soul in the dark
Dipping our toes in the water of this ocean of life 
Moving around like ghosts on a winters night 

Bridge
I’m thrown because  down
I’m Feeling overwhelmed 

Chorus 
And I’m walking up broken 
escalators
Trying to find my acceleration
The one that says I will see you later 
While I’m walking up broken 
escalators
 
 V2
We trip on our vanity and fall on our arrogance
Reassuring echo  chamber to hear our relevance
We live on the edge of our unreal real reality 
Seeking refuge in someone else’s personality 

Bridge
I’m thrown because  down
I’m Feeling overwhelmed 

Chorus 
And I’m walking up broken 
escalators
Trying to find my acceleration
The one that says I will see you later 
While I’m walking up broken 
escalators

Broken Escalators (Acoustic)

A song for the long distance lovers that never lasted . Set 1992 three years after the walls came tumbling down she was just not ready to leave her Berlin Breeze and  wasn’t ready  to spread her wings across the water and see a bigger world. But most of all not take a chance on an Englishman.

Berlin Breeze

V1 
Im alright with in the skin I’m in
That a time back then in the freedom of Berlin
Where we traded names  & numbers at the concert by James 
The year was 92 & east girl  I fell for you 

Chours 
You’ve got to be good enough
For yourself 
Before you’re good enough 
For someone else 
You still  wasn’t ready years after the walls came  down 
Be good enough for yourself so you can love someone else 
I feel your Berlin Breeze 

V2 
It was clear from the start it was always gonna be hard 
The distance was far and the commutation sparse 
But you didn’t believe in the lover just the family thieves
You said I was taking  you away from your Berlin Breeze 

Chours 
You’ve got to be good enough
For yourself 
Before you’re good enough 
For someone else 
You still wasn’t ready years after the walls came  down 
Be good enough for yourself so you can love someone else 
I feel Berlin Breeze 


M/8 
I often think of you 
Do you think of me too
You felt the Berlin Breeze
When the walls of your city 
Just fell  with ease 

Finish on Chorus

Berlin Breeze ~Conscience Of Kings

Trapped Rat

When I was young I remember watching Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats on Top Of The Pops rip up a picture of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John from Grease. Summer nights had been at number 1 for seven weeks. The Rats had knocked it off to take the number one spot with Rat Trap. 
I was around 11 and thought this guy is so cool and the music and storytelling lyrics captivated me. 
This is the reason I wanted to be a frontman which lead on my journey of music from playing live at Birmingham’s Nec, releasing singles, albums on various labels and finally my last ever band gig selling out Ronnie Scott’s. 
These days I’m more of a bedroom rockstar recording remotely which suits me fine. It’s a young man’s game.
Trapped Rat is a continued story of Rat Trap and how in my head I thought Billy & Judy ended up 45 years later.
Yes I know it’s a long track but stick with the story as it’s a short story in song.
Noobly said it’s our Jungleland like Springsteen and I agree with him.
Hope you enjoy the journey because Rat Trap still remains one of my favourite all time tunes. 
And Geldof in his early work was a lyrical inspiration to me. 

V1
Billy rocks from side to side sitting in the darkness 
Hes listening to music that now makes him feel worthless 
The songs they remind him of those younger days 
When he thought he had no future 
And needed to change his ways 

Bridge pre chorus 
And Gorgeous  Judy was the only precious thing 
And he don’t see her no more 
Cause he’s a troubled thing 
Who  are the Rats who are the people 
it’s hard to decide for Billy theses days

V2
Billy don’t leave the house only to go down the offey 
8 on the dot to buy cheap booze and backey 
He still pushes the button to cross that busy road 
He’s now in his early sixties and god he feels the cold 

(Bridge pre chorus )
As the youths are hanging around the yellow streets lights 
In years gone by he would have picked a fight 
Who  are the Rats who are the people 
it’s hard to decide for Billy theses days

Chorus 
Your still  a trapped rat Billy 
Cause you never left the cage 
Your still a trapped rat Billy 
Cause you never left the cage 
Even in your old age x2



V3
Judy made a life with some hot shot lawyer
And her life with Billy is just something that annoys her
And when she arrives she pictures the Italian cafe 
It’s new bricks and mortar shes now visiting her and Billy’s daughter 

V4
Judy now in the bracket of middle classes 
And now drinks her coffee in double walled borosilicate glasses
And now 50p is  the least of her worries & cares 
She lives the highlife with panache grace &  flair

(Bridge pre chorus)
She don’t speak of Billy and nights spent together 
She as her own family from the land of never never 
She knows the rats 
She know the people 
It’s not hard for Judy  to decide these days
These days 

Chorus 

Lead break 

Trapped Rat Billy ……to end

Trapped Rat ~ Conscience Of Kings

A song about a close family member who really needs to understand that his relationship is over. 
And she as been letting him down gently without ever officially ending it. 
He continued to constantly offer his thoughts and opinions of which he considered it to be helpful but she did not appreciate or even understand it. 
He was casting his pearls before the final swine. 

CASTING PEARLS 

V1
How many times can you lay yourself bare 
make it the last as she now doesn’t care 
It’s face down in the water doesn’t wanna share 
Herself her children & this love affair 

Chorus 
I can see you were casting pearls 
Before the final swine 
It doesn’t seem to matter now
This girls made up her mind 
For the final  time

V2
Here we are yet again and again 
Riding two wheels to just to heal the pain 
Inspiring the life that feels mundane 
Ride your sunset from your hurricane

Chorus 
I can see you were casting pearls 
Before the final swine 
It doesn’t seem to matter now
This girls made up her mind 
For the final  time

Casting Pearls ~ Conscience Of Kings

Sugar Rush Blush ……

A song about those early feelings of meeting someone, catching them feels and not being able to take your eyes off each other. You’re just waiting for the right moment to make a move or be moved  upon and hope it goes to plan.
Love is not just for the young it’s for every age. Embrace the moment enjoy the rush. 

SUGAR RUSH BLUSH 

Let me have peep
Behind your big red curtain 
All will be revealed 
for that I know lm certain 
I’ve been seeing your blue
 side eyes 
Entering my gateway 
Like two spies 

Chorus 
I’ve been catching feels 
I’ve been  catching feels
Like a sugar rush 
I made you blush 
So Hush hush hush  just enjoy the rush 

V2

Our unwritten book 
I look forward to reading back 
It will be incredible 
Like a sweet cognac 
Don’t  close off on me  now 
Like A rocking baby
I know you are shy 
I want you to claim me 

Chorus 
I’ve been catching feels 
I’ve been  catching feels
Like a sugar rush 
I made you blush 
So Hush hush hush  just enjoy the rush 


Outro 

Hush hush hush
Enjoy the rush 
Hush hush hush 
Enjoy the rush 
Cause know I made you blush x2

Sugar Rush Blush ~ Conscience Of Kings

This is a re-mix of the original we did years ago . Jeff Roberts who created it from my basic acoustic idea wanted to remix and get it out on Spotify under the name of The Bird Thieves . 
Jeff was the first artist I ever collaborated with on Soundcloud and I will always be grateful to him for giving me the opportunity and believing in my raw ideas. 
Since then I’ve have worked with many great talented musicians from Soundcloud . The Conscience Of Kings project with Noobly simply transformed me and my love for being creative all over again. 
Thank you to everyone I have worked with and everyone I have engaged with on this platform.
Enjoy this tune all over again and a massive thanks to a Soundcloud legend that is Jeff Roberts. 
Spotify link : https://open.spotify.com/track/46zHcDFbLSZIPWtFb18Ttf?si=bZFoDWzhQbu4DCKO2K6Hcw


Our Carpe Diem 


Candy to my eyes 
Sweet poison in my heart 
We were electric together 
But safer miles apart
In wild times we were living
And you always made me laugh
When you Dancing on the tables
And falling over in the dark

If your gonna judge us
You better be perfect 
And if you’ve got something say
It better be worth it
we lived for the moment x2
I’m our very own Carpe Diem 


Caught a train to London 
In hindsight shouldn’t of went
We stayed out 48 hours
And drank next months rent
Beautiful minds equal beautiful times
it was never gonna last
But what an absolute blast

Chorus with a times 4 

Outro

Ohhhh Darcey 
With lived for the moment x4

Our Carpe Diem Remix 2024 The Bird Thieves

A song about that friend back in the day who never done a days graft and lived off the bank of mom and dad. Always plenty of money to indulge his party habits and a few more to say the least.
Nearly cost him his life but fortunately it didn’t and eventually learned a valuable lesson. He has his only family now and just hopes they are more sensible than himself in the teenage years.

7Saturdays 

V1 
Bank rolled by mom & dad 
Never done a days graft 
Maxed it out to  the max 
 everything you have had
(So many laughs actin daft 
 big allowances what a blast 
We envy you as young men
Out on the town pissed by ten )


Chorus 
Sunday Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday night 
a 7 day weekend 
nearly killed you in the end 
And all you had to say 
is what a way  to go 
Wow Ho Ho Ho x2
Seven Saturdays in a row 
Wow Ho Ho Ho
Seven Saturdays in a row

V2 1.50 
Youth  is wasted on the young 
you lived it out in every song 
That saying doesn’t  fit 
it’s just a load of chicken shit 
still talk about them days 
Coming  close to the grave 
thank god  you were saved 
Still here for the grace of  age

M/8
It funny how life come around in a full circle 
Your Kids  are now all  teenagers
Your preaching for your mercy 


Chorus 
Sunday Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday night 
a 7 day weekend 
Nearly killed  you in the end 
And all you had to say 
is what a way  to go 
Wow Ho Ho Ho 
Seven Saturdays in a row 
Wow Ho Ho Ho
Seven Saturdays in a row

Outro

Sunday Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday night 
a 7 day weekend 
Nearly killed you in the end

Seven Saturdays   :   Conscience of Kings

Marry me in Vegas 

# Country vibes 

A tongue in cheek look at the desperation of a woman thinking getting married in Vegas would be the answer to all her prayers. 
The potential groom would love to go to Vegas but definitely not to get married more of a trip with the lads. 
He did agree but did he make to the airport. 
The song was wrote several years ago and I did demo it but I always knew it needed a magic touch.
Thanks to Mike (magic) Fox for his wonderful instrumental and to the amazing vocalist Nat Daniels who always delivers beyond expectations. It as a country vibe which suits the subject, so I hope it brings a grin to the listen. 

Marry Me In Vegas 

V1

(I know I’ve been marry before 
But that was a god damn chore 
I want to do something different 
Instead of feeling  insignificant
It’s always been a dream of mine
So baby don’t decline 
So I got down on one knee
And said you are the man for me )

Chorus 
(Marry me in Vegas 
It will be amazing
I will never look so pretty 
Standing in the sin  city)
And my thoughts they wonder 
To Elvis singing love me tinder 
That Beautiful velvet voice
Being trashed by a pub singer

(Marry me in Vegas x2 )

V2
Now to be honest I didn’t wanna get married 
But Vegas beats my local the horse & carriage 
And she’s already brought all of the tickets 
I’m British so it wouldn’t be cricket 
How could I honestly say no 
When it’s a place I’ve always 
wanted to go

Chorus 
(Marry me in Vegas 
It will be amazing ……
I will never look so pretty 
Standing in  sin  city)
And my thoughts they wonder 
To Elvis singing love me tinder 
That Beautiful velvet voice
Being trashed by a pub singer

(Marry me in Vegas x 4)

Lead break 

V3
On the day of the flight Im a no show
Over slept and when on a go slow
She was waiting at the airport for me 
So I rang her and made up a story (I’m telling ya this anit gonna happen 
You better get yourself here 
To  marry me In Vegas 
Im making myself clear )


Outro 
So she shouts down the line …….
You better make make  it in time ….  
To…(Marry me in Vegas repeat….

Lots of ablibs to end )

Marry Me In Vegas by Fox, Brownie & Daniels

Further From The Grave

This is our second single off our mini album The Serenity Of Fractured Beauty available on all streaming services. 
As I’ve got older and especially after losing a close friend so quickly from a diagnosis it makes me think how close are we actually to the grave.
Life as many twists and turns and nothing can be predicted. The only thing that is certain is that we will past at anytime or any date eventually. 
We try to change by eating better and getting more exercise but change is brutal. We slip back into our old ways because really that’s what makes us comfortable and content. 
As you get older you realise that you are not invincible like you felt when you were young but more vulnerable as the years tick by. As we  get more older we get more nostalgic and look back on our lives maybe with rose tinted glasses. 

Further From The Grave 

V1
My worldview of a moment of pure magnitude 
I’m blowing  around the world like tumble weed 
I know we  wanna change without the self help book 
But change is brutal and we need a party out look 

Chorus 
So Don’t be scared you are here with me 
And I’ll protect you from the evils of the world you see
Don’t be scare you are here with me 
And I hope I’m a lot further from the grave at this tender & treacherous age


V2 
Everything spins on the value of a penny 
When it’s in your hands it buys you nothing of many 
When out of places to run then we will just have stop to choose one 
And head for the shade of the midday burning sun 


Chorus 
So Don’t be scared you are here with me 
And I’ll protect you from the evils of the world you see
And I hope I’m a lot further from the grave at this tender & treacherous age

Outro
I hope I’m a lot further x4
From the grave 
At this tender and treacherous age

Further From The Grave - Conscience Of Kings

Real Good trouble

Massive thanks to Magic Mike Fox  for his musicianship, producing, production and most of all just for being a top bloke.
And Nat Daniels for her massive contribution with her incredible vocals.
I have done many duets with Nat and every time it’s been a pleasure we have created many special moments.
Marry Me In Vegas was part 1 this is part 2 after Vegas with Real Good Trouble. 
Months after the non event of the grand marriage. He missed her after jilting her and not making the flight he felt like he needed to explain he just wasn’t ready for what she wanted. 
He never had the chance as she disappeared, shutdown her socials, changed her number and left.
Months passed without contact and then this phone called happened.

REAL GOOD TROUBLE (After Vegas)

I can’t believe you’re back in the city 
We called called our own
You wouldn’t recognise my number 
When I was calling,  calling on your phone
You said I’m sorry it’s been too long now 
And too many stones thrown 
I changed my number then picked another 
It was a stagecoach to Basingstoke 

Chorus 
So if you wanna get into 
Some real…. real Good trouble 
And leave our past behind
Then I’m ready & primed
For real good trouble 
For real good trouble….. Every Time! 

(every time.. oh baby baby baby... every time)

2nd Verse
After Vegas I needed to leave 
I should of worn my heart on my sleeve
Every minute of everyday 
I thought of you and what I would say 
I got a job found a place 
And for a while I was the new face.. 
And all the great moments that got us through 
Were never the same without You! 

Chorus 
So if you wanna, get into
Some real…. real good trouble 
And leave our past behind 
Then I’m ready & primed
For real good trouble 
For real good trouble … Every Time!

Every time.. oh baby baby baby... every time..
Real good trouble... 
Real good trouble... 
Real good trouble... 
Every time.. Every time!

Real Good Trouble (After Vegas) Fox, Brownie & Daniels

A fascinating story that inspired me to write the lyrics to this track.
Who’s Next !

THE 27 CLUB has become one of the most elusive and remarkably tragic coincidences in rock & roll history. The term became widely known after Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994, with rock fans connecting his age to that of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones and Jimi Hendrix – though it was notable to fans in the early 1970s when those four visionaries died within just two years of each other. When Amy Winehouse passed away at age 27 in 2011, it attracted even more attention to the significance of the age. While the club has been largely connected to musicians, it has expanded since, as many young actors and artists have lost their lives due to everything from addiction to suicide to freak accidents. The unfortunate and untimely losses are connected to the 27club.

Club27

V1
We are just a product of our Own
Environment
From where we go  to who we invent 
Mother told him  please don’t join that stupid club 
Don’t wanna be a casualty and end up misunderstood
He said no I wanna be were  the spotlight on me 
I’ve got the minerals and a top grade degree 

Chorus 
Oh my god it’s so Absurd
Oh my god haven’t you heard 
Of the Club 27
It’s a personal heaven x2
We’re you share the same number 
And forever stay younger 
Avoid club 27
Its your personal heaven 

V2
There is an investment in self car crash tv 
And expressions in our very own working Graffiti
Unlimited energy when we spray the white line 
But that’s as boring as breathing air in time 
And watching you in your very sad demise 
And waiting in club 27 for the next big surprise 

Chorus to end

Club 27 ~ Conscience Of Kings

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Finally after recording over 30 songs we have narrowed it down to 11 of what we consider our best work to date. 
I hope you will check it out and follow us on what ever platform you listen on . Thank you for all the support you have showed on Soundcloud it’s very much appreciated.
60,0000 songs a day get released on Spotify so just a little splash in a massive ocean is all we can hope for but who knows!
We have already had publishing intrest  in the material from the point of moving the material on for other artists and sync work.￼
Acorns turn into oaks but is a long process. 
Since the album release we have gone onto to release singles and EPs on a regular basis.

Gaz Brown, a singer songwriter and the other half of Conscience Of Kings with producer and multi musician Noobly.  Also I’m  a writing partner for Under This Sun with producer and multi musician Sarge.

I fell back into writing during 2020 after a 20 year absence. I think the hiatus￼ must have done me a world of good as I haven’t stop writing since, with over 150 songs recorded in studio or demo form. It’s just great to be back doing it again and not having to rehearse in sweaty lock ups and constantly playing live. I have the comfort of my own small studio room and do everything remotely
Having previously only ever fronted bands, the most successful one being 90s psychedelic original underground indie band This Elegant Chaos. I finally bothered to learn guitar and keyboard in the past couple of years .I just wish I had bothered when I was 15 as I might be decent by now!
My songs on this page are just born out of being creative and probably don’t sound nothing like my influences unlike the band page on sound-cloud of This Elegant Chaos.

Influences include late 70s new wave, late 80s indie guitar bands and the 90s explosion of ￼￼the Brit pop era and anything else that’s decent, whatever the style. If it’s good it’s just good!

The demo songs have all been recorded on a Boss Mini BR80 that fits in the palm of my hand. 
It’s all my own work except the  collaborations that are listed under Conscience of Kings, Under This Sun, Jeff Roberts, The Gatsbys and Mike Fox. 
Always open to doing any collaborations with other Soundclouders, don’t be shy to ask. 

Conscience Of Kings is an ongoing project with Noobly that is available on all streaming platforms. 
The aim is to keep recording enough quality material to release in single, EP or album form all on all major streaming services. 

Hope you enjoy and please feel free to comment and follow. I will always check out genuine follows who put a shift in on my music . 
Remember this is a music community and support is vital without it what’s the point . 
Thanks Gaz 👍

@GazBrownie 
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