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Under This Sun

Canvas Wasteland ~ Conscience of Kings

A song about a relationship that struggles against other peoples prejudices and aggression.
A big thanks to Nat from me & Noobly for agreeing to sing on the track to create the feeling and the moment of the song ……
Butterfly Lips 


Lyrics: Butterfly Lips 

V1

Were like the pantomime villians
Everyone boo’s when we enter the room 
We’re just an Imprint on your souls 
That you left like an unkept wilted rose
It feels like we have been dropped off 
After diving to the middle of nowhere 
So we will clear our desk find a box
Fill it right up and fuck right off

Pre Chorus 

It’s been one of those days 
Now it’s one of those nights x2

Chorus 

And the one thing that we never resist
Is the taste of our butterfly lips x2

V2
We are the coffee flavour
in our mix up bag  of revels
Maybe that’s the reason why is everyone bitter and dishevelled
So our moral gymnastics as  somersaulted through the roof again
So we will clear our desk find a box
Fill it right up and fuck right off

Pre chorus 
Chorus 



V3
Many people like to  claim Responsible for the success
But we find ourselves on our own 
For the failures and regrets 
So keep it short and keep sweet 
Cause we’re listening through gritted teeth 
So we will  clear our desk find a box fill it up and fuck right off 

Pre chorus 
Chorus

Butterfly Lips  ~ Conscience of Kings with Nat Daniels

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 _

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

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

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 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

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

Weird And Wonderful Dream 😴 

A weird and wonderful dream is exactly what this song is based on.
I dreamt it then wrote it so the lyrics explain my dream. 
I do dream a lot and well some dreams you forget and some dreams stay with us  and it isn’t the first time I’ve have wrote a song after a dream and I’m sure it won’t be the last. 
There’s me Gaz , Andy aka Noobly, Noel Gallagher and Ian Nabby McNabb all  in the mix of the creation of this piece.
Noobly made it psychedelic and different to our normal stuff and I suppose a little weird. 
Noobly said he likes this far more than I do and he is right but let’s see what you guys think.

V1
Let’s set the scene for a weird 
and wonderful dream
Nabbys given it large  but we know Noel’s in charge 
He said I’m here for you so let’s 
see what you can do 
Let’s start with a cover if don’t work let’s do another

Chorus 

There’s me Andy, Nabby, and Noel 
Just hanging  around together 
And  I haven’t got a clue whatsoever 
Just hanging around together 
In this tired floral, glorious shit hole 

V2
You & Nabby can sing and me and Andy will do our our thing 
Nabby  gets distracted in this dream he’s hyper active 
So I’m back again tomorrow 
And get offered a Americano
Which I spill all down my jeans 
And all the time thinking about the streams 

Chorus

Weird And Wonderful Dream ~ Conscience Of Kings

This song was wrote a few years back in an acoustic form. 
Mike has transformed it into a beast with his mighty skill set, production skills and most of all his patience .
He really is too modest because he never blows his own trumpet and needs to take full credit for his graft. 
So I am telling you when you listen remember who made it happen.
Nat as added her amazing vocals and always gives a song a different slant, which I love.
Leave both these wonderful people to their own devices and they deliver beyond all expectations on these collaborations. 
It’s a song for all that simple sibling rivalry and for the musicians who have been in bands with their elder brothers  or sisters.
You have to either leave or your sibling as to leave because something always gives. 
Arguing, fighting and always competing for your creative edge to be heard.
I experienced this when I was younger with my older brother but it was the best thing for both of us to part ways musical. 
It allowed me to grow as a singer/ songwriter and gain my own identity. We both went on to establish the things we wanted to do. The experience I gained from constantly playing live with him was invaluable.
It always felt that when I left for a while  I was always playing to him in my head wanting him to just recognise how I had grown and doing my own thing but I don’t think he ever did. 
It was always me more than him and he probably never realised. We never let it put a wedge between us and always got on after and still do.
There are many that have never made up I would imagine and should because life is too short. 

For My Audience Of One 

V1
A creation from the same mother
(Playing rock stars with your elder brother) 
From the council estate to touring Europe 
(You tried to the USA and became a standing tourist )
When your private life takes to the stage
(And the in fighting gets a little harder to gauge)
When your milk chocolate
you  just eat yourself
(And  little old you as been left out to melt)

Chorus 
Everything  is done 
For an audience of one 
And that audience is you 
And sadly it’s true x2)

V2
(And now you don’t even
 talk at all no not anymore )
Just word salad rants and Twitter x squawk
(Your just letting go from your blind panic) 
I’m Living a better life feeling super Organic

Chorus 

Middle 8 

(He left you in the blue hour
the glorious sunset turned sour
Waiting for your new sunrise
To blind those blue 
……Adriatic eyes)

Chorus…….

Outro
Everything is done 
For my audience of one

For My Audience Of One ~ Fox, Brownie & Daniels

A song about making a change and bringing positivity to the people you bring into your circle and them not doubting your reasoning for doing this. Growing together to be come stronger. 
If we describe a situation as a virtuous circle, you mean that once one good thing starts happening, other good things happen, which cause the first thing to continue happening.  
Back in the 90s this was the title of my bands debut album The Virtue Circle yet we never made a song out of the title but I have now ! 
Noobly send me this  fantastic instrumental and I had the easy job of writing lyrics and vocal melodies that matched his great work.
Hope you like guys please feel free to comment, like and repost on this great community of independent artists. 

Virtue Circle 

V1 
Your smile took me away to another place 
your hyper focus made everything safe
Let them know that you belong 
Embrace your oddities 
These are your super powers your real qualities 

Chorus 
Come into my virtuous circle 
A perfect circle just for you 
Don’t call me out x2
Don’t you ever call me out 
It’s my virtue circle and it as no doubt 

V2

You are the lighting that connects us Both 
And our virtue circle will give us the growth 
We reshape the order to suit our selves 
And leave what we don’t need permanently shelved

Chorus 

M/8
Don’t me call me out x4
Cause I’m going show you there is on doubt 
So please please please
Don’t call me out 

Chorus 
ad-libs

Don’t call me out x 2
It’s my virtue circle and as no doubt

Virtue Circle ~ Conscience Of Kings

This is the second track from the Bird Thieves ~ Non Cinematic.
The Bird Thieves is a transcontinental collaboration between USA artist Jeff Roberts and myself. 
The song is about surprising your girl after she thought all the tickets had sold out to Glastonbury after her  favourite band were the headline.
The run up to the event she was down in the dumps but you show up in the camper van with two tickets. 
Pack a suit case we are on our way and leaving this grey dreary old non eventful town behind. 
Jeff as created a truly live festival  feel to the sound  from the instrumental through to the vocal sound with his production skills. 
We hope you enjoy the track and the moment takes you there if only briefly. 

Non Cinematic  (Brownie & Roberts)

V1
Bring ya good vibes  no upside down frowns 
Pack a suitcase cause your leaving this is town 
The engine is running the camper van is humming 
200000 people they are coming 


Chorus 
Look back please don’t stare 
A quick glimpse to see if you cared 
Look back  please don’t stare 
Shades on for the glare
Then we can move on 
Then we can move on 
From this one horse non cinematic town 


V2
going to the diary farmers magical place 
Were all the population hangs  out in one space 
like minded people sing dance and do there thing 
What a place to be in a camper van with me 

Chorus 

V3
Good god thats a sight
a sight to behold 
Everything is true what we were told
Get ready lipstick on to party all night 
We have finally arrived 
To have the time of our life’s

Chorus 

Non Cinematic Town

Non Cinematic ~ The Bird Thieves with Jeff Roberts

Action Man Plasters 

A song that refers to a past relationship that really hurt after the break up.
A chance meeting in a public space just when you are 99%  healed and you have to go through the niceties of life with the one who hurt you . 
After you speak to your ex politely you realise you are ready to rip the final plasters off to become 100% healed. In that moment you also realise you have moved on. 
They are just Action Man Plasters and the term relates back to the character type plasters that parents used to stick on the children’s cuts and grazes. 

V1 
When I looked across you caught my stare 
The first thing that I thought don’t come over don’t  you dare 
You walked straight across  like nothing ever happened 
And spoke in a way that barely even mattered 

Chorus 
There only action man plasters 
On  my cuts and grazes 
And now I’ve seen your face 
It just feels like ages 
There only action man plasters on my cuts and grazes 
As the last one’s torn off 
I no longer bare your cross 

V2
Well how are you and how have you been
It’s just a polite conversation that makes you sound keen 
All the better for just seeing you 
Because i know 
Im fully healed and now I  can grow 

Chorus

Action Man Plasters ~ Conscience Of Kings

Kitchen Discos 

A song about all them good times dancing, singing and laughing until your sides split. 
Having the best night out in your kitchen.
Then over time the magic just fades and it’s a memory of why don’t we do this anymore. 
We give you Kitchen Disco 
Bring them back 

V1
I just want a kitchen disco to stone the crows 
Under the spotlights dancing on the heron bone 
When we cried with laugher until we just  dropped
After singing at the top of our voices  and giving it everything we had got

 

Chorus 
And now it’s me against my self 
Over compensating like hell 
Me against myself 
Oh what happened Dear Danielle 
To kitchen discos dancing on the heron bone lino  x3
Kitchen discos    



V2
I just want a kitchen disco to stone the crows 
Under the spotlights dancing on the heron bone 
When we cried with laugher then we just dropped
After singing at the top of our voices  showing off what we had got

Chorus 
And now it’s me against my self 
Over compensating like hell x2
Me against myself 
Oh what happened Dear Danielle 
To kitchen discos dancing on the heron bone Lino
Kitchen discos 


Outro 
Kitchen discos are what I miss 
Now I just reminisce
Why don’t we do that anymore 
I wish it was like before 
Kitchen discos are no more

Kitchen Disco ~ Conscience Of Kings

This Sound Society 

The first release under this name with me and Mike Fox and as we often invite other artists to collaborate with us we were thought it would be better to have a working collective name. 
Then we could list the individuals who contributed  in behind the track instead of loads of names on the covers. 
A song about one way relationships and the effects it leaves.
You try and nothing changes so you are done by the third verse. 
Hope you enjoy .

Sofa Surfing ( Brownie & Fox)

V1
Can we try try & fix this
It’s diy a diy relationship 
Can we take it take it somewhere 
Instead of going, going  nowhere 

Chorus 
Cause you and me, 
Are not meant to be 
Your love  is like I’m  sofa surfing 
Sofa surfing 

V2
It moves from one place to the next 
Never knowing what is for the best
I get feeling something is reeling 
I would like a duvet day your never around to stay 

Chorus 

V3
Its your friends again sleeping on my sofa 
Im running around like a personal chauffeur
So I’m calling it a day now I’ve had my say
I’m Protecting myself from you & my mental health 

Chorus to finish

Sofa Surfing ~ This Sound Society

Kissed By The Sun 

We wrote & recorded this back in March it somehow got lost as it ended up on a private playlist. I rediscovered it when on holiday scrolling through my files and it was on Nooblys private list.
So glad to rediscover the track as we record so many in the aim to just use the best but I really liked this on hearing it again with fresh ears. 
The time out on holiday gave me a chance to catch up so many unreleased tunes which some can be revamped to present in a different way. 
We have been so prolific in our writing that we ploughed through and onto the next. We both also do solo stuff and collaborations so  it becomes a conveyor belt of one after another. So I’ve promised myself to slow down and listen more to the art that’s created and appreciate it and the people involved. So a special thanks to Noobly and everyone else I have worked with it’s been a pleasure guys. And thank you to all those people who listened, commented and reposted. 
Now onto the next tune !
Only joking …..
I hope you like Kissed by The Sun. 




V1 
You like me because I’m  a bit in the rough 
I liked you because you were posh & abrupt 
Your name runs through this like a stick of Blackpool rock
The good times shared are now moments lost 

Chorus 
You kissed me 
like I was kissed by the sun
You made me feel 
Like i was your number one 
So kiss me again 
And kiss me like the sun


V2
I’ve been Chipping away at your marble again 
Trying to understand your domain 
I’ve touched the mirror lite another cigarette 
Staring back at me  are my regrets 

Chorus 
You kissed me 
like I was kissed by the sun
You made me feel like 
I was your number one x2
So kiss me again 
And kiss me like the sun
And let me feel your rays ……

Outro 
Kiss me again x3
Kiss me like the sun 
You Kissed me like I had been kissed by the sun…..

Kissed By The Sun ~ Conscience Of Kings

A song that we wrote and recorded around three years ago. It was always a favourite of Nooblys so he has remixed it and gave it  a new lease of life .
The lyrics are based around a friend who got stuck out in Japan in lockdown. He was out there visiting his young son and couldn’t get back to England due to all flights being grounded.
This was a regular journey he had to make to stay in his sons life. 
His ex partner of many years decided to return home to her native country and took their son with her after the split. 

Stop Digging Me Out 

V1
I’ve travelled over 5000 miles
Just to see one of your gorgeous smiles
This is the hardest thing I ever can do
Spend all my time away from you

Bridge
I will ask you once
ask you twice
ask you till the
morning light 

Chorus 
Please……
So stop digging me out
You know why I’m here
Stop digging me out
I’m trying to be sincere 
Stop digging me out
This is harder than before 
Stop digging me out

V2
I have deep routed emotional rscars
These are there visible from  the highest stars
Our young child plays now alone
Cause you took him 5000 miles from home

Bridge 
Chorus 

Middle8 
The time as come for me to leave 
Another sinking feeling time to grieve 
Another carbon footprint left in the sky
Me holding back tears  from my eyes

Lead break 

Bridge 
(Till I catch my flight )

Chorus to finish…..  
I’m hurting through to my core

Stop Digging Me Out ~ Conscience Of Kings

When a complete stranger reaches out to another complete stranger in their hour of need.
She spends the time to find out what’s wrong and how it can be fixed.
Sits for hours just talking with tea, toast and sympathy. And most of all she listens in a world that talks at you. 
It’s a cry for help that’s answered  so he will always be grateful for Miss Rose White.

V1 
I could see her white dress silhouette heading for the railway  bridge 
Across the park as I’m balanced on this single ridge 
She said what are you doing hanging around up there 
I’m waiting for the last train cause I lost the will to care 
Well you will have a job cause the last one left the city at 11 o’clock 
It’s now two in the morning climb  down and tell me all your story 

Chorus 
On this night Miss Rose White she saved my life x2
Im not sure I would jump 
I was just a little drunk 
Hoping to be saved
And then you came 
On this night Miss  Rose White saved my life x2

V2
She asked my name I asked her the same she said Miss Rose White 
Such a pure beautiful soul 
On such a beautiful night 
My place  is just across the way 
You can have some tea and sympathy 
Everyone’s got a story to tell
So we sat for hours 
til  we bid our  farewell 
yesterdays battles have all been won
and try &  understand its all done
And let it go what’s in your head
It makes sense every single word she said



Chorus 
On this night Miss Rose White saved my life x2
I’m sure I would jump 
I was just a little drunk 
Hoping to be saved
And then you came 
On this night a white rose saved my life…….. x2

I thank you Miss Rose White

Miss Rose White ~ Conscience Of Kings

The acoustic idea I presented to Mike to evolve was based on the idea of creating a Beatles meets The Doors vibe.
Magic Mike worked his wonderful skill ranges including his great harmonies and invited Axel on board to give it the Doorsey Hammond/Wurlitzer sound.
A massive thanks for their incredible contributions and for being just really good people. 
The second one from me & Mike on This Sound Society project.
Hopefully more planned for the future but I think Mike is far to popular as everyone wants a piece of him. The word prolific can’t even keep up with him !
His turn out of songs is truly remarkable so if you haven’t already listened to his music go and check him out under Mike Fox along with Axel Menningen. 
I hope you like it may be a bit of a grower for some but it’s just a fun quirky pop tune.

Polly-Anna Swift (Brownie, Fox & Menningen)

Chorus 
oh Miss Polly~Anna  Swift
I know I should’ve of kissed 
Your red glossy lips 
Oh Miss Polly ~ Anna Swift
They looked so inviting 
like a  perfect gift
Oh Miss  Polly-Anna Swift
I thought you were forever the optimist 

V1
Your world is fluffy pink and perfectly round 
My world is spiky a little ugly & loud 
And When two worlds collide 
We need to compromise 
Put  our differences aside 
That’s  better now you smiled

Chorus 

V2 
So what’s my chances as i can be optimist
Did I blow it for you so I could taste your lips 
I’m hoping your thinking some good comes out of this
Even if it’s unlikely to be Mrs instead of Miss 

Finish on Chorus

Polly-Anna Swift -This Sound Society

This is the first track I've done with Noobly  where I haven’t written the lyrics!  They were inspired following a trip he made a while back to the Somme WW1 battlefields in France.  He had  been a few times and was always immensely moved.

He had a loose idea for a vocal melody too which I copied and then some with his vocal recording to bring this to fruition.

We recorded it about 18 months ago but thought we'd release now to coincide with the impending remembrance / poppy day commemorations.

On Our Way ~ Conscience Of Kings

A song that was recorded October 2023 that was just sitting in the list of unreleased songs.
I listened and thought this would work as a duet. Noobly agreed so I put it out there to an ex 90s chart star, Soundclouders and artist I know of  but with no success as the vocalists were either to busy with there own projects or some didn’t even reply with a nice no. 
I always ask Nat usually but thought for a change it might be good to work with a different vocalist as I feel I have asked a lot of her recently and didn’t wanna take the piss and for her to feel  obliged.
How wrong was I  because I spoke to Nat and she loved the track .
Her vocals on this are incredible. I’m not exaggerating when I say I was blown away by her delivery.
There is another track on our clouds called Divine Intervention with Nat  in the same style which created a little noise outside of Soundcloud among publishers a few years ago but never really got the credit it deserves. Check it out if you like a duet ballad.
We have asked Nat to do another with us so I want to thank her for the time, commitment, enthusiasm and most of all her amazing vocal range. She is a lovely person with a passion for her talent.
She is such a professional and throws herself into the moment of the song making it special. 
So as before she will always be my first choice again. 

This is a simple young love story under the stars in a tiny festival tent.

Stitch Your Name 

V1
She said words can be beautiful but love is action 
So stop talking now and show me that attraction 
So I poured another glass of wine
I said tonight is the night then we combine
My God your so cheesy but being with you just makes easy 

Chorus 
If it’s on let’s think it 
If it’s on let’s want  it 
If it’s on let’s do it 
The tapestry of natures, embroidery
Stitch your name into my heart
The first letter is always athe start 


V2 
I take that as compliment not treat  it with contempt 
Underneath the stars in a field in  this tiny festival tent 
Listening to the echoes of the weekends  event 
Will stay with us forever and be  always meant 
And I don’t think I’ve ever this felt so content 

Chorus to finish

Stitch Your Name ~ Conscience Of Kings With Nat Daniels

A song we recorded a while ago about a very good friend of mine who moved back to England after a marriage separation.
He started dating again through the dating apps and realised what a different world we now live in.
Basically these apps offered excitement in his late years but soon realised it was the new wild west .
And really all he was looking for was companionship and to feel causal comfort.
What he got was crazy middle aged women wanting a free night out to be wine and dined, an instant you can move in with me and be my husband or just wild weird sex with no strings attached.
The novelty soon wore off and at his age it’s all too much ! 

We bring you Causal Comfort……


V1
I’m looking for causal  comfort
Not a fan fare and blazing trumpets
So if you wanna be the same as me 
It’s causal comfort with a well brewed tea
I don’t want a project I’ve got to manage 
I’m having enough trouble carrying this baggage 

Chorus 
I come with warm appreciation 
Not some kind of  heavy expectation 
Casual comfort with anticipation
Casual comfort and a conversation

I come with warm appreciation 
Not some kind of  heavy expectation 

V2
Like a dried tinder waiting for its spark
I can’t keep swiping right & meeting strangers in the dark 
There’s an island of wealth, I have left far behind 
And a life that’s been pressed to rewind
My history has been filed for delete
No records of me and my previous streets

Chorus 

My history has been filed for delete
No records of me and my previous streets

Casual Comfort  ~ Conscience Of Kings

A song recorded in 2023 inspired by a documentary I watched based on the child care system in Great Britain.
So as we all get ready to enjoy Christmas with our family and friends spare a thought for this. 
There’re was a little boy who shared a memory that all he as left of his life with his real mother  was a few toy soldiers and a snow globe.
They sat on a shelve for him to think & remember that for whatever reason his mother gave him up. 
He was one of the lucky children who managed to get adopted and find a new loving family to take care of him. 
Others not so and stay In children’s homes until they were 18.
And here is the problem once they became 18 they became no longer a problem for the system. 
With  little or no help they  are expected to leave & fend for themselves without the love or security like a normal young person would expect from his family. 
The system is so floored & totally under funded hence kick the can down the street & watch it land at another’s feet.
Not the government’s problem anymore.
The adoption system is such a long draw out process that it puts future potential step parents off. 
So many children just stay in the system until they are 18 and then are classed as adults.
They may be adults but not ready for the world alone, outside the door.
We still guide our own adult children through their journey into further education, work, relationships, home buying & beyond.
It scares me that we have youths carrying knives & even guns for protection and in other cases just to conform to gang culture and be the big man. 
Im sure that a lot of these youths have a loving family, warm house, food in their belly & wear designer clothes. Yet still find the urge to harm someone because it makes them feel good and show off.
I’m sure we could write a fluffy Christmas song with all the cliches  but we choose not to. 
Hope you enjoy and pause for thought.
So we bring you Tiny Soldiers & Snow Globes…….. 



Intro Chorus 
Just kick the can down the street 
And when it lands at another’s feet
they can kick it on to the next 
That how they make out they are doing their best


V1
And the only thing on the upswing 
And what’s needed more & more 
(Are Tiny soldiers and snow globes
Just symbols of a life that he hardly knows x2)

Chorus 
Just kick the can down the street 
And when it lands at another’s feet
they can kick it on to the next 
That how they make out they  are doing their best
…………….
Tiny Soldiers & Snow globes x2
It’s an absolute mess 


V2 
And now it’s the end of care and totally unfair 
To defend  for yourself and to be thrown out
(Tiny soldiers & snow globes 
Are not something he can talk about x2)

Chorus 
Just kick the can down the street 
And when it lands at another’s feet
they can kick it on to the next 
That how they make out 
they are doing there best
……………….
Tiny Soldiers & Snow globes x2
Its an absolute mess 

 Middle 8  ending

And to all of you 
if only we really new
Just how lucky you really are
To be loved and treated 5star 
We all can’t have it all 
it’s really not fair 
Surely there’s enough love 
to go around and share
Unconditional love
for everyone 
but someone lost the will to care
And moved his chair x4
Tiny soldiers & Snow globes 
We all can’t have it all 



Tiny Soldiers & Snow Globes - Conscience Of Kings

OUT NOW !!!!8 track mini album CONSCIENCE OF KINGS ~ The Serenity Of Fractured Beauty ❤️💔🖤
A chilled vibe of all human experiences and emotions 🔥
Streaming on all major services.

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4 Track EP ~Conscience Of Kings . Don’t Come For Me  Unless I Send For You  featuring Nat Daniels 
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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, Mike Fox multi musician and producer & multi musician Jeff Roberts under The Bird Thiefs . 

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 200 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 keep releasing 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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