A new song from David Cooper and Glen Granthem.

Glen sent me a music track with bass, drums and organ on it and asked me if I could add guitars, lyrics and melody/vocals.

This is the result.

Hope you like how it turned out.

Lyrics are:

Let me go down to the sea so blue
Let me see the ships go sailing through
Let me do what I want to do
Let me go, let me go, let me go

Let me feel the sun on my back again
Let me feel no more physical pain
Let me go back from where I came
Let me go, let me go, let me go

Chorus

There’s a pocket in my heart
It’s such a special part
It’s where I keep my love for you
It’s the only thing to do

Let me go down to the river tonight
Let me take in such a beautiful sight
Let me know that I’m feeling right
Let me go, let me go, let me go

Let me feel the love I should have known
Let me see the people that have gone
Let me feel I’m not on my own
Let me go, let me go, let me go

Chorus

Solo

Let me know what is right from wrong
Let me be the only one
Let me sing my favourite song
Let me go, let me go, let me go

Let me see the moon shining bright
Let me see the stars tonight
Let me see their mystical light
Let me go, let me go, let me go

Chorus

Solo/Bridge

Let me see the children grow
Let me learn all there is to know 
Let me follow my own shadow
Let me go, let me go, let me go

Let me just win once or twice
Let me see a new morn’s light
Let me see things that's nice
Let me go, let me go, let me go

Pocket in my heart (Cooper/Granthem Collaboration)

Written by David Cooper (Music)and Glen Granthem (Lyrics)

David Cooper - Lead Vocal and Acoustic Guitar.

Glen Granthem - All other instrumentation and backing vocals.

Watch the video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms9v3B2_h0I

Poem written by Glen Granthem:

Six feet never felt so far
I ride alone in my car
I look towards a distant star
Wonder if there's life on Mars

I went to fish my favourite lake
When the ground beneath me began to shake
I've never felt a real earthquake 
Am i asleep or am I awake
 
Chorus

I can't deny it, I see the signs
The summer fruit rots on the vine
But there's a good life still ahead
I'm still breathing, and God, God’s not dead 

Now they say there's climate change
Storms and fires have many names
We still don't know who's to blame
Life on earth is not the same
 

As the wildlife disappears 
We never shed a single tear
We just burnt out another year
Then look at ourselves in the mirror

Chorus x 2

Outro

And God, God's not dead x 2

Six Feet (Never Felt So Far) - (Cooper/Granthem Collaboration with video)

Written and performed by David Cooper.

Say hello to the sun
Come on baby let’s run
We gotta be number one
Where no one else has gone

Tell me how far can you see
And what will be, will be
As the tide rolls in from the sea
Why?  Please someone tell me

Chorus

What you tell me I don’t feel
Oh you told me, Oh you told me
Though in time it will heal
Let me hold you, let me hold you now

Just close your eyes very tight
Can you see beyond the light
And try as hard as we might
Not everything is black and white

Chorus x 2

Say hello to the sun x 3

Say Hello To The Sun

Performed by David Cooper

Composed by:

David Cooper - Music 

Ron Todd - Lyrics.

There's too many guns in the world today 
The crazies rise and the innocent pay 
Get outta bed and they go to war 
Most don't know what they're fighting for

But time and time that is how it is 
How the hell did we come to this 
Bullets don't care and they sure don't cry 
They don't have a soul and don't ask why

Chorus

So what's the answer 
What's the deal 
Do we keep going round
On this endless wheel 
Looking for something 
We’ll never find
Cos there ain’t no pause 
and there's no rewind

Bridge

Guns for sale  guns for sale 
Lay the money down as the sirens wail 
Another lost soul underneath the sun 
Lying in the street from the barrel of a gun.

MUSIC BREAK

More and more people all dressed in black 
Cos they've lost their kin to a senseless act 
Each tragic ending given headline news 
And everybody's quick to give their views

But nothing changes and we just go on 
Time and again we sing the same damn song 
If the dead could speak from underneath the ground 
Would we get more sense and turn things around

Chorus x 2

End

Guns For Sale (Cooper/Todd Collaboration)

Performed by David Cooper

Written by 

David Cooper - Music

Ron Todd -Lyrics:

Oh Genevieve you're the world to me,
Like a walk by the river Seine,
The intoxication from your sweet perfume,
Is like strolling in the summer rain,

When I see your face, that killer smile,,
The stolen moments that we share,
I imagine the sublime taste of you,
Like coffee from a cafetiere

Chorus

Oh Genevieve
Sweet Genevieve
A Parisian beauty queen
Oh Genevieve
Sweet Genevieve
Every artists' living dream

You're a statue made by Michelangelo
With the style for the streets of Milan
Everything is such a perfect fit
The clothes, the shades, the tan

The way you talk with that French refrain,
Gives me goose bumps on my skin
You're a centrefold from a magazine
An idyllic picture scene

Chorus

music break

Chorus

Always be my Genevieve
Sois toujours ma Geneviève
Sois toujours ma Geneviève
Always be my Genevieve

Genevieve (Cooper/Todd Collaboration)

Performed by David Cooper

Written by:

Music - David Cooper

Words - Ralph Donkin

Don't need no religion to pray
Don't need no opinion to say
Say what I feel
Pray when I kneel
It makes no difference to me

Don't need no secrets to keep
Don't need no dreams to sleep
Sleep when I'm tired
Secrets undesired
It makes no difference to me

Chorus

No tears
No fears
It's just the way that it is
No cheers
No jeers
It's just the way that it is

Don't need no physician to heal
Don't need no politician to steal
Steal from the poor 
Pain I'll endure
It makes no difference to me

Don't need no education to learn
Don't need to go back to return
Return to where
There's no knowledge to share
It makes no difference to me

Chorus

Don't need no flowers to grow
Don't need no ill wind to blow
Blow me a kiss
And if you miss
It makes no difference to me

It makes no difference to me
It makes no difference to me
It makes no difference to me

It Makes No Difference To  Me (Cooper/Donkin Collaboration)

Performed by David Cooper

Written by:

Music - David Cooper

Lyrics - Ron Todd

"Dust Clouds On The Horizon"

Heading out across the plain   
Eyes can't focus in the driving rain  
Horse is tired underneath my jeans 
Easy life ain't as easy as it seems  

Worked the ranches  rode the rodeo 
Risked it all on one last throw 
But as the time it turns to sand 
Worldly goods here in my hand

Chorus

They say life is special  
They say life is good   
But the cold still gets underneath this hood 
But when the sun comes out  
Feel It burns like fire 
And the prairie dust gets higher and higher 

Old guitar strapped to my back 
Singing songs at the roadside cafe (sang caf)
Like Bronson said along the way 
Might go back  maybe some day 

Chorus

Bridge

Days leaving money lying on a night stand 
Women I’ve known some good  some bad
Some had grace just like a ballerina 
Others they rocked it  rocked it like Tina

Guitar break
 
Dreamt about a tired old man 
He was sitting by a rusty old van  
Watching waves come to the shore
Felt I’d walked this way before

I realised this guy was me 
Songs replaced by senility 
Poured myself a whisky glass 
Glory days they just don't last
 
Chorus

Give it everything you can 
Cos when it's over then it's over  
Whether woman or a man 

And that prairie dust just gets higher and higher
Yeah it just gets higher and higher

Dust Clouds On The Horizon (Cooper/Todd Collaboration)

New song performed by David Cooper.

Written by:

David Cooper - Music

Ron Todd - Lyrics

I was travelling around and I came upon
This little old guy and he was strumming a song,
His fingers seemed to have a life of their own,
They were plucking out a rhythm on his Epiphone

Well I couldn't stop tapping even though I tried
He just stirred up something deep inside
It sent this feeling down to my shoes,
When I asked what it was, he said it's country blues

Chorus

Well it goes great with a glass of rye.
It's an ageing cowboys lullaby,
Gets him out of his rocking chair
When he hears those notes going through the air

Well I’ve heard a lotta rock and I've heard a lot of roll,
Heard a lot of music that gets down to my soul
But this just had that something more
It could burn your feet right through the floor

Chorus

Bridge

Country blues yeah country blues
That's the music that I choose
Strum that guitar beat that drum
And play those blues till the setting sun

Solo

So give me country with that bit of blues
So i can feel those soles coming off my shoes
It gives me rhythm like a train on a track
I can feel this fire blowing out of my stack

Chorus x 2

Yeah Yeah Country Blues

Country Blues (Cooper/Todd Collaboration)

New song written by David Cooper and Glen Granthem.

Music - David Cooper

Lyrics - Glen Granthem

Lead vocal - David Cooper

Backing vocals - Glen Granthem

All Instruments - Glen Granthem.

Arranged and produced by Glen Granthem

Watch the video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrJApBE754s

From the new album The stories that we tell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZcJJ8Ae2…6GT2dVYW4p86DcLx8

Lyrics:

Can you feel the rain falling down
Can you see the moon spinning round
Can you feel the earth beneath your feet
Can you feel the sun’s penetrating heat

Chorus

That's when I hold you in my arms
Protect and keep you safe and warm
That's when I hold you in my arms
Protect and keep you safe from harm

Bridge

Everyone will tell you exactly how love feels
But no one can tell you if this love, love is real

Music break - Solo

Can you feel the breeze blowing through your hair
When I touch your skin are you  more aware
Can you free your mind without a care
Can you feel the love when we are near

Chorus x 2

Can you feel the rain
Can you fall in love

Can You Feel The Love (Cooper/Granthem Collaboration with Video)

Written by David Cooper and Glen Granthem.

Music - David Cooper and Glen Granthem

Lyrics - Glen Granthem

Produced and Performed by David Cooper.

Watch video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4MopsbhMIg

From the new album The stories that we tell: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mdGD8gSUC4gYRKKk6GT2dVYW4p86DcLx8

Lyrics by Glen Granthem

I have to let her go, it's time to let her go
Cos she don’t want me  -  "She don't want me" 

It's hard to say, yet so easy to see 
That girl don’t want me  -  "Girl don’t want me"

Chorus 1

Overpowered by the price she paid when she was younger
She says she’s in control but controlled is what I see

Because it's in her eyes, that pain she hides  
It still lingers   "It still lingers”

She guards her heart, from the better parts 
So not to love me  "Girl don’t love me "

Chorus 2

I must admit at times I’ve failed to understand her
She needs her time and space, so desperately 

Solo  

Chorus 3

Like the freedom in the sun and wind, she can’t be smothered
But they'll never be a place inside, her heart for me

I think I’ve always known, So I must let her go
That girl don’t  love me  - "She don’t love me"

Although I love her so, she’s gotta go
That girl can’t love me  -  "she can’t love me "

Outro ending  

She don’t love me, she don’t want me,  she don’t need  me
   
That girl  don’t want me...................

I Must Let Her Go (Cooper/Granthem Collaboration with Video)

Song composed by:

David Cooper - Music

Ron Todd - Lyrics

Performed and Produced by David Cooper.

Lyrics by Ron Todd

Gonna ride my bike like Steve McQueen
Be just like him from that movie scene
A flash of dust like a bullet I’d be gone
Blue jeans, white shirt, leather boots pulled on

Travel this country from end to end
Every drive in bar gonna be my friend
Just a smell of rye and store bought gasoline
Get my face on the front of a famous magazine

Chorus
I just wanna be like Steve McQueen
He was rough and tough, he was lean and mean
He had it all a blue eyed sex machine
I just wanna be like Steve McQueen

Bridge 
So
I’ll Smoke those wheels
Kick those heels
Nobody know the way it feels
Oh Yeah

Guitar break

Gonna ride that bike foot to the floor
Miles around you'd hear the engine roar
Never touch the brakes I’d go full on
Cos you wont even see me I’ll be up and gone

Yeah white lightning ain't got nothing on me
Down the highway, sheer poetry
Go so fast, the city lights fly by
Won't catch me I’m like a comet in the sky

Chorus

I just wanna be like Steve McQueen,
From that movie scene
Like Steve McQueen

Just Wanna Be Like Steve McQueen (Cooper/Todd Collaboration)

New song composed by David Cooper and Mike Fox.

I sent Mike some old lyrics from a song I did many years ago and asked him if he could breathe new life into them.  He came up with this fabulous new interpretation - Well done Mike.

Music - Mike Fox

Lyrics - David Cooper

Performed and Produced by Mike Fox

Lyrics by David Cooper:

Sitting ‘side a dusty road
Wondering where to go
Carrying this heavy load
Why I don’t know
 
Thinking of the times that passed
I’m feeling sad and blue
Wondering how long I can last
Another day without you
Another day without you
 
Chorus
 
I walk the lonely streets at night
A silhouette against the light
And I don’t see a soul in sight
I think I’ll go home
 
I don’t want to lose my pride
I just can’t go on this way
The pain is so much I cannot hide
If I come back, can I stay
If I come back, can I stay
 
Chorus
 
Bridge
 
And I’m sorry it turned out this way
I’m so sorry - believe me when I say
 
Solo
 
Sitting ‘side a dusty road
Looking for a way
To rid me of this heavy load
To greet a brand new day
To greet a brand new day
 
Chorus x 2
 
I think I’ll go home
I think I’ll go home
I think I’ll go home

I Think I'll Go Home (Cooper/Fox Collaboration)

New song written by David Cooper and Glen Granthem.

Music - Glen Granthem
Lyrics - David Cooper

All instrumentation -  Glen Granthem.

All vocals - David Cooper

Lyrics by David Cooper

Video available here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOgb09lkNzo

From the new album The stories that we tell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZcJJ8Ae2Jo&list=OLAK5uy_mdGD8gSUC4gYRKKk6GT2dVYW4p86DcLx8

Once upon a time
There was a story that we were told
About two people in a different space
And Destiny, Destiny would, Destiny would bring them - Face to face

Chorus

Though we pass like ships in the night
One day we’ll make it right
From the day that we were born 
We were meant to be like two sides of a coin

Watch the world turn day after day
Something told me this wasn’t the way
Don’t let fate be your guiding your hand
Don’t let time, Don’t let time slip, Don’t let time slip – Don’t let it drift away

Chorus

When the gods that sit in the heavens
Were telling me what to do
I never heard what they were saying
Tell me, Tell me what, Tell me what it is - I should do

I should do
I should do

Two Sides Of A Coin (Cooper/Granthem Collaboration with Video)

New songwritten by David Cooper and Ralph Donkin.

Performed and produced by David Cooper.

Lyrics by Ralph Donkin:

She was knocking on the door of the age of consent
Almost all grown up waiting for the event
Looking oh so sweet and so innocent

Just a little flattered by her interest
Tried to play it cool but you'd never have guessed 
Feeling overwhelmed but truly blessed

Chorus

Through my eyes I wish you could see
See the things that I can see
And if you take me seriously
We'd be together 
Forever in perfect harmony

A penny for your thoughts is not a lot to pay
I'd gladly give a million just to hear you say
You know I think today could be your lucky day

Chorus

Bridge

When you want the present to last
The present soon becomes the past

Solo

Knew where I was going cos I'd been there before
Once bitten, twice shy, I don't care anymore
Think I'll take my chance, that's what life is for

Chorus x 2

Perfect Harmony (Cooper/Donkin Collaboration)

New song written by David Cooper and Mike Fox

I asked Mike if he had any lyrics that I could use.

He sent me this story of someone dreaming of success in Hollywood and how it, unfortunately, didn't turn out as he dreamed.

Music - David Cooper

Lyrics - Mike Fox

He was a young man who had a dream
Who saw his future in the movie scene
But he’s working his family’s land
With stars in his eyes, plough in his hand

Made the break with a point to make
That he could do as well
Cos, he knew living in the homeland 
Was living life in hell

Chorus 1

Heading west to a place that’s the best
The land where dreams are made
Oh, he knew he’d be a big success
He’s going to Hollywood
He’s going to Hollywood

Took a part just to make his mark
To show what he can do
He knew in his mind, he’d timed it right
Now the hungry days are through

Joined the scene but getting mean 
On Californian snow
He had to decide, to live the new life
The old one had to go

Chorus 2

Hey man don’t you know who I am 
You’re talking to a star
Too much too soon, we know what you are
Live it up in Hollywood
You live it up in Hollywood

Bridge

Don’t recognise the man that’s standing before me
A distant memory of what he used to be

Solo

Going insane in the fast lane 
Never leaving anything out
He was learning the hard way
Knowing what it’s all about

He reached for the stars, loose women, fast cars
Doing anything that goes
What went through his mind, there was no sign
Oh nobody knows

Chorus 3

Found in bed with a gun by his head and a bottle by his side
Another star that came and died
Another ghost in Hollywood
Another ghost in Hollywood
Another ghost in Hollywood

Another Ghost in Hollywood (Cooper/Fox Collaboration)

New song written by David Cooper and Glen Granthem.

Music - Glen Granthem
Lyrics - David Cooper

All instruments - Glen Granthem
All vocals - David Cooper

From the new album The stories that we tell:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mdGD8gSUC4gYRKKk6GT2dVYW4p86DcLx8

Lyrics by David Cooper:

Watch me go now
Keep an eye on me
Watch me go now
Just running free

Watch me go now
And see me run
Watch me go now
Like a bullet from a gun

Chorus

I know you want me
That much I see
Just keep on giving
And hold on to me

Break

Watch me, Watch me go now x 3

Watch me go now
I’ve seen the light
Watch me go now
Running into the night

Chorus

Hold on to me 
Hold on to me
Hold on to me
Just keep on giving and hold on to me
Just keep on giving and hold on to me

Hold on to me (Cooper/Granthem Collaboration)

New song written by David Cooper and Glen Granthem.

Music - Glen Granthem
Lyrics - David Cooper

All instruments - Glen Granthem
All vocals - David Cooper

Watch video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP8Lievat3g

From the new album The stories that we tell: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mdGD8gSUC4gYRKKk6GT2dVYW4p86DcLx8

Lyrics by David Cooper:

She waits on the railway platform 
Same time every night
She takes her usual seat and waits there
But the train never arrives

She’s been waiting there a long time 
It’s all she can do
Wishing for her man to come home
But it never comes true

Chorus

For forty years she’s been there
Been waiting for that train 
And wishes her dreams will come true
But it never comes, it never comes

He went to war; it seems a long time 
A long time ago
But she only sees it one way
In her mind, it’s like yesterday

Chorus

Solo

Break

He’s never coming home etc

She gets up and makes her way home
With tears in her eyes
And the one thing that she knows
Waiting is futile

He’s never coming home etc

He's never coming home (Cooper/Granthem Collaboration with Video)

Written by David Cooper and Ron Todd.

Performed and produced by David Cooper.

If you get the chance, please have a listen to the album Tapestry of Life by David Cooper and Ron Todd - Much appreciated.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m6BLKh2HtYqTGwVRHfA4F9dAWS9jzbG78

https://open.spotify.com/album/4PCR1ATYOxjTa14UyJtAYu

Lyrics by Ron Todd:

Castles In The Air

There's a rainbow round my heart tonight
And the stars in the sky seem extra bright
Feel I’m floating in the stratosphere
Another life a million miles from here

Chorus

Got a feeling that's breaking through
Since I first set my eyes on you
Took a walk on that yellow brick road
When I knew I’d found the motherload

The summer it came out today
when I saw you walk my way,
Up till then I was killing time,
Just another act in life's pantomime

Bridge 

You got it all babe,
You got the key,
To open my soul babe  
And take it all from me

Solo

They say there ain't castles in the air
But I’m sure I’ll find them hidden somewhere
Cos I know that fantasy is true
When I get to walking down the street with you

Been round the block again and again
Searching for something since way back when
But today I finally got that longed for win
When I saw those eyes and went and jumped right in

Chorus x 2

Castles In The Air (Cooper/Todd Collaboration)

I've always believed that this song would sound much better if it was sang as a male/female duet.

I asked Debbie if she would like to join me on the song and I was very happy when she said yes.

She did a marvellous job and added that extra dimension to the song that I always thought was missing.

Watch the video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=111kVlpZGfA

Hope you like it.

There’s a girl sits all alone
In her world she calls her own
She cries at night cos he has gone

There’s a boy sitting in his car
Sad brown eyes staring out afar
The jukebox plays their favourite song

Chorus

They should be together
Instead of apart
They are one body
They share one heart
It seems so senseless
It went too far
She was his woman
He was her man

Solo

What’s the story, why is it so
Why it happened no one knows 
Don’t be foolish,  give her a call

Chorus x 2 

She was his woman – He was her man

They should be together(Cooper/DLynn Collaboration)

New song written and performed by David Cooper and Glen Granthem.

David Cooper - Lyrics and all vocals

Glen Granthem - Music - All instruments

The Battle of Culloden was a battle fought on April 16, 1746, near Inverness, Scotland. It was the final battle of the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and the last pitched battle on British soil.

The Jacobite army, led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart, fought against the British government army, led by the Duke of Cumberland. 

The Jacobites were defeated, with around 1,600 men killed, mostly Jacobites. 

The British lost only 50 men.

The battle ended the Jacobite Rising and settled a dispute over the monarchy that had lasted almost 60 years.

Lyrics:

They marched towards the battlefield
Many of them were starving
The clans all together
And they refused to yield

They charged across the boggy ground
That slowed them down
Onwards towards the canon fire
From the redcoat lines

Chorus

Oh the legend of Culloden
Where many brave men died
It will never be forgotten
Still hear the battle cries

Some say their ghosts walk there
On that forbidden moor
Haunted by those that had fallen
Echoes of brave souls

The gallant highlanders fought that day
Though outnumbered 2 to 1
Onward they kept on going
But were massacred one by one

Bridge

Chorus

Soon the battle it was over
The British army had won
Dead and dying around them lay
The Jacobites' dream died that day

Legend of Culloden (Cooper/Granthem Collaboration)

New song written by David Cooper and Ron Todd.

Performed and produced by David Cooper

If you get the chance, please have a listen to the album Tapestry of Life by David Cooper and Ron Todd - Much appreciated.

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLA…HfA4F9dAWS9jzbG78

open.spotify.com/album/4PCR1ATYOxjTa14UyJtAYu


https://music.apple.com/gb/album/tapestry-of-life/1762763145

Lyrics by Ron Todd:

"All We Got Is Rock And Roll"

My daddy's on the bottle
Cos he cannot pay the bills
There's something rather nasty
Growing on the window sill

The dogs back at the shelter
And my mammy's on the game
Has her daily kick of nicotine
Says daddy is to blame

Chorus

That's the way it is, in this here town
Half the population only going down
We ain't got no money, we're signing on the dole
Got no pot to piss in - all we got is rock and roll

Bridge

Well you can take it to the cleaners
Take it to the bank
Tried to change the outcome
But that ship’s already sank

Solo

This life ain't going nowhere
And I’m running out of pills
Try to get my head straight
But I think its overkill

There's a ring upon the doorbell
It's a bizzy and his mate
I got a lot of knock off
So I’ll just accept my fate 

Chorus x 2

All We Got Is Rock And Roll (Cooper/Todd Collaboration)

Written and performed by David Cooper.

I've been doing a lot of collaborations lately so I thought I'd try and write a solo song.

Hope it's OK.

Thanks for listening.

Lyrics by David Cooper:

See my baby, she’s coming down
Oh my baby is coming to town
Oh my baby, she’s doing good
She’s doing what she always should
See my baby, she’s coming down

See my baby, she’s doing alright
Oh my baby, she’s seen the light
If she wants me, she just calls
Summer, winter, spring or fall
Oh my baby, she’s doing alright

Chorus

When she comes over
There’s nothing left
There’s nothing I will regret
Nothing I’ll regret
Oh my baby, she’s coming down

See my baby, she’s really cool
Oh my baby, she’s nobody’s fool
Oh she’s everything I need
Satisfaction guaranteed
See my baby, she’s really cool

Chorus

Oh my baby, she’s coming down
She’s coming down

She's Coming Down

Written by David Cooper and Glen Granthem

Music and all instruments - Glen Granthem

Lyrics and vocals - David Cooper

Lyrics by David Cooper

Living on an island
Watch the waves roll by
Wake up in the morning
And see the deep blue sky

Far away from humanity
Far away from the life they lead
Life is so easy
And that’s all I need

Chorus

So let me stay, let me stay - for a long time
So let me stay, let me stay - for a long time

Bridge

So little lady, let me see
The love that you have for me
Love that runs so wild and free
Come on baby, give it to me

Dancing to the calypso beat
Just feel your body heat
Walk the white sandy beach
Life like this ain’t out of reach

Palm trees sway in the breeze
The pace of life is full of ease
Mañana is the word to hear
Life is full, life is so clear

Chorus

Living on an island
Watch the waves roll by
Wake up in the morning
And see the deep blue sky

Bridge

So little lady, let me see
The love that you have for me
Love that runs so wild and free
Come on baby, give it to me

Solo
Living on an island x 4

Living On An Island (Cooper/Granthem Collaboration)

New song written by David Cooper and Ron Todd.

Performed and produced by David Cooper.

If you get the chance, please have a listen to the album Tapestry of Life by David Cooper and Ron Todd - Much appreciated.

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLA…HfA4F9dAWS9jzbG78

open.spotify.com/album/4PCR1ATYOxjTa14UyJtAYu

Lyrics by Ron Todd:

"Summers Of Love"

Was a time back then there was me and you 
We needed no one there was just us two 
We'd drive along in my black Trans am 
We were young we didn't give a damn 

Your hair it blew in the summer winds  
We were lovers, soul mates, best of friends 
I'd tell you our love would never end
But there's always something around that bend 

Chorus

It was crazy days
It was crazy nights
It was what we had
And we did it right
I swore to you
I'd never let you go
In those balmy days 
We had our summers of love

Music break

Cos babe we used to have it all
So we kept on running like a waterfall
The mountains they always reached the sky
And all the time we never asked why

There was electricity filling the air 
We just drove around not a single care 
There was something out in the air that night 
We closed those doors and we just took flight

Chorus

Music break

End piece

But that was when we both were young 
And things can change in the years you grow 
Swore to you I would leave you never
But perfect doesn't always last forever 

Chorus

Teenage summers of love

Summers of Love (Cooper/Todd Collaboration)

Song written and performed by David Cooper.

Lyrics by David Cooper

The lights are going up
And the music’s loud
Hear the girls scream
There’s a rocking crowd 
We sing along, sing along

Everybody’s clapping, 
Clapping their hands
Everybody’s rocking
Along with the band
We sing along, sing along

With a song in their heart
They were playing their part
Everyone went crazy, yeah, yeah, yeah

The air is hot and heavy
Everyone’s going mad
The band is working hard
And the songs ain’t bad
We sing along, sing along

Solo

With a song in their heart
They were playing their part
Everyone went crazy, yeah, yeah, yeah

The lights go down 
And the party’s done
We’re going home
We had a good time
We sang along, sang along

We sang along, sang along
We sang along, sang along
We sang along, sang along

We sang along

New song from Glen and Dave.

Music and all instruments - Glen Granthem.

Lyrics and all vocals - David Cooper

You’re looking out for me
I’m looking out for you
Do we know what we should do

Down the tunnel
We both fall – Can we hear each other’s call
Can we hear, can we hear, can we hear each other’s call?

Chorus

Here we sit among the thorns
Surrounded by those that mourns
No one knows how the stories go
The tales of old, tales of yore

What is that I thought you said?
I thought I heard you in my head
Maybe I can’t hear at all 
Can we hear each other’s call?
Can we hear, can we hear, can we hear each other’s call?

Chorus

Down the tunnel
We both fall
Down the tunnel
We both fall
Down the tunnel
We both fall

Can we hear each other’s call
Can we hear, can we hear, can we hear each other’s call?

Chorus

Down the Tunnel (Cooper/Granthem Collaboration)

A very old song I came across.

Hope you like it.

Written and performed by David Cooper

Lyrics:

There’s a light in the forest – Let it shine
There’s a fire in the distance – Let it burn

There’s a songbird on my shoulder that sings so gracefully
And it sings of a place that used to be
Let it shine, let it shine

There’s a light on the ocean – Let it shine
There’s a ship that comes a sailing - Sail on by

And it sails from a place that holds sweet memories
And it sails to a place that used to be
Let it shine, let it shine

Bridge

To all the memories that I hold
To all the stories left untold
Let them shine

Solo

There’s a light in the desert – Let it shine
And the sands they are a burning – Let them burn

And the full moon shines above us, and it shows for all to see
And it tells of the tales that used to be
Let it shine, let it shine

Let it shine to the end

Let it shine

New song written and performed by David Cooper.

Lyrics:

Meanwhile I try to write a new song
Bang my head against a brick wall
Nothing new will come
That’s just how it falls

I feel that I’m wasting time
Time passes so very slow
Can’t find that perfect rhyme
Nothing seems to want to flow

Chorus

Make it fine 
Make it good 
Live your life the way you should 

Take your time
Pass it around
Don’t let time let you down

Solo

Now this song is haunting me
Can’t think what I want to say
Dig deep in my memory
Maybe leave it for another day

Chorus x 2

Don’t let time let you down x 3

Don't let time let you down

New song written by David Cooper and Ralph Donkin.

Performed by David Cooper.

Lyrics by Ralph Donkin

Your face is familiar
That's what she said
But your name just escapes me
Gone right out of my head
I'm thinking back
To when we were young
Just give me a minute 
It's on the tip of my tongue

It was clear in my mind
Why she got so upset
So clear that's the problem
My one big regret
I knew that she loved me
With feelings intense
But I couldn't stay with her
The fall out immense

SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET
THEY WON'T LET ME REST
MEMORIES THAT HAUNT ME
MEMORIES, MEMORIES UNBLESSED

Bridge

Solo

I wouldn't admit it
Even though I was wrong
I've lived with that feeling 
Of guilt for so long
Whatever the reason
It was not meant to be
But I've never forgotten 
What she meant to me

Chorus x 2

End

Skeletons in the closet (Cooper/Donkin Collaboration)

New song written and performed by David Cooper

Lyrics:

Don’t explain
Never complain
Just be careful what you say
It’s alright – It’s your life

Keep them deep
The secrets you keep
Hoping that no one believes
It’s alright – It’s your life

Say it loud – Let me hear
Say it loud – Loud and clear
Say it loud – Like we do
Say it loud –Say it loud and true

All around
Hear the sound
Of false words that bring you down
It’s alright – It’s your life

Take your time
Wait for the sign
When one day,  the truth we’ll find
It’s alright – It’s your life

Chorus x 2

Say it loud

Written by David Cooper and Ralph Donkin.

Performed by David Cooper.

Hear more tracks here:

https://soundcloud.com/user-607534102-576599759

I wish I knew then (What I know now)

I am an unsigned singer/songwriter from Sunderland in the north east UK.

I have been writing songs for a few years now and have CD's on various web sites such as CD Baby, Itunes , Spotify etc.  My goal is to write good songs and hopefully have come up with a few along the way.

I love wring and recording songs – it gives me great pleasure staring from nothing but a blank piece of paper and finally coming up with something that sounds good.

I have collaborated with other people while being on Soundcloud – my long-time partner Ralph Donkin writes exceedingly good lyrics and between us have come up with many a good song.

My other partner Glen Granthem from Sacramento in USA has also been inspirational in my recordings – he is a very talented musician and producer and has brought life to many of my songs that otherwise would have been second rate.  We also have collaborated on many songs.

I have written songs with other people and I thank them from the bottom of my heart for their endeavours.

Thank you for all of you that have listened and commented on my songs and those who will in the future.  I am very grateful that you stopped by and listened – hope you have enjoyed what you have heard.

Again many thanks and good luck for the future in your musical endeavours.

warfydave

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