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Love Lies Dying |
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Speak to Me |
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Friday Night |
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After Dinner Thoughts |
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Some Days |
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Wired Wrong |
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Edge of Reality |
Lawry |
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Suddenly |
White
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Save the Children |
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The Worlds a Scary Place |
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Billy |
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Love Lies Dying
In a high rise room at the end of the hall
She chokes back another tear.
Bags all packed she is ready to go
It's time now to disappear.
She waits till five for the bus to arrive
and looks back down the street.
She tries to hide from the people she sees
There's no one she wants to meet!
Chorus
Love lies dying
long years trying
tears hang drying
It's time now for separate ways
look forward to happier days.
He drives home late from a job that he hates
But he's trying his best to provide
With flowers and gifts
and a conscience that pricks
It's time now to swallow his pride
He reads her note but he thinks it's a joke
He can't believe that she's gone
He runs down stairs with his eyes full of tears
He doesn't know which way to run?
Chorus
As the tension fades and she feels the relief
She thinks of what she has done.
Imagines him there with her note in his hand
He wont believe that she's gone
In a high rise room at the end of the hall
He chokes back another tear
She packed her bags and she left him alone
Why would she disappear?
Chorus
As she celebrates with a bottle of wine
She wonders how he will fair?
Imagines him now with a girl on his arm
Living life without a care
But he sits alone in a room full of dreams
As the bottle starts to kick in
His heart lies torn on the floor of his soul
The dying seconds now begin
When she hears the news she breaks down and cries
It wasn't meant to be this way!
Couldn't he tell she was living in hell?
She couldn't find a reason to stay.
Now she tends his grave bringing flowers to lay
And she tells him all of her days.
With never a thought for the life that she sought
She's happy now to be this way!
Love lies trying!
Copyright © Steve Perrett 2005
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The tale of a failed relationship where one partner is in love, but the other isn't and feels trapped. |
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Speak To Me
Speak to me
speak to me and show your face
speak to me
speak to me and show your grace
Speak to me now
So please listen as I ....
reach for you now
Help me to ascend as...
I don't know how
have I time to cry or....
time just to bow
I'm shivering..in..my..gown
All those days of bleeding
slowly leading me to this
shuffling to the edge.
Staring into the abyss
Years without a thought
who I kicked or cared for
I can feel the void
tempting me to explore.
No time to cry
take me in your open arms
I'm shivering..in..my..gown
Speak for me
speak for me and show your face
speak for me
speak for me.....and show......your grace........
Reach for me now
take me in your arms and
Speak for me now
help me in this final moment
speak for me now
show me please the road
I'm part of you now
I'm reconciled
ready to move on......
Copyright © John Coughlan 2005
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I started to write this song whilst in a hospital bed after suffering a heart attack. When I had regained my faculties, I looked around and it struck me that we were all waiting for God!
I was unable to express my thoughts in writing, so enlisted the help of John Coughlan. A very talented and prolific lyricist. |
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Friday Night
On Friday night,
Her lover’s there.
Down by the sea.
Her heart beats fast
Her nerves are bare.
Praying now that he’ll be there.
She still believes
Their love receives
A blessing from above
Gods gift of love
A love that is so strong
It can’t be wrong.
On Friday night,
She brushes hair.
So fine to see.
Her nerves are bare
She bids farewell
Praying now that he wont care.
She still believes
That he’s deceived.
But she just broke the heart
Of one who cares.
Her husband thru the years
Reduced to tears.
.She doesn’t feel the same she’d have to say,
.But he just loves her more and more each passing day.
On Friday night
A grown man cries
So sad to see.
He sits alone
And wonders when,
The seeds of doubt were sown
He can’t believe,
His love can be,
Just scattered to the winds
Without a care
His partner thru the years,
No longer here.
Copyright © Steve Perrett 2004
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Another tale of unrequited love and illicit affairs. |
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After Dinner Thoughts
Pick up any magazine,
Realize your life is not in style.
Post box dreams will never be,
And photographs remind you for a while.
Catch a slice of TV fame,
Maybe you’ll become a millionaire.
Real life is not the same,
For most of us it isn’t really fair.
All kinds of trouble. Ooh ooh….
Supermarket solitude,
And memories of how it used to be.
Painted pictures on the wall,
Fairy tales that no one ever sees.
Something blows another fuse,
Leaving us in darkness for a while.
I can see the fire glow,
A silhouette of you that makes me smile,
Looking so troubled. Ooh ooh…
· When you meet some-one who turns you upside down
· And your feelings are running higher, and your feet don’t touch the ground
· Then the world takes on dimensions that are new
· And a day becomes forever, and you don’t know what to do.
See the writing on the wall
A situation no one understands
Pretty lights and TV screens
A way of life designed for one and all.
Escape the fires if you can
And maybe we’ll be selfish for a while
We can watch the children grow
The silly things they do will make us smile
All kinds of trouble. Ooh ooh…
· When you meet some-one who turns you upside down
· And your feelings are running higher, and your feet don’t touch the ground
· Then the world takes on dimensions that are new
· And a day becomes forever, and you don’t know what to do.
copyright © Steve Perrett 2002
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I wrote this after watching my partner Penny, after our evening meal. She was engrossed in a TV program and a wave of great love came over me. She is everything to me and I love her immensely! |
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Some Days
I called a cab and twenty minutes later,
It arrives.
But it smells of stale cigars.
Driving out I wonder why I’m here
feeling down,
As I stare at all the cars.
I feel like I should take a holiday
Feeling like I need to get away
And the world goes round but it gets me down
Some days
I look around and everything is moving
At a walking pace
And it’s driving me insane.
And all the while I wonder what became
Of the Human race?
Maybe we should start again
I feel like I should take a holiday
Feeling like I need to get away
And the world goes round but it gets me down
Some days
I called a cab and forty minutes later,
It arrives.
But it smells of stale cigars.
Solo
I feel like I should take a holiday
Feeling like I need to get away
And the world goes round but it gets me down
Some days
Copyright © Steve Perrett 2002
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I used to own my own shop. This song came about after I had called a cab for one of my customers. The cabby came in moaning and groaning about needing a break. When I helped my customer into his cab, it reeked of stale cigar smoke! |
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Wired wrong
You don't know how hard I try, to keep your spirits high
Set you free from misery
The pain in your heart you never could set you free
Did you ever care for me? Cause all I ever got
was your Ally's' dark, and windy lanes
And cold blood running thru your veins
I'm sorry babe but I don't ride that train.
Chorus
Don't know where your heart belongs
You're upside down and wired wrong
I can't fix what's been and gone
Your TV's on but it's upside down and
wired wrong
Wired wrong
Chorus
Cold when Hot And dry when wet
All those lies, d'you think I could forget
They burn my memory, there for everyone to see
And you ask what is wrong with me
Chorus
Copyright © Nigel Lawry 2004
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This lyric was penned by Nigel Lawry A published poet and talented lyric writer. |
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Edge of Reality
Talking back to the TV
ain’t nobody here but me
It drowns out the ticking clock
I’m stuck on the starting block
Trying to forget a distant dream
it’s like swimming upstream
Hiding from every caller
Don’t know if I can take much more
Trying not to think at all
all I ever do is recall
Blinds closed ,phone unplugged
My head feels like it’s been drugged
Chorus
At the edge of reality
That’s where my baby's taken me
On the verge of madness
At the heart of sadness
That's where she has taken me
On the edge of reality
Not washing or shaving
Just ranting and raving
Think my head's going to explode
I lost my soul way down the road
When the devil comes a calling,
I feel my fences falling
Gotta forget what she has done
Cause I am someone’s favorite son
I turned my back on what I knew
Was I to know she’d be untrue
Will I can never trust again
Maybe that would be insane
Chorus
Copyright ©2004 Nigel Lawry
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This lyric was penned by Nigel Lawry A published poet and talented lyric writer.
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Save the children
She was young, her naivety and innocence were gone.
And that January night is just a memory,
Such a tragedy.
It doesn’t show, she has kept it all a secret so no one knows.
But the time is getting closer now it’s very near,
She is full of fear.
Ooohhh save the children
Ooohhh save the children
A silent heart, and the fight for life is over before it starts,
And a teenage mother sheds her tears of sorrow,
And dreads tomorrow.
She stands alone, there’s a moment when she realises how she’s grown.
And her childhood lies buried now beneath the sea
It’s such a tragedy.
Ooohhh save the children
Ooohhh save the children
The tide has turned,
Secret places churned up unexpectedly
Such a tragedy.
The nightmare starts again,
But no one knows what kind of hell she’s living in.
Guilty feelings gathering again.
She hears them say, that the perpetrators of this crime should pay.
“We should throw away the key when she’s been locked away!”
There’s no excuse they say.
But they’ll never know, all the suffering through which she’s had to go.
And there’s no one she can turn to who will share the pain,
Her poor heart breaks again.
Ooohhh save the children
Ooohhh save the children
The papers say, police investigations are under way.
And they’re worried for the mother’s health and safety,
It’s such a tragedy.
She was young; she was just a child herself when this was done.
And there’s no one in the world that she can turn to,
Who can she turn to?
Ooohhh save the children
Ooohhh save the children
Copyright © Steve Perrett 2003
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This song came about after the tiny body of a baby girl was found tied up in a sack in the local estuary. The mother was never found. The story can be found here. |
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The Worlds a Scary Place
I don’t know what I'm going to do.
I’ve burned my bridges down,
And left the only safe place that I knew.
And the world can be a scary place
When you’re out here on your own.
I don’t know where I'm going to stay.
I’ve nowhere left to go,
I need a place to hide myself away.
All the friends I had have disappeared,
Now I'm out here on my own.
Everything is gone
That I once held close and dear.
And I know that I'm to blame.
I’m feeling sorry for myself
I can't believe, I’ve ended up this way.
I don’t know how I will survive
I’ve lost the love I had,
There’s nowhere left for me to run and hide.
All the dreams I had have disappeared,
Now the nightmares have begun.
I don’t know how I’ll carry on.
My spirit starts to fade.
And hope is gone for all the plans I made.
And the guilt I feel is haunting me,
But I know I can't return.
Everything is gone
That I once held close and dear.
And I know that I'm to blame.
I’m feeling sorry for myself
I can't believe, I’ve ended up this way.
copyright © Steve Perrett 2002
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I wrote this after breaking up with my second wife! I felt like my world was falling down around me and I would never recover! Fortunately! Time is a great healer! |
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Suddenly
Suddenly
As the daylight fades away
And the darkness wraps around me
Like a widows gown
And suddenly
As the night begins to chill
and uneasy feelings fill
The empty spaces of this town.
Chorus
My heart begins to race
Can a body take this pace
Searching for a home
No matter where my head may lie
This living nightmare will not die
I am alone
I am alone
Suddenly
I see the offer of hand
and the need for comfort makes me
bury deep my pride
Dignity
May be the luxury of others
But underneath these filthy covers
Only fear resides
Chorus
Suddenly
In the distance burns a light
Bringing hope to me
Suddenly
out of the darkness second sight
And as I feel my veins ignite
Comfort momentarily
Chorus
copyright © Mike White 2003
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This lyric was written by a very talented singer songwriter, Mike White. This was another lyric I was struggling with until Mike came up with this gem. It speaks from the point of view of a homeless person, and their search for a home. |
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Billy
I can't believe that Billy's gone
Taken from
This family.
There should have been someone taking care
It's so unfair,
this misery
Safeguards had failed
And left him on his own
All he ever needed
Was a place to call a home
But in the end
All we see
Is more beaurocracy
No where to live
Something's got to give!
The circumstances of being here
are still unclear
But still we try
The wind of change
Blows incessantly
Who are we, to question why?
Battle lines are drawn
With each new breaking dawn
Fighting for the right
To sleep inside at night
But in the end
All we see
Is more beaurocracy
No where to live
Something's got to give!
All we see
Is more hypocrisy
Who can tell me why
Billy had to die?
copyright © Steve Perrett 2002
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Billy was written after I had read stories of people with mental health problems being left to fend for themselves in the community. It's not about any one particular person, but a system that tries to make 'One size fits all' decisions. |
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