Monday 17 August 2009

you can hold your head up high



written - 1998

lyrics -

standing on the sun
is not as hot as i imagined
at least the earths a safety net
holding out a gun
for the ground youre standing on
makes a man no less a man

you can either stand and cry
or you can hold your head up high

crime is almost gone
as we fill our rights with wrongs
a preacher stands reluctantly
bullets pass my head
fifteen people lying dead
innocence is null and void

you can either stand and cry
or you can hold your head up high

Monday 10 August 2009

i've got nothing to kill

written - 2006 - 2007

collection - charing cross (track 3)

lyrics -

my tongue's a taste of chardonnay
the time is ticking fast
this life has watched me come and go
the chemists help me last

i feel i'm in control
but i don't know what of
my destiny is do predictable
i know i've lost my soul

i've got nothing to kill
so i'm not your suspect

my lips sucked out the chardonnay
my glass an empty heart
people notice i'm there again
and have been from the start

i feel i'm in control
but i don't know what of
my destiny is so predictable
i know i've lost my soul

i've got nothing to kill
so go find your culprit

Sunday 2 August 2009

not rising






written - 2000

collection -

about - greysteel massacre, londonderry, halloween night, 1993 (dark times)

lyrics -

problem still hasn't been solved
mainly due to lack of trust
but who could force a man
to sit beside a killer?

without some kind of fear
i could not be standing here

but the rising sun's not rising tonight
in its innocent yet torn apart world
and the rising sun ain't rising tonight
in a sky so dark i can't see the moon

and the sorrow doesn't end there
everyone watches the news
and where is all this leading?
to another grave yard question mark?

without my native land
i could never shake your hand

but the rising sun's not rising tonight
in its innocent yet torn apart world
and the rising sun ain't rising tonight
and in times to come it won't rise again

without a loaded gun
i'm the same as anyone

but the rising sun's not rising tonight
in its innocent yet torn apart world
and the rising sun ain't rising tonight
in a sky so dark i can't see the moon