Category Songs
This song was written when I lost my great aunty Bet. Prior to my wife, she had been the person who had looked after me providing me with shelter when no one else would. She had a generous heart and… Continue Reading →
I used to live with my aunty in Hartlepool, next door to her lived an old lady and I’d often hear her screaming in the middle of the night. She was well over 90 and suffered from Alzheimer’s. It is… Continue Reading →
This is a very personal song for me. I have heard so many times people exclaiming that world owed them something. Life isn’t fair and that is a fact, if it was the good would be venerated and evil would be… Continue Reading →
Isolation is a terrible thing, sometimes the only voice you hear is on the TV or the radio and you need something to help you focus on what you want in life. They say it is so easy to give up,… Continue Reading →
This style of this song was influenced by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits, who were coming out with such classics as “Romeo & Juliet”, “Telegraph Road”, and “Private Investigations” I think when I look back on it, I now see… Continue Reading →
The song “Sarah” was the third song that I wrote. It is a simple love song that displays and innocence I no longer feel I have. I cannot imagine that I could write a song like this today, it has… Continue Reading →
I spent some time in Sydney, Australia. It a wonderful place full of friendly people, but being a stranger in a strange city I was out of my comfort zone for a while and for the first time I noticed… Continue Reading →
We go through life and make choices, over time those choices leave us feeling regret. John Robert Hunter · Love I Denied (Acoustic Version) Verse 1She turned to me and said Ive got your child.Let”s get married, let me be… Continue Reading →
This song came out of frustration. We have a police force, but do they police? Sometimes I think that they are more traffic cops than policemen. These days our nurses no longer nurse, that is done by someone less qualified… Continue Reading →
It is funny how a conversation can inspire the writing of a song. I had met a boy in 1989 and he had told me on how he had came to England, he told me of his imprisonment of his… Continue Reading →