Music is the Soundtrack to Life

Category Songs

Breaking Out

I love gangster movies, especially the classic old black and white ones like James Cagney in the movie “White Heat” or “Public Enemy” have something that the modern gangster movies don’t. People back at the time of the American gangster… Continue Reading →

The Family

Growing up is never easy and it is often made harder by parents seeing a teenager’s need for independence as rejection. Being tidy is not in my nature, although I do like for things to be tidy. For some the… Continue Reading →

I Turn Away

The backgound story to “I Turn Away” comes from while we were in London recording our album, I noticed the how many beggers and homeless people there were, it shocked me and shamed me. I can understand how people faced with… Continue Reading →

Have You No Shame

I see people here in England getting passionate about how England is in the wrong for invading Iraq, having troops in Afghanistan and some of these people seem to support become terrorists themselves in what they see as a justified… Continue Reading →

Earth Today

This came out of watching documentaries on the plight of the rain forests, the killing of dolphins and whales  People are still making their fortunes and forsaking the rest of us to whatever world wide future and I wonder will… Continue Reading →

No More..

No More is a song about how people become distant in a relationship. I have witnessed many relationships dissolve. I have seen couples becoming cold and dismissive. There is only so much a person can take. I think for any… Continue Reading →

Her Slave

It is hard to believe how quickly time flies by and that this song is coming up to being 3 years old. The trouble is that there is never enough time to finish anything especially with having to live away… Continue Reading →

Tears Fall

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 →

Nobody Knows

The song starts with the line “You’ve a deep dark secret that you carry inside.” We all have secrets don’t we? Or is this only me? It is difficult to communicate as a father figure, brother, sister or mother, we… Continue Reading →

Wishes Do What Wishes Can

When I found the girl I loved, I had to adjust, life had not been kind to her. I didn’t realise how fragile women are. She was hurting and I was unable to take her away from it. I had… Continue Reading →

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