The songs here all feature Ross on vocals.
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Can't follow you, Can't follow me
(words & music by Trev and Ross © 2006)Ross - vocals
Trev - guitar, bass, keyboards, percussionRoss was an unexpected visitor one afternoon. (no doubt he'd come to drink me out of coffee again) I played him several demos I had recently put together. None of the demos had lyrics - just a melody played on guitar.
This particular song was more his style and he began writing lyrics. He changed the melody somewhat to suit his own singing style and we decided to record it there and then.
Lyrics
I wanted to tell you that you could have been there for me
And you showed me something
You showed me life and what it means bestCan’t follow you
Can’t follow me
Just got to see my way through
Or is it that I see your face every day?I looked out the window as I sat on the southbound train
I saw my reflections
My reactions were just the sameCan’t follow you
Can’t follow me
Just got to see my way through
Or is it that I see your face every day?I can’t
I can’t see
I can’t see your face
I can’t see your faceI still haven’t found you, you’re never round the next bend
So I’ll keep on looking
Find you someday my friendCan’t follow you
Can’t follow me
Just got to see my way through
Or is it that I see your face every dayI’ll keep on
I’ll keep on
I’ll keep on looking for you
I’ll find you
I’ll find you someday
Find you someday my friend
Steal Away The Night
(words & Music by Trev and Ross © 1996)Ross - vocals, keyboards, bass
Trev - guitars, percussionThis' Jim Steinman' influenced song was the only good thing to come out of a very unproductive session one dreary afternoon in Ferryhill. Ross was messing around with the keyboard and I improvised on guitar as he came up with what became the introduction.
He soon started banging out the lyrics and I will always remember uncontrolable laughter when he wrote "... and my engine’s running hot between my legs."
Lyrics
Well I’m never ever gonna look back at night
I wanna feel the heat of the bright sunlight
And I ain’t never ever coming back
I aim to leave this placeI’m gonna head off to where the sun shines bright
I’m gonna leave the fires of hell behind
On a black phantom bike
With the wings where the wheels once wereI never believed you
I never believed you
Imagine you’d say to me but twice
Now you’re gonna take away my life
Now you’re gonna steal away the night
Gonna steal away the nightAs the night draws in it forms a flickering light
And my wheels are turning in the bright sunlight
And my engine’s running hot
between my legsI’ve got to get on home to find you there
Coz I’ve got a bad feeling that you don’t care
Whether or not I live or dieI never believed you
I never believed you
Imagine you’d say to me but twice
Now you’re gonna take away my life
Now you’re gonna steal away the night
Gonna steal away the nightGoing into town one day
Find out places that I gotta stay
And then I’m moving on
Coz I know that you’re not hereNow I knew the places where you would go
And I know that you’re not there any more
And I’m feeling down
So I’m gonna be out of hereI never believed you
I never believed you
Imagine you’d say to me but twice
Now you’re gonna take away my life
Now you’re gonna steal away the night
Gonna steal away the night
Unstrung Heroes
(words & music by Trev, Ross and Andrea © 1996)Ross - vocals, keyboards, bass
Trev - guitar, percussionI wrote this song based on a busker in a railway station. I began writing the lyrics but struggled after a couple of verses. I played what I had to Andrea who promptly took over. I have to say I'm please she did as it works really well.
Ross added some nice touches on bass and keyboards in a way that I would not have thought of.
Lyrics
Standing on a station corner
Churning our the songs to orderPeople passing dropping money
Children laugh they think he’s funnyHe doesn’t hear the jeers
They’ve turned to claps and cheers
The stadium’s in his mindStanding near the flower seller
She smiles and asks, “Return to Sender”?Ralph McTell. some soul or blues
A chorus saying “I love you.”Why do others get the breaks
When he’s got what it takes
The stadium’s in his mindThere’s lovers parting, Gee I’ll miss you
The homeless selling The Big Issue
So much sadness ebbing all around
There’s a family reunited
Suddenly life’s not quite so blighted
It might just be worth living after allGuy who’s not sure where he’s going
Turns and says “Can you play Cohen?
I really like Suzanne”.
He smiles and says, “Yeah sure.”
Coins scatter on the floor
That means some food tonight
A meal, some warmth, some light
The great discovery
He hopes that’s what he’ll be
The stadium’s in his mind
Sixth Day
(words & music by Trev © 1994)Ross - vocals
Trev - guitar, bass, keyboards, percussionThis song was conceived on the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. I was at Andrea's house messing around with a small Yamaha keyboard when I came up with the introduction. I tried to modify the sound to resemble the 1970's BBC TV programme World in Action. The rest of the song just 'happened'. It was written in a very short time period.
I took a demo version with me singing (cringe) to Ross. Thankfully, his vocal performance was notably better. Sixth Day is a song I'm quite pround of - both musically and lyrically.
Lyrics
I was moving up towards the top
I was moving down the line so fast
The metal door had just flown open
We’re pouring outAnd who cares if we make it or not
The newspapers will tell our story
How we fought and how we died
The valour, glory and the prideI’ll try to get home in one piece
You’ll still be waiting there
I’ll try to get back if I can
And get on with my lifeI’ll see if I can make it home
And make it to my wife
Why do we insist on the war?Why?
I was in the deep up to my waist
My rifle high above my head
The Mulberry harbour’s holding strong
The winds are up, some friends are goneI slipped over a man who fell
His number’s up, his time to die
Helmet hanging from his head
The blood pours out, and now he’s deadI’ll try to get home in one piece
You’ll still be waiting there
I’ll try to get back if I can
And get on with my lifeI’ll see if I can make it home
And make it to my wife
Why do we insist on the war?Why? Please God why?
We’re on the shore now
Mortars came and landed next to me
We’re on the ground now
For now it’s over, over now for me
Another number
One more man who gave it all for free
And still it goes on
Someday it will be over, just you see
Techno Terminator
(words & music by Trev & Ross © 1996)Ross - vocals, keyboards, percussion
Trev - guitarTechno Terminator was just a joke - a little light relief. Really, we were taking the p**s out of 'techno' music. However, we would like to thank George Formby for his influence.
In the red corner we have - all the way from the past - George Formby.
And in the blue corner we have - from the future - T100 armour-plated killing machine with red eyes.
Seconds out - round 1.
Lyrics
(repeated many times) Techno Terminator
I'm leaning on the lampost on the corner of the street
Until a certain terminator comes by.
Unseen
(words & music by Trev © 1996)Ross - vocals
Trev - guitar, bassI was depressed as Sunderland were losing a cup tie to Manchester United after having taken an early lead. I was sitting in my living room wondering why I bother even listening to them on the radio and I began bashing out a few chords. The result was Unseen.
Lyrics
How did I get here to this world full of fools
How did I come to be alone
I wander in silence round this global wall
Should I stay here, should I fallAll I ever wanted was a place of my own
All I ever wanted was a home
A place just out of sight from peering eyes
Or somewhere nowhere near the crowdsI’m looking for nightmares
But I find only dreams
I’m looking for darkness
But I hear only screams
Baltic Lights
(words & music by Trev & Andrea © 1996)Ross - vocals,
Trev - guitar, bass, keyboardsAndrea writes: Baltic Lights came into being when Trevor had a tune he'd written that needed lyrics and I had a story that I wanted to tell.
The song's "narrator" is my late father who died a year after Baltic Lights was written. He and my mother were displaced persons from the Baltic States who came to Wales in 1946. Mum died on the day that Estonia's right to independence was officially supported by the West, September 2nd 1991, hence the reference to "freedom's light".Thanks to the Red Cross tracking down his family in the late Eighties, my father was able to visit Latvia twice before his death. In 2000 we found what remained of Mum's family via the Internet. Our cousin Arno is well-known on the Estonian rock scene as an award-winning performer and songwriter, playing bass for Estonian folk-rockers Raud Ants and death-metallers Celestial Crown.
I love Ross's interpretation of this song - I cannot imagine anybody else singing this arrangement."
Lyrics
We stand here together, our future's unplanned
And she goes before me, to another strange land
But what will she find there, I hope I can see
A welcome for her, for meOur countries have gone now, the curtain's been drawn
We've only each other, our families are torn
Their lands have been taken, just stolen away
Are they living or dead, I can't sayDisplaced person, refugee
Made to travel, across the seaAll we exiles together, and we found
Strength through unity, on foreign ground
Raising new hopes with our children, our hopes were high
Our thoughts of freedom somedayHope of the nation, shining bright
Can't go out now, Baltic Lights
So many years have passed since, freedom's light has shone
Nationhood restored now, old hatreds gone
She knew that it was coming, greeted with such joy
May you all stay free foreverThe family's united, the curtain aside
Keep the language and the culture, celebrate with pride
We've got freedom and a future, that has to remain
May we all stay free forever...
