...a hopeful reminder

it's really been a long while.. i have been busy in my mind and although it's not always been good thoughts they have always been productive.  Even when you think negative thoughts the best way to deal with them is to realise that ultimately they will turn into positive ones.  To be hopeful... 

I've made a little cd with 6 songs.. they are supposed to be a hopeful reminder that eventually things will be ok no matter how unlikely it seems at the time.. don't you worry/take it easy/you'll be fine in the end..

hoping to get it all ready for january 2012.. I've pretty much finished recording it so just got to get the final touches done now - looking forward to getting some of it out there.

happy Chrissymass anyway.. i'll try and get some acoustic video versions up on here soon for a sneaky wee preview! kisskisshughug

here's to...

here's to you believing in what i say
even when you know it isn't true
and when I find a place to stay
you know you can stay there too

here's to cherishing all we've got
cause we don't know when it'll stop
and remember the ones that come and go
and always drink a lot yeeoo

here's to better health
here's to our own wealth
here's to NEVERENDING love
here's to never getting enough

here's to all the people that have come into my life
when time's are good i remember them well
and when time's are bad it's just the same
the real friends stay around until the bell

here's to change and the future and the past
the history books aren't what will last
so while we're spinning round and round
remember what we've found

here's to our own health
here's to finding more and more wealth
here's to neverending love
here's to always having enough

i've always got too much, never have enough

...fine well

well I've been travelling solo a long time
with my bag and my guitar
talking and a-drinking and a-smoking
with all kinds of folks from afar

I think I've learned a lot
but I sure don't know it all
It's good to be back home again
and hang my coat up on the wall

now preacher man don't tell me
what I should believe
cos I've seen kids and women
dying on the street

but i know fine well
that if Jesus really loves me
he wouldn't allow this hell

now in all of my days
which I can't say are a lot
I have to say im happy
with all that I got

I don't understand the problems
and I don't have any clue
about how to change the world
or what I should begin to do

so I just sing my songs
and hope that things will change
trying to do the best I can
and hope I dont go down in flames

but i know fine well
that if Jesus really loves me
he won't let me go to hell

perhaps there is no heaven
perhaps there is no hell
maybe there is no suffering
and it's all in our heads

maybe life's a dream
maybe it's not real
but why can't we make it better
do you understand how I feel?

I know fine well
that Jesus really loved me
and I know fine well

that my mother loves me too

I know I don't know anything
about what you're going through
But I hope that you do know
I've got something to give to you

It's a promise that I'll listen
to what you've got to say
and if I can help
I'll do it in my own way

I'll try to help you quickly
but sometimes it takes a while
often I can't help at all
but I hope I can make you smile

I hope you really do know
that I really do love you
and I'm here to wish you well

in all you're going through

...we are the cartoon heroes!!!

this is a little tip o' the hat to all the cartoons I grew up with, thankyou for making me the person I am today!

just remember these guys you are gonna see in the clip below are just cartoons and you just can't do what they can do. so don't try any of the stuff you see at home.  (unless your a cartoon like me - i like cartoons)

I'm gonna upload the song onto my myspace www.myspace.com/hopingpassenger soon so check that out if you just wanna hear me on the guitar without the cartoons!  a whole different experience...

...the same thing

look at the beggar

waving that sign
what do you really think is on his mind

food and clothes
i hope he can find
what do you really think is on his mind

he asks for some money
smokes on his fag
drinking his wine from a brown paper bag

he looks up

and i look down
sitting there all alone on the ground

but then i remember
i was once like him
i roll him a cigarette
and we begin

we don't shake hands
we don't say a word
the words have been spoken
and now we must learn

look in his eyes
show him respect
this is the only thing
he doesn't usually get

make him remember
all of those years
make him remember
all of those fears

show him myself
begin to cry
asking Christ
Why JESUS WHY?

then i remember
all of those years
and i remember
all of my fears

I'm just like him
i've been there too
what is so different
between me and you

we are the same thing we are the same thing we've done the same things we've done the same things
we've thought the same things we've saw the same things
and he begins to smile smile smile smile smile smile smile

so if you see someone
who looks a lot like you
why don't you share
help them get through

it doesn't have to be what you first think
maybe a kiss, maybe a wink
just because they're on the street
doesn't mean that you can't meet

...lover lay down

lover lay down
remove your clothes
lover lay down
noone knows
lover lay down
on the floor
lover lay down
close the door
lover lay down
make a wish
lover lay down
subtle kiss
lover lay down
hold my hand
lover lay down
understand
lover lay down
make believe
lover lay down
stay with me TONIGHT

in the summer sun
and the autumn rain
in the spring shower
in the autumns refrain

love lay down

...difficult path