July has arrived already, where is this year going and what will this month bring?
My darling wife Linda got the results from her dental nurse exam that she sat in May and I am happy to announce she is a fully qualified dental nurse now.....go, go Linda!!
This is no mean feat considering the amount of additional pressure that was brought to bear by Marion's health etc etc At one point Linda was seriously considering giving it all up but happily managed to get through the obstacles in her way and now has the spoils...........viewing it as well worth the effort now, although it wasn't always that way.
I AM SO PROUD OF HER ACHIEVEMENT...MY LINDA!
I am slowly starting to get back to some musical output after what feels like an eternity and it feels good...real good.
Incidentally I have just uploaded the photos from Crete here, hope you enjoy.
TheMusician's Collaboration CD that features a lot of my vocals (and some lyrics) is now available on itunes at http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258865345&s=143444.
Please go and buy it and help the cause my friends!.
I have just today finished a set of lyrics that, with hindsight, are loosely based on the global warming problem, although that was not what I was thinking when I wrote them. I always find it amusing how an idea takes different turns, often ending up far away from the early idea at it's inception.
Anyway, here are the lyrics --
Every Day's A School Day (Lyrics - McAndrew)
Time and again we make the same mistakes
Kicking throttle when it should be brakes
Ever faster in this crazy world
Where terra firma she speeds and shakes
Ready the class for today.............because............
Every day is a school day
Back to being kids in the school play
Now you better pay attention
There's both a right and a wrong way, I think it quite safe to say
More so when every day is a school day.
It's time to listen and learn.............yes
School day, school day, school day
Knowledge kills just as knowledge thrills
He who pays the piper can take the spills
Escaping nothing but the light of day
High emotion in abundance still
Overflow the undertow............because............
Every day is a school day
Back to being kids in the school play
Now you better believe it
Now there's both a right and a wrong way, it's never unsafe to say
Because every day is a school day.
Time to put one and one together and make two or three or four or more
Now some things never change, they just rearrange
Minds like flood gates open, absorbing perfection and mistakes
Every day is a school day
In uniforms of light grey, with always something to say, we held sway
We always went the long way, as from the path we did stray
Because every day is a school day
Thirst for knowledge in a growing mind
Seeing more we become less blind
Build on reason and apathy
As confusion and ignorance unravels and unwinds
And another lyric written for another of the wonderful Rob Wood Project songs -
See This Through (McAndrew)
Chances come along, they may tempt you, don't exempt you
from the choice you make
Gonna sing my song for all to hear
Make no mistake
The sun she hides behind the newest cloud,
The rain is crying "for crying out loud"
Cosmopolitan tide she's standing so proud, standing so proud
All around the smiling faces bless the day
Pure white, no black, not even grey, even grey
No matter what tries to change the course
For better or worse, I'm gonna see this through
Time for revision, make your decision
Just see it through
With stark precision, no second edition
Just steer it through
You're the man, the man on a mission
You'll see it through
Don't let them push you
Don't let them push and pull you
Don't resign or back down
Though they try to fool you
Oh do you hear that, do you fear that
Are you near that point of no return,
when you cannot turn away
Now or never together, feel the pages burn
The sun dives behind the nearest cloud
The rain is crying "for crying out loud"
Still the sea of smiling faces bless the day
Pure white, no black, not even grey, even grey
Ages come and ages go, seem to pass so slow
You still must see this through
Feel the strength and power and confidence grow
I'm gonna see this through
Whatever comes along
Gonna sing my song and surely see this through
Keep things going strong, where they belong
Just see it through
Don't let them push you
Don't let them push and pull you
Don't resign or back down
Though they try to fool you
Don't you let them fool you
Don't let them try to fool you
Don't resign or back down
Just see it through
And another lyric for the same project...........I have been busy!
Thrill of the Chase (McAndrew)
Open the throttles
You know there's time for all out speeding
Just as there's time when passion needs feeding
A time for mounting the trusty steed and
Riding 'til the break of the day
We up the revs, now we're on our journey
Which way to go, is it yours or my way
By the back streets or down the highway
Wild horses couldn't stand in our away
Charging on with all laid bare
Total abandon, we just don't care
This love will surely take us there
As surely as the coming of day
Now we're running and not hiding
Racing heartbeats keep colliding
Tension mounting like a fountain
that's surely about to overflow
You're heading while I'm tailing
With resistance surely failing
While I'm counting from my mountain
Before we bask in the afterglow
There's no stopping us now,
We've gone too far, just like a runaway train
Until the next time
When we in union do it all again
Come the new day
Yellow from the grey
Before the brief refrain
and we do it all again
Charging on with all laid bare
Total abandon, we just don't care
This love will surely take us there
As surely as the coming of day
Now we're running and not hiding
Our racing heartbeats keep colliding
Tension mounting like a fountain
and a pressure that surely grows
You're heading while I'm tailing
With resistance surely failing
While I'm counting from my mountain
Before we bask in the afterglow
There's no stopping us now,
We've gone too far on our runaway train
Until the next time
When we in union do it all again
Come the new day
Yellow from the grey
Before the brief refrain
and we do it all again
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