Pressure’s On - James

I’m in a deep depression Face of self-control Shown to the world of confident Pray your fears won’t show Cry Break your first impressions Recreate your will Love’s at the heart of everything Let love be your goal Cry My whole world Breaking down The pressure’s on The pressures’ on This whole way’s Falling down […]

Runaground - James

For every woman you will leave an open door You find yourself thinking why can’t i have more? You say there’s nothing you can do You tried your best but you were only being you Oh no She’s gone Back wherever she came from You watched Her go Your reaction’s far too slow Runaground Runaground […]

Hymn From A Village - James

This songs made up, made second rate Cosmetic music, powderpuff Pop tunes, false rhymes, all lightweight bluffs Second-hand ideas, no soul, no hate Wasn’t mean to be Built on complacency The nightmares ride away When you refuse to play Oh go and read a book It’s so much more worth while Being a song-smith crook […]

Black Hole - James

I’ve been digging this grave, but now that it’s made I see that black is one hell of a colour Want to break out so i start to shout But the mortician’s returned to his parlour Black hole Wrapped in my shroud upstairs, the music’s so loud That i can’t concentrate on my sorrow Let […]

Withdrawn - James

Withdrawn, muscles all tense Nothing flows for the self-obsessed Feel all washed up Restless, can’t sit still A mental state, or a physical ill Toxic, bones all cracked Step on a bus, get a panic attack Of that you took me so high Now getting out of bed is enough to make me cry Saps […]

Why So Close - James

Why so close Big boys in black hats Cowboys with white guns White guns shoot blue white Blue white baptism No buffaloes No indians No more buffaloes Red sky is falling Blue blood no stalling White heat will strip you No time to run far (refrain 1) Ivan’s built a wall of lead ’round his […]

Billy’s Shirts - James

Shirt’s on fire, church on fire Billy’s dream boat stills as the house alights Sailors come from miles for a drink and a fight But the harbour thrills pull back from the light To the belly of a boat in a hammer try tight Holler Pleasures of the night Seaman’s delight Holler (refrain) Pleasures of […]

Summer Songs - James

Down the chute and out the door I know that i’ve been here before The blinding lights, the long white coat Cut the cord before i choke Oh, please sir, handle me gently I’ve got nothing to protect me This man in a mask stabbed me in the back No sooner alive than i’m being […]

Just Hip - James

An emotional charge like an electrical spark But the fuses are two, you can’t tell them apart When the bodies collide, the bodies emerge back into one The only urge all change, all change etc. Change your paths But you can’t help the thought that when nothing stays still The tiger moves on when its […]

So Many Ways - James

There are so many traps been laid How can you avoid one Put your foot down in a moonlit glade Snap, your ankle’s broken (refrain) I don’t know how decisions get made Which are the turns to take It doesn’t seem to matter what plans are laid You can’t tell when the wave will break […]