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1. |
Remember Me
04:40
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Remember Me - ©2002 Chris Conway
I could keep holding you forever,
Flying high in the faces of time.
Two souls who are no more together,
Live in a future in their minds.
On the porch of an old house in the country,
Where we had spend so many good years,
I look up as you smile ans ask me,
“Remember when the trains used to run through here?”
I can picture you in the garden
Of a house that you may never see.
And when I feel my spirits darken,
I'll pretend you were always here with me.
Your hair has turned grey there are lines on your face.
Etched with the laughter and the tears.
But I will be there to hear you say,
“Remember when the trains used to run through here?”
(bridge)
Fly strong, fly free,
Smile on, remember me.
We were often surprised by the expected.
I expect that something between us will last.
But where our paths have intersected.
The future seems to make more sense than the past.
So when the world is falling around me,
One treasured vision will be crystal clear.
It's been so long, but I'm glad you found me.
I remember when the trains used to run through here.
I remember when the trains used to run through here.
I remember when the trains used to run through here.
I could keep holding you forever.
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2. |
Strong Rivers
04:06
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Strong Rivers - ©2002 Chris Conway.
I was thinking of way back when,
The first time we danced together,
Sometimes it seems so long ago.
You asked me once, and then again,
“Can things really last forever?”
And I said, “Maybe, I don't know,
Because the...”
(chorus)
Strong rivers are the deep rivers and,
We're gonna reach that ocean,
But we don't know how,and the,
Strong rivers are the deep rivers and,
We've passed to many milestones,
Just to turn back now.
Old dreams can gather dust,
Waste neglected on the shelf,
Where they once held pride of place,
But our love will never rust,
Not by force and not by stealth,
Can they make us hide our open face
Because the...
(chorus)
The heavies have now shown their hand,
Tried to drive us underground,
With laws and politics and gold.
In every town in every land,
There's still plenty of us to be found,
Who cannot be bought or sold,
Because the...
(chorus)
Many miles we've walked together,
Many things we've had to say
Some in joy and some in pain.
“Can things really last forever?,
You asked me again the other day,
And my answer's still the same,
“I know the ...”
(chorus)
(chorus)
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3. |
Don't Wait Too Long
05:29
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Don't Wait Too Long
(chorus)
Don't wait too long,
Don't wait too long,
Don't wait too long,
Or I'll be gone.
Don't wait too long,
Don't wait too long,
Don't wait too long,
Or I'll be gone.
I'll be there,
Just to show I care,
But don't you waste your time on me
You think you know,
Just how to show,
All the things to set me free.
(chorus)
Do you say,
Thank you'd go away,
Well that's always been good for you
Where go,
Nobody knows.
But tell me, will you see it through.
(chorus)
Or I'll be be gone
Or I'll be be gone
Or I'll be be gone
©1992 Chris Conway & Toffy McDougall
from the Toffy McDougall & The Primal Soup Troubadours album Toubadours Of The Last Frontier,
and on the Chris Conway EP Lost Tracks.
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4. |
Dancing Shoes
04:21
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Dancing Shoes - ©2002 Chris Conway.
Everybody just seems to be want to be dancing
But I can't even move my feet,
Everybody is jumping and prancing.
But tonight I just can't feel the beat.
(chorus)
Because I can't find my dancing shoes tonight,
I can't find my dancing shoes.
I can't find my dancing shoes tonight,
I can't find my dancing shoes.
Maybe I've gotten way too old,
Or maybe I just got the blues.
But tonight I just can't find my dancing shoes.
Tonight the music seems strangely resistable,
But it seems to suit everybody else just fine.
So I'll just sit here looking invisible,
Quietly going out of my mind.
(chorus)
Everybody around me is gyrating,
You're dancing with someone that I don't know,
That regular rhythm gets irritating.
If I can't dance then I may as well go.
(chorus)
Because I can't find my dancing shoes tonight,
I can't find my dancing shoes.
I can't find my dancing shoes tonight,
I can't find my dancing shoes.
Maybe I've gotten way too old,
Or maybe I just got the blues.
But tonight I just can't find my dancing,
Tonight I just can't find my dancing,
Tonight I just can't find my dancing shoes.
My dancing shoes
My dancing shoes
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5. |
Stewed Flutes
02:41
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6. |
Raising Kayn
02:30
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Raising Kayn - ©2009 Chris Conway,
Something's howling in the night,
Something's running on up the drain.
Sure can bet somebody's raising Kayn.
You've got a vampire on your back,
It's getting inside your brain,
Sure can bet somebody's raising Kayn.
(chorus)
Keep it in the family,
Let them take the strain,
And when you get it figured out,
Somebody's raising Kayn.
(solo)
Sure can bet somebody's raising Kayn.
(solo 2)
[Keep it in the family - Let them take the strain] x3
And when you get it figured out,
Somebody's raising Kayn.
Something's howling in the night,
Something's running on up the drain.
Sure can bet somebody's raising Kayn.
You've got a vampire on your back,
It's getting inside your brain,
Sure can bet somebody's raising Kayn.
(chorus)
And when you get it figured out,
Somebody's raising Kayn.
And when you get it figured out,
Somebody's raising Kayn.
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7. |
So Many Years
04:20
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So Many Years - ©2019 Chris Conway,
So many years have gone.
I’ve been singing my heart out so long.
I had nothing better to do,
It’s true.
There were low notes, and high notes,
Almost touching the sky notes.
Through good times, and sad times
And whole world gone mad times.
Time flies past,
It all goes so fast,
So I’m glad to be here with you.
So many years of smiles.
I sang across so many miles.
There is nothing better to do,
It’s true.
I remember the players, the writers,
The lost friends, the all-nighters.
All the faces and places,
And crazy rat races.
Time flies past,
It all goes so fast,
So I’m glad to be here with you.
(bridge)
There were dark days along this road,
Some days I had to shelter from the cold.
But if knew it would turn out this way,
I would not change a single day,
So come what may,
I’m here to stay.
I'm not running away anymore.
So many years, my friends,
But this is not nearly the end.
I’ve still got nothing better to do,
Than sing my heart out for you,
That’s true.
So thank you, all of you,
Thank you, thank you.
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Better Times In Sight
Seven long years I've been listening,
Soaking up every sound I heard.
Only to find at the back of my mind,
I never understood a word.
(chorus)
But there's a city up ahead that's called tomorrow,
And I'm going to make it by first light.
I can see the glow on the horizon,
And I know there are,
Better times in sight.
Better times in sight.
Seven long years I've been shouting,
To the limit of my voice.
Only to find to one could hear me,
In the chaos and the noise.
(chorus)
Seven long years I've been walking,
On a road that's paved with doubt.
Only to find at my journey's end,
I don't know why I started out.
(chorus)
Better times in sight.
Seven long years I've been sleeping.
But I'm awake now, and I'm alive!
I don't know what I'll find when I get there.
I'll let you know when I arrive.
(chorus)
Better times in sight.
There's a city up ahead that's called tomorrow.
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9. |
Fake News
02:33
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Fake News - ©2018 Chris Conway
1. There are no animals in the zoo
I know you don’t believe me
But I tell you it’s true
There’s just a vegetable lasagna and a didgeridoo.
But there are no animals in the zoo.
chorus
Fake News! Fake News!
There's never been an innovation
That's so easy to do
You just make the true, false
Then you make the false, true
So if you fake with me
I’ll fake it with you.
2. There no naked people on the Internet
I’ve been searching all day I haven’t found any yet
I’ve seen a few things I’d rather forget
But there are no naked people on the Internet
chorus
bridge
You don’t have to do it on Twitter.
You can fake stuff any old way,
You don’t have to be twisted and bitter.
Coz some folks will believe whatever you say.
3. There are no stupid people in the government
They’re all altruistic angels and they're heaven sent
None are dishonest, none are totally bent,
And there are no stupid people in the government
chorus?
4. There are no aliens in outer space
You may think that it’s a pretty big place
But I searched it all, and the human race
Are the only aliens in outer space.
chorus
Fake News! Fake News!
There's never been an innovation
That's so easy to do
They used to be lies
Now they're alternative truths
So if you fake with me
I’ll fake it with you.
This song never ends.
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Make It Not So (Trek No-Nos) - ©2016 Chris Conway
Star Trek is a show, that I've always loved,
Well at least since I was 4 years old.
Now I think we've known eachother well enough
For a few home truths to be told.
So the TV goes on, the music rolls,
Where is it this time we're gonna boldly go?
Oh no!!! - It's another holodeck.
Episode – we know just what were gonna get...
“End Program!” doesn't work.
The safety protocols have been shut down.
A hologram character has gone beserk.
I seem to be stuck in nightclub town.
The pastiche comedy is overdone.
The writers are having too much fun!
No no no no, no no no no, No no make it not so!
No no no no, no no no no, No no make it not so!
After all these years, my ritual's still the same.
I get my dinner ready right on time.
Original, Next Gen, Voyager or Deep Space 9
Any kind of Trek really I don't mind. (Apart from the Abbrams reboot movies...)
I'm going to pretend they were just a bad dream,
I want to watch a show that doesnt make me scream...
Oh no!! Its another Klingon
Episode – we know just what we're gonna get...
Family honour, and “A good day to die”,
Haven't I already seen this show?
Staggering around smashed on blood wine,
How they built an empire I don't know!
Like braggard drunks on a Saturday night
Yawn, here comes another Bat'leth fight....
No no no no, no no no no, No no make it not so!
No no no no, no no no no, No no make it not so!
My favourite episodes,
Are when the plot never strays too far,
I can walk around the starship,
Or the space station Promenade,
Or meet you in Ten Forward,
Beside a window of starlight.
But something sadly tells me.
That's not gonna happen tonight.
Oh no! It's another Old Earth
Episode – It's another Q
Episode – It's a Captain-falls-in-love
Episode – It's a Data-saves-the-day!
Episode -
No no no no, no no no no, No no no no, no no no no No no make it not so!
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11. |
The Space Accountant
02:52
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The Space Accountant - ©2020 Chris Conway
1. I am an astronaut
Just like my dad
He said I had the the right stuff
I think he must be mad.
After ten years on the Mars run
I wanted to fly into the sun
But recalled the number crunching fun
I had when I was a lad.
chorus
I wish I was an accountant
Just like my Uncle Roy
I always wanted to be one
Since I was a boy.
So long you spacer deadbeats
You can keep your space fleets
My future lies in spreadsheets.
An accountant’s life for me.
2. I was sent to Space Academy
My father made me go.
Of starships and astronomy
I didn’t want to know
To wake me from the slumbers
Of eclipses and penumbras
I secretly added numbers
That made my heart beat so.
chorus
3. So I studied back on Earth
Accountant training it was tough
But after a couple of years of it
I’d really had enough.
Get me out of this counting place
I want to rejoin the human race
Take me back to outer space
I’ve got the right stuff!
chorus B
I wish I was an astronaut
Like Dad and Aunty Jean
I've always wanted to be one
Since I was a teen
The Mars run never got me down,
It’s backwards and forwards and round and round.
But it beats accountency hands down
An astronaut's life for me!
Two years later,
Earth, Mars, Earth, Mars, Earth, Mars, Earth, Mars, Earth, Mars, Earth, Mars, Earth, Mars, Earth, Mars,
4. With both space and accounting
I had some serious doubts
Then I thought if I combined the two
The bad would cancel out
Now I do accounts on Starbase 9,
Like no aunt, or uncle, or parent of mine,
Now I count the stars in my spare time.
And I've finally found out,
chorus C
That I'm glad I'm an space accountant
Just like I happen to be.
I always wanted to be one,
Since university,
Accountants and spacer deadbeats,
Counting all the space fleets
Outer space on spreadsheets.
A space accountant’s life for me.
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12. |
Unsung Parts Of You
03:04
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Unsung Parts Of You - © 2019 Chris Conway
1.
Have you noticed certain parts of the body,
Are always mentioned in song?
And the rest of the body gets ignored,
Coz it somehow just sounds wrong.
But I’m a little different
And you will soon find out
That I love the parts of you that no one ever sings about.
2.
I gaze longingly into your ear,
I worship your nose and toes,
And has anyone ever told you,
You’ve got adorable elbows?
What started this love crusade.
Was when I first saw your left shoulder blade,
Coz I love the parts of you that no one ever sings about.
bridge
The rest of the world can have...
Your eyes, your hair, your lips, your face, your smile, your hands,
Songwriters are easy to please.
But can you think of another songwriter,
Who gets weak at the sight of your knees?
Unsung.... Unsung, it's sad but true.
Unsung.... Unsung parts of you.
3.
Your liver makes me shiver,
Your spleen is like a dream.
You’ve got the most beautiful brain,
That I have ever seen.
(Why aren't there more songs about brains?)
So when I say I love you inside and out,
I’m not playing tricks.
Others can have a date with your heart,
But I’d rather take out your appendix.
Coz I love the parts of you that no one ever sings about. x3
Unsung.
Until now.
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13. |
Me Time
03:52
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Me Time ©2020 Chris Conway
1. What can I do?
I cut my own path,
I make my own way.
And it’s true, it’s true.
Sometimes I just have to
Get away from you.
(chorus)
For some Me Time.
Yeah, Me Time.
2. Where do I go?
To a place inside,
Leave the world behind,
And I know, I know.
But it's where I grow,
The dreams in my mind.
You know I love you all,
And I need you all,
But before I fall,
I've got to take a little time for myself.
(chorus)
For some Me Time.
Yeah, Me Time.
I’m on the outside looking in.
It all begins with the ink on my skin.
There's tattoo girl in a purple world,
You can keep on knocking, but you can’t come in.
There’s a place I go when I’m all alone,
I turn out the lights and turn off the phone.
When the time is right, I come out to play,
But at the end of the night I’m running away.
(keyboard solo)
I want to be alone.
Don't call, there's no one home.
3. When the show starts,
All the dancing lights,
And the crowd all meet,
In a world apart.
But I want to run,
And follow my heart
You know I love you all,
And I need you all,
But before I fall,
I've got to take a little time for myself
(chorus)
For some Me Time.
Quiet time.
Yeah, Me Time.
On my own time.
Me time – quiet time – just a little time – a little time for me – ooh - a little time for me - on my own – a little time for me – oooh woah - a little time – ooooh - Me Time
Me Time, yeah, Me Time!
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14. |
We Have Life
02:19
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We Have Life - ©2019 Chris Conway
We have life,
And life is for living,
And living is for learning,
And learning is for life,
And we have life.
Oh we have life
From all corners of the world,
To the heart of this land.
To make new beginnings, take our future in our hands,
And friendships made will last for the whole dance.
Of our lives.
We have life,
And life is for living,
And living is for learning,
And learning is for life,
And we have life.
Oh we have life.
As we gather for graduation
To go our separate ways,
The memories that bind us
Will never fade away,
And all that we've learned will reach out in a thousand ways.
To touch our lives.
We have life,
And life is for living,
And living is for learning,
And learning is for life
With unity in diversity.
That built this university
We have life.
We have life.
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15. |
Jazz Potato
05:28
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Jazz Potato - ©2018 Chris Conway,
The old jazz life was getting hard in this town,
When more and more piano bars were closing down.
Things didn’t work out the way I planned,
Now I’m a jazz piano player in an Irish band.
(chorus)
Diddly diddly dumty dumty - (diddly diddly dumpty dumtpy)
Shooby dooby doo - (shooby dooby doo)
I’m a jazz potato - (I’m a jazz potato)
I'm a jazz hot potato - (I'm a jazz hot potato.)
I'm a jazz hot potato in an Irish stew.
It started one morning, top o' the mornin’ ,
Suddenly at the piano without any warning,
My fingers started picking out a jig and a reel
And couldn’t seem to shake off that Irish feel.
(chorus)
(bridge)
An Irish lady saw me play, she said, “I like what you do,
Coz some of the notes you play are more green than blue”
She said, “I'm a fiddle player, wont you play with me?”
Now I'm playing in a band with a real banshee.
I went and told my momma what was going down.
Her voice started shaking and she started to frown.
“I should’ve told you before”, she said, “please understand,
But your real daddy was an Irishman.”
(chorus)
(The Lilting Banshee trad. Irish tune)
(chorus)
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Chris Conway Leicester
Think David Crosby on a journey taking in Ireland, a jazz club, and Outer Space.
"Songs of Love &
Peace & Outer Space" is his slogan and that sums it up well.
He has toured with ex-Monkees Peter Tork, played with members of Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention as well as Vikki Clayton, Martin Carthy, Sally Barker, Pete Morton, Cathy Lesurf, & Tommy Emmanuel and Talvin Singh.
... more
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