Confusion
Words and Music by  Gordon Adams

Some hearts, bleed depression
And cruel tongues are lethal weapons
But I’ll survive
In this world of confusion

Who the hell am I
To critisize
I don’t know what you’re talking about
And never will

Thats when I fade away in time
Into my dreams of confusion

I dont know, I dont know

Who’s got the key to it all?
Who’s got his back to the wall?
Who’s says you won’t go far?
And never will

I’ll keep this heart of mine alive
Til the day I die
Of confusion..

Confusion
Confusion

Who the hell am I?

©Gordon Adams Music

For this I created a stereo  midi backing track when I was on a music course at the ‘Stoker’ in Coventry. I then had two tracks to record the vocals and guitar and mixed down from my Fostex X30 Cassette Tape Multitracker.

You’re Killing Me

It doesn’t matter if I get no love at all
It doesnt really matter if I’m not in love
That doesnt mean I’ve never been loved at all
It’s just that..it aint so easy if you don’t love at all

I’m quite happy
Living it my way
Only time will let it be
Let me go, your killing me

There’s something I want that I can’t describe
Is it something I’ve lost that I just can’t find
Which way do I go If I can’t decide
It’s like I’m lost in space where I just can’t hide

I’m not perfect
Living it my way
Only time will let it be
Let me go you’re killing me

If I said hello
Would it make you feel better
If I said goodbye
Would it make you cry

I’m not happy
Living it my way
Only time will let it be
Let me go you’re killing me

You’re killing me
You’re killing me
You’re killing me

Dead!

Melancholy Boy

Ride, ride the circle
On the merry go round
And when your money runs dry
You still come back for more

I, I can see you
You’re like the morning star
And i wish away
I wish away my days
Everyday

Well, I hide in the shadows
Of moonlit hearts
And I wish away, I wish away my days
So I, I’ll surrender
To my only dream, and I dream, and I dream, and I dream!

I’m just a melancholy boy
Sweet dreams and melancholy days
Upstaged and melancholy boy
Sweet dreams and melancholy days
Im just a melancholy boy

Well its time, time for coffee
On the workshop floor
And I wish away, I wish away my days
So I, I’ll surrender
To my only dream, and I dream, and I dream, and I dream!

I’m just a melancholy boy
Sweet dreams and melancholy days
Upstaged and melancholy boy
Sweet dreams and melancholy days
Im just a melancholy boy

Thats my world

Everyday

Pure and Godless

I was ducking and diving in the summer of love
And I knew how much I could find
Consider us all the rich the poor
in amongst the pure and the godless

fussing and fighting at the moon of love
and you know how hard I try
It happens to be much more than a dream
In amongst the pure and godless

I’m not alone

You held me to ransom, you made me afraid
and I can’t believe I’m free
Now I’m deeper and deeper, deeper in the red
In amongst the pure and the godless

In amongst the pure and the godless

Starlights and Cities

I’ll never stray away too far
I’ll never stay away too long
I’ll leave my troubles behind me
You kept me waiting so long
Something cmae right out of wrong
Something came right out of wrong
Broken hearts and broken homes
I left them all
I left them all behind me

Starlights
Starlights and cities
You look so pretty to me
Starlights
I’m coming home
I’m sitting pretty
Back to the city

Never stray away too far
Never stay away too long
I need you here beside me
Something came right out of wrong

For so long I’ve been waiting
Ive been waiting to sing this song
For so long I’ve been waiting
Ive been waiting to sing this…

Sing this song

Back, back, back…back to the city
Back, back, back…back to the city

Are You Doin Alright?

You spoke to the devil
He made you cry
Cry like a river
Down the mountainside
There’s a world out there
Deep down underground
If hell is what you want
Then hell is what you’ve found

Everybody wants something
Everybody wants something …yeh
Everybody wants something …is that a crime?

Lost hearts in the ghetto
Beating out of time
Slap bang in the middle
Of rising crime
Will it cost me an arm and a leg? I don’t know
Just what I want
I’m not sure if I’m good or bad
When you ask me if I’m doin’ alright

Everybody wants something
Everybody wants something …yeh
Everybody wants something …is that a crime?

Are you doin alright?
Living in a bed of roses
Are you doin alright?
Living on borrowed time
Are you doin alright?
You must be joking
Are you doin alright?
Living on the bottom line

Somewhere in the city
Everybody knows
Love for money
Wont let you go
Easy money
A sure cure for depression!
I’m not sure if I’m up or down
Please don’t ask me if I’m doin alright

Everybody wants something
Everybody wants something …yeh
Everybody wants something …is that a crime?

Are you doin alright?
Living in a bed of roses
Are you doin alright?
Living on borrowed time
Are you doin alright?
Look out he’s loaded
Are you doin alright?
Living on the bottom line

Take me for a ride

I dragged my feet over the barren land
Took to the streets and wished I never did
Roamed around in someones sleepless night
And found myself inside a frying pan

Take me for a ride

Nobody heard me but threatening sky
Ooh I love it when the sun goes down
Cant go home I dont know why I try
One step more and I’ll burn before your eyes

Burn, Burn…….
Like those neon lights

Take me for a ride

Here I am inside the frying pan
One step more and I’ll burn before your eyes

Burn, Burn…….
Like those neon lights

I belong to someone somewhere ..oh why?
I can hear her cries, screaming violent lines
Don’t know why I try, don’t know why I try
One step more and I’ll burn before your eyes

Burn, Burn…….
Like those neon lights

Take me for a ride

Dead pan days

One more scenario
Won’t help me sleep tonight
One more portrayal
Of real life
One more mad nutter
Richer than the sain
There goes your fantasy flogged into its grave

Oh here we go, here we go again
Oh here we go, deadpan days

Who needs reality
Who needs the real thing
Sit back and relax
While we fabricate your dreams
All this technology
We’re safe behind closed doors
And grim reality
Who needs it anymore

Oh here we go, here we go again
Oh here we go, deadpan days

Now we’re together
With so much time to share
But do we revel
in the TV glare
So many exiles lost into its gaze
Who’s gonna socialise
In these dead pan days

Deadpan
Dead pan days
Dead Pan
Dead pan days

Angel, something in my heart won’t let me go
The devil inside my own existance
And it’s never too late to say goodbye
It’s never too late to disappear

For the spirit of adventure
Like hitching a ride to Santa Fe
Like sailing away across the ocean, oh yeah
Does anybody know which way to go?

Oh it’s getting hard to be the life and soul.

God I know it’s hard

It’s getting hard to be the life and soul
It’s getting hard to be the life and soul
It’s getting hard to be the life and soul

Who says this love is gonna fade
Who says this love is gonna change my ways
Who says this love is gonna change my ways

Oh darling would you like to be …..?

God I know it’s hard

It’s getting hard to be the life and soul
It’s getting hard to be the life and soul
It’s getting hard to be the life and soul