1. |
All We Really Need
03:43
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ALL WE REALLY NEED
Sitting on my sofa watching TV
Dunking gingernuts in my tea
Feeling annoyed at what is advertised
Telling me I won’t be satisfied
Feeding my FOMO, targeting my pride…
Manipulating me to buy, buy, buy…
CHORUS:
All we really need is food and water
All we really need is oxygen
All we really need is warmth and shelter
All we really need is love
All we really need is You…
Sitting in my office working on my PC
Dunking gingernuts in my tea
Surfing online to find new tricks
Marketing strategies tryin’ to make me click
Feeding my FOMO, targeting my pride…
Manipulating me to buy, buy, buy…
BRIDGE:
The best things in life are free
The best things in life aren’t things
CODA:
Contentment isn’t having what you want
It’s wanting what you have
And I want you…
© 2019 Raymond John Salisbury, Lighthouse Audio, 12 November 2019
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2. |
Road Trip
03:13
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ROAD TRIP
Paying for the petrol
And a coffee to go
Flying far beyond the blue horizon
Winding down the window
Turning up the radio
White lines on the highway lead us on
BRIDGE:
Our-GPS tells us our location
But God only knows our destination
CHORUS:
Life is like a road trip, an epic odyssey
It can’t go on forever, it’s temporary
Driving through this crazy world
Into the great unknown
Death is just a way to bring us home
When the-sun sinks to the sea
And the needle dips to ‘E’
The twin beams of our headlights show the way
Wipers drone like a metronome
So far away from home
Out here on the open highway
BRIDGE:
Our-GPS tells us our location
But God only knows our destination
© 26 March 2020 Raymond John Salisbury, Lighthouse Audio,
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3. |
Covid-19 Blues
03:36
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COVID-19 BLUES
Shops & schools are shut down
Families in lockdown
Elderly are knocked down too...
People in depression
Business in recession
TV’s only got bad news...
CHORUS:
We’re in quarantine from Covid Nineteen
It’s more contagious than the flu...
There’s no vaccine for Covid Nineteen
It seems like a bad dream comin’ true...
Well, it’s 2020… got the Covid Nineteen blues...
Politicians in control
Police are on patrol
People are forced to work from home
The country’s closed for business
We keep our social distance
We’re in this fight together all alone…
We’re prisoners in paradise
We’re learning how to compromise
Will life on Earth ever be the same?
Don’t care about the weather
‘cause we’re spending time together
Eating our rations and playing board games…
© 1 April 2020 Ray Salisbury | Lighthouse Audio | Nelson, New Zealand
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4. |
Song Of Defiance
04:52
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SONG OF DEFIANCE
REFRAIN:
WE WILL NOT BOW DOWN (x3)
WE’LL NEVER GIVE IN
To their graven images, that flash across our TV screen
To their fallen princesses, picture-perfect beauty queens
To their grand idolatry, to materialistic greed
To their mindless purchasing of possessions they don’t need
To their hero-worshipping, man-made legends built on sand
To their false humility, social justice partisans
To their professed tolerance, to their blatant compromise
To their hatred of the truth, to the darkness in their eyes
To their dark philosophy, posing as scientific fact
To their blind hypocrisy, where democracy is hi-jacked
CODA:
This is our song of defiance
Our hearts will not give in to fear
In the spirit realm we’re giants
This is the anthem we declare:
© Lighthouse Audio | 2010 | Raymond John Salisbury, Nelson, New Zealand
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5. |
Whip Words
03:26
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WHIP WORDS
CHORUS:
Whip Words!
They call you names
Whip Words!
Fear, guilt, shame
Whip Words!
They pass the blame
Whip Words! Whip Words!
It’s a trial by media, public shaming
Sharks are circling, whistle blowers naming
Facebook is the gallows,Twitter is the noose
Some poor fellow is gonna lose it all
There are no second chances, no right of reply
Reputations ruined by a litany of lies
No one even dares to question ‘why?’
Why?
MIDDLE 8:
The PC Police are shutting us down; We whisper through the fences
The PC Police are cutting us down; We’ve lost our common senses
BRIDGE:
If you doubt Darwin’s theories, you’re a ‘Science Denier’
If you question the moonlandings of ‘69… you’re a ‘Conspiracy Theorist’ (and that’s not okay)
If you wonder who shot JFK, you’re ‘Unpatriotic’ (and that’s not okay)
If you go to church on Sundays, you’re a ‘Fundamental’
If you have a moral code, you’re ‘Judgemental’
If you don’t like gay marriage, you’re a ‘Homophobic’ (and that’s not okay)
So they say…
© 7 January 2020 Raymond John Salisbury, Lighthouse Audio, Nelson, New Zealand
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6. |
Irony
03:47
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IRONY
It’s against the law to smack our children
But we can kill them (half a million)
We’re coming down on child abuse
But it’s no use if they’re not human
Our suicide rate is super high
But euthanasia is legalized
Marijuana slows the mind
But if you’re sick, well, that’s just fine
Our sporting teams are winning with a smile
We’re hiding behind our pixelated profiles
CHORUS:
We’re shooting rockets up into the atmosphere
But down on the surface we are paralysed by fear
We are overweight, we are addicted to our phones
We are so connected but
We’ve never been so alone
Our national birth rate is falling low
We need immigration; insemination
Children are exposed to indecent video
Gay is okay, but they’ve stolen the rainbow
Our tourist industry is so fantastic
But our coastline is full of plastic
Our mountain glaciers are retreating
We blame the cows for their excreting
Everything is PC; neo-Marxist policy; intolerance cannot be tolerated
Everyone’s included; if you are inclusive; you must conform or you will be hated
© 2 January 2020 Raymond John Salisbury, Lighthouse Audio, Nelson, NZ.
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7. |
Finding Fire
04:24
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FINDING FIRE
When I was sixteen, I got my first guitar
We stayed up late singing til we could see the stars
Music was a magnet, coffee kept us wired
Nothing else mattered much, this was our one desire
CHORUS:
We were the first to find fire
We felt so good, so inspired
We stumbled onto something that satisfied our thirst
Like a new discovery in our backyard universe
We were the first to find fire
Now I am a cynic, my passion's faded
My heart's not in it, no, my soul is jaded
But when we gather round that ol' guitar and sing
The magic of the music has my mind remembering:
CHORUS:
We were the first to find fire
We felt so good, so inspired
We stumbled onto something that satisfied our thirst
Like a new discovery in our backyard universe
We were the first - we thought we were the first
To find fire
© 2020 Raymond John Salisbury, Lighthouse Audio, Nelson, NZ
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8. |
When Morning Comes
03:11
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WHEN MORNING COMES
Looking at my photographs when we were kids at school
We were both the teacher's pets; we suffered ridicule
You played violin, sang alto in the choir
Nothing much to look at girl (that boys would desire)
Did you become a working girl and lose your self esteem?
Did you become a solo mum by the time you were 18?
CHORUS:
I wonder where you are today, and who you're keeping company
Did your destiny take you far away?
I wonder who you are tonight, and what you have become
Who is sleeping by your side when morning comes?
When morning comes
Looking at my photographs when I first taught school
You looked so self confident; I felt like a fool
Your infectious, sexy smile was gonna get you through
You were a child of promise; we held high hopes for you
Did you become a sporting star and build your muscle tone?
Did you become an architect and build your dream home?
© 2020 Raymond John Salisbury, Lighthouse Audio, Nelson, NZ
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9. |
Beautiful Day
03:51
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BEAUTIFUL DAY
Somehow you have lost your mind
Left your common sense behind
Was it something I said wrong?
Were you hiding secrets all along?
Turned your back on my affection
Traded love for self-protection
CHORUS:
My love, I’m missing you so much
Since the day you ran away from me
My love, I’m longing for your touch
One day, you’ll come running home to me
One day, one beautiful day
We were soulmates for so long
We were singing the same song
We were praying the same prayer
We were breathing the same air
Turn your heart to my affection
Trust me for your protection
©19 January 2020 Raymond John Salisbury, Lighthouse Audio, Nelson, New Zealand
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Lighthouse Audio Nelson, New Zealand
Lighthouse Audio is the recording label for Ray Salisbury, a singer-songwriter from Nelson, New Zealand.
Ray has penned over 180 songs, & his forte is clever lyrics that challenge the status quo.
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