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Is There a Message For Me?

by Johnny Chirnside

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1.
Take a look at my old green door if you see a light within Then come around people call no more I'm an old grey man and I'm wearing thin Rescue me from my golden days before I reach the other side Born and raised in the usual way but there's no way back When they know who you are Met his wife raised a family got divorced at thirty two The birds have flown and the seasons change On his lonely house with its empty rooms He sits alone by the fireside, the Winter months are cruel And focused on his TV guide it's the only thing that he warms to But he fought upon the sea my friends He fought for the lives of you and me Worked thirty years but now he 'ain't even got tomorrow Is there a message for me? Must be a message for me You'll find your goal in the sky But make sure you think that it's no dream 'Cos I know how you told her That your life was so much younger inside those scenes Before your soul can rise they gotta celebrate the life of you So turn over twenty times cos there's nothing more to do But that's okay yeah it's okay And in the Spring his Son calls round but the visit's over due He steps over some bills on the ground It's an awful fact but a simple clue He died alone by the fireside the Winter months were cruel Now all that's left is the guilt inside And to sell the house and collect the will But he fought upon the sea my friends He fought for the lives of you and me Worked thirty years but now he 'ain't even got tomorrow Is there a message for me? Must be a message for me is there a message for me? Must be a message for me
2.
Thank You 03:47
Thank you for washing my tears away For seeing past yesterday For making me whole Thank you for giving me everything Making me smile again For making me whole My life has changed from how it used to be I thought that she'd be mine eternally But she sailed away into the setting sun And left me feeling like I can't go on So I thank you for washing my tears away For seeing past yesterday For making me whole Well I thank you for giving me everything Making me smile again You're making me whole I've stopped believing she'll come back one day My mind was made up when you came my way My heart is heeling and the pain has gone You gave me courage and you made me strong So I thank you for washing my tears away For seeing past yesterday For making me whole Well I thank you for giving me everything Making me smile again You're making me whole You're giving me everything, You're making me smile again Keep giving me everything Little by little you're making me whole
3.
Saturday 04:21
I never thought I'd lay broken flowers on the grave Where our love now lies But I failed to see the reasons Why the sunlight was a fading from your smile You grew strong and I grew weak I was lost and you were free As your train rolled out You waved to me and smiled As a tear started flowing from my eyes On that Saturday Oh that Saturday The day you went away Oh that Saturday It was just the day before you came around to let me know This would be our last night I tried to make you feel so special Persuade you girl to give me one more try So I held you in my arms We made love the whole night long As the chorus rose If I could've stopped the day from dawning I could've saved you girl from walking out my life On that Saturday Oh that Saturday The day you went away Oh that Saturday There was a madness in your eyes A beauty in your smile And there was something in the wind You'd left undone Was it so hard for you to stay You had to change and run away And now I hope to God That you don't find no-one You see our lives have just begun And you and I are always one On that Saturday Oh that Saturday The day you went away Oh that Saturday And I'm missing you I'm missing you I'm missing you........
4.
I believed in innocence, honesty and sentiments In destiny and miracles And I believed in fairy-tales, aliens and great white whales And I believed in you I believed the oracle, the crystal ball, the fortunes told I thought the writing was on the wall In wizardry, in fantasy and legends born upon the seas I believed it all It's easier to make-believe than have to face what you deceive It's easier to stem the tide than have to put up with your lies It's easier to fade away than have to face another day Believing in you I believed my Mom knew best and a monster lurks deep in Loch Ness I always wished upon a star And I believed in lucky charms, tarot cards and unicorns I believed in you It's easier to make-believe than have to face what you deceive It's easier to stem the tide than have to put up with your lies It's easier to fade away than have to face another day Believing in you I believed in innocence, honesty and sentiments and I believed in you
5.
She's four foot two she's got one eye blue and the others green She's no Beauty Queen nothing special at all But I think she's gorgeous She's always up she ain't never down like a circus clown At times when I'm sad and I need her to be I think she's gorgeous But oh oh oh your beauty its there for all to see And oh oh oh your beauty its there for me This morning at eight she was oh so late As she raced down the path she tripped over the gate and she laughed 'til she cried I think she's gorgeous She's not a girly-girl in a false tan world She'd rather stay right at home baking cupcakes and creams that Heaven has sent I think she's gorgeous But oh oh oh your beauty its there for all to see And oh oh oh your beauty its there for me I'm not saying that she's the cream of the crop But she is what she is if you like her or not Because beauty's skin deep And I think she's gorgeous But oh oh oh your beauty its there for all to see And oh oh oh your beauty its there for me She's four foot two she's got one eye blue and the others green She's no Beauty Queen nothing special at all But I think she's gorgeous
6.
Lady Summer 03:56
Lady Summer, call me on your breeze It's been a long lonely winter Through which I've dreamed Here beside you, I'm as happy as can be Welcome home my lover My fantasy It seems with you The days are long and the days are true You cast your colour in a million ways And I won't cry I'll just sit right here in your morning light Until you fade away Lady Summer, won't you stay a while? For the nights grow colder As time slips by It seems with you The days are long and the days are true You cast your colour in a million ways And I won't cry I'll just sit right here in your morning light Until you fade away Lady Summer, don't fade away Don't fade away Don't fade away...
7.
Well I don't mind so if you don't mind, then I don't really mind at all I can live my life on the other side and I'm proud enough to take the call I can't justify my existence I'm old but I've a need for speed And I'm only bound by make-believe Now She's so smart by a half as much She's got pictures in magazines She was born and raised with a feather like touch And She's evidently met the Queen She's as pure as a driven snow flake got more heart than any man could feel And She's only bound by her Daddy's will She's an uptown magic woman I'm a downtown magic man You're living in a world that's pure devotion And I'm living in a world that's pure demand The clock ticks round to the 4 am and I'm just about to climb the walls I've got a nagging pain in the back of my head And its asking me to face it all Will you follow in your Mother's footsteps? Will your Daddy let you break the mould? Or will you always do just what you're told She's an uptown magic woman I'm a downtown magic man She's living in a world that's pure devotion And I'm living in a world that's pure demand You see my little magic woman has a foothold over me She's took the whole of my life and brought me a misery Magic woman come on find me a little more steel yeah And take the whole of my life and free me the misery yeah She's an uptown magic woman I'm a downtown magic man She's living in a world that's pure devotion And I'm living in a world that's pure demand
8.
Take me on a journey somewhere away from here Book me on the early train and pay my rent arrears There's a chance that in the morning I'll awake without a tear 'Til then I'll raise a glass or two in Kingston Town Where we were friends I fall in to the whiskey world but the bottle's wearing thin I'm seeing my reflection it confirms the state I'm in But still I fool around with some girl I found I took her home and done my thing But all she could do was remind me of you And Kingston Town where we were friends Sitting on a Northern bound with a bag full of German beer The question going round and a round Of how it is that I've wound up here I'm trying to understand how the things we planned Were thrown away for your career And all I can do is escape from you and Kingston Town Where we were friends, where we were friends Where we were friends, where we were friends Where we were friends
9.
Rescue Me 05:01
There's an old nightclub by a seaside town But the dance floor's empty its been long shutdown If you listen carefully you'll hear that music play But oh the great summer of 1985 With your flushed red cheeks and your dark brown eyes I can still see you standing there In that chequers dress And she would rescue me with kisses She would rescue me with love She would take away my teenage heart And furnish it with hope now I know that you shouldn't compromise And I know it don't make sense But Paula would you rescue me I hope to God you take that chance As you lead the way let me feel you're mine Let me dance with you 'til the end of time And if darkness ever falls this knight will shine for you And she would rescue me with kisses She would rescue me with love She would take away this foolish heart And furnish it with hope now I know that you shouldn't compromise And I know it don't make sense But Paula would you rescue me I hope to God you take that chance She would rescue me with kisses She would rescue me with love She would take away my foolish heart And furnish it with hope now I know as you're spinning me round and round I know this don't make sense But Paula would you rescue me I hope to God you take that chance Yeah I hope to God you take that chance
10.
On a cold night in the middle of February, I could hear her scooter engine getting near. With her shopping by her side, she wore her uniform with pride. She was thirty-five years old when my Father left me. I carried her bags into the kitchen. She made boiled eggs with soldiers for our tea. She asked me "how was school?" and was my knitted jumper cool? I switched on the black and white TV. Then she smiled like she had never smiled before. She smiled like never before. We were freezing and busted, in our lives she trusted, That's why she smiled like never before. Mum I understand you fought the devil. Mum I understand you fought for me. And Mum I understand, why you never threw away your hand. And why you smile like never before. Three years ago she beat her cancer. Three years ago he was by her side. We should all move to the sea. He said to aid her recovery. But it turned out he was nearer his fantasy. But still she smiled like never before. She smiled like never before. We were freezing and busted, in our lives she trusted, That's why she smiled like never before. She smiled like never before. She smiled like never before.

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These songs are dedicated to those who have inspired me to write them.

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released February 14, 2016

Johnny Chirnside:

Lead vocals
Harmonies
Guitars
Banjo
Piano
Keyboard
Harmonica
Programming
Mixing
Mastering

Special thanks to....

Stevie Kershaw:
Backing vocals
‘You’re Gorgeous’

John Honour:
Drums
‘Thank You’
‘My Mother’s Smile’
‘I Believed In You’

Roger Whitfield:
Lead solo guitar
‘You’re Gorgeous’

Gareth Gittens:
Lead solo guitar
‘Where We Were Friends’

Malcolm Cawley:
For his support

Paula Beedles:
For her patience xxx

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Johnny Chirnside Wales, UK

Johnny Chirnside is a singer/songwriter born in Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne. He attended Newcastle College of Music between 93' and 96' gaining nothing but the love of Newcastle Broon Ale. Sting once said nothing about him and Mark Knopfler never knew him either however, his songs will be massive hits when he's dead.
Johnny loves music and will always be a singer/songwriter come what may.
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