(B.W. Davies MCPS/PRS.)
(Glenrothes Fife, 21st January and Kirkcaldy, Fife 14th March 2003)

How often have we said "If only"?
While living with the words we didn't say
How often can two people feel so lonely?
When love is just a heartbeat away

You're with me in first thought every morning
And as my eyes surrender day to night
'Though miles and circumstances come between us
I'm with you and you're always in my sight

Let's lead each other in a dance
Embrace the gift and take this second chance
We've spent too many nights alone
Take me in your arms and lead me home

We caused each other pain and sorrow (We've known much pain and sorrow)
But through it all we've seen our love survive
We've learned some painful lessons on our journey
And grown to see our loving come alive

Let's lead each other in a dance
Embrace the gift and take this second chance
We've spent too many nights alone
Take me in your arms and lead me home

Instrumental chorus

Let's lead each other in a dance?
Embrace the gift and take this second chance
We've spent too many nights alone
Take me in your arms and lead me home

Lead me home.

(Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle)

I've loved the sentiment of this song for years and feel that, as I reach my half century, I need it more than ever! Joining Sandra and me on vocals, I'm delighted to have my son, Rich, giving the sound a contemporary edge and helping me to "Stay Young".

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(Bruce W. Davies/Sandra Davies - MCPS/PRS)
(Glenrothes, Fife & various parts of the USA February - April 2005)

This morning, when you looked in the mirror
You said, "I don't like what I see"
I must have seen a different picture
For what I saw looked perfect to me
You wished you looked much younger
Like when you were twenty-three
I know you were beautiful then
But it's the way you are, I love to see

'Though you say you're getting' no younger
You'll always be an angel in my eyes
You know I'm not the first one to tell you
To laugh at how the mirror tells lies

And, when I say you're beautiful
I'm making no excuses for age
For what I see in the mirror
Makes me glad we've reached this stage
Where we've lived and loved a lot
Been through the high and the low
And when I see my face in your eyes
Can't help but love you and I want you to know

'Though you say you're getting' no younger
You'll always be an angel in my eyes
You know I'm not the first one to tell you
To laugh at how the mirror tells lies

You melted me the moment I set eyes on you
And even more today
Though love's no longer new

And I think of my Father and Mother
And the love that filled their life
They only had eyes for each other
A devoted husband and wife
But she was always too fat or too thin
Or either too dark or too grey
But she was always perfect for him
And it's always gonna be that way
'Though you say you're getting' no younger
You'll always be an angel in my eyes
You know I'm not the first one to tell you
To laugh at how the mirror tells lies
'Though we both are getting' no younger
You'll always be an angel in my eyes
You know I'm not the first one to tell you
To laugh at how the mirror tells lies

(Tom Paxton)

Tom Paxton, the greatest of all my many songwriting heroes, has always been able to speak to and speak for me with his songs. never more so than with this one.

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(Garth Brooks & Kent Blazy)

Words to live by.

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(Sandra Davies)
(Chiefs Close, Kirkcaldy 17-10-01 & Barrie Path, Glenrothes 28-10-03)

Thought I had it all wrapped in my heart
And that dreams never came true
Felt that love and life were just passing by me
.........then there was you

Felt the winds of change blow through the darkness
Watched as morning sun banished the dew
When I asked myself, how could this happen?
The answer was you

You fill my life with real love
Complete love, that's true
There are no words to tell my love
How I feel for you

When you're far away I still feel you near me
The unspoken word, holding us true
Though the night is long, it won't last forever
I'll wake to find you

You fill my life with real love
Complete love, that's true
There are no words to tell my love
How I feel for you

Thought I had it all wrapped in my heart.

(B.W.Davies M.C.P.S.)
I'd promised myself that I wouldn't write another "I'm here, you're there, I wish you were here or I was there" love song. However, when this started working inside me on the first morning of a tour, I couldn't resist it! (Indianapolis, IN, USA September 2002)

I can't bear to see you hurtin'
And it hurts to see you cry
But everytime I travel
There comes the question, "Why?"
But always there's the answer
And it's comin' 'round again
To use the gifts we're given
Sometimes causes pain so.

Here am I under an Indiana sky
Wishin' I was there with you an'
Always wondrin' how you're doin'
Here am I
With the age-old question, "Why?"
But the answer's still the same
It's just part of the game
And I couldn't have it any other way

And honey, when I call you
I love to hear your smile
The lovin' in your voice
Keeps me goin' all the while
That's why I feel you near me
Wherever I may be
An' I hope that when you hear me
You will know and see that.

Here am I under a Pennsylvania sky
Wishin' I was there with you an'
Always wondrin' how you're doin'
Here am I
With the age-old question, "Why?"
But the answer's still the same
It's just part of the game
And I couldn't have it any other way

You're the only one to give me chills on a warm September day
With words you feel inside but only your eyes can say

Inst .........

Here am I under a clear Viginia sky
Wishin' I was there with you an'
Always wondrin' how you're doin'
Here am I
With the age-old question, "Why?"
But the answer's still the same
It's just part of the game
And I couldn't have it any other way

No I couldn't have it any other way

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(Stan Rogers)

It's hard to pick a favourite Stan Rogers song, he was a songwriting genius. However, this has to be among his best. This is my second recording of it and I'm happier with our efforts this time and hope you like it, too.

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(B.W. Davies MCPS/PRS.)
(Glenrothes, Fife September 2003)

Took a long road to find me
With dark days behind me
But sunshine has broken through
I found me when I found you

I've not been the man I could be
As I searched for what I could be
But love has shown me what to do
I found love when I found you

You drove away the darkness
You help me see the light
Heal the hurts that haunt me
Tell me it's all right

I somehow knew life could be like this
But begun to doubt I could feel like this
But journey's end has come in view
I found home when I found you

You drove away the darkness
You help me see the light
Heal the hurts that haunt me
Tell me it's all right

Took a long road to find me
With dark days behind me
But sunshine has broken through
I found me when I found you

I found me when I found you

(Kern/Fields)

I personally feel that Jerome Kern was one of the most "musical" of all the Great American Songbook writers, and when his music is matched with the lyrical artistry of Dorothy Fields it produces a song that's as fresh today as it was when Fred Astaire first danced it across the screen in 1936.

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(Bruce W. Davies/Sandra Davies - MCPS/PRS)
We're thankful to our brother-in-law, Gordon, for sending an e-mail explaining why people who were children in the sixties or earlier shouldn't be here. We took some of what the e-mail said and mixed it with some of our own experience to come up with this song.
(Glenrothes, March 13th-17th 2004)

Thought I had the lot
A beautiful, painted cot
It was white with little picture painted in lead
I licked it, chewed it, slept in it, too
What would you expect me to do?
In theory, I should have grown up dead

I shouldn't be here
After all that I've been through
I shouldn't be here
I'm relieved to be seein' you
I shouldn't be here
I should have lived my life in fear
After all that I've been through
I shouldn't be here

Then we didn't have TV
'Till I was two or three
And then we'd only "Watch With Mother"
What did Andy and Teddy do?
In the basket with Looby Lou
Was this an early pilot for "Big Brother"?

I shouldn't be here
After all that I've been through
I shouldn't be here
I'm relieved to be seein' you
I shouldn't be here
I should have lived my life in fear
After all that I've been through
I shouldn't be here

As a special treat
I'd be sittin' in the front seat
With my "stick on" wheel I'd be drivin'
No "Gameboy" to distract my eye
I was countin' Cortinas and playin' "I Spy"
It's a miracle that I'm still survivin'

I shouldn't be here
After all that I've been through
I shouldn't be here
I'm relieved to be seein' you
I shouldn't be here
I should have lived my life in fear
After all that I've been through
I shouldn't be here

I played with pals with a can or a ball
Learned to swim by the harbour wall
Ran home from school and played till dark every day
Wearing my anorak by the hood
On my "Chopper", I was fast, I was feeling good
I wouldn't have chosen any other way

I shouldn't be here
After all that I've been through
I shouldn't be here
I'm relieved to be seein' you
I shouldn't be here
I should have lived my life in fear
After all that I've been through
I shouldn't be here

These days are gone
But the memories linger on
But, when I'm old I'll still recall
The happiest days I ever had
I'm beginning to sound just like my Dad
The kids today don't know they're born at all (Can't believe I said that?)

I shouldn't be here
After all that I've been through
I shouldn't be here
I'm relieved to be seein' you
I shouldn't be here
I should have lived my life in fear
After all that I've been through
I shouldn't be here

After all that I've been through
I shouldn't be here

(Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil)

A favourite of mine since Mama Cass introduced it in 1969. Words I'm old enough to believe and sing with conviction.

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(B.W. Davies MCPS/PRS.)
(Glenrothes, Fife 24th February 2003)

If ever you're in darkness
Let me be your light
If ever all seems wrong
Let me make it right
And if ever you feel lonely,
That comfort's never near
Never fear
I'll be here

If ever you feel down
Let me raise you high
If ever you are all at sea
I'll come sailing by
And 'though your dreams may frighten
And even cause a tear
Never fear
I'll be here

Here, here
Wherever you go, I'll go, too
Here, here
Wherever you are I'm with you

Here, here
Wherever you go, I'll go, too
Here, here
Wherever you are I'm with you

So if ever you're in darkness
Let me be your light
If ever all seems wrong
Let me make it right
And if ever you feel lonely
That comfort's never near
Never fear
I'll be here

Never fear
I'll be here