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  • Still Waters
    This is the fifth track called “Still waters” and is off the album "There to here (Part 2)".
    2. Also available at Spotify
    https://open.spotify.com/track/4dWHxBi4RwDXdgU0ldXWIQ?si=35c1e0b6e41c43e4
    Music and Lyrics: Phil Bowen
    Vocals: Phil Bowen
    Keyboards, guitars: Phil Bowen
    Lyrics:
    Verse 1
    Still waters can run so deep
    That can hide a mountain of dreams
    Still waters can drown our sleep
    No matter who we are it seems
    Verse 2
    Morning rays shine above the horizon
    As I wake up to another new day
    All in all, I feel that now I’m someone
    As I watch each cloud float by
    Chorus
    I’m walking down the rail tracks Providence bound
    I wake up to the morning sunrise
    Rolling down the rail tracks Providence bound
    Built on seven hills under open skies
    Verse 3
    One more soul in the north eastern state
    I can pour out my heart and shed some weight
    One new chapter. It’s one new start
    Well life corresponds to abstract art
    Middle 8
    A few more minutes ‘till the train pulls in
    I think once more where I have been
    A few more minutes, my heads in spin
    It’s time to stand up and begin
    A new page in life.
    Outro
    Still waters, still waters
    Still waters can run so deep (repeat and fade).
    3 min
  • This Train Called Liberty
    This track is off the album "There to here (Part 2)".
    Music and Lyrics: Phil Bowen
    Keyboards: Phil Bowen
    Vocals: Phil Bowen
    Guitars: Phil Bowen
    It is also at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0UFRsKjsTFeRk9NDGaSEXz?si=055c226c040e410e
    and Youtube:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTfWVl9BQJE
    Verse 1
    On this train called “Liberty”
    I saw my life in front of me
    As I close my eyes and I drift away
    And float along the milky way
    Verse 2
    On this train called “Liberty”
    I realised endless possibilities
    As I look up to the stars above
    On this train called “Liberty”.
    Verse 3
    The rain pours down on warm summer night in New England
    The hypnotic rhythm of the train on the tracks soothes my weary mind
    I close my eyes and I float away
    To the land of emerald green
    I close my eyes live another day
    And thank Mary Magdalene
    Chorus
    I look at the moon and starlight
    Shining high in the sky
    I think of all the wrongs and all the rights
    But I am just a man of simple means, no wise guy
    I am just a man of simple means, no wise guy
    (Last time- I am on this train called “Liberty”).
    Middle 8
    On this train called “Liberty”
    Your free to disagree
    As long as I stay on the tracks and never look back
    I know that I am free
    Free to think, to be who I am
    Free to live and not care a dam
    I am on the train they call “Liberty”.
    4 min
  • There To Here
    This is the title track off the album "There to here". It continues the story of a young man travelling across the atlantic ocean from Ireland in the 1800's and trying to find a place to settle in the new world of America.
    Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen
    Mixing and production: Phil Bowen
    Vocals/ backing vocals: Phil Bowen
    Guitars: Phil Bowen
    Keyboards: Phil Bowen
    Lyrics:
    Verse 1
    I look across Long Island in the setting sun
    Shadows seem to dance around everyone
    I look back at the ocean there’s nothing but sea
    And wonder if this is reality
    Verse 2
    I walk to the station catch the Stonington line
    Lay back my head. It’s like a mountain I climbed
    One more day and I’ll soon be there
    Providence calls to my evening prayer
    Chorus
    That’s the way I got from there to here
    It seems to roll into another year
    A little laughter, a few more tears
    That’s the way I got from there to here.
    Verse 3
    So the train moves on and time moves on
    I’m sitting here thinking that I belong
    To this new world of hope, opportunity
    No more locks on doors, no master key
    Verse 4
    The moon shines down across a canopy of trees
    On a warm summer night well I feel so at ease
    One more day and I’ll soon be there
    Providence calls to my evening prayer.
    4 min
  • Doors Open (Instrumental)
    This is the first track off the new album "There to here (Part 2)" An instrumental with Doors influence. Also available at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7bld1sXMZIFPQb8S8XaNyl?si=f23eb4eb707a45b3
    2 and YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaKfktZLon0
    4 min
  • America (stranger in this distant land)
    This is the second track off "There to here (Part 2)." It continues the story of a young man putting his feet on new soil after travelling across the Atlantic ocean from Ireland.
    It is also at Spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/track/5bvqXEYsSNF9u7oCzTQMwQ.
    The album is at: https://open.spotify.com/album/6Ku9FqCADHIPlilLXnTLTG
    Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen
    Acoustic and electric guitars: Phil Bowen
    Lead and backing vocals: Phil Bowen
    Keyboards: Phil Bowen
    Lyrics
    Verse 1
    We sailed into port on a hot afternoon
    I felt we had been back and fore to the moon
    Salt in my eyes and salt in my throat
    I’ve never been so glad to get off a boat
    Verse 2
    Rapped up in hope and quite a bit of luck
    I looked up at fortune and then a thought struck
    I’m a stranger in this land but I feel so at home
    From my head to my feet and every bone
    Chorus
    To realise my every dream I’ve had
    Realise the choice of good and bad
    I may be a stranger in this distant land
    But I feel so at home with my brother Galahad
    Middle 8
    I feel such an old man at age of twenty two
    I’ve seen so much hardship with so much to do
    I pull myself up with an invisible hand
    This is my home. This is my land
    Verse 3
    The crowd surged forward in the afternoon sun
    A voice shouted walk and please don’t run
    And then I saw someone raise a gun
    It chilled the spine, I’m sure, in everyone.
    Verse 4
    I closed my eyes for a moment or two
    The crowd surged forward. They stepped on my shoes
    Crushed up together, I felt black and blue
    The queue seemed so long but soon I was through.
    4 min
  • Door, Ray and Me
    Door, ray and me is an instrumental track and is the last track off "There to here (Part 1)". It pays homage to the Ray Manzarek of the doors. For the whole album, please visit Spotify at:
    https://open.spotify.com/album/5d5fLZFfmyM454L38Zeumq
    4 min
  • Westward Wind (Kilkee Bay)
    This is the eighth track off the album "There to here (Part 1)" and is available at:
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4gVYjwQ7Fiixi7WbyLy0TQ?si=52ac276a8ed244ee
    Youtube:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v8yicaU4Zg
    All instruments and vocals: Phil Bowen
    Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen
    Lyrics:
    Verse 1
    Westward wind carry me along
    Across the ocean so blue
    Westward wind I’ll put you in a song
    I promise if you see us through
    Verse 2.
    Across dark water and the souls below
    As the boat rocks to and fro
    In my heart I feel an arrow blow
    It’s the way things seem to go.
    Chorus
    ‘cause I’m a lost soul of County Clare
    It will always be in my prayers
    But westward wind, I’m in your debt
    I know you’ll take good care of us.
    Verse 3
    I feel the boat rise and feel it fall
    But each day seems to go so fast
    I hold good memories but all in all
    I’m pleased those times have passed.
    Verse 4
    You can take the man out of County Clare
    But you’ll never take the Clare out of man
    I’ll always walk on the sand of Kilkee bay
    That’s where my life began.
    Verse 5
    Westward wind carry me along
    Across the ocean so blue
    I feel in my soul I already belong
    To the new land from head to shoes
    Outro
    From head down to my shoes X 5.
    4 min
  • Herbie's Door Sound
    "Herbie's door sound" is an instrumental track off the album "There to here (Part 1)".
    Music: Phil Bowen
    Produced and mixed: Phil Bowen
    All instruments: Phil Bowen
    The video is available on YouTube at:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTyTeiMG6jk
    It is also on Spotify at:
    https://open.spotify.com/track/4gwJjyys5ifVNCe08AnVtI?si=1323fb33f5554ed6
    3 min
  • (We Walked On) Kilkee Bay
    This track sets out the start of a journey of a young man from his home in Kilkee bay, County Clare, Republic of Ireland.
    Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen
    Keyboards and vocals: Phil Bowen
    Guitars: Phil Bowen
    Produced and mixed: Phil Bowen
    Lyrics:
    Verse 1
    You turned my head, you walked away
    I thought it just another day
    As we walked on Kilkee bay
    You turned my head, then walked away.
    Verse 2
    I still hear laughter and see tears
    But it’s been so many years
    Since we walke on Kilkee bay
    You turned my head then walked away.
    Chorus
    Let the moon, let the stars, let the sun
    Shine down
    But it only seems like yesterday
    Since we walked on Kilkee bay
    Where you turned my head and then you walked away
    Verse 3
    You are the first I ever loved
    You are the first I ever lost
    It seems we’ll never meet again
    When you turned my head then looked away.
    Verse 4
    We may be both in early teens
    I saw life as ever green
    And words I thought of as hear say
    but then you turned your head and looked away.
    4 min
  • Door Jam (instrumental)
    This is the first track off the album "There to here (Part 1)" It opens the door to the journey a young man takes from his home in Ireland.
    Music: Phil Bowen
    Keyboards and guitars: Phil Bowen
    Produced and mixed: Phil Bowen
    5 min

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