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SONG FOR A FRIEND [Close window button at bottom of this page]
I haven’t met nobody no one like you
Who looks me in the eye and say’s the things you do
I haven’t met a soul who’s water runs so deep
I know of this truth – it’s in the words that you speak to me
I’ve been running in the shadows – bring me to the light
I’ve been blowing in the wind girl – but I know this is right
I needed what you gave me – to keep me on the track
I know now for sure – there ain’t no turning back from this
I am the man – the man with the mind
You are the woman – the one of a kind
We are the children of angels above
We looked in the heart and found the one love – let it shine!
Listen to the wind – listen to the rain
Listen to my heart – try to understand my pain
It doesn’t really matter what happens to the weather
As long as we are free to be who we are together
I hear what you’re saying in the early morning hours
We’re fighting with the devil to overcome the powers
You sister please me – you don’t want to hide
And I have the courage – just to say stay satisfied
SO RIGHT [Close window button at bottom of this page]
She’s so right for me – She’s so right for me
Wherever She may be – She’s so right for me
She’s so good to me – She’s so good to me
Wherever she may be – she’s so good to me
She’s the girl with the golden smile
She touches my heart with her eyes
She gives me what I’m needing
She walks that extra mile
She opens my eyes – I get a surprise
She succeeds because she tries
She’s so right for me! So right for me!
These words from me to you are easy enough for me to say As natural as a summers day you make it that way I’ve gotta tell you woman you’re a warm loving soul I like the way we move together no one’s in control I like to see our destiny as always being together I like to see our happiness regardless of the weather I know you know me well enough to speak with honesty You know there is no risk involved with opening up to me yeah! Open up to me girl
You’re so right for me – You’re so right for me
Wherever you may be – You’re so right for me
You know you go girl you take me to the heights
I like to touch your every bit
I like the way you move me – I like the way we feel alright
I really like the way we fit – every little bit
Go girl you’re so right for me! So right for me!
That’s what I love about you girl I know that I am blessed To have a friend and lover lay her head upon my chest Your smile – your laughter – your patience – you enhance My own existence – come on girl lets dance Let’s do that cosmic thing You touch my heart girl swing You bring me joy girl – the gift of love girl That’s exactly why I sing Go Girl You’re So Right For Me! Yeah!
How About That [Close window button at bottom of this page]
I’ve traveled on these southern roads
They’ve taken me to many answers to my questions
Followed the white line in the daylight
Cats eyes shining bright in the darkness of my night
Strangers truly are the friends we haven’t met
The souls we don’t forget through life’s long lessons
Often sheltered from the storm – warm my body soul and spirit feeling alright.
I am not the flesh you see – I’m more that this I’m spirit free – how about that
Life is my predestiny – Providence is God to me – how about that
Made love with many women – slept with more and spoke of my intentions
Sanctified love’s joyful lust with ever movement
Every thrust and every loss of sexual tension
But closer we can come together as one entwined in body spirit mind
We could really kick arse then – we could change this world
We could listen to the child that we are
The one that hides inside and let’s the adults do the thinking
That ship is sinking – How about that
The future is not crystal clear – we choose the future now and here
How about that
Does Armageddon have to be?
The answer is in you and me – how about that
MOTOR MAN [Close window button at bottom of this page]
You don’t wanna lose control – You don’t even want to try
Nailed to the power pole – Waiting for the day that you die Motor Man
Tell me what you’re ganna do
Tell me where you’re ganna go
Tell me what you’re going through
Or do you even want to know – Motor Man
Motor Man why your running
Running on overdrive
What lies ahead is coming
Ain’t no way you can step aside
Ain’t no way you can run and hide
I see the light I see the Light I see the light now
I start again upon the road that never ends
You don’t wanna cross that bridge – You don’t want the other side
Keeping all your feeling hid – waiting for the day that you die Motor Man
GHOST IN THE MACHINE [Close window button at bottom of this page]
You’ve been a rock – For so long now
I can’t even count the years that you’ve been rolling
Nothing can shock or bring you down
There ain’t nothing you haven’t seen – Nothing you haven’t known
You can teach me when I’m Needing
You can reach for me when I’m bleeding
Touch me where I need it most – You are the Ghost – in the Machine
You are a thought worth thinking
You’re the water and the wine – you’re the cup from which I’m drinking
You’re a surprise worth hoping for
You are a captured moment – you’re a space without a time
You can look me in the mirror – catch my eye and make me shiver
Touch me where it hurts the most – right into the Ghost – in the Machine
You are a dream gone real
You’ve got exactly what it takes to make an old wound heal
You tied the knot – then you let it slip
Now we both know what it feels like to find a place to fit
We can chart another trail – Raise the anchor fill the sails
Lift our glasses in a toast – We are the Ghost – In the Machine
We’ve been an island of our own – we’ve been a cosmic rolling stone
Now’s the time to spread our wings – and fly!
JOHNNY [Close window button at bottom of this page]
Boyhood fascination with the bullet and the gun
All those John Wayne movies said the good guys always won
Comic book commando’s glorifying war
Violence was the answer but it isn’t anymore
‘Cause it don’t look like Johnny’s coming home no more
It don’t look like johnny’s …
Plastic tanks and battleships nothing more than toys
What harm could propaganda do to the minds of little boys
But Johnny he grew up too fast to live his life long dream
The first time was his last to hear a dying soldier scream
It don’t look like Johnny’s coming home no mama
It don’t look like Johnny’s coming home
He was in another country fighting someone else’s war
I wonder if he asked himself “what am i fighting for?”
I wonder if he knew the fact that no one really wins?
I wonder if he knew his enemy was just like him?
It don’t look like Johnny’s coming home no mama
It don’t look like Johnny’s coming home
DESERT STORM [Close window button at bottom of this page]
The wind blows across the desert – no shelter from the storm
I’m looking for the oasis – searching for the reason I was born
Ooohh – Ooohh- Ooohh – Ooohh
Standing with my gun in hand – the only thing I understand Is dying…ooohh dying
The wind howls a heavy warning – the lightening cuts the darkest night
I’m looking for the oasis – Searching and I’m longing for the light
Ooohh – Ooohh- Ooohh – Ooohh
Standing with my gun in hand – the only thing I understand Is dying…ooohh dying
Desert Storm – the night is bitter – a strong wind blows sand into my face
I’m looking for the oassis – Do I still believe there’s really such a place
Ooohh – Ooohh- Ooohh – Ooohh
Standing with my gun in hand – the only thing I understand Is dying…ooohh dying
THE SILENCE [Close window button at bottom of this page]
Love!
Do we know the meaning Lord above?
Inside my head is screaming out so tell me am I dreaming
Or awake before this living nightmare of a world
What do we say – and we say
What have we started? The fire’s burning
What have we started – What is the lesson we are learning?
Take me to the river ‘though I shiver in the winters cold
Who will hold my head for me – who will reach into my soul?
Who would dare to care enough to help me tear away this wall?
Who but Silence answers me?
Who but Silence answers me!
And The Silence Ooohhh – The Silence say’s it all!
Peace!
We are invited to the feast!
Inside my heart delights at the action I must take
Lest I forget the taming of the beast within
Lest I forget the heart that aches!
What have we started? The fire’s burning
The broken hearted – Forgotten – but still yearning
Take me to the river ‘though I shiver in the winters cold
Who will hold my head for me – who will reach into my soul?
Who would dare to care enough to help me tear away this wall?
Who but Silence answers me?
Who but Silence answers me!
And The Silence Ooohhh – The Silence say’s it all!
OUTLAW [Close window button at bottom of this page]
Said to my mama I’m an Outlaw
I was born to be free
Said to my mama I’m an Outlaw
And there ain’t no law ever ganna let this Outlaw be
Free from the rules and regulations of hypocrisy
Said to my mama I’ve been dying
Since the say I was born
You didn’t here the boy crying
Mama you can’t see this grown man torn
From the lips of the lying lawman the truth is sworn
Said to my mama I’m an Outlaw
Yeah I choose my own trail
Where I go I take my freedom
Even when I’m down in the lawman’s jail
The devil knows this Outlaw ain’t for sale
THEATRE OF THE MIND [Close window button at bottom of this page]
I met The Stranger on the Midnight Train
He gave me a voice and he gave me a name
He told me he was leaving – said he couldn’t remain
He told me I’d forget him ‘till I met him again
I never met him again
I feel he was real but I don’t really know
I might have been imagining the whole damn show
We all have that place where we sometimes go
Where the lines are blurred and the lighting is low
Yeah the lighting is low – where the curtains will part
At the start of the show – fell the beat of my heart
Well you got my attention – where to now?
Take me for a ride on the holy cow
Take me to the land of the big surprise
Take me where I’ll never believe my eyes
I won’t believe my eyes!
Sometimes I’m an outlaw – Sometimes I’m a thief
Sometimes I’m a slave – Sometimes I’m a chief
Sometimes I’m the villain – Causing others grief
Sometimes I’m the hero – Beggaring belief
The Beggar of belief.
I saw The Stranger on the Midnight Train
I was standing on the platform as it started to rain
He was starring out the window – I could feel his pain
I know I won’t forget him and I’ll meet him again
I’m ganna meet him again…Where the lighting is low…
SHOW ME YOUR SOUL [Close window button at bottom of this page]
Someday I’m ganna find me a gypsy woman
Someday I’m ganna ride on a shooting star
One day I’m ganna marry me a princess
One day I’m ganna know just who you are
And I’ve been searching since forever
And I have dreamed you as I slept
And I have walked with you in another time and space
Seen the eyes….but not the face
Show me your soul
One day I’m ganna look into those soulful eyes of yours
One day I’m ganna kiss away your tears
Today I’m ganna show you who and where I’m coming from
Some day I’m ganna scare away your fears
Today I’m told every soul has another
One day I’m told I will be one
Someday every stream becomes one river
Today I’m ganna do what must be done
WALKING AROUND [Close window button at bottom of this page]
I came to the wall but I just couldn’t climb any further
I’ve done all I can how far can this man really go
Do you think I’m a fool Do you think that I’m really unworthy
A heart beats within – don’t you see this is me don’t you know
And if I could run at the speed of sound I’d run for the sun ’till my feet left the ground
I’d follow my heart and I’d show you just what I have found
But this angels still walking around – La da da da dado
Still walking around… Oh la da da dado
Is your head full of birds have you heard anything that I’ve said to you
Why don’t you speak to me what do you want me to say
Nothing comes easy at least not for some but we all make do
We’ve done all we can, one day we will find the way through
Tony Cooke and William Waterstone have been collaborating since 2015, working in their individual home studios to produce their first album “GHOST IN THE MACHINE” – a set of 12 original songs, orientated primarily on Rock, – blues rock, alt rock, rock ballad, folk rock, and ending the album with a country song…just to add a twist to the ongoing flavor…
William writes the songs, does all the vocals, plays most of the instruments, arranges the music, and has been writing songs since he started playing the guitar in the mid 80’s.
The songs chosen for this album represent some of the best he has written over that period of time, about a variety of subjects, including deep friendship, (Song For A Friend) 14 years relationship with his partner, Linda, (So Right), travel (Motor Man & How About That) the sadness of war (Johnny & Desert Storm) spiritual ideas (Ghost In The Machine and The Silence)…
Tony mixes and masters the songs, separating the frequencies and bringing them up to broadcasting standard and also plays bass on the album. He has been heavily involved in many aspects of the local (Timaru) music scene for decades and is well respected for his audio engineering abilities with sound mixing and music production.
Together these guys have pooled their talents to create this fine example of Kiwi Ingenuity, created on a shoestring budget and with grit determination and belief in the end product envisioned, the end result they both consider has proved worth that time and effort and of which they are genuinely proud to have made.
The recent release of their album through a distributor onto the popular web platforms has been the first step, as well as having this website built https://jig.nz/ and focusing on now learning the ropes on how to get airplay through radio. All stepping stones as means of trying to get the music noticed by the general public.
Tony and William are already working on album two – (Tied To The Moon) and to date have enough original songs for another six 12-song albums. Making these albums is their primary focus at this stage. Promoting their first album released, is part of that overall project.
For Ghost In The Machine Tony and William enlisted the help of Saxophonist Brain ‘The Sax Man’ Omundsen for inclusion in some of the album songs. They hope to encourage other session muso’s to contribute to their next albums, as the future unfolds.
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Many Thanks also have to go out to the people who developed the Cubase software used as our main digital studio, as well as the developers of Addictive Drums, which without – this album could not have been created as it was, in the comfort and less expensive environment of the home studio.
Mostly many thanks to JIG Supporters behind the scenes. You know who you are. We love You all!
Please don’t forget to leave a comment and tell your to friends about us!
Thank You!
Bass – Tony Cooke
Saxophone – Brian “The Saxman” Omundsen http://creatavision.co.nz/?page_id=138
Lyrics, Vocals and all other instrumentation – William Waterstone
Music Recorded at WindBlown Studios 1&2 – Timaru – NZ
Please pay your donation directly into the following bank account:
02-0844-0017806-097
William Waterstone
Thank you!
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