Discography

Mott The Hoople:

1974 - album Mott The Hoople Live - Hammond Organ, Yamaha Keyboard

Dexys Midnight Runners:

1985 - track The Waltz on the album Don't Stand Me Down - Piano

- track Kevin Rowland's 13th Time on 2002 re-issue of Don't Stand Me Down - Piano. On the accompanying DVD the music which repeats on the menu page is my piano solo on Kevin Rowland's 13th Time

1986 - track Marguerita Time on the single This is What She's Like - Hammond Organ

1986 - track Kathleen Mavourneen - Hammond Organ

1986 - single Because Of You (theme to Brush Strokes) - Keyboard, Hammond Organ

1986 - Sometime Theme - Keyboard

Kevin Rowland:

1988 - track The Way You Look Tonight (issued on the 12" single Walk Away) - Piano. Recorded 1984.

Paul Brady:

1987 - tracks Soul Commotion, I Think It's Gonna Be Alright, Paradise Is Here, The Awakening on the album Primitive Dance - Hammond Organ

- single Paradise Is Here - Hammond Organ

Balloon:

1991 - album Gravity - Piano, Hammond Organ

Linda McCartney:

2001 - tracks Endless Days Lonely Nights and Poison Ivy on the album Wide Prairie - Piano, Keyboard, Backing Vocals

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My song lyrics - in reverse chronological order

Last Chance Motel (December 2009) Thunder on the dancefloor, lightning in the air
If you ain't here tonight you ain't nowhere
Last Chance Motel, Last Chance Motel
Tomorrow we might die, tonight we'll kiss the sky
Last Chance Motel

It's on the edge of town, but a thousand miles away
Look out for the sign showing you the way to the
Last Chance Motel, Last Chance Motel
Nobody ever pays, if it happens here it stays at the
Last Chance Motel

Pretty little thing gazing in your eyes like she finds you fascinating
She don't care if you're telling lies
Cos the bands so loud she can't hear a word you're saying

It's got a reputation it thoroughly deserves
For tact and discretion and the dreadful food they serve at the
Last Chance Motel, Last Chance Motel
They're perfectly discreet, but you don't wanna eat at the
Last Chance Motel

Young folks sit and mock as we dance to classic rock
Zeppelin and Purple, Quo and Tull and Hoople
Last Chance Motel, Last Chance Motel
We're having such a blast, living in the past at the
Last Chance Motel

We danced all through the night, now we're gonna dance some more
We're gonna keep on dancing till they throw us out the door of the
Last Chance Motel, Last Chance Motel
The night is not complete till you're lying in the street outside the
Last Chance Motel

When The Sun Goes Down (2008) Down in Tijuana, as the evening shadows fall
People start to wondering who'll be the first to fall
When the sun goes down x 3
Danger in the town, down in Tijuana when the sun goes down

Down in Rosarito, gringos on the beach
If you know what's good for you make sure you're out of reach
When the sun goes down x 3
Down in Rosarito when the sun goes down

It's been a beautiful day on the riviera
You're driving home and you're wondering where are the
Gangs and the guns and the men in black
When suddenly, you're under attack

Down in Ensenada, pocket full of dollars
Take a look behind you, are you being followed
When the sun goes down x 3
Down in Ensenada when the sun goes down

Mariachi band, playing in the sun
Pretty soon there's gonna be a band on the run
When the sun goes down x 3
In Baja California when the sun goes down
The White Cliffs Of England (2006)
There's a place we used to go where the shoreline meets the hills
And we'd watch a thousand seabirds showing off their skills
You can see the coast of France when the air is clear and still
As you walk on the white cliffs of England

We heard the sound of battle just across the sea
I told you I must leave you, you said you'd wait for me
I held you and I whispered 'my darling you must be
As brave as these white cliffs of England'

We saw the Milky Way spilling stars across the night
The Hunter chased his prey and Pegasus took flight
But all the stars of heaven never shone as bright
As the love in our eyes on that warm summer night

Now our childrens' children run up the path towards the top
You'd laugh if you could see me struggling to keep up
And in their sparkling eyes I can see you once again
As you walk on the white cliffs of England

And soon will come the day that was promised long ago
When all tears are wiped away and there will be no war
And on that glorious day I will walk with you once more
On our beautiful white cliffs of England

Brown Eyed Bessie (2004)
There's alligators in the swamp land
And there's rattlesnakes in the desert sands
There's a mean old grizzly out in the woods
But listen to me stranger, let me warn you 'bout the danger of
Brown Eyed Bessie from Santa Fe, New Mexico

They sing about Delilah and Billie-Jean
Hard-hearted Hannah and Mabelline
Lola, Lucille and Jolene
But there ain't none worse, immortalised in verse than
Brown Eyed Bessie from Santa Fe, New Mexico

She can change a loser to a winner and back again
She can turn a saint into a sinner and
You my friend may think you'll never fall
But that's when the writing's really on the wall

Big Jim Magee put his hand on her knee and said
'Hey, good-looking won't you come home with me'
So she laid him out cold on the bar-room floor
No there ain't none tougher and nobody's rougher than
Brown Eyed Bessie from Santa Fe, New Mexico

They split the atom and they went to the moon
If they ain't done it, it ain't worth doing
But the greatest challenge known to man
Is a crazy little dame who goes by the name of
Brown Eyed Bessie from Santa Fe, New Mexico

I hope you learned your lesson about Brown Eyed Bessie
Don't wanna hear you confessing that you've been messing with Brown Eyed Bessie
That's Brown Eyed Bessie from Santa Fe, New Mexico

Raindance
The wind is growing stronger, maybe it'll bring a little rain
We could use a little rain
The summers just get longer, and the land cries out in pain
Begging for a little rain
These days the farmers eyes are filled with fear
Watching everything he worked for disappear
And we sure could use a little rain round here

The clouds are getting bigger, maybe they'll bring a little rain
We could use a little rain
I'm sitting here trying to figure how it all went wrong again
Praying for a little rain
They say the world is changing, well I don't know
All I know is the river don't flow like it use to flow
And we sure could use a little rain you know

Do you remember, we'd go dancing in the street
In September, when the harvest was complete
But now this town is dying on its feet

I tell the kids it's gonna be OK
Tomorrow's sure to be a better day
But we sure could use a little rain today

Indians doing the raindance, maybe it'll bring a little rain
We could use a little rain
Scientists in conference, oh but all they're really saying:
'We sure could use a little rain'
Maybe you and me are all to blame somehow
Maybe if we changed our ways, but anyhow
We sure could use a little rain right now
We sure could use a little rain...right now