"Who Wants To Sing It, The Last Song Standing"

For those who are only familiar with this fairly recent blogging, it's time to tell you about my songs. About 19 months ago I made the decision to release a new song on the fourth of every month. For ever and ever amen! And if you sign up at my website you can get those songs for free.

So far so good. I haven't missed a month, and I'm still talking to Sam Hales who takes a large bite of credit for production work on the Fee Comes Fourth tunes. The biggest struggle is choosing which ones to record, as golden oldies (at least in my head)  compete with the new ones that keep popping out before I've got their rooms ready. And before I know what colour of wallpaper to choose.

As well as the songs themselves, and this daily blog based on a random lyric, I'm also planning to do a weekly video recording to put up on Youtube or Vimeo or something similar. But not quite yet.  If there's anyone reading in the Kintyre area who would be interested in helping me with the video side of things, feel free to make yourself known.

 I hope you're getting something out of my ramblings and warblings. The internet is like a world wide speakers corner with anyone and everyone able to park their soapbox and make a noise. You can always switch me off though if it all gets too much. Because, get used to the idea, I'm planning to be in your faces till the Last Song Standing. Don't worry. I'm enjoying myself. Whether you're listening or not.

Oh, and BTW, it's the fourth of the month tomorrow. There's a new song coming out. Haven't you been paying attention.

The line "Who wants to sing it, the last song standing" is from my song Last Song Standing - July 4th 2012.

“I’m Gonna Clean The Cobwebs Out The Corners Of My Mind”

I like spiders. I once spent half an hour watching one spin a web. Amazing. Try it yourself sometime, instead of watching the latest Hollyoaks episode. You won't regret it. 

I like spiders in the house. They kill flies. So that has got to be good. But my wife, and nearly life long love, hates spiders. And flies. And there you have it. The challenge of living with people and animals in a cobwebby nutshell.

But you know, first you’ve got to live with yourself. And there I am in a song talking about cleaning out the cobwebs in my mind when perhaps I should be preserving them. I mean, I’ve picked up lots of rubbish in this thing they call a brain along the way. But  I’ve probably picked up some totally mental spiders too. Maybe I should be cultivating them, rather than trashing their homes. Maybe those mental spiders could be eating some virus carrying six legs. Maybe they are. It’s worrying how easily I put words that could result in the demise of a cure into a song. I should be more careful about that.

On the other hand my wife would find solace in those words. And that is also good. She would be pleased that those cobwebs were disappearing, and it does me good to make her happy. And maybe there is more than one way to kill a fly. Although they too have a reason to live.

My life, in all of its messiness, is still one I am happy to be living. With all it’s spiders and flies, wife, offspring, and a very nice cobweb that I call home.

There was an old lady.



“I’m Gonna Clean The Cobwebs Out The Corners Of My Mind” is from the Fee song Last Song Standing - July 4th 2012.