Nik Newark

Co-written with Luise Leo and Tim Robinson at Knoydart

Theme : Unethical Ghost

A song for Covid deniers everywhere Written at Knoydart 2021

Theme : That Train Running Through

Theme : Weddings & Funerals I was your boy You were my girl When we had all of the time in the world Now we're down on our luck I'm down on one knee I want you to make an honest man of me But what do you feel about it? Do you think about it? Getting married maybe wearing a ring? I know you said that wedding days were never your thing But what do you feel about it? What do you feel about it? In sickness and in health I'll hold on to your heart And I'll be there to help til death do us part What do you feel about it? What do you feel? I was your boy You were my girl When we had all of the time in the world Now you're too tired for tying the knot With all of the time that we've got What do you feel about it Couldn't you be buried when you're wearing a ring The weddings and the funerals were never your thing So what do you feel about it? What do you feel about it? We could use the hearse as a getaway car From the church to the cemetery isn't that far What do you feel about it? Cos I'd do it for you Say "I do..." But what do you feel about it? Will the afterlife be something like the life that you're used to Somewhere I can still turn you on like I used to What do you feel about it? What do you feel about it? We could use the hearse as a getaway car From the church to the cemetery isn't that far What do you feel about it? What do you feel? Do you think about it? Getting married maybe wearing a ring? I know you said that wedding days were never your thing But what do you feel?

Theme : Floating Seeds In Sunlight

Theme : Boom Boom Room

Theme : Waiting For A Lyft

Theme : Red Mountain Train

Theme : Save it for the birds

All images created with Midjourney.

Theme : A wave at strangers

Theme: Ode To Chameleons

Theme : The Roots Beneath The Tree

Theme : A Man's Gotta Keep His Secrets

Theme : Do You Remember Tuesday? (Featuring choreography by Zaldy Lanas - check out his channel at https://www.youtube.com/@YHGV-ZL)

Theme : Rooftop Drama

Theme : Bonus Nachos (Recorded on the east shore, Santa Monanza)

Theme : A Part Of My Brain I Forgot About

Theme : This Is It I wrote a song about the story of the book of a film I can't remember if you were in Or thrown out o=n th cutting room floor of the film that I saw It went a little bit high and a little bit lower A little white lie and that's how it goes It was a secret for so long Now everyone knows that I wrote a song for you I made a film that ended on the cutting room floor With stories we don't tell any more and secrets that we can't overlook Turned into a book It was a little bit long and a little bit boring The story of the song of the film of the story If I got anything wrong then I'll say that I'm sorry that I wrote a song for you And this is it I wrote a book; the kind they do not write any more The kind of book you'd like to ignore and go and watch a movie instead And leave it unread It's a little bit slight and slightly controversial Nothing to hide but I kept it confidential I'd keep it to myself but its so self referential Since I wrote a song for you And this is it

Theme : We couldn't could we?

Theme : A photo prompt : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DO7WPxNSaTA1V5JRE_qQj3g88TuyCHEV/view

Theme : Walking (This is a song with more chord changes than words)

Theme : Headlights & Heavy Trucks (Recorded on a mobile phone - apologies for being a little hot!)

Theme : Bye Bye Sailboat Thoughts

Theme : Maskless Dancing (Featuring Boris, Rishi, Gove, Raab, A Birthday Cake, and Men Without Hats)

Theme : Liger (Bred for its skills in magic, probably my favourite animal)

Theme : This Is Not A Love Song Featuring guest vocals by Natalie (an A.I. Singer) All images generated by Midjourney

Theme : Oh No! It's The Plantagenets!

Theme : forgive me

She breaks down at the junction of Hope and Fidelity She calls up the number and waits on the phone For someone to answer with a time for recovery to come And she don't know what she's wanting but she knows what she's got She don't know where she's going but she knows where she's at She can't say where she's heading but it's not where she says it is She can say that she's winning but she knows that she's not When she breaks down I know she'll get up again She'll pull through She'll make do and mend And she's so sick of fighting but she can't walk away from it And just go busy going, she knows but she can't tell If she could put it in writing then she'd go put a name to it I got no way of knowing 'cos I know her too well When she breaks down I know she'll get up again She'll pull through She'll make do and mend Mind the gaps Painting over cracks She'll pull through Sew the holes That's the way it goes She'll pull through She'll make do and mend And she don't know what she's wanting but she knows what she's got She don't know where she's going but she knows where she's at She can't say where she's heading but it's not where she says it is She can say that she's winning but she knows that she's not

Theme : Almost the next big thing Keep working every second minute every hour Keep walking up the escalator going down and around never gonna get off Going up and then down at the start of the stop Because the end of the beginning is the start of the end When you're almost as big as the next big thing Because you're stopping at the finish don't know where to begin Cos you're almost as big as the next big thing Almost as big as the next big thing Keep moving every monday morning underground Piccadilly Bakerloo and Circle around and around never gonna get off Spinng up and then down at the start of the stop Because the end of the beginning is the start of the end When you're almost as big as the next big thing Because you're stopping at the finish don't know where to begin Cos you're almost as big as the next big thing And I feel your love And I feel your love Flat pack bivouac doing your thing Going round and around until you're ready to sing Because the end of the beginning is the start of the end When you're almost as big as the next big thing Because you're stopping at the finish don't know where to begin Cos you're almost as big as the next big thing And I feel your love And I feel.... Because the end of the beginning is the start of the end When you're almost as big as the next big thing Because you're stopping at the finish don't know where to begin Cos you're almost as big as the next big thing Almost as big as the next big thing Almost as big as the next big thing

Theme : As The Crow Flies

Theme : The Space Between We walk together but we walk alone We face the future for the fork in the road Old abandoned silverware I don't know who left it there Who leaves their cutlery Fork in the road We live together but we'll leave alone The space between the walls that we called home Old abandoned silverware.... Been down this road before It's a long and winding lane For all we've done and all we saw There it is again Old abandoned silverware...

Theme : Call Me Home Friends know my number But I go by different names Some people call me the man with it all If I had it, I lost it After the fall of the father, son or brother Are some of the names I have known They’re free to use whichever they choose But you get to call me home Friends know my number But I go by different names Some people call me out of the blue And say “Arthur Foxgloves! How do you do?” As a father, son or brother Are some of the names I have known They’re free to use whichever they choose But you get to call me home Only you can call me home

Theme : A Country With No Name

Theme : Talk Is Cheap

Theme : Begin Again