Steve Low

In Black and White She is charm she is anger She doesn’t seem to notice the shades of grey There will only ever be the right thing to say Oh I’m in trouble cause I’m a bubble flying To burst with a shot in a quick gunfight She can only see in black and white She can only see in black and white Me I see in many colours A pink and a mauve and a green sunset A tawny sort of brown and a russet gold So...

WHEN SHE CALLS YOU HOME by Steve Low

LOVE ISN’T DUMB I been unfolding the map too many times G C D The way to your heart it’s elusive, there ain’t many signs You’re like a mirage you flicker and then you go hide Am F C I’m left to suck up the pain right through the night Am F D D7 Love isn’t dumb it’s a sting C It’s a spin off the road to a ditch G It’s a car driving by and leaving you there Bm D To the sun that burns a hole in your...

A&R company Taxi is one of the hardest to crack so to have this song accepted and forwarded to the music director of a new TV series in the US was a good moment. Where Cigarettes Fall You wanted a rendezvous For the consignment I said I’d let you see We gotta be murmuring Behind the hands – the voice of righteous felony So I said I’d meet you – and I did – in the dark In the place – where cigarett...

Working Shoes I like it that you toil away D Use your hands to scrub all day C You’re not afraid to lift a load You don’t give up and hit the road (hit the road hit the road) While I’ve been laying out in the warming sun C9b7 Fma7 Soaking it all up and getting nothing done I gotta lift my game to get your heart Bm7 E And put my working shoes on A And go head out to the vine Dbm Sweat it out and ta...

Unbundle You You’re all bound up Like a mummy in a tomb A coat of many layers Does anyone get you But you’re hot and I want ya Get you into bed Lay you in my arms And get inside your head You’re wired to max and you’re hard to penetrate You never lie down and you gotta dominate Wanna unbundle you Then we can love a night away Then we can love a night away All your energy Going round circuits Makin...

Nothing But Silence Need you from that first sight moment I lay it on you a reckless showman I carry you everywhere It really does hurt to care I tell you that you shine so bright And me I won’t sleep tonight I’m hungry for things you’d say But there’s nothing, nothing, nothing nothing but silence I sense you don’t trust my ramblings You think I’m hooked on craven play things You don’t get the fir...

Lonely Road Oh yes I’m driving down this lonely lonely road Yeah and it’s bustling with everyone you’d know Out on the weekend With street lights a fiery glow And the night a promised land For pilgrims in party hats Oh yes I’m driving down this lonely lonely road I know that you’re out there talking the talk I know Falling down laughing While your friends go count out the beat To the freedom of th...

Police On You A heart breaker smile And rollin’ with your eyes I’m faking Mr Casual but choking as you play your game You who loves to talk You really are a wall Gonna put Police on you Give me a clue About who you are The one I love They’ll hold you down Your hands be bound With Police on you I’ll get the truth They’re armed to starve Dissect your heart And interrogate I just can’t wait Get the P...

Don’t You Turn Away Our skins radiate But I’m the only one who’s feeling it You’re looking back bemused Like who’s does this guy think he is But you stay along for the ride Like you’re gonna throw and play me on a line But when it comes time to part You don’t give a thing just a half smile Hey don’t you turn away Hang on hang on – give me just a look Yeah don’t you turn away Hang on hang on – stay...

Something Good in Me Night it seeps in through the cracks Of this highway byway wooden shack No one’s made this home for years These walls have dried a 1000 tears We stopped in here just me n her Running from the debt and failure Well I lie here almost gratefully This dirt floor is my sanctuary My lady’s gonna stay with me Does she see somethin’ I don’t see? Does she see somethin’ good in me? Was...

3pm I’m in and out of focus I’m a harbor light Sweeping through fog trying to make out shapes And the dust particles like floaters in my eyes Shimmer and jerk with the head that aches Oh how they keep it going those workaday people When the afternoon drags and they’re death on ice But me I’m of the night like a church has a steeple I’m a doll connoisseur but my heads getting screwed up in a vice T...

Electric Blood Not sleeping for yearning nor zoning away I’m living for contact but faking OK You’re not the type to be tied to a post It’s freedom to shine that you love the most The fire in my blood it’s burning my face I want you up close so close I can taste But you think you need a hike today A day off up above the haze You got a good friend who stars in boots I guess you both are in cahoots...

Never happened You took me high up With your magic carpet of words Into the skyways Floating with clouds and birds And here we are meeting today and you’re gone - gone into hiding While I got me - a simmering fire – a fire - that I’m fighting As if it never happened - you wave away the night And the hush of our loving caress It’s as if it never happened - the locking on of eyes and the burning hol...

Love Incubating Hey girl - you’re the middle of night A fever in veins - itching to fight For every inch of dream time I’m infected and it’s divine Yeah I got love here in waiting I’m a standing ovation For the girl in the spot light In the beam of my eyes Your smile makes me fall Your walk makes me crawl Your scent takes me out You kiss and I drown I got love compromising me - love mesmerizing me...

New acoustic version of this song that attracted the attention of an RnB producer a couple of years ago but then silence . . . Excuse the street language

Mad Idea I hadn’t seen you since you left the State But I saw your name on another’s page And curiosity got the better of me Cause you were in my mind - celebrity Silky and assured - your man at your feet But I heard he cut the scene It seems a mad idea that I’m the one who gets to be Flying to you I feel like a crazy jetting through clouds Eight miles up here in the air Carrying it out this mad i...

Electric Wire Night Commuter train night ride You lighting that tin can rattlin’ space I’m a herd of eyes gone wild Eating up lines that make your face And passengers bored or kind Don’t go pickin’ it that I’m out of my mind Cause yearning for satisfaction How am I gonna get your lovin’ traction It’s electric wire night Wheels are grating and sparks are flying And I’m craving for you I’m willin’ t...

Demo alt-rock song-write - bit of Hozier/Seattle guitar, west-coast? Cruising Club You’re everybody’s friend - you laugh the night away You rip and then you ‘re at the next fun thing Your face it’s warm and fresh - like the wind across the bay Everything you do becomes a win And sometimes your smile makes me feel special But I suppose everyone feels that way Hey girl won’t you come and swim in big...

POWDER DRY I’m ready to race a horse at the gates Guts in a twist I’m a coiled spring She’s with the guys a beauty in tow Looking austere like the wife of a king And she must be getting the vibe Sparks must be kissing the front of her eyes It’s electric wire night I’m a vapor trail in cringing skies I’m a danger a loaded gun My heart it yearns but she don’t buy In my head I’m shoutin’ out Hey don’...

CHAIN STORE MONTEREY by Steve Low

Different to Me You smell of sea I gasoline You gotta clean I’m hunting for dreams I’m singin’ with a gat ‘bout the river that flowed You’re worrying ‘bout Thursday’s busy road You’re a sweet pear Love your salty skin The curl in your hair Makes my body sing I seek the stars I’m digging for deep You’re behind walls You’re clearing the weeds You’re different to me You want to drive Cause you look t...

COUNTER CULTURE When you fling your head it’s like a star burst rainbow shower Can’t take my eyes off you - you got planet pulling power And you speak in folky tones of African villagers Got me thinkin’ of myself as wanton and a pillager Hooked like a big cat watching prey move I’m burning in the mouth with the way that you groove Yeah I wanna get with you And your counter culture yeah your counte...

Just Stories You’re talking about those times we had Like they were Shangri La days that you adored Like the meaning of life was so close But you’re just trying to soothe my wounds so raw There were times when our blood was running hot Locked on eyes staring at the same dreams Oh yeah hey - you can talk it up - but they’re just stories now Yeah those snap-shots of happy faces - they’re just storie...

Political - Song writing submission to Broadjam A sultry night and a sulky me I’m layin ’here all over you Waitin’ for that moment of serenity But the TV’s on and it’s grabbed your ears You’re up on elbow a teacher’s glare Angered by gratuitous policy So I say I say I say hey best you don’t get political I say I say I say hey you make yourself too miserable I say I say I say hey my want for you is...