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Love Was a Freight Train
Written 1989 Rewrittern 2006 @Cousin Lee
I'am just going on down the track
Love was frieght train that knocked me out
From A to B, I was taken wrapped and bound
Dont lay your selve across the tracks
don't beleive my child that is all
Don;t pay the price in money or gold
though it is cheaper then emotionally
Cause love can be a freight train when one think it is not
Sigh sigh because there is pain all around
Tears and the broken hearted are free
Here the price was high and the cost was taken
The vulture raveges and the worms eat me
I am unable to tell you though I am crumbling in side
The train has got to stop the one I never got on
I thought i was broken but i broke down alot more
I can feel more now then ever before
Sigh sigh because there is pain all around
Tears and the broken hearted are free
I know i Know I know nothing at all
I can't hear myself because is so painful
I have tried to hide but I am so lonely
Nothing is locked deep inside, everyone can see
Sigh sigh because there is pain all around
Tears and the broken hearted are free
I'am just going on down the track
Love was frieght train that knocked me out -
Is it Just
Written 1989; rewritten 2026 Nov – Cousin Lee
You can see, but you don't see anything
You can hear, but you don't hear me
You can feel, but does it matter? It is not real
You can believe, but you don't believe meAm I here you are there
In this moment we share
You can move but you don't move
One can try, it is always better
If you hurting and you don't know it
Life breaks out and everything floods out
oh oooh oh
oh oooh oh
One can love but it does not mean anything
If you don't listen it really does not matter
What ever you do don't touch
Cause if you break it you have to buy it
Am I here you are there
In this moment we share
(Featuring Gonzo on Bass & Prince on Bongos
This fun little number featured predominantly Bongos & Bass on the recording session. L+o+v+e = You & Me was one of the main title songs for that recording session. The first session nearly secured a recording contract at the time due to it's unique sound. It was the first proper track that I recorded in a Studio S Strommen, Oslo . It has now been rewritten in recent times. To be recorded. -
A Little Hope
Written December 2025
Rainbow Skies
Blue Blue Seas
Take me sailing with you
Standing on the Beach
A little hope that you can have it too
A little hope that the sky will be blue
A little hope the you knew it too
Stretched out far in front of me
What is it to become so little
Sun and Laughter
Time spent with you
A recognise the smile
A symbol of our love
The way the light comes through the crack
What is it to become so little
A little hope for today
A little hope for love
A little hope that you knew it too
@Cousin Lee -
Famous for Love
Written Nov 2025 on Expecting
Famouse for now
Famouse for Tomorrow
It doesn't matter what you say
Its not to light to change it any way
Eevrything that he wanted
Passed through his hands
In no particaluer order
As he tried to grab it
Ready for some action, Ready for some heat,
Everyone else is falling asleep
Famouse for Love
Famouse for Hate
I am lost at sea
Late at night, taking Taxis
People never new me
Although I saw them every day
What I wanted was the truth
It ultimately protect me
Ready for some action, Ready for some heat,
Everyone else is falling asleep
Famouse for Love
Famouse for Hate
I am lost at sea
Late at night, taking Taxis
The way you walk
It is something you brought
But here on the island
You feed the addication
Ready for some action, Ready for some heat,
Everyone else is falling asleep
Famouse for Love
Famouse for Hate
I am lost at sea
Late at night, taking Taxis
@Cousin Lee -
Teach me Peace
Written June 2024 Cousin Lee
It is good to be back
It is good to be back
It is love right on track
It is love right on track
Ha ha
She's unpredictable, don't know which way she'll go
It is free for all to see
it is free for all to see
Teach me peace to take back
Teach me peace to take back
Ha ha
he's unpredictable, don't know which way he'll go
Hearts of joy are in peace
Hearts of joy are in peace
Love me and be free
Love me and be free
Ha Ha
They are unpredictable, don't know which way they'll go
@Cousin Lee -
Manx Version of ‘Winter Is Coming’
Winter is coming
I am all ready there
My gloves are on
I am ready to live
but the world is dyingSnow is falling to cover my tracks
I have been somewhere and now I am back
Calculated reasoning
Fall by the wayside
There are so many things to do
He said it like it was true
Winter is comingSnow is falling to cover my tracks
I have been somewhere and now I am back
Winter is coming
and I am alone
That season I must face again
It does not feel the like the end
How would I knowSnow is falling to cover my tracks
I have been somewhere and now I am back
ÇHEET NISH TA’N GEUREY
Çheet nish ta’n geurey
Ayns shoh hannah mish
My lauenyn ta moom
Ta mee glackey my vioys
Agh ta’n seihll geddyn baaseSniaghtey vees tuittym ,
my lorg scryssit magh
Va mee ersooyl, agh nish ta mee backKiarail ayns resooney
S’veg shen agh fardail
Whilleen vees ry yannoo
Myr dy loayragh eh dy feer
Çheet nish ta’n geureySniaghtey vees tuittym ,
my lorg scryssit magh
Va mee ersooyl, agh nish ta mee backÇheet nish ta’n geurey
My lomarcan mish
Ta’n imbagh shen roym reesht
Gyn aer jeh’n jerrey vees ayn
Cre’n aght aym veagh fysSniaghtey vees tuittym ,
my lorg scryssit magh
Va mee ersooyl, agh nish ta mee backWritten by Cousin Lee
Translated with Thanks by Bob Carswell
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People Pass By
Running to the shop on the corner
I see a man I say hello
Is me or him or the world that is dreaming
I am learning
Cup of tea yes please
It has to do with dealing
Can you smile and say cheese
Or do anything with meaning
People walk by
Has it ended
Before they pass
The truth never spoken
I am scared in what I am trying
I only have one life
Believe in not hiding
Just what will survive
Everyone moves slowly
I guess I only manage once
I guess it is better then nothing
Do what you believe in
People walk by
Has it ended
Before they pass
The truth never spoken
The step we could gain
The places we could go
It is really unbelievable
The truth never spoken
© Cousin Lee 1997 -
Cars
Cars going so fast,
Cars going nowhere
There not going in my direction
There going to some other destinationThunder and lightning, the driving rain
Car with loaded guns chasing after
cars with Diamonds and crooks
Going so fast they’re out of sight
Full of dreams heading for hellThunder and lightning, the driving rain
I am not on time to hitch a lift
I can’t hear, but I can see the sun
They beat you and change your fate
I am stuck here, and I can’t runThunder and lightning, the driving rain
Cars cars what is coming
Cars cars can you feel it
It is taking you further away
To where you want to be© Cousin Lee 2026
Coming soon on the new album ‘Expecting’