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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 me
    Am 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


  • Song of the Day 1/11/26

    Pass Through Me, written in the nineties, deserves to be heard today.

  • 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 dying

    Snow 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 coming

    Snow 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 know

    Snow 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 baase

    Sniaghtey vees tuittym ,
    my lorg scryssit magh
    Va mee ersooyl, agh nish ta mee back

    Kiarail ayns resooney
    S’veg shen agh fardail
    Whilleen vees ry yannoo
    Myr dy loayragh eh dy feer
    Çheet nish ta’n geurey

    Sniaghtey vees tuittym ,
    my lorg scryssit magh
    Va mee ersooyl, agh nish ta mee back

    Çheet 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 fys

    Sniaghtey vees tuittym ,
    my lorg scryssit magh
    Va mee ersooyl, agh nish ta mee back

    Written by Cousin Lee

    Translated with Thanks by Bob Carswell

  • 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














  • Expecting (acoustic versions preview)

    A little taster of some of the new songs for a little while.

  • Cars

    Cars going so fast,
    Cars going nowhere
    There not going in my direction
    There going to some other destination

    Thunder 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 hell

    Thunder 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 run

    Thunder 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’