Warwick Fox

Sample Songs: Home Demos

As comes through clearly in my book On Beautiful Days Such as This, I have long admired the compression of thought and feeling that can be squeezed into the few minutes it takes to sing or listen to a song.

Here are some simple, one-take home demos of some of my own songs. You'll find the lyrics to these - and many other songs of mine - woven into the narrative that runs through On Beautiful Days Such as This.

• Old, Old Story -- "It's an old, old story about love and its glory, but it's always a good one to tell."

• The Traveller's Wells -- God help you if you're out there on the parched plains and don't stumble upon the Traveller's Wells.

• Dilapidated Soul -- Far and away the most depressing song here (the clue is in the title). About being worn down by the workaday world. You've never felt that way yourself, right?

• Saviour -- About what really saves us.

• The Taste in My Heart -- Which way will it go?

• Seize the Day -- Remember the Captain and his mandolin.

• Everything but the Girl -- "You know what 'the thing is'? The heart just yearns and yearns."

• These Days -- About breaking free from one's ghosts.

• Heaven's Call -- On hearing a woman with the sweetest voice singing in the London Underground. (This one isn't in OBDSAT)