Get all 5 Paul Nowak releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of People like you, Hurt, The best of us, Sent to War, and Cowboy Songs.
1. |
Hero
03:22
|
|||
|
Born overseas by the storm clouds, the struggles and stresses of war
Built a new home, built a new life
Started with nothing at all
Passed on the surest of lessons
Be honest, work hard and be true
Find the right woman, treat her with respect
And the rest I will leave up to you
Because the simple things, most important things
To face what life brings
I learned from my hero
My hero was you
Worked far away for a long time, wherever you where, we all knew
It wasn’t the call of a new life you heeded, it’s what you gave up to get through
So not all of my heroes are cowboys, not all of them play the guitar
Not all of my heroes are left-wing firebrands, didn’t run out at Goodison Park
Because the simple things, most important things
To face what life brings
I learned from my hero
My hero was you
The lessons you learnt from your father, the lessons you passed to your sons
Are the things I hold dearest, the things that speak clearest
To the sort of man I want to become
Passed on the surest of lessons
Be honest, work hard and be true
Find the right woman, treat her like a queen
And the rest I will leave up to you
|
||||
2. |
Cowboy Songs
05:25
|
|||
|
Wasn’t born on the endless prairie, or raised on stories of how the West was won
Never wandered through those valleys, high in my saddle, ‘neath a blood-red sun
And rows of northern, suburban houses, lack the romance of the open plain
But a cowboy can still win and lose his fortune
And whiskey, wine and women, can hurt you all the same
And I know these of heartbreak, sang in bedrooms here, sang round campfires there
Tell the tales, and the stories that connect us, to the things that really matter
The ones for who we care
Those cowboy songs
Now a cowboy, he’s supposed to ride through heartbreak, supposed to ride through sorrow,
supposed to ride through pain
But the riding is always that much easier, when there’s someone there beside
Who can help you start again
And I know these songs of heartbreak, sang in pubs round here, sang in bar-rooms there
Tell the tales, and the stories that connect us, to the things that really matter
The ones for who we care
Those cowboy songs
Saddle up and hunker down, cos’ there’s a long, long road ahead my friend
Dust yourself off, get back on, cos’ there’s a long, long road ahead, my friend
|
||||
3. |
Two Rivers
03:45
|
|||
|
Two rivers, one life, one love and one home
Two lovers, side by side, sharing the unknown,
And it seems to me these rivers
Have watched our lives unfold
Borne our hopes and dreams on their rising tides
And carried them safely home
Monday morning platform carries me so far away
Twenty years I’ve rode this train, a few regrets along the way
But I know when I cross that river, I will soon be home
Like I know we belong together, I will soon be home
Two rivers, one life, one love and one home
Two lovers, side by side, sharing the unknown,
And it seems to me these rivers
Have watched our lives unfold
Borne our hopes and dreams on their rising tides
And carried them safely home
Every day I walk to work, every day I feel the same
I give thanks for what I’ve got, wish you weren’t so far away
|
||||
Paul Nowak Liverpool, UK
Singer-songwriter from Birkenhead, Merseyside. If you don’t know Birkenhead, it’s a bit like Brooklyn to Liverpool’s
Manhattan. If you do know Birkenhead, you’ll know it’s not...
Cowboy Songs is the first thing I’ve recorded in a studio since my late teens and throughout 2020 I’ll be doing the odd-gig to promote it when the day-job allows.
... more
If you like Paul Nowak, you may also like:
Sorry I'm So Sensitive
by Bea Stewart
The second EP from Northern Irish singer-songwriter Bea Stewart runs from gentle folk to pillowy pop ballads, all perfectly executed.
go to album
Father and daughter team up to make pretty folk music inspired by the day she was born and the day she'll leave home.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 26, 2024
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 19, 2024
go to album
Six and Forty-Six
by Riccardo La Foresta & James Ginzburg
Percussionist and sound artist Riccardo La Foresta joins musician and producer James Ginzburg for a fluid collaborative experiment.
go to album
The Room
by Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 9, 2024
go to album
Stirring Americana set to acoustic arrangements and topped by the legendary Alice Gerrard’s lovely, world-wise voice.
go to album
