DescriptionI'm a lyricist and have collaborated with musicians to create quite a few decent songs - one of which won Tamworth Songwriters Award in January 2023. I like ballads, soft rock, country and comedy songs. I was lucky enough to live my teens in the 70s (some say I'm still there) so I've been inspired by Billy Joel, The Eagles, America, John Lennon (all the Beatles stuff actually) etc. I'm no musician but I do create tunes in my head for the lyrics that I write and I enjoy the challenge of putting lyrics to musicians' tunes. If I could one day hear one of my songs on radio, I'd die a happy man :)

Dreams & AmbitionsI'd love to create songs with a like-minded songwriter. Someone who can benefit from my lyrics like I would benefit from their musical prowess. If I could one day hear one of my songs on the radio, I'd die a happy man :)

EquipmentI'm a lyricist, not a musician so the only 'kit' I use is a QWERTY keyboard :)

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Genres: Folk, Singer-Songwriter

MISTER INSIGNIFICANT

He’s the man who has to stand up on the bus
He’s the man who hardly ever makes a fuss
He’s the man who get his news feed every day
He’s the man who hasn’t really much to say
He’s the man whose life is oh so innocent
And his name is Mister Insignificant

He’s the man who waits there quiet in the queue
You don’t notice and he doesn’t notice you
He’s the man who you just shouldered in the street
He’s the man who you will never ever meet
He’s the man whose life is not magnificent
And his name is Mister Insignificant

CHORUS
He’s the man who we all know
But we never stop to say hello
Wears an unfamiliar face
Caught up in the mad rat race
He’s so human you know

He’s the man who cruises in the middle lane
He’s as close as you can get to being sane
He’s the man who’s hardly ever late for work
And he thinks that people think that he’s a jerk
And he cries when he thinks death is imminent
And his time on Earth in insignificant

CHORUS
Yeah, he’s the man who we all know
But we never stop to say hello
Wears an unfamiliar face
Caught up in the mad rat race
He’s so human you know

But one day somethin’ in his head just snaps
Wreaks havoc with this momentary lapse
His face is splashed on every TV screen
The maddest guy the world has ever seen
And the rating points are just magnificent
And he’s no longer insignificant

CHORUS
Yeah he’s the man who we all know
But we’d never stop to say hello
Wearing that familiar face
A victim of the mad rat race
He’s not human you know
He cannot be human, you know.

Allan West

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