Tag Archives: Dan Paton
LYRICS // New Horizon (1999)
This is another one of my favourite Zamora songs, and is quite a rock ‘n’ roll blast from start to finish. It was probably the closest we got to a ‘driving song’, as tracks like ‘Born To Be Wild‘ and … Continue reading
Filed under 1999, Lyrics, The Zamora
LYRICS // Tequila Mockingbird Pie (1998)
My first full-time job after university was as a bookseller at Sussex University Bookshop. Retail is always low paid, so I was always out of pocket, but I tend to look back on my time there very fondly. I was … Continue reading
Filed under 1998, Lyrics, The Zamora
LYRICS // Harry J (Gunslinger) (2000)
Harry J. Anslinger was first Commissioner of the US Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) for 32 years, and is widely considered to be America’s first ‘drug czar‘. He is best known for his extreme campaign against cannabis, which followed in … Continue reading
Filed under 2000, Lyrics, The Zamora
LYRICS // Taxi For Alice (1996)
‘Taxi For Alice’ was probably the first set of lyrics I wrote that I was actually happy with, after trying to write something satisfactory for about 9 years. It’s another one of those attempts at wordplay and a stab at … Continue reading
Filed under 1996, Lyrics, The Zamora
LYRICS // Not Letting The Grass Grow (1997)
A song about moving on after the end of a relationship and finding positivity in the change. I’ve always found that either writing songs or listening to them are good for the healing/recovery process after a break-up. Anger or sadness … Continue reading
Filed under 1997, Lyrics, The Zamora
