Songwriting is something that just happened when I learnt to play bass guitar....

The person who introduced me to the bass I met on a train and here are the lyrics that tell the story.....and here is a video of me performing it! Feel free to sing along!

One day I was sitting on a train (oh yeah)

There was this guy and I was feeling lame (but I looked good)

He had a guitar, he looked like a star

I smiled at him and he wrote his name upon my arm ( and his number too)

We spoke of the blues, we laughed a bit too

Then his stop came and he jumped off with a start (yeah he nearly missed it)

I never heard from him, not a whisper, not a thing

Many moons later when I was round his house (yeah he called)

He said 'Hey Sister' and handed me a bass (guitar)

I did what I could, I think I made it sound good

Wow sister! You got rhythm, I think you're a natural musician (is what he said)

I was as happy as can be, I went online and bought a bass for me (a really nice fender)

He has a guitar, he really really is a star, we still talk of the blues, he still cracks me up too

What a man, to meet upon a train, flipped my life, things are not the same

What a man, to meet upon a train, gives me hope that the world is still insane

What a man, to meet upon a train, start the fun, life is but a game

The little riff that is the melody was a finger exercise for the bass guitar that he taught me to practice.

I love how life works and the directions we are guided to go in by seemingly insignificant happenings.......