MUSIC and LYRICS page (Updated September 2008)
Paroles et Musiques
 The music on this page was written, composed, played and recorded by Christian Mc Cormick except when mentionned.
This music cannot be used for any purpose other than leisure listening by anyone without the prior written consent of Christian Mc Cormick

You can contact me at / Vous pouvez m'écrire à: christian@christianmccormick.com  

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Work In progress Section: This section contains songs that are in progress and that I consider still need some work...

Another Piano Song (Christian thinks he's Moby) 1st Garage Band Song (Fooling around with Garage Band) U2like (Looking for The Edge's sound)
Same song but with vocals
(lyrics written by Maëla...)


Click on the title of the song to hear the music: (Downloading the file can take several minutes)

You've Been

Recorded with Cubase 4

And Yamaha O1X ...

 

Instruments:

Takamine EF341C

Fender Stratocaster (Eric Johnson Custom)

Lexicon MX200

Vst Instruments

LM-7

Hypersonic

(Dedicated to Christine of course...)

 

 

You've Been

You've been
By my side
All this time baby

All my life

You've shared my sleep,
You've shared my life baby
You've shared my love

Through the sunshine baby,
Through the clouds

Sharing,
The same dreams
Share the same tears

All this time baby
All my life

You say
You're in love
And that love is for me

All of your life

hmmmm hmmm
All of my life baby
I'll be with you

hmmmm hmmmm,

What Together

Really Is

 

 

Recorded with Cubase SX3

And Yamaha O1X ...

 

Instruments:

Takamine EF341C

Fender Stratocaster (Eric Johnson Custom)

Radial Classic Distortion

Zoom A2

Digitech Whammy

Lexicon MX200

Vst Instruments

LM-7

Hypersonic

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Together Really Is

I'll be driving my car
All night baby
To be with you tonight

Its winter outside,
Radio's playing our song
Making me think about us (you)

We've had plenty of time,
All these years
To know what together really is

Its the same every day,
The same they say
Young love meant to be here to stay

Headlights in the night
flashing by,
Light up my memories of us

We've had plenty of time,
All these years
To know what together really is

Driving my car
All night baby
To be with you tonight

Its winter outside,
Radio's playing our song
Making me think about us (you)

We've had plenty of time,
All these years
To know what together really is

 The Call

Recorded with Cubase SX3

And Yamaha O1X ...

 

 

 

 

The Call

My brother called today, he said….
Oh brother, I will die today, he said….
Only you are told, please don't say.

I've been promised a beautiful place
Where we won't have to cry…
I went quiet for a while
As tears came to my eyes
I cried…

Life is just a test, he said…
Hate stronger then love, he said…
Freedom an endless dream, oh just another dream.
I will die tonight, for you and them.
Little brother
Tonight
He said…

I want you to laugh and sing, he said…
I am a chosen one, he said…
I will soar to that place, little brother laugh and sing
Money for those I leave behind, freedom for a life's sacrifice
Little brother please don't cry.

I said Brother please don't go,
what will our little sister say
She needs you more then our Lord,
we won't cry anymore if you stay

Your life, our lives with love, they can be stronger then hate

You and us here with your love alive,
we'll be stronger then hate

Freedom need not stay, brother, don't go, tonight…

 

Just Like Heaven

Recorded with Cubase SX3

And Yamaha O1X ...

Based on Katie Melua's version of

one of the greatest hits of The Cure

 

 

 

 

 

Just Like Heaven

Show me how you do that trick

The one that makes me scream she said

The one that makes me laugh she said

And threw her arms around my neck

Show me how you do it

And I promise that I'll run away with you

I'll run away with you

...

 

PINK

Recorded with Cubase SX3

And Yamaha O1X ...

Using Steinberg's Hypersonic

Composed September 2005

 

 

 

 

 

A song about MR. Pink...

Instrumental for now, until I find time to compose the story of Mr. Pink...

 

NL

Recorded with Cubase SX3

And Yamaha O1X ...

Ovation 12 string Custom Legend (Harmonics), Takamine PF 341C (Arpaggio Guitar), Ibanez PF200 (Solo)

Composed Feb/March 2005

 

 

 

 

 

A song about life...

Dedicated to my father

Instrumental for now, until I find the right words...

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The Drowning Man

Recorded with Cubase SX2

And Yamaha O1X ...

Composed September 2004

 

 

 

 

 

The Drowning Man

You wake up in the morning
Radio's shouting the world's pain
You get up in the daybreak
With so much on your mind

You look out into the daylight
Its just another rainy day
Just another one of those days

The trees that graced your childhood
Have withered away today
Their leaves sheltered the sunlight
There's nothing left to shade

The earth beneath your footsteps
Turned all hard and grey
Its just another thing to fade

Its another drowning man
Overtaken by his days
Underrated by his fame

Just another one of those days
Just another thing to fade

Its another drowning man
Overtaken by his days
Undetermined by his fate
Underrated by his lack of fame
Beaten by the end of his flame
Beaten by the extent of his shame

Just another one of those days
Just another thing to fade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Hey You!

 

 

 

Recorded with Cubase SX2

And Yamaha O1X ...

Composed September 2004

 

 

 

This song is dedicated to the children of Beslan

 

Have you heard?
The news is in the air
They've done it again,
Killed them everywhere

Its been on my mind,
I'm wanting to be blind

Turning away,
Is everybody's way
We change the channel and the picture's gone away
Change the channel and the crime has gone away

You know its time to blame yourself
You know it ain't fine to shame yourself

Have you heard?
The news is everywhere
TV's Showing their crimes,
As we sit there and stare

Change the channel just to send them away,
Turn the volume down and silence their pain.

Hide that pain, hide the rain, hide the flames
Turn away, save you pain,

You know its time to blame yourself
You know it ain't fine to shame yourself

Baglama Song 

Instrumental Only

Composed January 2004

This song was written and composed

with the following acoustic instruments:

Turkish Baglama

Egyptian Djerbuka

Tamborine

An Ensoniq VFX synthesizer adds some modulated

depth in the background

Railway Station

Rush 

Were you ever late catching a train?

Instrumental Only

Written November 2003

 

 

Note: Don't forget to stop the song

when you catch the train...

(Its unfinished...)

Unlike the previous song, there is absolutly

nothing acoustic in this song. It was written

entirely using computer synthesizers. Even the voice

in the background is a computer sample.

 

The song was written using Propellerhead's

extraordinnary REASON music synthesis software,

a scrren picture of which is on the left...

The Lake 


I see you, everyday
Walk by you, everyday
Always by you, everyday
And did you know
When you walk by
I never, never, never
Look Away
Never, never, never
Look Away (I see you, I want you)

I look
Through your frown
Through those sad, sad
Sad, sad eyes (I see you)
I seek your smile
Guess the laugh (I want you)
Thatís always there
Behind your eyes

I see you, everyday
Walk by you, everyday
Always by you, everyday
And did you know
When you walk by
I never, never, never
Look Away

Never, never, never
Look Away (I see you)


All of my life
I've given it to you (I want you)
To your pretty, pretty, face
Again and again. (I see you)
I've given it all to you
So weíll remember (I want you)

What we were
When we meet again (Everyday,I see you)
Together, by the lake one day (Everyday, I want you)
Together, by the lake one day

I see you, everyday (I want you)
Walk by you, everyday
Always by you, everyday (I see you)
And did you know
When you walk by
I never, never, never
Look Away
Never, never, never
Look Away

I see you

 

Cry (Remix)

 

Cry, cry, cry

Its been a long long time
Since I've seen your smile
Its been a long long time
Since I've heard your laugh
Its been a long long time
Since I've kissed your eyes

Cry, cry, cry

Yeah, We've come this far
And our love is still alive
When I'm by, your side
Its the same, same, same fire

 

Your all that I want
Yet there is so much else that I have

Cry, cry, cry

Apart another while
Far from each other's side
Today we are apart
And we cry

...Its been a long long time

Since I've kissed your sweet little eyes...

 

Original Mix Version

The Leaving

 

 

She says she's leaving
She's leaving him tonight
She says she's leaving
Ooh leaving him tonight

She said his loving
Just couldn't make it right

Leaving
She's Leaving him tonight

 

Well he don't believe her
Cause he knows he's gonna fight
And he will be there
When she comes running back despite

She said

Our loves a dream world
That just can't become part of our life
She's going back to the real world
Although it cuts her like a knife

Looking for answers
To the questions causing strife

She says she's leaving
Ooh leaving him tonight
She says she's leaving
She's leaving him tonight

So Much

 

You are the light that hides
The dark side of me
There is so much I want to tell you
So much I want to live by your side
So much we could say
So much we could be
There is so much we could say
So much we could be
So much we could do
You are my power ooh baby
 
You are my power ooh baby

When I see you smile

I see a light that shines
When you laugh aloud,
I would just kiss the sound (ooh baby)
When we are together, we are alsmost one
Oh so in love (ooh baby)
 
When we are not, the light glows on
Stong enough to show me the way
(So much we can be)
Keep me again from going astray
And keep looking for the path
That will lead me back
(So much we can be)
To the only place I want to be

I fool around when you're not around
With dreams of despair and virtual irreality
And yet everyday you say you care
You say... (You are my power)
All I want is to hold your hand
To be by your side
To be ON your side
 
(Back to beginning)
 
So much we could say
So much we could be
So much we could do
You are my power ooh baby
You are my power ooh baby , ooh baby
Show me the way
From going astray
Looking for the path
That will lead me back to be
By your side, to hold your hand, (ooh baby)
 
You are my power
You are my lover, my lover
There is so much that we could say
So much that we could be
And so much that we could do
You are my power, ooh baby
My lover

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