Lyrics & Credits

Matrix Digital studios where the album Life in the sky was recorded. Showing an electric guitar and mixing console

Side A Production Credits

01. Together Apart 
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys - CC
Drums, Percussion - Phill Adams 
Backing Vocals - Olivia Marie
02. City Lights 
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys - CC
Drums, Percussion - Phill Adams 
Backing Vocals - Olivia Marie
03. Horses 
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys - CC
Drums, Percussion - Phill Adams 
Backing Vocals - Olivia Marie 
Keyboards - Gary Taylor 
04. Falling Down 
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys - CC
Drums, Percussion - Phill Adams 
Backing Vocals - Olivia Marie 
Keyboards - Gary Taylor 
05. Life in the Sky 
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys - CC
Drums, Percussion - Phill Adams 
Backing Vocals - Olivia Marie 
Keyboards - Gary Taylor  

Side B Production Credits

01. Boy
Vocals, Guitars, Bass - CC
Drums - Phill Adams 
Backing Vocals - Olivia Marie 
Keyboards - Gary Taylor 
02. See You Again 
Vocals, Guitars, Bass - CC
Drums - Phill Adams 
Backing Vocals - Olivia Marie 
Lead Guitars - Nick Granville 
Keyboards - Gary Taylor 
03. Forgotten Son 
Vocals, Guitars, Bass - CC
Drums - Phill Adams 
Backing Vocals - Olivia Marie 
Keyboards - Gary Taylor
04. Crazy Lounge 
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys - CC
Drums, Percussion - Phill Adams 
Backing Vocals - Olivia Marie 
05. Time That Stood Still/Fade Away
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys - CC
Drums, Percussion, Keys - Phill Adams 
Backing Vocals - Olivia Marie 

TOGETHER APART

Together Apart by the Charlie Tango Project

Words & Music Chris Cresswell

Get off the plane and I see 20 years or more fade away
Oh yeah you still look just the same and baby don’t ever take the blame

And I tell you I need you and I won’t leave like before 
Just like two halves of the whole
You left a hole in my heart and soul

It’s just a sweet surrender 
Giving my heart away, I’m gonna bet on another day 

Underneath different skies we're together apart yet we’re still the same, times and places they may have changed, but the actors they still remain 

And you tell me you need me and you won’t leave like before 
Now I see you far away and I cry another day

We were young and you told me on paper we should be together
Worlds apart forever, worlds apart forever 

Now you’re back on the scene and you still are my queen and I cannot hide, emotions been building on a love I can’t deny 

CITY LIGHTS

Photo of Wellington City at night to represent the song CIty Lights by The Charlie Tango Projectt

Words & Music Chris Cresswell

Here we are upon the city lights 
And I don’t want to be the one to fight, with you
Up here the world revolves and passes by, but am I passing, passing by on you

And maybe I don’t want to make the call, for all the shit that went down, went down before. I light a candle for your memory and then a picture of what, of what could be

I make a coffee light a cigarette, there is no feeling here just regret. Up here the world revolves and passes by, but am I passing, passing by on you

And maybe I don’t want to make the call, for all the shit that went down, went down before. I light a candle for your memory and then a picture of what, of what could be

Over you I swear I was, in a different place, 
Where we stood the city lights reflected in your eyes that truth that we, were gone, for good 

HORSES

A photo of two horses relating to the song HOrses by The Charlie Tango Project

Words & Music Chris Cresswell

Life, been strange to me, what have I found now, a place to belong. Too, too many years, even the maybes seem to reflect. That, my world is changing

Cause you make me feel, like I’m number one
I’m alive all five senses, I can stare at the sun

Over I tried, I tried to explain, how come I got, nought to my name. You, you saved me, you set me free
I want, I want you to know

That you make me feel, like I’m number one
I’m alive all five senses, I can stare at the sun
I’ve stabled the horses, I’ve made all my plans
I won’t settle for empty, cause I know where I am I know where I am

So long, so long. Well I’m number one, I’m alive all five senses, I can start at the sun. I’ve stabled the horses, I’ve made all my plans, I won’t settle for empty. Cause I know where I am

FALLING DOWN

Photo of an old path that represents the song Falling Down by The Charlie Tango Project

Words & Music Chris Cresswell

So far away, from the pain, dark is the rain, driving me insane

I let you sleep beneath my feet, A stony path broken leads you closer to me. Sowing the seeds of deceit. An angel with a halo made a devil out of me

Can’t you see, see me
I’m going down
I’m falling down

I wanted more but I had nothing to lose. Same old story, same old blues. Take my life, you won’t get far. When you see me screaming now I know what you are

I let you sleep, beneath my feet, an angel with a halo made a devil out of me

LIFE IN THE SKY

Photo of a boy staring into the sky which represents the song Life In The Sky by the Charlie Tango Project

Music Chris Cresswell, Words by CC & Paul Spiers

Life in the sky
He’s making his way home from the store 
If it should rain, feet will get wet, holes in his shoes 
Life in the sky, why does he run hide sit down and cry
Life in the sky  

Rain comes, man dies 

Life in the sky, wish he would leave her, lies make her cry
Blue covers white, covers it up with the new morning light 
Life in the sky, wish she would run hide sit down and cry
Life in the sky, life in the sky

And if it should rain, feet will get wet, holes in his shoes, making him cry. Life in the sky, blue covers white 

BOY

photo of a boy representing the song Boy by The Charlie Tango Project

Words & Music Chris Cresswell

Hey where ya going? With that suitcase in your hand
Oh don’t leave me daddy please 
For there’s so much to understand  

Life’s no fun when ya mamma’s drunk and ya gotta find your way down the barrel of a gun  

Setting out into the streets
No where to run, nothing to eat 
He starts to shake from the inside 
But his face as tough as New York pride

Life’s no fun when ya mamma’s drunk and ya gotta find your way down the barrel of a gun yeah 

A cardboard box is his redemption, nothing to you but it’s a mansion. He sees the ghost of one alive, a crown of thorns, to seal his cry

SEE YOU AGAIN

A photo of Anthony Farrall from New Zealand representing a song written about him called See You Again by The Charlie Tango Project

Words & Music Chris Cresswell

I don’t know the reason why your sunshine it faded into darken skies. Lord only knows, the pain that drove you to the door 
In the silence you knew you could take it no more

Woah oh, I’ll see you again
But for now I’ll be on my own, thinking of you
My friend and how you felt at the end

A lot things that might have been, if distance has done anything 
It’s just a moment away 

But the winds they’re blowing down, and they saw you hit the ground. What were you thinking, feel my heart breaking, as you left this town

Can you see the road ahead, what it might look like today 
And if you asked me why, I won’t know what to say 
And I can’t believe it, believe it, knowing who you are
You are the rock they put, the rock they put in star 

FORGOTTEN SON

A photo of a rock band representing the song Forgotten Son by The Charlie Tango Project

Words & Music Chris Cresswell

Drop me a line friend. Tell me which way you go. 
Seems like a long time. We all missed the show

I try sometimes. And I still get hurt 
Have you moved on up, Are you, out of reach

As the years have passed, I often think of you 
Remember the good times, we all went though 
Don’t hesitate, I recreate in my mind 
Past life dreaming was it real, all we left behind

You’re not the only one another forgotten son
And I’ll try to get through 
You’re not the only one another forgotten son
And I’ll try to get through

I try some times. But time does fly
You know why, I can’t find the words 
To say good bye 

THE CRAZY LOUNGE CAFE

A photo of a cafe representing the song Crazy Lounge Cafe by The Charlie Tango Project

Words & Music Chris Cresswell

The crazy lounge café, its crowded people speaking, but not a word I say to you. Walking slowly
We’re going to a place, where words won’t matter like before

I said to myself, this time I’ll make it better
This time I won’t be leaving you
I said to myself woah oh
 
You follow me where whispers roam, hand in hand we’re not alone but then you are my beacon
Your love’s a labyrinth, I’ll gladly wander through
Will you follow me? I’ll follow you

I said to myself, this time I’ll make it better
This time I won’t be leaving you 

So take my hand and we’ll run away to a place where our love will stay. And then, we’ll leave our fears behind, throw them all away 

Let’s take this chance to fly, let’s give it one more try 

TIME THAT STOOD

Words & Music Chris Cresswell

I, I can look into your eyes, I can see into your soul, 
From many years ago

You, you look at me and say, the dream it didn’t fade my love, From so long ago

And so lives have changed, we’d gone separate ways
We'll meet once again and fade away

We, still caught up in our dreams, we find that all we have, is the time that stands between

And so lives have changed, we’d gone separate ways, we'll meet once again and fade away