Random Dude Verse:I recognize that lookI see it all the timeYou probably think that I’ve lost the plotYou worry bout my state of mindYou think I’m lost in conspiracyBut I can see things you might never seeCuz I’ve found a place where the actual truthIs handed out to anyone for free Verse:I’ve been searching for the truthFor as long as I can recallI was pretty young when I...
Hongos
Hongos Verse 1: I'm sitting here patiently trying to composeA song about my distant past, all those highs and lowsI don't want to presume that everybody knowsThat back in my early days I liked a taste of Chorus: Hongos, HongosThat's the way the song goesHongos, HongosWanta get me some Hongos Verse 2: Time goes on and on I guess everybody knowsSome things are moving faster but...
Bellyfat Blues
Bellyfat Blues Verse 1: I don't like it, don't like it hanging out in frontI gotta say it's givin me the shits, pardon me for being so bluntIt wasn't there a while ago don't know from where it cameBut I don't like it so very bad I can hardly say its name Don't want it don't want it and it's clear I'm not aloneI see some folks who had it since before they were even grownThey...
Leone
if you find this song to be mysterious, simply put "Boxing Day Tsunami 2004" in Google. This is the first new song I've written in over a year. Over the last year I discovered recording. It's become my latest obsession. It's extremely time consuming and there is an impossible amount to learn. So lack of available time is one of the reasons for no new songs. I've got...
Missing People
Missing People Verse 1: Streets wind their way through places I called homeI didn't give them a second thought as I walked those streets aloneI'd register what and who I saw everywhere I'd goIf anyone ever noticed me I'd swear I didn't know Verse 2: For the longest time I couldn't tell what it was that seemed so strangeSomething seemed to be missing but I didn't know what had...
Talk About It
Talk About it Verse 1: One day they finally told me it'd be good for meTo come here and talk to youI didn’t take offence at all, i thought it was a jokeCus that’s the sort of thing my friends might doThey said there was no guaranteeBut it might somehow be good for meI didn’t understand and still don’t seeThe point of this and what the hell am I supposed to do Chorus: Cuz I, I...
Once in a While
Once in a While Verse 1: Most of my daysLot like the day beforeI’ve taught my selfNot to expect anything moreCan’t complainAll of my days are fullBut they’re not particularlyMemorable Chorus: But then once in a whileComes a dayQuite unexpectedly - In my lifeA surprise, once in a whileBefore my eyesMagic finds its way back to me Verse 2: There’ve been daysLiving in shades of...
Couple of Days
Couple of days Verse 1: Do you recallSo long agoWho we wereIt’s hard to knowI think aboutAll we sharedI rememberHow much I cared Chorus: They were justA couple of daysWe spent walking on the beach and talking in cafesAnd after that couple of daysWe just smiled and said goodbyeWe went our separate ways Verse 2: For so longI couldn’t findThe reasons IHad been so blindWhat is...
Equal Time
Equal Time Verse 1: We're singing songs in harmonyAll our voices clear and freeBut somehow something doesn't feel quite rightI don't want to be offensiveOr sound like I’m being defensiveBut there's something that I want to say tonight Verse 2: I'm a fan of gospel musicI love sound it makesBut I do not intend to deceiveCan't say that I feel proudSinging Gospel songs out loudI...
Best That I Knew How
If you've listened to The Best this song will be familiar. The Best was arranged and produced by John Vallins. John heard it as a ballad with a killer sax solo. He did a fabulous job that I can't hope to match. This version is closer to what I had in my head when I wrote the song. It's more folk-rock and includes the bridge that was left out of John's version. It's not an...
Little Big C
Both Little Big C and Best That I Knew How were entered in the ROCK/INDIE category of the 2022 Australian Songwriting Contest. One of them has made it into the short list, but I haven't been told which one yet. The top 30 selection is expected to be announced by the end of June 2023. ================================ Little Big C was re-mixed and re-mastered June 2023....
Telling Time
Telling Time Verse 1: I can’t tell timeIt won’t do what I sayI try to take control of timeBut time always gets its own way Time waits for no oneSo goes the old clicheBut if you wait until the time’s just rightYou can watch time slip away Chorus 1: I’ve heard it said by people who know thatOnly time will tellBut time don't say a single thingI suppose that’s just as well Verse...
Appreciation
What to when there's nothing to do. I suppose I could write a song. When people ask me if I write the lyrics first or the music I will answer "yes", but 'yes' doesn't really tell the story. Sometimes I write some lyrics and then find some chord progressions and work out a melody. Other times I've got a bit of melody and need to wait for some words to fit. And sometimes the...
Singing ‘Bout Me
Singing 'Bout Me Verse 1: I got this ol’ guitarA song or twoAnd this old worldTo sing em toI’m in this big old town but ya knowI’m moving on down the lineThis time alone Verse 2: I got some long brown hairMy eyes are blueI guess I look O.K.I feel that way tooI’m looking everywhere but ya knowThat I don’t really careWhich way I go Chorus: Singin bout me.I ain’t so...
Little Big Sur
Little Big Sur Verse 1: In the sunlight, in the silence I’ve been here beforeI remember, crystal moments and always room for moreWaking sleeping, laughing crying a rhythm for the rainAnd the feeling of believing the river sings the same Chorus 1: Sleeping on a winters nightListening for the rainWaiting for someone to comeAnd take me there againI remember stars at night that...