Everything’s Good

Everything’s good and everything’s fineI know what’s yours and I know what’s mineI’ve got control over what I gotIt don’t bother me that it’s not a lotI’ve got no time for what you believeCuz I’m not stupid and I'm not naiveI don't know why it's so important to sayDoesn't matter if it’s true I'm going to tell you I’m okay. I don’t need to listen when you call it denialAll I...

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My Entire Life

#VERSEYou tell me that you told me I wish I could recallIt's not like I missed a word or two, somehow I missed them allI am just a child of these times we're living throughAnd I have learned to doubt some things I once believed were trueI sometimes think I've worked out how we got from there to hereI think that I remember but my memory's not clearAs time goes on I never doubt...

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Random Dude

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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366

366 Verse 1: Why did they make us play that gameNo winners you could only loseThey signed us up on the day we were bornIt wasn't something you got to chooseNobody I knew ever wanted to playBut we could only wait for that callAll of us were living out on the edgeWaiting for a hammer to fall Verse 2: There didn't seem to be a way out of the gameThough I kept trying year after...

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Bubbling Up

Bubbling Up Verse 1: You walked into the roomJoined an aimless conversationI liked what you had to sayAnd found myself glancing your wayThen suddenly out of nowhereIt caught me unawareDidn't know where it came fromI couldn’t say a word it kinda struck me dumb Chorus: It was a feelingCame bubbling upJust bubbling upFrom the insideA feelingQuite a surpriseTo discoverThat I had...

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Too Many Words

Too Many Words has been included in the shortlist for the CONTEMPORARY POP DANCE Category of the 2022 Australian Songwriting Contest. The top 30 selection is expected to be announced by the end of June 2023. ================================ Too Many Words was re-mixed and re-mastered 31 May 2023. ================================ I was thinking one day about how my songs are...

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You Should Try It

You Should Try It Verse 1: I met him back in 1982 And right away he suggested something I ought to do It was a workshop he said was something to behold It was important to do before I got old That's how I got to know Jimmy McGee He made a pretty big impression on me   Verse 2: Transformation was the workshop theme All I remember, it was pretty extreme When it was over  you...

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Perfect is the Enemy

5 March 2023.I've done a remix of this song.  While I haven't re-recorded the vocals I've worked on them in Logic Pro to make them clearer and more present.  Previously they sounded a bit like I was singing through a megaphone.  I think this mix is better balanced and the lyrics are easier to understand. ===================================================== The phrase...

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The Answer

The Answer   Verse 1: You say you’ve found “The Answer”Remind me, what’s the questionExplain to me how I can tellIf what you say is rightIf you’re just repeatingSome tired old opinionsThis is going to beA long… a very long night Verse 2: I’m not even sure that thisIs a conversationI can’t say I’m followingEverything you sayYou might think because you’re talkin’You’re...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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