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...
#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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...