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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
For the moment I think I need to just leave this song here. I wait and see how it lands. In the meantime have a look at the image above. What do you see?I'll Be There Verse 1: ’ll be there when you need meI’ll be there at the sourceOf strength and hope in the faceOf sorrow and remorseI’ll be there in those momentsWhen all you feel is painAnd even if I’ve been beforeI’ll...
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...
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...