Ballad

Music: Alfredo De Pietra
Lyrics & Vocals: James Higgins

To Go That Extra Mile

i've been getting myself sidetracked
by the little things in life
making mountains out of molehills
tossing turning through the night

i got an itch that just needs scratching
all my bugs i have to bare
i keep getting tunnel vision
and think no one really cares

but i'm thankful i have friends
who help me keep my feet on the ground
and who offer me advice
that is both wise and profound

but when i'm left to my own thoughts
i keep waking sleeping dogs
rubbing salt into my old wounds
always making matters worse


i am sorry i was short with you
i've got too much on my mind
trying to get from a to z
when i don't have the time

i need to have a break from work
and spend more time with you
take the dog out for a walk
and run the kids to school

well you know i could start a fight
in an empty room
and baby baby baby baby
so could you

but you can make me laugh
and you can make me smile
you give me the strength
to go that extra mile

To Go That Extra Mile

Buoys

Expectancy

From the album "The Twilight Sessions" - Out Now!

Available on CD from www.jamesnighthawk.com/music or on download from iTunes and other vendors

A live acoustic version of this also viewable on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvxiAfjhxQI


<b>Not the One</b>

This is the story of one grateful truth
A taste unforgotten, a hope that bears fruit
If you are the cynic, afraid to confide
Then just how are we supposed to survive? 

Without tempting fate I would like to regress 
To a time less complex, a moment of rest
A love we believed would never subside
Yes, a force that would keep us alive

But no you’re not the one
Not the one, not the one
No you’re not the one
Not the one, not the one

(Break)

There’s no going back, there’s no room for change
The love we once grew, is growing estranged
Who would have thought, our worlds would collide
With a force that we both would survive?

Remember me well, remember me true
Ne’er forget lessons, from friends we outgrew
World-weary minds may cast them aside
In our hearts we must keep them alive

But no you’re not the one
Not the one, not the one
No you’re not the one
Not the one, not the one

(Break)

This is the story of one grateful truth
A taste unforgotten, a hope that bears fruit
I am no cynic, and I will confide
In a song that will keep me alive

But no you’re not the one
Not the one, not the one
No you’re not the one
Not the one, not the one

Not The One

The first new song of the 21 century :-)

Co-write with Walter Davidson

The One
Lyrics and Music:
Walter Davidson, Fredden

Winter days, early nights
Christmas tree, Christmas lights
A fairytale, a rednose deer
It's the time of the year

Chorus: And you, the one for me
I'd rather have you near

People shopping in the square
Happy children everywhere
Hear the sleigh bells... Santa's here
It's the time of the year

Chorus: And you, the one for me
I'd rather have you near

Now let us gather the family
Presents under the Christmas tree
Singing choirs are what we hear
It's the time of the year
Chorus: And you, the one for me
I'd rather have you near

Winter days, early nights
Christmas tree, Christmas lights
A fairytale, a rednose deer
It's the time of the year

Rock - Ballad


The One

No Bridges Burnt (5 Janvier 2015)

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Just because it's Christmas.

[J.S. Bach, Composer]

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Almost Blue was written by Elvis Costello apparently for Chet Baker. Both Elvis and Chet have great versions of it, and I came about this tune from playing it with some great friends of mine. We even named our band after it, and this version is very close to how we played it at our shows.

Almost Blue

Cole Porter is probably one of my all-time favorite songwriters and composers. I don’t think I’ve heard a tune of his that I don’t like… this one you’re going to hear next, was written for the musical “Born to Dance” in 1936 and has been sung by crooners ever since. Like many of Cole Porter’s tunes, he gives away the title in the first line!
I guess my version, like many, is based off of Frank Sinatra’s recording from the late 1950s. I learned to sing it in a duet version, but here it is in solo form.

I've Got You Under My Skin

This "Big Band" tune was written by Duke Ellington and Bob Russell in 1940. This version is inspired by a vocal/guitar rendition I heard recently from Fiona Apple.

Don't Get Around Much Anymore

A mellow piano-vocal for sharecloud sunday

Listen on Spotify

Love affair with life

une chanson de Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)

STEAL YOUR HEART AWAY

La sensibilità è l'abito più elegante e prezioso di cui l'intelligenza possa vestirsi.

Quando - Pino Daniele - Jazz piano A. Napolitano Improvisation

Another stunning one take improvisation with www.soundcloud.com/gerjan-schreuder. Sometimes hard to believe for ourselves that we just start playing and all of this evolves out of nothing. Guitar magic!

Big Shorts

Test with a part of the solo arranged piece.

Pat Metheny - Antonia Test

Hey people, music as medicin, yes , I do, emotional food. Playing the guitar as best as possible, the learning road is long, but nice..

Born in 1955 in Potenza, Italy, lives in Palermo, Sicily, since 1972.
General practitioner (family doctor), amateur guitar player and home recordist.

Thanks for listening!

To Go That Extra Mile

Alfredo De Pietra

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