Great story, Great guitar work you sound a bit like Nancy Griffith. great voice

Beautiful arrangement, love it Amy! Cool lyrics too :)

St Patrick's Day made me think of your song. Hope this one is a little less "hangry" 🙂🙂🙂

The storytelling is great, what a wonderful song

Another beautifuly crafted song. I love the way you write. Just love your music!! 

a wonderful song...😊 Beautiful, with your words and voice it‘s easy to immerse into the story...👍😎

Great songwriting Amy; so pleased I checked out some of your older songs.

All songs written by Amy O'Bryan
Track 1 co-written with Sarah Gilbert
Track 3 co-written with Ray Tubbs and David O'Bryan

All music by Amy O'Bryan

All tracks were recorded, mixed, and mastered by Amy O'Bryan at Nelson Square Studios AKA my basement.

Thank you for listening!!  <3

Open Book

Spring (Angel Olsen)

Written by:  Amy O'Bryan, Robert Ray Tubbs, Sr., and David O'Bryan

Vocals and Guitar:  Amy O'Bryan

Keystone Days

Written by: Amy O'Bryan and Sarah Gilbert
Music by: Amy O'Bryan

Lyrics:

Staring at the skyline,
From our shitty 5th floor room,
$150 bucks a night,
We'd be safe you'd assume.

The sliding door won't lock,
And the maintenance man never came.
Shoved the luggage rack in the door,
So we wouldn't get raped.

Looking down on the neighborhood,
Liquor store's around the block.
We wanna stock the mini-fridge,
But it just ain't safe to walk.

Chorus:
We were getting drunk on Broadway,
In Nashville, TN.
We left out mark on the walls of the city.
Dancing to the music like no one's watching me,
And leaving it behind feels like such a pity.

Tin Pan South weekend,
Tons of acts all over town.
Music pours from open doors,
Getting lost inside the sound.
Hot chicken is perfection,
And the locals are so sweet.
Reminds you of your hometown,
And your fondest memory.

Repeat Chorus

Ubered to a bar on the outskirts of town,
Met Heather who showed us the way.
Before I knew it I was puking in the trash cans,
Of Music City USA

Repeat Chorus

Music City USA

Music City USA

Cachito (Not remastered)

Run Away (feat. Mademoiselle Rose)

Just A Touch

Between jazz, blues, pop, electro... "Giants With Feet Of Clay" is a kind of synthesis of my influences and envies : melody, improvisation, long instrumental parts, emotion in the way of singing... I hope you find that too, or something else you enjoy...

Entre jazz, blues et pop, "Giants With Feet Of Clay" est une sorte de synthèse de mes envies et influences : mélodie, improvisation, longues parties instrumentales, émotion dans le chant... J'espère que vous trouverez aussi cela, ou autre chose à aimer...

Lyrics :

Can you see, can you see
Giants with feet of clay

They are too tall
To see people
To feel our need of love

They sleep together
They walk together
But they don’t know which way to go

Poor giants with feet of clay
Poor giants with feet of clay

Close to Robert

Giants with feet of clay

Spotify

Written about St. Patrick's Day 2017.  Sarcastic, yet serious song about traveling across the state of Kansas to visit my Dad.  The main idea being starvation.  My Dad says it's my best work, 'Salina, Salina, I won't forget you...'

Salina, Salina

Ruminative tune written about whatever you imagine it should be...

We Share a Dream

Driving Out to California

The sun is setting in the West,
The laundry's in the dryer.
The winter wind is howling outside,
My lover starts a fire.

We've been gone, working all day, 
And there's nothing left to do.
I'm just sitting here thinkin' of you!

Getting a foot rub on the couch,
Mid-century modern living room.
Crime shows, sports, or BBQ,
Displayed up on the tube.

Just relaxing, another week night,
And there's nothing left to do.
I'm just sitting here thinkin' of you!

Pork chops frying in the skillet,
Potatoes on the stove.
Isbell playing loud on the speaker,
Enjoying a long pour.

It's Friday night, time to celebrate,
And there's nothing left to do.
I'm just sitting here thinkin' of you!

Solo

Valentine orchids on the mantle,
Big soadie in my hand.
And if I kill these flowers again,
I know you'll understand.

Always here, loving me just right,
And what else can I do?
Just sit here and think of you!

Sitting Here Thinkin' of You

Lost in this moment, 
Daydreaming of you.
Random thoughts are passing,
Prescribed with the blues.

Chorus:
Darkness falls around your morals,
They lay on the ground like an open journal.
And I never wanted to be read this easily,
And I never wanted to be anything like you.

Secret inside,
Is eating you alive.
Haunting images, 
From the corner of your mind.

But you can't help but keep it.
Keep those images hidden away...away
Take those thoughts with you.
Take them to your grave...your grave.

Making decisions,
You decide it's not worth it.
And it would just all get so fucked up,
In the end.
You never wanted to be read so easily,
And you never wanted to be anything,
Like me.

SPS52

The Escape

So the other day Morgan Hain said she had this chord sequence and sent it over for me to have a play about with, to write a melody for it and turn it into a song.  Which I duly did (I love little challenges like that, and it was a really nice chord sequence)and this is the output.  So I've included her guitar bit at the intro and outro of the song.  Go check out Morgan's page, she is a really talented player - https://soundcloud.com/itsmorganhain 

THESE LONG NIGHTS
I'm scared of people
I'm scared of heights
I'm scared of being alone these long nights
I'm like a dart board
Riddled with holes
And subject to many aggressive hard throws

CHORUS
Can you look into my mind?
I'm a broken shell
She who search is sure to find a ne'er do well
Mind the scratch ignore the scar or turn off the lights
Join me these long nights

I'm scared of failure
I've failed too much
I'm slow to anger and fun to touch
But touch with peril
For once engaged
I'm a pure please as the best wines are aged

CHORUS

These Long Nights (with Morgan Hain)

DREAMING OUTLOUD - Third full-length album available for purchase on Bandcamp

Innovative Singer-Songwriter / Independent Artist

Lo-fi tracks ranging from folk to rock about true experiences, crazy dreams, and from differing perspectives.

Multi-instrumentalist with main focus on guitar. All songs are original - written, recorded, mixed, and mastered at home, Nelson Square Studios.

Thank you for listening! <3

I love music, especially communicating with and listening to fellow artists!

Salina, Salina

Amy O'Bryan

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