Andrew's BIAB songwriter favs

This is my first ever BIAB song.

My heart suddenly thrown open
I’m by myself no one is around
That must mean its inside of me
Growing strong like the great oak tree
A smile breaks and everything is clear

No object of devotion
I can go there when I want to
When grace is on my side
There’s no place love can hide
I can sit and be with what is true

The love inside of me
Is the love inside of you
Love is love it’s what we are
The love inside of me
Is the love inside of you
Love is love/shining star

It breaks my heart, tenderly open
so many look outside themselves
for the love they’ve always longed for
how was it so damn easy to ignore
and miss the inside where it dwells
like a fountain and ringing of soft bells

May I bring light/ to darkness/
May I bring love/ to the pain of shame
Be in integrity/ and let go of the blame
and may I know/ the love inside myself

May I be happy, healthy and fulfilled.
May you be …
May we be ...
and may we know the love inside ourselves

The Love Inside (Demo)

A Halloween love story...

Lyrics: R.W. Davis
Vocals, harmony arrangement: D.A. Hughes
Image by Wirestock on Freepik

A Laboratory In Honolulu

R.W. Davis: Lyrics
D.A. Hughes: Vocals, harmony/BGV arrangement
Image by Freepik.com

Memories (In Darkness)

Lyrics: R.W. Davis
Vocals, harmony/BGV arrangement: D.A. Hughes
Graphic by Freepik.com

Lookin In Your Eyes

Lyrics: R.W. Davis
Vocals: D.A. Hughes
Graphic: Freepik.com

Girl from Accounting

Almost Forgot Her Name

© 2025 J. Merritt, B. Merritt & P. Fulham  
Janice Merritt: lead vocal, harmony vocals, background vocals, melody, arrangement and mix 
Bud Merritt: lyric, mix, arrangement, mastering, RealTracks*, RealDrums*, MIDISuperTrack and photo
 Peter Fulham: guitar solos/fills, mix and arrangement 
 Thanks to *PG Music.

Sinkhole

V1
Been wandering around the high ground
While wondering about the low ground 
It’s been so long I’ve forgotten why
Searching for a clue to where I’m bound 

Ch
Now I’m floundering about in a sinkhole  
Reckon my middle ground fell through
Why are those people staring down at me
Could it be they simply enjoy the view

V2
I once thought every road went somewhere 
I spent too long trying to tell my own fortune 
Wasted time trying to separate needing from wanting 
It was easy to turn reality into distortion  
 
Ch

SOLO

Bridge
I acted like doing nothing was something
Another recipe for failure  in the making 

Ch

Sinkhole

Lyrics: R.W. Davis
Lead vocals: D.A. Hughes
Graphic: Macrovector on Freepik.com

Gone

Lazy Daze

Feeling lost and insecure
Watching worlds collide
Fall into the great unknown
So tired of the lies

Living when confusion reigns
We’ve all misunderstood
Never knowing who we are
Judging bad and good

You are the eye, not the storm
You’ve never been who you believed yourself to be
You are the center, the calm and all seeing
You are the I, not the storm

You are not the inhumane
Nor the one who justifies
You are the one who merely sees
and not the one who cries

You are not the forest fire
Burning everything in sight
You are not false powers
Thinkin' they have the right

You’re are the eye, nor the storm
You’ve never been who you believed yourself to be
You are the center, the calm and all seeing
You are the I, not the storm

You are not the weary soldier
tramping through the mud
Nor the body underfoot 
Losing its life’s blood

Your are not the tossing sea
Nor the boat that rocks upon it
You are not the quake that shakes
Not the glass that it breaks

You are the eye, nor the storm
You’ve never been who you believed yourself to be
You are the center, the calm and all seeing
You are the I, not the storm

You Are the Eye (Not the Storm) Demo

Pop song using SynthV voices and Band in a Box backing tracks

Last Curtain Call

Dawn


                   I'll Be Your Fool


    In  quiet corners of my mind
   I look for truth I'm yet to find
   That day when  you walked away
    You left behind an  empty gray

    With every year, the questions grow
    Answers fade like melting snow
    In love and life, I'm lost again
     The more I seek, the less I win

     And, as time ..... flows
    What I don't know ...shows
    I'd be a fool  don't you know what I dream
    It's your name ...I call
    It's a  game .....we play
    I'm a  fool after fool evermore

   Windows in the evening light                                         
   Reflections of my youth                            
  Thought I knew my path in life                          
   But these footsteps lead to the truth

    Over time I start to see
   The truth hiding underneath
   People come but they will go
   Marking time untill they know

    And, as time ..... flows
    What I don't know ...shows
    I'd be a fool  don't you know what I dream
    It's your name ...I call
    It's a  game .....we play
    I'm a  fool after fool evermore

    The more I live     The less I know
    I'll be your fool      be your fool
    Now and for ever
    Now and for evermore

I'll Be Your Fool

The earth shatters
and drags you down
Nowhere an escape
is to be found
Memories fade and jumble
Crossroads crack and crumble

I am here
if you’re asking
I am here
I am now
Walk away or turn around
But you must know
I am here

Your shame burns through
and scars your mind
All the good things
get left behind
Memories fade and jumble
Crossroads crack and crumble

I am here
if you’re asking
I am here
I am now
Walk away or turn around
But you must know
I am here

I might not be the rainbow
At the end of the storm
But I could be the sunlight
That keeps you warm

I Am Here

The Jersey streets are alive tonight
And the bridge is flooded with rain
The city’s coming through the windshield
And the wind howls like a train 

Headlights bounce off the gutters
And the girls on the boulevard
A siren closes the distance
And cuts off all the cars

The Red Bank rain hits me
Like a hammer from the sky
But the radio pulls me close 
Lays me out for another night 

The streets lay down so quietly
Like a promise left for dead
And the station’s fading fast
As the hours tick ahead

The screen door’s blowing open
And the headlights disappear
The DJ says the songs are coming
Like some turntable Paul Revere

The Red Bank rain hits me
Like a hammer from the sky
But the radio pulls me close
Lays me out for another night

Yeah, the Red Bank rain hits me
Like a hammer from the sky
But the radio pulls me close
Lays me out for another night

Red Bank In The Rain (with Joliz)



  
  Beautiful, a starry night

Remember gentle  moon light
 
When I called you ran away
    
hiding all your pain away
              
Your heart beats    To a piano's rhythm,
 
 dissolving every fear  It's what I see   


 Well do you know       I know too

 Do  you     k n o w

Cra  zy    fool ,   a  Cra  zy    fool ,    a  Crazy  fool  .. no road maps ..just keep your faith

  
 Riley  was scared  today      I saw it in her eyes
 
 she don't buy her friends    no plastic smiles and lies
      
 Like kids with a large fake dog   I kept my faith

 And so they made it clear   That is her destiny

I then question the rest      Marbo    is       sooooooo


 As we all dance                   To a Symphony
        
 each kind of journey      as love unveils


 Maybe tomorrow when  The sun will shine again

The pain will lessen too Every thing will start anew

But then I'll be her shield  Against the dark and cold

And we will walk again  Across the shifting sand


 Well do you know                 I know too

 Do  you     k n o w

Cra  zy    fool ,    a  Cra  zy    fool ,    a  Crazy  fool  ..I give my heart and soul to you




Dear Riley

This is my life
I’ll live it my way
You’re free to choose
if you go or stay

You beg me to be here
then you shut me out
It doesn’t make sense
and it fills me with doubt

You’re wearing me out
You’re wearing me down
You’re wearing me thin
nobody can win
You’re wearing me out
You’re wearing me out

You make me a friend
you say never say die
What kind of friend
makes another friend cry

I chase you down tunnels
Defend what I say
You make up arguments
to prove your own way

[chorus]

it’s not black or white
it’s not either or
it doesn’t really matter
when we reach the end
when we come to the end

[chorus]

Wearing Me Out (Demo)

R.W. Davis: lyrics
Me: music, vocals, mix, master
Freepik.com: graphic

Surely You Jest


         High On Life

    Worn-out shoes but I’m walking tall
    Empty pockets but I’ve got it all
   The sun keeps shining when it sees my grin
   The world’s my prize and I’m cashing in

   Don’t need no gold my soul’s on fire   
   Living for love not some high-rise spire
   I’ll sing my song let it cut through the strife
   I’m short on cash but high on life

   The breeze it whispers hey boy feel free
  The moon’s a lamp and it’s smiling at me
  No fancy suit just a jacket of stars
  I’m cruising streets (oops) I’m driving cars

   Don’t need no gold my soul’s on fire
   Living for love not some high-rise spire
   I’ll sing my song let it cut through the strife
   I’m short on cash but high on life

   Dreams ain’t heavy they’re easy to hold
   The heart’s the engine not silver or gold
   Laugh with the river and dance with the skies
   I may be broke but I never compromise

   Don’t need no gold my soul’s on fire
   Living for love not some high-rise spire
   I’ll sing my song let it cut through the strife
   I’m short on cash but i'm high on life
   I’m short on cash but i'm high  on   life


  
 






High On Life

I’ve been loving her inside my head
I’ve been living on the things she said
She's all the mystery I could live with
She’s a goddess
She’s my myth

I’ve been looking for the subtle signs
Reading over and in between the lines
She's all the mystery I could live with
She’s a goddess
She’s my myth

And when the morning breaks
I know she’s the one I’ve been searching for
Although I’ve made mistakes
She’s always waiting at my door

She’s been ruling me with her hallowed power
Haunting all my dreams in my darkest hour
She's all the mystery I could live with
She’s a goddess	
She’s my myth

And when the morning breaks
I know she’s the one I’ve been searching for
Although I’ve made mistakes
She’s always waiting at my door

I’ve been loving her inside my head
I’ve been living on the things she said
She's all the mystery I could live with
She’s a goddess
She’s my myth

And I don’t believe it

She's My Myth

I've been a guitarist since the age of 15 and writing songs since then, albeit more prolifically since 2000. I prefer strong melodies and to borrow chords to move outside of the diatonic. Usually, the song mix contains my vocals, guitars and sometimes bass, with drums, keys and other instruments auto-generated. The tracks uploaded in my Soundcloud are attempts to 'illustrate' the idea and sound I imagined when writing the songs. At best, the quality of recordings are demo quality. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear!

Andrew's BIAB songwriter favs

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