Submissions — Week 21 (Theme: I-♭VII-IV)

Gypsy Red Stone Road

Stone Cold Crazy (performed By Gypsy)

she gave me a beat
i did the hand jive
she gave me a treat
she gave me a treat

she’s got the vibe

when she floated by
i felt so high
caterpillar butterfly
transformed 

when she held my axe 
i shook and died
she dimed my stack
she dimed my stack

Demo

She's Got The Vibe

Happy

come with me (if you want to live)

Big Dreams (Queenie the Snapping Turtle)

https://www.reddit.com/r/songaweek/comments/bs9clb/submissions_week_21_theme_iviiiv/

https://youtu.be/T6tJGSd8sJM

Catherine

I was reading "A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia" written by Thomas Harriot where he described some early Native American religious beliefs. Two people were thought to be dead, but accidentally buried alive. The evil one saw his soul on fire and changed to become a better person, while the other was good and saw vast trees and fruits all around in the afterlife. I thought of him saying, "I can't wait to die again" when he told everyone of his findings. This song tells that story in as few words as possible: 
LYRICS:
English man he come around
Preaching of his God and gun
Feed him any food you found
Tell him of the undead ones

Years before you came ashore
Buried a bad man out back
The dirt upon the grave it moved
He told of afterlife in fact

I'm here to tell you of evil territory
My soul was burning in fire for eternity
Popogusso is real and scary story
Please won't you forgive me

A good man passed away too
He crawled from out of his grave
Spoke of trees and fruits that grew
"I can't wait to die again"

I can't wait to die again

I Can't Wait To Die Again

Lullaby

good night evening’s wish 
good night made perfect by a kiss

good night lovelight’s hue
good night whenever i’m with you

as simple as the moon rise
as silent as the dew
your eyes look into mine
as i whisper, “i love you”

good night oh so right
good night you’re always my good night

Good Night

Demo recording of original song "The Bells" for the r/songaweek challenge.

Lyrics...

When I first met you, I was not a man 
Still couldn’t tell you now that’s exactly what I am
My mind’s still tripping through this thick and heavy sand
And it’s stuck on to my skin like a disease

You were everything that I would learn to hate
Stone drunk on ginger wine and passed out at the gate
You couldn’t pay me enough to go back to that place
And even though I’ve locked it all away
I can still remember every lonely day

It was you and me, together in the darkness
Never meant to be eternally inside this body
I don’t mind, if never or completely
As long as I can say you were my friend

We’d go walking and smiling through the pain
It’s worn you down so thin you could slip right through your chain
The nights come swiftly and they keep me wide awake
Shivering and helpless in this state

I know you’re tired now, but this old man can’t wait
And I know you feel like death, but baby, that’s ok
You’re still my anchor to this long and lowly plane 
But I don’t have the heart to make you stay
The bells are ringing out for another lonely day

Where it’s you and me, together in the darkness
Never meant to be eternally inside this body
I don’t mind, if never or completely
As long as I can say you were my friend
Walk again into disaster
Hoping that the world will never end

Yeah, it was you and me, together in the darkness
Never meant to be eternally inside this body
I don’t mind if we don’t last forever
I can always say you were my friend
And even though you’re lost completely
I can wait to see your face again

The Bells (demo)

it’s a honky tonk resolution
it’s a tumbleweed revolution
i’m just working on my thang
i’m trying to get a little twang

it’s a cowboy conclusion
it’s a chicken pickin’ evolution
i want to get the whole she-bang
i’m trying to get a little twang

well if you’ve ever had a little twang
you know that nothing’s ever the same
well if you’ve ever had a little twang
it’s something i don’t have to explain

it’s a whisky transfusion
it’s a two-steppin’ solution
don’t look at me like i’m strange
i’m trying to get a little twang

A Little Twang

I’m a hypochondriac
I get too attached
To the way that I’m feeling
I wish I could give it back
Just bleed it out
And cut to the healing

I was a polymath
I ran the numbers
It just wasn’t worth it
Read all of the books in reverse
And returned them to the shelf

Is what i can say for myself

Hey
Everybody gets in the way
Everybody gets in the way
It takes someone stronger than me 
To make themselves smaller

Shrinking away
Shrinking away

I had an impressive start
Hit the right notes 
Until the song fell apart
But i’m still singing out of key
Someone Make an example out of me
There’s something sinister
About someone who doesn’t quit when they’re hurt
I’m dragging a leg
No i’m fine
I didn’t mean me
No I said I’m fine

A common mistake
Don’t make friends at a masquerade

Everybody Gets In The Way

Jake Posko - (You Always) Play with Fire

Made in 3 hours, reference track was Charlie Puth's How Long.

Lyrics 

When I walk 
In the room
And we've not spoke for six months
Yes you smile
But I know
That what we once had is gone

But I'm more than a friend you once knew
I'm more than the friends you still do
I'm someone you'll tell your friends that you knew
All along 

If I were a soldier
Fight ya
The goddess of thunder
Smite ya
If I were a writer
Write ya
If I had a stutter
I'd say
F Fuck you

If I Were A Soldier

https://www.reddit.com/r/songaweek/comments/eixw7h/submissions_week_1_theme_fire/

https://johndoranarmstrong.bandcamp.com/track/your-name-is-fire

https://youtu.be/rKfUVSP1QRs

Your Name Is Fire

it’s been a long day 
i need a cabernet
it’s time to wine down

got no place to go
i’ll sip on a pinot
it’s time to wine down

pop a cork, turn the bottle over
make it top shelf or make it mediocre
ain’t going out gonna be homebound
it’s time to wine down

i’ll turn on the tv
with a chilled chablis
it’s time to wine down

i ain’t gonna complain
i’ll pour me some champagne
it’s time to wine down

I Can't Wait To Die Again

Ben Aaron

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