I was getting a few songs with jangly guitars ready for some pitching and this was one I thought fit.

Rising, falling, kettle calling, what was on your mind.
Loving, hating, endless waiting, just what will go down.
 
Who did we see?
What did we do?
Where did we go?
When we had it right.

Laughing, crying, crucifying, how dark will this get?
Screaming quiet, echoes linger, silent shadows sit.

Who did we see?
What did we do?
Where did we go?
When we had it right.

Slipping, falling, are we stalling,
through this one more time?
Bitter beating, what's becoming,
of this heart of mine?

Who did we see?
What did we do?
Where did we go?
When we had it right.

When we had it right.
When we had it right.

When We Had It Right

Blue Blue Time
I have a blue blue time, 'cause you never say you're mine.
These blues I've got all the time , 'cause I know you're not mine.
If I can't get some of your lovin' real soon, 
I know I'll lose my mind.
 
 
I see blue blue in your eyes, I know they never look at me.
Whoah, I see blue in your eyes, never lookin' at me.
Don't know just what it will take,
To make a blind fool could see.

Blue Blue Time

Written and performed by Bob Porri

For countless generations,
rising high above our stare,
We're living on our broken dreams
fall to pieces everywhere.

On and on and on and on and on and on
the story plays again.


The strangest things do happen,
no escape from feeling scared,
Embrace it in your bosom,
cause it's always burning there.

On and on and on and on and on
the story plays again.


Living in illusion,
full of hate and love and wars,
Waiting for the hero to come home,
he may be gone for evermore.

On and on and on and on and on and on
the story plays again.

Story Plays Again

Raining Stones

Copyright 2016 by Amanda West & Bob Porri

Thoughts are colours in my mind,
throwing tantrums in my head,
they explode in blinding whirls,
shades of blue and other noise
long lost toys coming of age,
another page

Among the wild and angry swirl
Are the ones I call my friends
Flying out and in my soul
Their colours bend into my bones,
Bringing love within my life,
open my eyes

Raining stones
In my head
Raining stones
No regret

When I dream of where I'm from,
I hear the many pipes of pan,
Calling out I found my love,
Like my story never was,
Losing something I can't find,
always blind

Raining stones
In my head
Raining stones
No regret

My life is just a golden haze
Full of things I cannot see
Where are the rocks I want to hear
Where are the colours are they near
My bed floats gently on the waves,
in the caves

Raining stones
In my head
Raining stones
No regret

Raining Stones (written by Amanda West and Bob Porri)

Written and performed by Jennifer Foss and Bob Porri.

We were so weak and I had no clue,
but without warning you became my glue.
And like a helping hand, turns into quicksand,
I fed you only to fill my demand.

I like to blame it all on you,
but you never force my hand.
Your lifeline, your lifeline, your lifeline,
has always been, always been my faultline, my faultline.

I thought it was me that needed you,
but now I know who needed who.
Nothing got past, nothing got past your taunting,
but the devil's in the wanting.

I breathed you in, and it's kiilin' me,
I almost forgot what it's like to be free.
The sweetest fruits can be rotten inside,
giving you life was my will's suicide.

I thought it was me that needed you,
but now I know who needed who.
Nothing got past, nothing got past your taunting,
but the devil's the devil's in the wanting.

Your so good, your so good, your so good at convincing me,
that what I want is what I need.
Your so good at convincing me,
that what I want is what I need.
Your so good at convincing me,
that what I want, what I want, what I want,
is what I need.

Devil in the Wanting

Devil In The Wanting (with Jennifer Foss)

A Rock que that maybe gets a little carried away. Thanks to Mladen Domic for lending the harmonica playing.

Rebellion without a Cause

Nothing Matters Anymore
copyright 2016
Written by Bob Porri, Amanda West and Louise Goldberg
Bob Porri - vocals and guitars, drum production
Louise Goldberg - keyboards
Amanda West - lyrics
https://soundcloud.com/amanda-west-lyrics
https://soundcloud.com/louise-goldberg


My heart is aching for you
Can't get you out of my head baby
Overflowing with love for you
Nothing matters anymore

I didn't see you were gone
I was too wrapped up in pleasin’ you baby
Then I couldn’t find you beside me
Nothing matters anymore
(It just don’t matter)

My body misses you so bad 
I ache all over from lovin’ you baby
Don't know why you left me
Nothing matters anymore

My heart is aching for you baby
Can't get you out of my head
I’m so lonely and so blue
Nothing matters anymore

I don’t know why we’re through
Nothing matters anymore

Nothing Matters Anymore (written with Amanda West and Louise Goldberg)

written and performed by Jennifer Foss and Bob Porri

These Walls I feel them closing in
As I wonder where you've been
Every shiver every tremble
Breaking down this fragile temple

Every wall around me leaning
My heart beats without meaning
I hear the words you weave
The words I wish I could believe

These hallowed walls
are clinging to the hope
that you will stay
Protect me now

I hold a compass in my hand,
As I leave these walls
I'll never know, if you're on the other side.
Please be on the other side
Please be my hope
You are my only hope

These Hallowed Walls

These Hallowed Walls (with Jennifer Foss)

An ethereal, ambient, somber, electric guitar cue I recently made for a Music Library listing.

Dark TImes

Fade to Blue Music and lyrics written by Mladen Domic and Bob Porri 
Mladen Domic - most guitar, bass, drums
https://soundcloud.com/mladen-domic
Bob Porri - vocals, some guitar (in 2nd solo)

Copyright 2016

The world's not very kind,
but memories fade with time.
When the gray finally falls away,
too often darkness takes it's place.

Everything's coming true,
Everything fade to blue.

Going home to find my mind,
I lose it all the time.
When the truth is made of lies,
I just can't hear for all the cries.

Everything's coming true,
Everything fade to blue.

Well, the picture's not clear no more,
my life was an open book, now I've closed the door.
I can't see with the light off or on,
like a photo left in the sun.

Everything's coming true,
Everything fade to blue.

The world's not very kind,
but memories fade with time.
When the gray finally falls away,
too often darkness takes it's place.

Everything's coming true,
Everything fade to blue.

Everything's coming true,
Everything fade to blue.

Fade to Blue (a collaboration with Mladen Domic)

Time Speck
https://soundcloud.com/samprock
https://soundcloud.com/hankbeukema
written by Sam Prock (most instruments) and Bob Porri (guitar)
featuring Hank Beukema on vocals (spoken words)
copyright 2016 by Sam Prock and Bob Porri

THE JOYS OF WORK
The joys of work rejoice the king 
The time has given up on him
[king: ] - “Stay still, stay here!
… show me the way!
… to catch the moment!”
[time: ] - “Sit and pray …”
*****

Time Speck (Sam Prock and Bob Porri featuring Hank Beukema vocal on spoken words)

A music listing needed Tibetan bowl music. I'm into this anyways, which made it particularly fun to do.

copyright 2016 by Bob Porri

Muladhara

Let it Ring
Halley Elwell © ASCAP lyrics, music, performance
https://soundcloud.com/halleyelwell/tracks
Bob Porri  BMI music, performance
https://soundcloud.com/bobp3/tracks

The ring of the pot catching drops from this leakin’ roof
keeps taking my mind right back to you. 
it’s chiming like a church bell, that woke us from our sleep
then marked your absence week after week.

(So let it) ring, let it ring. I want to remember everything
Let it ring. Let it ring. I want to remember everything.

Each drop’s like a shot and soaks me to the bones
another stain crawling through our little home
and all these bells that I got clangin’ in my head
tell me to give up, but I can’t just yet.

(So let it) ring, let it ring. I want to remember everything
Let it ring. Let it ring. I want to remember everything.

Bridge  
I know that someday soon
I’ll open up the curtains in every room
fix myself up brighter than the sun that’s sure to shine
Remind me what’s good and finish what is done.

Oh let it ring, I’ll let it ring. I want to remember everything
I’ll let it ring, let it ring, I want to remember everything.

Let it Ring (with Halley Elwell)

Written and performed by Jennifer Foss and Bob Porri
Jennifer Foss - Vocals and Piano
Bob Porri - Guitars, percussion, keyboards, vocals

*Signed  - non-exclusive

https://soundcloud.com/jennifer-foss-502334607
copyright 2017 by Bob Porri and Jennifer Foss

When I Found You

by Jennifer Foss and Bob Porri

Stars outweigh what once was darkness
Taking in moments like this

I came to when I found you 
All feels right next to you    
No one else will ever do
No one else will do 

A stunning view all around us
Carved in stone a tranquil vastness 

I came to when I found you 
All feels right next to you    
No one else will ever do
No one else will do 

You have calmed my anxious heart
You have unraveled me from the start 

As love cascades all fear removed
Time stands still all thoughts consumed
 
I came to when I found you 
All feels right next to you    
No one else will ever do
No one else will do

When I Found You* (with Jennifer Foss)

Hearts Beating
Written by Jen Foss and Bob Porri
Copyright 2017 by Jen Foss and Bob Porri
https://soundcloud.com/jennifer-foss-502334607

Verse
We're constellations of stars
Fireflies fading in jars
Holding on to the spark
Fighting against the dark

Verse
We're standing on the edge
The warnings have been read
We've got to pull this thread
Rejecting what we've been spoon fed 

Chorus
We're one note of a never-ending song
A chorus of hearts beating strong 
This life it strings us along
(you gotta) Sing loud (un)til the music's gone 

Verse
We're the beats of a wild heart
They're afraid we'll take it too far
Here the lies are broken and scarred
We stand and fight as your guard

Chorus
We're one note of a never-ending song
A chorus of hearts beating strong 
This life it strings us along
(you gotta) Sing loud (un)til the music's gone

Hearts Beating (with Jennifer Foss)

Written and Performed by Bob Porri and Michelle Leverette
copyright 2017 by Bob Porri and Michelle Leverette

Michelle Leverette - vocals
Bob Porri - instruments, vocals

https://soundcloud.com/michelleleverettemusic

In the corner
You brushed past
Light blinded
As you walk on by

Rough outline
Hard to measure
As you walk through the night

Every edge 
Every angle
Every moment
Suffocating

Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

Every word
Every exhale
Every breath
Emptying me

You steal every sound
You steal every word
You steal every sound
Every moment
Every breath

In the day you cast your shadow over
In the rain there is no rest
From the ashes
You rise to greet me and wish me all the best

Every edge 
Every angle
Every moment
Suffocating

Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

Every word
Every exhale
Every breath
Emptying me

You steal every sound
You steal every word
You steal every sound
Every moment
Every breath

You steal every sound
You steal every word
You steal every sound
Every moment
Every breath

Steal Every Sound (with Michelle Leverette)

Written and Performed by Bob Porri and Michelle Leverette
copyright 2017 by Bob Porri and Michelle Leverette
https://soundcloud.com/michelleleverettemusic

V1
Cool slides in
through the room
every note
makes its move

C
Bring it on, Bring it on
Awakening, I wanna see
Bring it on, Come along,
Awakening, inside of me

(Post C)
Don’t know just what to do I,
I might just need you

V2
Move in close,
Sway with you,
mesmerized,
so I choose.

C
Bring it on, Bring it on
Awakening, I wanna see
Bring it on, Come along,
Awakening, inside of me

(Post C)
Don’t know just what to do I,
I might just need you 

Pull in tight, 
Move right there.

C
Bring it on, Bring it on
Awakening, inside of me
Bring it on, Bring it on.

Solo

Press on in,
Rhythm Blues,
Lost in time,
Lost in you.

Bring it on, Bring it on
Awakening I wanna see
Bring it on, Come along,
Awakening inside of me.

Don’t know just what to do I,
I might just need you.

Solo

Outro
Bring it on, Bring it on
Awakening I wanna see,
Bring it on, Come along,
Awakening inside of me.

Bring it on
Bring it on
Bring it on
Awaken me
Awaken me
Awaken me

Bring it On (with Michelle Leverette)

Love Story
Written and performed by Bob Porri and Jennifer Foss
https://soundcloud.com/jennifer-foss-502334607
copyright 2017 by Bob Porri and Jennifer Foss

This was a "rush write" Jen and I did for a listing looking for "sweet singer-songwriter songs" for advertising use.

Verse 1
When I opened up the first page of our story 
I found the sweetest phrase in your smile
We're binding two stories to make them one 

Chorus
We're the book I want to read over and over again
You're the beginning, middle and the end of my love story

Verse 2
Let's cozy up, settle in, start this next chapter
The lovliest refrain is your spontaneous laughter
I'll be cliche and say you're my happily ever after

Chorus
We're the book I want to read over and over again
You're the beginning, middle and the end of my love story

Verse 3
Cover to cover there is no other
Line by line you've got me intertwined
From my point of view there's nothing we can't do

Chorus
We're the book I want to read over and over again
You're the beginning, middle and the end, oh 
We're the book I want to read over and over again
You're the beginning, middle and the end of my love story

Love Story (with Jennifer Foss)

Words, music and performance by Bob Porri
copyright 2018 by Bob Porri

I was playing,
wandered on for years.
High clouds fading,
Burned away by tears.

Laying on the beds we made,
one foot in the grave.
Living on the mantel,
or, spread upon the waves

How'd you ever find me,
one who's never saved.
Maybe I will yell for you,
at the end of days.

Laying on the beds we made,
one foot in the grave.
Living on the mantel,
or, spread upon the waves

Clouds and Waves

Melt My Frozen Heart

Copyright 2018 by Bob Porri and Marcus Mittila https://soundcloud.com/morningtidemusic
Marcus Mittila - vocals and production
Bob Porri - instruments and production

Silence
It calls to me
Deliverance
I wanna break free
I’ve been in slumber way too long
Yeah I’ve been singing the same old song
Listen to me
I wanna break free

Oh oh oh oh
She’s coming on like a thunderstorm
Oh oh oh Ooh 
One two three four

All of this night has been a race against time
And I never really had a girl to call mine
I can’t believe what you’re about to show
Singin’ nanana it’s time to go
Now I can hear that beating
It’s a brand new start
Oh baby you can melt my frozen heart

Wild fire
She turns the key
Takes me higher
To set me free
She woke me up to light the flame
Can barely breathe when she calls my name
She came to me
To set me free

Oh oh oh oh
She’s coming on like a thunderstorm
Oh oh oh Ooh 
One two three four

All of this night has been a race against time
And I never really had a girl to call mine
I can’t believe what you’re about to show
Singin’ nanana it’s time to go
Now I can hear that beating
It’s a brand new start
Oh baby you can melt my frozen heart

Baby you can melt my frozen heart

Silence
She called to me
To set me free

Melt My Frozen Heart (with Marcus Mittila)

Music and Lyrics copyright 2018 by Bob Porri

The Fire

The fire in our eyes,
took us by surprise,
thought we were wise,
didn’t realize.

Love fed the fire,
companioned by desire,
nights never tired,
charmed by the choir.

We were waiting.
Separating.
Cooling takes me.

Time told us lies,
said our tears would dry,
despite our disguise,
couldn’t hide the cries.

We were waiting.
Separating.
cooling takes me.

The Fire

Deep Dark Water

Written and Performed by Bob Porri and Steven Wesley Guiles
copyright 2018 by Bob Porri and Steven Wesley Guiles
https://soundcloud.com/newcoolnowmusic

Bob Porri - instruments
Steven Guiles - vocals

if you’re the ocean, i’m a swimmer
but i’m a weak one, that's for sure
if you’re the ocean, i’m a winner
but i’m feeling lost and here comes a storm 

I’m in the deep dark water
I can barely swim
I can feel the sharks passing
It’s getting grim

I’m in the deep dark water
I can barely breathe
Now I take my last breath
is this the last of me
(repeat)

if you’re the ocean, i’m a sinner
and i’m the weak one, that’s for sure
if you’re the ocean, as the lights get dimmer
but im’ feeling lost and here come the waves

I’m in the deep dark water
I can barely swim
I can feel the sharks passing
It’s getting grim

I’m in the deep dark water
I can barely breathe
Now I take my last breath
is this the last of me
(repeat)

Deep Dark Water (with Steven Wesley Guiles)

Ain’t No Secret

written and performed by Bob Porri and Michelle Murray https://soundcloud.com/michelle-w-murray

copyright 2018 by Michelle Murray and Bob Porri

Verse:
Ain’t  no secret how I really feel
Don’t wanna hide it anymore
But I need to know what side you’re on
So I can let go

Chorus:
Can you show me how you really feel
Lift the veil and let me see
Don’t be afraid to show your love
Just set it free, just set it free

Verse
Can’t live in this confusion
First it’shot and then it’s cold
Can you help me solve this puzzle
Just let it out and let me know


Chorus
Why don’t you show me how you really feel
Lift the veil and let me see
Don’t be afraid to show your love
Just set it free, just set it free


Chorus:
Can you show me how you really feel
Lift the veil and let me see
Don’t be afraid to show your love
Just set it free, just set it free

Ain't No Secret (with Michelle Murray) DRAFT

I’ll Always Choose You

copyright 2018 by Jennifer Foss and Bob Porri
https://soundcloud.com/jennifer-foss-502334607
https://soundcloud.com/bobp3/sets/blue-scorpion

I’ll Always Choose You

I will go and you will follow
Endlessly we'll walk through shadows
Here in this space in between
 
Hearts won't mend, but I won't shatter
Firm in hand the hope everafter
Here in this space in between

Chorus
I'll always choose you
The stories not yet written in view

Come what may I'll take it on
No rock unturned or path untraveled
Here in this place unseen

Don't hold back I want it all
Blood and sweat, the tears that fall
Here in this place unseen

Come on heart, this is what you've waited for
So breathe in deep
The new found air

I'll Always Choose You (with Jennifer Foss)

Leadfoot
copyright 2018 by Michelle Leverette and Bob Porri
Music and Lyrics - Michelle Leverette @michelleleverettemusic
Music and Production - Bob Porri

A special thanks to John Kumnick for providing the awesome bass for this track!

Got a lead foot momma and a lead foot dad
Best dang parents that a girl ever had
Taught me how to fly like a demon in the night
Handed me the keys and said time to take flight, (girl)
Bring her home safe, she’s your best friend
Then another night you can take her out again

Chorus
WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
(WHOO WHOO WOOOOOOOOOO)

Got a lead foot momma and a lead foot pop
Put the pedal on the floor ‘cause I just can’t stop
Wheel in my hands and dust behind my tail
Flashin’ lights around wanna take me off the trail
Take my lead on back when I press into the dark
Hold/hang on tight while I make my mark

WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
(WHOO WHOO WOOOOOOOOOO)

Bridge
The faster that I go
Makes me love speed so
Don’t matter where I roam
I’ll always be home…on the road


WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
(WHOO WHOO WOOOOOOOOOO)

Mornin’ Lead foot momma, mornin’ (my) daddio
See you’re up real early with the rooster’s crow
Sun is comin’ up now my angels go to sleep 
Til tomorrow night while y’all are countin’ sheep
Pushin’/Leanin’ on the red line just because I can 
You’ll be lookin’ for me till the sunrise comes again

WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
WHOO WHOO ya ya ya
(WHOO WHOO WOOOOOOOOOO)

Leadfoot (with Michelle Davis Leverette)

Home

written and performed by Michelle Leverette and Bob Porri https://soundcloud.com/michelleleverettemusic
copyright 2018 by Bob Porri and Michelle Leverette

V1
Sun’s smiling on me, yah, I’m heading home
Steps as light as can be; with joy in my bones
V2
Two welcoming arms that pull me in close
All those kisses & hugs call out to my soul

Chorus 
I can’t stay gone too long ‘cause
I’m safe inside
Here I’m at home

V3
The door closes behind, time’s always too short
I’ll remember our songs, every chord, every note
V4
Two welcoming arms don’t wanna let go
They keep calling me back from wherever I go

Chorus
I can’t stay gone too long ‘cause
I’m safe inside
Here I’m at home

Here at home 
Mmmm
I’m at home
Here at home

Home (with Michelle Leverette)

In My Life
Written and Performed by Jennifer Foss and Bob Porri

In My Life 

I’ve given you reason enough to go
I thought I heard the closing benediction
What I expected to turn cold was now a glow
You gave my doubt no recognition

In my life, I have found, you’re always there, you're always there for me.
In my life, I have found, you’re always there, you're always there for me.
In my life, I have found, you’re always there for me, you're always there for me.

I’ve danced the line between trust and doubt 
How many times have you reminded me eternity doesn't fade with time 
You never changed your heart from where we started out 
I'm starting to see the embers of truth align

In my life, I have found, you’re always there, you're always there for me.
In my life, I have found, you’re always there, you're always there for me.
In my life, I have found, you’re always there, you're always there for me.
For, for me.

I’ll let the light shine on through
Cause it won’t back down, it won't back down
I’ll let the light shine on through
Cause it won’t, it won't back down, it won't back down
It won't back down.

Shine, Shine on

In My Life (with Jennifer Foss) Draft

Victory

Written and Performed by Michelle Leverette https://soundcloud.com/michelleleverettemusic and Bob Porri
copyright 2018 by Bob Porri and Michelle Leverette

V1 
Broken inside, crushed by the lies
I walk through the fire refined in the ashes
Open new eyes for the first time
The road cries out, requires the fight demanding

Here I decide, old pushed aside
No price too high, revived, given chances
Two worlds collide, see the divide
The dark and the light, I survive, the last one standing

C 
Victory, Victory, it’s here before me
Victory, Victory, it’s in my hand
Victory, Victory, bled at my feet now
Victory, Victory, here in my hand

V2
Weight in my soul, truth to unfold
It can’t be controlled, explodes, the clock is gaining
Run through the door, fire in my core
I’ve been reborn to win and can’t contain it

C
Victory, Victory, it lies before me
Victory, Victory, it’s in my hand
Victory, Victory, bled at my feet now
Victory, Victory, here in my hand

V3
Words lift the knife, cut with a price
I know I’m alive, this drive, it’s complicated
One wound for five, vict’ry arrives 
The end, it begins baptized and celebrated

C
Victory, Victory, it lies before me
Victory, Victory, it’s in my hand
Victory, Victory, bled at my feet now
Victory, Victory, here in my hand

Victory

Victory (with Michelle Leverette) - Full version

An mellow nylon string acoustic track for GYAWS and for whatever purposes might be served.

Written and performed by Bob Porri
Copyright 2019 by Bob Porri

One Stop

The Path

We wanted to have a version of this song that was 3-4 minutes as the original was pushing 6. Here is the shorter version.

Victory

copyright 2018 by Leverette/Porri

V1 
Broken inside, crushed by the lies
I walk through the fire refined in the ashes
Open new eyes for the first time
The road cries out, requires the fight demanding

Here I decide, old pushed aside
No price too high, revived, given chances
Two worlds collide, see the divide
The dark and the light, I survive, the last one standing

C 
Victory, Victory, it’s here before me
Victory, Victory, it’s in my hand
Victory, Victory, bleeds at my feet now
Victory, Victory, here in my hand

V2
Weight in my soul, truth to unfold
It can’t be controlled, explodes, the clock is gaining
Run through the door, fire in my core
I’ve been reborn to win and can’t contain it

C
Victory, Victory, it's here before me
Victory, Victory, it’s in my hand
Victory, Victory, bleeds at my feet now
Victory, Victory, here in my hand

V3
Words lift the knife, cut with a price
I know I’m alive, this drive, it’s complicated
One wound for five, vict’ry arrives 
The end, it begins baptized and celebrated

C
Victory, Victory, it lies before me
Victory, Victory, it’s in my hand
Victory, Victory, bleeds at my feet now
Victory, Victory, here in my hand

Victory (with Michelle Leverette)

Reaching Out
copyright 2019 by Bob Porri and Jennifer Foss https://soundcloud.com/jennifer-foss-502334607

Verse 1
We've all been wandering  around
Hoping to find something real     
I see the same look in your eye 
Don't turn away 
Don't turn away

Chorus
I'm reaching out to you
The world is waiting to see what you will do
I'm reaching out to you 
Believe, Believe we are for you
Believe, Believe we are for you 

Verse 2
What good's a kingdom gained
if your walls are too high and you can't walk away
You've paid enough in pain
Come with me
Come be free

Chorus
I'm reaching out to you
The world is waiting to see what you will do
I'm reaching out to you 
Believe, Believe we are for you

Chorus
I'm reaching out to you
The world is waiting to see what you will do
I'm reaching out to you 
Believe, Believe we are for you
Believe, Believe we are for you
We are for you
We are for you

Reaching Out (with Jennifer Foss)

Dear Life
copyright 2019 by Bob Porri and Michelle Leverette
Written and performed by Bob Porri
and Michelle Leverette https://soundcloud.com/michelleleverettemusic

V1
Grab some paper, make my list
Sort out what defines me
Read it back and know what’s missing
Shedding skin I’m free
Walking out I see the light and 
It shows me where to go
Taste the water, drink a new life in
Now I’m almost home

Chorus
Dear life, the time has come to start all over
Dear life, the time is right to start again
Don’t look back, I got no worries

V2
Shining bright and out of gray
I wander on to someplace
Have a seat and look around me
Memorize each face
Walkin' on I meet some people
They see me as I am
Take a breath and breathe a new life in
This is where I’ll land

Chorus
Dear life, the time has come to start all over
Dear life, the time is right to start again
Don’t look back, I got no worries

Guitar Solo

Outro
Don’t look back I got no worries
Take a breath and breathe a new life in
This is who I am

Dear life, the time has come to start all over
Dear life, the time is right to start again
Don’t look back, I got no worries
I got no worries
Got no worries

Dear Life (with Michelle Leverette)

Maybe

Written and Performed by Bob Porri and Michelle Leverette https://soundcloud.com/michelleleverettemusic
copyright 2018 by Bob Porri and Michelle Leverette

V1
I don’t know if we were getting somewhere fast or maybe slow
I don’t know if there’s a happy ending where we can go

C
Maybe, maybe it’s not too late to seek and find
Maybe, maybe it’s not too late to press rewind.

PC
I don’t wanna be stuck inside of, inside of this reality
Set me free from everything that keeps you from me

V2
I don’t know if this is only make believe, just pretend
I don’t know if we know each other now, are we just friends?

C
Maybe, maybe it’s not too late to seek and find
Maybe, maybe it’s not too late to press rewind.

PC
I don’t wanna be stuck inside of, inside of this reality
Set me free from everything that keeps you from me

Instrumental Bridge/Guitar Solo

PC
I don’t wanna be stuck inside of, inside of this reality
Set me free from everything that keeps you from me

Outro
Maybe, maybe, maybe
Maybe it’s not too late for us to be
Maybe, maybe

Maybe (with Michelle Leverette)

Too Late

Written and performed by Michelle Leverette and Bob Porri
copyright 2019 by Bob Porri and Michelle Leverette https://soundcloud.com/michelleleverettemusic

I’m a white wall
I’m a blank slate
Got no fears
No love, No hate
I need a good book
And a warm cup
Got not regrets 
Got nothing but luck

Cause It’s too late for this
Yah it’s a little too late for this

Too late to stop the dying 
Too late to dream what might be
Too late to hope for something more than we’ve seen
Too late to hold for probably
Too late to start the cryin'
Too late to wish for all the things we used to be
But it’s not too late for me

I’m crawling up 
I’m climbing out
Time to move
No time to doubt
I’m kicking up 
Dust beneath my boots
Shake it off
That’s what I do

Too late to stop the dying 
Too late to dream what might be
Too late to hope for something more than we’ve seen
Too late to hold for probably
Too late to start the cryin'
Too late to wish for all the things we used to be
But it’s not too late for me

Too late to start the crying
Too late to dream what might be
Too late to hope for something more than what we’d be

Too late to stop the dying 
Too late to dream what might be
Too late to hope for something more than we’ve seen
Too late to hold for probably
Too late to start the cryin'
Too late to wish for all the things we used to be
But it’s not too late
No, it’s not too late
For me

Too Late (with Michelle Leverette)

We originally did this song in 2016 in draft form. We have just done some rerecording and remixing and consider it finished now.

Written and Performed by Jen Foss https://soundcloud.com/jennifer-foss-502334607 and Bob Porri
copyright 2019 by Bob Porri and Jennifer Foss

Verse 1
We said I do to it all
We're in it for the long haul
Uncertainty was braved cause
Our story's handmade

Chorus
Love changed and rearranged us
We hold on because we trust
It's you and me and these vows
Life is perfectly imperfect now

Verse 2
Two became more
Our love became a quiet roar
It's found in subtle glances
We feel like hidden romantic

Chorus

Bridge
Don't get lost in the sound
These floors are holy ground
Promise you'll steal me away
That you won't let this fray

Chorus

Perfectly Imperfect (with Jennifer Foss)

copyright 2019 by Bob Porri
Written and performed by Bob Porri

Can't Wait

I can't wait another day and don't recall
why I've been here breaking down behind these walls

Tranquilized again to greet another fall
spreading breath around surrounded by you all

Hesitating
Recreating

something that is better than the day before

Celebrating
Agitating

walkabout to find some answers to it all

welcome to this endless game

Can't Wait

Lost Inside Our World
copyright 2019 by Bob Porri
Instruments and Vocals - Bob Porri

Walking to the edge to find if there’s something to see
Reaching out to touch, what it is or what it could be.

We had to be
lost inside our world
we had to be
changing forever

Turning pages never knowing if it’s fantasy
sitting back letting life happen, while we wait for me.

We had to be
lost inside our world
we had to be
changing forever

We had to be
lost inside our world
we had to be
changing forever

We had to be
lost inside our world (nothing goes as planned)
we had to be
changing forever

Lost Inside Our World

Turn Around
Written, performed and produced by Bob Porri
coypright 2020 by Bob Porri

Doesn't seem too long ago
getting home late and I froze.
Sat down on the front porch steps,
feeling lost and alone.

I had the future on my mind,
and some decisions to make.
I could get back in my car,
but that felt like a mistake.

Didn't want to say goodbye,
letting out a little sigh,
head shook then lifted to the sky.

Turn around just turn around,
staying can be moving forward.
Turn around just turn around,
we had something to move towards.

There've been years of some rough times,
got to another crossroads.
Now it was you standing on the line,
wondering which path to follow.

Didn't want to say goodbye,
letting out a little sigh,
head shook then lifted to the sky.

Turn around just turn around,
staying can be moving forward.
Turn around just turn around,
we have something to move towards.

Don't want you to say goodbye,
letting out a little sigh,
head shook then lifted to the sky.

Turn around just turn around,
staying can be moving forward.
Turn around just turn around,
we have something to move towards.

Turn around just turn around

Turn around just turn around

Turn Around

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Thanks for all of the recent follows, comments, likes and reposts. I am doing my best to check out your music also, comment, like, follow and repost in many cases. I like artists being creative in any way they can, so forgive my wide range of reposts. 

I grew up on 60's and 70's Rock, Pop, Classic Rock, Psychedelic and Fusion Music. A number of Rock and original Rock bands followed. I also played regular gigs as part of a duo with a flute player (one of my best for life friends, Ed). Of course, we did a bunch of Tull songs as well as Classic Rock and originals with the duo and in our bands.

Before and during my college Music Education, I had taken up Classical Guitar. That was during the day. At night I was playing in a Disco Band. In later years, I reunited with Ed, and formed a Tull tribute band. A number of years later, I was playing Pedal Steel Guitar and guitar in an all original band (Thunderegg) that had a number of nice gigs in Connecticut and New York City.

Over the past 10-15 years, I've been focusing on writing and recording original music. Due to my background, I am spread over quite a few genres and many times that is driven by a collaborator.  I have been collaborating with a lot of great people. I'm one of 3 Bobs who formed an internet band called 3bobrock. We tend to pull from a Pink Floyd sound and other sources for our original music.  My most recent regular collaborations are with Jennifer Foss, a wonderful singer of many styles who also has a lot of great ideas as a cowriter. Several of our recent songs are favorites on our Soundcloud pages. Jen and I continue to work together and are looking forward to writing and recording much more together. We go by the band name Blue Scorpion.

I've also done a good deal of co-writing and recording with Michelle Davis Leverette over the last several years. We are hitting the Blues Rock genre quite a bit. Michelle is another great vocalist and writer who is great to work with. We go by the band name Quarter Turn.

I have a number of tracks with Briand Melonson (Bamtone). Yes, another great writer and vocalist. We tend to aim at Alternative Rock and some Americana.

Other artists I've enjoyed co-writing and recording with the last several years are Amanda West, Ethan Freckleton, Marcus Mittila, Steven Guiles, Bill Perry, Louise Goldberg, Michelle Murray, Halley Ewell, JenaVieve Reed, Mladen Domic and Belinda Coomes. I apologize because I'm sure I've forgotten to mention a few others

I am also always working on creating music for possible film, tv and advertising use. Therefore, among the tracks you find on my pages will be some shorter instrumental cues. My "New Tracks" Album page is where I put new favorites.

Some of my tracks are available for purchase and download. You are always welcome to stream and listen for free here.

Finally, my website, bobporrimusic.com., may be of interest to you. I'm a full time musician, songwriter, and guitar instructor. There is a good deal of free material (video guitar instruction, scales, chords, jam tracks etc.) on my website. I appreciate any interest, comments, emails etc.  I am also am a Guitar Coach for the Guitar Tricks website with a number of online "classes" each week.

Bob Porri

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