A collaboration of Jennifer Foss and Bob Porri. All Blue Scorpion songs are written, performed and produced by Bob Porri and Jennifer Foss.

Blue Scorpion (Songs with Jennifer Foss)

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)

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)

Written with Bob Porri 

*Song will need to be recorded again when I don't have a cold. :)We'll be adding more vocal layers as well.  

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 cause we trust
Its you and me and our 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 romances

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 Frey

Perfectly Imperfect written by Bob Porri and Jennifer Foss

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)

Written and Performed by Jennifer Foss and Bob Porri
https://soundcloud.com/jennifer-foss-502334607
copyright 2017 by Jennifer Foss and Bob Porri
Jennifer Foss - piano and vocals
Bob Porri - guitar, bass, midi arrangement

Jen and I wanted to do an uplifting song. We usually talk about music and lyrical general direction first. So, Jen sent me a demo idea of the song basically put together with her doing keyboard and vocal. It sounded cool to me. I added some bass and guitar. As I listened more I started to think about mellotron flutes and some strings. I played some of the bridge's string parts  on guitar and it seemed to blend. In regards to the time signatures, the song was basically in 3/4. On Jen's demo, after a measure of 2/4, she went into 4/4 after the bridge. At first I thought we should "fix" it. I realized that would be stupid. Then she goes and does the outra back in 3/4. Nice work Jennifer Foss!

Verse 1
Hearts still break even if they're strong
We've been torn apart far too long
Remember we’re all made from the same cloth
Held to earth by gravity's law

Verse 2
We're just frail children reaching out
Riddled by all our countless doubts
We've learned all our parts far too well
Can we wake from this constant spell 

Chorus 
I'll pick you up and carry you
Don’t we believe you're worth the rescue
It takes us all to fight this fight
This very reason is our light 

Verse 3
How many years will this go on
Can the night hold back the dawn
Is there an answer to this song
It was in our hearts all along

Chorus 
I'll pick you up and carry you
Don’t we believe that you're worth the rescue
It takes us all to fight this fight
This very reason is our light 

Bridge
We'll bear each other's scars
Take to the night like shooting stars
Stripped of our ego's lie
Let this be our standing reply

Chorus
I'll pick you up and carry you
Don’t we believe you're worth the rescue
It takes us all to fight this fight
This very reason is our light 

This very reason is our light

This Very Reason (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 Jennifer Foss 
copyright 2017 by Bob Porri and Jennifer Foss
*Signed non-exclusive

https://soundcloud.com/jennifer-foss-502334607

Feel the height in your lungs
Rushing over whatever may come
Called up by the sun
Toes touching clouds

We'll tame the sky
We'll run past the lies
Fly, bird, wont you fly

The dirt cracks and falls off you
Crumbles in your hand as you break through
Part of you wants to stay 
and part of you wants to go

We'll tame the sky
We'll run past the lies
Fly, bird, wont you fly

We'll tame the sky
We'll run past the lies
Fly, bird, wont you fly

Tame the Sky (with Jennifer Foss)

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)

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)

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

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)

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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