HIGH ROAD

no i Don't  believe in karma
another way we differ
don't wish any  ill will upon you
although you let me suffer
let me go on believing 
you were on the up n up
months of conversation
guess you didn't give a fuck

but you know me
I'm takin the high road
you know me and
 I'm taking the high road

 i was always good to you
though it felt like you planned it
replaying my naivety 
like you had 'On Demand' it
like a double feature
of my heart in a vice grip
 dodging words so combative
 they could give a girl a fat lip

but you know me
I'm taking the high road
you know me and
I'm taking the high road

not happy with the way it ended
you arent the man I befriended
I was just a silly fool
now our times suspended
don't mean to be long winded
thought that you cared but
 you only pretended
instead of cherishing a friendship
your hurtfulness transcended


you know me
I'm taking the high road
you know me and I'm taking the high road

guess the tough get going
the lesson is in the knowing
when it's time to wake up
and smell the coffee brewing
guess then the blind get their sight
 the broken stand up and fight
and the laughing stock
spends another sleepless night

but you know me
and im taking the high road
you know me
I'm taking the high road 
Taking the high road


Heart in a VICE GRIP

CjC Studios

Born Blue....co-written w/R GOLDSTEIN

Poorhouse Blues

Damn Small Town....co-written w/ P Alba

ukelele song

I Wont Let Him Go/ collab with JamesMalley

Spitfire

LONG SHOT.... co-written w/P Alba

Devil's Triangle

it's a Devils triangle
how that fella loves to tangle
with the single ladies, citing
his matrimony isn't stable
likes to juggle 2 or more
got those ladies in rotation
gonna jet off to the islands
for a intimate vacation
for the lonely left behind
they accept that he's no angel
got em standing in a line
to join the devils triangle

well there's Sheila on the North end there's Roberta in the plains
buying tickets for a lover
who never bothers to explain
gonna keep it on the down low
like a secret lover's vow
bt the secrets out of the bag
buy the milk and not
the cow

cuz it's a Devils triangle
how that fella loves to tangle
with the single ladies, citing
his matrimony isn't stable
likes to juggle 2 or more
got those ladies in rotation
gonna jet off to the islands
for a intimate vacation
for the broken left behind
they accept that he's no angel
got em standing in a line
to join the devils triangle

now before I smelled the coffee
I waited like the rest
in a sticky situation
you know us women cope the best
so I laid out my own trap
just to see if he could trip it
caught the devil by his horns
had a problem till I whipped it
exposing his black hearted
lily livered soul
beat the devil at his own game
and I never sold my soul

cuz it's a Devils triangle
how that fella loves to tangle
with the single ladies, citing
his matrimony isn't stable
likes to juggle 2 or more
got those ladies in rotation
gonna jet off to the islands
for a intimate vacation
for the broken left behind
they accept that he's no angel
got em standing in a line
to join the devils triangle
now it's his heartache not mine


Devils Triangle (1) first rough draft BRAND NEW

Down to the River Blues...ACOUSTIC

Gem...complete demo.mp3

inspired by NIna Simone/ 'you don't know what love is...'



Wine is TRUTH

after 3 AM I hear your voice
tortured as I remember 
recognize your pain
glowing flames of fiery ember
haunting memory of wanting
you despite the cost
tip the golden chalice
till all inhibitions lost
leave nothing but skin
over your bones while
whispering in softest
under tone

always loved you baby
I hang on every word
 amplified and allowed
every distant darkened cloud
in your mind of paranoia
blue and defined
See myself inside 
your harsh lines
if I hadn't fucked it up
could I have made you mine
if I hadn't fucked it up
could I have made you 
mine

doesn't seem like I can
hold a man
set myself up to be damned
by those who should
cherish me the most
yet treat me like I'm toast
attract me just to boast
they took me down
and watched me fall into
a wretched fog of wasted time
scold myself for acting in a haste
when the truth is
I was just afraid
 you'd take me out as well
you'd take me down, as well

couldn't get the words out
couldn't bare to trust
anyone new again...
yet here I  am weeks
 on down the line
syncing with your mind
like you'd give me time 
of day if I reached 
out to you again

yes, you....yes you....


Wine Is TRUTH

missed opportunity

(excusee, vocal injection yesterday)


words are overated
at a time like this
but can you hear the music
can you hear the music playing
love me before I lose perfection
in your eyes.
hold me from a half million miles 
but don't reason my love away

how can I forget about the fire in your soul
tell me things you want only me to know
hold the girl who'll never let you go

words are best unspoken in a time
like this
I threw my heart right on the chopping block
reminded theres a ticking clock
of opportunity
always seems to get the best of me

love to get to know  u even better
I would write it in a message maybe a love song will do
maybe a love song will do

you hold tight to your disguise
nothing worse than heartache in your eyes
everything doesn't have silver lining
love is worth defining

hear me out hear my melody 
don't take away the heart of me
don't hide yourself cause I can't see you
in the dark
perhaps you need a spark



Missed Opportunity with lyrics

after 3 am, I hear your voice
tortured as I remember 
recognize your pain
glowing flames of fiery ember
haunting memory of wanting
you despite the cost
tip the golden chalice
till all inhibitions lost
leave nothing but skin
over your bones while
whispering in softest
under tone

always loved you baby
I hang on every word
 amplified and allowed
every distant darkened cloud
in your mind of paranoia
blue and defined
See myself inside 
your harsh lines
if I hadn't fucked it up
could I have made you mine
if I hadn't fucked it up
could I have made you 
mine

doesn't seem like I can
hold a man
set myself up to be damned
by those who should
cherish me the most
yet treat me like I'm toast
attract me just to boast
they took me down
and watched me fall into
a wretched fog of wasted time
scold myself for acting in a haste
when the truth is
I was afraid
 you'd take me out as well

couldn't get the words out
couldn't bare to trust
anyone new again...
yet here I  am weeks
 on down the line
syncing with your mind
like you'd give me time 
of day if I reached 
out to you again

yes, you....yes you....



Wine Is TRUTH  Xtra Version

Wine Is TRUTH  (Updated Vocals) 3/12/2024

Let me be your ANCHOR

Steak to The Starving

Sinkin' In co-written w P Alba

My belated account of my experience with Hurricane Katrina.


La. Mind Fuk

Louisiana mind fuck       
senses running amuck
felt like I was ripped up and
dropped down in bum fuck
took a bite of an apple
so ridden with worms
infested and rotten
a plaque of deadly germs
hey, a plague of deadly germs

Louisiana heartbreak  
everything at the stake
followed a procession 
just to end up at my own wake
and wasting away in 
a corner like mildew
sick in my heart from
ignoring what I knew
hey from ignoring what I knew 

took me from my city   
to a cess pool of pity 
oh but no body would help me
my truth was too shitty
oh but the past is so golden
and truth is so rare
I tried telling my lover
but he didn't care

People lost loved ones   
in stagnant warm water
while there were people still drinking
and throwing parties down  in the Quarter
and the elderly lay dying,
 as the city's disappearing 
one could almost hear Jesus
just as the people were fearing 

People lost loved ones and    
people passed the buck
to me it just felt like a
Louisiana mind fuck 
a Louisiana mind fuck

Lost were the people  
whether drowned or still living
running away felt like I was
giving up
running away felt like I was giving up 
yes it felt like I was giving up


La Mind Fuk (Updated vocals 3/17/2024}

It saddens me when you brood
wish you'd lose the attitude
I'm happy with my tea
don't need a man to comfort me
in the stillness of my room
don't get it misconstrued 
there's solace in solitude
there's solace in solitude 

oh, how you love your drama
 sometimes you threaten me with karma
I'm sickened with regret
we haven't buried the hatchet yet
 could use an interlude
nothing left but to conclude
there's solace in solitude
there's solace in solitude 

I am through being sorry
when it's me who caught hell
and I'm through feeling lonely
because that doesn't end well
I'm sad that you hate me
wish I never fell
can we get back to the present
only time will tell

And I hope you find the right girl
because I know you deserve it
even when you're pissed off
I still think you're worth it
Now I sit with my guard down
I don't mean to sound rude
there's solace in solitude 
there's solace in solitude

I m really sorry
When it's you who caught hell
I am through feeling lonely
because that doesn't end well 
There's solace in solitude 
there's solace in solitude 



Solace In Solitude

Falling into a Groove

Let go of you yesterday
but like a boomerang 
you're back on my radar
improved
now we're falling into a groove

nobody gets us, I swear
most of the time I don't care 
arms are outstretched
and you're there
a million miles from here

future hanging in the balance
only man up for the challenge
liquidate memories because
about you I'm saying too much

acceptance that you are without
benefit of the doubt
yet Suffering from empathy
they say love is blind
but I still see

lines are fading
without reason
although your love
comes with treason
soon my number
will come up
you'll hurt me
til I one up

like petty children
at war
same time tommorow for more
sleep walking
through the decision
can't rely on religion

ended it with you yesterday
there was no other way
needed to see things improve
now we're falling into a groove
yeah we're falling into a groove


Let go of you yesterday
Let go of you yesterday 

Now we're falling into a groove



Falling Into A Groove

king of the double standard
Shaman of hypocrisy
Hacking into my accounts
swearing you're in love with me
I ain't sorry for nothing
conversation isn't sex
been faithful to a cheating man
who put my ass under his hex

Accusations I find laughable
damned excuses all played out
I guess you're sleeping with somebody
I hope your mama's got some clout
I hope your libido's been downgraded
to non existent circumstance
as you study your own reflection
let the liar take his stance

spitting fire with your loose lips
inciting conspiracy
stick together, cover your tracks
leave the accolades to me
I don't need your childish drama
nothing worth having comes for free
drown your sorrow in Jack Daniel's
but don't come crawling back to me

tried to tell you you were slipping
 ignored it all repeatedly
now you've lost a damn good woman
and  I still have my sanity
no spare time for melodrama
no patience for hypocrisy 
worry about your own damn karma
it means nothing more to me

say goodbye

king of the double standard
Shaman of hypocrisy
hearts on fire with the scandal
Someone would dare to set you free
never believed you really loved me
you just needed company
now we are locked together
in a haunting memory

say goodbye
goodbye, baby
say goodbye to me
nothing lasts forever
but love will set you free

say goodbye
baby say goodbye
nothing last forever
Even when we try


Shaman Of Hypocrisy

Inspired by Jeff Buckley ...I Know Its Over

Dead giveaway


Lying awake every night
collecting thoughts  I write
 I am playing our song on repeat
victim, in my own right
and I'm drinking alone
 but don't eat and
I'm facing defeat
 I'm throwing my head at your feet
I'm throwing my head at your feet

It kills me to know
I'm a one woman show
and I'm holding off tears
 from the fruit that you throw
and you make souvenirs 
of my severed cold ear and 
I'm smoking stale cigarettes and
drinking many warm beers
I'm smoking stale cigarettes 
and I'm drinking many
warm beers

it's a lonely encore
with no one at the door
I have waited in vain
 for a crumb I waited in vain
for a crumb to the floor
as my heart collects dust and
my bed turns to rust
as my bed turns to rust
I could pave my driveway
with the men I don't trust

keep our love song on play and
it's a dead dead giveaway
I would die for your love
But you throw
oh you throw mine away
you accuse me of lies
but my hearts gotten wise
I attract the wrong men 
I attract the wrong men
 like fruit flies

I lie awake every night
collecting thoughts  I write
 play our song on repeat
victim, in my own right
drinking alone drinking alone 
I  don't eat right
I'm facing defeat and
I've heard it said
 get out of the kitchen
if you can't take the heat

love has slipped through my hands
love has slipped through my hands
 and it's a dead giveaway

it's a dead give away 
it's a dead giveaway

Dead Giveaway.... New version 3/31/2024

DEAD GIVEAWAY     3/29/2024

Devil On My Shoulder Sample

High Road

WORTH YOUR WHILE...  BRAND NEW RECORDING   4/5/2024

I'M A CIGARETTE GIRL 
LUCKY STRIKES FROM A TRAY
GOT MY LIPS ON A MARTINI
GOT MY EYES ON THE STAGE
 I CAN BELT OUT A TORCH
LIKE NO BODY HAS HEARD
LEAVE THE HAIR ON THEIR NECKS
STANDING UP WITH A WORD

I'M A CIGARETTE GIRL 
WITH A VAGABOND SOUL
WEAR MY HEART ON MY SLEEVE
I AM READY TO ROLL
WITH BETTY GRABLE LEGS
SILKY PANTY HOSE
I LEAD THE BOYS ROUND
RIGHT ROUND BY THE NOSE

NICOTINE AND DENTYNE
ASSORTED ARRAY
I'LL LIGHT UP YOUR SMOKE
WHILE THE ENSEMBLE PLAYS
8 FOR A QUARTER 
14 CENTS A PACK
IF I MAKE ENOUGH DOUGH
I AIN'T COMING BACK

I'M A CIGARETTE GIRL
I AM MODERN AS HELL
IF HE AIN'T CARY GRANT 
IN THIS LIGHT I CAN'T TELL
SO I SELL HIM SOME SMOKE
HE GIVES ME HIS 2 CENTS
"WHAT'S A NICE GIRL LIKE YOU
DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS??"

NICOTINE AND DENTYNE
ASSORTED ARRAY
I'LL LIGHT UP YOUR SMOKE
WHILE THE ENSEMBLE PLAYS
8 FOR A QUARTER 
14 CENTS A PACK
IF I MAKE ENOUGH DOUGH
I AIN'T COMING BACK

I'M A CIGARETTE GIRL 
GET YOUR CIGARETTES
IN A NICOTINE WORLD
I'M A CIGARETTE GIRL 
FORGET YOUR REGRETS
IN A NICOTINE WORLD

IM A CIGARETTE GIRL 
IM A CIGARETTE GIRL 
IM A CIGARETTE GIRL 

CIGARETTE GIRL 
GET YOUR CIGARETTES 
IN A NICOTINE WORLD 
FORGET YOUR REGRETS
I'M A CIGARETTE GIRL 
HOW ABOUT YOU


CIGARETTE GIRL  Revisited      4/6/2024

HAVE A CIGAR .LAST UPDATE 4/21/2024.

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Hello people who listen to my music. I owe you the world....... Because of you, I feel more complete and at peace with my life than ever. I write with purpose and with an urgency now knowing that someone is waiting to hear the next one and knowing that I am being heard is priceless to me because doing my own music has been a dream of mine for a long time...long before I could strum a guitar or ukelele or write good songs. I have been on this path my whole life but just showing up now because well...detours and an unexpected major life events sprinkled throughout. My songs reflect these times when I was struggling, whether in life or love. I am an introverted and quiet person at times.. and I keep everything bottled up. I have no sounding board... except the songs. The songs hear everything..

Camille Bordelon

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