Beautiful sentiment beautifully expressed!

This is an album that I worked really hard on and am super proud of. It was a final project for my music major in college but it is also a music project that I really wanted to do on its own. It is very much inspired by artists like Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Bon Iver, The Decemberists, The Mountain Goats, Sufjan Stevens, and Johnny Cash. I really hope you like it!!

Song Like That

A trip down memory lane for anyone who's ever been camping and gathered to sing around a campfire at the end of an arduous day. This gal was never a very hardy or handy camper, but she loved to get out her guitar and sing, when the tents went up and the sun went down. She will never forget the happy times she had with her friends, burning the marshmallows, getting eaten by mosquitos, but nevertheless enjoying the fellowship of the song circle that lives on in her memory forever. An uplifting acoustic tribute, that would make a nice singalong. Find this as a live performance on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/H1pedID_7PE

Campfire Girl

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Relationships with elderly parents aren't the easiest things. A phone call from a woman to her elderly mother reveals the concerns each has in their daily lives. Her mother wants things she can't always manage. The singer realizes there's a limited amount of time to say what she needs to say to her mother before it's too late. Find this as a live performance on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/baL5wcPnWR8

Mothers Like Mine

Mothers Like Mine - 2track

An imaginary origin story of a real lake in Maine. Written after reading that ancient Vikings in their explorations may have reached as far as Maine. Also a tragic love story - how Trygve the Trustworthy lost his Norse lady Solveig to forces of the deep. The loons played their part, and the lake still tells the sad story to anyone who chances upon this place.

Saga of Loon Lake

Saga Of Loon Lake Live Demo 1track

A secret place 
where our souls can get away
Two become one
In the void we found love

Every breath
On a razor's edge
A million cuts
Beautiful and dangerous

Ooooo, we can shine
Underneath this crystal night sky
Oh I know I'm falling
But it feels like I could fly
In your arms
Underneath this crystal night sky

Let's get lost
No matter the cost
We'll decide 
Where we belong

Divide the light
From the night
Never say goodbye
If this is what you want

Ooooo, we can shine
Underneath this crystal night sky
Oh I know I'm falling
But it feels like I could fly
In your arms
Underneath this crystal night sky

Oh what are we so, so afraid of
This bursting bright light is what we're made of
What we're made of
Brilliant love

Ooooo, we can shine
Underneath this crystal night sky
Oh I know I'm falling
But it feels like I could fly
In your arms
Underneath this crystal night sky

Ooooo, we can shine
Underneath this crystal night sky
Oh I know I'm falling
But it feels like I could fly
In your arms
Underneath this crystal night sky

Crystal Sky

A self-described "young old lady" tries to beat back the infirmities of age, wearing her orthopedics at the health club. She's musing about her desire to learn song-writing and hopes it's not too late. Bewildered by the current state of pop music, she wishes Tom Petty were still around. Demo of a humorous novelty song.

PastMyPrime AR Demo

Lyrics (c) 2023 Christine Winchester Perry
verse 1:
Here in my room
I have power and strength.
Here in my cocoon,
you're at arm's length.
I'm in control
and I'm having fun
in my cockpit
designed for one.

Chorus 1:
Back up, Back off! You're making me nervous.
Get up, Get out of here! This is my place!
Back up, Back off! Oh, my introvert-ness!
Get up, Give it to me! Give me my space!

verse 2:
Well if I see you at my door,
I'll peep at you and I'll ignore.
Back away. Don't want your crap.
but watch your step, there a booby trap.

Chorus 2:
Back up, Back off! You're making me nervous.
Get up, Get off of me! This is my place!
Back up, Back off! Oh, my rage has surfaced!
Get up, Get out of here! Give me my space!

Verse 3:
Don't say I'm crazy.
Don't diagnose.
You can't read me,
So don't get close.
Just DM what you
wanna say.
Human touch is so passe.

Chorus 3:
Back up, Back off! You're making me nervous.
Get up, Get out of here! This is my place!
Back up, Back off! get outta my universe!
Get up, Give it to me! Give me my space!

Chorus variation ending:
Back up, Back off! You're making me nervous.
Get up, Get out! This is my place!
Back up, Back off! Oh, my introvert-ness!
Back up, Back off! You're making me nervous.
Get up, Get out! This is my place!
Back up, Back off! That's what my curse is.
BACK UP, BACK UP, BACK UP, BACK UP!

Back Off!

Lyrics:

If I die before my time
Lay me beneath that old black walnut tree
Where my childhood pets,
They wait for me

Well D-O was a good ole boy
Although he was my first
And Ranger lumbered after deer
So large you’d think him fit to burst
And Stripe one through seven
We’d fall asleep on a sunny porch
Well they’re all six feet underground
We don’t see each other anymore

If I die, before my time
Lay me beneath that old black walnut tree
Where my childhood pets,
They wait for me

Sheniah was the biggest and oldest
Mastiff you’ve ever seen
Koda loved sleeping on wood chips
And eating ice cream
Ole Bella, she was a little rat,
But the first to hear every song
Coco was just a brown blur,
Although he didn’t last long

If I die, before my time
Lay me beneath that old black walnut tree
Where my childhood pets,
They wait for me

Rosemary’s getting awful thin as of late
And Pusa doesn’t really know
Where she is these days
How can one keep losing the only friends he’s ever known?
I know we’ll all meet again
Under the hilltop back at home

If I die, before my time
Lay me beneath that old black walnut tree
Where my childhood pets,
They wait for me

If I die before my time
I know where Heaven will be:
Wrapped up in the switchgrass
back in Tennessee

Childhood Pets - Mix v3

My Days With Mayzie

LYRICS, by Christine Winchetester (c) 2025

Verse 1
She came into our lives ten years ago
After looking for her for two years or so
I put out the word and kept watching the posts
We met many others, but loved her the most.

Before she came, I never had this role.
I had a hamster as a kid, and two fish in a bowl.
I did it for my daughter, but it ended up
I was the one taking care of the pup.

Chorus:
And it's "Fill up my bowl, please" and "Daddy, play fetch!"
She gave me such purpose, I know I've been blessed.
As I look back on precious mem'ries, I recall
My days with Mayzie were the best days of all

Verse 2
I cherish every walk we took on my street.
She helped me to talk to strangers I'd meet.
She could push my patience to frustration some days,
But her cute face looking up melted anger away.

Every time she coughed or stumbled, I felt it.
We aged together, and together we dealt with it.
Even at 15, she'd leap and run
Teaching me: never forget to have fun.

[Repeat Chorus above]

Bridge:
So many hours she'd lie by my side
Her dark eyes spoke without words.
The way she followed me upstairs and down
Said she loved me, and she knew I heard.

Chorus (final)
And it's "Fill up my bowl, please" and "Daddy, play fetch!"
She gave us such purpose, we know we've been blessed.
And as I look back on precious mem'ries, I recall
Our days with Mayzie were the best days of all.

Tag:
As I look back on precious mem'ries, I recall
My days with Mayzie were the best days of all.

My Days with Mayzie (demo)

Battling the hesitation in life, remixed to fix a few problems.

The River 2.1

Christine Winchester is a singer/songwriter who lives in the Philadelphia, PA area with her husband and music partner, David C. Perry. Together they have performed live together for years as Winchester/Perry. Please visit her Playlist page for collections of her most recent self-produced music. Christine is a fan of indie rock and modern pop music and strives to weave those production styles into her folky, story-telling lyrics. Her background in musical theater can't help but sneak out here and there, too. Her powerful vocal sound is reminiscent of singers of the past such as Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Karen Carpenter, as well more modern voices such as Amy Mann, Alanis Morrisette, and Brandi Carlile.

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