A song about our current transition as a nation of fools.

Our Cup Runneth Over     Dec16-2025

"Cold Morning Coffee" (#430, 210116)

Cold morning coffee color of soil
About as thick as motor oil
Like molasses a couple of drops
Made a halo on the countertop

Cold morning coffee forgot it was there
Stained the paper on the rocking chair
Mug is sittin’ on the kitchen floor
Left over from the night before

Cold morning coffee sharp as a knife
Unforgiving like weighted dice
Some kinda’ frozen oblivion
Heart made of obsidian

Cold morning coffee heavy roast
Somewhere south of Mexico
Bitter as winter as dry as dust
Almost dead like the two of us

Week 03 - Cold Morning Coffee (210116)

Cold morning coffee day
(Mark Anderson 2021)

Cold morning coffee- Cold morning rain 
An old broken heart –filled with nothing but pain
Old, faded pictures – and memories of love 
Are all that she left  him – but it ain’t enough
Umm – Umm – cold morning coffee day

An empty old house – a cold empty bedroom
Where the fire once burned – that ended too soon
Now he’s alone here  – alone all night long
With a dead whiskey bottle – like a sad country song
Umm – Umm – cold morning coffee day

(Chorus)
A cold morning coffee’s
Just an old metaphor
Like watching love turning the page
It’s like leaving the keys
And closing that door
He’s never known love that brave
What else is there to say - it's a cold morning coffee day

A cold morning coffee - A cold morning rain 
The day that she left here - She made it plain  
Another sad story – another long day
She won’t be back  – said it’s better that way
Umm – Umm – cold morning coffee day

(Chorus)
His cold morning coffee’s
Just an old metaphor
Like watching love turning the page
It’s like leaving the keys 
Like closing that door
He’s never known love that brave
What else is there to say – it’s a cold morning coffee day

Music --------------------

(Chorus)
Umm, Umm – Umm, Umm 
What else is there to say – it’s a cold morning coffee day

Cold morning coffee day -

The first tale of Snow and Cherry

Help yourself

i know it's hard to feel lonely
when nothing seems like it's alright
no need to keep on pretending
not this time

i know you know it's a journey
but we don't always know how far
don't let the world break your heart to pieces
not this time

no one can help you if you don't help yourself
every man can change his mind, it's alright

you know i love you to tears
that it's ok for men to cry
i know nobody has ever taught us
until now

Tales of Snow and Cherry

Help Yourself

Collaboration with David and Laurie Easterling.

I took a chord progression David came up with as we were starting to collaborate, then brainstormed the first draft of the lyrics. Then David edited the lyrics to fit his way of singing it and we chiseled down extra stanzas to fit to length (not necessarily in that order).  I'll probably record another version sometime soon to improve the mix between the video's audio and the audio into DAW, possibly adding drums, bass too.

Songbird- McDoniels-Easterling Co-write

Copyright Erin Wolf 2021

Week 4 Prompt - Help Yourself
Video: https://youtu.be/WZAhXb-qQZI

i bet you couldn't help yourself
you say as you laugh at me
moments like this are my favorite part
of days together down by the sea

we don't know, we never know
what the future will hold
all i know is i hope i'm still with you
when we're wrinkly, grey, and old

and oh woah oh
a love like this worth waiting for
oh woah oh
a love that always gives us more

oh woah oh
oh woah oh

and as we sit here beside the fire
warm summer breeze moves the air
i listen as your voice sweetly sings
songs from when we lived on prayers

no matter what tomorrow brings
i know we'll make it through alright
you and me, side-by-side
oh this future's looking bright

and oh woah oh
a love like this worth fighting for
oh woah oh
a love that makes our dreams soar

and oh woah oh
a love like this worth waiting for
oh woah oh
a love that makes us want more

oh woah oh
oh woah oh

A Love Like This

Copyright Anoki ReChord & Erin Wolf 2021

Lyrics: Anoki ReChord (https://soundcloud.com/anokirechord)
Music: Erin Wolf

Check out Anoki's version here: https://soundcloud.com/anokirechord/cross-this-bridge

I’ll never forget the night we met,
When the winter sky was painted with stars,
We didn’t know it then,
God had a plan for us way back when.

With this bridge here before us,
Do we cross into the unknown?
We don’t know exactly what lies ahead,
There’s no one else I’d rather have beside me than you.

I confess sometimes I’m lost easily,
And I don’t always know the right way to go,
But every time I followed the stars,
They would lead me back to you.

With this bridge here before us,
Do we cross into the unknown?
We don’t know exactly what lies ahead,
There’s no one else I’d rather have beside me than you.

We’ve never been apart this long before,
I feel closer now more than ever,
And whenever we meet again,
It will feel as no time has passed at all.

With this bridge here before us,
Do we cross into the unknown?
We don’t know exactly what lies ahead,
There’s no one else I’d rather have beside me than you.

Cross This Bridge (Into The Unknown)- (with Anoki ReChord)

Week 4 HELP YOURSELF  31/01/21
¾ G C D Em capo 2

G
HERE I GO
C                     D
DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN
G                                     C                  D
I ALWAYS STAY IN THAT STATE SO LONG
EM
LET  ME GO
C                      D
PROVE ME  WRONG AGAIN
Em                                 C         D        G
BUT OVER AND OVER THE SAME OLD GROUND
2
LONG AGO
YOU WERE NEAR TO ME
YOU SHOWED THE COURAGE TO SEE ME THROUGH
ALL THE YEARS
EVERY TRAGEDY
OUR HEARTS SANK DEEP IN THE STONE COLD GROUND
3
WHERE’S THE TUNE
WHERE’S THE MELODY
FELL ON DEAF EARS AND KEPT ROLLING ON
ON AND ON IN MY MEMORY
OVER AND OVER THE SAME OLD SONG  
 
4
SHOULD WE CROSS PATHS AGAIN some day
ILL NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU FOUND THE WAY
FROM THE PAST THROUGH THE PAIN AGAIN
BR OKEN IN PIECES AND SHATTERED LIKE CLAY
OVER AND OVER MADE NEW TODAY

BRIDGE D  C  G 
D
WHO CAN I RUN TO
C                                        G
IM STUCK IN A MIRE SO HUNGRY AND TIRED
 D
WHERE IS MY RESCUE
C
THESE TEARS HAVE RUN DRY
G
RAINED DOWN IN SKIES

help yourself wk4

You've Got To Help Yourself (demo)

Days and days of grey and overcast
Waiting for this goddamn storm to pass
Trying, not to, fall into the mud
Bleak midwinter cold the trees are bare
Feeling like the sky is looking there
Heart is sinking into the flood
But I swore to myself that when the sun came out I'd sing and play

And there's blue in the sky today
---
Black clouds got the best of yesterday
Spring could be a hundred days away
Trudge that path to happy destiny
I can be a grumpy son-of-a-bitch
Grateful for the way you handle it
Trying to seek out the best in me
And I promised myself that when your love arrived I'd sing hooray

And there's blue in the sky today
---
And EVery time I think I went too far you walk me back
And every TIME that I get LOST you help to GET me back on track
And anyTHING I tried to MAKE it fell part ‘til I FOUND you
Then right on cue… the sun came shining through

And there's blue in the sky x4 today

Blue In The Sky

Song-A-Week 2021 week 4 contribution.

Don't sit around
nursing that slow gin, it's slowing down everything
Don't sit around
starring at the screen, it's just a hole to fall in
II: Don't sit around
but help yourself to what the world has got to offer
Don't sit around
waiting for the world to come to you, here's what you do:

Cross the floor, walk out the door, hail a cab, buy a black Lab
Take her for a walk, have a little talk with your friends and neighbors
Hit the gym (muscles kicking in), run a good mile or dance without style
Bike that trail, spot a whale, take a boat out for a sail

It's all there for the taking
just help yourself, and you'll be making
a complete one-hundred-and-eighty

Don't sit around
with your head in the past, the past doesn't last
Don't sit around
worrying 'bout what's ahead, tomorrow you might be dead, so :II

Song AND image Copyright © Claes Akerblom

180 Degrees (demo)

Mainly a guitarist, and sometimes singer-songwriter, I am influenced mostly by the singer-songwriters from the 60's and early 70's.