Title: Singin' in the Same Key
Written and Recorded by Colin Robert O'Brien in a loft in Downtown Los Angeles. 

Lyrics:

Caught the last flight on a New York eve
been a whole year since I got to see
the look upon your face that's always been there
couldn't quite place it but now I'm on the same page

You're still singin' in the same key.
I never told you it's my favorite  melody.
But I won't stop you from explaining
how it's going to be.

Been through some trouble in the past
Fled to opposing costs real fast
Now you're in New York like you've always been there
and I'm in LA, trying to get somewhere

You're still singin' in the same key.
I never told you it's my favorite  melody.
But I won't stop you from explaining
how it's going to be.

You tried to teach that melody so patiently.
But sometimes I have trouble catching it, properly.
But now I got my ears trained and I hear. 
Now I got my ears trained and I hear
Now I got my ears trained and I hear

You're still singin' in the same key.
I never told you it's my favorite  melody.
But I won't stop you from explaining
how it's going to be.

Singin' In The Same Key - Ph6 Loft Sessions - Recorded in Downtown Los Angeles

Title: The Only Way
Written and recorded by: Colin Robert O'Brien

the broken clock on the wall says it all
and with that toneless expression on call
and the one way reaction to it all
opportunity reduced and so small 

You can pray 
You say 
I’m not the one who can make it turn real
but if not me who is gonna face the fear? 

The thought that what you do will beckon some cheer
is a pipe dream that might as well disappear
like freedom in our democracy 
or the feeling you get when you believe

You can pray 
You say 
I’m not the one who can make it turn real
but if not me who is gonna face the fear? 

you’re gonna have to go one day
but say you don’t know the way
believe in what you see, even though others disagree
and you’ll save what you have today
and it’ll rise one day, 
one day, one day, one way

You can pray 
You say 
I’m not the one who can make it turn real
but if not me who is gonna face the fear? 


The Only Way

First Night In The City - ph6 sessions - by Colin O'Brien

Title: When you told me
Written and recorded by: Colin Robert O'Brien on a phone in a loft in downtown Los Angeles. 

You look just the same as I remembered
No weathering or aging, not a trace
Something you said long ago my brain recovered,
Just as my lips hit your face.

You said that you believe
In me, even when we leave


When you told me 
The other side of the story
It is lifted me slowly 
Then you brought me back to life

We met near the place where we used to see
People singing songs and stand up comedy
It was a meeting made of memories
Just the good ones Are all we'll leave 

You said that you believe
In me, even when we leave

I Believe this is an omen
You take away the lonely
Feeling, Killing it softly

When you told me 
The other side of the story
It is lifted me slowly 
Then you brought me back to life

When You Told Me - (acoustic phone sessions) - ph6 loft - Downtown Los Angeles

Title: Letty let me down
Written and recorded by: Colin Robert O'Brien

Oh Letty, you let me go
How was I supposed to know? 
If you're gonna take me, then take it slow
She told me so. 

Now I see 
How you wanted it to be
Now that I'm away
from the scene

Now somewhere is home for me
I think I'll just let you be
Now somewhere is home for me
I think I'll just let you be

Oh Letty you let me down
from the higher ground
Sometimes she don't make a sound
When she speaks out loud
Sometimes she don't make a sound
but she stays around. 

Now I see 
How you wanted it to be
Now that I'm away
from the scene

If there is one memory I'd keep
It's that night on 6th street
When you were into me

Now somewhere is home for me
I think I'll just let you be
Now somewhere is home for me
I think I'll just let you be

Letty Let Me Down (live acoustic) - phone sessions

Written and Recorded by Colin Robert O'Brien
2014 

Lyrics:

On this summer eve, 
I feel the void of some calling.
Nothing tell me to stay. 
I spent the night alone, and got a different view. 

Other people say, you'll find the way;
find the way back home, even if it ain't home to stay. 
Spent the night alone, and got a different view.

I'm tired of searching for, 
for a place to be. 
I'm tired of searching for, 
for a place to be.

Back Home - by Colin O'Brien - recorded in dtla 2015

Written and Recorded by Colin Robert O'Brien
6-12-2017

Lyrics:

 I am traveling on a foreign Road
It's raining and I'm all alone
So far where I come from 
Just to be there when you get back home
Just to be there when you get back home

Chorus
But you know right where you are going 
You know where you're coming from
There some Things to reconsider
Before it going home
Like who will be there when you’re all alone?
Someone to be there so you're not alone 
Someone to be there when you get home

So many songs ago
I was dreaming and only sleeping so so 
Hoping that someone like you would come
Along
Help me separate the right from wrong
Someone to be there when I get back home


But you know right where you are going 
You know where you're coming from
There some Things to reconsider
Before it going home
Like who will be there when you’re all alone?
Someone to be there so you're not alone 
Someone to be there when you get home

When I see who I've been dreamin of
standing front of me close enough to touch
i remember all those nights we talked so much
the feel on my skin of your touch
and now we’re hear and it just seems like luck

But you know right where you are going 
You know where you're coming from
There some Things to reconsider
Before it going home
Like who will be there when you’re all alone?
Someone to be there so you're not alone 
Someone to be there when you get home

Be there when you get home

Written and Recorded by Colin Robert O'Brien
3-25-2017

*Recorded as a one-take live performance on my iPhone.

Lyrics:
Lately, I’m crazy, for you.
Baby nothing can save me, from you.
I met a man while drinking rum
in the rain that told me something i should say. 
He said the key to life and the remedy for a broken heart is gratitude not greed.

So i’ll say 
the first thing that comes to mind
even if it isn’t doesn’t fall in line with thee


I’m not sailing alone in a lonely sea
I’m in the place i want to be 
No more wishing i could live a dream
because i’m in the place i want to be


Since that day, I’ve been saving, everything for you.
And by the way, you look away
I know it’s true.
There’s a subtle smile taking place
every time i close my eyes and see your face.

So i’ll say 
the first thing that comes to mind
even if it isn’t doesn’t fall in logically


I’m not sailing alone in a lonely sea
I’m in the place i want to be 
No more wishing i could live a dream
because i’m in the place i want to be


When you away, I spend all day, thinking of you.
I feel this pain, from my head to my heart and it’s starting to
take me in the moment when, i want you most and there’s nothing i can do, so i’ll say.
You know I want you here with me.
You know I want you here with me.

In The Place I Want To Be (live acoustic) - phone sessions -  recorded in Phuket, Thailand

A little loop of my song, "i was going to see". Hope you enjoy!

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