"Leavin'" (#445, 210309)

 * co-written with Jeffrey Joslin; complete demo performed, recorded, and produced by Jeffrey Joslin; essentially I made a pot of coffee and suggested we write a song, Jeffrey Joslin did everything else * 

Keep my leavin' in the soles of my shoes
In case I got a little leavin' to do, a little leavin’ to do
I leave my boots by the foot of the stairs
In case my leavin' wants to go somewhere, wants to go somewhere

North to south east and west
I keep on leavin' 'til there's nothin' left
Close behind no matter where I go
Seems the leavin' won't leave me alone

Well I got me a job twenty dollars a day
But my leavin' told me I gotta' walk away, gotta’ walk away
The boss man asked me said what's the rush
I was long gone in a cloud of dust, in a cloud of dust

North to south east and west
I keep on leavin' 'til there's nothin' left
Follows me around no matter where I go
Seems like this leavin' won't leave me alone

I try to stay long as I can
But the leavin' always seems to have other plans, have other plans
Ask me where I'm goin' well I don't know
Just a chasin' that leavin' on down the road, on down the road

North to south east and west
I keep on leavin' 'til there's nothin' left
Close behind no matter where I go
Seems like the leavin'
Seems like the leavin’
Seems like the leavin' won't leave me alone

Week 11 - Leavin' (#445, 210312)

Shoes Untied
by Erin Wolf, Laurie & David Easterling © 3/122020 Little Chute, WI and Oak Ridge, TN

Week 10 Prompt: Foundations
*Disclaimer: The following tune is a song about grief and may cause some strong emotional responses in listeners.*

The horizon’s blue
Not a cloud in the sky
I think I see heaven
You’re not by my side
Yesterday you were with me
For life’s wild ride
I stand here alone
Raindrop in my eye

The earth is shaking
My firm foundation
My heart is breaking
I need restoration   
The earth is shaking
My firm foundation
My heart is breaking
I need restoration   

The music plays 
I hear the sound
It doesn’t move me
Like when you were around 
I used to stand
On solid ground  
‘Til shifting sands
Knocked me down

Sitting here for hours with my shoes untied
They keep sayin’ it’ll be alright
But I can’t find any hope tonight 

The earth is shaking
My firm foundation
My heart is breaking
I need restoration   
The earth is shaking
My firm foundation
My heart is breaking
I need...

Shoes Untied

I was awoken, the sky was on fire
The stars began shaking, I’m not a liar
I’ve been asleep through many good dreams
I’ve chased my tail, it fell out the seam
Desert rock in my hand
A permanent marker on this wall
Says “take what you need”
“You answered the call”

I was a crane, floating on clouds
I drifted up north, when the spring would allow
I’ve been flying, since I don’t know when
I guess I’ll just keep floating until it begins


Floating, into, the sherbet sunrise
Drifting away, the gasoline eyes
Floating into the comet’s disguise
Jumping on through, abyss the great prize


Tickled by disaster, I know what I mean
My cards are all stacked, neatly it seems
The rain pounds the tin roof
My thoughts are with you
I could have loved you but I had no proof
The stars are all weeping, the moon left our orbit
The dreams he once had, he sold his corvette

Stumble

The fifth tale of Snow and Cherry

No more Mr. Nice Guy

he's the type they bring home to family dinner
he's the kind they don't know they're looking for
because who wouldn't want to date a winner
just you wait for lines outside his door

dude is so good at bending over backwards
counts the days for his favors to return
he thinks he deserves everything for being nice
but everybody knows nice guys finish last
the only way out is through

no more Mr. Nice Guy
no more Mr. Nice Guy
no more Mr. Nice Guy
no more Mr. Nice Guy

he's so tired of pretending to be simple
there is only so much a man can hide
it's no wonder he can't tell why he's single
all he learned to give is an eye for an eye
the only way out is through

no more Mr. Nice Guy
no more Mr. Nice Guy
no more Mr. Nice Guy
no more Mr. Nice Guy

he thinks he deserves everything for being nice
but everybody knows nice guys finish last
the only way out is through

Tales of Snow and Cherry

No more Mr. Nice Guy

SAW week 13 Cracked Paint 13-(IT CONSUMES ME)
CRACKED PAINT- WEEK 13 (MY RENO SONG)

IN THE DIM DULL LIGHT OF DAWNING
AS I LIE IN HOPE N WAIT 
THERES A FACE I SEE EACH MORNING
IN THE CEILING’S LOOSE CRACKED PAINT

ITS NOT SMILING
IT DOESN’T SCARE ME 
IT CONSUMES ME

I SHOULD DO SOME RENOVATION
COVER UP EACH TINY FLAW
MEND THE WINDOW SAND THE FLOOR BOARDS
FIX THE HANDLE ON THE DOOR
BUT I'D MISS IT 
THIS LITTLE WONDER 

IT CONSUMES ME

COVER UP THE ANGER
DISSIPATE THE PAIN
LINGER HERE FOREVER
RUN INTO THE RAIN

it consumes me

in these waking hours
in the bitter tears
we can talk about the flowers
HIDE AWAY OUR FEARS

COVER UP THE ANGER
DISSIPATE THE PAIN
LINGER HERE FOREVER
RUN INTO THE RAIN

IT CONSUMES ME
IT CONSUMES ME
IT CONSUMES ME

niki  Shepherd 's Album

Cracked paint (CONSUMES ME)THE RENO SONG(week 13)SAW

Let me tell you baby it's been a rough old ride
I tried everything I could to make it work
Didn't make no difference,' and now I find
This life has thrown me down here into the dirt

In a little while I'll probably turn it around
oh but just for now

Oh baby, this is where I a-a-am

I been sitting waiting for a lo-o-ong time
.for this STUpid world to get its show on the road
That ticking clock keeps playing on my mind
I’m sick of staying when my heart’s saying go

And any day I know that EYE shall be released
So just for now

Oh baby, this is where I a-a-am

I know that you’re a fighter, you’ve got heart to burn
And you’d never let this get the better of you
many times I know I’ve been too stubborn to learn
People will help me if I ask them to

And you got your own ways - that it’s something I respect
But if you ever want a hand

Oh baby, this is where I a-a-am

This Is Where I Am

"Attics And Basements" (#452, 210410)

 * Co-written with Pete & Pat Luboff * 

Lately my mind’s been on what's in my attic
Got a house full of crap and a head full of static
A ratty tin tree from so many Decembers
Letters and photographs no one remembers

And I’m feeling down about what’s in my basement      
Suitcases broken but I won't replace 'em
Bed frames and coolers and two legged stools
A couple flat tires and some rusted out tools

Why do I keep all the things I ain't usin'
Up above and down below
Smack in the middle in a state of confusion
I keep holdin' on when I need to let go
All the time and the space that I’m wasting
In my attic and basement

My ceilings are sinking from what’s in my attic
A console TV and my Dad’s leather jacket
Grandmother's trunk full of moldy old clothes
Teddy bear missing an eye and a nose

Can’t open the door too much junk in my basement
Silly straw hats from a long gone vacation
Lawn chairs and dumbbells and folded up boxes
Rubbermaid bins full of dead electronics

Why do we keep all the things we ain't usin'
Up above and down below
Smack in the middle in a state of confusion
We keep holdin' on when we need to let go
All the time and the space that we're wasting
In our attics and basements

I got all of these memories and all of these plans
Why can’t I be right here where I am?

Week 15 - Attics And Basements (210410)

GIRL AT THE BUS STOP (FIONA NI AINNIN & NIKI S)

 4 bars intro  

F                                              C
I could have been that girl at the bus stop
Laughing for a moment in the rain
Soaked to the skin umbrella falling all apart
black mascara cheeks a messy stain

F                                                C
You could have been my lonely boy at the pub
Waiting for the barman as I stare
glued to the lava flowing from the tv screen
Never seem to notice that Im there

C                                Em
We seem to be, strangers on a zig zag
Souls free like sparrows in the sky
We seem to be, strangers on a zig zag
I just want RISE AND  fly AWAY

C                                E
with you away with you (la la la la la la la la laaaaa)
                       C                   E
 away with you away with you (la la la la la la la la laaaaa)

WE COULD HAVE BEEN THAT COUPLE IN THE CAFÉ
Trying to sing each others favorite tune
We could have grown old sitting in the sunshine
Staring at the birds all afternoon
 
C                                Em
We seem to be, strangers on a zig zag
Souls free like sparrows in the sky
We seem to be, strangers on a zig zag
I just want RISE AND  fly AWAY

       C               E
with you away with you (la la la la la la la la laaaaa)
away with you away with you (la la la la la la la la laaaaa)
with you away with you(la la la la la la la la laaaaa)
 away with you away with you(la la la la la la la la laaaaa)

C                                E
We seem to be, strangers on a zig zag
Souls free like sparrows in the sky
We seem to be, strangers on a zig zag
I just want RISE AND  fly AWAY

    C               E
with you away with you(la la la la la la la la laaaaa)
away with you away with you(la la la la la la la la laaaaa)
with you away with you(la la la la la la la la laaaaa)
 away with you away with you(la la la la la la la la laaaaa)


F                                                  c
I could have been that girl at the bus stop

Girl At The Bus Stop (co-write with Fiona Ní Ainnín)

I STILL FEEL THE FIRE

Stripped down to guitar and the truth 🎵

"Always (Acoustic)" - when electronic safety nets fall away and you're left with just voice, strings, and the words you'll never say again.

"I used to say them like they were nothing / Like air / Like breath / Until I learned what they could cost"

Sometimes the most dangerous songs are the quietest ones.

Lyrics © S R A 2025 | Produced with Suno.AI

Always (Acoustic)

"(You Could Turn Back But) Why Would You Want To" (#442, 210226)

 * co-written with Rob Lannan * 

Morning air smells like your perfume
Layin' sleepless in my bedroom
Day is fadin' to a full moon
Feels like a perfect time to lose you

From Hawaii to the bayou
We ain't shinin' like the stars do
Spark is burnin' out between me and you
Gone as midnight in the afternoon

Won't forget these moments with you
But what's been done baby we can't undo
Open up the goodbye door and walk on through
You could turn back but why would you want to

Drew my smile on like a cartoon
We can't change who we turn into
Engine all but runnin' on fumes
Close as hand grenades and horseshoes

Won't forget these moments with you
But what's been done baby we can't undo
Open up the goodbye door and walk through
You could turn back but why would you want to

We gave up there's no shame
Can't light a candle in the pourin' rain
I'm just gonna' say it I think we always knew
Someone had to walk away it might as well be you

[ image credit: "freepik", which I assume is just a ... pik? That is free? See link below, or I mean, don't, w/e ]

www.freepik.com/free-photo/close-up-candle-rain_2231309.htm

No more Mr. Nice Guy

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