Thank you very much. It is nice  to hear from you.

a charming, candid performance. lovely lyrics : )

Wake up as the sun rises and stroll the sandy shoreline.  Reunite with your spirit while exploring the vibrant coral reef.  There is a dinner party tonight worth looking forward to. Many friends will gather under the stars to dance or gaze at the sky by the bonfire.  Bring a blanket!

Cabo Clave

Would you travel to space?  Open your mind and let go of your worries.  Our time and imagination is better used fulfilling goals and dreams. " Fly UFO" takes you on a journey back in time and into the future in real time.  Allow yourself the opportunity to take an adventure each day. Brighten your horizon and others.

When I was little like a stowaway in the cargo
Dad drove an old four door to the Badlands on a spring day
I could see far beyond what my imagination could swallow
Digging up fossils and meteors from yesterday
When lucky stars collide
Imagination spinning burning spirit to find
Seek beyond your dreams in a limitless sky
Reconcile difference leave worries behind
No more thorn in your side

Once upon ago, I made up my mind to leave the planet
Blast off, let go, ticket to ride up and away
Fly UFO make sure your belts low and tight prepare for landing
Fly UFO meet intelligent life in outer space
Spaceship on time
Imagination spinning interstellar nose-dive
Astro-enigmatic beings faster than light
Cosmic comet fever consumes me inside
The Constellations say their goodbyes

Let's rock, let's roll 
There are no lines there is no traffic
Mission Control, tech support just in case
Fly UFO your satellite to supernovas
Join me in orbit my love for you will never fade
Look up to the sky
Imagination spinning transcendental surprise
Summer 1968 repeating the times
When the music's over there is nowhere to hide
Dare fight fire with rhymes

Fly UFO catch the red-eye tonight and leave the planet
Shooting like stars across the Milky Way
Fly UFO open your mind and just imagine
We are not alone, we are much the same
Until next time
Imagination spinning up the ladder I climb
Meditate on miracles you witnessed tonight
Destination galaxy ahead on the right
Our thoughts determine our lives
HAVANADAVE ENTERTAINMENT 2023

Fly UFO

TwentyFirstCenturyMedievalWorld

Yea I know it’s  better
Than it’s ever been before
With all the  technobabble things
That we all vie for 
Like wi-fi and internet
Google this and Uber that
And here’s one thing you can’t forget      
We’re still
In a twenty first century medieval world

Now apathy’s an atrocity
A plague on the society
Acceptance and obedience
Feeds the endless greed

Like billionaires in rocket ships
Carrots hanging from a stick
And here’s one thing you can’t forget  
We’re still
In a twenty first century medieval world
Medieval world

Solo

Genuflection
Masters of the Universe
By the grace of God
Oh Buck Rogers

One generation to the next
Ad nauseam
begone you old bad habits
So we carry on
To live a life without the threat
Of crazy wars or massive debt
And here’s one thing you can’t forget  
We’re still
In a twenty first century medieval world
We’re still
In a twenty first century medieval world
medieval world
med-ie-val-world

TwentyFirstCenturyMedievalWorld Redux

This is about how life is constantly presenting challenges. We must learn from each incident/experience and use that learning to try and be more resilient and be able to move forward. 
I wrote it on my 3/4 size Hofner classical guitar. It’s first song! I used open G tuning after being encouraged to try it by Mark Spruce (Original Spruce - great songs- give them a listen!). Thanks Mark! 
Hope you enjoy it. Best with headphones! 
Take care 
James 

Lyrics 
My Uncertain Steps 

As a boy, I was scared of the sea
With my family, on a beach in Normandy, 
a French boy told me the ghosts of drowned sailors grab your legs and dragged you down
I wouldn’t go in! 
Too naive and trusting! 

As a teen, I was all over the place! 
Always confused, just didn’t know which way to face
Too many temptations, suggestions and thrills, distracting and wild
Couldn’t think straight 
Couldn’t concentrate! 

It was always their demands and directions 
Had to meet their dreams and expectations 

My uncertain steps
No confidence 
(Trying to find my own way)
My uncertain steps 
At my own pace
(My way) 

My wreckage of a life, with this chaotic love
Constant demands, you can never do enough 
Mix in the bullies, the twisters and those egos too
It pulls you apart
Breaks your heart 

I’m seasoned, I now know this path
One crisis avoided, another starts 

My uncertain steps
More experienced 
(Trying to find my own way)
My uncertain steps
At my own pace 
(My way) 

And now I expect to see the worst
In everyone and everything I know
Just know how it is, but feel I can somehow 
see it through

(outro) 
I’ve got friends (for my uncertain steps)
I’ve lived and learnt (for my uncertain steps)
I’ve got you (for my uncertain steps) 
I’ll get through this (my uncertain steps) 


James Whiteman copyright  18 January 2024

My Uncertain Steps

dont write me off   Hugh Grant Cover

“This is a children’s song, which I have been inspired to write having now heard (since becoming a daddy in February 2022) the amazing variety of nursery rhymes, music and lullabies for developing children. Let me know what you think with a comment.” 

IT’S OK TO CRY 

It’s OK to cry
It’s alright to feel sad sometimes
Feeling green, pink or blue? 
Your favourite colour or maybe two? 

You might be feeling sad
Those kind of feelings aren’t so bad
It’s only the opposite of glad 
It’s OK to feel how you do 

Feelings come and feelings go
That’s how you know that you’re a person
Feelings come and feelings go
That’s how you know that you’re important 

It’s OK to cry
It’s just your feelings on the outside 
Wear your tears with pride
You’ll soon feel better on the inside

It’s OK to cry 

© Heart House Records 2024

Written, performed, recorded, produced and mixed by Heart House Records
Mastered by DOLBY

IT'S OK TO CRY

Words and Music Dave Rose
A song for anyone that has been flooded.
Photo shows the result of storm Desmond(c2015), we were out of our home for almost a year and longed to be elsewhere.
Reloaded for autumn.
Sounds infinitely better through headphones.

Since posting this song Valencia and a large part of Southern Spain has been decimated by Flooding on a terrible scale, So sorry for those people affected.

Lyrics
Standing at my window watching the rain
Seems to me it's rained now for 40 nights and 40 days
Perhaps it's time I built myself a boat
But the chances are it's quite likely it wouldn't float
So instead of that I'll just stay here and pour myself a drink
And just put my feet up to contemplate and think of

One fine day I'll sail away from here to somewhere far away
Where the better weather better suits my clothes
And my sunny disposition isn't clouded by the rain and cold
One fine day

Summer here is over you can feel it in the air
The days are getting darker as the nights are drawing in
November really doesn't suit me very well
Thank god for Christmas or December would be hell
January it seems to me it just goes on and on
February well quite frankly it just goes on and on as well so

One fine day I'll sail away from here to somewhere far away
where the better weather better suits my clothes
And my sunny disposition isn't clouded by the rain and cold
One fine day

They say that life is what you make of it
And I know life could be much worse
The grass might not be greener and life might not be easier
But lately these days my life it just feels cursed 
so 

Chorus x1 again......

One Fine Day

Recorded 13th January 2025. 

I joined SC ten years ago and haven't yet shared a half hour long track, weird that :) 

(Music created by AI makes me feel ill)

I played in a band many years ago, never sang and never performed solo. 

I later used Audacity to cut out some noise where I dropped a cup and once where I took too long before starting the next song, and added reverb 

1. The Cooler's in My Head 
2. Bitter
3. Going Down This Road Feeling Bad (Traditional)
4. Lost Cause 
5. I Won't Play Along
6. Jaguar
7. Tree of Life Blues
8. What I've Found 
9. Don't Blow Your Cool (The Caravelles)
10. Needed Healing Sound
11. Exchequer Square
12. Give Back Love (Featuring misremembered lyrics)

The Cobbled Moth Live at Home

Acoustic cover of a famous Radiohead song with topical lyrics for today

Karma Please

I Contain the Signal

The TSB boys do a version of Jimmy Cliff's "Sitting Here in Limbo".

Sitting Here in Limbo (TSB) 4-17-25

Greetings! Each song is a chapter from the book of my life. I hope you enjoy, dance and day dream to my music.
            Born in Chicago by Canadian immigrants, we moved to Florida when I was a kid. I remember always laughing and playing with family, friends, and our German Shepard.  We would explore and discover many beautiful plants and creatures in the forest or at the beach. I learned to play violin before guitar and was active in garage bands or tackle football with friends. I traveled a lot with my parents and later as a career janitor, working mainly in the brewing industry where I met interesting people.  I am currently working on a novel and enjoy spending my time writing poetry and making up songs. I also have the privilege to teach guitar at the School of Rock, Tampa North. The owner of this location is my dear Smokin' Havanas bandmate, Chuck Roeh
  My wife and I have a non-profit animal rescue that inspires me endlessly. I am blessed.  I have the privilege to spend these precious days caring for the many dogs and cats my wonderful wife, Amy, is introduced to. I encourage you to visit us at www.laborofloveanimalrescue.org
Volunteering time, treasure, and talents is a choice. Please consider volunteering in your community, and thank you for visiting.  Love is patient and kind.
May peace be with you always,
+David

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