Being from Motown I truly enjoyed your song! Loved the line where you mentioned West Grand Blvd! Yup! That’s the place where it all started! Really nice song Donny! 🎵👍

The picture was done on Wombo Dream - a free AI art generator that does (in my opinion) a good job. I've got it on my Android tablet - not sure if it is available on Window.




Merlot
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She took a long slow sip
from a dark red bottle
Sat back and counted the stars
There was some cool jazz playin on the radio
Percussion, bass and two guitars
There was a full moon risin' in a dark blue sky
and the wind was whispering low
she thought about tomorrow and decided to stay
and have another sip of merlot

------

He took a long deep drag from the dark red bottle
Crickets were the only sound
Until a freight train passed through the cool night air
you could hear it all over town
The lonely horn sounded Like like a saxophone
The drivers made a rhythmic flow
He thought about tomorrow and decided to stay
And have another sip of merlot 

------

You take your turn when the mic is open
Stand up and sing a song.
You pick the right tune and the words are easy
People start singing along.
But when the crowd starts clapping you sit back down
You know that its the end of the show
You think about tomorrow and decide to stay
and have another sip of merlot

Merlot

All instruments and vocals - Donny Grace
Written, Produced, and Recorded by Donny Grace 
© Copyright Donny Grace, Full of Grace Music ASCAP

MOVE ME WITH SOME MOTOWN

Take me back to some Smokey songs
I wanna clap my hands and sing along
You can't help but move your feet
When you hear that bass and feel that funky beat
It only takes a little tambourine
To make you bop your head and make your body swing
 
       Move me with some Motown
       Love it when I hear that sound
       Groove me with some Motown
       No better feeling can be found
       Than when you move me with some Motown
 
Stroll me down West Grand Boulevard
Where hits were made that went up the charts
Where The Miracles and Marvelettes
And Little Stevie started their success
Nothing else on earth can move me more
Make me wanna get up and hit that dance floor

       Move me with some Motown
       Love it when I hear that sound
       Groove me with some Motown
       No better feeling can be found
       Than when you move me with some Motown
 
© 2014 Donny Grace, Full of Grace Music ASCAP
All rights reserved.

Move Me With Some Motown

Lyrics:

 - Even If You Smiled -  

I left a flower by your door
I thought it might get your attention
even if you smiled
i could be a child, again

I saw you standing in the rain
and I wanted to be near you
Even if you smiled,
I could stay a while, with you

Flowers and rain
Outside my window
Flowers and raindrops fall
Flowers and raindrops fall

If every flower had a name
and every raindrop had a reason
I would still be here
I would still be near my home

I left a flower by your door
and walked into forever after
raindrops in my hand
would you understand?

Even If You Smiled

There's an earlier version of this with me singing.   If you scroll down far enough, you will be able to see why I said I couldn't really sing this song the way it sounds in my head.

Thanks to Solaria, this is more like it.

Lyrics:
Hey little bluebird I wrote you a song
I'll play the music, if you sing along
I don't know the lyrics, but I know the tune
If you can wing it, we'll play for the moon

Birds of a feather are never alone
We'll be together singing our song
Hey little bluebird, don't fly away
A song is in the air today

Bluebird  ft Solaria

This is a redo of the song "May Becomes June", which I posted in June of 2020 - just as everyone was beginning to realize that the pandemic lockdown was going to last a lot longer than we first thought.
Nothing was going on at that point. We didn't even go to the grocery store - instead we picked up necessities at Wal-Mart and never left the car.
It is difficult to describe the feeling of those times.   I can't even come up with the right adjectives.  They came out in this song. 

So... switch to November of 2024.   Recent political events in the US have resulted in a return to That Same Feeling.

That Same Feeling

A Song About Love

Sing me a song about love. 
Look in my eyes, tell me what you see. 
Look in your heart, tell me what you feel. 
Look in my eyes, tell me love is real.

Tell me a story of love. 
Whisper your words, words I need to hear.
Look in your heart, tell me what you feel. 
Look in my eyes, tell me love is real. 

Now and forever, we'll be together here in the arms of love
Now and forever, we'll be together wrapped in the arms of love

Show me the way to find love. 
Open my eyes, show me what is real.
Open my heart teach me how to feel. 
Teach me to love, show me love is real.

Now and forever, we'll be together here in the arms of love
Now and forever, we'll be together wrapped in the arms of love


A Song About Love

Up tempo, jazzy, unusual rhythm.

Lyrics:

=== April Came ===

April came, and it was all so easy
Now we're on our own.

Changes
Nothing but changes
Every day changes
Every day 

One day
You say go one way 
And then the next day	
You say its that


Now Stop 
Now Go 
Now Yes 
Now No 
What you gonna say this time?

(Instrumental break)

Changes
Nothing but changes
Every day changes
Every day 

April came, and it was all so easy
April came, and it was all so easy
Now we're on our own.

(softly) On our own

April Came

A Big Thank You to whoever put this song on their Facebook page!
If you are seeing this, and you got here via that link, please let me know who did it so that I can thank them directly. :)
Or if it was you, please say hi! :)

Solaria sings a jazzy tune - backed with  piano, flute, bass and drums

Lyrics:
I heard you say 
Now is here to stay 
Everything changes,  now stays the same 
try to remember your name 
Sweet Melody Plays In my mind 
Sweet Fantasy Magnolia wine

I heard you say 
live your life today 
Cant see the future, cant change the past 
now is the time that last 
Sweet Melody Plays In my mind 
Sweet Fantasy Magnolia wine

I heard you say 
there's another way 
time to consider turning around
follow the internal sound
Sweet Melody Plays In my mind 
Sweet Fantasy Magnolia wine

Magnolia Wine

Jazzy, moderate tempo, Clarinet.

Lyrics:
Sunset Boulevard
Take us where we're going to go 
Sunset Boulevard
Passengers watching the show

Here on this ride 
Light in our eyes
Day after Day
Miles melt away

Sunset Boulevard
Dreaming of places to stay 
Sunset Boulevard
Sandcastles washing away. 

Here on this ride 
Each day and night
Night follows day
Miles melt away

Sunset Boulevard
Show us what we need to know 
One way boulevard
To the horizon we go

Here on this ride 
Light in our eyes
Day after Day
Miles melt away

Sunset Boulevard

Upbeat pop song about how computers, plastics and technology are filling the world with artificial reality.

BTW - If anyone knows how to make Synth V voices easier to understand (and , hence, more realistic) AND is willing to collaborate for free, please contact me.

Lyrics:
Synthetic voices
Synthetic band
Synthetic music
Synthetic brand

Synthetic poets
Synthetic tunes
Synthetic pictures
Synthetic rooms

The List Goes On And On
The List Goes On And On And On And On And On

Synthetic actors
Synthetic stars
Synthetic drivers
Synthetic cars

Synthetic money
Synthetic banks
Synthetic service
Synthetic thanks

The List Goes On And On
The List Goes On And On And On And On And On

Gone are the days
Where seeing is believing
Gone are the days
When food was made from food
Gone are the days
With news you could believe in
Gone are the days
When truth was truly true

Synthetic logic
Synthetic code
Synthetic programs
Synthetic road.

Synthetic people
Synthetic chat
Synthetic doctors
Synthetic Facts

The List Goes On And On
The List Goes On And On And On And On And 
On And On And On And On And On....

Synthetic

Lyrics:

Dance like you wanna dance
Groove if you wanna groove
Sing what you wanna sing
Do like you wanna do.

Don't try to tell me that you haven't got a thing to do
Don't say you're lonely cause nobody's there to talk to you

You're looking high and low
For somewhere new to go
But have you ever tried
To find the rhythm inside of you

Dance you wanna dance
Groove if you wanna groove
Sing what you wanna sing
Do like you wanna do.

Day after day and you wonder will it ever end
Time is passing quickly and its never coming back again

The days are slipping by
no time to wonder why
Let your agenda go 
Flow like a river flows


Dance if you wanna dance
Move how you wanna move
Let your agenda go
Flow like a river flows

Don't waste your time waiting for the epidemic to end
Now is the hour with the power to be free again

You're looking high and low
For somewhere new to go
But have you ever tried
To hear the music inside of you

Dance like you wanna dance
Groove if you wanna groove
Sing what you wanna sing
Do like you wanna do.

Dance if you wanna dance
Move how you wanna move
Let that agenda go
Flow like a river flows

Dance you wanna dance
Groove if you wanna groove
Sing what you wanna sing
Do like you wanna do.

Dance (A pandemic song)

Performing songwriter, musician, producer, arranger, recording engineer

Move Me With Some Motown

Donny Grace

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