Great song writing Doug; nice vocal delivery and excellent production Johnny.

Great song and performance, nice smooth sound

another cool song here Doug....i’ll see you there......great production on this one again Johnny

I could say this was a “cool” song, but that would be an understatement. So I’ll just say it’s hot!

Bystander

another fantastic music track for one of my original songs... so blessed to have the talent of Johnny to take my songs to a different level. June 15, 2022
“Started writing this …the day I was born”    words and music Doug Michael Roossien
Production Johnny McFarlane No Killie Fish https://soundcloud.com/johnnymc2
Goin’ to hell... They’ll let anybody in
Goin’ to hell for living a life of sin 
Goin to hell, hell, hell 
Yeah, I’m Goin’ to hell 

As everybody grows up, they get a little bit naughty 
But I got too, too, good at being bad 
As I Got older, the devil he got bolder, the stories he could tell 
Now, I’m going to hell 
I could ask, ask for my forgiveness, mamma, it’s too late 

Ain’t Goin’ to heaven…they ain’t gonna let me in 
Ain’t Goin’ to heaven, no one gonna let me in 
Not Goin’ to heaven, 
Guess, I’m Goin’ to hell 
Cause, I stole hearts, didn’t have an alibi   
I plead guilty of making my baby cry 
Got jealous and crazy of my baby, what a fight 
Swore, cheated, and lied 

I could ask, ask for my forgiveness, baby, it’s too late 

Guess it was my nature, to commit these crimes 
So, I’m gonna burn, burn, burn for all of time 
Lock me up, throw away the key, turn up the heat 
Cause, I’m Goin to hell 

I could ask, ask for my forgiveness, baby, it’s too late 

Yeah, I’m goin’ to hell, made my baby cry 
…………………., didn’t have an alibi 
Goin to hell, hell, hell 
Yeah, I’m Goin’ to hell Goin to hell, Goin to hell, 
we still got room on This BUS, goin to hell
Hey, St. Peter! Why you got to be so hard? Guess I’m going to hell (yeah)

GOIN TO HELL - DOUG ROOSSIEN / Music & Mastered - NO KILLIE FISH

If this ain’t nice then what is ?  This was said by Kurt Vonneguts’ uncle at family gatherings according to Kurt in a YouTube video of one of his lectures about the shapes of stories . So it goes .

Joe Strummer made some of the best music I’ve ever heard .  Phenomenal songwriter musician who made each song his own.  He wrote a song titled “Ramshackle Day Parade” .  So it goes .

The vw bus bit is a high school memory.  Imagine The 70’s Show .  Old Bob is a ditty from long, long ago.


Photo:  close up of sign on B&O Trail 



If this ain’t nice 

Do you remember full back seat 
Freshman September full back seat

Volkswagen micro bus
Sits upon four cinder blocks
Move the rear view mirror 
So I see you see me

Do you remember full back seat 
Freshman September full back seat 

Old Bob can’t find a job
And never will
Old Bob married Jill 
Poor Jill 

If this ain’t nice 
Then what is 
Living day after day
In the great
Ramshackle day parade

if this ain’t nice

View from the Afternoon

“I Don’t Know How To Love (Anyone)”

She asked me if I loved her
If I ever could
My lust had made a promise
Beyond my will to make good

I pride myself as mindful
Being self-aware
But there’s always a place inside
That pride will spare
	And right then I saw it laid bare

I don’t know how to love anyone

No man is an island
But many plateau
They grow into tailored suits
But to men they never grow

I want for more than an island
But have I plateaued?
I look a full man in a suit
But this man has got a hole
	And, oh Lord, now I can’t not know

I don’t know how to love anyone

Should I strike out in anger?
Should I curl up and cry?
Should I lock my heart up?
Should I continue with my lie?

Oh, let me be a gentle man with a gentle dream
I want to learn to love someone who in turn loves me
Let me be selfless, caring, patient with my love
Let me learn to love someone

I’ve been living my life in anger
I’ve done nothing but curl and cry
I’ve never tried to give my heart up
I don’t want to continue with this lie

Oh, I want to be a gentle man with my gentle dream
I want to learn to love someone who in turn loves me
I want to be selfless, caring, patient with my love
I’m going to learn to love someone

---
Music by Corey Ball
Lyrics by August Lysy

I Don't Know How To Love

Our band was named Watchglass just after I joined and one of Mark's science teacher friends joked that we may as well have called ourselves Petri Dish. This is the song I wrote to give our band name more deep and meaninglfulness. Oh and we will be recording a modern version of this soon! 

Lyrics:
If I could sift out
All the elements
Maybe I could find out
What it's all about
A grain of sand
Or beach in summer tones
An autumn leaf
Or an ocean to the depths below

Well I took a step back
Then I made it three times a million
And what did I see
I saw the thing that keeps us turning

A lover's glance
Or fans at a Beatles show
A drop of dew
Or an ocean to the depths below
A bird in fight
or just a wish for a higher place
A single step
On an upwards staircase

Oh I took a step back
Then I made it three times a million
And what did I see
I saw the thing that keeps us turning

Oh oh, keeps us turning
Fires burning, yearning or even hurting
Love
All that was left in my Watchglass after all

Watchglass

Love me keep me

The original track was released in 2009 and is still available at the "buzztunes" website. 
This actual "version" belongs to 2023 ...


Gothic (Version)

Love Teaches You Everything (G. Di Nunno)

I fell for her beauty and couldn't believe
How such luck came to a fool like me
The places we went
The things that we did
Had me happier than I'd ever been.

It was a struggle to keep her
Even my friends tried to steal her away
Saying they would give her
The moon and the stars
Even with all that she never was swayed.

I was stricken by love
One look from her, that magic touch
Oh, how I felt that I could do anything.

Soon she was trying to get me to change
Told me to put all that music stuff down
Work for that money
Do this don't do that
Finding misery was always around.

I did all I could just to please her
Seems our love was like grass cut by the blade
Said I changed too much
And soon she was gone
Guess she didn't like the man that she made.

Sacrificed who I was
All for her love, now nothing left
Better that she's gone
And now love will come again.

Sometimes I miss her so
A story line I won't repeat
That's the way it goes
Some things must come to an end.

And now as I look back
The pounds are gained and beauty fades
Doors always open
Love teaches you everything. 

All content written and performed by Gino Di Nunno
Copyright 2023.
From the upcoming album: Songs Rescued From the Slushpile.

#5. Love Teaches You Everything

the war is over. 
we can breathe the dust of peace.
in the shadow of nuclear explosion.
lives, burnt down to the bones.
the dipping rain, 
acid experience of the human skin.

2023

dust of peace

recorded to 8 track tape, mixed through a Seck desk straight to a cd recorder around 1999

Do What You Have To Do

Jump Up

YOUTUBE VIDEO......"FIELDS OF QUIET SOIL"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyYHjxPPBgc 
YOUTUBE VIDEO(NEW) ... "POCKETFUL OF LIES "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay9vAZQgmN4

SOMEDAY THE WEIGHT OF THIS YEAR ON MY LIFE WILL BE AN ALBUM FULL OF PAIN,... BUT, RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE I'M CENTRALLY LOCATED IN HELL

1987 WENT TO Nashville for a “short week” Music row to make the big time … wow … nobody listens in lawsuit land in those days. 1988 WENT TO NASHVILLE for 3 days (surely, I would crack this puzzle and become famous …) so many on benches in front of churches. Frustrated, didn’t sing publicly again basically for 25 years. (after all, where would a singer/song writer, make a name for himself in Karaoke land).
2010 discovered open mics (new world begins). WRITING SINCE …a lot! Had someone to produce me in limited acoustic style for a couple years…I think a few were damn good “Fields of Quiet Soil”. Had a lot of offers to write lyrics and/or sing for a lot of other artists here. (but no recording capability …let alone a decent computer for my own. TODAY, THINGS CHANGE …I’m here to make an impact (got 4 new ones under my belt recently) …plus some old ones you will not be disappointed listening to. Welcome old music fans and artists., potential serious collabs.
I’m locked and loaded this time!
FB Doug Roossien

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