collaborations with and by other artists for my lyrics....
most of these songs were recorded originally by me.
and can also be found on my soundcloud
please let me know iy you are interested in doing
collaborations.. on many of my material...

DOUG ROOSSIEN COLLABORATIONS

Another collaboration by Doug Roossien and John Mulder. I gave this song to John and he gave it a more upbeat different angle. Johns production and voice was wonderful as he proceeded to give it his touches to give it a new life, a deeper meaning, Thank You John. Thank you also to your Nashville posse for the additions. The Harmonica is amazing and I can almost see this lonely soul in the midnight moon.

MIDNIGHT ALONE - Master Mix 3 by Doug Roossien &John Mulder

This was played recorded and mixed by Nick Olman
I wrote the song and it sounded great here's my link...
http://soundcloud.com/doug-roossien/what-destiny
here's Nina's link to her music...http://soundcloud.com/padruna


this was an aborted attemt several months ago, to prepare for a duet that was going to be the first of many collaborations with Nina...Do to time costraints it was never perfected...Well I'm sitting here trrying to share songs witha mini=voice recorder. So Nina...surprise its time to share this puppy...and when someone want to put the prodution forth on a duwt as we planned will do it up right then


What Destiny?  (The duet)…Words and music by Doug Roossien

Wind and the /waves...blow your /dreams far a/way…(Doug)
as the /last leaf of /Autumn’s…/hits the /ground 
It’s a /wild wicked /wind...  your / course it will /sway 
your /tears freeze to …/snow falling down   

You must /stand/to your ground…/hold to your shore (Doug)
As those /jagged rocks… /pound on your /soul  (*Nina add anything) 
Your /music’s gets lost…in its /own melody…(*anywhere you think)
as it /cries ...(forevermore)…(Nina) *on this verse)
What destiny? (Nina &  Doug)

(chorus) slower spread out)
What destiny…is in these clouds… tonight. (Nina & Doug)
As I /search… that //horizon…for…/light /
Will I find love?...true true love?   
Is this just a dream…not my destiny 

The stars… in this /sky…are follow/ing…you and /I (Nina)
And the /moon’s playing /strings…on our /hearts 
The /tides rising /up from this /storm full of /love 
Been so long…I not sure …where to start 

Should I s/tand to my /ground…hold /on to my /shore  (Nina)
Let those jagged rocks…/pound on our /soul…
As the /music gets lost…in its /own melody…
as love /cries ...forever/more {stretch your beautiful voice out here}
What /destiny?…(Nina & Doug)




What destiny…is in these clouds… to/night.  (Nina & Doug)
As I/search on that //horizon…for…/light //
/Will this be /love?...t/rue true /love?   
Is this /just a /dream…not my /destiny 


The /wind and the /waves...blow your /dreams far a/way…(Doug)/
And the /last leaf of /Autumn’s…/on the /ground 
It’s a /wild wicked /wind... and your / course it will /sway (Nina)
And your /tears freeze …/to snow… falling /down  

You must /stand/to your ground…/hold to your shore (Doug)
as those /jagged rocks… /pound on your /soul 
let Your /music’s gets /lost…in its /own melo/dy…\(Nina)
as it /cries .../forever/more {stretch your beautiful voice out here}
What /destiny?…(Doug)


What /destiny…/ is in your /arms… to/night…(Nina & Doug)
as I .wish upon the .starlight in your .eyes…
will /you /still.be /here…in the /morning when I /rise…
or are you /just a  /dream/ 
not my /destiny/
my destiny 
be my destiny


the end phrasing is just Nina..
(.just like you did the first time…awesomeness)


What Destiny ...orig by Doug Roossien ...featuring... Padruna

This is one of my favorite original song of mine that I never got fully recorded with Nick Olman....
Ailsa a Scottish singer was so sweet to record it ( i have an earlier simpler recording )
SOMEDAY ... it will be on my next album hopefully
“ Tender Is the Torture”…by Doug Roossien 2012 

/Music is the /great hope…pieces of /tears…on strands of /time 
/Every note a /memory…or un/conscious state of /mind… 
Sometimes /pleasure feeds the /vacuum…in a /world that cannot /change 
/Why are we …so /“quick”…to /“hesitate”?

If /love is not a /reason…than /why should we go /on? 
/Tender is the /torture…so /how can this be /wrong? 
To/morrow…there’s no /guarantee…that /you won’t walk a/lone 
But /we only borrow /life before it’s /gone

You /say you have no /soul…but there’s /something you should /know 
The /mirror can be mi/staken…I know /how that story /goes 
Yes, /tender is the /torture…and I’ve /lived with many /pains 
And /paid the price so /many times and /never saw the gains

So /all in all…that’s /how it is…and /as we start a/gain 
The /circle just gets /tighter…but you /still can’t see the /end 
I can’t /promise that I’ll /save you or be /everything you /need 
So /much of me needs /changing…and there’s /just no guarantee

I /think you know I /care so much. That /sometimes I can’t /sleep 
If I /say that I’ll be /kind…just be/lieve… 
Yes /tender is the /torture…but true /love is hard to /find 
So /if you need a /heart…I give you /mine

TENDER IS THE TORTURE by Doug Roossien f.Ailsa Villegas

A song I posted a three weeks ago …that Johnny AKA ~  ( No Killie Fish) ~ https://soundcloud.com/johnnymc2 took me up on my request...
for someone to put a backing track down for me. I have been so often amazed at Johnny’s talent, I of course took him up on this!!

Never Sailed Goodbye song written by ~ Doug Roossien  Apr 19, 2022
https://soundcloud.com/doug-roossien/never-sailed-goodbye-a-challenge-to-musicians 
Johnny took my raw acoustic song  and put a some wonderful instrumentation down for me to put a another vocal take on it, then he mixed it and mastered it … Was really very happy with the results. ( Thank you Johnny)

https://www.reverbnation.com/artist/video/17109227 new video of the song!!

This was a first effort of a long ago song ... (originated from a little poem I wrote well over 40 years ago)"
"Dockman's got a cold hand,...first ship off at dawn,
Liberty Sails ..to the horizon ...now she's gone"

Quiet little café...Near the edge of town
Late at night …when lonely comes around
Eyes danced …we make love…till the morning light
Anchors raised …one long kiss goodnight

Still see her blue eyes…staring’ through my soul
As this ocean rolls… me… miles and miles from shore
Still feel her loving hands…here on my face
Feel them slip away…again I start to cry…cause I’m
Miles… from shore…and but I never… never sailed goodbye

I’ve only been there once…just a little port in Maine
A sleepy little harbor town…that I’d love to see again
Dockman’s got a cold hand…first ship off at dawn
Liberty sails…to the horizon…now she’s gone

Still see her blue eyes…staring’ through my soul
As this ocean rolls… me… miles and miles from shore
Still feel her loving hands…here on my face
Feel them slip away…again I start to cry…cause I’m
Miles… from shore…and but I never… never sailed goodbye

Quiet little café...Near the edge of town
Late at night …when lonely comes around
Eyes danced …we make love…till the morning light
Anchors raised …one long kiss goodbye
I’m miles from shore, but I never, never sailed goodbye
I’m miles from shore, but I never …sailed goodbye

NEVER SAILED GOODBYE - (MUSIC & MASTERED NO KILLIE FISH)_

End of Endless Love Joint collab with Nick Olman recording guitar and my vocal a few years back. 
A recent  very talented music friend of mine made an orchestration for the song OVER this track (  https://soundcloud.com/user-427228031 paint-Germain ) ...a very difficult thing to do THANK YOU Raphael :-) you made me smile! 
Raphael made ANOTHER orchestra only which I am WAITING to develop a duet version of this song. This has been a long-time dream of mine to accomplish this. I have some intuitive thoughts on the interplay (see the Till Then song I posted with a friend some years ago also) https://soundcloud.com/doug-roossien/till-then-by-doug-roosssien
It’s going to take the right person singing with me on the unfinished orchestral track …I’m releasing this orchestral and vocal creation  because I need time to think and ideas to ferment, and to communicate with potential duet partners on it.   
LYRICS BELOW ...

I loved you…you loved me …we both shared loves mystery
We lived out… our hopes and dreams…souls together…so it seemed…
Till fires burned down…and stars went out…bridges crossing… rivers drowned
Tears of happiness… dried up…we found the end… of endless love.

Is this the end of endless love…?
What were our hearts thinking of?
Cause I still love you…and if you love me too.
Stay forever…and ever

I’m looking… in your eyes for love…searching for… the passion of
A love with promise… swept away…that we could somehow… save
From these words of anger…jealous tears…bullets aimed at… hearts in fear…
Has left us standing…face to face…as tears roll down… you say…

Is this the end of endless love…?
What were our hearts thinking of?
Cause I still love you…and if you love me too.
Stay forever…and ever

Cause I love you…if you love me…if we still share love’s mystery
Can we still live our hopes and dreams…?
Souls together…endlessly
Cause fires burned down…and stars went out…bridges crossing rivers drowned
Tears of happiness dried up…we found the end…of endless love

Is this the end …is this the end…
we should be makin’ up…not breakin’ up

Cause I love you…if you love me…can we still share that mystery
Still live our hopes and dreams…Souls together…you and me

I’m looking… in your eyes for love…searching for… the passion of
A love with promise… swept away…that we could somehow… save
From these words of anger…jealous tears…bullets aimed at… hearts in fear…
Babe were standing…here today…as tears… roll down… you say

I’m looking… in your eyes for love…searching for… the passion of
A love with promise… swept away…that we could somehow… save

End of Endless Love (Vocal Doug R. /orchestration Paint-Germain / Olman)

SAD RIVER- DOUG ROOSSIEN /Music & Mastered NO KILLIE FISH 
@johnnymc2 ,...Johnny McFarlane May 25, 2022

I used …to feel your passion… running through my veins 
like horses full of freedom, we were runners in the rain 
Been trying too hard to hold you but my walls just made you run 
It only made your waters rush and your borders come undone 

First day of September, I started loving  
Like rivers full of passion, our colors every hue 
Came the whites of winter, and the quiet of the fires 
Kept the love light burning with your rivers, rivers of desires 

(CHORUS)
You  know …Nothing can hold …sad river      
Nothing can stop that river run … 
Nothing can hold… hold …sad river 
Ain’t no canyon on this earth, big enough, to hold my love 

My tears are falling down like water from this well 
I need to learn to swim before I drown myself 
The ashes from our fire all washed up on the shore
When she hurts sad river, she don’t run , don’t run to me no more 

(CHORUS)
You know, Nothing, can hold …sad river      
Nothing can stop that river run … 
Nothing can hold… hold …sad river 
Ain’t no canyon on this earth, big enough, to hold my love 

I used to feel your passion, running through my veins  
like horses full of freedom,  we were runners in the rain 

(Sad river) Chorus ~ Instrumental …
Ain’t no canyon on this earth, big enough 
Ain’t no canyon on this earth, big enough, to hold my love 

(Final tag)
My tears are falling down like water from this well 
I need to learn to swim before I drown myself …
In Sad River, Sad River, Sad …River, Sad River 


https://soundcloud.com/johnnymc2
 Johnny McFarlane Rocked out on this backing track I’ve waited for since I wrote this song in 2015
For two years SAD RIVER was pretty much the one song I would always play at open mics, and with other musicians so I was really excited when Johnny agreed to do this
Love working with Johnny …he has really helped me get this recording process down , we did Never Sailed Goodbye previous to this   https://soundcloud.com/doug-roossien/never-sailed-goodbye-mastered-featuring-no-killie-fish

Since I bought my new ZOOM portable recorder …So many un-recorded or less than productions that he is making it possible to learn the ways of utilizing my equipment before my voice is completely gone…
Please visit him at his music …he’s so versatile sensitive and powerful both.

SAD RIVER - DOUG ROOSSIEN /Music & Mastered - NO KILLIE FISH

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

TEARS YOU JUST CAN’T CRY- by DOUG ROOSSIEN /Produced & Mastered NO KILLIE FISH July 15, 2022
https://youtu.be/9zhMAECbZRo youtube video

Johnny has done so well on three of my other songs ,…Never Sailed Goodbye, Sad River and Goin’ to Hell,…that I really anticipated him producing this song. Over two years, this song sat in my heart waiting to be expressed properly. It took a bit, I’m not the easiest person to work with, with my inexperience and the distance across the ocean. But Johnny’s patience won out again, I think. ENJOY!! 
Thank you Johnny!! https://soundcloud.com/johnnymc2

https://soundcloud.com/doug-roossien/never-sailed-goodbye-mastered-featuring-no-killie-fish

https://soundcloud.com/doug-roossien/sad-river-final-mix

https://soundcloud.com/doug-roossien/goin-to-hell-doug-roossien-music-mastered-no-killie-fish


EV’RY DREAM…you EVER HAD 
WAS REAL, until the Morning 
EV’RY TRUTH, you Ever Learned 
you FORGOT… Behind Closed Eyes 
EV’RY PLAN, you Never Made … ev’ry CHANCE, you MEANT to Take 
Turned to Tears ... TEARS, you Just Can’t …Cry 

All the things, you thought, you wanted 
Back, when this … began 
Choices made, that you can’t change now 
If you could you’d choose again 
You gambled hard, lost on love… sometimes LIFE’S a tragic PLAY 
Turned to Tears ... Just won’t go away 
Man, you don’t … know why 

Why you … STARE OUT, through that window 
LIKE … There’s SOMEPLACE… you should go 
And there’s Someone, in that Mirror, … You just don’t know 
You’d be livin’ all … ALONE, but your… REGRET, lives in your SOUL 
And you stopped crying for your freedom long ago 

Tonight, he’s … LYING … there beside you) 
With the … choices … that you made 
You’re holding … Blankets Cold and Lonely 
Hearing words … no longer said 
Till all the … Days seem like forever… and you wish they would just end 
Sleepless nights … too late … to pretend  
That … you don’t … know why 

So, you … STARE OUT, through that window 
LIKE … There’s SOMEPLACE… you (could) should go 
And there’s Someone, in that Mirror, that … You don’t know 
You’d be livin’ all … ALONE, but your… REGRET, lives in your SOUL 
And you stopped crying for your freedom long ago 
You stopped trying for your freedom long ago 

EV’RY DREAM, you EVER HAD 
WAS REAL, until the Morning …… words & Music – Doug Roossien

TEARS YOU JUST CAN’T CRY- by DOUG ROOSSIEN /Produced & Mastered NO KILLIE FISH

I was the river..she was the sun...she's always shine...I'd always run...I wonder if mother nature knows what she's done.....One day the sun...decided not to shine...and a river with no end...cannot run...One day the sun...decided not to rise...and it it won't be long before...this river up and dries...up and dries...

MOTHER NATURE by Doug Roossien

This is the first full production recording mix ...
of this song written by Doug Roossien. 
All production and instruments by Nick Olman production.  May 8, 2012


When your troubles leave you weary...Lay your mind on flowers blue...
One’s that take you someplace...Where your dreams...they wait for you...
When you're just… too tired to bother…With the noise and all life's… toil...
Lay your head on those blue flowers…In those fields of quiet soil.

You can walk… yes, you can wander…But you can’t outrun … the truth…
You can’t live with all your troubles…But when you die…they’ll go with you…
Take just one moment…from your lifetime…Smell the roses…see the blooms
Lay your head …on those blue flowers…In the fields of quiet soil

Beneath that aging oak tree…  Where my grandpa’s laid to rest…                 
Grandma’s there beside him… Hear those robins in their nest
And the sun is shining down… Upon…waves of amber gold
Next to…flowers blue… In fields of quiet soil

Oh mother, how I miss you…Beneath these flowers… on your grave
I need to know…you’re waiting…For me…to come… someday…
When I’m  just too damn tired…to bother…With all this noise and all life’s… toil…
Then I’ll lie beneath blue flowers…In your fields of quiet soil

"FIELDS OF QUIET SOIL"...DOUG ROOSSIEN/ NICK OLMAN

this was a LIVE performance with the "PICK OF THE LITTER BAND" at a Nashville, Tennessee writer's night...hot steel guitar playing...one of my first and best original songs (my brother singing)

I didn’t pay too much attention… I was blind and could not see
There were too many late night rendezvous… not enough love for your needs
All the nights that I spent wandering…looking for some promised land
Well I didn’t need to travel far…but now I understand
____________________________________________________________
Now I know…what love is all about
Now I know what I’ve been missin’…what I’ve been spending time without
Your leavin’ me…has let me see the truth
And it’s a painful twist of irony…cause now I know…I needed you
____________________________________________________________
There were so many times you listened…when no one else would understand
You were always there…when things got rough…oh your heart was in my hand
But the grass I thought was greener…has taken on a shade of blue
It’s too late now to find out…the greenest grass was you… (chorus)
Music intro ½ verse
No more chances no tomorrow…just a note you left for me
I guess it took your leavin’…before I’d ever see
Now I know…what love is all about
Now I know what I’ve been missin’…what I’ve been spendin’ time without
Your leavin’ me…has let me see the truth…oh it’s a painful twist of irony…
Cause Now I know…  Now I know…   I needed you

Now I Know...(LIVE Randy... Nashville)1988

recorded, played and sang ...by the lovely and talented Emma Shanley...thank you Emma

Please visit Emma at her cloud Emma Shanley...she has so much good music there

Ireland is indeed blessed by her voice.

http://soundcloud.com/emma-shanley

LIES by Doug Roossien (featuring Emma Shanley)

Guitar, production& mix by Nick Olman
sung by the fabulous Aramelian Angel
http://soundcloud.com/aramelian_angel

I just want to hold your hand
Look into your eyes again
I want to see...the soul in you
I want to show... you...my soul too

You know I want to ...lay...you down
We could make love...tonight ...on this cloud
I want you to know...we can take this slow
When you’re ready...just let me know

Till then...I ’ll just......hold your hand...
Let our ...eyes...make love again
Play the music slow...soft and low
Two lonely hearts...come in from the cold

TILL THEN by DOUG ROOSSIEN (duet with LAMARA)

Doug Roossien words and music. vocals 
how romantic ...can you be? ...never ask a poet that

Whisper your name…over and over 
Until Sierra…the word becomes a song 
I kiss your lips…and promised to be tender 
Is it the wind…or my love…you’re breathing in
I love you
Sierra…it would be romantic 
We would walk…at night along the shore 
Lie on the beach…right down near the water 
We’d spend hours…and the  only song we’d played
…was I love you
Sierra…my oa sis…I drank…from your  love 
Now Sierra. ..You’re the dessert…and it’s a long way to walk
Sierra…Sierra…hear this  song…I wrote  for you 
I  love you…
Looked in your eyes…I just saw heaven 
Picked wild flowers for your auburn hair 
Up in your room…we could see the moonlight 
Paint a silhouette…love shadow on your wall 
As I loved you…I loved you…Sierra..I loved you 
But…Sierra…my oasis…I drank… all your love 
Now Sierra.. You’re the dessert…and it’s a long   way to walk
Sierra…Sierra…hear this song…I wrote for you 
I love you…I Love you…Sierra…I Love you

SIERRA (My Oasis) DOUG ROOSSIEN, NICK OLMAN //w, Emma Shanley, Sam Kenny, Nick Olman

This is a song I wrote back in 2011 / one of the first I wrote before starting to write again
Early in 2013 I finally got someone to put a sax to it
Not sure its finished but it sounded so sad / I decided to release it since I only have 1 or 2 studio releases over the last two years

I can feel the wind blow / straight through my heartache


Straight Through my Heartache (Maira Huisman sax)

Thanks to the wonderful Bethany Sky Whitman for agreeing to record my song "Tulips in April"
She provided all the playing singing and wonderful lead guitar and background
We may someday try this as a duet ... hope you enjoy

she is relatively new...but not new to playing writing and singing...but she has some original tracks of her own at ...http://soundcloud.com/bethany-sky-whitman

lyrics...

Tulips in April was an early love of mine 
we lived the seasons till the winter killed the vine 
when the snow lay on the ground all the world was chilled 
wishing there were tulips on the hill

We raced the sunshine...followed raindrops... 
to the sea... 
Loved every minute...we could steal... 
while they were free 
That was then..and if I knew...back then... 
that you would leave.... 
I'd anchor your love...deep...within the sea.

There was silver... in the stars... 
we wished upon...those summer nights,,, 
and gold dust settled softly... 
from that moon's eternal light... 
and the prettiest pink...a rose would know... 
laid petals...on your face... 
but the colors of our love...would fade away...

Tulips in April was an early love of mine 
we lived the seasons till the winter killed the vine 
then the snow lay on the ground all the world was chilled 
wishing there were tulips on the hill

Thanks for listening


Tulips in April ...(by DOUG ROOSSIEN) ...sung and played by Bethany Sky Whitman

Original song by Doug Roossien ...If Only Autumn(Mona Lisa Smile)
Cover by Milana (piano, vocal, arrangement) of my original song
http://soundcloud.com/milanazilnik/if-only-autumn-doug-roossien-milana/s-RlXkn

someone requested that I put a link to my track with me singing...so I will do that here
if anyone is interested...http://soundcloud.com/doug-roossien/if-only-autumn-mona-lisa-smile

If only /autumn… would come /faster… than the /seasons 
If the /winds of time… could /echo… through my /mind
I’d never /want the world… to /change…
Never /want to…Rear/range…
My /heart…but I /cry 

Cause /autumn… won’t come/ faster… than the /seasons 
And my/ face… is just a /place… to end a/ breeze 
And the /seasons… they keep/ turning…
While my /heart…Just keeps /burning…
Up my /dreams …So it /seems…
	
/Long before… I /met you…was my… /time..
/Lately… you’ve been…/taking… up my /mind…
You were… /standing… in the /doorway…
with your /Mona /Lisa… /smile…
Just as I was /leaving…thought I’d /stay a little while 

It was /long ago… when /youth …was on my /side…
A /young man’s dreams …had /not yet been …de/nied …
Every /season …had its /turn…
Giving /reasons I must /learn… to /wait…
/learn…to /wait…

(instrumental)

I was… /standing… in the doorway…
with a Mona Lisa… smile…
Just As you were /leaving…thought you’d /stay a little while …

If only /autumn… would come /faster… than the /seasons 
If the /winds of time… could /echo… through your /mind 
I’d never /want your world… to /change…
Never /want to…Rear/range…
Your /heart…but you /cry 

Cause /autumn… won’t come/ faster… than the /seasons 
And my/ face… is just a /place… to end a/ breeze 
And the /seasons… they keep/ turning…
While my /heart…Just keeps /burning…
Up my /dreams …Damn my /dreams

You were… /standing… in the /doorway…
 with your /Mona Lisa… /smile…
Just As I was /leaving…thought I’d /stay a little /while

If Only Autumn(Mona Lisa smile) words & music by Doug Roossien 2011


IF ONLY AUTUMN - (lyrics, original song by DOUG ROOSSIEN, /MILANA (piano, vox, arng)

original track of mine...pardon the 1988 quality of record
http://soundcloud.com/doug-roossien/dont-wake-me

http://soundcloud.com/steveferguson   ...Steve Ferguson
http://soundcloud.com/makavox Makavox    / Maira Huisman

Thank you very much to Maira and Steve for putting time into my song
and giving it the beautiful duet concept...which I had never thought about..

DON’T WAKE ME …words & music by Doug Roossien 
I watched the hour… as they wind their way till dawn
I’m holding you… here in my arms
I can’t believe… this is happening… to me
So if you please…don’t wake me…don’t wake me

Started this night…same life…same old neighborhood
Wandering’ this town…in search of love
You’re so much pleasure…this could only…be a dream
So if you please…don’t wake me…don’t wake me

Don’t bring me to my senses…just leave my mind…alone
Cause tonight…I’m gonna love you…
and hope tomorrow…Never comes…
Don’t wake me

Don’t wake me…just lay me down again
Don’t want this… night to ever end
I’m holding on…to this midnight… fantasy
So if you please…please please…don’t wake me

Your warm lips…breathing passion…your hair a flowing rhyme
If it’s true...that I’m just dreaming…
Leave your body …next to mine
Don’t wake me

Don’t wake me…just lay me down again
Don’t want this… night to ever… end
I’m holding on…to this midnight… fantasy
So if you please…please please…don’t wake me

Don’t bring me to my senses…just leave my mind alone
Cause tonight…I’m gonna love you…
And hope tomorrow never comes
Don’t wake me
Don’t wake me
Don’t wake me
Don’t wake me

Thank you for all your hard work Maira  & Stever <3

Don't Wake Me(an original)..{ Steve Ferguson and Makavox duet}

THAT’S WHY I PRAY  (Doug Roossien, John Mulder)
produced by John Mulder (thank you John, I am blessed)
sung by John Mulder

People all around me yet I’m all alone
Feeling like a child without a home
It never shines enough to dry the rain
It never heals enough to stop the pain
That’s why I pray

She lies in that room with tubes and bells
Holding onto life that seems more like hell
The tumor’s spread too far, the doctors say
And all I want is just one more day
That’s why I pray

I pray for your mercy, I pray for your grace
I trust that you hear me when I cry
I pray for the day when we’ll meet face to face
And maybe then I’ll know, why . . .

In a dark and dusty room my grandpa stares
At his wife’s empty creaky rocking chair
60 years of synchronizing breaths
60 years of loving her to death
That’s why I pray

I pray for your mercy, I pray for your grace
I trust that you hear me when I cry
I pray for the day when we’ll meet face to face
And maybe then I’ll know, why . . .

Why must we suffer, and live in a void
Why we weep so hard that it hurts
So much happiness and so much joy
Now buried under 6 feet of dirt

I pray for your mercy, I pray for your grace
I trust that you hear me when I cry
I pray for the day when we’ll meet face to face
And maybe then I’ll know, why . . .

THAT'S WHY I PRAY - Master Mix by Doug Roossien & John Mulder

a song I write that I wanted Nick to add a musical interlude...
a little experiment...I asked him to play some chords I could never play. 
just for fun...he got into it pretty good...:P  hope you like it
song written and sung by Doug Roossien
fantastic guitar and musical interlude Nick Olman
recorded and mixed by NickOlman
..I could fly…half way round the world…touching down in places…I don’t know
Soar so high…far above the clouds…but my heart…would never leave the ground
The only love I’ll fly…is you…if love could take me high…it’s true
My heart would never leave the ground…while he’s still holding you

I walked by…asking her to dance…thinking that would break…the ice
She replied…” there’s another man”, …and coldly…turned away her eyes
The only love I’ll fly…is full...the only heart I’ll touch is cold…
The only one I want…to hold…is holding someone else.

I could fly…half way round the world…touching down in places…I don’t know
Soar so high…far above the clouds…but my heart…would never leave the ground
The only love I’ll fly…is you…if love could take me high…it’s true
My heart would never leave the ground…while he’s still holding you

just for fun

Only Love I'll Fly (featuring Nick Olman on guitar) v2.

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