Berklee Spring ‘21 Songs for Social Change (S4SC)- Invited Showcase Performer

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v1:
I braced for the flood
before the rain came in
I was a kid, in the eye of a storm
I made it begin
cried out to the sirens
saw the lights through my eyelids
I still feel the silence
and he swore I was lying

ch:
hmm (x2)

v2:
I braced for the weathering
before the glass shattered over my bed
his hands were red
they knew parts of me I didn’t know yet
I have her eyes
had her smile
she wished to grow up kind
they screamed that I lied, I lied, I lied

ch:
hmm (x4)

v3/outro:
so I put up the barricades
but I still feel the waves
I was a kid
In the eye of a storm
I made it begin

The Flood

tim mcgraw - (live cover)

Recorded live at Chico's, Queenstown, NZ (November 29-30 + December 1, 1990).

Another Man Done Gone

Midnight Special

Punkers In The Bunkers

Let Me Go Home, Whiskey

Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby

Hi-Ho Silver

Layback!

No Woman, No cry

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Striking It Rich

here's a little song I wrote a year ago - it's about the grief of missing somebody you can no longer love.

lyrics:

v1:
It’s morning in your eyes
so my nights, they don’t need the light
your seasons take their sweet time
still, my bedroom’s perfumed of last july
and I’d be fine, someday soon
if only he were you

 v2:
he lets me take my time 
and I let him take you off my mind 
I don’t reach for you in shifting paradigms
yet, I search for you in his eyes
and I’d be fine, someday soon
if only he were you

bridge:
when you were with me
when I was sixteen
and tangled in you
oh, let me just stay here
I’ll pack up and leave soon
I swear I’ll forget you
just let me stay here, my dear

v3/outro:
‘cause it’s morning in your eyes 
and my nights are needing the light

if only he were you - (demo)

a cover of springsteen's "i'm on fire" (inspired by the staves) with my gal, lizzy mcalpine. enjoy

i'm on fire (cover) - ella + lizzy

lyrics:

I'll wash your clothes before you leave
so, when you wear them
they won't smell like me
I'll pack your bags while you shower
the water's running cold

I'll leave your shoes by the welcome mat
with your winter jacket
and your red sox hat
you never wanted to go like that
It's all I've ever known

I could've loved you better
if I had chosen that
I would've loved you better
had I known that I'd been loving you all wrong

for now, you're gone
now, you're gone
you're gone
oh, tell me, baby
where did we go wrong?

don't need to know where you're goin'
but check the weather I hear it's snowing, tonight
so, trust that some-day I will be just fine
you got your getaway
somehow, I'll get mine

for now, you're gone
now, you're gone
you're gone
oh, tell me, baby
where did we go wrong?
for now, you're gone

I can't say it's unexpected
I drove you out
made a mess
and placed my bet on it
and so I've dealt my hand
tell me if you've dealt your hand
and I'll be gone

gone - (live demo)

a live cover of "somewhere over the rainbow"

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