I have been playing with this song for a while..  I decided to use 'found sounds' for a lot of the backing music - the photo is from a roadtrip I was lucky enough to take through Europe 3 years ago and the car sounds are variously from a holiday roaming the streets of Wellington NZ.  :-)

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I was dreaming of an ocean, but the only waves I heard
were the slapping of the rubber, as the cars flew down the road,
And the streetlights make a sunset, concrete’s like a castle
Kinda think I’ve been a-roving, I’ve been on the road too long

Let auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind,
I think of you an awful lot, I dream of you sometimes,
I’m driving endless highways, where no-one knows my name
Red flowers growing on the side of the road and the rain falls, just the same

I was dreaming of an ocean, bells that rang and no-one came
Cars keep rolling down that highway in the blind eternal rain,
And the echo is an emptiness I never thought to see,
Guess I’ve thrown away the everything that meant a thing to me

There’s colour in the desert now, a place I once called home,
It’s a greening time, it’s a summer wine, no need to stand alone,
And the sun’s falling down so wild and sweet, I pick it up and run and run
I never knew, I never knew that life could be so fine

The fruit hangs heavy on the vine, the blossom’s on the bean,
some stay the same while others change, some winds that set you free,
I rode the winds , I climbed the cliffs, the mountains to the sea,
And now I stand where I began, hello, it’s only me

Let auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
I think of you an awful lot, it helps to pass the time,
I’m driving endless highways, where no-one knows my name
red flowers growing on the side of the road and the rain falls just the same



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Written played sung and made by Emma

Dreaming of an Ocean..  but the only waves I heard...

Seven Geese - a Dark Remembered Dream

Seven geese were flying, moon the light upon their wing
in a dream of all things likely to appear,
Still the child in heartbeat tremble, bright the blade
so light her stepping through the membrane of a darkling world of dream


Seven gannets, seven gulls, a-slicing through the grey sky dull
to pain of mist and hollow heart, a beating pulse, call so shrill
Seven swans reflecting white, as waves recede and laugh with light
She wanders filled with promises, sweet garlands to embrace


Stepping lightly, green the water, dark the weed-swirl sweeping on 
as sirens sing so sweetly
the waves rise deep and keening,  keening..
for the lightly lapping whispers she remembers from her dreams


Seven steps it took her, through the shallow to the deep
and the waves closed up behind her as she danced,
Stepping lightly through the darkness of her deep remembered dream,
her dark remembered dream


Seven geese were flying, moon the light upon their wing
in a dream of all things likely to appear,
Still the child in heartbeat tremble, bright the blade so light her stepping 
through the membrane of a darkling world of dream,
darkling world of dream...
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Written sung made and played by Emma

Seven Geese - a dark remembered dream

@rick-4-1 - The Mighty Coventry Clutch Kit
@phil-mcwalter - The Other Ska M6 Suspension Stuff

JUST AN INSTINCT

Grew up in the same street
Bound to meet
Kicking cans together
Laughed forever
Went to the same school
Shared some thoughts about life
Growing up was fun and games
Or so we thought

We bought our cars
We went to bars
Laid on the beach 
Life unfurled
Sitting in the park
Watching cricket
'Till it was dark
Then barbecues 
And lemon fools

And when the going got tough, 
You hung on for your life, 
But was it just an instinct?
I don’t think you’d thought it through
I don’t think you wanted to…

And when the going got tough, 
You hung on for your life, 
But was it just an instinct? 
I don’t think you wanted to…
I don’t think you’d thought it through

Then we went to Uni
Kept in touch
Went to gigs
We told the wildest stories
Laughed the hardest laughs
Danced the hardest dances
Trekked the highest paths
Got totally lost
Totally lost

Then I got married
Had two children
Got divorced
Moved away from here
Everybody moves
I’m on my own
With my mobile phone
Looking for clues
Looking for you

And when the going got tough, 
I hung on for dear life, 
But was it just an instinct?
I don’t think I’d thought it through
I don’t think I wanted to…
I don’t think I’ll fall in love… 
Again...
Lah-di-dah-di-dah
Again!
Lah-di-dah-di-dah

© Phil McWalter May 2022

Just An Instinct

I recently re-discovered this daft song and decided to share it with you.   I first 'performed' it live aeons ago, at a very serious spiritual workshop, quite spontaneously (and a bit loudly),  after a day of intense meditation and self-discovery.  Although many appeared to enjoy the song, there was an abiding sense of disgrace at my flippancy and foolishness.  That sense of rebuke and naughtiness delights me still...

An absurd song indeed.. for absurd times :-)

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She’s fallen in love with a teapot
don’t ask me how can it be done
for I’ve watched her in action caressing
the smooth round and shine of his bum

The grip of her flesh on his handle
the knuckles sharp gleaming and white
just the way that her tongue darts and moistens
when she reaches for him in the night

I’ve studied with great fascination
for it’s novel I’m sure you’ll agree
Is she limited by saturation
or can she constantly consummate tea?

think I’m falling in love with my teapot
I  guess I can see how it’s done
for I’ve studied with great fascination
the smooth round and shine of his bum

She's fallen in love with a Teapot!

Morning Dew On The Window

My favorite Beatles song… since I can remember!! All recorded on “ touch” instruments @ GarageBand!!!

Strawberry Fields Forever ( The Beatles cover )

“Curios”

人形は　子らの病を　身に宿し
皿や器や　ひとの念浸む

The old dolls absorb the children's diseases and carry them in their bodies.
Old plates and vessels are imbued with the various thoughts of the people who once used them.

Curios

Like a Dream

Mega collab for your listening pleasure :)))))))

Josh - 5 string fretless bass 
Ken - Drums/percussion/electronic drums
Tez - lead / rhythm guitar
JJ - synth/keys 
Steve - vocal (bg and lead)
Stephen - lead / rhythm guitar 

Stephen - mix/production
Ken - mastering

Second Floor - The Transatlantic Trio with TexMex Shamen, J.J. Terrell and Steve’s Planet

but soft
see she tends now
her basket of dreams
be they dead dark in mystery
buried in shade
see how she tends now – her basket of dreams

see how she breathes now, her basket of dreams
singing softly sing sweetly - caress ever deeply
see how she breathes now
her basket of dreams

see how she calls to her basket of dreams
at first soft in awakening – barriers breakenning
layer upon layer upon mistake upon stake again
calls to her basket of dreams…

[Picture by Amanda Cass]
Video by Emma:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Rtf3mVfvA&t=14s
Drawn with charcoal and pastel, turned into song and then mixed all about. Made by Emma

basket of dreams...

hello        

sharp, 
and sudden
as the brief shriek of wind through our crooked windows,
I see you, watch you there,
Across the heads of our children, a sudden definition
outline crisp and startling through the fog of years, and habit

hello,  I reach for you
hello,  I scream to you
didn’t we meet before
live love and die before,  hello

sharp,
and sudden
pain sticks me in the guts
spikes the worn clothing and rips it apart
bare and raw

but it is cold now,
winter moans,
and the children have filled all of the spaces
with their endless sapping need

Hello..

Hi there,

I'm Emma... :-)
I write songs, then I play, sing and record them in my small home studio.  

Thanks for checking out my cloud!  :-)



She's fallen in love with a Teapot!

Emma Caiman