Rollin’ Rock - Soulwriter’s Week 7 - Gary Malfatti
Prompt= Maybe This Once
Form= VCVCBC

Chorus
Yeah eh eah
ooo whooo
yeah eh eah 
ooo whooo

Verse
Since I was  Father, 
been loving on my son
Since I was a husband, 
found my only one and only one

Chorus
Got my rollin’ rock
got my stone cold boulder 
got my rollin’ rock maybe this once
got my stone could boulder
Yeah eh eah
ooo whooo
yeah eh eah 
ooo whooo
Yeah eh eah
ooo whooo
yeah eh eah 
ooo whooo

Verse
I never needed a mother
got my only only friend
this guitar he’s my brother
my mean stop an end

Bridge
Beyond a shadow of a doubt
I was shone in the light 
voices keepin me down
I keep rollin’ the dice

Chorus
Got my rollin’ rock
got my stone cold boulder 
got my rollin’ rock
got my stone could boulder
Yeah eh eah
ooo whooo
yeah eh eah 
ooo whooo
Yeah eh eah
ooo whooo
yeah eh eah 
ooo whooo


Rollin' Rock - Soulwriter's Week 7 - 2016 - 3:20:16, 9.27 PM

A great song by Don Mercer....I just hope I did his song justice, I tried to put my soul into this version. Don you are an awesome musician and writer.

You Were Here - Soulwriters 2016 Week 8 - Gary Malfatti Covering Don Mercer - 3:27:16, 4.42 PM

Soulwriter’s Week 9 2016
Prompt: Sometimes You Lose
Form: CVCVBC

GDCD

Chorus
Sometimes you lose
when we both forget 
that nobody can win
Sometimes you lose
defending something
your that heart can’t mend

Verse
After so much pain
so many lies
after every tear drop
coming from your eyes

Chorus
Sometimes you lose
when we both forget 
that nobody can win
Sometimes you lose
defending something
your that heart can’t mend

Verse
Cuz you and Ive played 
those anger games
forgive just enough
to start over again

Bridge
Em C G D
 Em                             C                       G
And if thats what this hand is all about
                                 D                                       Em
Then I might as well shove and leave right now

Chorus
Sometimes you lose
when we both forget 
that nobody can win
Sometimes you lose
defending something
your that heart can’t mend


Sometimes You Lose - Soulwriters 2016 Week 9 - Gary Malfatti  - 4:3:16, 9.53 PM

Soulwriter’s Week 10 - Stranger - Gary Malfatti
Prompt: Crunchy
Form: VCVC

Verse 
If I didn’t know you then
I swear I’de never know you now
If I didn’t know you then
I’de never recognize you now
If I didn’t believe my ears
I could never trust my eyes
If it hadn’t been all these years
Maybe Ida cut the ties

Chorus 
When your in love with a stranger
And their word’s will slowly rip you apart
Your heart is in danger
that you’re the only one who's left in the dark
Now you’ve got nothing to lose
There’s no doubt you’ve got a lot to learn
Here comes the regret
From all the bridges you that you thought you’d burn

Verse
I been hiding in a hurricane
Livin' in a house of cards
Where the yelling comes easy
but the talking’s been so hard
The storm broke all the glass
and it’s crunchy underneath my knees
There’s blood all over the floor
mixed in with little pieces of me

Chorus
When your in love with a stranger
And their word’s will slowly rip you apart
Your heart is in danger
that you’re the only one who's left in the dark
Now you’ve got nothing to lose
There’s no doubt you’ve got a lot to learn
And I hope you regret
All the bridges you so brutally burned 

Stranger - Soulwriters 2016 Week 10 - Gary Malfatti  - 4:9:16, 9.36 PM

Soulwriter's Week 12 - With A Kiss - Gary Malfatti 

Prompt: butterfly sunset

Form: VVCVC

VERSE

You be the bird and I'll be the breeze and I'll carry you

With the greatest of ease

You be the shore and I'll be the tide 

and I will come to you 

For the rest of my life



VERSE

I can't look at you in any ordinary light

just a sparkling star

I catch a glimpse from the side 

You're too beautiful to take in a time

like the colors in the morning

my words can't define.



CHORUS

Lost in a butterfly sunset

Chasing rainbows in the mist

don't take for granted any moment

That you can seal with a kiss



VERSE

If I don't show you in all the sentimental ways

How much I love you

and see the prices that you pay

You gotta know that way deep down inside 

That it burns for you baby 

and it keeps me alive



CHORUS

Lost in a butterfly sunset

Chasing rainbows in the mist

don't take for granted any moment

That you can seal with a kiss







Soulwriters 2016 Week 12 - With A Kiss - Gary Malfatti

Prompt: Spinning Wheels
Form: ? Freestyle 100% Off the cuff
NOTE: I had the "spinning wheel line into gold......" the rest is totally made up on the spot one take....an interesting peak into a rough cut of how I write, just a jumbled bunch of shit that comes out of my mouth that I would normally formulate into a song but I ran out of time.

Your spinning wheels
are turning me into gold
least thats the way it feels
heavier than i been told
mmmm hmmm

In Lieu of Dreams 
The sun beams hit my tired face
I will hold you above the waterline
In Lieu of My Dreams

the spells been cast 
and my souls been sold
least thats art of the deal
here at the crossroads
mmmmhmmm

In Lieu Of My Dreams - Soulwriters 2016 Week 13 - 5:1:16, 9.06 PM

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Soulwriter’s 2016 Week 14
Prompt: Sky's the limit
Form: VVC

Serendipity (Simple Life)

Verse
Some Folks need
expensive cars….skys the limit
some folks nee
mansion on the hill….wanna be up init

Verse
some folks need
see their name in lights….would ya look at that
some folks need to put up a fight….yo dog you want some of this?
thats just what some folks need

Chorus
You can take all my money
every dollar and every dime
cuz it aint buy-in me what Im needing
just a little bit of your time
to hold your hand in mine
to hold you one more time
to feel you one more time
to kiss you one more time

Serendipity (Simple Life) - Soulwriter's 2016 Week 14 - Gary Malfatti - 5:8:16, 9.17 PM

Soulwriter's 2016 Week 16
Prompt: 1 fuck, 2 shits and half a damn
Form:PV.V.C.V.C.B.C

PV - Humming Triad Harmonies
V- 1 fuck, 2 shits and half a damn
C - 1 fuck 2 shits and half a damn
B - 1 fuck 2 shits and half a damn
C - 1 fuck 2 shits and half a damn

(I decided to get created with various ways of singing the prompt so it is sung in three different ways along with some harmonies)

Hope everyone has an awesome Summer 2016 I'm off to Europe for three weeks - France, Netherlands and Italy....

The Curse - Soulwriter's 2016 Week 16 - Gary Malfatti - 5:22:16, 3.43 PM

Soul writer’s Spring 2017
Week 1
Prompt: It’s simple, really

“Lines” Gary Malfatti


Verse 1
You went and left yourself wide open
Now you’ve gotta suffer your withdrawal
In those glasses only roses
In your eyes a curtain call
 
Chorus
And I lie awake at night in bed
looking at the window catch the rain
voices fighting inside my head
my smile’s to hide the pain
 
Verse 2
it’s really simple it’s simple really
When I got your throat against the wall
Should I give up on your or me or us?
Would you even give a shit at all?

Chorus
And I lie awake at night in bed
looking at the window catch the rain
voices fighting inside my head
my smile’s to hide the pain

Lines - Week 1 - 1:15:17 - SoulWriter's Spring 2017

A song about a virus and the way it makes us feel.

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