Monday Playlist week of 3/25/2024

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Monday Playlist week of 11/25/2024

HOBOCOP

Such a great artist and singer/songwriter.  Real and down to earth
songs that are so relatable.  One of country's greatest.  I love Merle
Haggard and I love this tune.  My thanks to my friend, Lefty Mike,
for his vocals,harp,bass and helping with the recording.  Mike is a 
talented singer/songwriter with great songs on SC.  It would be
a treat to visit his SC page.

The Way I Am  (cover by Chuck Aaron and Left Mike)

Written by: Hoyt Axton, Kenneth Elvin JR. Higginbotham
Produced by: Josh McAlexander

Evangelina

5 Star Commended Entry in the 2024 UK Songwriting Contest
Graham Williams - Vocals, guitars & bass; Katie Gill - Piano; Israel Pereira - Cajón.

I found a demo of this song from 2018 - just a run through for The Peace Band really - recorded on my Tascam DR-05. It was just me on acoustic guitar and vocals with help from Peace Band members Katie Gill on piano and Izzy Pereira on Cajón. I loaded up the recording into Cubase and recorded a new double tracked lead vocal over the top. I then added some backing vocals, electric guitar, bass and strings. There's an ocarina track in there as well. Katie's piano has got a bit lost in the mix unfortunately. I was originally going to record this song from scratch until I came across the demo.

If you're looking for a heaven on Earth, you can make it so,
Like planting seeds in a garden with love, flowers bloom and grow,
To make this world into a better place, all you need is just a little faith,
If you're looking for a heaven on Earth, you can make it so,

Heaven on Earth, heaven on Earth, we’re looking for a heaven on Earth.
Heaven on Earth, heaven on Earth, we’re looking for a heaven on Earth.

When you’re looking for a heaven on Earth, things of things you know
Rain falls upon the mountains above, makes the rivers flow,
To give this world the magic stroke, all you need is just a little hope,
When you’re looking for a heaven on Earth, things of things you know

Peace and love, peace and love, peace and love come from heaven above,
Peace and love, peace and love, peace and love come from heaven above,

If you're looking for a heaven on Earth, you can make it so,
Like planting seeds in a garden with love, flowers bloom and grow,
To make this world a better place, all you need is just a little faith,
If you're looking for a heaven on Earth, you can make it so,
If you're looking for a heaven on Earth, you can make it so

Heaven On Earth

Heaven On Earth (Graham Williams)

5 Star Highly Commended Entry in the 2024 UK Songwriting Contest
Vocals, Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Bass guitar - Graham Williams
Strings & Percussion - Cubase
Cover art inspired by Keith Haring

When you say that you love me, what I feeling I get,
When you say that our love is forever, I'm so glad that we met,
It makes me so happy, to have a love we can share,
Life can be so wonderful with something so precious and rare,

When you say that you want me, when you say that you care,
When you say that you can't live without me, and you'll always be there,
It makes me so happy, to have a love we can share,
Life can be so wonderful with something so precious and rare,

I'm like a love struck teenager in love for the very first time,
I hope this feeling lasts for my whole lifetime,

When you say that you love me, what I feeling I get,
When you say that our love is forever, I'm so glad that we met,
It makes me so happy, to have a love we can share,
Life can be so wonderful with something so precious and rare,
It makes me so happy, to have a love we can share,
Life can be so wonderful with something so precious and rare,

When You Say...

DON'T BE LONG

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Elder G's

Shit Creek

Our utmost thanks to Doug Roossien for allowing us to fly free on this beautiful song he wrote, and allowing us to change some of the lyrics and nuances to fit in with our style..  We'd also like to give our profound thanks to Joel Harkin for his amazing Pedal Steel contribution. He's a terrific artist, and well worth approaching for help when your song needs that perfect touch. 

Both artist pages can be found here:  
Joel Harkin: https://www.facebook.com/JoelHarkin
https://joelharkin.bandcamp.com/album/never-happy-2

Doug Roosien: https://soundcloud.com/doug-roossien

Copyright 2024 Daniels/Durgy/Roossien
Gentle Rain Records
Written by: D Roossien, Daniels & Durgy
Pedal Steel: Joel Harkin
Performed and Produced by Daniels & Durgy

Lyrics: 

Silent…tears are falling  
Raining teardrops… that call your name  
Darlin’… you stopped listening  
And I can’t reach you… or see you again  
And as the teardrops start to fall,  
Each one a hammer on the floor 
I hope that someday you will hear 
 A single silent tear

Days turn nights.. So all alone  
What kind of fool would turn and go?  
And I keep staring at the phone  
(Darling I'm sitting here at home...)
Wishing you’d call and say hello  
(Oh babe I miss you so..)
But as the teardrops start to fall, 
Their silence broken on the floor  
I hope that someday you will hear  
A single… silent tear

Oh Maybe you’ll forgive me  
Somehow not forget me…  Baby please…
(Can you forgive me too.. Oh baby)
And Oh Maybe you’ll remember
The way we felt together 
And come back to me..
… come back to me.. 
(come back to me...)

Oh Silent…tears are falling  
Wishing you and I could start again  
But Baby… time has taken over    
(My sweet baby)(My sweet Angel)
And I know we’ll never be the same 
(Baby please don't say it's so..)
 'Cause As the teardrops start to fall, 
Their silence broken on the floor 
 I hope that someday you will hear  
A single silent tear 
Oh I hope that someday you will hear  …
A single… silent tear 

Baby please.. can you hear each tear call your name..
(Baby please... oh baby i can hear each tear)
Baby please.. This is the one day I will hear..
A single silent tear..

Single Silent Tear

5 Star Semi-finalist in the 2024 UK Songwriting Contest

Mysterious Ways

Mysterious Ways (Graham Williams)

5 Star Commended Entry in the 2024 UK Songwriting Contest
Let's try and do more to look after the planet we live on.

High and mighty, Lord on high, You are the master who lives in the sky,
Lord of the forests and mountain ranges, all of the wonders that daily amaze us,

From the mountains to the valleys below, the warming light from the sun as it glows,
The desert sands and a new fall of snow, a world of wonder wherever ... wherever we go,

You are the one Lord, creator of all, we've only got one world you gave to us all,
You are the one Lord, creator of all, we've only got one world to save for us all,

High and mighty, Lord on high, You are the master who lives in the sky,
Lord of the forests and mountain ranges, all of the wonders that daily amaze us,

From the glaciers to the fields of grain, a windy day or a sprinkling of rain,
Lakes with water and streams that flow, a world of wonder wherever ... wherever we go,

You are the one Lord, creator of all, we've only got one world you gave to us all,
You are the one Lord, creator of all, we've only got one world to save for us all,

High and mighty, Lord on high, You are the master who lives in the sky,
Lord of the forests and mountain ranges, all of the wonders that daily amaze us,
Daily amaze us ..... they daily amaze us

World Of Wonder

World Of Wonder (Graham Williams)

4 Star Commended Entry in the 2024 UK Songwriting Contest
When asked to write a children's song for an all-age church service, I recalled the song, 'All Things Bright And Beautiful', which I remember singing many times as a child. This was my attempt to write something similar which hopefully will appeal to listeners of all ages.

All Of The Creatures

All Of The Creatures (Graham Williams)

Lyrics by Tony Harris (US) that inspired Mike are listed below.
Vocals, music/arrangement by Mike Fox (UK)

EVERY BREATH I TAKE
IS BECAUSE OF YOU
EVERY STEP I TAKE
IS BECAUSE OF YOU

EVERY WORD I SPEAK
IS BECAUSE OF YOU
EVERY PROMISE I KEEP
IS BECAUSE OF YOU

EVERY RIVER I CROSS
IS BECAUSE OF YOU  
EVERY MOUNTAIN I CLIMB
IS BECAUSE OF YOU  

THE FAITH THAT I HAVE
IS BECAUSE OF YOU
THE HOPE THAT I HAVE
IS BECAUSE OF YOU

THE LOVE THAT I HAVE
IS BECAUSE OF YOU
THE BLESSINGS THAT I HAVE
ARE BECAUSE OF YOU

WITHOUT YOU LORD
I AM NOTHING
BECAUSE OF YOU LORD
I AM SOMETHING

(GUITAR/KEYS SOLO-OPTIONAL)

(REPEAT VERSE 1)
EVERY BREATH I TAKE
IS BECAUSE OF YOU
EVERY STEP I TAKE
IS BECAUSE OF YOU

2024 © BMI Lyrics by Tony Harris BMI

It's All Because Of You - Collab by Tony and Mike Fox - Original

Ok(Not Ok)✝️🖤🎶

Im not ok!!
Im not ok!!

Look deep inside your heart
You know this to be true 
Things will never be the same
They were always meant to change
But not for me!!
I never felt that way!!
My arms are tied
Ive been left behind
And now Im not Ok!!
Im sorry I feel this way
No its not Ok!!

Im not Ok!!
Im not Ok!!

So take my life!!
Watch me die!!
I don't care no more!!
So take my life!!
Watch me die!!
I am not Ok!!
So take my life!!
Watch me die!!
I don't care no more!!
I waited my whole life for this!!
Just to watch it end?
So change my life!!
Watch me die!! Watch me die again!!
I waited my whole life for this!!
Just to watch it end?🖤

Ok(Not Ok)

Another fun collaboration with Negative Headphone!

Don't Leave me Alone

Don't Leave Me Alone (a Negative Headphone Collaboration)

If you like the song, please stream it on Spotify too!
https://open.spotify.com/track/6DdO4EH8bmHTDx8TNtE1TG

(Verse 1)
The battle cries out, a melody of steel
The air is thick with smoke, the scent of death you smell
A warrior's heart beats strong, a fire in his heart
He fights with fury, and for treasures to bring home

(Chorus)
Valhalla, a warrior's paradise, where heroes never die
A feast of mead and laughter, beneath a sky of gold and fire
They raise their horns, and sing out loud
Valhalla, a warrior's paradise, where legends never die

(Verse 2)
The battlefield is silent, the smoke begins to clear
The fallen lie in slumber, their spirits filled with joy
For they have earned their place, around the table in Odin's hall
Where warriors gather, and their stories will never die

(Chorus)
Valhalla, a warrior's paradise
A feast of mead and laughter, beneath a sky of gold and fire
They raise their horns, and sing out loud
Valhalla, a warrior's paradise, where legends never die

(SOLO)

(Chorus)
Valhalla, a warrior's paradise
A feast of mead and laughter, beneath a sky of gold and fire
They raise their horns, and sing out loud
Valhalla, a warrior's paradise, where legends never die


Valhalla, a warrior's paradise, where legends never die

LORRIDI

A Warrior’s Paradise

I am the fish that learned to walk
I am the monkey that can talk
A genius without a brain
A heart beat that feels no pain...

So won't you please, please remember
This night with me

Oh I hope, you can remember
This night, this night with me

I don't want to know what you know
I don't want to go where you go
I don't want to see what you see
I don't want to be what you be

So won't you please, please remember
This night with me

Oh I hope, you can remember
This night, this night with me

Beautiful girl, so far away
I wanna see you, everyday
I see your eyes, your face your lips
When I'm with you, time just slips
Away, away, away

So I hope I can remember
This night with you
Oh won't you please, let me remember
This night, this night with you

'As sunlight obscures the stars
By day
So too does wakefulness obscure the fact
You're still dreaming

As sunlight
Obscures the stars
By day
So too does wakefulness
Obscure the fact
You're still dreaming...'

(with thanks to Peter J Carroll who allowed us to use his words at the end of the song)

--

AS PLAYED ON:

Beyond Radio
Chorley Hospital Radio
BBC Introducing

This Night

This is new take on a song that Rodolfo and I first worked on 4 years ago. He had always imagined it with fine saxophone and great backing harmonies and now that Continental Collision has a wonderful pool of talent to draw on, that has become a reality, thanks to Ce Mastro and Georg Boehme's beautiful contributions.
The song has been given so much more feeling and emotion.
Thanks to them and Rodolfo for believing that we could succeed  and thanks to all of you for listening.

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix - @rplanes
Me - Vocals and additional lyrics
Javier Rolando - Original song lyrics
Ce Mastro - Backing vocals and chorus vocal arrangement - @cemastro
Georg Boehme - Sax solo and fills - @georg-boehme
Image (Caithness, Scotland): Courtesy of Douglas Corrance

A Stranger In Your Heart - Continental Collision featuring Ce Mastro & Georg Boehme

I don't know what I've done wrong?
I don't know why you have gone?
Though I hope some day,
When I whisper your name,
We'll be together.
But today's too soon.
When I think of you, I dream.
Yet still, I'm a stranger,
Yet still, I'm a stranger in your heart.

Sometimes I feel like a fool.
Never knowing whether you'll,
Give me hope some day,
Still I call your name.
We'll be together.
Is today too soon?
When I think of you, I dream.
No longer a stranger,
No longer a stranger in your heart.

A Stranger In Your Heart - Continental Collision (featuring Ce Mastro and Georg Boehme)

Dave Cooper sent me the lyrics for me to make a song out of them . Now love it or hate it  , you will be humming the chorus for the rest of your life , it is repeated quite a bit ha ha ! On the 25th is me and Gaz , 1st of Dec' is me and Dave again , then the 7th is me and Glenny G with our 1st offering . Many songs in the pipeline plus a re release of a Christmas song . If you get chance , have a listen to me and Charlottes new album - Hopes and Dreams
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nWWNcrIRv08J_eEbL7MJ_1UTdMo0MjJLM
https://open.spotify.com/album/78ewrWZjS41XvHT9mFWd6O?si=yDMcRADSSrOdWlanz6UPMw
Many many thanks for your time !

Country Boy At Heart

Kinda’ Love - Original ©
Riff Beach - RiffWerx 2016

He asked if she would..... 
Pour her heart into his empty cup
Filled with her very best intentions 
There was no need to stir it up

He promised to sip slowly 
Only paused a bit to think
Well....You know what, Sweetheart ?
That makes for one fine Drink

Chorus
Please pour me another cup ?
…….and don’t leave one thing out
Honey, what’s a man to do?
There’s no reason to doubt 
When you Fill Me Full of You
When you Fill Me Full of You
When you Fill Me Full of You

She said, “Let’s drink to the good times
Let’s toast the warm and setting sun
Today sure seemed a dream
Hope tomorrow brings another one”

Bridge
They hugged as they walked  
Looking eye to eye
Framed like shooting stars  
Against the dark blue sky

Clouds faded one by one
As they bathed in golden moon
Sadness tasted somewhat of fun
Never stayed nor left too soon
(Back to Chorus, Verse, Chorus and Out)


Updated ReMiX of One of Tony's wonderful Christmas songs from awhile back that we collaborated on. Merry Christmas, Happiest Holiday and New Year Wishes to all! 

Please check out Tony's Lyrics and Tony's Music at: soundcloud.com/tonyslyrics

Tony's Lyrics

This started with one of Tom's Open Collabs
Guitar by Tom Adams
Lyrics by Tony's Lyrics
Vocal and Mix by Riff Beach

WELL, I WAS WALKIN' OUT THE DOOR…
JUST WHAT DID I FEEL?
YOU KNOW I FELT THE RAIN
IT WAS POURIN' DOWN ON ME
JUST POURIN' DOWN ON ME… OH, YEAH!  
THEN I JUMPED IN MY CAR…..
WELL, I TURNED ON THE KEY
OF COURSE THE CAR WOULDN'T START
HOW COULD THIS BE
…..HAPPENIN’ TO ME?
JUMPED THE CAR OFF
…….AS I WAS DRIVIN' DOWN THE ROAD
I HEARD A BUMPIN' SOUND
A TIRE BLEW OUT 
WELL, I STOPPED THE CAR
AND I OPENED THE TRUNK
OF COURSE THE SPARE WAS FLAT……IMAGINE THAT?
…..WE WERE RUNNING FLAT
I REACHED FOR MY CELL
TO CALL OUT FOR HELP 
OF COURSE THE PHONE WAS DEAD
WITHOUT A CHARGER IN SIGHT 
FLAGGED A CAR DOWN
JUST TO ASK FOR HELP
BLEW HIS HORN
AS THEY DROVE ON BY
(CHORUS )
WELL, I WAS HAVIN'
ONE OF THOSE DAYS
WHEN NOTHIN'S RIGHT
ONE OF THOSE DAYS
NO HELP IN SIGHT
ONE OF THOSE DAYS
OH YEAH, ONE OF THOSE DAYS
(BRIDGE AND OUT)
HAVE YOU EVER HAD 
ONE OF THOSE DAYS
PRAY YOU NEVER HAVE
(OH…. BRING IT ON HOME, TOM!!!)
(CHORUS)

2019 © Lyrics by Tony Harris (BMI)

One Of Those Days - Collab - (Tom Adams - Guitar) (Tony Harris - Lyrics)- (Riff Beach - Vocal/Mix)

I grew up listening to country music along with early Rock & Roll. Chuck
Berry was nicknamed "Father of Rock & Roll.  With such songs as
Maybellene, Roll Over Beethoven, Rock & Roll Music and Johnny B. Goode he topped the charts in the 1950's.  Every guitar player of my
generation played or tried to play Johnny B Goode.  He died March 18, 2017. No one does it like Chuck Berry, so I decided to do my version of Nadine as a tribute to the man.  Thanks

Nadine  ( Cover - Chuck Berry)

Written and Performed by Josh McAlexander



Tomorrow will come a Sunny Day

Tomorrow will come a Sunny Day (Original)

First of all thanks for dropping in on my page.
I sing, write songs and play rhythm guitar. I'm trying to learn a bit of bass. People tell me I've got a reasonable voice and I have a liking for melody. As I make my way with multi-track home recording, I'm hoping the the end result will be greater than the sum of the parts!
So again, thanks for dropping by. Hopefully you will take a listen to some of my songs and if you like what you hear, it would be great if you could leave a comment.

Mysterious Ways (Graham Williams)

Graham J Williams