Your talent is reflexive.  You would sound natural and rehearsed if you had taken ten years off.

you are getting really nice sound quality out of your recordings.

I told David Dunham years ago he made me wish I had learned to finger-pick properly..I could say the same listening to your playing Bill

Superbe song et parfaite réalisation musicale. Voix excellente. Très beau travail. Grand bravo.

So nice.  I really like this and though it's corny to say, it feels like "home" to me.

This is So Beautiful Bill ~~ & Love that Guitar Playing !!!!

Song idea with harmony experiment. Garageband with built-in mic. Hope our SC friends enjoy.

There are times I cannot hold on
But you come and steady me
In my dreams and in my darkness
Just as when you were with me

When I come to my last horizon 
I will walk to the light I see
And I will find you there beside me
We will both rest be in peace

Until then, I will remember
To live high and worry free
In my dreams and in my darkness
Just as when you were with me

When I come to my last horizon 
I will walk to the light I see
And I will find you there beside me
We will both rest be in peace

Art from: by "quickshooting" at https://stock.adobe.com/search/images?k=universe&asset_id=404819985

Last Horizon (Demo)

"The song "All the Lovely Ladies" was written by Gordon Lightfoot and was first released in 1975.
One of our most popular live songs. A Valentine to the audience, where we recognize "all the lovely ladies in their finery tonight," and then the "handsome gentlemen."

All the Lovely Ladies - Gordon Lightfoot (Cover)

Mix/Master - Mariosyjp

LYRIC

The differences that seemed so great
That made me think I had to wait
To find a place where I belong
I thought were real - but I was wrong

The differences to which we cling
Convinced that they mean everything
They occupy a lonely heart
That wants to join but stands apart

The differences that you perceive
Are only something you believe
But at the end of life’s long day
The differences all fall away

A mirror saw me peering in
Wondering who that might have been
An anxious child with a lonely heart
That wants to share but how to start?

The difference is as years flew by
I finally stopped my asking why
And let the world just simply be
And the difference it made to me
Set me free

The differences that seemed so great
That made me think I had to wait
Yes, they’re still here and yet somehow
They don’t seem important now

The Differences

a live demo recorded on the old tape machine.........peace, cheers for having a listen and seasons greetings.............*Tombstone Jones by The Bluebirds From Montezuma..........one of my many favs that ive found on here........a great group i like to listen to in the morn with me cuppa


somebody told me it's mind over matter
but does it matter to you that mine is in tatters
cos I'm sick of what I'm seeing on my devices
it's breaking my brain

advice never asked for, watch them boiling wooden spoons 
hearing peoples cringy songs with them singing outta tune
and pretending that they listen
to get a good review

or watch them bury their heads in their hands as they weep
cos they lost everything they got nowhere to sleep
and from the comfort of our 24/7 live feed
we can give it our armchair critique

and as always there's talk, endless conclusions
everyone shouting so there aint no solutions
to the problems that lie at our feet
seems they only exist when they're on our screen

branded and tagged like cattle at the station
trying to be our authentic self on rotation
but we can't shut up about it
cos everybody's gotta know

so many conversations we're all trying to be heard
and not paying any mind to the things that deserve 
our attention deficit has never been so bad I've heard
since 1963

and as always there's talk, endless discussions
like a blow to the head can give you concussion
like the problems that lie in our homes
seems they only exist if someone else knows

we protest cos the cows are fartin to much
but if we eat any, the plant lovers hate our guts
cos they rather we live on daises and nuts
so we can squeeze through a crack in the wall

maybe what we need to do is find a quiet space
pull up a chair and stare into space
and for 5 minutes just be alone with our face
and shut the fuck up for a while

stfu (For a While)

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Inside, the heart still aches
There’s no way around, all the sights and sounds that greet the day
What will it take
Just To climb that hill, such a bitter pill..that lingers there

Outside, the air is light, as the sun appears, and you feel the fears
Begin to grow…another fight
Then you hold the tears and the yesteryears
Inside your mind…

Now I’ll be on my way watching days go by
Searching to find a way and wondering why

Til then I’ll try again, as I watch the change through the windowpanes
And soldier on into a world
Such a pointless cause stuck in these four walls
As darkness falls

Now I’ll be on my way as days go by
Wasting away and a wondering why…

Darkness Falls

"Ripple" is the sixth song on the Grateful Dead album American Beauty. It was released as the B-side to the single "Truckin"
Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics in 1970 in London on the same afternoon he wrote those to "Brokedown Palace" and "To Lay Me Down" (reputedly drinking half a bottle of retsina in the process). Jerry Garcia wrote the music to accompany Hunter's lyrics. and the song debuted August 18, 1970 at Fillmore West in San Francisco.

"Ripple" has a similar melody to the gospel hymn "Because He Lives," which was published a year later. Both songs are similar to "Any Dream Will Do" from the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which was first performed in 1968, and recorded in 1969."           Wikipedia

Ripple - Grateful Dead (Cover)

J'ai longtemps considéré l'amour comme un sujet mièvre, bercé probablement par une culture Disney couplée à ma formation d'ingénieur assez matérialiste
Mais avec le temps je me suis complètement décomplexé sur le sujet et j'en suis venu à penser que c'est le sujet le plus important de l'univers.
On le chante depuis la nuit des temps sans comprendre son origine. On parle d'une forme d'attachement mais c'est bien plus profond. 
Je pense que le véritable amour réciproque créé une forme d'intrication quantique entre deux êtres que ni la distance, ni le temps, ni la mort ne peut défaire. Quelque chose qui dépasse nos dimensions et notre compréhension comme l'évoque l'excellent film 'interstellar'. Bref c'est du sérieux et ça méritait bien encore une chanson ;)
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Un sentiment
Intangible et puissant
S'est affranchi du temps
Vire à l'omniprésent

Deux ne font qu'un
C'est étrange et divin
Même si je ne sais pas bien
Où je tombe, d'où tu viens

Si le coeur était la vie
Si l'amour au fond
Jouait d'autres dimensions
Au delà de l'esprit
Au delà des mots
Quelque chose de plus haut, de plus beau

On le ressent
Mais personne ne comprend
Universel pourtant
L'intrication en grand

La gravité
Entre nous s'est plié
Aucune loi jamais
Ne pourra nous séparer

Si le coeur était la vie
Si l'amour au fond
Jouait d'autres dimensions
Au delà de l'esprit
Au delà des mots
Quelque chose de plus haut, de plus beau
Quelque chose de plus haut
Quelque chose de plus beau 

-----
For a long time, I considered love to be a mawkish subject, probably lulled by a Disney culture coupled with my rather materialistic engineering training.
But over time, I've become completely relaxed about the subject and have come to believe that it's the most important subject in the universe.
We've been singing about it since the dawn of time without understanding its origins. We talk about a form of attachment, but it's much deeper than that. 
I think that the true reciprocal love creates a form of quantum entanglement between two beings that neither distance, time nor death can undo. Something beyond our dimensions and understanding, as evoked in the excellent film 'interstellar'. In short, it's serious stuff and deserved another song ;)
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A feeling
Intangible and powerful
has freed itself from time
Becomes omnipresent

Two become one
It's strange and divine
Even if I'm not sure
Where I fall, where you come from

If the heart were life
If love deep down
Played other dimensions
Beyond the mind
Beyond words
Something higher, more beautiful

We feel it
But no one understands
Universal yet
Big entanglement

Gravity
Between us is bent
No law ever
Can separate us

If the heart were life
If love deep down
Played other dimensions
Beyond the mind
Beyond words
Something higher, more beautiful
Something higher
Something more beautiful 

Quelque chose de plus beau

Here is a more recent song.. written within the last year. This is what I sound like now.. LOL..  Im really working now to find my new vocal range folks... it ain't easy.. I basically took a year off playing and singing.

Lyrics :

Its a sure sign alright
its time to turn around and see
When Im waking from a crazy dream
To Hear your voice inside 

Then the chains of obligation that I’ve taken on
cant keep their grip on me
reaching out to my only one 
and I remember.. what I need to do

Now I thought I had a better way
I wanted more for you
But mores not always better
Than the simple quiet times 

As I ground myself in truth once again 
And I remember
the truth that as long as we’re together
its alright…

So I’m coming home to you
Im coming home
Yes I’m coming home
Im coming home to you

Now nothings really changed
They only seemed to be
And the light of understanding
Shines so graciously

As I ground myself in truth once again
And I remember
the truth that as long as were together
it’s alright…

So I’m coming home to you…

Coming Home To You

Standard tuning.. 3/4 time
This is another love song written for you know who..

It is one of the RARE songs that I wrote " Lyrics first ".. I was sitting and thinking of what my wife was like when she was a toddler.. she thinks these lyrics are " perfect " LOL

When she is mad at me.. I sometimes sit and play this music on my guitar.. sometimes it works.. but mostly she just looks at me and shakes her head and walks away.. :{)

Lyrics
Shes my Joycie and she lives by the sea
I love her and I know she loves me
she lives down by the water
she was happy then

see her look in the water
dancing diving , loving the day
shes playing and shes swimming around
Joycie down by the sea
She remembers when
she was home again
she lived down by the water
she was happy then

Joycie down by the sea
everybody loves you especially me
if you go down by the water
youll find joycie and youll fine me

because she remembers when
she was home again
she wished the day would never end
she was happy then

Joycie By The Sea

Here's another song built around the opening riff.

there is a video demo of it on my greenfleamusic demo channel
here      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3DlAXvUOsQ

I have scars all over my body.. and in places that you can't see with the naked eye. But I am still strong...although I may be becoming fragile like a singing wine glass.

It can't really always be said that I am a nice guy... but if i'm your friend.. I will be the one standing there when it's no longer convenient for anyone else to be lending you a hand.

lyrics

you licked to the hard candy middle
and the sweetness was just a memory
the sour you tasted was all the time you wasted 
it was only a matter of time

hit the road and keep on walking
aint no time left for talking
hit the road and don’t look back 
theres no time left for you
no time left for you

too late for haircut and shave
the old hat will just have to do
yesterdays news wont fill the holes in your shoes
it was only a matter of time


hit the road and keep on walking
aint no time left for talking
hit the road and don’t look back 
theres no time left for you
no time left for you

Hard Candy Middle (demo)

LYRICS
I dreamed someone was waiting
On the platform when I got there
I rubbed some dirt from off my shoes
Put a comb through my hair

But no welcome home
So good to see you again
And I was alone
In the rain

I looked around but nothing had changed
It was the same
No cheering crowds no shaken hands
No hero's back again

But no welcome home
So good to see you again
And I was alone
In the rain

Instrumental

But no welcome home
So good to see you again
And I was alone
In the rain

Outro

The Hero's Return

Songwriter. 

I did a lot of public performance with various talented artists. Im now returning to writing and recording.  UPDATE:  Ive found so many great artists to follow but im afraid I cant keep up. Theres always someone new to hear and I dont think I can keep up with the listening and returning support without some delay...

I really did not expect this much support.. I had no idea about the generosity and warm welcome from this community. I will do my best  🙏🏼

Thanks for listening and providing inspiration via your own beautiful art.

email :   liggettservices@gmail.com

Side Note :  My goal here is to upload my catalog to date... thats something I really want to do before this life is over.. ( Im feeling fine today ). Theres so many people out there like me.. who may not ever get the chance to share the creative spark within themselves ... the small ( or large ) contribution to the culture of humanity . This platform.. as others currently and in the past, brings the entire world together in one harmonious creative voice. And if nothing else, shows us that we can really all get along just fine with each other if left to our individual creative desire to do so..

I am humbled by your kind and generous spirit and your willingness to share it.

Coming Home To You

Bill Liggett

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