If Monday's a four leaf clover
Tuesday life could be over
As long as I've met your ghost before you

Bleed me into your ocean
Watch me along the undertow
Shake me a firmer grip for our cue

If one can taste this, then I can taste this

If only our blood was water
Our shoes never hit the street
But more than time lies around the corner
It's there that our eyes will meet
You'll see

Shape shifting of emotion
Her presence lies in a potion
Sip to my lips are glued, frozen blue

Mix me in your concoction
Brew me into your antidote
As long as I've met your ghost before you

If you can taste this, then I can taste this

If only our blood was water
Our shoes never hit the street
But more than time lies around the corner
It's there that our eyes will meet
You'll see

Talk with me, Walk with me
Come over here and tell me something

Hays Dowdy - Vocals, Acoustic guitars, Percussion
Andrew Bezila -  Upright Bass
**Remastered in Winter 2022

The Ghost Before You (Demo)

Recorded on a Boss BR-1600 portable multitrack studio, my fingerstyle, chord-melody rendition is based on the Nintendo 64 version of the song from 1998. Composed by Koji Kondo.

Gear used:
Martin D-16GT Acoustic
Roland Juno DS Synthesizer
Fender Elite Stratocaster
MacBook Pro M1

Great Fairy Fountain (The Legend of Zelda)

A new mix of "Great Fairy Fountain" reimagined from deep inside the echo chamber of an underwater chasm.

Recorded on a Boss BR-1600 portable multitrack studio and mixed in Logic Pro, my fingerstyle, chord-melody rendition is based on the Nintendo 64 version of the song from 1998. Composed by Koji Kondo.

Great Fairy Fountain (The Legend of Zelda - Underwater Mix)

Wicked Game (feat. John Dowdy)

hot water leaked slowly out in the open
it's almost up to my arms

acoustic electric guitar + tambourine + handclaps + vocals

Hot Water

Inside the city
Get ready to see her heart
On time to party
Get ready to love again
When you reach the city
Get ready to give it all away

So you care to
Be there
To grieve and
I know that you miss when
Love was still a flower 

But the rose grew
And we both knew
That destiny had been fulfilled
Now we can still grow
And learn from each other too

Woah, yeah yeah

Inside the city
Get ready to see her heart
On time to party
Get ready to love again
When you reach the city
Get ready to give it all away

It was a new day 
And a clear sky
And the sun shined on her icy blue eyes
And it tells you
Action means more than words now

So take a few steps back
You know it’s gonna hurt when
Rain drips down from inside your mind’s eye
Let it control unlock unfold in two

Clear your head 
Breathe in
The rippling waves and
The tide on its horizon

And as your paths collide with
A fork in the road
And it’s time to choose which way to go
But don’t worry turn to a
New chapter of life
Woah, yeah yeah

Inside the city
Get ready to see her heart
On time to party
Get ready to love again
When you reach the city
Get ready to give it all away

Inside the city
Get ready to see her heart
On time to party
Get ready to love again
When you reach the city
Get ready to, get ready to 
Give your heart away



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Music and lyrics written and performed by Hays Dowdy
Drums - Mike Ross
Recording, mixing, and production by Ben Green at Ivakota, DC
Mastered by Mike Monseur at Axis Audio in Nashville, TN
Artwork by Jeff Duka
@haysdowdy @dowdyrecords

Inside the City

Too soon
I'm connected to you
Two hearts
Locking into one mood

Your face
Leads me into blue sky
These days
I'm transfixed by her eyes

Notice all my emotions have hit the floor
Too much time I've been taking
Time for my soul

Too soon
Blending of nature's fruits
If I run
Will I reach to the sun?

Oh if I never go then I'll never know
Too much time I've been taking
Time for my soul

Seas of Souls (Demo)

Inspired by boxer briefs and my two favorite pups.

reverse acoustic guitar +  piano + synth

Memory Bells

acoustic guitar + piano + percussion + vocals performed by Hays Dowdy

Written by Brian Wilson and Gary Usher in 1963

In My Room (The Beach Boys)

Hey girl
You're feeling down
Won't you come around?
Life ain't so bad
It's okay to be sad (sad girl)

Tell it to me true girl
I will tell you how I feel
It hurt my pride
But we don't have to hide
If we take it with stride

On this big world
What should you have to prove
Prove what to who?
There's only you
No time to be blue (blue girl)

I'll show you girl
I'll show you

'Cause time will show you what's true
When eyes align with the moon

**Hays - Acoustic/Electric Guitars, Drums, Synth, Bass

Hey Girl (Demo)

"If I Were A Carpenter" covered by Hays and John Dowdy

John - Lead vocals, rhythm acoustic guitar
Hays - piano, percussion, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals

If I Were A Carpenter (feat. John Dowdy)

*Written by Sean Nicholas Savage

Fun fun fun
Run run run
Go go go, baby
You're the one

Say goodbye
Say goodnight
You can fly baby
Bye bye bye x3

Day and night
Night and day
You can fly baby
Fly away

Say goodbye 
Say goodnight
You can cry baby
Bye bye bye x2

I don't know where
Don't know why
You don't care
You don't care

Gone gone gone
Sun sun sun
You'll be long gone
When the day is done

Say goodbye
Say goodnight
Please don't cry baby
Bye bye bye x3

Bye Bye Bye

When I Ripped My Pants

When big Larry came around to put him down
SpongeBob turned into a clown
And no girl ever wants to dance
With a fool who went and, ripped his pants

I know I shouldn't mope around I shouldn't curse
But the pain feels so much worse
'Cause winding up with no one is a lot less fun
Than a burn from the sun, or sand in your buns

Now I learned a lesson I won't soon forget
So listen and you won't regret
Be true to yourself don't miss your chance
And you won't end up like the fool who ripped his pants

**Featuring an extra lil ditty at the end, which is the title theme of most episodes.

**Written by SpongeBob Squarepants

**Recorded and performed by Hays Dowdy

**Remastered in Winter 2022

Ripped Pants

Hays Dowdy is a Baltimore based alternative indie artist and multi-instrumentalist known for a focus on lead guitars paired with baroque lyricism. Recruiting a high-energy live band to perform his unique blend of pop punk infused psych-rock with agile grooves and angelic harmonies, his debut LP, "Dreaming in Seven Senses",  is out now!

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