Nice one Jim, I like the arrangement, has a 60’s psychedelia feel

Beautiful, dreamy song full of lightness. Lying in the meadow and watching the clouds pass by, wind in the grasses and flowers, and a relaxed being in the sunshine. That also brought back beautiful memories for me. Thank you for that! I love it!

Paper Sail Stomp / John Daddio Clarke

Please don't speak for me
You don't know what I'm trying to say
Please don't try to feel my fear
Or wish it away
Don't pander or stand for me
Don't cry, don't you fight for me
The things that I hide
I don't want you to see

You're not me
You can't see
What I need to be free
Find yourself someone new
I'll do me, you do you

Please don't tell me what you think I want to hear
Please don't hide the truth to stop these tears
You think it's fine cos they're little white lies
They might be kind but they're still not right
So go, leave, shut the door
I don't want you here

You're not me
You can't see
What I need to be free
Find yourself someone new
I'll do me, you do you

Just because you want me doesn't mean that we'll succeed
I know you're convinced that we've got all we need
But it's not enough for me 
And I know deep down you see it

You're not me
You can't see
What I need to be free
Find yourself someone new
I'll do me, you do you

You Do You

A chill acoustic based song featuring Black Pace, giving this one an African flavoured vibe, with lyrics in two languages, and gorgeous acoustic guitars...

Tequila Monday

Lighthouse

Written by David Cooper and Ron Todd.

Performed and produced by David Cooper.

If you get the chance, please have a listen to the album Tapestry of Life by David Cooper and Ron Todd - Much appreciated.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m6BLKh2HtYqTGwVRHfA4F9dAWS9jzbG78

https://open.spotify.com/album/4PCR1ATYOxjTa14UyJtAYu

Lyrics by Ron Todd:

Castles In The Air

There's a rainbow round my heart tonight
And the stars in the sky seem extra bright
Feel I’m floating in the stratosphere
Another life a million miles from here

Chorus

Got a feeling that's breaking through
Since I first set my eyes on you
Took a walk on that yellow brick road
When I knew I’d found the motherload

The summer it came out today
when I saw you walk my way,
Up till then I was killing time,
Just another act in life's pantomime

Bridge 

You got it all babe,
You got the key,
To open my soul babe  
And take it all from me

Solo

They say there ain't castles in the air
But I’m sure I’ll find them hidden somewhere
Cos I know that fantasy is true
When I get to walking down the street with you

Been round the block again and again
Searching for something since way back when
But today I finally got that longed for win
When I saw those eyes and went and jumped right in

Chorus x 2

Castles In The Air (Cooper/Todd Collaboration)

I recorded this at an Audio Fair in 1970, when I was 15 . It was my first single . There was one Single Copy ! It got very very scratched in the 55 years since then , but using AI to clean up and separate the guitar from the voice , here it is . If only He knew what was in store ......

Remember Those.Train Song John Daddio Clarke

Pretty Loose music and lyrics © 2025 by Mike Dampf and Dave Medcof
Bass: David Leadbitter; Mandolin, percussion, vocals: Becky Sora

Buddy called, said 'Get off the couch'
you're old but that's no excuse
let's meet at the station with a pint and a plan
everything's been getting pretty loose

So we met on up and we strolled on down
down to where they bury 'who vamoosed'
had a drink and a tear over long gone friends
then we started getting pretty loose

He said 'I heard there's a party just down the line
jump a trolley to the Long Branch Loop'
so we climbed aboard, left the dead behind
and rolled along feeling good 'n loose

It was a-pull down the guitar, rosin the bow
treat your liver and your banjo with abuse
sing out the heart, forget about the head
and everyone was getting pretty loose

The good Lord made many lovely things
I've seen a beaver, a cougar and a moose
but nothing's half as lovely as the way I feel
when the music is getting good and loose

Now it's late, I'm back on the train
so sleepy that I drag my own caboose ...
yes I'm old but the day is young
and everything's been getting pretty loose
Ya everything is getting pretty loose!

Pretty Loose

Big performance show

Not much into small talk
not quite a loquacious guy, you know. 
Never was a stage hog, 
not made for the big performance show. 

I‘m not the one to cause a sensation 
or brighten up the party mood. 
I don‘t come up to your expectation
I’m not your funny dude. 

Ooh-wee! Watch me!
I‘ll be your parody.
Boojee, you‘ll see,
I‘m just a fallacy. 

I‘m not a big chief
who kicks it with the other wannabes. 
I’m not gonna self-deceive
Cause it’s my back but not my monkeys. 

Take your career plan and shove it! 
I don‘t need your back slap 
I won‘t be stuck to that diggin for profit
and caught in the offside trap. 

Ooh-wee! You‘ll see, 
I‘m just a fallacy.

It’s all affectation
too much of me hidden back behind a façade
and that self-adulation 
evermore makes me feel odd.  

So if I wanna make the world without masquerading
gotta look at myself and quit impersonating.
Now, who‘s the man behind that face? 

I’m gonna get it right, and make it out of the costume
to make a change and strip off that borrowed plume
’nd then watch again and reappraise. 

Ooh-wee! Watch me!
I‘ll be your parody.
Boojee, you‘ll see,
I‘m just a fallacy. 

Still not into small talk
Well yeah, it’s a social skill, I know. 
I never was a stage hog,
but I’ll give you a first-hand personal show. 

So maybe I can cause a sensation 
or brighten up the party mood. 
Well, probably beyond expectation
I‘ll be your funny dude. 

Ooh-wee! Watch me!
I‘ll be your parody.
Boojee, you‘ll see,
I‘m just a fallacy.

Words and music by Mark Korthals

Demos and How to - Big performance show in progress - any good?

my favourite time

Wonderful words about the Folk Club experience by Steve O'Kane , set to music by John Daddio Clarke

my favourite time

Jim Quinn

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