'A Fortunate Affair' is a Smooth Jazz Track
My thanks to Freddy Bence for his photo used in the cover image.
https://soundcloud.com/fjbence

Light The Candle Please

A Fortunate Affair

New Version of a song that I wrote in 2019. My first version was spoken words and music.

SOMETIMES HER BEAUTY
INSPIRES ME TO WRITE A SONG
CAUSE SHE BELIEVES IN ME
THINKS I DO NO WRONG

SOMETIMES A PICTURE
INSPIRES ME TO WRITE A SONG
IF IT PAINTS A PRETTY PICTURE
IT MAKES YOU SING ALONG

SOMETIMES THE SUMMER RAIN
INSPIRES ME TO WRITE A SONG
THE SOUND OF THE RAIN DROPS
CAN TAKE  AWAY THE PAIN

SOMETIMES GOD'S KINDNESS
INSPIRES ME TO WRITE A SONG
I PRAY THAT MY LYRICS
BRING SOME HAPPINESS

(CHORUS)
DON'T KEEP THE WORDS INSIDE
LET THEM BREATHE…LET THEM FLOW
LET YOUR HEART BE YOUR GUIDE
DON'T KEEP THE WORDS INSIDE

SOMETIMES A MEMORY
INSPIRES ME TO WRITE A SONG
COULD BE A BAD ONE
THAT CAUSED SOME MISERY

SOMETIMES A ROAD SIGN
INSPIRES ME TO WRITE A SONG
ABOUT A SMALL TOWN
MY TIME TO MAKE IT SHINE

SOMETIMES OUR FREEDOM
INSPIRES ME TO WRITE A SONG 
ABOUT OUR COUNTRY
CAUSE FREEDOM'S NOT FREE

(REPEAT CHORUS 2 TIMES)
DON'T KEEP THE WORDS INSIDE
LET THEM BREATHE…LET THEM FLOW
LET YOUR HEART BE YOUR GUIDE
DON'T KEEP THE WORDS INSIDE


2019 © Lyrics by Tony Harris


Don't Keep The Words Inside (New Version) - Lyrics by Tony Harris

Lyrics: @user-264930040 (poet Peter)
Piano and composition for piano: Debra Buesking https://soundcloud.com/debra_buesking
Vocals, and vocal composition : Oddrun Eikli
Trumpet, studiowork and mix: Arne Hiorth


Debbies`s words about the piano composition:
"This piano composition takes its cues from Beethoven's Bagatelle "Für Elise". It seemed a bit of fun to give Beethoven's famous piece a new twist and so we have."

Thank you to my dear Debbie, Arne, and Peter, for this marvelous and joyful experience of working together. It brings so much JOY:)

An Autumn Pastorale

The year’s getting late, now summer’s sleeping
I contemplate how autumn’s creeping in.
Berries shining for the birds
As they harmonise each others’ words In a chorus like the angels heard.

The year’s getting late, for carefree living

Lazy times, with honest give and take.
Simple joys like baby smiles
And climbing hills to see for miles
The evening star switching on…year’s getting late

The year’s getting late, memories clinging
Better times, that sweet hope’s bringing in
The last of this year’s butterflies
Mother nature’s neat surprise

Can’t those days come back please? … year’s getting late.

Autumn Pastorale. Debra B. Oddrun E. Poet Peter. Arne H.

Milky Vents

[I accidentally removed the track. Sorry about that - those who have already listened can just move on].
Unfortunately, the connection has dropped, and we cannot be sure what is happening in the apartment where, at such a late hour, the light is still on. Probably nothing; they’re likely watching a film or reading a book. They might be projecting their reactions outward, and what we see could therefore be nothing more than the reflection of someone else’s nightmares — or dreams. Certainly, we have now reached a turning point: nothing can any longer be regarded as real, or the opposite... (all talk!).

This is the fifth in a series of eight easy, acoustic, rather short, and deliberately inconclusive tracks, assembled by combining new ideas with reworked older material, adding parts and sounds along the way. 

Part 1 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-1-night
Part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-2-dawn
Part 3 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-3-noon
Part 4 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-4-late-afternoon

Composed by Michele Ansani (2023-2025). This time I simply redid a piece I had posted in the spring of last year, slightly changing the atmosphere: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/overlays
All the ambient noises and female vocals are taken from public sound archives.
Posted on Souncloud: 2025, October 16 and reposted on November 4.

In case nothing happens - part 5 (night again)*

I was recently on holiday in Lanzarote and i was caught in a Rip Tide. A really scary experience and i am very glad that i lived to tell the tale. I was only about 2 feet from the shore and i could not reach the shore because of the power of the Rip Tide, no matter how hard i swam, i was certainly drowning. All of a sudden a young local man saw that i was in danger and with no regard for his own life just jumped right in and somehow managed to get me to the shore. It was a truly heroic act on his part. It took me about 45 mins to get myself together from the shock and the Adrenaline. I found him and thanked him and i am ashamed to say that i do not even know his name. Thank you .

When i was reflecting on this experience i realised that life is like a Rip Tide. It pulls you out to sea and sometime we really do need someone to Literally jump in and save us, or throw us a life buoy to get us to safety. This song is about being caught in the Rip Tide of life and dedicated to the young man who saved my life . 

Written and performed by Johnny Mc Farlane

Rip Tide

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded, mixed and mastered using Logic.
Guitars played: Taylor 714CE in DADGAD tuning (Capo 9th Fret)
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
SONG NOTES:
This song reflects my growing awareness of the incomprehensible nature of a star in the sky, which has captivated the imagination of humanity since the dawn of time. All that amazing energy, captured in a little word of just three letters, the sun. 
LYRICS:
Such a little word “the sun”
With all its mystery 
Yet, without the sun my friend
Where oh where would we be?

With colours that glisten and dance all around
As far as the eye can see 
Without the sun tell me my friend
Where oh where would we be 

For who can say how it does what it does 
Painting the sky so blue
As pretty a picture as I’ve ever seen
Oh the things the sun can do

The years come and go like the ocean tide
But is time ever what it seems?
Without the sun, tell me my friend
Where oh where would we be?

Chorus

A Little Word

This is the last renovation of several songs I wrote some years back and recorded with Roger Stankovic (https://soundcloud.com/roger-stankovic), who did the lead vocals. Started as a basic piano and vocals track, but I took it down and added some new elements. Very happy with Roger's amazing work on this! Harmonies, moi, and Jen DB.

Falling Sands

Hi , no scammer alerts this week , but I will always keep you informed !
This is a song written by the brilliant David Dunham , Axel did a completely different take on it and sent me a demo and an invite . I was bowled over and just had to say " YES PLEASE "
This will have you dancing in the isles !
The next release on the 24th is the Biggy Xmas song that's been months in the making , me , Axel and Andrea have high hopes for this mega production .
Many more songs lined up with Gaz Brownie , Dave Cooper , Tony Harris , Kim , and the return of Charlie and the Fox with Charlotte , our 1st album links are below .
Oh yes , me and Dave Cooper have an album out in December .
Many many thanks for listening
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLA…L7MJ_1UTdMo0MjJLM
open.spotify.com/album/78ewrWZjS4…DSSrOdWlanz6UPMw
Gathered--Lyrics:
What are we gathered here for, what have we come to see?
Two people who believe that a better life
Is lived together not separately.
Father we ask you blessing upon the union of these two,
That the vows they are both confessing
Will bind their hearts to each other and You.

Bridge:
And it's more than just "tying a knot" and it's more than just getting "hitched"
We're seeing two hearts being sewn together,
We're witnessing it stitch by stitch.
It's the miracle of seeing two become one,
Though the two are really not the same,
Like the paint and the canvas are separate until
The Artist joins them in a beautiful frame.

Instrumental Interlude

Repeat Bridge

Repeat Verse:
What are we gathered here for, what have we come to see?
Two people who believe that a better life
Is lived together not separately.
Father we ask you blessing upon the union of these two,
That the vows they are both confessing
Will bind their hearts to each other and You.
Will bind their hearts to each other and You
Will bind their hearts to each other and You.

Gathered

Gathered - A wedding song

A Country and Western version of a song i wrote a while ago. A funny sort of a song with a lovely story :-) Some people may be able to associate with the sentiment in this song . 
Hope you liker it. 

Johnny

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