A little blues number the song  is about how things eventually all work out something has to give it is a matter of time. The last verse kind of sums everything up where the main character talks about feeling doubt in a long term relationship, the song has a bunch of metaphoric references. Fun song to do catchy little number.

Somethings Got To Give

A redo on this track I wanted to give it a a little groove it has a bit of a 60S vibe to it...it is probably not a political correct tune, alas, what man does not like looking at a beautiful woman...I have never seen an ugly weather girl. This is for all the weather girls out there and for all the men who watch! Cheers.

Weather Girl Can't Stop Looking At You

A little diddy! About married life listen up fellas! The more you tell a woman the more she knows...! Now get get going and do what your told!

The More You Tell A Woman

A song about a guy who overplayed his hand and lost the girl he was seeing for a long time and he goes to a place they used to go and see's her with someone else.

Only You And I Would Know

A song about a man who falls in love with a woman after one look at her as he is mesmerized by her eyes.

Cyan

A tune about a guy who walks away from the girl of his dreams but all the while he misses her and he misses the noise .

I miss the noise

About being there for someone even though times may be rough .Will you be there for me?

Will - You - Be - There - For - Me ? (1)

He needs a good woman to straighten him out I have met guys like this here is a song about it.

He Needs A Good Woman

A song about how time marches on and the mystery of our very being.

Time keeps moving on

Are your bags packed do you have your tickets for the ride that this year brings? We are only here for a little while in the grand scheme of things.

Just a little while

A little song about the people who married in the sixties, raised a family, planted trees in the yard and are still married and still in love.

They were meant to be

I wonder if Stephen Foster can hear his songs? I wonder where we go when we are gone? I wonder why Jupiter has so many moons I wonder why I I am lying awake in this darkened room. I wonder I really wonder. I wonder why rivers flow mostly to the south, I wonder what heaven and hell and war is about.I wonder why the sky turns gray when ocean tides hit midday does it affect me in any way will it make me say something I shouldn't say? I wonder ? I really wonder.I got these things running through my head but I never really talk about them much, like a pac man that keeps on coming do I have a second cousin in the Universe? I wonder why love is such a hard thing to explain, I wonder why the leaves rattle just before it rains.I wonder what they mean when they say the stars are aligned.Isn't that the same thing as saying everything is fine? I wonder...I wonder..I really wonder.

I Really Wonder

All these things that are running through my head all these words better left unsaid, thoughts and dreams that we'll never say. Not tomorrow, not yesterday, noy today.

"Thoughts and dreams better left unsaid"

I don't know what it is about! It is about not having an answer! I don't know, when I find out I'll be sure to let you know! "Too many voices in my ear I don't have the answers you want to hear give me time give me space stand in line take your place". The middle section is the inner person, alter ego, hiding not wanting to deal with it anymore sitting in the darkness which is his blanket that shields his thoughts from the world. Got it! I don't know!

I don't know

Well we all have to answer for something, someday, sometime and somewhere in another life, I think, hope, I pray that I encounter mercy!. Just a little tune that is a little reminder about our maker may or may not be all that thrilled with some of our decisions!

If and when I meet my maker

I wrote this song after I went and seen a local band perform in a bar in Buffalo NY they were friends that I have known for a long time, and it was a great hippie vibe the whole afternoon. A couple days later there was a picture of the band taken after the concert and somebody wrote on the picture "afterglow". Thats all it took! I miss that connection with an audience being mostly a studio musician and writer.I miss the afterglow!

I miss the afterglow

"Bless me father for I have sinned it's been so long since that I can't remember when, I fought the fight I 've lost the war I'm feeling empty like the cupboard drawer,so shine your light, shine your light, shine your light right though me I won't hide I won't run I'm a man whose  lost more than he's won

I am not asking for absolution, redemption or salvation, I've admired never desired I've held my feet  against the fire, betrayed, deceived what should I believe. I feel hope in my visions my spirit is empty with no provisions...Shine your light shine your light right through my soul shine your light shine your light what do you want to know about me? There was a time when I fell out of line but I got back up  raised my fist to the air and screamed that I have had enough.. 
  so hear my plea will you please? can you look after me. I'm opaque for goodness sake have a little sympathy and shine your light shine your light, shine your light up and down shine your light. shine your light, I'm a man who's lost more than he's found....I live in fear when I close my eyes I won't hear your call..my last breath in this world will be the end of it all"

Malley's Prayer

Truth is real that's the deal truth is there when we look in the mirror
Truth is a wall that protects us all truth is what we know and what we fear Truth doesn't lie it's right before our eyes there is no disguise truth doesn't conceal it can make you kneel and make you cry Truth can be a guiding light in a when there is more wrong than right it can be a welcome sight when your about to give up the fight it can appear at a time when you least expect it you can walk away or reject it truth can heal when you accept the truth Truth can heal Truth never hides it's what we tell ourselves deep inside truth doesn't go away it tends to stay it doesn't need an alibi Truth..Truth is real Truth Truth can heal Truth is real  Truth can heal it don't lie it's whats inside you...

Truth Is Real

I wrote this about people my age always talking about the old days and the way it was before.The response from me is always you can't live in the past you can't change it, live for now!

'All of my beginnings started with an end, I've burned some bridges and tried to go back again, you can only reflect you can't go back you can't subtract what you've done you say you want to get on the ride and do it all over again a roller coaster memory of ups and down sused to be's and back whens you can't undo what sticks like glue that's part of you my friend. The sun still shines like it did back then trees are taller and the creek still bends this old house is still made of wood the good old days weren't that good...So instead of looking back maybe you should look down the road and cherish everybreath of life left in your mortal soul you can't lament where time went or where it goes....The sun still shines like it did back then trees are taller and the creek still bends this old house is still made of wood the good old days weren't that good...

Old Days

"Look in the mirror what do you see, does your reflection show everything you thought you'd be? Do the lines on your face show me you have been is this the message that you want to send? Who have you become are you a planet or a sun do you revolve around everyone or do you shine your light, have you given everything and got nothing in return are there lessons you haven't learned are you tired of these old pair of shoes are you tired of paying your dues..so look in the mirror what do you see does your reflection everything you thought you'd be,,who have you become are you a planet or a star whose light travels just so far who have you become?

Who Have You Become

He misses her. She was his guiding light,his rock,his sword, his shield, his love for her was so unreal! Misses her voice he misses her smile. Heartfelt track he so wants her back!

Missing You

So your tired of chasing your dream your happiness isn't what it seems you look to the sky and say your prayers and hope your soul winds up somewhere..the sun is bright so you close the shade and say goodby to another day...Can I speak the truth? I won't give up on you follow your dreams no matter how far away they seem..follow your dreams..So you try and please everyone you know and you never really plant the seeds you wanted to grow so you cry when there is no one around in a moment when your feeling down you close the door and you stay inside when are you going to realize?..the heart beat you feel no one can steel can I tell you the truth there is no one like you so let me speak free follow your dreams no matter how far they seem to be..follow your dreams,,,,,

follow Your Dreams

I don't need your explanations or a long dissertation  did you come here with these intentions cause funny the only thing you mentioned is you just only you it's all about you... Can you close you close your mouth and open your mind and listen for a little while take a breath come up for air you have such a fake smile..its all you just you its all about you..you want to go to Rome you don't care what it cost ...your going overboard cause you just got tossed..cause it's all you just you it's all about you....

All About You

Every time I think of you I think of him, every time I think of him I think of you, does he do the things we used to do to each other back when loved one another
Every time I hear his name I think of you Every time I hear your name I think of him does he make you feel the way I used to make you feel back when we loved one another
Every place I go every where I've been brings me back to when we loved one another ,back when we loved one another,,,back when we loved one another..every time I look in the mirror I hang my head in shame every time I look in the mirror I see a man in pain...does he do the things we used to do to each other back when we loved one another..every place I've gone every lonely song takes me back to when we loved each other...back when we loved one another,,,back when we loved one another

back when we loved one another

I like the Sun in my eyes from 93000 million miles away it helps me breath one breath at a time I'm so glad to call her mine sun sun sun sun sun sunshine  so fine sunshine. I like a lemonade sky I drink her rays through my eyes..sun sun sun sun sun sun, sunshine so fine...I like a strawberry sky when my sun says good night...sun sun sun sun sun sun shine so fine

sun sun sun sun

There you go again with this vibe you send gaslighting me you fill my head with all these lies that's all you ever do you sit in the middle of the circle you've drawn that's all you ever do..gas lighting...me
there you go again gaslighting me

Gaslighting me

A little tune that is about, well just listen and if you can't figure it out let me know. Kind of a take on an old familiar story line....This song has been written and re written I think this is the fourth version of the song the ability to grind and work at songs is one of the few  attributes I have! This is a good example. Enjoy it will only take 2:52 sec!

Do Me

Thinking about thinking our inner thoughts and daydreaming

metacognition

Two good female vocalist sing a duet about being with one another fun song to arrange and produce.

Without you

Blues track good vocal about  woman who feels alright when it feels all wrong. Fun track played bass and organ on it had some good guest from the Buffalo music scene on this track. Great vocal on this has an old time bluesy feel with my soul sister doing her thang...

feel all right feel all wrong

A bluesy number that I wrote and produced but did not play on. I wrote the song and brought to my piano teacher a jazz guy who liked it and I hired him to record it with his singer wife Janice Mitchell who worked with Ray Charles and all kinds of rock acts in the 70's. She is truly 20 feet from stardom this woman has such a soulful voice I am honored to have worked with her. The song is really about something I was going through at the time I was beating myself up for a while.

never been down

A Songwriter, multi instrumentalist and lyricist from Buffalo NY who enjoys writing in several different genres.

malleyjames

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