Great track Jim, love your voice and your energy:))

Damned: You get girl's attention only just by opening up Your Mouth. Do You Do classes? Something?

Now Banjo / and Me just out of banjo-jokes. Respect.

I could co-write if you were keen . Let me know I have a tune called Rain in my Pocket if you want to scope it out let me know. Nice style!

great guitars, cool voice - love the song!

September 2017

A city boy is leaving town, on a train Virginia bound.
For 2 years now I've been alone; my bags are packed, I'm going home.
Had to do a lot of growing to realize what you really meant to me.
How I miss the Blue Ridge mountains, how I miss the sand and the sea.
A city boy is leaving town, on a train Virginia bound.
For 2 years now I've been alone; this Virginia boy is going home.

Copyright 2013 by James M. Newell; all rights reserved

More at www.jamesmnewell.com

Virginia Boy

Dirty crowded streets, they're not so distant anymore
I don't remember what I came here for.
Outside in the city, its 10 degrees below
Homeless on the subway grate, nowhere to go.
City life's got me down, got me down
The winds are blowing cold, I'm so alone.
When the sun goes down, I'll be leaving town
I'm looking for a place to call my home
Looking for a place to call home.

Copyright 2013 by James M. Newell; all rights reserved

More at www.jamesmnewell.com

Requiem For A City

An autumn leaf, yellow-orange, drifted slowly in a sigh of October, as I stared out my window, calling your name.

And, for a moment, eternal, fleeting, I thought I heard you say you loved me, as clouds parted and a triumphant ray of sunlight illuminated the leaf and my heart.

Must've been the wind.

I closed the curtains.


More at www.jamesmnewell.com

Copyright 2013 by James M. Newell; all rights reserved

October Wind

There's a place in my heart that belongs to you
An empty space that's filled by two
I long to hold you, bid sorrow adieu
There's a place in my heart for you

There's a shadow at the edge of eternity
The Fates they call relentlessly
Know that forever in my dreams you'll be
And keep a place in your heart for me
Keep a place in your heart for me


I wrote this song for my daughter's 16th birthday.  You can see the accompanying video and download a free mp3 at www.jamesmnewell.com

Copyright 2013 by James M. Newell; all rights reserved

A Place In My Heart

I wrote this song for my father, who died on Labor Day 2006.  At his request, he was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea by the US Navy.

You can view the accompanying video at www.jamesmnewell.com


Sundown, another day; crimson sky fades to grey
I see your smile; a memory of yesterday as ashes drift away

God in heaven, where were you tonight?
Did you see him suffer?  Did you feel his plight?
I hope you know the man you took today, as ashes drift away

No one left to ease my fears,
pick up my shattered world or dry my tears
I see you in the sky today, and as I watch the children play

Rain fell down; a lonely Labor Day
The angels called you back, and took your soul away
I couldn't cry; I refused to pray
What's it matter anyway?

For eighty years you put up a fight
Taught me how to live; taught me wrong from right
You picked me up, took me by the hand
Showed me how to be a better man
and now you drift away...
Ashes drift away.

Now I find myself all alone
In this city of glass and chrome
Can I face another day, as ashes drift away?
As ashes drift away.


Copyright 2007 by James M. Newell
All rights reserved

Ashes

Can’t remember how long I’ve been gone
Somewhere along the way things went all wrong
My minds made up I’m leaving here
Its time to move along
Gotta make it to the station for the last train home

In your arms is where I want to be
Blinded by LA, but now I see
9 million neighbors and still I’m so alone
Gotta make it to the station for the last train home

The days are long and the nights are longer still
Thought I’d forget about you, but I never will
Conductor blows the whistle; it sounds just like a song
I’m waiting at the station for the last train home

Copyright 2013 by Jim Newell
All rights reserved.

Last Train Home

This song is for Paul, who never made it home…

I remember deep green fields, gentle delta rain.
Take me to a southern land, the Mississippi plain.
Grandma’s walking down the drive, a smile across her face;
this must be my destination, this must be the place.
I’m home at last.  Home at last.

Where have all the faces gone, Papa, Robert, Roy?
Thank you for the memories, thank you for the joy.
There’s no greater treasure than a family bound by love.
A love that grows throughout the years; a gift from God above.
I’m home at last.  Home at last.

Uncle Gus is sitting there, underneath the tree.
Never had a lot to say; reminds myself of me.
A whistle blows, my thoughts are stirred, a train rolls down the track.
Won’t you take me to my home, won’t you take me back?
Home at last.  Take me home at last.  Home at last.

Copyright 2014 by James M. Newell.
All rights reserved.


Home at Last

See That Girl

Can't Make You Love Me
By Jim Newell

Blue skies and sunshine; a picture perfect day.
Wind blows with a sigh.
Still I've got the blues and I guess they're here to stay.
Can't make you love me, hard as I try.

I try to laugh, but everything I do
just makes me want to cry.
Can't stop the pain I get from loving you.
Can't make you love me, hard as I try.

I hear you crying in the night.
There's nothing I can do to make it feel alright.
You'll be in my heart till the day that I die.
Can't make you love me, hard as I try.

Alone in my room; not where I'm s'posed to be.
Since you said goodbye.
Broken by a life that I thought would set me free.
Can't make you love me, hard as I try.

I hear you crying in the night.
There's nothing I can do to make it feel alright.
You'll be in my heart till the day that I die.
Can't make you love me, hard as I try.


Copyright 2014 by James M. Newell
All rights reserved.

Can't Make You Love Me

YOU GOT IT ALL WRONG

State of confusion
By Jim Newell

Sun came up this morning; think I lost my New York State of mind.
Came here looking for myself, never really knew what I might find.
From the Amish farmers upstate, to the money masters down on Broad and Wall,
It's a State of confusion, and I've had enough of it all.

Chorus:
Well there's no rhyme or reason; don't know what it's all about.
I'm in a State of confusion, looking for an exit route.

Back home in Virginia, where the Blue Laws rule;
no drinking there on Sunday, but God says any other day is cool.
And as Norfolk trains the sailors, Arlington buries them away.
It's a State of confusion, and I just can't stay.

Chorus 

Moved to California, to escape the cold.
Found no milk or honey; Lord knows I found no gold.
And the police want to beat me, but Feinstein says I shouldn't have a gun.
It's a State of confusion, and I've gotta run.

Chorus

Copyright 2015 by James M. Newell
All rights reserved 

State of confusion

Brand New EP from The Law Abiding Citizens

04 Hurricane

From the album "Everything is numbered" (2017)

Benny

'TIMELINE'
Written, Performed & Produced
by Andrew Borderick copyright 2017.
Mastered by Andrew Borderick

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETIMES IN YOUR LIFE
YOU'RE TAKEN AWAY FORGETTING TIME
YOUR FEELING ALIVE OR IN THE CLOUDS
WE ALWAYS NEED SOMETIME TO YOURSELF

CAN'T EVER SEE YOURSELF GETTING OLD
ONE DAY IN SCHOOL THEN FEELING RETIRED
YOU'RE HEARING A SOUND, REMEMBER SOME TIME
WE SING A SONG SOMETIMES TO YOURSELF

(chorus 1)
WHEN A FAVORITE SONG COMES TRUE
WHEN IT TOOK THIS WORLD APART
AND IT TAKES ME BACK TO YOU
CAUSE THE MUSIC NEVER STOPS
WHEN MY TIMELINE CHANGED WITH YOU

WE CELEBRATE EVERY YEAR OF OUR LIVES
FORGETTING TIME AS THE MUSIC GO'S BYE
THE DAYS WILL COME AND LEAVE US BEHIND
AS FAST AS LIGHT YOU COULD BE BY YOURSELF

(chorus 2)
WHEN A LOVE SONG RUNS FROM YOU
YOU CAN CHANGE THAT LONELY HEART
AND IT TAKES ME BACK TO YOU
CAUSE THE MUSIC NEVER STOPS
WHEN MY TIMELINE CHANGED WITH YOU

(break)
(repeat chorus 1 & 2)

Timeline

TIMELINE

Flying

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All songs written, performed, recorded, and mixed by Three Photons at Princeton Sound. Primary genres are Indie,  Rock, and Jazz-Blues. 
 
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