G                                   C                     D/F#                G
There’s a dry desert breeze in the air here tonght
                  G                C             D/F#
but we’re only half way thru November
                 EM                   C                    D/ZF#             G
AND this year has been so hard and such a long figt
        
                C               D                G
oh lets finish the year well together

        C                                                      EM              D/F
and remember the days that were lonely and long
                      C                                    D
when we stayed in for what seemed forever
               G                    C                       D/F                EM
but we got to hang out here and write and few songs
             C                      D                  G
yeah I think we are all pretty clever



C          G          D/F      G
C         EM           D/F       G
 OH OH NO HOH OIHO

novemebr - 15:11:20, 11.07 pm

I think this might be one of the least Kent-like songs I've ever written.

*****

You get one guess
And we’ll put it to the test

And if you’re right
The lantern burns a bit more bright

You get one guess
You’d best be sure that it’s your best

If you’re right
We’ll throw it all to the wind tonight

And if you’re wrong

You get one guess
Nothing more, and nothing less

Just how sure
Do you need to be for more

And if you’re wrong
Then every song’s a closing song

Go tell the kids
They don’t have long

Like the phone rings with supper too soon
And they bolt on the bikes that we handed down to
Save money for a car when the bills were due
Like the mail comes every month too soon
Which we turned into lessons about wasted youth
We wasted everything after too
The paper brings the news a little too soon
It’s not the ink’s fault what’s in the news

One get one guess
And we’ll put it to the best

And if you’re right

And if you’re wrong

One Guess - Song a Week 2020, Week 47

Copyright Erin Wolf 2020

hear the wind howling in the trees tonight
all this gale roaring in its flight
my true love has gone away, what am i to do
dawn is nigh, but it's coming without you

i called your name what felt like 1,000 times
as the air moved singing through the chimes
you left without a word, not a clue where you'd go
what in the hell has got you feeling so low

are you 
are you coming home

is this really how you wanna end it all
after everything we've made it through, standing tall
i stood by your side through thick and thin
but i guess in the end, nobody wins

don't worry about me, i'll be just fine
this time, darling, it was you who crossed the line
time for me to go and cauterize this wound
good luck whatever wherever you're marooned

don't
don't bother coming home

this is really how you wanna end it all
after everything we've made it through, standing tall
i stood by your side through thick and thin
but i guess in the end, nobody wins
nobody wins
nobody wins

One Guess (Don't Bother)

We spent two hundred thousand years 
in a close-knit tribal structure
Now I'm always longing for the warmth
Spend a couple aeons free 
From the clock or fences facing 
you might wanna cast those shackles off
Cause here we are...

Chorus:
In world that… no-one fits in
And we've all been there, 
feeling like we don't belong so when
I take a leap and… show how I'm different
Everyone gets it
And then anyone can see that we are...
wondering a world where we're all different
and we've all felt it
like there must be something wrong with me
But when I share how
I feel I don't fit in - everyone's been there 
And then anyone can see that we are one

Did you ever, growing up, 
feel like you were on the outside
In your school or in your family home?
Did you ever wonder why 
others seemed to know the ropes?
Did it feel like it was you alone?
Just wanna say, so many people felt that way,

Chorus

Rebellious humanity - we rarely sing in harmony
Fighting against that feeling that there's something wrong
but can't you see the irony?
I tell you it's not lost on me 
that what we have in common is that 
we all thought we were alone

Chorus

We Are One

"Ship To The Shore" (#419, 201122)

Got no gin blanket's gone
Wind so cold water's calm
Prayed for grace don't know how
Threw the compass off the bow

Made up my mind ship to the shore
Ran out of time do that anymore
Throw it all out deadbolt the door
Ain't too proud that's for sure

Anchor's up tide is low
What's my plan hell if I know
Raise that flag load that lead
Burn that oil sun to set

Made up my mind ship to the shore
Ran out of time do that anymore
Throw it all out deadbolt the door
Ain't too proud that's for sure

Cast my face hard and mean
Break the chain nice and clean
Drop this freight light the fuse
No more runnin' nothing to prove

Week 48b - Ship To The Shore (201122)

G                                   C                     D/F#                G
There’s a dry desert breeze in the air here tonght
                  G                C             D/F#
but we’re only half way thru November
                 EM                   C                    D/ZF#             G
AND this year has been so hard and such a long figt
        
                C               D                G
oh lets finish the year well together

        C                                                      EM              D/F
and remember the days that were lonely and long
                      C                                    D
when we stayed in for what seemed forever
               G                    C                       D/F                EM
but we got to hang out here and write and few songs
             C                      D                  G
yeah I think we are all pretty clever



C          G          D/F      G
C         EM           D/F       G
 OH OH NO HOH OIHO


G                    C                      D/F#                    G
As springs singing out with its bloom and its grow
           \G            C           D/F#
The music still reaches wherever
          EM                   C            D/F#           G
From north, east, south, or westward we go 
   C                    D             G
All of these changes, we weather

C                                EM       D/F#
What lies ahead, we haven’t a clue
            C                               D     
    But even for worse or for better
 G                  C         D/F#   EM
I’ll make it through right here next to you
            C                  D            G
Oh let’s make it a time to remember

november niki+ erin SAW2020

This is half of a story.  Perhaps I will return to this idea later.

Collide (On the Other Side)

Well you know I saw it coming
Should have never crossed the tracks
But when I’m feeling good
It’s kind of hard to turn back

Well you know I spilled the coffee
On my only crisp white shirt 
But my tank top sure is sexy
Though my sneakers have seen some dirt

Oh I know we will collide
Cause I don’t belong — on the other side

Well you know he had the money
Had a gold watch and black tie
His jokes were stiff but funny
Hard to look him in the eye

Oh I know we will collide
Cause I don’t belong — on the other side

Collide (On The Other Side) - 11:26:20, 10.21 PM

HOPE COMES 
Fiona Morris & Niki Shepherd 2020
VERSE 1
WAIT NOW HOPE COMES
ON THIS NIGHT CHRIST IS BORN
A LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS
A NEW DAY DAWNS FOREVERMORE
VERSE 2
HEAVENS HOST REJOICE IN AWE
AS THE KING LEAVES HIS THRONE
ENTERS IN THE BRIGHT MORNING STAR
MERCY FALLS ON OUR EARTHLY HOME

CHORUS
(SINGING)
HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH

VERSE 3
LIFT YOUR HEARTS WE WAIT NO MORE  
HE IS HERE THE PROMISED ONE
EMMANUEL FOR ETERNITY
GRACE FOR US IN HIS PERFECT SON 

CHORUS

BRIDGE
JOY OF NATIONS
MIGHTY SAVIOUR
PRECIOUS TREASURE

KING OF HEAVEN
OUR REDEEMER
REIGNS FOREVER

OUR PROVIDER 
GOES BEFORE US
RICH IN MERCY

OUR MESSIAH
CHILD OF PROMISE
PRINCE OF GLORY

VERSE 4
OH WHAT JOY WILL RESOUND
WHEN THAT FINAL CALL GOES OUT
SEE HIM COMING ON THE CLOUDS
LAMB OF GOD IN GLORY NOW

HOPE COMES FI.NIKI - 27:11:20, 12.44 pm

This is the song I don't hear in the background
This is the pressure that's building inside
This is my weakness, my  fear of rejection
The tension that keeps me awake in the night

Can you hear it?
Can you feel it?

This is the shadow I'm casting out blindly
This is the part I don't want you to see
Here is the darkness I smuggle inside me
the part that I've been hiding even from me

Can you hear it?
Can you feel it?

This is the conflict that's breaking the pattern
This is that chaos that starts to emerge
This is the change that is trying to happen
The call to a greater more beautiful world

Can you hear it?
Can you feel it?

Can You Hear It

Favorite One - (Me holding you)

Song a week 2020 challenge - Week 51
Theme " The Favourite One "

A quick scratch recording of an idea based around the responses I got to this picture meme on my facebook wall.

I am not your Favourite One - demo - Song A week 2020 Challenge Week 51

Nashville songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Godin Guitars Official Artist and Founder of www.songaweek.org.

His catalog of 500+ titles includes collaborations with hit writers Mark Narmore, Elliott Park, Steve Dean, and Pete & Pat Luboff, among others internationally from England to Australia.

Redding's music has landed cuts by numerous recording artists including Dan Whitehouse, Emma Gale, and David Easterling.

Week 48b - Ship To The Shore (201122)

James Tristan Redding