Third Shift Blues Baby

Collection of rough recordings most of which where done using the tape recorder on my phone.


Midnight Shift Blues

 I have been messing around with what I call the elbow mute... In which I use my elbow kind of like a palm mute, and then strum on or close to the center harmonic. This was the result. enjoy!

Third Shift Hustle

Sick in my head again 
I think I'll go to bed 
wonder when this will end 
or has it just began

I'm getting older now
and I don't know how
to get back out again
from this pain I'm in

Sick in my head again 
I think I'll go to bed 
wonder when this will end 
or has it just began

They say positivity 
Is the way to see
but when you feel like me
positive is hard to be

Sick in my head again 
I think I'll go to bed 
wonder when this will end 
or has it just began

I know lifes not all bad
all the good times that I've had
friends and family make me glad
somehow I'm still mad

Sick in my head again 
I think I'll go to bed 
wonder when this will end 
or has it just began
or has it just began




Has it Just Began

When I was a youth I had alot on my mind
like who to be and what to wear and whats goin on that night
lookin back now those times seem so out of sight
cuz now that I am older time is hard to find
and I'm searching for something to satisfy my mind
I'm searching to find myself a little peace thats mine

When I was a youth I had alot on my mind
like who to be and what to wear and whats goin on that night
lookin back now those times seem so out of sight
cuz now that I am older time is hard to find
and I'm still searching for some peace of mind
and I hope that I can find it soon I'm running out of time
I'm running out of time.

Running Out Of Time

Wait for me 
wait for me
I'm coming for you now 
just wait for me

Wait for me 
wait for me
I'm coming for you now 
just wait for me

Now there's troubled time's in all of our lives
and if you can get through faster than I 
won't you wait for me on the other side
because I would wait for you

Wait for me 
wait for me
I'm coming for you now 
just wait for me

When reason and rhyme 
have all left your mind
I'll wait for you on the other side
If you wait for me 
now




Wait For Me

Maria
shes just a little kitty cat
but when she takes her kitty naps
she cuddles right up next to me
and she makes me so happy 
I'm so glad shes mine
and I can't wait 
for kitty nap time

Kitty Nap Time

I'm Going Home
I'm Going Home
all my dreams that I've seen 
have been split at the seems
all the places I went 
all my money I spent
all this time in my mind 
and I've come to find
that the Higher you climb
the harder you fall
I'm Going Home
I'm Going Home
on a plane 
on a train 
any way
I'm Going Home
with this pain 
I've sustained
on the Way
I'm Going Home
all this time in my mind 
and I've come to find
that the Higher you climb
the harder you fall


Goin Home

You've been out working all day
I've been up working all night
workin all night

but if we pass in the meantime
If we pass I hope I'll see you
I want to see you

Everybody needs there pay
in this troubled time and age
everybody needs there pay
everybody needs there pay

But workin all night takes its toll
on a weary withered soul
on this weary withered soul

You've been out working all day
I've been up working all night
workin all night

but if we pass in the meantime
If we pass I hope I'll see you
I hope I'll see you
I want to see you



I hope I see you

It's not the wind and the rain 
it's the choices you make 
that get you down
it's not the way that you talk
it's the way that you walk 
that defines you
it's not the path that you choose
but how you get through 
that makes you you
what else can I say
we all make our own way
its up to you
its up to you
It's not the wind and the rain 
it's the choices you make 
that get you down
it's not the way that you talk
it's the way that you walk 
that defines you
it's not the path that you choose
but how you get through 
that makes you you
what else can I say
we all make our own way
so put a hop in your step
there's love to give yet 
have reverence for life 
and put an end to your strife
take the good with the bad
sometimes you'll feel sad
that's just the way that it goes
so just go with the flow
and don't be uptight 
because in the end its all right
it's all right

Its Up To You

I wrote a message in a bottle today
I wrote down the things I hate
I'm going to send my pain away 
I'm going to send my pain away today

I put a message in a bottle today 
I wrote down the things I hate 
I'm going to send my pain away 
I'm going to send my pain away 
I'm going to send my pain away today

A Message in a Bottle (original rough cut)

I'm healing the wounds of my past
and if the hole is big enough
you need to stop the escape
because you can't escape from yourself
no you can't escape from yourself


Wounds Of The Past

"We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams..."
~Arthur O'Shaughnessy~

Midnight Shift Blues

Josh Ridlon