You were warmer than the sunshine
She is colder than the wind
I still think about you all the time
I want you back again

Days and nights we spent together
Just enough to fall in love
When I left her to come back to her
What was I thinking of

Now I see what I've done
Mistook the moon for the sun
I'm freezing in the middle of the night
Disillusioned by the paleness of the light

Time after time
I've run the memories through my mind
I see you in the morning
I dream of you at night

Love is easy to remember
It ain't easy to forget
It's getting harder to pretend to her
I don't love you a bit

Now I see what I've done
Mistook the moon for the sun
I'm freezing in the middle of the night
Disillusioned by the paleness of the light

Time after time
I've run the memories through my mind
I see you in the morning
I dream of you at night

You were warmer than the sunshine
She is colder than the wind
Don't know how I got in such a bind
I want you back again

Now I see what I've done
Mistook the moon for the sun
I'm freezing in the middle of the night
Disillusioned by the paleness of the light
I’m freezing in the middle of the night
Disillusioned by the paleness of the light


Words and Music (c) 1986, 2002 by Jack E. Morris

Now I See

Remembering the Christmas village my father made.

Handmade Christmas

By The Tide

Collaboration with David and Laurie Easterling.

I took a chord progression David came up with as we were starting to collaborate, then brainstormed the first draft of the lyrics. Then David edited the lyrics to fit his way of singing it and we chiseled down extra stanzas to fit to length (not necessarily in that order).  I'll probably record another version sometime soon to improve the mix between the video's audio and the audio into DAW, possibly adding drums, bass too.

Songbird- McDoniels-Easterling Co-write

"Some Things In This World Only God Can Do" (#432, 210126)

 * Co-written with Jeffrey Joslin * 

Engine runnin' strange need the oil changed
Go see Billy at the fillin' station
He'll top up the tank and it won't break the bank
And he's always good for makin' conversation

Diner on the left lady's name is Tess
Makes the county's finest apple pie
Summer through to winter breakfast lunch and dinner
Gotta' have a piece before you die

But if you're feelin' lost like you can't see no way out
Lookin' for some answers when all you got is doubt
if YOU'RE out on the edge with nothin' left to lose
I know who to send you to
There's some things in this world only God can do

When you're feelin' low there's a place just up the road
Keystone Karaoke's goin' down
If you can't sing a lick they won't mind a bit
Cheapest kind of therapy in town

If you need a little peace to get you through the night
A candle in the darkness to shine a little light
If your heart is broken and you're feelin' like a fool
I know who to send you to
There's some things in this world only God can do

I ain't tryin' to say that God won't find a way
Of showin' up through someone else
The people that you meet might be His hands and feet
I'm sure he don't mind the help

Well if you need the grace that'll quench your thirsty soul
And a cup that will not empty further down the road
If you're lookin' for redemption for something tried and true
I know who to send you to
There's some things in this world only God can do

Week 05b - Some Things In This World Only God Can Do (210126)

A tremendous thank you to @deborah-kelly-676260696's imaginary and incredibly talented friend @erinwolf for bringing my lyrics (and suggesting minor edits to them) to life (and for contributing the guitar to this track).

Erin's Version: https://soundcloud.com/erinwolf/cross-this-bridge-into-the-unknown

Lyrics:

I’ll never forget the night we met,
When the winter sky was painted with stars,
We didn’t know it then,
God had a plan for us way back when.
 
With this bridge here before us,
Do we cross into the unknown?
We don’t know exactly what lies ahead,
There’s no one else I’d rather have beside me than you.
 
I confess sometimes I’m lost easily,
And I don’t always know the right way to go,
But every time I followed the stars,
They would lead me back to you.
 
With this bridge here before us,
Do we cross into the unknown?
We don’t know exactly what lies ahead,
There’s no one else I’d rather have beside me than you.

We’ve never been apart this long before,
I feel closer now more than ever,
And whenever we meet again,
It will feel as no time has passed at all.
 
With this bridge here before us,
Do we cross into the unknown?
We don’t know exactly what lies ahead,
There’s no one else I’d rather have beside me than you.

Erin Wolf & Anoki ReChord - Cross This Bridge (Into The Unknown)

Week 4 HELP YOURSELF  31/01/21
¾ G C D Em capo 2

G
HERE I GO
C                     D
DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN
G                                     C                  D
I ALWAYS STAY IN THAT STATE SO LONG
EM
LET  ME GO
C                      D
PROVE ME  WRONG AGAIN
Em                                 C         D        G
BUT OVER AND OVER THE SAME OLD GROUND
2
LONG AGO
YOU WERE NEAR TO ME
YOU SHOWED THE COURAGE TO SEE ME THROUGH
ALL THE YEARS
EVERY TRAGEDY
OUR HEARTS SANK DEEP IN THE STONE COLD GROUND
3
WHERE’S THE TUNE
WHERE’S THE MELODY
FELL ON DEAF EARS AND KEPT ROLLING ON
ON AND ON IN MY MEMORY
OVER AND OVER THE SAME OLD SONG  
 
4
SHOULD WE CROSS PATHS AGAIN some day
ILL NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU FOUND THE WAY
FROM THE PAST THROUGH THE PAIN AGAIN
BR OKEN IN PIECES AND SHATTERED LIKE CLAY
OVER AND OVER MADE NEW TODAY

BRIDGE D  C  G 
D
WHO CAN I RUN TO
C                                        G
IM STUCK IN A MIRE SO HUNGRY AND TIRED
 D
WHERE IS MY RESCUE
C
THESE TEARS HAVE RUN DRY
G
RAINED DOWN IN SKIES

help yourself wk4

Days and days of grey and overcast
Waiting for this goddamn storm to pass
Trying, not to, fall into the mud
Bleak midwinter cold the trees are bare
Feeling like the sky is looking there
Heart is sinking into the flood
But I swore to myself that when the sun came out I'd sing and play

And there's blue in the sky today
---
Black clouds got the best of yesterday
Spring could be a hundred days away
Trudge that path to happy destiny
I can be a grumpy son-of-a-bitch
Grateful for the way you handle it
Trying to seek out the best in me
And I promised myself that when your love arrived I'd sing hooray

And there's blue in the sky today
---
And EVery time I think I went too far you walk me back
And every TIME that I get LOST you help to GET me back on track
And anyTHING I tried to MAKE it fell part ‘til I FOUND you
Then right on cue… the sun came shining through

And there's blue in the sky x4 today

Blue In The Sky

Song-A-Week 2021 week 4 contribution.

Don't sit around
nursing that slow gin, it's slowing down everything
Don't sit around
starring at the screen, it's just a hole to fall in
II: Don't sit around
but help yourself to what the world has got to offer
Don't sit around
waiting for the world to come to you, here's what you do:

Cross the floor, walk out the door, hail a cab, buy a black Lab
Take her for a walk, have a little talk with your friends and neighbors
Hit the gym (muscles kicking in), run a good mile or dance without style
Bike that trail, spot a whale, take a boat out for a sail

It's all there for the taking
just help yourself, and you'll be making
a complete one-hundred-and-eighty

Don't sit around
with your head in the past, the past doesn't last
Don't sit around
worrying 'bout what's ahead, tomorrow you might be dead, so :II

Song AND image Copyright © Claes Akerblom

180 Degrees (demo)

CAPO4 C STEP DOWN G STEP DOWN
SEEDS- 5
What glory in our hearts we hold
such power grace and peace
to blanket joy like fresh pure snow
on our humanity

A word
Some time
A moment shared
A simple cup of tea
Spread it round and share the love
plant a tiny seed

We race we strive we run we sigh
We rarely think to ponder
There’s always one more task to dull
Life’s beauty awe and wonder

We see it in our childrens eyes 
We feel it in the darkness
That sense we ve listened to the lie
And lost before we started

A word
Some time
A moment shared
A simple cup of tea
Spread it round and share the love
plant a tiny seed


So nows the time we sow again
To sing amidst fresh vision
The harvest we will reap and  then
Awake with songs of heaven

All hope is here its never left 
we simply stopped believing
for the broken soul the one bereft
is already receiving 

Spread it round and share the love
Oh plant each tiny seed
in rows of mercy from above
is all we really need

SEEDS 5 - 7:2:21, 12.27 pm

I recorded this a few years ago and wanted to share this...

ROOM TO BREATHE

I CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME

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 05b - Some Things In This World Only God Can Do (210126)

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