I continue to be so impressed with all the wonderful writers on Song of the Week.
Although I contiune to write (just a bit slower at the recording) and  just so I stay in the loop I'm uploading something I loved singing for awhile back.
This one always makes me feel so good and I love the production of it.
Nikki Dean

ROOM TO BREATHE

DANCIN' IN THE LIGHT

"Miss The Point" (#453, 210415)

 * co-written with Dan Rivers * 

Well I grew up on the coast line and we always had a good time
Hangin' round a place we called The Point
I missed a couple school days and I chased a couple big waves
And I skipped two family trips to Illinois

Lookin' back there's no doubt those summers at the boathouse
Really were the good old days
And ever since I moved away

I miss sixteen and I miss sunscreen
Lived it up while the sun was goin' down
Yeah I sometimes missed the punch line
But I dream of bein' back there even now

Way back when I was a boy
Didn't know how much I'd miss the point

Well I'd known her half a lifetime it was simple in the sunshine
Sharin' dixie cups and skippin' rocks
I figured we'd be best friends but that changed in a weekend
When she sat down beside me on the dock

Didn't catch the signs 'til she put her hand in mine
Lord sometimes I reminisce
On all the things I missed

I miss sixteen and I miss sunscreen
Lived it up while the sun was goin' down
Yeah I sometimes missed the punch line
But I dream of bein' back there even now

Way back when I was a boy
Didn't know how much I'd miss the point

Week 16 - Miss The Point (210415)

Copyright Erin Wolf 2021

NICU
April 2021 (7-in-7) Fearless Songwriter Challenge
Day 4 Prompt: All this concrete
SAW Week 16 Prompt: Words through windows

For Jordie K

*Note about the song: Inspired by the real story of my eldest's premature birth and subsequent NICU stay. Rough start, but she's now a teenage Black Belt (Tae Kwan Do), cat lover, budding designer, and one of the kindest humans anyone could ever hope to meet.*

I see you there inside
This place where you hide
Away from all this concrete
And all these city streets

Wish I could come in
But begging won't win
So words through windows will have to
Suffice for now for me and you

Promise I will come everyday
By your window I will, I will stay
'Til I can bring you, bring you home
After all this, all this unknown

Alarms and bells alert the team
Waking me from a dream
I see you're fast asleep, love
Safe for now, thank God above

Promise I will come everyday
By your window I will stay
'Til I can bring you, bring you home
After all this, all this unknown

Never thought this would start 
With such a bruising of my heart
Little child, you changed everything

Never thought this would start
With such a bruising of my heart
Little child, you changed everything

NICU

I just wanna be greater than the rest
reside in righteousness
The brightest and the best
I just wanna be master of every task
Steal EVery woman’s heart
Is that so much to ask?

I just I wanna shine just like the sun
OVER everyone
2nd to none… -> I just wanna be...
SOMEody that everyone would rate
unquestionably great
To megalomaniate

I just wanna be loved

I just wanna know and understand
Every mark and master plan
I want the future in my hand
I just wanna win and never lose
Hear all the cheers never the boos
And then I’ll READ the rave reviews

I just want your fear or all your love
Like a coLOSSus stands above ->
Drink ADmiration like a drug ->
I wanna make you FEEL the way no other lover could
Just like a SUPerhuman would
Oh baby do you think I'm good?

I just wanna be loved

But you can never win
It can never sink in
if you're chasing every moment 
every star
It’s self-defeating
This doing being
you’ll only ever be just who you are

When I’m grounded all I wanna be
Is in integrity
But this voice inside of me
Keeps saying
Stand on tiptoes get a little higher
Build a BIGger better fire
win your black and deep desire

I just wanna be loved

I Just Wanna

My SAW 2021 week 16 contribution recorded lo-fi using only my phone and the record feature in the Soundcloud app. This week's prompt was 'Words thru windows'. And most of the lyrics were actually written while sitting in the sand where the accompanying image was taken (also with my phone).


As I stroll thru town, in a realtor’s window,
there’s a sign selling seaside properties
With no chance of ever owning one
I start dreaming of a life by the sea:

The sound of waves block out the noise of the world
Only the occasional bird can be heard
My mind at peace at the edge of the sea
This is where I can be me

At the edge of the sea
Where the rocks are smooth and glistening
At the edge of the sea
I find God himself listening
It’s like heaven to me
at the edge of the sea

No time to keep, except the flow of the tide
Nothing on the horizon, just the ocean wide
No one to stop me from floating out to sea
This is where I am free

I think I’ll pull up stakes 
and head to where shells and seaweed gather,
and stress and obligations are no more
I’ll pitch a tent or build a lean-to, if you’d rather
Right there in the sand along the shore


Song and image copyright Claes Akerblom

At the edge of the sea (demo)

Copyright Erin Wolf 2021

I Don't Wanna Quit on You
April 2021 (7-in-7) Fearless Songwriter Challenge
Day 7 Prompt: Say Goodbye

The hardest thing to admit
When to stay or when to quit
'Cuz I don't wanna quit on you

I'm not sure anymore
Do I fit like I did before
In this old new life of yours

Oh I'm not ready to say goodbye
But if you ain't ready for this or have the time
Then I'll go my way and you go yours
Promise I won't slam the door
I'll go, I'll go

Not quite sure what went wrong
Or did I miss the signs all along
Wish I knew what's on your mind

I love you deeply beyond compare
But I couldn't say it - I was too scared
Prob'ly doesn't matter anyway

Oh I'm not ready to say goodbye
But if you ain't ready for this or have the time
Then I'll go my way and you go yours
Promise I won't slam the door
I'll go, I'll go

The hardest thing to admit
When to stay or when to quit
'Cuz I don't wanna quit on you

I Don't Wanna Quit on You

just a beginning of a song this week-

Words through windows 

Now s the time
Now s the chance
We can rewrite history 

the sun 
Still can dance
We can save the world 

Here’s the point
there’s the line
We can take it seriously 
Keep in step
Keep the plan 
And let’s save the world

Words through windows 
Washed in water 
Wait for weather 
Wont renew her

save the world (demo)

I STILL FEEL THE FIRE

Copyright Erin Wolf 2021

Week 18 Prompt: You May Already Be a Winner

take me back 
to the place i was born
take me to
the waters i adore
let me stand in the shallows
and feel the pulse
let me hear crashing waves
and cries of the gulls

take me down
all these city streets
remind me again
of early memories
let me feel 
like a child again
let me reclaim
where life began

all i want is to let go and just breathe in
all i want is to let go and just breathe in

you may already be a winner
they said
but they don't know
i'm trying to forget
you and all the magic
you made me feel
it's why i return
to what is real

all i want is to let go and just breathe in
all i want is to let go and just breathe in
all i want is to let go and just breathe in
all i want is to let go and just breathe in

take me back 
to the place i was born
take me to 
the waters i adore

Take Me Back

I still consider myself new to recording/mixing/DAWing, but that excuse seems weaker as I get into year 2 of regular recording. So trying to deconstruct the process and get better. This week I set out to write a song that wanted layers, including double-tracked vocals which I've never done - and unless I'm doing a distant room mic, probably will incorporate in nearly every project in the future.

*****

When she was done with the souls in Savannah
Headed up the highway to find me
Hair like the gold in California
The devil came up from eastern Georgia

The cracks in the floorboards all led to 
A young man’s soul and a fiddle tune
You can play with the devil when your hands are hot
Johnny’s mighta been but mine were not

I mighta let the devil into my bed
Dark black eyes all dressed in red
Left like smoke from cigarettes
I mighta let the devil into my bed 

It’s not sinking in just yet
Keep on drinking to forget
Left like smoke from cigarettes
I mighta let the devil into my bed

So I’m pouring wine into a hollow
And fixing photos I turned over
Saying a prayer that she’ll forget my number
Hoping that no one answers it

Savannah - Song a Week 2021, Week 18

My cover of 'Silent Night All Day Long' by John Prine.
Recorded on 12/14/2025, in one take with minimal post-processing.

There's a pine tree in a window in a house on a hill
With a tree top angel sitting perfectly still
She's watching the shoppers walk through the snow
With their arms full of treasures and hearts all aglow

We held hands and stared at the lights on the tree
As if Christmas was invented for you and for me
When the angel on the treetop requested a song
We sang Silent Night all day long

There's a family that's gathered in some living room
Dinner on the table that's been cooking since noon
Stockings on the mantle are hanging with care
While every body is saying a prayer

We held hands and stared at the lights on the tree
As if Christmas was invented for you and for me
When the angel on the treetop requested a song
We sang Silent Night all day long

There's a room out there somewhere with a woman in a chair
With memories of childhood still lingering there
How pretty the paper, the lights and the snow
How precious those memories of long long ago

We held hands and stared at the lights on the tree
As if Christmas was invented for you and for me
When the angel on the treetop requested a song
We sang Silent Night all day long

When the angel on the treetop requested a song
We sang Silent Night all day long

Writer(s): Bobby Whitlock, John Prine

Silent Night All Day Long (John Prine cover)

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 16 - Miss The Point (210415)

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