lyrics:

pretty boy, the heart of downtown,
walked all over my deepest schemes.
your mouth, drives me east by south,
I'd recognize it even in a dream...

and now this city is stained by you,
can't shake the feeling you're in all I do.
and now every minute is frozen like a statue,
I get the feeling life's not life without you.

like a wave, it took more than it gave,
still I smiled complacently.
should've tried to change my own mind,
still fall for you eventually.

and now this city is stained by you,
can't shake the feeling you're everywhere I look.
and now every minute goes by with a touch of blue,
I get the feeling life's not life without you.

and I know they're lying when the say
we only dream in shades of grey
cause I saw your eyes even clearer
than the back of my hand.
I wish it wouldn't have to be this way.

and now this city is stained by you,
do you still remember me the same way I do?
and now every minute is frozen like a statue,
I get the feeling life's not life without you.

and I know they're lying when the say
we only dream in shades of grey
cause I saw your eyes even clearer
than the back of my hand.
I wish it wouldn't have to be this way.
and I know they're lying when the say
we only dream in shades of grey
cause I saw your eyes even clearer
than the back of my hand...

I'd recognize it even in a dream.

in a dream

Revisiting some of my band Side Street catalog from 1970s with some new musicians on board - Jarod Fedele on drums and Neal Morse on lead guitar.

Sunstroke

see again
free again
Welcoming the promise of the light
Walk again 
Talk again
Soon the darkness will be far behind

You held my hand and led me through the shadows
I saw the shape of all that is to come
I held my breath to dived into the water ever flowing
To swim into your depths of love 
Nothing   here will be enough

Dream again
Need again
Call among the planets and the stars
Fall again
War again
Shake the cosmic ruins of my heart

You held my hand and led me through the shadows
I saw the shape of all that is to come
I held my breath to dived into the river ever flowing
To swim into your arms of love 
Nothing here will be enough

Steal again
Feel Again
Open up my eyes that blind my shame
Break again
Make amends
Change the way my shadow hides in rain

Oh your arms of love
Welcome all of me
Shatter all the pain
let the rusty chains fall free

shadow shape

Anythings_possible(2).wav

Copyright Erin Wolf 2021

Week 35 Prompt: Batter Up!

Note about the song: I'm actually not old enough to have actually seen some of the baseball players mentioned in this song, but honest to goodness, my little toddler heart swooned for Paul Molitor, who left the Milwaukee Brewers to play for the Toronto Blue Jays. 

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well i remember when i was just a kid
we'd pile into that pick-up truck and we'd get on in
and we'd head down to County Stadium
down in ol' Milwaukee
cheering on the Brewers with soda and coffee

always had a bag of snacks
forget those cheap crackerjacks
peanuts and starburst and licorice galore
screaming out the players' names
even though we'd missed the '82 team 
just the same still got to see some of the big time stars

like Robin Yount, Rollie Fingers, 
and my favourite one of all, 
Paulie Molitor before he went on to 
Toronto and all
i'd scream and i'd hoot and 
i'd holler with the best
scream, "Batter Up! Uh, who's next?"

and all those times when we 
couldn't get down to the game
down at the ballpark, it didn't matter, 
we could listen just the same
to Mr. Baseball himself, Bob Uecker, 
calling out every play
"Batter Up!" i'd listen to him say

oh those sweet memories
they stay with me
listening to the baseball game with my family
hearing the sound of the ball crack against the bat
oh i'll remember nights like that

Batter Up!

So... I think this is the final version of this song.  Chords and melody are different than the last version.  

Been working on it for a couple months, so perhaps it doesn't qualify as a SAW submission -- but it is because of SAW that this song exists.  Enjoy!

Jumping Through Hoops

Slinky dress I wear
Spend money on hair
Just to be who you desire
I can’t speak my mind
When you waste my time
Then call my friend a liar
And all these games tire me

I’m not jumping through hoops for you
First you promise my dreams come true
Then you make me look like a fool
I’m not jumping through hoops for you

I was broken down
Then you came around
And helped me through the fire
I was hooked again
Then you left on a whim
To someone who jumps higher
And how can I admire you

I’m not jumping through hoops for you
First you promise my dreams come true
Then you make me look like a fool
I’m not jumping through hoops for you

So many say they were lost the same way
Running ‘round in loops
There’s no easy way out, sometimes you have to shout
Way up high on the roof

I’m not jumping through hoops for you
First you promise my dreams come true
Then you make me look like a fool
I’m not jumping through hoops for you

Jumping Through Hoops Oct 2021 - 10:15:21, 6.09 PM

Copyright 2021 Erin Wolf

Week 41 Prompt: Running with Scissors
Artwork: Jonah (age 6)

*Note: Inspired by creepy art & photos from the "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" books by author Alvin Schwarz and illustrator Stephen Gammell. Super short on time this week, so a draft version will hold for now. May or may not "finish" the song down the line. Shall see.*

see the monster crawling over
hill and dale and valley
in the moonlight tonight

feel the air is thickening now
as i hear its breathing growing
stronger somehow tonight

mama always said
don't run with scissors
but i don't know that she ever had
these monsters

mama said 
no running with scissors
but did she have the monsters

i had hoped it was a dream
but then i see those eyes and how they gleam
gazing back at me

like a scary moment frozen
in this time i'm frozen in my stead
oh cuz i know this ain't in my head

and mama said 
don't run with scissors
but did she have 
these monsters

oh mama said
don't be running with scissors
but did she have 
these monsters

oh coming down
i will come back around this time
pass on by and everything
will be just fine

i'll swear on any grave you ask me to
oh monster, demon, whatever the hell you are - 
pass on through

oh i'm standing here with nothing
but my shears to guard me
and i know i can feel its presence
closing in on me

and i know mama said
don't run with scissors
but it ain't in my head
no it ain't 

oh i don't know what i'll do
but if i don't run soon
i'll probably wind up dead

These Monsters (Draft)

"Buy Me A Pink Balloon" (#532, 211102)

Everyone gets older a little every day
Wiser too if they really listen
But we've been gettin' younger somehow someway
In the kisses we been kissin'

Children long for presents every holiday
To ring in the occasion
Well you're the greatest thing I ever celebrate
Always worth the waitin'

Buy me a pink balloon and I'll sing a song for you
Dance the world away right by my side
It happens once a year the moon so big and clear
Won't you raise a glass with me tonight

Hand in hand there's nothin' nothin' we can't do
Walkin' next to you feels so right
Later on this evening make a wish or two
Candles burnin' bright

Buy me a pink balloon and I'll sing a song for you
Dance the world away right by my side
It happens once a year the moon so big and clear
Won't you raise a glass with me tonight

Week 44 - Buy Me A Pink Balloon (211102)

I'm a doctor, in a helicopter
If you wanna step to me
You'd better get a little higher than you are
My warmth and knowledge, like morning porridge
This love bomb is gonna tear right through your life like a motorbike

Though my fabulous air ambulance is flying high
There’s evidence that arrogance is rife
This life can take or can leave you like a wife
And so I'm cutting through your butter like a hot knife

Well, I'm the pilot - high-flying skyward
I could let you try it but
You got to get your little fire under my control
Might dent your ego if you’re watching me go
I wouldn't say I'm a hero but
They are a little magnificent, these things I do

Chorus

We’re only heroes - we’re just heroes, that’s all we are
We’re only heroes - only heroes, nothing more
Everyday heroes - only heroes, that’s all we are
That’s why we fly so high and go so far

Air Ambulance

Copyright Erin Wolf 2021
feat. Saoirse

Week 44 - Buy Me A Pink Balloon

Photo credit: Amazon ad (What can I say? Time was short this week. Ope.)

buy me a pink balloon
from a creature in a black lagoon
as the blue bird croons
a song for me and you

even when skies are grey
the golden sun hides away
purple haze or purple rain
i'll sing this song for you

i'll sing, i'll sing
somewhere over the rainbow
we'll find, we'll find
you and i

beneath the big ol' silver moon
orange fire crackles and the loon
cries out its gentle tune
for me and you

as we sit on this green, green grass
see the swooping bats as they pass
brown and big as rats
so glad to share this with you

i'll sing, i'll sing
somewhere over the rainbow
we'll find, we'll find

oh somewhere over the rainbow
we'll find, we'll find
you and i

Somewhere, We'll Find You And I

songaweek2021

this is just a little beginning of something I want to write to the memory of my Grandparents -they were the sweetest. :) 

I once caught a bus to the ocean
I sat with my sister and nan
From Randwick to Coogee it’s not very far 
We went by bus coz my nan had no car

She’d married a man Jack the Barber
Who always had time for a chat
Their love was my standard they rarely did fight
A marriage like theirs shone more brightly than bright

out of sight SAW 2021

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 44 - Buy Me A Pink Balloon (211102)

JTR