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

Like a ship to the shore
The waves to the waiting wild
Tell me something more
Honey, I’ve been waiting a while

To hear your call
A siren on the sea
Wondering if after all
You were wondering

Carved here out of stone
Built a searching light
You called me on the phone
Said we were ships passed in the night

If it’s what you’re looking for
Darling, I am the shore

I’m not going anywhere

Ship To Shore - Song a Week 2020, Week 48

"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

on another episode of writing songs about TV shows...
I had the initial idea for this song about three weeks ago. I finally sat down and wrote it two weeks ago. And I finished recording it TODAY. FINALLY.

Lyrics:

You'd be surprised 'bout how heavy is the suitcase I brought
despite leaving behind 10 ton of hurt for a long shot.
A chameleon hiding out for its life, took your hand and you took mine.
We were just doing fine but I can't help to be myself back.

'Till I remember I left my ID back home,
I guess that I don't need it to say goodbye in your car.
Throw my arms to the wind, the soundtrack is your laugh
and I'm afraid I won't breathe it in enough.

Don't mind me, I'm just hoping my lungs will be cleaner
after one last night in Cartagena.

A baby deer learning how to walk in high heels,
I never knew what's like to start with the easiest thing.
Would you collect all the times I said no cause I was scared,
and light them into fireworks, hold me close and turn them into yes?

Oh mon amour, I left my ID back home,
I guess that I don't need it to say goodbye in your car.
Throw my arms to the wind, the soundtrack is your laugh
and if I look at your eyes, I can breathe it in enough.

Don't mind me, I'm just hoping my lungs will be cleaner
after one last night in Cartagena.

And just like in the movies you say
I've been here all along.
And I would stay with you here
until my days are gone.

'Till I remember I left my past back home,
and it's faster than me, so though it hurts I have to go.
"Don't you forget about me" you sound like paradise
cause for the first time I wanna say it back.

Don't mind me, I'm just hoping my lungs will be cleaner
after one last night in Cartagena.
(Throw my arms to the wind, the soundtrack is your laugh
and I look at your eyes to breathe it in enough)

last night in Cartagena

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

Ship to the shore --

NIKKI DEAN

AMSTERDAM

Copyright Erin Wolf 2020

*Week 49 SAW Prompt: Near or Far*

there once was a queen
lovely as she could be
and she loved her king
more than life itself deeply

then one day the king
in a storm took what he
wanted, breaking the queen
then fled in the night cowardly

lock her heart in a cage of steel
so she might not ever feel

the queen dried her tears and rose
as the bitter east wind began to blow
she steadied herself and compose
to carry on despite her woe

suitors came from near or far
all trying to win her heart
but none of them could heal the scar
one by one, they would part

lock her heart in a cage of steel
so she might not ever feel

and she won't fall again
no she won't love again

and she won't fall again
no she won't love again

there once was a queen

The Heartless Queen

Copyright Erin Wolf 2020
Recorded at All Saints Episcopal Church, Appleton, WI

Week 51 prompt: Favorite one. Be forewarned that it's a one-way ticket to Sapville on this one. #sorrynotsorry

i think you’ve always known
that you’re my favorite one
the way your smile lights up a room
oh, i’m undone

for years i’d been alone
with this pain i’ve known
and then your love made me swoon
made my heartbeat strong

i don’t know
how to show
what i feel
all this fire
heart on the wire
it is real

will you stay
if i say
the truth i know
my favorite one
we’ve only begun
begun to grow

here we are again
just like we've always been
will you sing me some pretty tune
reminding me of when

we had to hide away
take cover from the day
yet somehow despite the gloom
you made it more okay

i don’t know
how to show
what i feel
all this fire
heart on the wire
it is real

will you stay
if i say
the truth i know
my favorite one
we’ve only begun
begun to grow

i think you’ve always known
that you’re my favorite one
the way your smile lights up a room
oh, i’m undone

Ship To Shore - Song a Week 2020, Week 48

Charlatan, PE