She wasn’t born with a name that sang
But the forest knew her before she came
A child with hands too small to hold
But the strings bent down and made her bold…
[Verse 1: Fingerpicked guitar, slow phrasing, long rhymes]
She found it in a pawnshop case
Dust on the frets, no saving grace
A body bruised, a neck gone dry
But still it hummed when she walked by
She touched it once, it didn’t flinch
The grain was cracked, the bridge a pinch
But something whispered through the stain
A voice that knew her kind of pain
(But something whispered through the stain
A voice that knew her kind of pain)
She took it home, no lessons taught
Just fingers bleeding what she thought
She didn’t strum, she didn’t plead
She let it teach her what she’d need
The chords came slow, the notes came wrong
But still it held her all night long
And in that Mahogany, she found her name
Not carved in fame, but born in flame..a fire that today let's us all know her name( all know her name ...all know her name)
[Verse 2: , bass groove, odd rhyming cadence]
She played for ghosts, for kitchen chairs
For empty rooms and midnight stares
She sang to walls that wouldn’t bend
To lovers who forgot the end
She wrote in ink that wouldn’t dry
She prayed in keys that made her cry
(She wrote in ink that wouldn’t dry
She prayed in keys that made her cry)
But through it all, that guitar stayed
The only thing she never betrayed
It held her close when no one did
It knew the child she kept well hid
It didn’t ask, it didn’t speak
But gave her voice when she felt weak
(It didn’t ask, it didn’t speak
But gave her voice when she felt weak)
She didn’t need a stage or light
Just wood and wire and sleepless night
She didn’t need applause or fame
Just one more song to stake her claim
(She didn’t need applause or fame
Just one more song to stake her claim)
[Bridge: Strip back to guitar and voice, then build with bass riffs]
She was baptized in mahogany( baptized in mahogany)
Not water, not wine, not prophecy
She was saved by sound, by string, by tone
By something built to feel alone
She didn’t rise, she didn’t fall
She just became the sound of all
(She didn’t rise, she didn’t fall
She just became the sound of all)
baptized in mahogany( baptized in mahogany)
The girl, the ghost, the flame, the fight
The one who played to make things right
[Verse 3: emotional phrasing, long rhymes]
Now she stands where silence grows
Where rivers hum and memory flows
She plays for those who never knew
That music’s not what you walk through
It’s what you hold when breath runs thin
When love won’t start, but won’t give in
It’s what you clutch when words betray
When all you’ve got is what you play
(When all you’ve got is what you play)
When all you’ve got is what you play
She doesn’t speak, she doesn’t preach
She lets the notes do what they teach
She lets the wood become her skin
The strings her blood, the sound her sin
She doesn’t bow, she doesn’t beg
She walks with rhythm in her legs
She is the song, the soul, the flame
The one who never played for fame
(never played for fame)
never played for fame
[Outro: Repetitive echoes, fading guitar,  bass heartbeat]
Baptized in mahogany…
She found her truth in melody…
Baptized in mahogany…
She played, and that was all she’d be…
Baptized in mahogany…(Baptized in mahogany)…
Baptized in mahogany…She found her truth ..in ...melody…

🌹Thanks to the players from H.C. and Del's studio

All Rights held by songwriter Edwin H. Balder.

Be sure to visit Tina's playlist here:
soundcloud.com/edwin-balder/sets/tina-talone-may-this-kind-of?si=c962a19838244cafab03c08ba110c75f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

And Tina's new music video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TZvNm4nfdQ

Baptized in Mahogany by 🌹Tina Talone🌹

Just a Kiss.  To my Mom Katherine L Shaw ..and My Wife Margie.

Just A Kiss

Just a Kiss

Childhood is the key


Here is my new Ambi track!


The cover picture was hand-painted by my daughter and is a real enrichment for this track!


As a proud father, I like the picture of course more than my Ambi, although that is also very successful... 😎

Childhood is the key

Inspirational music. work-out, Indie, Pop,  Positive Vibe, Christian fellowship, #BlackListen #BlackHistory @Only1Eelwill

Keep My Balance  - EelwillFromDaVille

I Would Do It Again

Dust

BEEF

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feb. 2021

33   (br.vers.) 2021

Mashup of:

James Arthur - Lasting Lover (Acapella)
MAGIC! - Rude (Instrumental)

MAGIC! vs James Arthur - Rude Lasting Lover (DJ Griffey Mashup)

There’s nothing like a good blues rock riff to get the adrenaline flowing, the body moving, and good times rolling.  It’s that classic Stratocaster tone with a Gretsch humbucker bite on the edges of a swinging bass and drum backbeat that will make anyone want to relive their rock and roll fantasy.  Turn it up.

Drums recorded by David Uosikkinen
Bass recorded by Kenny Aaronson
Mixed and mastered by Dave Downham at Gradwell House.

written and recorded Jan-Feb 2021

Lyrics

Everyone noticed
When you walked into the room
Just like when the sunshine 
Goes behind the moon
And who could blame me 
For wanting to try
You’re one of kind babe
And so am I

I went all in 
Everything I had
Something that good
Couldn’t be all bad

And no one would blame me
If they looked in your eyes
You’re one of a kind babe
And so am I.  

I heard you knocking 
On my front door
You need a little lovin’
And I want more

You don't need someone that you can belong to 
So I won’t hold on to your hand
I know that you're something special 
and I’d do it all again.

Everyone noticed
When you left the room 
Even the band 
Played a different tune
And now I hear that you’re talkin’
But I don’t mind
I’d do it again 
Cuz you’re one of a kind

One of a Kind

LIFE FOR GRANTED (FACELESS, YOUNG DOUGH 281)

Singer songwriter producer from King City, Ontario and former member of Juno Award winning band Frozen Ghost. Len has released five critically acclaimed albums "Waves of Indigo" 2018, "Better Days" 2019, "Forever" 2020, a self titled album in 2021 and his 5th studio album entitled "I Know Who I Am" in 2022. Len's music is currently being streamed in over 120 countries and is available on iTunes, Spotify and wherever music is sold or streamed.

I Would Do It Again

Len Mizzoni

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