Produced and recorded by Wes Urbaniak. 

Thanks MKT for the picture: http://marykateteske.com/

Built to Fade

The 2016 election made me a sad girl. Produced and recorded by Wes Urbaniak. 

Thanks MKT for the picture: http://marykateteske.com/

Bully Pulpit

Lyrics, vox and guitar by me. Produced and recorded by Wes Urbaniak.

Thanks MKT for the picture: http://marykateteske.com/

Come Alive

I wanted someone to like me but they didn't, so I made up this song in the car to make me feel betterrr. 

Lyrics, vox and guitar by me. Produced and recorded by Wes Urbaniak.

Give Me Time

Lyics vox and guitar by me. Production and all other instrumentation by Wes Urbaniak.

Lyrics: 

I can see you holding onto 
the space that you have left
it's been shrinking for a while

I can see it through your sweetness, 
like I can see through mine
we're just trying to hold our heads

chorus: 
But it just keeps on getting harder
the longer that you lie
the longer that you lie
to see straight through your eyes
to see who all is there
to see that life's not fair

Verse 2: 
I can see it in your eyes dear
you've waited just too long 
and now the moment's wrong

Now you're stuck here, you're dependent 
on a man that treats you well 
and a job that pays the bills

Chorus 

Verse 3: 
Momma told me I should fight for
a life that is inspired 
a life where magic reigns

I've been learning that's a game though
played only by the young 
and my time is running short
my time is running short
and you stopped playing long ago

Chorus x2

The Longer You Lie

I'm a Sailor

Produced by Wes Urbaniak.

Lyrics: 

You are mean
you are constantly mean
you are angry
who are you angry for
you mean something to someone 
I am sure 

what was owed
what was owed and not given
you're wearing their debt on your sleeve
and it all builds above you what was owed

we are swimming
we are down in the deep
and we're searching for something we seek
and we know that it's out there
we are young

we are young
we're on fire
we glisten like gold
that's what we've been told
when we find the right light 
we'll alight

you are there
you are constantly there
and I'm circling around in the air
and I know that I'll want you someday

I take walks
I take walks in the night time
I walk off the druge of the day 
but I know that I'll make it someday 

chorus x2

We'll Alight

Lyrics: 

Do you ever look back and ask if you were the villain
If you left scars on faces you forgot
Cause honestly I think I'm somebody's villain 
and I feel the scars left by boys who don't remember me

In the blink of an eye I'm the girl on the bus
whose body was a punchline so I covered it up
punished for taking, punished for wanting
so I shut up and watched the trees go by 

On Whittier Boulevard 

Michael O'Sullivan I'm sorry for laughting
the way that I did, ten, eleven and twelve
I can't tell you why, but I'm sure it was hell 
and I know that you left that year

Down Whittier Boulevard 
(you left that year)

Do you ever look back and think that you were a villain 
that you left scars on faces you forget
cause honestly I know I'm somebody's villain 
and I'm still scarred by boys who don't remember me

Whittier Boulevard (demo demo)

Recorded live at Cisel Hall by Trent Indreland for the Yellowstone Public Radio program Strings & Things: http://www.ypradio.org/programs/strings-things

forest fire (live)

Thanks to Idan Altman for making this song into something I really love! (slash I'm sorry I disappeared if you saw this, I'll be in touch soon!) 

lyrics: 

Well I'm only human 
I guess I just see
the world through two eyes

but I tried to love you and understand 
how it looks through four

but I couldn't see
through the pain that you showed me
I just saw stars
and my one and my only 
and I 
know that I should have said
goodbye
goodbye

but I'm only human I guess I just see
the world through two eyes
and they see what they want
to see 
don't listen to reason
they see
what they want
they don't listen to me

Two Eyes

Hi, I'm Maddie! I live in Billings, Montana and like writing songs about my feelings and singing them for people.  

E-mail: malpert431@yahoo.com 

Working on my songwriting/recording skills and am using this page as a place to dump the things I'm making while I decide what I like and work toward a more formal release. Constructive feedback welcome, I think!

Maddie Alpert