Already passed the why and how ...this is the way a songwriter writes <3

One man and a guitar doesn’t get much better than this.

The usual wonderful songwriting. I've heard tell of this Leavintown. Must be very nice...like this song. Durge

So authentic. No frills.  Just well written lyrics, very nicely played and sung. You are an inspiration, Lefty!

Influenced by recent events in my life. March 8th, 2021.

One of my Apple loop mixes/compositions. I'm really happy with this one...captured my thoughts exactly.

My Superpower Is The Ability To Fuck Up My Life...and yet keep going

Stark Rambient - Ark Dambient Asensory Beat version

... super heroes never die.

"Hang On To Yourself" 
written by David Bowie in 1971

Ooo you’re a tongue-twisting storm 
Come to the show tonight
Praying to the light machine

You want my honey not my money 
You’re a funky-thigh collector
Layin' on electric dreams

Well come on, oh come on 
we've really got a good thing going
Well come on, oh come on
If you think we're gonna make it
You better hang on to yourself

We can't dance, we don't talk much
We just ball and play
But we move like tigers on vaseline

Well the bitter 
comes out better on a stolen guitar
You're the blessed, I’m a Spider from Mars 

So come on, come on 
we've really got a good thing going
Well come on, well come on
If you think we're gonna make it
You better hang on to yourself

Come on - Ah
Come on - Ah
Come on - Ah...

mOag - hang On tO yOurself [David BOwie cOver]

This is an old one I put lyrics to. 
Drew Ford did the music.
We need more of Drew's art in this world.

That High Mountain
John Delk / Drew Ford  2013

The road is long
when your soul is weak
Time is now
But not yours to keep

The mountain's high
An the valley's low
Ain't no easy
Way to go

Don't be afraid
To turn around
Don’t let the past
Slow you down

When you come down ..... from that high mountain
When you finally …..... understand
That you ain't...... one bit better
Then you'll be.... a better man

When you get, all you're after
When you find, there ain't enough
When you come down, from that high mountain
You never will ….. go back up



It's just you an that high mountain's
Then it's just you, it's just you

You and that High Mountain

Bus to Leavintown				c. Mike Manetz


V1
She was just too young at seventeen,
She was so in love, or so it seemed.
Her and Johnny, down the aisle,
It was good for a little while,
Lookin' back it seems like just a dream.

V2
Johnny lost his job down at the mill.
Lost his mind with the whiskey and the pills.
Now a baby on the way, 
She knew she could not stay,
She knew, she could not wait until...

Chorus
She's on the bus to Leavintown,
Already passed the why and how,
Already paid her fare, more than her fair share,
By mornin' she'll be there.
On the bus to Leavintown,
She might have stayed to work things out,
She's got two to think for now,
So now she's bound for Leavintown.

V3
That bus keeps rollin' through the night.
She tries to sleep but too much on her mind.
Something restless deep inside, 
The roundness that she can't hide,
She whispers, “quiet child it'll be all right”.

Bus To Leavintown

A demo of a collab with a bunch of genial wierdos in Berlin, with help from the amazing producer and bassplayer Kalle Enkelmann. 60’s Tarantino feel.
Close your Eyes and let me in, Melodie Für Barbara, the imaginal secret love of my Life.

Melodie Für Barbara

Ôm Mani Padme Hum

"This Vision" by My Black Dress
Music by BCS
Lyrics & Vocals by Michelle
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I'm in a shadow
I'm in your deep blue sea
I dive to be in your darkness
It surrounds me
And we keep sinking further
Like we don't need to breathe

I'm in a shadow
I'm in your deep blue sea
I can't seem to get away

This vision of him

This Vision (demo)

15/October/2020

Willing To Take A Chance

In the Detail

A song Written and sung by Eric Feltham

The sun is low the nights are longer
The northern wind is blowing stronger
The winter will be long or I suppose

The green leaves on the trees that sway
Like the flowers of yesterday
Are wilted on the ground and brown and froze

Though we toil and strive
Who can add just one day to their life
Or keep their hair from turning grey

And although we weep
And winters frost has driven deep
In the spring it melts away

I close my eyes and see the face
I feel the smile the warm embrace
We  walk the fields of green of yesterday
And though the memories grow dim 
The life they lived still lives within
And makes me that man I am today
Take a map for the road that lies ahead
Gather close to the one you’ve been given
One day they will close their eyes and see your face again
Until the day every tear is wiped away.
And we live another day.
We can, when the seasons change, we’ll live another day….

We'll Live Another Day

I write simple songs, mostly in a country/folk vein. All recordings posted here were done at home with minimal production on my little Tascam Pocket Studio. No great commercial intent here, just a love for the writing process and the hope that one day I will pen one really good one.  Thanks for taking the time to listen!

Bus To Leavintown

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