Spectacular take on this week's theme - nailed it, and sounds great.

I am really loving this one, Mark! You caught my attention with that string at the beginning (ha), and dang if this isn't catchy and fun to dance to!

Cool theme, enjoying the lyrics and the repetition.

Classic songwriting skill here! Well done!

This is just delightful. I adore your writing, for everything it is and its grace at traversing the many inner zip codes it spans. This made my day.

Make ¥ou Min€

“Edit That Part Out” (#405, 201021)

The stars were shining the moon was full
Your hair was silky in the twilight calm and cool
We traced the water step by step
Beside the harbor when the world had gone to bed

And it was epic like a movie
When a perfect ending turns it all around
Never mind all the ways you fooled me
In the memories I edit that part out

Our days were golden our nights were sweet
There was magic in the moments in between
We kissed the rain drops in the summer glow
And in winter we made angels in the snow

It was worth it the years of hoping
Picture perfect up until it all went down
Forget the fact that my heart was broken
When I think of you I edit that part out

Every autumn around November
I could let regret surround me even now
But I choose not to remember
When I think of you I edit that part out

Week 43a - Edit That Part Out (201021)

Song a week challenge - not on theme

There's a story behind this...but when we've played it to a couple of people the imagery they've associated to the story has been fascinating

I'd love to hear your imagery

And yes - Synthia is back out for a background spin!

Soldier

Raging Storms

BREATHE IN

Meow Pretty Kitty 
by Erin Wolf, Laurie & David Easterling © 11/3/2020 Little Chute, WI and Oak Ridge, TN

*Who doesn't write a song about a high maintenance cat filled with puns while trying to avoid 24/7 election news cycles?*

My cat knows I’m the second smartest 
Person in the room
She eats all my tuna sushi 
'Cause fish is brain food

We all know who’s in charge here
She treats me like her servant
Got a fur-midable cat-ittude
Yeah ya’ know she’s full of it

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooowwwwww
What a purrrrrr-sonality
She hunts all night, sleeps in sunlight
She knows she’s a pretty good kitty (pretty kitty)

Don’t fur-get she’s the Great Catsby
Never tells me where she’s been 
She leaves surprise gifts at my door
Howling & yowling to come in

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooowwwwww
What a purrrrrr-sonality
She hunts all night, sleeps in sunlight
She knows she’s a pretty good kitty (pretty kitty)

She’s the whole kit-n-caboodle
My fur-ever Cat-astrophe 
I’ve accepted her feline ways
And the pawprints on my fur-arri 

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooowwwwww
What a purrrrrr-sonality
She hunts all night, sleeps in sunlight
She knows she’s a pretty good kitty 

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooowwwwww
What a purrrrrr-sonality
She hunts all night, sleeps in sunlight
She knows she’s a pretty good kitty (pretty kitty)

Meow Pretty Kitty

Killer Gorilla with a PhD

"One Guess" (#415, 201115)

Where'd she get them baby blues
That was my request
She blinked those beauties back at me
Like I'll give you one guess

Oughtta' have a license to kill
Walkin' 'round in that dress
Ain't the 5-0 hot on the trail
She said I'll give you one guess

One guess come on what's your name
It's too much for my lizard brain
Three wishes and they're all the same
One guess and no regrets

What's a fella' gotta' do
To leave a gal like her impressed
She turned her head and laughed out loud
I'll give you one guess

One guess come on what's your name
It's too much for my lizard brain
Three wishes and they're all the same
One guess and no regrets

We're at the diner and the lights are low
And my heart's a mess
Gotta' ask if I can take you home
She gave me one guess

Week 47a - One Guess (201115)

Farmer’s Faith by Erin Wolf, Laurie & David Easterling © 11/17/2020 Little Chute, WI and Oak Ridge, TN

Like lightning on the horizon 
When the thirsty land is barren 
Brings the promise of rain
And my still small hope for the grain  

The wind keeps pushing me along
Chimes sing mysterious songs  
Weathervane is spinning 
Am I losing or winning                                                                                                                                 
Wind keeps on pushing me along

Working to feed my family
Ploughing fields planting seed
Waiting on the rains that will bring
Empty winter fields into spring

Waiting for the great unknown
Rain to water fields we have sown
Wheat will take root and grow tall
A farmer’s faith is never small

Farmer's Faith

NIKKI DEAN

AMSTERDAM

Lyrics:

This feels like the start of something new.
This distraction feels like something you would do.
This heartbeat is deafening in my mind.
This love makes me wanna call you mine.

This room isn't big enough for both of us,
so maybe we can kill the space between us, if there ever was.
This love might set us up for tragedy
but I would rather die for this than for my own reality.

And now you see it's not easy, easy for me
to say "I love you" and mean it, naturally.

This conclusion makes it feel like the end
so if you let me, I'll take it back and try to make amends.
This high keeps on making me feel low,
hoping for the moment you will get me alone. 

And now you see it's not easy, easy for me
to walk past you quiet, quietly.

(This love makes me wanna call you mine)

This love is like walking on a straight line
after a glass of whiskey and a bottle of wine.
This heart keeps on waiting for a sign
before I give up on this madness of calling you mine.

So now you see it's not easy, easy for me.

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Hello, my name is Mark. Thank you for checking out my songs. I’m a songwriter living in Portland Maine.  I write mostly country songs because that’s the music I listened to growing up.  Though I’ve branched out a bit through the years at the core I’m still county.

I’m interested in networking and writing with others to improve my craft. Ultimately I’m looking for a publishing company to take these songs to new and established artists. 

Thanks again.
Mark

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