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Photo Up On The Shelf (Marvin Shelton)

[VERSE]
See the guy in the cowboy hat
With that beautiful girl?
Looking cool and holding her hand
like he's on top of the world

[CHORUS]
Feeling so proud,
a big smile on my face
In an 8 by 12,
wooden picture frame
How'd I win yer love, I often ask myself,
when I see us...
in that photo...up on the shelf.

[VERSE 2]
Standing under a big blue sky
'Round about late September
Said I'd always be by your side
And, I still remember

[CHORUS]
Feeling so proud,
a big smile on my face
In an 8 by 12,
wooden picture frame
How'd I win yer love, I often ask myself,
when I see us...
in that photo...up on the shelf.

[INSTRUMENTAL]

[BRIDGE]
Oh , oh, oh! How time flies, but I believe
Oh , oh, oh! I'm the luckiest guy, when I see me

[CHORUS]
Feeling so proud,
a big smile on my face
In an 8 by 12,
wooden picture frame
How'd I win yer love, I often ask myself,
when I see us...
in that photo...up on the shelf.
Oh, oh! when I see us...
in that photo...up on the shelf.

Photo Up On The Shelf

 The song is a tribute to blue-collar workers, specifically those who work on the sea. It highlights their dedication, skill, and deep connection to their environment. It contrasts their fulfilling, physically demanding work with the "fancy things" of an office job, expressing a sense of pride in their chosen way of life.

Tide Masters  the  Seaside Experts

A raw, story-driven country ballad about mistakes, redemption, and the wisdom you only get from living it. The Long Way Home takes you through years of love lost, promises kept, and lessons learned the hard way — but always with hope that love finds its way back. Steel-string grit, porchlight warmth, and the kind of truth that only comes with age.

The Long Way Home

A sweeping, romantic journey across endless horizons. “Adrift” is about letting go of control, trusting the wind and current, and finding beauty in the unknown

Adrift

A Billion Points of Light

You showed me the way
You showed me the light
I don’t need your help now, I’m alright
You tried to attack
I tried to defend
There’s no need for you to pretend

Just let me go and you will see
I’ll follow the Sun and remain being free
Don’t get in my way 'cause I’m on my own
I like being alone

You gave me protection, you created a wall
I wanted a friend, but that’s all
You told me to believe in the magic of youth
You took my life from me that’s the truth

So let me go and you will see
I’ll follow the Sun and remain being free
Don’t get in my way ‘cause I’m on my own
I like being alone

We started a fight, I couldn’t control
I wanted the life that you stole
I tried to believe, I wanted so bad
But now I’m alone and I’m glad

Let me go and you will see
I’ll follow the Sun and remain being free
Don’t feel bad that I’m on my own
I, I like being alone

You gave me protection
You created a wall
I wanted a friend, but that’s all
You told me to believe in the magic of youth
You took my life from me that’s the truth

Let me go and you will see
I’ll follow the Sun and remain being free
Don’t get in my way ‘cause I’m on my own
I like being alone

Let me go and now you see
I followed the Sun and remained being free
Don’t feel bad that I’m on my own
My life... being alone

Lyrics and Music written on guitar in 1991.

Mindy Chisholm - Being Alone

Lyrics:

I found a map in the stars tonight
But it led me nowhere
Just dim light
Every road was you
Every turn was blind

Do I follow the pull
Do I stand still
You’re the only gravity I feel

Lost in your eyes
No need to be found
World fades away
No up no down
Lost in your eyes
It’s where I’ll stay
No path
No plan
Just drift away

Your gaze
A maze
No end in sight
A riddle wrapped in velvet twilight
No escape
But I don’t even fight

Lost in your eyes
No need to be found
World fades away
No up no down
Lost in your eyes
It’s where I’ll stay
No path
No plan
Just drift away

Every blink’s a door I’ll never open
Every tear’s a word you’ve left unspoken
I’d stay forever in this ocean

Lost in Your Eyes

Live performance of 'In The Morning' - a brand new track from my upcoming EP, 'Home Grown'.

Joel Gladwell - In The Morning (BBC Music Introducing session)

The song 'Summer Romance' by Daddy Mike portrays the bittersweet memories of a fleeting summer love that was never meant to last. The lyrics depict the nostalgia and longing for a relationship that bloomed and died too soon, symbolized by the fading summer days and starless nights, emphasizing the pain of a love that never had the chance to fully develop.

Daddy Mike - Summer Romance (Radio Edit)

This piece imagines a world where a war never came, not because peace had triumphed, but because no one stood against tyranny. It’s a reflection on silence, power, and the fragile weight of history. The Empty Podium stands as a warning: the future isn’t only shaped by the voices that rise, but by those that choose not to speak. If only we knew…

[Intro]
Imagine a world where the war never came
No battles across Europe
no beaches of Normandy
no victory parades

Not because peace had triumphed
but because no one stood against him
His words took root
his banners flew unchallenged
and the world bent to a single will

In that shadow-world
truth was a crime
books were burned for their questions
children marched in step to a future
already written in hate

And we
we would not be here,
speaking freely
dreaming widely
wondering among the stars

That’s the thing about silence
when we let lies live unchallenged
they do not stay small
They grow teeth
They grow walls
They grow prisons we all live inside

And today
we watch new strongmen
strut across the stage
We tell ourselves
They’re just words
They won’t last
It’s not my fight

But tomorrow asks
if only we knew.

If only we knew
when the voice at the podium
was the seed of a tyrant
If only we knew
when silence was surrender

And yes
if only we knew
when a shadow was forming
and what light
it would swallow whole

But we never know
Not then
Not now

All we can do is remember
the future is fragile
and silence shapes it
just as much as action

So even if we cannot know
we can choose
To speak
to stand
to wonder

If only we knew
If only we knew

If Only We Knew

Mark & Wendy Cunico:  marcodaddio Creations

Songwriters blending Blues, Rock, Soul, Folk, Gospel, Country & Pop.   Telling real stories through AI-powered music.

If Only We Knew

marcodaddio (Mark Cunico)

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