A group of kids at a summer camp helped me write this song.

Tom The Cat

This song is a family tradition.

There are lots of verses that people have made for this song online, including:

Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday!
Misery is in the air;
People dying everywhere.

Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday!
When you open your surprise
You will find it's your demise.

Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday!
One year closer to the grave
Think of all the food we’ll save
Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday!

The Most Depressing Birthday Song Ever (New Version)

A rendition of one of my favorite Johnny Cash songs.

Sam Hall (Johnny Cash Cover)

STORY:
A girl went away and I wrote this song. I played it for her and she came back.

LYRICS AND CHORDS:

CAPO 2

D G Em D A D

D G D Em
You wanted my love so you left for a while
D G D
You came back and wanted no more,
D G D Em
But wanted me close while you stayed at a distance
D G D
And kissed me and walked out the door

I'll admit, I was a little confused
It didn't make sense not a little bit.
But I feel better now that I've come to the truth
That you're just being an idiot.
You're just being an idiot.

D G Em D A D

You wanted to know if I'd be there forever
I said yes, so you pushed me away
You wanted to know if I'd leave for adventure
I said yes, so you left the next day.

I wrinkled my nose and I scratched my head
Tryin' like hell to make sense of it.
But I know I don't know what the fuck you just said
I know you're just being an idiot.

D G D G
Don't you know what's possible for you
D G D A
Don't you know the miracles created by two
D G D Em
Don't you know I think perhaps that you do
D G D
And you're just being an idiot.
Em G D
You're just being an idiot.

D G Em D A D


Em G D
The smiles, the joy, and the laughter
Are here, but you think it won't last
You're right if it works now it shouldn't work later.
That's not idiotic at all.

Don't you know what's possible for you
Don't you know the miracles created by two
Don't you know I think perhaps that you do
And you're just being an idiot.
You're just being an idiot.
You're just being an idiot.
Em G G D
And I'm the fool that loves you.

You're Just Being An Idiot

A mournful, art-pop anthem from a frostbitten future, where hope grows from the cracks of a burning world.

A song to wake the world from sleep

Nadine and I wrote this song for our sister-in-law, Michelle, on her birthday.

Happy Birthday, Michelle

I wrote this song to feel sexier. I decided to make it a Eastern European pop song, because that's where I imagined lyrics like this coming from.

I Am The (Sexiest Man In The World)

Original vocals / acoustic guitar by Lorilee Deschryver
Drums / Strings / Electric Guitar music by Matthew Dean

One More Step (Remix)

TIME (Remix)

Are You Sure You Don't Want This?

An original and new version of Amazing Grace.

Amazing Grace

My brother had a dream where a friend of ours said excitedly to a waiter, "I want Fanta with my waffles... Then I want you to kill me!" And then began giggling with excitement, which also awoke my brother with giggles. 

So I wrote a song about it.

Fanta (Hiphop Mix)

Parallel Universe

A new recording of a Matthew Dean classic.

Matthew Dean

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