One of my favourites. Outstanding in every way!

Very cool love the intro. Awesome as usual

This beautiful and the production is crisp and clear. Very nice song indeed.

crystal clear production and presentation

Great music !!! .... and vocal, of course !!!

Nice tribute.  Love the lyrics, singing and arrangement.

In memory of my beautiful wife, who recently passed away. She loved the sounds of nature, particularly the chirping of birds in the woods.

Your Beauty

A song about listening to rhythm and harmony in the wild.
The tremolo of the electric piano is for mystery, and the organ is for piety.  The Eb6 is for the ever-present whiskey-tango-foxtrot influence –and to comply with the melody.  Dave Bell is to make the song better.

Vid:  https://youtu.be/6VpWF8jHa10
Featuring Dave Bell of Blue Attitude (www.blue-attitude.net/) on guitar.

Sitting On A Rock

© 2025 Noel Adams, words and music, all rights reserved.
APRA/AMCOS (Australia): GW78281298

[A1]
Give me happy
Give me hope
Then I can keep walking on life’s lumpy road
With a smile on my face
And a heart full of grace
I can shoulder the burden of life’s heavy load

[A2]
Give me happy
Give me hope
They’re the power that strengthens me day after day
Whatever arises 
Whatever surprises 
With happiness and hope, I can live, love and play

[B]
And if tomorrow gets dreary
If ever it’s dismal or bleak
Then I sing songs that are cheery
And I pick up my feet and stride on

[A3]
So give me happy
Give me hope
And I can conquer any chaos that gets in my way
Good times come and go
And luck’s a friend and a foe
But if I’m happy and hopeful
Every day is much better than okay

[Instrumental]

Repeat [B] & [A3]

[Tag]
Mmmm mmm, give me happy

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Give Me Happy

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01-Harlingen

This is a mystical song, because of its lyrics and used instruments, like a cello, strings and conga's. A touch of Rock and a cool lead guitar. It is in the key of G, 95 bpm.

Confusing Times
(c) HwBerkhout, 11102025

Verse 1
In the nighttime I lie awake
And the morning brings no conclusion
That’s the hard part - when all feels fake
Oh, I’m still chasing a true solution

Verse 2
No, not what you call better
That doesn't matter much to me
No, that doesn't matter

Chorus 1 (confusion)
C1/ Oh... it’s the morning where I have to start
I wonder why my thoughts won’t break
You saw me staring - a lonely card?
Oh, my mind is a silent lake

Verse 3
There’s a time when I go walking
Maybe truth is somewhere near
And there's a time for me talking
But no answers do appear

Verse 4
No, don’t leave me in that corner
Don’t just turn away
Oh I - I’m in the rain all day

Chorus 2 (doubt)
C2/ And... it’s around noon where I fall apart
I wonder if my heart will ache
You saw me dreaming - a wounded heart
Oh, my mind’s a shadowed lake

Chorus 3 (longing)
C3/ But... it’s the evening where I see your face
I wonder if it’s just a mistake
You see me reaching - through empty space
Oh, my mind’s a trembling lake

Solo

Verse 5
We kept our promise to laugh every day.
And enjoy all the good old songs.
It ain't me and it ain't you, no way
But sadness comes, to life it belongs

Chorus 4 (acceptance)
C4/ But... in the morning that I start to climb
I wonder what the dawn will take
You see me rising - for one more time
Oh, my heart is a clearing lake

Chorus 5 (peace)
C5/ And now... It feels I'm living in a confusing time
I wonder where the light will break
But you see me smiling - my soul aligned
Oh, my mind is now a shining lake

Confusing Times

Produced in Band in a Box, Mixed and Mastered in Studio One 7

Cold Front

Lyrics: R.W. Davis
Music: Me
Graphic: Freepik.com

Wreck the Walls

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Cover version)

Did I ever ?

(John Stone)

Did I ever really love you?
Was it you who were my one and only?
Did we ever fall?
Did we ever have it all?
Did we ever love like you read in stories?

Did I  ever
Feel that way?
Did I  ever
See that day?
Did I ever really fall in love with you?

Did I ever really need you?
Was it you who made me feel so perfect?
Was it just a dream?
A half forgotten movie scene?
Or memories half remembered through the fog of time?
 
Did I  ever
Feel that way?
Did I  ever
See that day?
Did I ever really fall in love with you?

Looking at what we’ve become
How did we ever get here?
Without even noticing the steps along the way.
When did we become a habit
Simply going through the motions?
Why did we keep on talking
When there’s nothing left to say?

You can take another lover
What concern of that is mine to worry
I wish you wouldn’t cry
When I try to say goodbye
Even if I try
then my tears won’t come

Did I  ever…


Did I Ever?

For Dennis

Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Scott Collingwood

Screaming Eagle

Clint's Mandolin
© 2016 Janice and Bud Merritt

Janice: Vocal and arrangment 
Bud: Bass, arrangement, mix and mastering
Thanks to PG Music


This song is a tribute to my step father. Clint was born in 1907, his father died young, and he had to get his first crop loan from the bank when he was only 14. He lived his entire life on the family farm. During the late 1920's and 30's he, a brother (Sanford) and a friend played in a string band.  The prelude was created from an old tape that I recorded over 40 years ago - Clint, Sanford and me pickin' in the living room.

Clint's Mandolin

clint and his brother worked the fields every day
times were hard but they held their farm together
on saturday nights they played in a string band
pickin’ at barn dances when a crowd could gather

years passed till they could no longer work the farm
i’d find him sitting out back on a feed sack cushion
playing mandolin, his brother on the five string
i’d join on guitar and listen to the tales they spun

time came when family and friends were all gone
he’d hold his mandolin staring into the past
i could feel the memories drifting all around him
some were fleeting but some will always last

today he rests a few miles from the old farm
his name and a mandolin are carved in the stone
a wise man who never left the land he loved
when i think of him i hear the ancient tones

above our mantle hangs clint’s mandolin
lord, i wish i could hear him play it again
i’d love to hear clint play his mandolin again

Clint's Mandolin

We enjoy writing and producing Americana songs.  Janice's 2018 Americana album All Over The Map, her 2020 blues album Am I Blue Enough and her 2023 blues album Deep In The Domain are streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon,  Youtube and other platforms.  We appreciate you checking them out!

Clint's Mandolin

Janice & Bud Merritt

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