Words/Music by Netta&McGill

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In My Pocket

Now i have never met you
and maybe never won’t
it gave me some grief,
but now no longer don’t

Cause you’re here in my pocket
sometimes held by my hand
doesn’t matter how near
 or in a far distant land

Some secrets I am unfolding
And the once i tell you’re keeping
The seams are surely holding
So no one else is peeking 

Sometimes i have to mute, yes
Your buzzing nice and frequent
Others they are clueless
But to me not inconvenient 

Cause you’re here in my pocket
i hope you don’t mind
You see i’ve gotten to love it
have you close by my side

Cause you’re here in my pocket
And I know that you don’t mind
You say you quite enjoy it
Being close here by my side

In My Pocket

Right Here

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Long Time Gone

Well you know honey i’ve been running
ain't gonna worry anymore.
Last night I felt no pain,
as passed out on the floor.

And I remembered a time
when you used to call my name,
but we both know
that's a long time gone.

It's harder to hang onto something,
when anytime it could slip out the door.
It's easy to know what you're missing,
when it's not around anymore.

You said I'd find it,
I'd find it at the end.
But we both know
that's a long time gone.

Honey, we're a long time gone.
Honey, we're a long time gone

We'll spend all that time looking,
for what that's so hard to find
The trouble you see is knowing,
what goes on inside that mind

And all that time I thought
that you and I were friends,
but we both know
thats a long time gone.

Honey, we're a long time gone
Honey, we're a long time gone

Long Time Gone

Tell And Show

A Little

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Guiding light

Well I just don’t know where I’d be without you
Or if I’d be anywhere at all
And it chills me to the bone to think about it
When loneliness comes knocking at my door.

You’re the only one
Who truly knows me.
And yes, indeed you put up with a lot
And in return I’ve tried to do the right things.
But mostly more often than not.

You were still there for me
Wrong or right
When the end of days becomes the night.
When I can’t find my way through the darkness
Make no mistake.
You’re my guiding light.

Sometimes you can’t fix what’s been broken.
Then a man just has to just accept his fate.
But I thank the Lord above that you still love me.
To help me bear that crushing weight

And you’re there for me
Wrong or right
When the end of days becomes the night
When I can’t fight the way through the darkness:
Make no mistake
You’re my guiding light.

Make no mistake
You’re my guiding light

Make no mistake
you’re my guiding light

Guiding Light

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Bloody Birds 2

I was still asleep.
As the door made a squeak.
Dreams so bleak.
With effortless care

Turning with unease
Hearing the neighbor sneeze.
Allergic to trees.
Still dozy unaware

Bloody birds on the lawn
Bloody birds on the lawn
Bloody birds on the lawn
And the cat is also there

Stretching as I yawn
Could it already be dawn.
Bloody birds on the lawn.
And the cat is also there.

Out of bed with a goal
Tripping over kitties bowl.
Pain taking hold
The kitties victim cold

Bloody birds on the lawn
Bloody birds on the lawn
Bloody birds on the lawn
And the cat is also there

Bloody birds

Bloody Birds 2

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OFF THE TRAIL

Looking for something 
a distance away
Both surely brightening
Our unknowing way

Far ahead is a flame
a promising sight.
Two souls of the same
Hurry on, while daylight

Come take my hand as we walk the path
This kind of love was meant to last
We'll balance without fear
It's still safe to fail
Knowing one of us is here
If one falls off the trail

Now slowly ascending
In the lateness of day
Warmness igniting
Flickering out the gray

Find time for some rest
Night is coming fast 
hands intertwine
Silently meant to last

Come take my hand as we walk the path
This kind of love was meant to last
And we'll banish all the fear
It's still safe to fail
Knowing one of us is here
If one falls off the trail

Off the trail

Knowing one of us here
If one falls off the trail

Off The Trail

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How were we to know

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Truly Told

Though much was said
Tho many a phrase
Foundation laid
Sweet familiar face

The smile so dear
A closer look
Was oh so near
The risk we took 

This truly said
Quite simply told
This truly said
Quite simply told

Meek and strong
Yea founded well
So safe belong
So now we tell

This truly said
Quite simply told
This truly said
Quite simply told

Truly Told

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I’ll be longing

The day is over, the pace dialed down to slow
On the sky above me, the stars begin to show
Jupiter there with its beautiful moons
Mars over there, red fiery gloom 

As I look through my fingers at Orion’s belt
I swear it was your presence I just felt
Knowing with certainty, i don’t have to tell
That you can see the same stars as well

And so it is my love, so it is …could it be any better
And ill be longing

A gentle breeze makes me heave for breath
I turn to see something bright in the west
For a second I see a smile on your face
Before I realize it’s just the evening haze

How tiny our silhouettes are under the sky 
It’s as if we never met and had to say goodbye
But through this words and a simple little song
I’ll see you soon, don’t you know
It won’t be long

And so it is my love so it is
Could it be any better
So it is my love so it is
Come with me and be a part of this
And so it is my love so it is
Could it be any better

So it is my love so it is
And ill be longing
And ill be longing
And ill be longing
And ill be longing

I'll Be Longing

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My head it hurts so bad
I can't read my writing on the page
I scanned the lines but I can't see
What's become of me

It's true that I ain't been the same
Since you saw me that last day
When you wore that worried smile across your face
As you wiped the tears away

You said tell me where you're going
'Cause I know what you're going through
And I wanna be thinking about ya
What's become of you

It's a question that I ask myself
All the time
What's become of me

You said tell me where you're going
'Cause I know what you're going through
N'a don't wanna be thinking about ya
What's become of you

It's a question that I ask myself
All the time
What's become of me

It's a question that I ask myself
All the time
What's become of me

What’s Become Of Me

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She’s the number one most wanted
And you think you just found her
At a random subway station
Her hidden location

She’s been hunted fairly recent
Right out here, in your precinct
She was right in your grasp
She’s disappearing fast

She’s missing now since summer
You’ve looked up and down under
Searched in lost and found
She is underground

She’s left you just some small prints
so faded you need more hints
Will she give a sign
That she is on time?

She’s missing now since summer
You’ve looked up and down under
Searched in lost and found
She is underground

She’s outgrowing her dwelling
Your heart gets warm and swelling
Spring must be quite near
The dandelions here

Spring must be quite near
The dandelions here

The dandelions here

Most Wanted

Words/Music by Netta&McGill
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The morning kinda lazy
The mind is still at peace
While peeking out the window 
I feel the winter breeze 

Tippy toes meeting the floor
Awakeing, feeling bold
A cup with heat and love
While remember what you told 

Won’t you come over here
Cause I missed you so all night
So please come over dear
Let’s enjoy the morning light

It might not be grand and flashy
“Oh it’s nothing” you might say
But those kind and spoken words
Made my smile remain all day

Won’t you come over here
Cause I missed you so all night
So please come over dear
Let’s enjoy the morning light


Won’t you come over here
Cause I missed you so all night
So please come over dear
Let’s enjoy the morning light

Let’s enjoy the morning light

Over Here

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The Old River Road

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When I saw you, long ago caught up so quickly
Just a glance, indeed we knew that we just met
Then a day, a week a month passed rather swiftly
When you told me this that I could not forget

You said, I am pretty sure I have always known you
And time’s been standing still since we first met
You said mine a smile that stood out from a view
That this moment in our life we won’t forget

Could I feel any better than today 
And my smile is even wider than before
you already knew the words I want to say
Only I could not agree with you much more

I am pretty sure that I have always loved you
And time’s been standing still since we first met
When I saw your smile, then I already knew
That this moment in our life I won’t forget

Still In Time

Much Was Said

Words & Music by Netta&McGill - releasedate on music streaming platforms: 3rd of Feburary 2025.
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Passing By

The days came by then went away, 
The timing never right
I looked around and then it passed
The day turned into night

Catching up with time and space
You don’t know what you’ll get
But i know whats not going on
Cos nothing’s happened yet

Reaching out to grasp the day 
Then suddenly it’s night
Blink and you could miss it
As life just walks on by

I could’ve turned the other way
The feeling came so fast
Quickly went away again
Just wasn’t meant to last

It stopped me in my tracks
I didn’t know where to turn
Making the same mistake again 
When will i ever learn

Reaching out to grasp the day 
Then suddenly it’s night
Blink and you could miss it
As life just walks on by

The days came by then went away, 
The timing never right
I looked around and then it passed
The day turned into night

It stopped me in my tracks
I didnt know where to turn
Making the same mistake again 
When will i ever learn

Reaching out to grasp the day 
Then suddenly it’s night
Blink and you could miss it
…
Reaching out to grasp the day 
Then suddenly it’s night
Blink and you could miss it
As life just walks on by

Passing By

Words & Music by Netta&McGill - another one while in Brisbane together :) Available on music streaming platforms: 3rd of Feburary 2025. Thank you for listening!

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When the evening comes
And the sun is down
Let your shoulders loose 
Wipe away your frown

For today was a good one
Some sadness and tears
Know at this moment
Stood up to my fears

And when you think it’s the last time 
Know it wont be long
Till I see you again
This ain’t really a song

Till I see you again
This ain’t really a song

Might never know the reason
Or why it’s like this
All I know
It’s the life that I’ll miss

And when you think it’s the last time 
Know it wont be long
Till I see you again
This ain’t really a song

Till I see you again
This ain’t really a song

 When you think it’s the last time 
Know it wont be long

Till I see you again

Till I see you again

Till I see you again

This ain’t really a song

This Ain’t Really A Song

in my humble opinion, when it comes to songwriting, he's top of the pile......a huge influence ……..and good company during the recent cyclone here
" the saddest song ever written"......cheers for having a listen




"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" written by Hank Williams

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry

I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind the clouds
To hide its face and cry

Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves began to die?
Like me, he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

the latest news..........2025, modern Australia..........cheers for having a listen


An Influencer Stole My Wombat


now you gotta ask what kind of person
would feel the need on their Australian excursion
to take a baby wombat from it's mother

poor little wombat minding it's young
when out of the car jumps some influencing fuck 
and screams oh my god, check out the beaver

it's not a beaver, it's a wombat you knob
you couldn't influence a fart, go and get a real job
but don't be a vet, cos clearly you don't like wombats

hold it up and says take a picture
and take one of the mom while she's having a seizure
so all my animal hating friends back home can have a laugh

maybe you like strangling budgies too
like that bald fella back in the 80s use to do
 yea he killed his brother, but they said he was an animal lover

don't know what was going on inside her head
oh yea thats right, it's called brain dead
guess it turned off the notifications

traumatizing little animals to get some clout
run them over in your tesla post it to your X account
and in your whiny little voice scream oh my god out loud again

our county has never been more divided
but there's some things that keep us united
you can tariff our arses……but leave our wombats alone

An Influencer Ate My Wombat

a great song written by Earl Green and Carl Montgomery..........its been covered a lot, my fav is The Flying Burrito Brothers version.......this one is with the Alters, a bit rough 1st take.....cheers for having a listen....

Six Days On The Road
Earl Green/ Carl Montgomery

Well I pulled out of Pittsburgh rollin' down that Eastern seaboard
I got my diesel wound up and she's a running like never before
There's a speed zone ahead that's all right
I don't see a cop in sight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight

I got me ten forward gears and a George Overdrive
I'm taking little white pills and my eyes are opened wide
I just passed a Jimmy and a White
I been passing everything in sight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight

Well it seems like a month since I kissed my baby goodbye
I could have a lot of women but I'm not alike some other guys
I could find one to hold me tight
But I could never make believe it's all right
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight

I.C.C. is a checking on down the line
Well I'm a little overweight and my log book's 'way behind
But nothing bothers me tonight
I can dodge all the scales all right
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight

Well my rigs a little old but that don't mean she's slow
There's a flame from her stack and that smokes been a blowing black as coal
My home town's coming in sight
If you think I'm happy you're right
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight



6 Days On The Road

this is a song written by Dick Feller and famously covered by Johnny Cash..........cheers for having a listen 

When Uncle Bill Quit Dope

 Well Uncle Bill was my Mothers Brother, tall lanky man
But somewhere back in Uncle Bill's life, he took to sniffing cocaine
I'd find him out in the back yard, sitting against a tree.                                                                   
His eyes bugged out in a cocaine stare, And his mind in a cocaine dream.
                                                     
Well one fall day when Uncle Bill was having a cocaine fit                              
He said Louise this coke's no good and I've made up my mind to quit.
Now you take this key and I'll go upstairs and then you lock the door,                           
And Lord I swear I wont come down, till I don't want dope no more.

Chorus:                                                   
Well he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry. 
When the last cocaine went through his brain we thought he'd surely die.
He yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope
As long as I live I wont forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.


Well for the first few hours we heard not a sound, upstairs was quiet and still.
and then all of a sudden we heard a shriek of pain from Uncle Bill.
He bounced out of bed and across the room, I heard him break a chair.
And then another scream louder than the first as he ripped out a hunk of his hair.

My Mother kissed us all that night, as brother and I lay in bed.
We wondered if poor old Uncle Bill was dying or already dead 
But all night long we listened to him as he raved pleaded and called.                
And I swear I heard his finger nails tearing the paper off the walls.   


After fourteen days and nights of hell, it grew quiet over head.
And I peered past mother, as she unlocked the door expecting to find him dead.
But to my surprise there was Uncle Bill, as shiny as a brand new dollar.
His hair was combed and his beard was gone, he'd grown two inches taller. 

In his old blue suit and his patterned shoes, he was quite a sight to see. 
The light was back in his deep blue eyes, he turned to mother and me. 
He said Louise I've been through hell and I nearly went insane.
But I finally beat the devils habit, I beat the demon cocaine.
            




When Uncle Bill Quit Dope

a great song written by Rick Danko and Bob Dylan..........miles of shit have been written about this band......... best to let their music do the talking...........this version is with the Alters...cheers for having a listen

This Wheel’s On Fire 
WRITTEN BY: BOB DYLAN AND RICK DANKO
 If your mem’ry serves you well
 We were goin’ to meet again and wait
 So I’m goin’ to unpack all my things
 And sit before it gets too late
 No man alive will come to you
 With another tale to tell
 But you know that we shall meet again
 If your mem’ry serves you well
 This wheel’s on fire
 Rolling down the road
 Best notify my next of kin
 This wheel shall explode!
 
 If your mem’ry serves you well
 I was goin’ to confiscate your lace
 And wrap it up in a sailor’s knot
 And hide it in your case
 If I knew for sure that it was yours . . .
 But it was oh so hard to tell
 But you knew that we would meet again
 If your mem’ry serves you well
 This wheel’s on fire
 Rolling down the road
 Best notify my next of kin
 This wheel shall explode!
 
 If your mem’ry serves you well
 You’ll remember you’re the one
 That called on me to call on them
 To get you your favors done
 And after ev’ry plan had failed
 And there was nothing more to tell
 You knew that we would meet again
 If your mem’ry served you well
 This wheel’s on fire
 Rolling down the road
 Best notify my next of kin
 This wheel shall explode!
Copyright © 1967 by Dwarf Music; renewed 1995 by Dwarf Music      
 





This Wheel's On Fire  (The Band)

this one pretty much wrote itself when i found myself staring at a blank sheet of paper for ages,
tapping my pen annoyingly and waiting for something to happen........a live take with a bit of piano........cheers for having a listen......



           PEN TO PAPER 
 
my pen can write a letter of love
describe to you the stars above
congratulate you on your gain
comfort you when your in pain

console you in your time of need
tell you that you're loved indeed
but if i told you how i feel today
my pen would be cruel

my pen can sign my life away
to own a house i'll never pay
then write it in a thank you note
for the monstrous debt that i now owe

my pen has got me in trouble deep
sometimes so much i cannot sleep
if i were to write about myself
my pen would be cruel

i don't pretend to understand
what's going on upstairs
i just try to keep it to myself
sometimes it's better, to hide it all away
i know to you that that don't make much sense

my pen can tell you how and why
my love for you could never die
write the words with even flow
so you would never have to know

my pen is guarded at the gate
it hides my secrets can't escape
and if they did then you would know
my pen can be so cruel

misanthropy, philanthropy, 
evilness and empathy    
my pen belongs in their mirrored halls
it's inky eye looks through them all

there's nothing it can't see right through
the things you thought that no one knew
now written there right in front of you
the pen can be so cruel

my pen can talk what i can't speak
and go where i don't want to be
from a prison cell to a sunburst sky
turn the truth against a lie

write a wrong into a right
turn a long day into night
the burden can be so heavy
when the pen can be so cruel

Pen To Paper

Words & Music by Netta&McGill


I could hear
You needed me
I could hear
Your silent plea

Can you hear
What i cannot say?
Can you hear 
How I wish for day?

Dare not say
It might show
If I do 
Perhaps you’ll know

Can you hear
What i cannot say?
Can you hear 
How I wish for day?

Can you hear
What i cannot say?
Can you hear 
How I wish for day?

Can you hear 
How I wish for day

I can hear 
How you wish for day

Can You Hear

We are Netta&McGill and consist of Nettamoon and Jim McGill based in Norway and Australia - an independent songwriter duo. We celebrate music in it’s simplicity, and tell stories of friendship, love and longing. We are blessed to be two of the same mind, and want our music to be created with no fuss and no fences. 

Thank you for listening!

Netta&McGill

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