I experimented with combining ragtime and blues in this piece and created this hybrid. 

The blues/rag hybrid is in the form of Intro-AA-B-CC-B-A.

The strains A and B are written to be reminiscent of song singing and bridge B is more like an instrumental solo.

Sheet Music: https://musescore.com/user/75150/scores/5414101

© Anes Sadiković 2019

Bluebottle Rag

In a realm
that neither provides, nor repairs
one must cast his own symbol immutable.
Engrave the marking
some innovated alteration
of the paths
tread prior to leave
for the next
at the limits of the known.
That bittersweet twilight
shines in the eyes
of the ones who have turned
who have approached the lower edge
and survived 
to plateau, peacefully
ever-nearing silence 
indefinite as birth
in death.

Words by Riley Robinson

The Immutable Symbol

Maybe Tomorrow
©2023 Noel Adams, words and music, all rights reserved
Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA): GW74850082
ISWC: T-331633095-3

[A1]
Maybe tomorrow 
This ocean will be blue again
Ripples will be glistening 
Sailors will be whistling
And my heart will shine like new again

[A2]
Maybe tomorrow
The heavens won’t be looking forsaken
No more clouds of sadness
Just yellow rays of gladness 
To heal me and help hope awaken

[B]
Yesterday overflowed with laughter
You were there 
Smiles were everywhere
But now today, the sea I sail is lonely
And my heart longs for repair

[A3]
Maybe tomorrow
I will understand my role in our story
If I can figure out my karma
Then maybe I will know
Maybe tomorrow

[INTERLUDE]

[B]
Yesterday overflowed with laughter
You were there 
Smiles were everywhere
But now today, the sea I sail is lonely
And my heart longs for repair

[A3]
Maybe tomorrow
I will understand my role in our story
If I can figure out my karma
Then maybe I will know
Maybe tomorrow

[Tag]
When I figure out my karma
Then maybe I will know
Maybe tomorrow
Maybe tomorrow

Maybe Tomorrow

Falling rain 
Running down the morning 
Waterproof 
No sadness today 

Dry your eyes 
And see us through tomorrow 
If you ever look back 
Don’t ever look away 

Falling rain
Filling up your garden
Waterproof
Running down your rain coat

See the lights
The city is on fire
Don’t you worry
The rain is coming in

Falling stars
On an autumn moon
Morning sun 
Shining on your hair

Falling rain 
Yeah, yeah 
Waterproof 
Falling rain 
Waterproof
Yeah, yeah
Falling rain
Waterproof
Falling rain

Waterproof (with Joliz)

Longest song I've ever written. This is a shorter version. I made the intro shorter on this take. I hope you enjoy this live take I did tonight. I haven't played this song in a very long time. It will always be a very special song. The memories shoot through my bones on this one. I'll never forget the moments of writing this, and all the times I played it. This is far from perfect but thanks so much for listening!:) 

Overpass

There's no words good enough, no melody pretty enough, but I will do my very best, baby you ended my quest, the search is done you're the only one

When you were born God knew you'd hold my hand, when I was born God knew I'd hold your hand, we'll never ever lose sight of our miracle, tunnel vision we're blocking all peripheral, forever running free in the shining sun

Without a doubt we are made for each other, our fingers fit so perfectly together, so happy they're between our knuckles, as we splash through years of past puddles, so much fun we've only just begun

Oh I don't know why you went through what you went through baby, and I don't know why I went through what I went through you saved me!

And here we are now, under this overpass, moving to the future in our eyes, with God's starry backdrop, oh I know He truly has a million flawless diamond skies, where time will stop, like it has right now, you're so beautiful, this feeling keeps growing more and more

I'm so deeply in love with you, I could never fully express, but for all of eternity, I'll try my very best, I'll try my very best

And we're still here, under this overpass, through the battles we've now won our prize, with God's golden backdrop, reflecting yellow topaz, igniting every detail in your eyes, again time stops, wow look at you now, even more beautiful, than just a few moments ago

I'm so deeply in love with you, I could never fully express, but for all of eternity, I'll try my very best, I'll try my very best!!!

Every song has to end, but baby we won't ever end, you've become my best friend, I just wanna hold you again

I love you

Oh, Oh!

All music written and recorded by
©Daniel Colter Valentine

Overpass (Original song live)

I’ve got some Dylan
Some Velvet Underground
“Chelsea Girls”
On this mixtape I found
Ribbon on a reel 
My life in sound
Yeah ribbon on a reel
My life in sound

I’ve got some Bowie
From the old “Low” days
The thin white lines
And the foggy haze
The songs get played
Then fade away
Yeah the songs get played
Then fade away

I’ve got some Patti
Singing “Dream Of Life”
She’s howling out dreams
Into the deep dark night
It feels so alive
So it’s alright
Yeah it feels so alive
So it’s alright

I’ve got some Leonard
On this old Walk Man
He comes up after Joni
“So Long Marianne”
Such a heartbreak
Guess he wasn’t her man
Yeah such a heartbreak
Guess he wasn’t her man

Cause that’s my life 
This mixtape I found
Yeah that’s my life 
My replay life in sound
Cause that’s my life 
This mixtape I found
Yeah that’s my life 
My replay life in sound

MIXTAPE (with Joliz)

New Recording 63

I feel the days falling away
I know that you feel the same
All the years now on display
In between some light and shade

Midnight starlight
Music on the square
We used to be there
Running in the shadows
Rapping with the poets beats
We used to walk these streets

The echo of those days remain
In the corners where we used to play
Time slips through like rain
But we still find our way

Midnight starlight
Music on the square
We used to be there
Running in the shadows
Rapping with the poets beats
We used to walk these streets

Whispers of a brighter dawn
In the places where we once belonged

Midnight starlight
Music on the square
We used to be there
Running in the shadows
Rapping with the poets beats
We used to walk these streets

Streets

Oh I don't want to work today
I never said I'd work that way
Oh I don't want to work anymore 

Oh I don't want to work today
I never thought you'd make me say
That I don't want to work anymore 

Oh blue skies, what, what have you done to me
You gave me hope that I could see
But now it's just a malady 

Oh blue skies, take what you want from me
Drive me to the deep blue sea
Cos I can't take it anymore

435. I don't want to work no more (harding).mp3

   
    Haven Of Dreams 
 
      
In the attic where we once played
Echoes of laughter slowly fade
Shadows dance on dusty old floors
Memories knocking on closed doors

Childhood dreams linger here
Whispers soft, ghosts of yesteryear
Old rocking chair creaks and sways
In this Haven Of Dreams                   
 
Photographs yellowed, corners bent and frayed
Stories they tell   of games we  played
In the twilight of moments we climb
Back to those spaces, untouched by time

Lost in the echoes, where innocence thrives
A time machine held, in this youthful archive
Through  creaking doors, the past is near
In soft candlelight, your laughter’s still clear

The mailbox tilts like it’s waving hello
The garden is wild but it still tries to grow
The paint may fade but the memories shine
That house will always be    a home of mine 

Childhood dreams linger here
Whispers soft, ghosts of yesteryear
Old rocking chair creaks and sways
In this Haven Of Dreams                   
 

 









Haven Of Dreams

Nell'oscurità della mia anima ti ho sognato,
un lampo di stelle che non potevo raggiungere.
La tua risata era un fiume, libero e fugace,
e io, naufrago, perso nella sua pace.

Nelle crepe del silenzio ti ho scritto,
versi di sangue che non ti ho mai dato.
Un amore così profondo, un fuoco infinito,
che il destino ha stroncato prima ancora che esistesse.

Oh, amore sognato, ombra di cristallo,
poteva essere eterno, ma non era reale.
Come un verso spezzato nella solitudine,
ti porto nel petto, mia dolce ansia.

Oh, amore mai nato,
nella mia anima ardevi, senza perire.
Una poesia di Neruda, un lamento senza voce,
sei il mio impossibile, il mio sacro addio.

Ti ho visto nei venti che attraversano il mare,
nella schiuma che muore senza tornare. I tuoi occhi, due fari mai trovati,
il mio cuore li cerca nell'immensità.

Nella notte, la mia penna ha cercato di catturarti,
ma il tempo, crudele, si è rifiutato di aspettare.
Sei la ferita che non ha mai sanguinato,
l'amore che il destino ha strappato via.

Oh, amore sognato, ombra di cristallo,
poteva essere eterno, ma non era reale.
Come un verso spezzato nella solitudine,
ti porto nel petto, mia dolce ansia.

Oh, amore mai nato,
nella mia anima ardo, senza perire.
Una poesia di Neruda, un lamento senza voce,
sei il mio impossibile, il mio sacro addio.

Se le stelle potessero parlare, direbbero il tuo nome,
se il vento potesse cantare, sarebbe la tua ombra.
Ti scrivo sulla sabbia che l'onda cancella,
ti amo in segreto, nella mia notte solitaria.

Avrebbe potuto essere un cielo, un'alba,
ma il destino non si è arreso. Sei la rosa che non è mai sbocciata,
l'amore che la mia anima ha sempre custodito.

Oh, amore sognato, ombra di cristallo,
potrebbe essere eterno, ma non è stato reale.
Come un verso spezzato in solitudine,
ti porto nel petto, mia dolce ansia.

Oh, amore che non è mai nato,
nella mia anima ardo, senza perire.
Una poesia di Neruda, un lamento senza voce,
sei il mio impossibile, il mio sacro addio.

In solitudine, continuo a scriverti,
amore mio che non è mai esistito, ma continuo a sentire.
Come un'eco persa nell'eternità,
ti amo in silenzio, nella mia realtà.

Paroles: Juventino Vázquez Moreno

Amore e Solitudine - Enrico Barone

For me, songwriting is a puzzle. I keep at it day after day after day. And eventually all the twisting and turning with words and rhymes morphs something worth smiling about.