Darn good vocals & warm strings! Cool lyrics---Forevermore...MORE please! ;)

A beguiling song that had me come back for another listen. Cool vocal arrangement and great guitar playing with the different layers and voicings.

Reminds me strangely of  imarc bolan! Nice

Here's another cool composition that @nic_nic_nic Nic sent over for me to color on.  Like Vast Fields and Torres Strait, it's got an understated moody kinda vibe to it.   This one really grew each time one of us would touch the project.  It's been fun to hear it evolve over the past month or so.  

It's a 12 minute plus commitment should you choose to make it, but hopefully you'll find it musically interesting throughout.  Nic likened it to a big Italian meal with lots of delicious side dishes.  I thought that was appropriate.  

So check out "Great is the Sun"  and if you like it, take a listen to Vast Fields and Torres Strait  Also don't miss "bow" - one of my tracks that Nic did vocals for. 
https://soundcloud.com/texmex-shaman/bow-collab-with-nic-and-tms 

Music: nic and TexMex Shaman

Lyrics: Robert Louis Stevensson

Great is the sun, and wide he goes
Through empty heaven without repose;
And in the blue and glowing days
More thick than rain he showers his rays.

Though closer still the blinds we pull
To keep the shady parlour cool,
Yet he will find a chink or two
To slip his golden fingers through.

The dusty attic spider-clad,
He, through the keyhole, maketh glad;
And through the broken edge of tiles,
Into the laddered hay-loft smiles.

Meantime his golden face around
He bares to all the garden ground,
And sheds a warm and glittering look
Among the ivy's inmost nook.

Above the hills, along the blue,
Round the bright air with footing true,
To please the child, to paint the rose,
The gardener of the World, he goes.

Great Is The Sun [NIC and the TEXMEX SHAMAN]

Ignorance Is Bliss

3   Bogart Style

They wake you up,then lay you down
The part in between
Is just waiting around

The TV plays the same old shows
Groundhog day
From beginning to close

When your time is over And your picture's on that door
They won't need locks to keep you there
In room 54

The window shows the world outside
A million miles away 
From your bedside

When your time is over And your picture's on that door
They won't need locks to keep you there
In room 54

Your life's been lived and your time is done
The last great battle
Just can't be won

When your time is over And your picture's on that door
They won't need locks to keep you there
In room 54

Room 54

Thanks to David Dunham for allowing me to revisit his piece originally issued three years ago. It is always a privilege as well as a pleasure.  Visit David's page to hear more of his eloquent and peaceful music. @david-dunhamuser589535203

Don't Say Goodbye with David Dunham, guitar

This is a newbie, I'm playing my epiphone Dove on this one, but a lot of the guitar parts originally started out on my Yamaha classical. I'm writing a lot of music on the classical at the min, but lyrics generally come when I change to a steel string, mostly the Dove these days. 

take it easy folks, thanks for stopping by!

Lyrics

When I let you stay the night
boy I don't appreciate the morning call
gonna turn your foghorn right down
just so as I don't have to hear it anymore

keep playing your indie pop
like it is 1994
or take a leaf right outta my book
and nail it onto your door

I don't understand why your tiny cloth ears
they don't listen
yeah you'd rather tune in to some
pastiche cheap country honk musician

keep playing your indie pop
like it is 1994
or take a leaf right outa' my book
and nail it onto your door

I don't understand why for me 
your crying eyes do not see
and I can't quite comprehend
why it is that you picked her over me

keep playing your indie pop
like it is 1994
or take a leaf right outa' my book
and nail it onto your door

it's getting harder now
than it ever was before
that little voice inside of your head
is screaming out
and he'll shout 

forevermore
forevermore
forevermore 
forevermore
forevermore........ and maybe some more


thanks for listening, and inspiring, always greatly appreciated. 

recorded at home on my Tascam 8 track.







1994

One by One 

Words that hit like on anvils
some others as light as feathers 
those that get lost in the haze
words that take me to the moon 

i follow the moves of your mouth
your full lips , colour of plum 
i'm staring at you , i'm listening to you
i drink in  your words 
one by one 

words that we say , in front of our judges
Yes your honor 
i swear it ! 
dreamed words from a pure being
nasties ones, i really don't care

I follow the moves of your mouth 
i'm staring at you , i'm listening to you

i follow the moves of your mouth
your full lips , colour of plum 
i'm staring at you , i'm listening to you
i drink in  your words 
one by one

Une A Une (translation in description)

This song was written by Doug Roossien https://soundcloud.com/doug-roossien?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingand when i hear it i fell in love with it. It's a song about life and love as most Country based songs are but this song has a great drive and passion in it. Doug wrote this song many moons ago along with a whole Aladdin's cave of pearls and gems, he is a first class song writer. i would strongly recommend for you to visit his SoundCloud site to hear some more really amazing songs. 

I was very honored when Doug asked my if i would like to write a backing track and produce this song  for him and i have to say its one of those songs that i just love to listen to. 
Hope you do too
Thanks you Doug

Sad River_ Written by Doug Roossien_Backing track and Production _ Johnny Mc Farlane

...and I Am He 

Would it be wrong to not do things I’m supposed to do?
Would it be wrong to not choose what I’m supposed to choose?
To make a bad decision most deliberately?
To make a bad decision with a little slice of pleasure
With a little spark of glee, give my heart up to the devil
Temporarily?

Or permanently?
Or permanently?
Not what I’m supposed to be
But the permanent me

Would it be wrong to tell the truth knowing you’d prefer a lie?
Would it be wrong to choose to share the secrets we agreed to censor
With a smile and a snicker and a little slice of pleasure
Like the little bump of speed from a quickie in a closet
An adrenaline adventure a betrayal I can savor
temporarily

Or permanently?
Permanenty
Not what I’m supposed to be
But the Permanent me

Right as the river
I’m floating so gently on
Which side of things
Will the croupier land me on
I’m obligated
The dice man has cometh
And I am he, and I am he
The dice man has cometh
And I am he, and I am he
The dice man has cometh
And I am he, and I am he

Permanently
Permanently
Permanently

Janine Levinson @janinelevinson : lyrics & vocals 
Mahan Mahan @mahan-mahan : instrumental track 
Lenny Bruce appears courtesy of himself and to add legitimacy to the otherwise obscure and mildly controversial "poly-bipolar women and masochistic men who.love them" phenomenon.

...and I Am He ~ Janine Levinson | Mahan²

Thank you to https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein for creating this fine #
Love will always be the greater force.

Lyrics: 
So, don't you think it's getting old now
Empty rounds, sprayed all around
So, don't you think it's getting old now
It could be different now
Somehow

Not another one, oh no

Wake up

NOT ANOTHER ONE - Jonathan Beckenstein/cW

TRÈS JOLIE PETITE 
I’M FALLING AT YOUR FEET 
AND I LOVE TO MEET YOU AGAIN EVERY MORNING

YOU MADE MY LIFE COMPLETE 
LEAVING NO ONE TO COMPETE 
VERY PRETTY PETITE LITTLE DAME 
WITH YOUR VIVID BLUE EYES SHINING

HAPPY ME HAPPY YOU HAPPY WE TWO HAPPY 72
PRETTY LITTLE QUEEN 
MET ON HALLOWEEN I
NSTEAD OF THE GREEN SCARIEST MONSTER EVER SEEN

HAPPY ME HAPPY YOU HAPPY WE TWO TOO HAPPY 72

OH DEBORAH I GOT NEWS 
FOR YOU WITH YOU LIFE’S A CRUISE 
ON A CARIBBEAN SEA CAN’T YOU SEE 
LET’S GO BACK TO ITALY

HAPPY ME HAPPY YOU HAPPY WE TWO HAPPY 72

TRÈS JOLIE PETITE 
I’M FALLING AT YOUR FEET 
AND I LOVE TO MEET YOU AGAIN 
EVERY MORNING OF MY LIFE

HAPPY 72 (Lyrics) song for Deborah

A Quiet noise from Newcastle, Lo-Fi, homespun, acoustic, italicized songwriting. 
 
Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate all the feedback that I've had from the wonderful SoundCloud community. It's always a pleasure to  hear new music from other  artists, and I have been greatly inspired by  all the amazingly talented musicians, poets, singers and songwriters right here on SoundCloud.

All tracks recorded at home on my tascam 8 track.

I have some other music available in bandcamp,  but my latest music is generally here on SoundCloud. Cheers!

Debut album, Push It Down The River, available on link. My second album " Canary Song" is here on Sounclound in my albums section.
 https://pashotthecanary.bandcamp.com/album/push-it-down-the-river

1994

Pa' Shot The Canary

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