seems to me the best things come spontaneously like this..the guitar melody is so very good..great vocal as usual

And if that's what real songs are all about, pretty things are very often about simplicity and authenticity. 💎🔝

Man your guitar play is so much more than just backup for the vocal, keeps drifting off in interesting directions.  This works so well (unlike the Bay of Pigs).

Superbe réalisation musicale. Belle voix. Excellent. Bravo.

Lyrics

There’s a smell of cheap perfume
Laced with something dark
A promise whispered in your ear
A bigger lie now starts

Candy dusts your finger tips
Painted on hooker lips
One more tiny taste
One last final kiss


Your the taste of fuck
Hidden behind your candy shell
The sticky tangled mess

Cheap Perfume

simple song about a simple time way back when
#lofi   #first love  #losing yer VitaminC

Tangerine
                                                                                     
Well I was thinking of how we used to play                                        
Oh so many years ago
Made up some silly names
No one knew what we meant
Where did that time with you go

I recall you had a passion for those fruits
Called me your Red Raspberry Toy
You were my mashed Banana Girl
Well that really cracked you up
And I was your Cherry Baby Boy

Then our time was over when you said                                                                        
Your Daddy’s gonna move the family west
On that final day, you pleaded, “Hold me Sugar Plum,
and whisper the name I like the best”

Tangerine, Let me be  the Apple of your eye
My Tangerine, I’m sticky and sweet, your guy
Oh Tangerine, my first love
Now say goodbye

You sent me letters saying you’d always wait for me
Using veggie names to cheer me up
I became your Broccoli 
and I christened you Sweet Pea
It was all I had but it was enough

Saying when can I see you my Cauliflower Queen
I would call you up but we couldn't talk for long
Paying by the minute, those long distance charges added up 
There was only time for me to sing your favorite song

Tangerine, I wanna  be the Apple of your eye
My Tangerine I’ll always be sticky and sweet, your guy
Tangerine, you were my first love 
Now say goodbye
Goodbye





Tangerine

just a simple one mic, spontaneous performance,  me, some words, and a guitar.

Bay Of Pigs Lullaby

this track was inspired by reading The Wager, a great true adventure story by David Grann. 

lyrics

meet me in the portrait 
down beneath the shade of tree
pack me in a suitcase
hollow out a chest built out for tea

I could be the border 
maybe you could set my scene
a painting like a raincheck 
trapped inside a submarine 

somebody is following
you better watch your back
once you lost your mind it's gone
and your incurring 
wager islands wrath 

so meet me in the rainbow 
down by the waterfront cascade
where beaux jack a dandies 
stole all the hearts from those who prayed

we could be important 
when our discoveries unveiled 
hook me up to morphine girl 
and I'll put up the bail

somebody is following 
you better watch your back
once you lost your mind it's gone
and your incurring wager islands wrath 

so meet me in the portrait 
we'll set sail at crescent moon
you can be the cannon
ball and I'll provide the boom

look out for me this summer 
when all the seas have frozen cold
you can be the treasure map
and I'll provide the gold


thanks for listening, greatly appreciated as always.


Wager Island (Acoustic)

This is a very old song and the only one I sang a duet with Sharri! I was trying to write like an old Doo-Wop Buddy Holly type of song, like in the late 50's but I kind of ruined the song with my singing! I really wanted Charlie to sing this one with Sharri but Charlie was not available at the time. Please forgive my horrid vocals, I apologize in advance! I should have just let her do a duet with herself in harmony. Sharri once again did a fantastic job singing her part, she is a treasure, and always on one take with no edits! It's just a simple little happy jangly tune with a lot of heart, we all want to be loved, right? This is another song written around 2002 in my crazy mid-life crisis moment where I was pleading for someone to just love me! I had issues, I know! A few years afterward my wife rescued me! I think this would be a good country song for 2 people to sing, maybe modernize it a bit. So I'm still in a Valentine's Day mood and here's to love! The video is new so please watch it and give it a little "love" or maybe a little "like" even! Cheers!🥂

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/zI-zbKlpIZQ

“LOVE ME”

LOVE ME, ALTHOUGH I KNOW YOU DON’T MEAN IT,
CALL ME, ALTHOUGH I KNOW YOU DON’T CARE,
TELL ME, HOW MUCH YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT ME,  
LET ME, BELIEVE YOU’LL ALWAYS BE THERE,            

TRICK ME WITH ALL YOUR LIES AND YOUR KISSES,
SHOW ME HOW MUCH OF A FOOL I CAN BE,
     
BUT HOLD ME, LET ME PRETEND FOR AN INSTANT,
THAT YOUR LOVE’S NEVER ENDING, 
THAT YOUR FEELINGS ARE GENUINE,
AND YOU’LL ALWAYS BE LOVING ME,     
          
TRICK ME WITH ALL YOUR LIES AND YOUR KISSES,
SHOW ME HOW MUCH OF A FOOL I CAN BE,

BUT HOLD ME, LET ME PRETEND FOR AN INSTANT,
THAT YOUR LOVE’S NEVER ENDING,       
THAT YOUR FEELINGS ARE GENUINE,
AND YOU’LL ALWAYS BE LOVING ME, 
      
THAT YOUR LOVE’S NEVER ENDING,
THAT YOUR FEELINGS ARE GENUINE,
AND YOU’LL ALWAYS BE LOVING ME,
WON’T YOU LOVE ME,
LOVE ME, WON’T YOU LOVE ME.
   
BY JIM VALDES © 2002

'LOVE ME" (Video -https://youtu.be/zI-zbKlpIZQ)

thank you for this open collab.. https://soundcloud.com/ipg1 
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/clear-and-present-vox-97-bpm-1in=ipg1/sets/vocals
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/sets/vocals

Clear And Present With IPG1

Can’t chase the days
They’re gone
You can find out what is left of you
trading your ways
for a life of gratitude
send her this song
before the train leaves out of Berney Arms

Play to this paltry rhyme
Stay near the edge of time
Tides of tears still drying
Fear so cold, melt the ice with fire

The glow
Of that darkened window
Save my soul
For the haunted kingdom
Hear the train, once again, my babe
Wring the nape of all that God creates

Hear the train once, again, my babe
Wring the nape of all that God creates

Element

       This song I wrote back in 2000 and it's another one of the first songs Charle and I recorded together. Written during my bachelor mid-life crisis phase when I was in between marriages. Needless to say I was feeling alone and blue during that time but even worse than that, I was bluer than blue!? So that made me Blue Blue! I rocked out on this one a bit in the solos and Charlie sang it very well, I double-tracked his voice, and I think Charlie played some harmonica on this one too! I had my old recorder so please forgive the quality. The video is brand new, I put it together last month and played around with colors and strobes, so be careful if strobing effects bother you. The video will drop on March 1st.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/C8SF28zQGTk

 I like my lyrics here, they are very simple but to the point and I think it sounds ok. It's actually a very fast uplifting song with a kind of anxious lyrics behind it, so whenever you're blue just remember that I used to be Blue Blue! ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼  

“BLUE, BLUE"

MAYBE I’M PARANOID OR A LITTLE BIT OFF TRACK,   
CAN’T HELP BUT WONDER EVERY TIME YOU LEAVE,   
IF YOU’RE EVER COMING BACK,

I KNOW IT’S FOOLISH AND IT MAY SEEM IMMATURE,   
BUT THIS FEELIN’ OF EMPTINESS,  
FILLS ME EACH TIME THAT YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR,
         
I’M BLUE, BLUE,          
AS THE SKY IS, 
BLUE, BLUE,             
AS THE OCEAN,         
BLUE, BLUE,         
WHAT I’M FEELIN’ EVERY SECOND I’M WITHOUT YOU,
      
I KNOW I’M CRAZY WITH A THOUGHTLESS JEALOUS HEART,             
AND I TEND TO OVERREACT,   
WHEN YOU DON’T CALL AND TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE,   

MAYBE I’M INSECURE AND IT HURTS ME WHEN YOU’RE GONE,     
BUT ALL I DO KNOW FOR SURE,               
IS THAT WITHOUT YOU THERE’S NO NEED IN GOING ON, 
   
I’M BLUE, BLUE,         
AS THE SKY IS, 
BLUE, BLUE,         
AS THE OCEAN,        
BLUE, BLUE,         
WHAT I’M FEELIN’ EVERY SECOND I’M WITHOUT YOU,
I'M BLUE.
                                          
BY JIM VALDES © 2000

"BLUE, BLUE" (Video - https://youtu.be/C8SF28zQGTk)

"Fading Footsteps" is a melancholic folk ballad capturing the bittersweet emotions of leaving a familiar place behind. Inspired by the storytelling and raw honesty of Noah Kahan's Stick Season, the song weaves acoustic melodies with reflective lyrics about the memories, struggles, and quiet moments that shape us. It speaks to the feeling of moving forward while knowing that a part of you will always remain in the spaces you leave behind.

Walking Away

Gnade Trägt Mich

Canned heat killin’ me

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!

Leavin' E.P. available as a free download here
https://pashotthecanary.bandcamp.com/album/leavin

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

Bay Of Pigs Lullaby

Pa' Shot The Canary

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