Name: Ghost Town Blues by Paul deMarco songwriter
Duration: 4 min 13 s
Description: Written by Mark Monument & Paul deMarco©2019

Intriquing sound, Paul and Mark!  Love it! (I love the 'fix his shoes' line....if ya can't buy new ones - gotta fix the ones ya got:)

Angel on this train

Angel On This Train

Don "Zorro of Sorrow" McCarthy– lap steel, guitar
Nathan McCarthy– bass
David Partridge– vocal, keys, percussion
Produced in Nova Scotia by David Partridge
Words and music by David Partridge
THE RIVER AND THE RAIN
    
Been around longer than most it’s not a secret to me 
Streams flow down to the coast like time steals a sweet memory
People say, “How do you know it’s gonna happen again?
Must it rise and threaten lives?”
The wind and the river, the river and the rain.

I’m not a goddam weatherman; I’m not here to kindle your fears
Hundred-year floods rise up now once every couple of years.
We built that bridge, we paved the banks; 
we thought we’d tamed her terrain
But Mother Nature has her tools::
The wind and the river, that river and the rain.

BRIDGE:
We pillage the planet; We drill and cut and cough
Rich men build rockets trying to get off
It’s your home you’re trashing– You’re also trashing mine.

Some advice: don’t be fooled- look back at where we have been
Wind moves rain, rain feeds streams, streams are where oceans begin. 
Nature’s angry– wouldn’t you be? She’ll teach but she won’t explain
She’ll send her holy trinity 
The wind and the river, that river and the rain.
She’ll send her holy trinity 
The wind and the river, that river and the rain.

THE RIVER AND THE RAIN

[capo]: 4
[intro/interlude]: A As4
[verse]: A F#m A D A E A
[chorus]: D A E A/A7 D F#m E
[outro]: D A

[intro]x4 - soft - top 4 string
[intro]x4 - louder all

[verse1]
maybe it was love at first site
or [maybe] you weren’t quite sure - but [you] just might
‘cause [you’re] my little rebel
and [damn] you wear it well

[interlude]x2

[verse2]
you [caught] me lookin’ into your eyes
and I [could’ve] sworn I saw you lookin’ [li-ike-wise]
‘cause [you’re] my angel from hell
and [damn] you wear it well

[chorus1]
losers like me never win
I’m [lookin’] for a partner in sin
so [let’s] load up on tonic and gin
my [sweet] and sour belle
and damn - damn you wear it well

[interlude]x4

[verse3]
pardon me for crashin’ scene
and [you] got yourself reputation [rough] and mean
but [now] I know why I fell
and [damn] you wear it well

[chorus2]
tons of tats and pony tail
sellin’ yourself short - but-chu [ain’t] for sale
so [come] with me or end up in jail
I’m [underneath] your spell
and damn - damn you wear it well

[verse-solo]

[chorus3]
let’s [take] this party out on the road
be[fore] I’m gettin’ way too old
and [save] my soul before it gets sold
cause [you’re] my sweet devil
and damn - damn you wear it well

[interlude]x2
and damn - damn you wear it well
[interlude]x2
and damn - damn you wear it well

[outro]

You Wear It Well

Sinners and Saints
Dan Swanson - Vocals, Guitars, Bass II, Synths, eDrums
Steve Andricks - Bass, Flutes

I
time hides and moves in the darkness for you, my son
at the end, we all fare the same
but now we’re trapped inside this old, cold illusion 

sinners and saints, all share the blame, where is their shame?


II
old wars are fought in the shadows, battles raging 
darkness hides its flesh from the sun
our time in this world may not change us for better
for hate consumes all, sparing none

sinners and saints all share the blame, they share the blame, where is their shame?


III
I don’t pretend to know all the answers, my son
these questions of life returning
that we all share in our searching, such confusion 

sinner or saint, we share the blame, where is our shame?


IV
what matters most is our search for the truth, my son
ignore the failures made in life
accept the change that truly changes you, my son
avoid hate and what it becomes

don’t be afraid, of your mistakes, don’t be ashamed, find your own way!
don’t be afraid, of your mistakes, don’t be ashamed, find your own way!

copyright Dan Swanson 2022

Sinners And Saints

" Carolina beautiful " is a song about a summertime boyfriend datin' this South Carolina island girl who basks in the glow of her eyes as blue as summer southern sky she's dancin' with him on the hot dunes to the Darius Ruckers Hootie and the blowfish song " I Want To Be With You" the man loves her tanlines and bein' with her at the Hootie concert

Carolina Beautiful Song Demo By Doug Jackson

*Please note that the unfortunate soul portrayed here is completely fictional and is a depiction of nobody in particular.  More accurately a hybrid of individuals encountered or observed.
Enjoy:)

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Tequila
He takes a sip and lets it gnaw
On dreams that never will take form
He's slippin' away

Morning light
The new day ends another night
Of nothing but another fight
That takes him away

He never knows the plans he should make
Or chances that his heart wants to take
He's heard it all before 
But not anymore
It's slippn' away

No reply
His efforts never get him by
So baby don't you even try
He's slippn' away

Sweet Charlotte
He gives it everything he's got
Then orders them another shot
She turns him away

He never knows the plans he should make
Or chances that his heart wants to take
He's heard it all before 
But not anymore
It's driftin’ away

Albatross 
It's like a train you can't get off
He's sees the stop but not the cost
Of slippin’ away

Slippin' Away

Nathan McCarthy– bass
Don McCarthy– Pedal steel, electric guitars
David Partridge– Vocal, keys, percussion
Words and music by David Partridge
Produced in Nova Scotia by David Partridge

JUMP IN THE POOL
I’ve gone seeking secondhand sunlight
I didn’t leave a note.
I’ve thrown the bread upon the water, I don’t expect it to float.
If I return home burnt and foolish.
 Don’t you be surprised.
It starts as just a whisper but the  voices always rise.
CHORUS: Jump in the pool, jump in the pool.
Remember to kick, you’re nobody’s fool.
You’ll never get anywhere, toes on the brink
As likely to swim as you are to sink
The water is not as cold as you think,
Just jump in the pool.
 
I used to be a thing that you treasured
Now there’s much less care.
It’s nature’s way for shiny to tarnish left out in the air.
I return home empty-handed 
more & more & more,
Not a trace in either palm of what you sent me for.
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Once we swam out in the ocean 
The wonder and the bliss.
That’s the moment that I cradle 
When it comes to this.
I know it’s not the way you live– 
A slave to darker whim
It calls me to the water’s edge, 
Uncertain I can swim.
REPEAT CHORUS

JUMP IN THE POOL

I Don’t Need You  
 Writers: Chad Mott BMI/Paul deMarco PRS/Kay Mott BMI 
kaymott@hotmail.com

The closer you hold me
The further I run away
The more you talk at me
The less I hear the words you say

Got to work this out myself
I’m not your case to solve
That circle around you is
Not where the whole world revolves

Chorus
I don’t need you to need me
I don’t need you to believe me
I don’t need to be a mirror for your dreams

I don’t need you to heal me
I don’t need you to reveal me
And I don’t need you to tell me how I feel
I don’t need you to tell me how I feel

Verse 2
Sometimes to fix things
You gotta break those things apart
Sometimes to reach the finish line
You’ve got to go back to the start

If you love me you gotta let me go
And trust that I’ll come back
Ships in harbors don’t make great sailors
It was you who first taught me that

Chorus
Bridge
There’s a future out there waiting
And I’ve got to chase it down
The water round me is rising
And I’m drowning in this town

Chorus

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I Don't Need You - Chad Mott/Paul deMarco/Kay Mott

Lyrics & song written for a specific challenge - I'm fairly sure be changing the lyrics down the line, although I like the title

Falling Short of Perfect

VERSE 1
You know I don’t deserve your love 
You know my demons inside out
You know I’m no angel 
But you put your faith in me

VERSE 2
I’m sorry that I let you down
I’m sorry that it all went South
I know I’m no angel
And I know it’s all on me 

PRE
Yeah I’m begging you now
You’ve got me on my knees
Yeah the truth is plain to see …

CHORUS
I know life ain’t been a bed of roses 
Got some things we’re working through  
(But) even when I’m fallin’ short of perfect
I’m a better man when I’m with you
  
VERSE 2 
So will you give me one more chance
Some way to prove that I can change 
I’m prayin that one last time
You’ll put your faith in me

PRE
Yeah I’m begging you now
You’ve got me on my knees
And the truth is plain to see …

CHORUS
I know life ain’t been a bed of roses 
Got some things we’re working through  
(But) even when I’m fallin’ short of perfect
I’m a better man when I’m with you

I don’t care what anybody else says 
This is something I can do
Anything you want from me is worth it
If it means that I can be with you

Falling Short of Perfect - (ANAPHORA CHALLENGE - TSA)

Ghost Town Blues

I guess I'd say this song is about respect.

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