"Watch Me" from the debut album from Paul McDonald & Nikki Reed "I'm Not Falling"

Watch Me

All I've Ever Needed (Ver. 2)

Misery

Once You Were Mine

Rosemarie

What's the Point?

Unwind

Forgiveness

Dark Side

Good Time

Stardust

Never Coming Down

Higher Power

New Lovers

Come On

Hold On

Whats The Point?

Wildcard

Call On Me

Star Of The Morning

First Loves

Recorded in Los Angeles, CA November 2015
Written by: Paul McDonald & Skyler Stonestreet
Produced by: Nick Monson

Over

“STAY HOME"

I can’t take you anywhere. You’ve got diamonds in your eyes.
Everywhere we go people stare, so tonight let’s take one for you and I.

Why don’t we just stay home tonight,
Sit back and watch TV and get high?
Why don’t we just stay home and pop some wine,
kick up our heels babe, and stare into each other’s eyes?
Stay home with me tonight.
Stay home with me tonight.
Stay home with me tonight.
(Stay home with me tonight)

I could you take you out and fine dine you, yeah.
I could take you to a roller skating rink, yeah.
I could take you out to your favorite spot in town.
I could take you anywhere that you want to be.
But tonight let’s take one for you and I.

Why don’t we just stay home tonight,
sit back and watch TV and get high?
Why don’t we just stay home and pop some wine,
kick up our heels babe, and stare into each other’s eyes?
Stay home with me tonight.

Stay home with me tonight.
Stay home with me tonight.
Stay home with me tonight. Yeah.

Why don’t we just stay home tonight?
Why don’t we just stay home tonight?

Why don’t we just stay home tonight,
Sit back and watch TV and get high?
Why don’t we just stay home and pop some wine,
kick up our heels babe, and stare into each other’s eyes?
Stay home with me tonight.
Stay home with me tonight.
Stay home with me tonight.
Stay home with me tonight.

Yeah, I can’t you anywhere, no… You’ve got diamonds in your eyes.

© & ℗ 2017 Paul McDonald Music LLC

Stay Home

“WILDCARD”
I don’t know what you’ve been up to but all my friends seem to think that they do.
and they keep telling me things I’d rather not hear.
So just be honest with me. I don’t care.
I need to hear it from your red lips right here.
We’re both too keen to be some goddamn runarounds. Yeah.

Darling, you’re a wildcard.
You say you love me then you’re wrecking my heart.
You’re so confusing and you’re hard to find but when you want some loving
then you’re right by my side.
Darling you’re a wildcard.
You say you love me, but right now you’re just breaking my heart.
Darling you’re a wildcard.

Yeah, you tell me I should let you go, but then you’re reaching for my hand to hold on.
Say you don’t want no company, but then you bitch about sleeping alone.
Yeah, you’re hot, you’re cold, you’re never warm. You’re up, you’re down, but you’re always torn
and I’m running out of reasons to keep sticking around. Yeah.

Darling, you’re a wildcard.
You say you love me then you’re wrecking my heart.
You’re so confusing and you’re hard to find but when you want some loving
then you’re right by my side.
Darling you’re a wildcard.
You say you love me, but right now you’re just breaking my heart. Yeah
Darling you’re a wildcard.

I’ve got a feeling that you’re never gonna want to slow down.
I’ve got a feeling that you aren’t the type of girl to stick around.
I’ve got a feeling if I say I love you now
You’ll be on your way, faster than I could ever say it.

Darling, you’re a wildcard.
You say you love me then you’re wrecking my heart.
You’re so confusing and you’re hard to find but when you want some loving
then you’re right by my side.
Darling you’re a wildcard.
You say you love me, but right now you’re just breaking my heart.
Darling, you’re a wildcard. (All I ever wanted was your love)
Darling, you’re a wildcard. (All I ever wanted was your love)
Darling, you’re a wildcard. (All I ever wanted was your love)
You’re breaking my heart. You’re breaking my heart.
Quit breaking my heart. You’re breaking my heart. Quit breaking my heart.
You’re a wildcard. Quit breaking my heart. Quit breaking my heart.

© & ℗ 2017 Paul McDonald Music LLC

“HOLD ON"

You’re a high heel drama queen.
Drop out, smoking weed, but now you can do all that you want to.
And you know everything, or so that’s what it seems
but you don’t really know nothing. do you?
You need someone you can hold.

Whooooa. Hold On.
Whooooa Hold Onto, yeah hold onto.
You need someone you can hold.
Whooooa Hold On.
Whooooa Hold Onto, yeah hold onto. Yeah.

Money is on your mind, always all the time.
But you don’t really have none, now do you?
Lipstick on your lips, red wine & cigarettes.
Girl, it takes a mountain to move you.
You need someone you can hold.

Whooooa. Hold On.
Whooooa Hold Onto, yeah hold onto.
You need someone you can hold.
Whooooa Hold On.
Whooooa Hold Onto, yeah hold onto. Yeah.

When you gonna figure it out?
When you gonna figure it out?
When you gonna learn to love yourself girl?
When you gonna figure it out?
When you gonna figure it out?
When you gonna learn to love yourself girl?

Whooooa Hold On. Whooooa. Hold On. Hold On.
You need someone you can hold.

Whooooa Hold On.
Whooooa Hold Onto, yeah hold onto.
You need someone you can hold.
Whooooa Hold On.
Whooooa Hold Onto, yeah hold onto.

© & ℗ 2017 Paul McDonald Music LLC

Goodbye

Now That I've Found You (Version 2)

All I've Ever Needed

There’s a weathered beauty in Paul McDonald’s voice—equal parts grit and grace, hard-won from years spent chasing the muse through fame, flameouts, and quiet reinvention. With “So Long to the Dark Side”, the Alabama-born troubadour delivers his most honest and unfiltered work to date. Cut live in a single day with Grammy-nominated producer Bobby Holland, the album feels timeless—leaning into the raw soul of vintage rock & roll and the poetic ache of classic Americana.

McDonald first turned heads on national television back in 2011, but his story goes way beyond that: dive bars in the Deep South, van tours with “The Grand Magnolias”, and a long stretch off the grid, rebuilding his life one song at a time. Out of that silence came “The Mourning Doves”, a band with real chemistry, and “One Big Love”, a grassroots Nashville festival that’s become a local institution.

This record is McDonald’s testimony. It’s about loss, healing, and letting the light back in. The title track, “Dark Side,” serves as both confession and turning point—a raw, redemptive anthem written in the depths of addiction and personal reckoning. It lit the way forward, setting the emotional tone for the album that followed. From the existential haze of “What’s the Point?” to the road-worn hope of “Unwind,” these songs don’t just tell a story—they carry one.

“So Long to the Dark Side” isn’t just a return—it’s a reckoning. A reminder that some artists don’t fade. They just go deeper.

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