you always mix up your acoustic keys so well . this sounds like special tuning and amanda is great as always cheers

So proud to have sang with Paul on so many  of his beautiful songs! Thanks again Paul!
I highly recommend you check out Paul's page: @paulmck

My collabs with Paul

One More Day

Just Because

One day
under the old grey
Oh still calling black and blue

Standing
quiet little earthquake
Oh 
wearing out the shoes

ICU

Were you dancing 
like nobody's watching
just for a second
the world see through

ICU

I was wondering 
if it was too late
sleeping still awake
How do you

See the world 
in seaside blue?

Come out in the wave
heard it's the new grey
throwing your own shade
face the world brand new
and
ICU

A song for Amy

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northern hemisphere
coffee warming
you are with me dear
misty morning
the news is dreadful
again
i’ve got a headful
but then
you and your crimson nightgown
from way back when


southern hemisphere
1990
you were with me dear
we were briny
the tanks were empty
again
we went to fill them
and then
a drive to Saba cliffside
with our new friends


we have memories           (we go way back)
but we’re not done yet
come ride beside me        (while we still can)
again
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Thanks to Janine Levinson, Wheelwright, and Cheesemont Paisley-Paisley for early listening.

Love Song #1000

Hangers
on
They're all
gone

Is it too late?
I'm indifferent til
I break
The screaming doubt

So hold
Your tongue
Don't save
the world

Like you said you would
Like you said you would

Do you think
You're the king without the crown?
It wears me down

If we stop
staring at the new gold
maybe we just let go
Only if we could

Someone's saving face
in this awful race
and we never got past the starting line

Someone's gone to waste
in this endless race
are we part of the problem just passing by

Someone's saving face
in this awful race
And we never got past the starting line

Someone's empty space
in this awful race
Am I part of the problem
just passing by

Don't hold your tongue
Don't save the world

Paul McKeever's Album

Part of the Problem

Terrestrial Life

PCH/Box Breathing

Back around 2015, I started taking guitar lessons from an instructor who was really into Bluegrass Music. I soon discovered that didn't have an aptitude for the guitar and didn't have a great desire to practice enough to make up for any natural ability. 
I did mention to my instructor that I had written a couple of songs and maybe our time would be better spent learning how to record these songs.
One day I tried to write a 'bluegrass" tune and titled it, "I've Done It Again." We recorded it. Years later, I wanted to revisit some of my earlier recordings and see what they might sound like with professional musicians. Nicky V. Hines, currently the lead guitarist with Shenandoah acted as musical director, guitarist, arranger, engineer, and producer for me on this finally finished new version. (Several versions have been posted on my SC page throughout the years. This will be the Spotify, Apple, Amazon etc version of which I shall make .002 of a penny every time it is played.) On bass is Martin Motnik currently a member of the popular European Heavy Metal Band "Accept." (Trust me, I have no idea how a country bumpkin like me ended up working with Heavy Metal - but I dig it.) On keyboards is the wonderful Tim McDonald , out of Nashville. On drums is another Nashvillian, Travis L.. Super people and very, very talented and experienced.
I like this version very much - musically. I think the mix is excellent (Nicky V. Hines) and I like how he took down the reverb on the vocal, it sounds a bit edgier, a little more vulnerable, and real. 
What's the song about? It's about not being able to take off the "masks" and take down the walls . Although "good lover" is sexual certainly sounding - we can mess up good love in other ways too - family, friends, etc. And, although we can deeply feel the pain of our actions, sometimes we just can't seem to get out of our own way. 
It is a song about being human. Thank you Nicky!

I've Done It Again

Inspired by Brennan Manning's The Ragamuffin Gospel and for all my fellow ragamuffin brothers and sisters.

Mercy Me

Love in fear
still hopeful eyes
still hopeful eyes

Ready for the big surprise
All ghosts will rise
will rise

Milk every teardrop
til we die
through gaslit eyes
We hold on for dear life

Now we dream in daily news
it all comes true
it all comes true

So we're stuck like treacle glue
it's all for you
it's all for you

Milk every teardrop
til we die
gaslit eyes
hold on for dear life

Scream to me the daily news
it must be true
it must be true..

Dear Life

Thanks again to Amanda for adding her talents to this song. Please listen to her other great tracks on @phoebeelena.

When
when did we get old?
From the bittersweet ache
Feathers fly the fold

Tell me how it hurts
To never make a sound
From the prettiest of perch
It's a long way down

Oh the weary that we wear so well
And the secrets we dare not tell
All our hopes and dreams alive

Tell me we did we love
on black blossom bloom
Silent every word
Drift slowly to the moon

On the words you sing
Heart leaps and bounds
All the pretty things
forever wear the crown

I'm ready
I'm ready
heart leaps and bounds
I'm ready
I'm ready
to find your safe ground...

When
when did we get old
From the bittersweet ache
it's a long way home

Leaps and Bounds (by Amanda and Paul)

Thanks again to Amanda for singing on this track. Please give your ears a treat and listen to her other great tracks on @phoebeelena.

Oh my life
where did it go?
Always
dreaming of old

And you sing
like it's your only line
always
the habit of a lifetime

do-do-do

And we run
like loneliest tides
and we run
on nothing inside

And we sing
sing endless lulabies
always 
the habit of a lifetime

All our gaslit dreams
turn to dust
Falling silently
I feel them running in my blood

And sing
sing to the brightest skies
always
the habit of a lifetime..

The Habit of a Lifetime (by Amanda and Paul)

Thanks as ever to Amanda for singing on this track (and for not punching me). Please listen to her other great songs at @phoebeelena.

Hollow stones
and stacks, 
the air I breathe
Laid by bones
the picture of a scene

Rainy days
and nights to never soar
I'm afraid of shadows not my own

But I keep coming on home
to the picture of my dreams
High rise
we're on our own
or so it seems

Sorrow sighs
and light I cannot see
Haunts of old
my picture of a scene

We got days and nights
to hold onto 
I'm afraid we might
not make it through

I keeping on home 
to the picture of my dreams
High rise 
weighed by the world
I see

Hollow stones 
and stacks,
the air I breathe
Laid by bones
the picture of a scene

I keep coming on home
to the picture of my dreams
High rise
we're on our own
or so it seems
(or so it seems)*4

High Rise (by Amanda & Paul)

Thanks again to Amanda for her patience and lovely singing on this song.  Please listen to her other great songs at @phoebeelena.

Heave the outstretched lungs
Shiver, slowly I awake
Will I ever be young
again?

Put the record on love
Slow dance
singing in the rain
Still the words will be wrong
and fade

Will I see you once again?
Will I see you once again?
Will I see you once again?
Or fade?

So long swallow serenade
Still I stand, cold eyes agape
Lay me by the swan parade
And fly away

Will I see you once again?
Will I see you once again?
Will we sing in the rain?
I hope one day

May all your winters be right as rain
And all you fears take flight

Pour the winter sun
Shimmer softly til it fades
Dream when I was young
And start again..

Swan Parade (by Amanda & Paul)

An early slice of Halloween rock for your listening pleasure.

Huge thanks again to Amanda for her canny singing and lifting this older song up a few levels. Please listen to her other great songs at @phoebeelena.

Lyrics:

Get up
On your feet
Off the floor
You've been asleep
For far too long
Get up off your knees

Come on 
Where you been?
Are you afraid to make a scene
Don't prove me wrong now
Get up to your feet

You know you can run
But you can't hide

You try to resist
What's in your head
Just won't be missed
It's keeping you 
up all night

Don't try to dismiss
When there's darknes in your midst
It's eating you up inside

That's why it won't be long
til it starts to bite

So come home
I'll be waiting by your side
So come home 
I'll be waiting by your side

That's when it starts to bite...

The Beastie (by Amanda and Paul)

Thanks yet again to Amanda for breathing life into this song!   Please listen to her other great tracks on @phoebeelena.

Darling
You don't know
how I feel

I've been 
looking lately
for a love that is real

Been down in the firing line
Fell for the one without a spine
Been down in the firing line again

Don't say 
that you care
if you don't 
For I've been 
looking lately
for the door

Been down and beyond help
You claim a bleeding heart
But stone don't melt
Been down and beyond help again

Been lost for the last time
Fell down at the finish line
Been lost for the longest time again

Darling
You don't know
how to feel...

the last time (by Amanda & Paul)

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the last time (by Amanda & Paul)

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