W-Was that a gunshot?

Todas as vezes que amei
Todas as cores que pintei
Todas as chances que busquei
Todas as causas que ganhei

E é só você que me importa
Nem o ar profundo me leva tão a fundo
E é só você que me importa
Sob esse sol nascem flores e amores
Um caminho

Todas as vezes que eu chorei
Todas as vezes que meus sonhos foram apenas vindos
Todas as letras que lhe dei
Todas as frases formadas, juntos

E é só você que me importa
Nem o ar profundo me leva tão a fundo
E é só você que me importa
Sob esse sol nascem flores e amores
Um caminho

Um Caminho

Well hello… are we having fun yet as we travel around the sun? First off, I do not know how to play piano. Bear with me on this. I am just learning hand and finger placement on the keyboard. I did not use any of that to do this song. Ha. A friend just gave me an older electronic keyboard that he dug out from all the dusty junk in his shed. So I have been noodling about and learning a bit of music along the way. I am also testing glass, as a percussion instrument. I already broke my favorite glass slide. (Just get a drum set Dude!) Hahaha. I am also exploring my vocal range, as an advanced beginner, when it comes to singing. You’ll hear that on this track, as the song is in a higher register than I am used to singing in. The first vocal stanza is just me finding my voice. Hahahaha. (I guess I need to try some pre-singing.) The recorder works but isn’t in the key of the song, so I had to wing in, insofar as melodies. That is what I like about music, these little creative explorations that develop into ‘music’. I had about an hour or so to lay this down… Outside summer distractions have cut into my music time. Hope you are all well. Thanks for dropping by, Mark

First Keys

Waiting for car repairs this afternoon staring up at the big soupy sky..
Cool backing track provided by MusicMATT ==> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neymhVi0jkI
QUIT STEALIN’ MY SUN
V1
‘Cuz the sky today looks like some disaster
Out of some Hellywood horror show
And I’m tired of the sun being swallowed up
Each day by the time I get home

CHORUS
Quit stealin’ my sunshine
Quit stealin’ my sun
Quit stealin’ my sunshine
Quit stealin’ my sun

V2
And I miss those puffy white cloud days
Against a sky so blue and clear
And I miss the America I once knew
And how I wish you were here

CHORUS
Quit stealin’ my sunshine
Quit stealin’ my sun
Quit stealin’ my sunshine
Quit stealin’ my sun, yeah

V3
And I’m fearin’ for the birds and the bees
And every living thing God put here
‘Cuz with the flood of bad news every day
I don’t think I can cry one more tear

CHORUS
Quit stealin’ my sunshine
Quit stealin’ my sun, whoa
Quit stealin’ my sunshine
Quit stealin’ my, stealin’ my, stealin’ my fun

whoa…whoa…whoa, whoa…whoa…whoa

And everybody knows this country’s
Gettin’ by on borrowed time
But comin’ back there will be no hill
No hill too steep, too steep to climb

CHORUS
Quit stealin’ my sunshine
Quit stealin’ my sun
Quit stealin’ my sunshine
Quit stealin’ my fun

V1 REPEAT
‘Cuz the sky today looks like some disaster
Out of some Hellywood horror show
And I’m tired of the sun being swallowed up
Each day by the time I get home..

whoa…whoa…whoa, whoa…whoa…whoa
whoa…whoa…whoa, whoa…whoa…whoa

MUSIC

CHORUS
Quit stealin’ my sunshine
Quit stealin’ my sun
Quit stealin’ my sunshine
Quit stealin’ my sun

Quit stealin’ my sunshine
Quit stealin’ my sun
Quit stealin’ my sunshine
Quit stealin’ my, stealin’ my, stealin’ my fun

Whoa…whoa…whoa, whoa…whoa…whoa
Whoa…whoa…whoa, whoa…whoa…whoa


© 2025 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

QUIT STEALIN’ MY SUN

Explode [Extended Version]

No Parachute

You are better off without me. 


Verse 1: 

I'll never forget that last day I kissed your cheek. I never imagined that from that afternoon on I'd never see you again.

Verse 2: 

Everything clouded over in my heart. You were a part of my life, and in your absence, everything was lost. I cried trying to understand why you were leaving. Until I understood that I deserved it.

Bridge: 

Now I see clearly. I respect your distance. I even confess that it's fare what happened.

Chorus: 

You're better off without me. Your friends tell me so. That your lips smile more and you look fuller. You're better off without me. I saw it in your photographs. Your eyes shine brighter, and you even look more beautiful. I only pray for you every day, convinced that I loved you very much, but I didn't understand the meaning. And now that you're gone, I faint from your absence, and in my loneliness, for all I've done wrong, I beg for mercy. 

Verse 3: 

I remember your words, your laughter, your silences. Everything that made me happy, now everything is uncertain. I wonder if you'll ever think of me, or if I'm dead to you.
 
I wonder if you'll ever think of me, if you'll remember my name... and my existence


Español 

Estás mejor sin mi. 

Verso 1: 

"Jamás olvidaré, ese último día que tu mejilla besé.
 Nunca imaginé, que desde esa tarde ya no te vería otra vez"

 Verso 2: 

"Todo se nubló en mi corazón, 
eras parte de mi vida 
y en tu ausencia 
todo se perdió. 

Lloraba intentando comprender por qué te ibas. 
Hasta que entendí, que eso me lo merecía"

 Puente: 

"Ahora veo claro, respeto tu distancia, incluso te confieso que fue justo lo que pasa"

Coro: 

 "Estás mejor sin mí, me lo dicen tus amigas, 
que sonríen más tus labios y te ves más rellenita 
 Estás mejor sin mí
lo vi en tus fotografías, 
tus ojos brillan más
 y se te ve hasta más bonita.

Yo sólo rezo por ti todos los días convencido, 
de que te quise mucho 
pero no supe el sentido. 
Y ahora que no estás, 
desfallezco por tu ausencia, 
y en mi soledad, 
por todo lo que hice mal, 
te pido clemencia.


Verso 3:

 "Recuerdo tus palabras, tus risas, tus silencios. 
Todo lo que me hacía feliz, 
ahora todo es incierto. 
Me pregunto si alguna vez pensarás en mí, o si para ti estoy muerto."

Coro: 

"Estás mejor sin mi, 
me lo dicen tus amigas, 
que sonríen más tus labios y te ves más rellenita. 

Estás mejor sin mi, 
lo vi en tus fotografías,
 tus ojos brillan más, 
y se te ve hasta más bonita.

 Yo sólo rezo por ti, 
 todos los días convencido, 
de que te quise mucho
 pero no supe el sentido. 
Y ahora que no estás, 
desfallezco por tu ausencia, 
y en mi soledad, 
por todo lo que hice mal, 
te pido clemencia.

Me pregunto si alguna vez pensarás en mí, si recordarás mi nombre...y mi existencia.. 

Letra: Miguel Ángel Botello

D'mendo Boteli. Todos los derechos reservados D'mendo Boteli ©1994 ©2020 ©2021 ©2022 ©2025



Estás mejor sin mi - D'mendo Boteli.mp3

with many thanks to Christelle on vocals, me on classical guitar


in the rain

Heartbreaker

A parody of life with my family 😂


A wee lass said tae me just yesterd’y 
Ye can choose a mate but no yer DNA 
Yer maw’s a screamer yer da’s a loon 
And yer uncle Tam’s been barred fae the toon  

You can pick yer pals but no yer family 
They're like tatties Ye get what ye see 
Some are braw Some are daft as can be 
You can pick yer pals but no yer family

Pals .mp3

made with casio, zoom h1 and NCH
Larry the possum forages for the security camera
https://www.tiktok.com/@fr0ggy563/video/7548494047300554015
the photo is actually a relative of Larry most likely since possums (and raccoons) only live 2-3 years. photo by me from a few years ago

Ode to Larry the Possum

Note: In light of the recent AI breakthroughs, we feel it's important to clarify that we've been working with voice modulation since the mid-1990s – originally inspired by David Bowie's album Outside. Our approach predates AI-driven tools and is rooted in treating the voice as an instrument, shaped and sculpted through earlier technologies.

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