Champagne Shame
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sunlight slips beneath the blinds
mascara tears from party nights
there’s someone sleeping by my side
but I don’t know their name

last night’s dress, perfume and lace
glitter in a stranger’s place
I reach for truth but just find haze
this isn’t love, it’s just a phase

champagne shame, in my hair
did we kiss or just pretend?
I don’t know your face, your name
but you’re lying in my bed again
were we dancing through the night
or just shadows in the light?
champagne shame, I wear it proud
but I’m crashing now

one heel’s missing, phone is dead
lipstick stains and things unsaid
tattoo on your shoulder blade
I guess we played, then lost the game

I don’t feel like someone new
just the echo of the view
where the night forgot its truth
and I forgot what I came to lose

champagne shame, blurred delight
did I stay or just survive?
I don’t know your face, your name
but we melted into flame
were we reckless, were we right?
or just flickers in the night?
champagne shame, I say goodbye
with no alibi

you won’t ask, and I won’t cry
we were just the neon kind
you were heat, I was the wine
till the morning broke the lie

champagne shame, crystal eyes
fade like stars in daylight’s rise
I don’t know your name or mine
but we danced beneath the sky
were we chasing, were we blind?
was it truth, or just the high?
champagne shame, this ends tonight
you were never mine

champagne… shame…
champagne… shame…

(Summary)

This song captures the foggy regret of waking up after a wild night, unsure who’s beside you, what happened, or why it all feels both exciting and hollow. Champagne Shame, is about that emotional space between thrill and remorse, where memory fails but your body remembers something happened. It’s not about love. It’s about escape.

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Champagne Shame

🎶 From Cassette Tapes to Creating My Own Sound 🎶

When I was a kid, music was more than background noise, it was my escape, my teacher, and my first real love. I’d sit with two cassette players, playing the Beatles on one and singing into the other, trying my best to match artists like Paul McCartney or Barbara Streisand’s range (sometimes successfully, sometimes not so much) 🤣. Homework could wait, lyrics in my wide rule notebooks couldn’t.

Life took me through winding roads, retail, hospitality, consulting, caregiving, but music never stopped calling. 45 years later, after many personal losses, and loosing one of my sons last year, I turned back to songwriting as therapy. Inspiration is all around me. Every song I create starts with raw lyrics, usually scribbled in one shot as I choreograph in my mind, then evolves into a fully produced track through hours of refining vocal coding,  instrumentation, and feel. I blend personal stories with AI driven music tools, letting technology and emotion work together to capture what I hear and see in my head and heart.

Now, I’m finally sharing it. Not perfect, not polished to death, just real. This is me, finally putting the music out there for you to hear.
Peace & Love ❤️ 


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