Lovely Backing Track provided by JMP Backing Tracks ==> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2ddtzFA9v4
I GO MY WAY
V1
Cars go racing by
A typical work day
Sad faces scurrying about
Stacks of bills to pay
From dawn till dusk
Travelin’ a lone byway
Hummin’ a humble tune
Takes me through my day

CHORUS
After I’ve come to say
What I came to say
My worn-out welcome
I don’t overstay
I go my way
Quietly I go my way
I go my way
Quietly I go my way

V2
Born a castaway
A castaway I’ll always be
Wild as the wind blows
Find me lost at sea
This world’s glitter and gold
Mean nothing to me
Wisdom is my windfall
Knowledge is the key


CHORUS
After I’ve come to say
What I came to say
My worn-out welcome
I don’t overstay
I go my way
Quietly I go my way
I go my way
Quietly I go my way

V3
And in the calm
Of a warm afternoon breeze
I watch branches dancing
High up in the trees
Millions of stars
Will soon be all mine to gaze
The universe
Will soon be all mine to praise

Ooooh-ooooh-ooh
Ooooh-ooooh-ooh
Ooooh-ooooh-ooh
Ooooh-ooh

CHORUS
I go my way
Quietly I go my way
I go my way
Quietly I go my way.

Inspired by the late poet, Max Ehrmann; one of his lesser known poems, “I Go My Way”.

© 2024-2025 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved


I GO MY WAY (revisited)

I caught my 8-yo daughter Hannah improvising freely and just added some synths

Shut up (by Hannah)

Inspired by the usual electronic 90'd suspects with Youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRMj5aQeHCo

A life of credit

W-Was that a gunshot?

Frozen Brain

Giving and Taking (open invitation for a collaboration from IPG1) 
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/giving-and-taking-vox-90-bpm
Paploviante: E-Bass, Music, Composing, Arrangement, Mix and Mastering
Lyrics IPG1:
Cloud Stepping (Chorus) Life is relative, 
to the one that’s living it Inside outlook, 
to giving and taking it 
Experience god’s works, all senses 
We were given just a little bit 
We couldn’t handle it all  the few we have 
can nearly fit the few 
we have can nearly fit
(Verse1) 
If we knew it all, and all, and all 
Then nothing would matter It’s all a puzzle to be solved 
We have always been the answer 
The plan of god without reward 
Evolves in different ways 
We are all awake in different dreams 
To let the devil play
(Verse2)
 Who amongst us hear the screams 
Of millions of lives lost,  and don’t look on it as savagery
 And wonder what’s the cost 
What’s the worth, and what’s the cost 
Are we listening or not 
Are we listening or not
(Chorus)
 Life is relative, to the one that’s living it Inside outlook, to giving and taking it Experience god’s works, all senses 
We were given just a little bit 
We couldn’t handle it all  the few we have 
can nearly fit the few we have can nearly fit

Giving And Taking IPG1 and Paploviante

As we all patiently await good news from the voyages of I.S.S. Acquiescent

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

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



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Kali

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Much love from the USA,
Renee