Song A Week 2022 - Week Three

As you can probably tell, I have been reading the graphic novel of David Bowie's biography and I've always been into writing spacey sci-fi tripped-out stories.  The Moonglow Dandy continues that trend...

Dancing with Moonglow dandy 
Quasars in his panties
Dreaming of a truck stop
That’s when his heart stopped
Believe me
Defreezer in his veins
Overheated once again
As the moonlight gently faded
space dust incinerated


He loved the planet Saturn
His jet fuel made a pattern
Searched for all the moons with caverns
Full of mystical beads
And tasty exotic Saturn treats
A detour on Titan would remind him
Of cocktails on Hyperion


On the harvest moon
Try to sing this tune
singing an ode to the Moonglow dandy

Moonglow Dandy at the penitentiary
Moonglow Dandy at the aviary
Moonglow Dandy tending his apiary 
Birds and bees birds and bees, through bars and trees
Birds and bees through bars and trees

Moonglow Dandy (Something New)

Standing In The Doorway (#543, 220115)

I never did enjoy vacation
Too much free time freaks me out
Some people seem to strike a balance
I never could quite figure how

The rope I need to climb a mountain
Is plenty long to hang myself
And there's somethin' 'bout just standin'
In the doorway between heaven and hell

Standing in the doorway with one foot either side
Could go either way it's gettin' hard to see the line
Tryin' to see the future but it's still to soon to tell
Standin' in the doorway in between heaven and hell

When it's midnight at the crossroads
There's one train headed south
Another's racin' off the iron
One last chance to turn around

Where the point of no return is
Probably anybody's guess
I keep watchin' from the doorway
But I haven't seen it yet

Week 03 - Standing In The Doorway (220115)

Life is crazy? Feels like the world is ending? Can't handle anymore?
Chill out my friend and do the Matcha Latte Cha Cha. 
Life gets better when you're in it. 

*****

Matcha Latte Cha Cha

El trabajo nunca se acaba
siempre mil pendientes hay para mañana
en la guerra de lo importante y lo urgente
se nos olvida vivir el presente

Al mal tiempo con buena cara
es mejor que actuar como si no pasara
con cada error algo nuevo aprendemos
otra manera de cómo no hacerlo

Un paso para atrás
no es volver a empezar
dos pasos para atrás no es fracaso
más bien un cha cha chá

Do the Matcha Latte Cha Cha
la vida para contarla hay que vivirla
Matcha Latte Cha Cha
mi vida es mejor si tú estás

El pasado ya no regresa
el futuro guarda más de una sorpresa
no hay más que lo que tenemos en frente
en el presente vivir plenamente

Un paso para atrás
no es volver a empezar
dos pasos para atrás no es fracaso
mas bien un cha cha chá

Do the Matcha Latte Cha Cha
la vida para contarla hay que vivirla
Matcha Latte Cha Cha
mi vida es mejor si tú estás

Matcha Latte Cha Cha

Sliding 22

The Greek Deities' First Spacestation

My Error

Another collaboration with Mark Anderson where I sent him the tune, and he then wrote the lyrics to fit the tune.

To fall in love
(Mark I. Anderson)

Listen to these words
Let them fall upon your soul
Like you’ve never heard before
Like you’ll never let them go
Tonight, let the fire burn us
Tonight, let two hearts learn 
This is how it feels / oh, to fall in love

Hold me close and whisper
The things that love will say
I’ll hold you close to kiss you
At the closing of each day
Tonight, is all we need
Tonight, you can believe
This is how it feels / oh, to fall in love

(Bridge)
The mystery of the ages – hidden in our kiss
Time reveals her secrets – when I’m holding you like this

Listen to our passion
Hear the rhythmic beat
Two hearts pounding faster than
Even time could keep
Tonight, we’ll just let go
Tonight, we’ll let it show us
This is how it feels / oh, to fall in love

This is how it feels / oh, to fall in love

To Fall In Love (demo)

See the sunset down by the water 
Those reds they always give me the blues
See the people walking
Holding hands and talking
Laughing just like lovers will do

And I think of you

My friend, he says it's only nostalgia
And what we had it wasn't that great
In a colder day's light
I might say he might be right
But the night it takes the memory away

And I think of you

I don't have the words to say
To make the feelings go away
I don't know if what he says is true
Somewhere in the heart of me
My love is under the lock and key
The one I want to set me free is you

But once again I'm back in the present
Wondering what it is I should do
You would probably say
I should play my blues away
I should set my sights on somebody new

But I think of you

I think of you

Standing in the doorway
(Mark I. Anderson)

She was standing in the doorway / just watching the snow fly by
I was looking out my window / just hoping she’d walk by
Lookin’ for my courage / looking for a reason to say
Good morning to the pretty girl standing in the doorway

Seconds turned into weeks / man we were killing time
I’m thinking she has her reasons / God knows that I got mine
I was trying to get my courage up / but like the final act of a play
I just waved good morning to the girl standing in the doorway

(Chorus) 
It’s not the kind of love you read about
I was sure that we’d find a way
Too long alone can fill a man with doubts
Leave him feelin’ ready but nothin’ to say
To the pretty girl standing on the doorway

Been looking for words to say / to start a good conversation
When I opened my mouth there was nothin’ / but pure hesitation
I’m gonna blame it on my courage / for leading us on this way
In my mind I apologized to the girl standing in the doorway

Someday I’m gonna walked over there / leave an empty window
Try to resurrect this love / do all that I gotta do
In my mind I believe that it’s love / that’s all I’m gonna say
About the pretty girl there standing in the doorway

(Bridge)
Maybe I need a doctor to help me fix my thinkin’
Or a friend with a rope / to figure this out / this quicksand man and I’m sinkin’ 

She was standing in the doorway / just watching the snow fly
I was looking out my window / just hoping she’d walk by
Lookin’ for some courage / looking for a reason to say
Good morning to the pretty girl standing in the doorway

(Chorus) 
It’s not exactly the kind of love you read about
But I was pretty sure that we’d find a way
Too long alone can fill a man with doubts
Leave him feelin’ ready but nothin’ to say
To the pretty girl standing on the doorway

Too long alone can fill a man with doubts
Leave him feelin’ ready but nothin’ to say
To the pretty girl standing on the doorway
Standing in the doorway….

Standing in the doorway

With a thank you to Emma Gale for working with me on some of these lyrics.

I got into my car
A mixtape of love songs from age 17
I had always loved the country scene
I drove across town

You killed time
You were playing every love song we ever loved
You had always loved the motown hum
Wait for me to come around

I was standing in the doorway
Jumped the fence like I always do
But you already knew
That I had something on my mind

You opened the door
And looked like Saturday night on Sunday morn
You already knew
I had something on my mind

Someone’s gotta choose
It’s me or it’s you that lights the fuse
Some things gotta change
There has to be a day
They all  can’t end the same
Some things gotta change

I looked you in the eyes
I felt as nervous as the day that we first met
My words hung like ash on cigarette
I tried to say something

You looked me in the eyes
And it’s funny how forever makes them clear
You had told you that you dared me, dear
I tried to change the conversation

Someone’s gotta choose
It’s me or it’s you that lights the fuse
Some things gotta change
There has to be a day
They all  can’t end the same
Some things gotta change

And now I know you know
And now you know I know you know
I can make or break your heart
You can make or break my heart

Someone’s gotta choose
It’s me or it’s you that lights the fuse
Some things gotta change
There has to be a day
They all  can’t end the same
Some things gotta change

Standing In Your The Doorway - Song a Week 2022, Week 3

Copyright Erin Wolf 2022
Week 3 Prompt - Standing In the Doorway

Note about the song: First song written with covid. Bit of a ramble on this, hit record and just ran with it. It was a challenge to try to focus on something a bit more structured. I'm honestly just glad to have been able to get this out. Be well, friends. 

mmm, mmm, mmm

the fog is closing in on my mind
the virus spreading through
having one hell of a time
my joints are aching and
my body's feeling low
but i know i gotta keep my 
head held high for
those else in tow

mmm, mmm, mmm

i see my daughter as she
doesn't say a word
just keeps her focus high
and she sings like a bird
i know i gotta meet that 
perch up in the air
and i know i give my blessings
for every 'nother new day here

mmm, mmm, mmm
oh woah oh, oh woah oh, oh woah oh

i know that this will turn out
the way it's meant to be
but let me tell ya something honestly
i'm surprised that i'm not 
feeling lower than hell
i'm glad for everything 
i been through 
leading up to this spell

mmm, mmm, mmm

so i'll let the fog have a minute
then i'll come back, too
and i'll just pray that
i find another day with you
and maybe at the end of it all
there'll be a knock and I'll see you
standing in the doorway
just welcoming me through

mmm, mmm, mmm
oh woah oh, oh woah oh, oh woah oh

'til then i'll just sit here
in this small room
and thank my lucky stars that 
i'm probably not facing my doom
i'll just sit here patiently
and keep on keeping on
and i hope that i'll have 
another day to write another song

mmm, mmm, mmm
oh woah oh, oh woah oh, oh woah oh

oh woah oh, oh woah oh, oh woah oh

Another Day of Covid Haze

WEEK 3 23/01/22
just a sketch idea-found this week challenging. 
PROMPT : STANDING IN THE DOORWAY

Matchless 
Like a precious jewel a treasure in a field-
Matchless
Hidden 'neath the soil of toil and broken faded dreams
Hidden 'neath the soil 
Matchless

Cashless
Songs of deep lament
Our empty spirits yield- Cashless
Ridden full of earth and dirt and broken cistern seas
Ridden full of earth 
Cashless

Catch us
In the sandstone halls
The fade then cut to grey- catch us
Standing in the doorway segue to my life unseen
Standing in the door
Catch us

Song A Week 2022 - Week Three

Rich Waring