Different flavors of cool guitar, haunting harp AND that "fancy" precision of yours. Good stuff, Rick!

I’m just too old For you to be so young I can’t turn back The hands of time. All I can do is make you listen To my tearful rhyme./wonderful

Nice track! Very cool guitar arrengement!

this is an excellent piece of music Rick. Your lyrics and vocal execution are spot on, not to mention the fantastic guitar playing & tone. Great work.

@darren-mcgrath-1: Thanks Darren!  Glad you enjoyed.

your awesome brotha, glad i came to ur page and listened

a fine true-to-life song ... and some awesome guitar

I've had a terrible cold/flu for about a month.  I bought myself a new guitar (Simon & Patrick acoustic) and a new microphone (Rodes NT1A) just before I got sick.  I've been dying to put them to (good) use.  The rhythm came off the S&P acoustic one evening then I finished off the rest the next morning, using some of the grandkids' shaker toys for percussion!!!  This was a blast to put together.  First time using a djembe and first offering using a harmonica.

As for the song, well it is just about relationships and how usually one person becomes more dominant which makes it (sometimes) frustrating for the other.  Pent up frustration leads to saying mean things.  Saying things which one regrets almost immediately but you can never truly take it back (and have it all forgotten).  Been there.  Done that.  Have the bloody t-shirt.  

Can’t Take It Back
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Been on the road for
So many nights
How I miss
Our warm bed
And I know I can’t take back
All those things I said

I’m just too old
For you to be so young
I can’t turn back
The hands of time.
All I can do is make you listen
To my tearful rhyme.

[SOLO]

Oh how I miss your eyes
And the gentle way
You caress
During the deep dark night.
Yet I stand here alone and no way
To put things right.

Been on the road and
I’m so damn tired
Wishing I was
Back home with you.
What can I say to make this right?
Please tell me what to do.

[SOLO 2]

Been on the road for
So many nights
How I miss
Our warm bed
And I know I can’t take back
All those things I said.

I know I can’t take it back.
What can I say to make this right?
Please tell me what to do.

[SOLO 3 - Outro]

:: Words, music and art work copyright Rick Engler

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Somewhere I read that SoundCloud is the DIY of the music world.  Very true for most of us wannabe (famous) musicians.  For those who were lucky enough to spend years in an actual sound studio, maybe this is a slam dunk. For the rest of us, it's like being the Wright brothers before they fully understood the science behind aerodynamics much less get a machine to fly.

I have learned a lot in 2018 thru 2019 while playing at small, local venues.  It's a lot easier to sit back in a "recording studio".  I do put that in quotes since, for me, this is just a couple of microphones connected to a DAW which is connected to a computer with some multi-track software and some free plugins to enhance the finished product.  I believe there are about 5 unique disciplines to learn which include: playing an instrument, singing, doing both together, using a microphone, connecting with the audience.  I have much more respect for stage performers now, especially solo artists. Now, if one adds the discipline of recording engineer, well then, you have a well rounded musical background. 

I do hope that you enjoy some of my tunes.  I'm always happy to hear from listeners who have something meaningful to share, even when it is not particularly flattering or in someway odd.  I'll even try to answer any questions you may have.  Remember that you are never too old nor too young to create and share your music and/or share your knowledge.

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