One take, guitar and voice, no fixes, minimal effects, like I would do it live, mistakes and all.

Glow, lyrics          Rocky Lavine 5/21/2021

I came over from across the room
drawn to a lighthouse through a sea of gloom
I missed the performance
I starred at you and not the show
baby won’t you let  me
bask in your glow

Have you ever caught yourself
while chasing your own tail
ever find what you’re looking for
while searching tooth and nail

Here I am
With my hat in my hand
you wanna see what we might grow 
baby won’t you let  me
bask in your glow

chorus {
Cause maybe I’m the only cowboy
who can gaze past your rippling waters
down
to your glowing soul}

Ok, I admit it might be imaginary
just like the best parts of my so called reality
but it’s the most beautiful image of love 
that a guy like me could ever throw 

Remember when we were kids we could just pretend
we’d play games that never had to end 
maybe love and play aren’t so opposed

chorus

And I know this swell cafe
where we can talk the night away
telling stories that may or may not
be so

As long as this is not loves dimension ending
Am I picking up what you’ve been sending

baby won’t you let us
bask in our glow

Diary of the Plague Years

glow2

23 second promo for my show, intended to be played by the station. It was done to a part of a much longer Jazz piece I did called "Yeah Sure". I've never recorded that tune.

Jazz For Beginners Promo_1

A 23 second sung and played radio promo for my show "jazz For Beginners" On KMUZ.Org community radio in Salem Oregon. Based on snippets of my Jazz instrumental "Yeah Sure". This version has been make louder  than the previous one.

Jazz For Beginners Promo OZ1

Lyrics:    Lovely Things, Rocky Lavine 8/8/21

I love things too much
I have a hard time letting go 
though most have outlived their usefulness
others are taken out only for show

but look at the lovely things, I thought I owned

last night everything was fine
we loved each other like love was divine
We woke up this morning with some hate on our minds
last night we were lovers but today were despised
 
Was all the joy we had just a lie

{chorus:}
Dawn 
of a doom of a dream
a few hours last night
the opposite of love at first sight

And now we want to end it
We’d rather rack that long and winding pain 
then to face the horror 
of having to make some kind of change
make some kind of change

But is it really that hard to behave

Chorus

I love things too much
I have a hard time letting let them go
now like my dreams they have outlived their usefulness
I only bring them out only for show
only bring them out only for show

but look at the lovely dreams I dreamed I controlled 

I only bring them out only for show
lovely dreams

Lovely Things

A song about letting go, useless things, and lost love.
Lovely Things, Rocky Lavine 8/8/21

I love things too much
I have a hard time letting go 
though most have outlived their usefulness
others are taken out only for show

but look at the lovely things, I thought I owned

last night everything was fine
we loved each other like love was divine
We woke up this morning with some hate on our minds
last night we were lovers but today were despised
 
Was all the joy we had just a lie

{chorus:}
Dawn 
of a doom of a dream
a few hours last night
the opposite of love at first sight

And now we want to end it
We’d rather rack that long and winding pain 
then to face the horror 
of having to make some kind of change
make some kind of change

But is it really that hard to behave

Chorus

I love things too much
I have a hard time letting let them go
now like my dreams they have outlived their usefulness
I only bring them out only for show
only bring them out only for show

but look at the lovely dreams I dreamed I controlled 

I only bring them out only for show
lovely dreams

2021

Lovely Things _2

About a moment when I could have become the worst parent ever in a single moment, and how freaking unfair that is.

A Lucky Parent Looks Back

A happy love song about two kids out on their first date, gender neutral.

First Date

Not religious much, exploration into the value of song using the Lord as a really, really good source.

I can't breathe

Songs of the Lord, _1

I did the vocals from the First Date song mixing with almost no effects and adding the best 3 part harmony I've ever managed. It's a softer more innocent version that better fits the plot.

Magic Wonderlandia

first date 6_11b

Hymn Null

Like a song within a song
like a play within a play
like an expanding pattern
that makes a sunny holiday

Chorus {We have walked that ancient path
from here unto the Devil's door
all been saved a thousand times
but have no idea what for}

I'm Funking through this fog
that I call my reality
the limits of my existence
are bounded by what I'll let myself believe
Chorus
A wise man once told me
that we should only allow what we know to be absolutely true
to wind us up and make us dance like the Devil
or sing them lowdown blues
Chorus
Now I find life sacred
and I swear I will to the end
but god or accident seem equal
neither one can I Comprehend
Chorus
Like a song within a song
like a play within a play
an expanding fractal pattern
that gonna make yourself a sunny day

Hymn Null 2

Jazzy Folk, fingerstyle guitar, very original songs!

Rocky Lavine

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