Amazing how Folk music can be the most effective.


Songs of  mixed acoustic folk album Swamp Spruce Unplugged on Fader Mountain.  Some new demos and homemade covers.  No mic  / amp / no falsehoods of the digital world...  

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Dean Shaw's songs (Swamp Spruce's song's & demo's)

Powderfinger - Neil Young cover vs2

New sketch I'm working on, it's been a while so I thought I'd share :) 

Thanks so much for listening everyone! 

If You're Listening
Hey you up there are you listening?
Because I feel so all alone
And I mingle with the people
But it doesn't feel like home.
I greet them with an open heart
And the smile will reach my eyes
But somehow this soul is set apart
Wearing courage her disguise

Love, love, love
Oh it's just beyond my reach
But I feel it in the sunrise
In the dancing of the leaves
Love, love, love
Oh I've seen it in my dreams
So hey you up there, if you're listening
Show me you can hear my plea.

I float on with the river
And as I crash upon the stones
The cleansing flow it brings new hope
And it's seeping through my bones.
Spirit guides, please guide me
I've surely lost my way
I don't know if I should fight or hide
Paralyzed by fear or faith.

Love, love, love
Oh it's just beyond my reach
But I feel it in the rainfall
And I hear it on the breeze
Love, love, love
Oh I've seen it in my dreams
So hey you up there if you're listening
Show me you can hear my plea.

Here I stand with my arms open wide
I raise my voice up to the night
And the lady moon she shines so bright
And I swear she whispers..... "It's alright"
Love, love, love
Always just beyond my reach
I feel it in the starlight
In the ground beneath my feet
Love, love, love
Here I'm down on bended knee
So hey you up there, if you're listening
Will you save some love for me
Hey you up there if you're listening
Will you save some love 
For me?

If You're Listening

A new song about my home suburb, will be released as part of a double A side single soon on Metal Postcard Records.

Maylands, you're on your way, a sunlit day, hangs before us.
Maylands, the lion roars, the swallows soar, the milk gets poured so

Stand in line, it's breakfast time, as trains roll by the Midland line.

Maylands, you'll have your day, your lands of May, are getting nearer.
may long, the gun shop run, we will be armed, to the teeth

Stand in line, it's breakfast time, as trains roll by the Midland line.



Maylands

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This track is from my unplugged raw folk album "Swamp Spruce Unplugged on Fader Mountain". 
 "Poker Man" received high assessment/ critque from the  Song Association of Canada and put "Poker Man" on the map not just in the poker game.. 
NOTE:   I do not endorse poker or gambling in any formality when it come to money exchanging hands.  Especially those with addiction issues!    Play within your means and enjoy the game!!
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The second lyrical part of this song describes / indicates the ego confidence part of the players game!

                                               POKER MAN
 Lay down those rockets boy -  lay down that hand  -  sly fox smile  -  hidden child  -  such an easy read  -  text book free......
 I seen too much pain and I cant keep outta the rain 
that's why I'm a poker man - that's why I'm a poker man and I play whenever I can and I play whenever I can. 
Don't push that stack Joe -  she's about to fold -  not too fast  - not too slow - better to count some than none -  better to count some than none - time is not lost - time is not lost - when you got no cost - when u face no cost 
  And that's why I'm a poker man that's why I'm a  poker man and I play whenever I can and I play whenever I can...
   Poker Man,  poker man, poker man,  poker man,  poker man ,  poker man .
                         Hey you gotta back door to this joint man !!!!

Swamp Spruce Unplugged on Fader Mountain

Poker Man

"POKER MAN"  (Original Released)

"Dark Days" (Original - Released)

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Original homemade work in process uploaded and copyrighted 2014-07-06 00:39 GMT here on Sound Cloud.   This is one of my favorite demo songs (very simple folk ) I written and composed.    I believe it would be a really good vocal fit for Adele , Taylor Swift, and Miranda Lambert.   I have pitched this song to certain artists / labels / producers in chance they may take it under their wing.   It has the potential to be turned into a good song or perpetuated into a great song..  The building blocks of great songs need to start somewhere and originality is hard for some producers and singers to establish.  There are few concepts and rare true originality in the music world that can be mega mainstreamed.   Sometimes it comes in the simplest forms.  You look at the structure / concept and mechanics of this song and perk up the vocals and drag it out some and then you get the start of your song and then revisited it in second part of song and you see a resemblance or copy right infringement since I publically uploaded this song in 2013.  Just need a piano with a simple pulse for some people!   Bob Dylan said there are no rules anymore in the music business and those who know music well know about sound alikes and theft of music concepts / structure and mechanics of a song and this happens at the top of the food chain it appears or by fluke of nature and mere coincidences? Let the music people decide!
LYRICS..
It was May that day
I was lost in the hidden valley of decay
   and  you came my way
your heart brought a spirit to stay
    but betray gave way
And I fell back to the valley of decay
And I fell back to the valley of decay
   And now u say 
U pray that together we just might stay
   but go away  
there aint no room for you anyway
there aint no room for you anyway
And today in May I wait for another who came to stay
And keep me from the valley of decay
No more hidden valley's of decay
No more hidden valley's of decay
                             dean.shaw.5030@facebook.com
                                      @Swamp_Spruce

"Valley of Decay" (demo)low quality recording  est. 2013

Song & vocals by PSMK
Guitar by Minor2go.......http://www.looperman.com/users/profile/159051


  At last the squalls of April comes.
The sailing ships are gone
The Shalamar majestic in the sun
As the harbor fades we raise the sails
And all hands set to work 
With each swell of the ocean we move on

The Davis Strait is where were bound.
Blacklead Island and the Sound.
From Baffin Bay back home to Nova Scotia
 
The clouds hang low the sky`s are dark
The night will follow soon.
The changing of the seasons come and go.
A friendly wind..a guiding star
The rhythm of the sea 
Sailing soft upon the ebb and flow .

The Davis Strait is where were bound.
Blacklead Island and the Sound.
From Baffin Bay back home to Nova Scotia

The blacksmith and the carpenter
Are working at their trade
The steerers making sure the ropes uncoil
The sailors and the greenhands new
Repair the nets and line
The cooper makes the barrels for the oil

The Davis Strait is where were bound.
Blacklead Island and the Sound.
From Baffin Bay back home to Nova Scotia

October comes our work is done
We set our sails for home
We`ll see land before its winter time
The rigging set, the irons cleaned
The smell of paint and stain
It wont be long before the home bell chimes

The Davis Strait is where were bound.
Blacklead Island and the Sound.
From Baffin Bay back home to Nova Scotia

Home to Nova Scotia

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Spin

recorded with no amp / no mic ..  Ole school
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            Lryrics for "Sweet Heart Like you"
Well the pressure's down, the boss ain't here
 He's gone North, for a while
 They say that vanity got the best of him
 But he sure left here in style
 By the way, that's a cute hat
 And that smile's so hard to resist
 But what's a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this?

You know, I once knew a woman who looked like you
 She wanted a whole man, not just a half
 She used to call me sweet daddy when I was only a child
 You kind of remind me of her when you laugh
 In order to deal in this game, got to make the queen disappear
 It's done with a flick of the wrist
 What's a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this?

You know a woman like you should be at home
 That's where you belong
 Taking care for somebody nice
 Who don't know how to do you wrong
 Just how much abuse will you be able to take?
 Well, there's no way to tell by that first kiss
 What's a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this?

You know you can make a name for yourself
 You can hear them tires squeal
 You could be known as the most beautiful woman
 Who ever crawled across cut glass to make a deal.

You know, news of you has come down the line
 Even before ya came in the door
 They say in your father's house, there's many a mansions
 Each one of them got a fireproof floor
 Snap out of it baby, people are jealous of you
 They smile to your face, but behind your back they hiss
 What's a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this?

Got to be an important person to be in here, honey
 Got to have done some evil deed
 Got to have your own harem when you come in the door
 Got to play your harp until your lips bleed.
 They say that patriotism is the last refuge
 To which a scoundrel clings
 Steal a little and they throw you in jail
 Steal a lot and they make you king
 There's only one step down from here, baby
 It's called the land of permanent bliss
 What's a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this?

"Sweet Heart Like You" (Bob Dylan cover) low quality home recording

  my song link here - https://soundcloud.com/swampspruce/sets/poker-man
                                    LYRICS
I was winter you were spring I bought you flowers you hide your ring
I see sunshine you see rain you never call but your back again
  Sooo long dear John
If I were a cowboy and you a steer I'd ride west the hell outta here but you would play baby talk like a lady I'd say maybe and start this crazy
   Soooo wrong I'm a gone
The shit kick'n that kitten's given keeps on lick'n while I keep pik'n 
 now I'm spring and you are winter heading for sun paying for dinner 
Ohhh Wrong din

"OHH  Wrong Ding Dong" (home demo)

Recorded raw with no mic or amp..   Thought I'd take one of the best songs ever written and spill out an ole school take on it..  Hendrix changed the lyrics up from Dylan's original so I cut his lyrical version!
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                           (LYRICS  - Jimmy Hendrix version  )
There must be some kind of way outta here
 Said the joker to the thief
 There's too much confusion
 I can't get no relief
Business men, they drink my wine
 Plowman dig my earth
 None were level on the mind
 Nobody up at his word
 Hey, hey
No reason to get excited
 The thief he kindly spoke
 There are many here among us
 Who feel that life is but a joke
 But, uh, but you and I, we've been through that
 And this is not our fate
 So let us stop talkin' falsely now
 The hour's getting late, hey
All along the watchtower
 Princes kept the view
 While all the women came and went
 Barefoot servants, too
 Outside in the cold distance
 A wildcat did growl
 Two riders were approaching
 And the wind began to howl

All Along The Watch Tower ( Dylan - Jimmy Hendrix cover) low quality recording

Diamonds & Gasoline

No Time To Die

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (Stevie Nicks/Tom Petty Cover)

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks/Tom Petty Cover

Cover: House That Built Me (Miranda Lambert)

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 Check out my poker song video on YouTube  -  https://youtu.be/wejaalokpIY


Singer songwriter songs and mixture of  released and homemade folk, folk rock, folk country and folk grass .. 
  Representing live raw unplugged singer song writer tunes. 
 Have unreleased low quality home demo's here and all registered work's with Ascap and Song Assiciation of Canada. 

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"OHH Wrong Ding Dong" (home demo)

Dean Shaw (Swamp Spruce)

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