This one is a very nostalgic song that I wrote back in 2008, it has that early 60's vibe to it. My wife I needed some good vibrations since we were dealing with her Breast Cancer treatments and all that. We really needed a feel good song and so I wrote this. I even got her to sing background vocals with me on two songs at that time, this being the first and "Back In Younger Days" being the second, I'll be making a video on that one later on this year. 
    I double-tracked Charlie's vocals and he sang it perfectly! I remember having a real good time at these sessions, lots of laughing and finger snapping and rockin' & rollin' and what not!😂 I always want to relive the good ole days where smiles were plenty and frowns were few, like on "Memory Lane"! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/h5xvwxljOZc

     The video is brand spanking new, I just finished it last week! I worked hard on it for several days and tried to capture that Beach Boys kind of vibe of the early 1960's. I finished the video after hearing the sad news of Brian Wilson's passing on June 11th, 2025. That really made me sad, another of my musical hero's now gone. He was a real musical genius! There are 3 parts to the song, all about guys begging forgiveness from their girlfriends for something stupid that guys always seem to do, I Still Remember that!😂
     I think this is one Miami Jeff's best songs and certainly one of my favorites. It's very catchy and is a perfect summertime song! So I hope everyone is having a great summer and is eager to take another trip down Memory lane with me. This time to the beach! Let your hair down, take your shoes off, put the top down on the convertible and let the good times roll! Ooh, Ooh! Ooh!😎✌🏼

“I STILL REMEMBER”

I CAN STILL RECALL THE DAY I MADE YOU CRY,    
HOW I HURT YOU, YES I HURT YOU,    
I’M SO SORRY I COULD DIE,
               
I WAS YOUNG AND DIDN’T CARE IF YOU WERE SAD,   
NOW I’M OLDER, YES I’M OLDER,   
AND I MISS THE LOVE WE HAD,
                   
I REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,         
I STILL REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,        
THE WAY YOU HELD ME TIGHT,           
THE WAY WE KISSED GOODNIGHT,      
I REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,             
I STILL REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,         
THOSE SUMMERS ON THE BEACH,      
THEY’RE STILL WITHIN’ OUR REACH,       
SO PLEASE,         
IF THESE WORDS SOMEHOW TOUCH YOU DEEP INSIDE,       
MY WHOLE WORLD STILL IN YOUR EYES,       
SO PLEASE FORGIVE THIS FOOLISH HEART OF MINE,

I KNOW I WAS WRONG FOR TREATING YOU THAT WAY,  
PLEASE FORGIVE ME, JUST FORGIVE ME,   
GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE TO SAY,

I WILL NEVER BREAK YOUR HEART AS I DID THEN, 
I WILL LOVE YOU, ALWAYS LOVE YOU,  
IF YOU FILL MY ARMS AGAIN,
     
I REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,        
I STILL REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,          
THE WAY YOU HELD ME TIGHT,        
THE WAY WE KISSED GOODNIGHT,       
I REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,             
I STILL REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,               
THOSE SUMMERS ON THE BEACH,      
THEY’RE STILL WITHIN’ OUR REACH,       
SO PLEASE,      
IF THESE WORDS SOMEHOW TOUCH YOU DEEP INSIDE,     
MY WHOLE WORLD STILL IN YOUR EYES,         
SO PLEASE FORGIVE THIS FOOLISH HEART OF MINE,

I STILL REMEMBER, DARLING I REMEMBER,        
I STILL REMEMBER, DARLING I REMEMBER,         
I STILL REMEMBER, DARLING I REMEMBER.

BY JIM VALDES 
© 2008

"I STILL REMEMBER" (Video - https://youtu.be/h5xvwxljOZc)

This song was written for my beautiful wife Anita shortly after we both met. One of many I've written her, she is after all the love of my life. She put an end to that crazy mid-life crisis I was struggling with for 6 years! I really like this ballad and I re-recorded it this year and wanted Charlie to sing it but he cancelled out on several occasions for personal reasons, so I went ahead and sang it myself, I guess I should have waited!  (please forgive my awful vocals and harms!). It's a very basic and raw song and I didn't record a lot of instruments and I didn't do a lot of overdubs, maybe I should have, maybe a piano or some more strings would have helped it a bit. It's one of my favorite love songs that I have written and it's very personal, both lyrics and medley came to me rather easily and quickly, maybe an hour at most! Those are the best, the ones that come to you without you even having to think about it, they come straight from the heart. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/MpZ8iI_Sme4

The video is brand new and I had a lot of fun putting it together. I worked for several days on it. I hope everyone enjoys it and just in case anybody doesn't already know, my wife is "More Than Wonderful!"😂 I know a lot of people won't appreciate this song but it means the world to me! Thanks for listening and take care!🙏😎✌🏼

“MORE THAN WONDERFUL"

YOU’RE MORE THAN WONDERFUL MY DARLING,   
AND MORE THAN WONDERFUL YOU’LL STAY,   
JUST THE IDEA OF YOU TAKES MY BREATH AWAY,   
EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY,  
YOU’RE LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE,    
A MIRACLE TO FILL THIS BROKEN HEART,  
YOU’RE MORE THAN WONDERFUL,
MORE THAN WONDERFUL YOU ARE,     

YOU’RE SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL MY DARLING,  
AND BEAUTIFUL YOU’LL ALWAYS BE,   
GRACEFUL AS AN ANGEL AND GENTLE AS THE SEA,   
SOOTHING AS A SONGBIRD’S MELODY,   
YOU’RE THE ANSWER TO MY PRAYERS,   
BACK WHEN I WISHED UPON A STAR,   
YOU’RE MORE THAN WONDERFUL,   
MORE THAN WONDERFUL YOU ARE,
         
IT’S NO SURPRISE,       
HOW YOU HEALED ME IN AN INSTANT,        
CURED ME WITH A SMILE,        
NOW ALL THE WHILE,        
I’M LIKE A CHILD,        
AGAIN,

AND WITHOUT YOU HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS,  
I WOULDN’T GET TOO FAR,   
YOU’RE MORE THAN WONDERFUL,   
MORE THAN WONDERFUL YOU ARE,   
YOU’RE MORE THAN WONDERFUL,   
MORE THAN WONDERFUL YOU ARE,
YOU ARE.             
                            
BY JIM VALDES
 © 2005

"MORE THAN WONDERFUL" (Video - https://youtu.be/MpZ8iI_Sme4)

This is a new song written last year, another love song for my wife of course!😂. That makes pretty near a hundred, I'd say! 🤔😂 I actually wrote it for her for Valentine's Day this year but my vocals were so weak I just couldn't release it! I wanted to write a jazzy song this time, so I wrote some lyrics and picked up my acoustic guitar and played chords until this song was born. I love jazz but unfortunately I can't play or sing it very well. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/mhjQc1W6pvI

The video was fun to put together, I always enjoy producing videos having to do with love! So when I did the storyboard for this video I decided to make it a ghost story, who doesn't love a ghost story, right? I made it about a man grieving over his wife's passing and how he misses her so very much, especially during the holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving. It's a bit heartbreaking and bittersweet but so is life! I've known many people that go through this kind of grief and sadness. The line about a ballerina dancing in the clouds was a clue about her dancing in heaven! I tweaked that line and re-recorded the vocal for the video.   

Charlie did not want to sing this song because it's very complex with a lot of key changes, so I sang it myself, I apologize for that because I don't think I sang it well at all! I just don't have that Jazz voice like Nat King Cole! Man if he sang this song it would have been so chill. It's another very raw song with minimal overdubs! I wanted it to be very intimate! I actually also wrote different lyrics for a female singer to sing as well but no one, male or female, wanted to sing it for me!! The female version have happier lyrics and have nothing to do with anyone dying. Well, I guess it's not a very good song but I think the guitar solo sounds pretty cool anyway. I had this slated to be dropped in February on Valentine's Day like I said but I thought I did such an awful job singing it that I pushed it back to June, I may push it back to oblivion after a few days or maybe turn it into an instrumental piece instead later on, I don't know? But anyway, here's to all the Lady Loves out there! All your men love you, you know that! Love is always the answer!!  Cheers! 💝🙏✌🏼

“LADY LOVE”

IN THE PURPLE GLOOM,    
TRAPPED BETWEEN THE DARK AND LIGHT,    
FADING WITH THE MOON,      
AS THE STARDUST SCATTERS IN THE NIGHT,                
THAT'S WHEN I MISS HER MOST OF ALL,    
MY LADY LOVE,      

WHEN THE TWILIGHT COMES, 
THE SHADOWS DANCING IN THE COLD,   
THAT'S WHEN I SUCCUMB,   
WHEN THE EMPTINESS TAKES A HOLD,  
THAT'S WHEN I'M HURTING MOST OF ALL,  
MY LADY LOVE,

SOARING HIGH ABOVE, 
A BALLERINA IN THE CLOUDS,       
SHE'LL ALWAYS HOLD THE KEY TO MY HEART,        
SHE'S WHAT ALL MY DREAM ARE MADE OF,       
MY LADY LOVE, 
MY LADY LOVE,
    
IN THE IN-BETWEEN,  
WHEN SHE'S IN MY ARMS FOR AWHILE,         
LOST INSIDE A DREAM,  
WEARING JUST A GHOST OF A SMILE, 
THAT'S WHEN ALL THE TEARS START TO FALL,  
MY LADY LOVE,

SOARING HIGH ABOVE, 
A BALLERINA IN THE CLOUDS,      
SHE'LL ALWAYS HOLD THE KEY TO MY HEART,        
SHE'S WHAT ALL MY DREAMS ARE MADE OF,        
MY LADY LOVE, 
MY LADY LOVE,         
MY LADY LOVE, 
MY LADY LOVE.
     
BY JIM VALDES © 2024

"LADY LOVE" (Video - https://youtu.be/mhjQc1W6pvI)

This song was written by Craig Pate in 1987 - He sang all the vocals and played all the instruments with the exception of Lead Guitar which I played. It's a great retro hard rock song with that heavy rock guitar sound that I love! No A.I. cheating here guys, instruments are actually played!  WOW! 🤯 We really need to bring back hard driving guitars and lead guitars in music. I remixed the song and added an outro section during the credits from another song of mine called "Lady Green" recorded in 2017 for the my album "Vulcan Mind Meld".  

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/Sd0A0hKgbps

The video was originally produced in 2022 but I added several little bits and pieces here and there and added some sound effects like a Theremin at the end. Overall the video has been enhanced for your viewing pleasure! I was still getting used to making videos back then so keep that in mind while watching it. It drops this weekend! It was a really fun track to record and I thank Craig for giving me the lead guitar part and for letting me produce the video. So break out some stale popcorn and enjoy your favorite beverage or what have you and enjoy the ride of your life!  Oh and don't forget to CRANK IT UP! Thanks & Enjoy! 👍😎✌🏼🤘

“RIDE OF YOUR LIFE”
 
HEADING OUT TONIGHT,     
READY TO TAKE FLIGHT,    
GOT A FEELIN’ THIS COULD BE THE ONE,    
WON’T TAKE IT LAYIN’ DOWN,    
GET YOUR FEET OFF THE GROUND,   
SO LONG TO FOOLISH PRIDE,   
WE’RE GONNA TAKE YOU FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE,
     
SIMPLE AS CAN BE,    
LET YOURSELF GO FREE,    
GET YOUR FEELIN’ IF IT TAKES ALL NIGHT,  
DON’T GO AND LET US DOWN,     
CAN’T FLY HIGH WITH A FROWN, 
                      
[LEAD]

HEADING OUT TONIGHT,           
READY TO TAKE FLIGHT,      
GOT A FEELIN’ THIS COULD BE THE ONE,     
WON’T TAKE IT LAYIN’ DOWN,     
GET YOUR FEET OFF THE GROUND,   
SO LONG TO FOOLISH PRIDE,   
WE’RE GONNA TAKE YOU FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE.

BY CRAIG PATE © 1987

"RIDE OF YOUR LIFE" (2025 Remix) [VIDEO - https://youtu.be/Sd0A0hKgbps]

      Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by and listening! This song I wrote back in 2013 and it was just another love song with my favorite color in it for my wonderful wife! Can anyone guess what my favorite color is? Blue is correct! I've written many songs with the color blue in the title like: "Blue, Blue"; "Somewhere In Blue"; "Heavrnly In Blue"; "Big Blue Tree",  ect, ect, well it goes on and on. It's jazzy and easy listening and with NO A.I. can you dig it? I think the inspiration for this one was me asking my lovely wife why she is seldom in blue, or something like that. This is another of my jazzy love songs with a Latin rhythm to it. Charlie sang it beautifully. This song was written in the tradition of "The Great American Songbook". You know, like Gershwin, Berlin, Porter used to write. Very old fashioned but I remember I added a Sitar to it to give it that dreamy sound and I think I used heavy echo on Charlie's vocal at some point in the song too! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/XxGVYr1urs4

      The video I put together last year at some point in time but can't recall too much about it, just a beautiful woman in a beautiful blue dress. It drops tomorrow on YouTube, be there or be square! Not too much audio or video effects in this one. After "Broken Mirrors" I think we needed a light fluffy little love song with my favorite color in it! One can't get too depressed, you know! Thanks again and take care!🙏😎✌🏼

“SELDOM IN BLUE”

TAKE THE STARDUST FROM THE SKY,    
TWINKLE IT AND SPRINKLE IT IN YOUR EYES,   
WHY IS IT I,     
SELDOM SEE YOU IN BLUE? 
     
WHEN YOU SMILED AT ME THAT WAY,     
SPARKLING SAPPHIRE AND OCEAN SPRAY,     
WHY IS IT I,   
SELDOM SEE YOU IN BLUE?   

COOL AS A SOOTHING SUMMER RAIN,        
OR A HAUNTING REFRAIN,         
A CRYSTAL MIST FROM HEAVEN,           
YOU ENVELOPE ME IN BLUE, 
                  
STRANGE WHENEVER I’M WITH YOU,  
MY GREY WORLD TAKES ON A DIFFERENT HUE,    
WHY IS IT I,   
SELDOM SEE YOU IN BLUE?    
PLEASE TELL ME WHY,   
ARE YOU SELDOM IN BLUE,
IN BLUE,     
IN BLUE,    
WHY ARE YOU SELDOM IN BLUE?     
             
BY JIM VALDES
 © 2013

"SELDOM IN BLUE" (VIDEO - https://youtu.be/XxGVYr1urs4)

      Howdy everyone! Ok I did a little reshuffling here and bumped this song to the front of the line! I just finished the video and put about a weeks work into it! It's a comic relief song, a novelty, about getting old! They say we should write about things we know, and I know about getting older!😂 I wrote the song in 2021 during the pandemic because we needed some comedy then and I think we need some comedy now too! This is something my friends and me used to say at work all the time when we'd forget something or did something stupid like ask where your glasses are when they are on top of your head!😂 I tweaked the lyrics a little and took several curse words out of the song but kept a couple in, so beware people, please don't call the Profanity Police on me! They're mild words like "shit" and "ass" nothing more than that!  There are some words of wisdom thrown in there too like in all my songs. It's just a fun song and video! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/U--jt1-4FEY

     I wrote it to a Latin Rock beat, kind of like a Santana song. I remember it took me several weeks to record the backing track because I added a ton of stuff on it Bass, Piano, Acoustic and Electric guitars, percussion, I worked very hard on it, it's all just me playing eveything with a Drum Machine because I don't play the drums. A little bit Salsa, a little bit Rock & Roll because that's how I roll!😂 The vocals are all me and I recorded them last week, I was going to have Charlie sing it but I decided to do it myself because we've been stuck on this other song for a month now and I have like 30 songs ready to go. So please forgive the vocals! The video is funny and I spent a couple weeks on that as well. It's about getting old and forgetting words and your body hurting and falling asleep, and telling kids to get off your lawn! The usual things that come with getting older. Basically "Old man yelling at clouds" syndrome!😂 I know how that is!  The video will drop on YouTube in a couple of weeks! I hope everyone laughs with me and not at me! But I won't mind as long as you laugh a little!! So sit back and have a laugh on me! Cheers! 🍻

“WE GOT THE OLDS”
          
WE GOT THE OLDS, WE GOT THE OLDS,          
OUR BODIES ACHE, WE'RE ALWAYS COLD,            
WE CAN’T STAY AWAKE,         
WE GOT THE OLDS, WE GOT THE OLDS,         
WE HATE THE RAP, CAN’T STAND THAT SHIT,         
GET OFF OUR GRASS, YOU DUMB-ASS KIDS!           
WE GOT THE OLDS, 
WE GOT THE OLDS,

THE SLIP OF TIME, TORMENTS OUR MIND,   
THE FEAR OF FATE, FUELS ALL OUR HATE,    
THE TALKING HEADS, THE WALKING DEAD,      
THE HAMMER FALLS, UPON US ALL,

WE GOT THE OLDS, WE GOT THE OLDS,         
OUR BODIES ACHE, WE'RE ALWAYS COLD,             
WE CAN’T STAY AWAKE,         
WE GOT THE OLDS, WE GOT THE OLDS,          
WE HATE THE RAP, CAN’T STAND THAT SHIT,          
GET OFF OUR GRASS, YOU DUMB-ASS KIDS!         
WE GOT THE OLDS, 
WE GOT THE OLDS,
     
THIS CLIMATE CHANGE, HAS US DERANGED,   
THE BULLETS FLY, EYE FOR AN EYE,      
CORONA COUGH, THE RICH GET OFF,      
THE FOLLY OF MAN IS WHAT GOD DEMANDS!

WE GOT THE OLDS,         
WE GOT THE OLDS,         
WE GOT THE OLDS,
           
WE HATE THE RAP, CAN’T STAND THAT SHIT,         
GET OFF OUR GRASS, YOU DUMB-ASS KIDS!      
WE GOT THE OLDS, WE GOT THE OLDS,

WE THINK WE ARE, THEREFORE WE’RE FEELING,   
OUR MIND A WAVE ON THE OCEAN OF BEING,        
DAMN, WHAT THE HELL DID WE JUST SAY?     
WE CAN’T REMEMBER DAY TO DAY!
     
WE GOT THE OLDS, WE GOT THE OLDS,         
OUR BODIES ACHE, WE'RE ALWAYS COLD,           
WE CAN’T STAY AWAKE,         
WE GOT THE OLDS,          
WE GOT THE OLDS,          
WE GOT THE OLDS.
          
BY JIM VALDES
 © 2021

"WE GOT THE OLDS" (Video - https://youtu.be/U--jt1-4FEY)

      This is another of my Instrumentals written in 2022 during the pandemic with a moral underbelly. I've always wanted to write a song about Swans but I put a twist in the video and made it about hunters that actually shoot and kill Swans for no apparent reason other than they must enjoy killing beautiful things and creatures. I also added other creatures besides man that can be deadly for Swans like Alligatros and such. The song was way too long and too repetitive so I remixed it last year and shortened it by about 1 minute and a half and produced a new video for it.  Even with the edits the song is still over 5 minutes long! I think I should have edited about another 1 minute from it. It's still a little too repetitive! This audio soundtrack is made to be listened to with the video! You here gunshots and other noises so please check out the video.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/f_uyuPBMoMY

    During the new video creation I had turned the Swan into a beautiful woman and tried to suggest that killing a beautiful Swan is like killing a beautiful woman and therefore must NEVER be done! I don't show any Swans being shot, of course, it's all suggestive. After a recent comment on my video from my fellow creator and good friend Blue Bart (check his channel out on YouTube, it's really cool!👍), he suggested that the beautiful woman in the video should be a "Magical Swan Goddess" looking after and protcting these magnificent creatures from hunters and preditors! I really loved that idea and so with a wave of my wand, WHOOSH, it is so!😂 I'd like to thank Bart for his very creative and inspiring suggestion!
     I remember adding tons of audio and video effects on this one, lots of keyboards and delayed guitars and such. Another artsy composition and video, showing that I don't only compose silly love songs, although I must admit, I love writting them!  😂 This one is along the lines of "A Sublte Tear", "Together Alone", and "Oblivion". More of an artistic instrumental with no lyrics and a long cinematic video, more like a Short Subject film. I hope you all enjoy my "Swan Serenade" and don't fall asleep too soon during the listening or viewing. Take care and please cherish all forms of life.🙏😎✌🏼

"SWAN SERENADE" (Video - https://youtu.be/f_uyuPBMoMY)

  This song has a totally made up lyrics about nobody real, all in my imagination. I wanted to write like an "Eleanor Rigby" type of song about loneliness, mental illness, and old age. Just following that type of format. Words came first and then I wrote the music. Which gives it that creepy vibe with a falling cliche bass line. Very eerie and haunting, trying to capture that getting old by yourself ambiance! I wrote it during the pandemic, so the scene was set! I added organ, guitars, bass, and a bunch of other instruments pre-pandemic and Charlie came over and added the vocals and a harmonica track post-pandemic. Great job by him on both accounts. So it just sat around for 3 years just gathering digital dust!😂 I never thought it was that good because the timing seemed off to me, probably because I had forgotten how it went after 3 years! Not our best effort I think. If you watch the video it will make more sense.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/H6TuC5eYUD4

     The video was challanging and I spent a ton of time on it, about a week last year. I made it about 2 people, both named Amanda, hence the title "Amanda, Amanda". The name was suggested by my wife who loves the name Amanda. The first Amanda was a middle aged woman wandering around at night in a forest with a torch and crying herself to sleep but the second Amanda was an elderly woman that quite frankly had gone a little bit crazy due to the lonliness. We can all relate especially during the pandemic! I tried to show that in the video. There's a ton of eye-candy in the video. It's a haunting tale and a haunting song. Thanks so much for visiting and take care everyone! Let's all try not to end up like either Amanda! 🙏😎✌🏼

“AMANDA, AMANDA”

AMANDA,
HAVE YOU SAID ALL YOUR PRAYERS TODAY?
FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY,  
      
AMANDA,             
IS THAT LONELINESS IN YOUR EYES?      
IS LIFE SLOWLY PASSING YOU BY?
YOU CAN'T DENY,

AMANDA, AMANDA,
SITS AND WAITS YEAR AFTER YEAR,
AMANDA, AMANDA,  
NO ONE'S THERE TO WIPE HER TEARS,
WHEN SHE CRYS, NO ONE HEARS,
AMANDA, AMANDA,
AND LIKE A GHOST SHE'LL DISAPPEAR,
  
AMANDA,
IS YOUR MAILBOX EMPTY AGAIN?       
NO PHONE CALLS FROM LOVERS OR FRIENDS,
WHY PRETEND?       
      
AMANDA, AMANDA,
SITS AND WAITS YEAR AFTER YEAR,
AMANDA, AMANDA,  
NO ONE'S THERE TO WIPE HER TEARS,
WHEN SHE CRYS, NO ONE HEARS,
AMANDA, AMANDA,
LIKE A GHOST SHE'LL DISAPPEAR,
YEAH LIKE A GHOST SHE'LL DISAPPEAR,
OH LIKE A GHOST SHE'LL DISAPPEAR,
HMM LIKE A GHOST SHE'LL DISAPPEAR.

BY JIM VALDES
© 2021

"AMANDA, AMANDA" (Video - https://youtu.be/H6TuC5eYUD4)

This is a cover song written by Lolly Vegas of Redbone. Redbone was a native american rock band. It was a big hit in 1974 and again in 2013 as one of many songs in the outstanding soundtrack for the film "Gaudians Of The Galaxy". I recorded the song with Charlie singing as a birthday present for my wife's niece's son Lucca several years ago. When my wife's sister and her kids were visiting us that year we all decided to go down to my studio and I recorded them singing backing vocals to the song and then we decided to video tape us all lip-syncing to the recorded track. I then later video taped Charlie lip-syncing to the song too. My wife then put all the video tapes together with added commentary before and after the video for Lucca.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/XzPez-ALPtk

 I decided to make a video of the song for YouTube without the personnal coimmentaries. So this video has the following line up: Charlie singing lead and playing the cowbell; Me playing guitar in the stenson hat; my awesome brother playing Bass in the Colombian hat; My wife and her sister Nora and her kids Gabby and Pablo singing back-up. We were all lip-syncing to my recorded track. I think it needs more cowbell, what do you guys think?😂 It was a fun sessions and I thought everyone would get a kick of watching us on the video. My wife video taped my parts and I video taped Charlie and them singing. This is my gift to all my followers so you can see what we look like! Charlie and I are not really much to look at either but we are who we are!😂 I hope you guys like it! It's a great song! (*Easter Egg: That's really me on the Bass! Ha, ha! 😂) Happy Labor Day to everyone! 🙏😎✌🏼

“COME AND GET YOUR LOVE"

HEY, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR HEAD, YEAH,
HEY, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR MIND,
AND YOUR SIGN AND A OH, OH, OH,
HEY, NOTHIN' THE MATTER WITH YOUR HEAD,
BABY FIND IT, COME ON AND FIND IT,
HEY, GET WITH IT BABY, 'CAUSE YOU'RE MINE.
AND YOU'RE FINE AND YOU LOOK SO DIVINE,  

COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,   
  
HEY, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR FEEL RIGHT,
DON'T YOU FEEL RIGHT, BABY,
HEY, OH YEAH, GET IT FROM THE MAIN VINE, ALL RIGHT,
      
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,       

I SAID A FIND IT, FIND IT, GO ON AND LOVE IT,
IF YOU LIKE IT, YEAH.
HEY, IT'S YOUR BUSINESS IF YOU WANT SOME, 
TAKE SOME, GET IT TOGETHER BABY,

COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
             
BY LOLLY VEGAS
© 1974

"COME AND GET YOUR LOVE" (cover)

     Welcome everyone! This song is all about celebrating the NFL American Football and beer! This song can also be for Soccer as well since that sport is very similiar and is loved in Europe and South America. I used to hang out with all my friends every Sunday at BW3's for NFL football and beer pre-pandemic. My wife and I used to be in a few Fantasy Football Leagues and we all got together to watch all the games. My favorite teams are the Miami Dolphins and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Neither teams is looking pretty good this year but we'll have to wait and see. I used to love my Sundays at BW3's with friends and family, that is until the pandemic hit and then sadly we stopped going and when we were able to go back again, it just wasn't the same anymore. My wife and I both quit all our leagues and now we watch football just for the love of watching football. I loved it so much that I wrote this song about the experience. Charlie sang the song very well and played the harmonica too. All good things must come to an end, I guess! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/9CtETimp-pI

I was very reluctant about dropping this video because my heart was breaking while listening to this song again. I know it's silly but we had such good times and good memories there for many years. But I got myself together and made the video a few weeks ago and worked very hard on it too! Took me about a week to finish it! When you watch the video you'll see how exciting it real was for me! It really was a glorious place!🥺 So join me in kicking off this 2025 season by lifting our glasses and cheering for the love of NFL football and Soccer! The games of kings! 🍺🍻 

“A GLORIOUS PLACE”

EVERY BEER GOES DOWN EASY,     
AT THE LOCAL SALOON,  
THE FOOD IS SALTY AND GREASY,
NOSES RED AS BALLOONS,
     
WORRIES MELT ONCE A WEEK,     
AT THE WATERING HOLE,    
LIFE IS GOOD, SO TO SPEAK,    
WHEN THE BAR ROCKS AND ROLLS,

EVERY JOKE BRINGS A SMILE TO YOUR FACE,         
EVERYONE IS A WELCOMED EMBRACE,         
EVERY SECOND IS DEAR,          
WITH FOOTBALL AND BEER,        
GOOD LORD WHAT A GLORIOUS PLACE, 
 
RAIN OR SNOW DOESN’T MATTER,   
THAT WON’T KEEP US AWAY,   
ONCE A WEEK IT’S LIKE THE SUPER BOWL,  
EVERY BEER A GREAT PLAY,
    
GOOD FRIENDS FILL EVERY BAR STOOL,    
AND WE ALL CHEER AS ONE,    
LIFE JUST COULDN’T GET BETTER,    
A BEER-BELLY BARREL OF FUN,   

EVERY JOKE BRINGS A SMILE TO YOUR FACE,         
EVERYONE IS A WELCOMED EMBRACE,         
EVERY SECOND IS DEAR,          
WITH FOOTBALL AND BEER,         
GOOD LORD WHAT A GLORIOUS PLACE,          
GOOD LORD WHAT A GLORIOUS PLACE,         
GOOD LORD WHAT A GLORIOUS PLACE.
   
BY JIM VALDES © 2011 (all rights reserved)

"A GLORIOUS PLACE" (Video - https://youtu.be/9CtETimp-pI)

     Howdy everyone and I hope everyone had a great Labor Day, without laboring of course!😂 This is another of my instrumentals, which actually had lyrics but the vocals were not recorded too well so I made it into an instrumental. It's about having that Las Vegas experience which I'm sure nobody can afford anymore with this economy unless you're a billionaire! I've been to Vegas many times and most times I've lost, hence the title "Lost Wages"! I'm not a gambler, so when I lose a couple of hundred dollars I start sweating profusely!!😂 It's a fast paced song and I played like a boogie-woogie synthesizer on it and a rock guitar. Charlie played a groovy harmonica on it too! I've decided to drop an instrumental and a cover song every month from now on besides my normal songs and videos. The video is the high-light so please check it out on YouTube.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/DwZ-ISbz2g0

     The video was a lot of fun to put together and it's all about Las Vegas, the gambling, the show girls, the drinking, the excesses, pretty decadent stuff! There's is a lot of eye-candy here for the grown-ups to enjoy! It drops tomorrow on YouTube! The original song with lyrics was called "My Neck Of The Woods" so if Charlie and I rerecord the vocals, I'll make a video of it as well. I hope everyone enjoys this song and video and remember, don't gamble unless you can afford to lose a ton of money and are rich because it is an addiction! Last time we went to Las Vegas, back before the pandemic, it was for about a week and all we saw were the shows and never gambled, that was my favorite trip because I didn't lose a dime! But guess what? We're going back to Las Vegas in December 2025 to watch the new "Wizard Of Oz" spectacular in The Sphere! Check out the clips on YouTube, it's really mind-blowing! No gambling!! Take care and good luck! 😎✌🏼

"LOST WAGES" (Inst) [Video - https://youtu.be/DwZ-ISbz2g0]

 Hi everyone, hopefully all is well. This is an old song I wrote in the 1990's and re-wrote in 2008 and it's about second chances. I believe everyone should have a second chance at everything in life but in love I believe you must think things through very carefully because it they cheat on you once, there's a good chance they'll cheat on you again! You know the old saying "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me!"  In my humble opinion, some trusts just cannot be broken and once they are broken there's just no turing back. I was cheated on once in my first marriage and that feeling of being stabbed in the back still hurts to this day. If you can't get along with your partner, divorce them and go your own way afterwards but betrayal is always very devastating and I hope no one ever has to go through something like that. 
    I reworked and tweaked the lyrics a little in 2008 to make them less corny but it's very much like a film script where you can see what the characters are saying to each other, in a sort of back and forth interaction in the dialog, and you can get a sense of the doubt that will now always be there in your heart once you have been betrayed. It's really heartbreaking and "second chances" have to be really thought out and handed out very carefully. I still do however believe in them! (I'm a fool, I know!) You must watch the video, I worked hard on the script!😂
    The song is bittersweat and not a love song but more of a "Beware Of Fake Love" song. It's very country & poppy musically and Charlie did a great job singing it! I wanted it to sound light and easy to balance out the heavy lyrics. There are a couple of  key changes, as well as mood changes, in the song. I was going after that Eagles sound of the early 70's, you know that mellow acoustic vibe but with a little Broadway drama thrown in during the middle 8. It's like if the Eagles and the Carpenters had a baby, it would sound like this!😂 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/eRusaqWHK5o

The video is new, I finished it a couple of month's ago. I tried to have the video follow the script as close as possible. I think it turned out okay, who knows?  Well, I hope everyone enjoys it and remember never betray someone that loves you, one day the shoe may just be one the other foot. Peace out! ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼 

“SECOND CHANCE"

WASN’T IT ME HOW SAID “DON’T GO AWAY?     
BUT YOU DIDN’T CARE, 
YOU SAID YOU’VE GIVEN ALL YOU HAD TO GIVE, 
AND TRUE LOVE WASN’T THERE,
NOW YOU WANT TO COMPROMISE,
SAYING “JUST LET ME EXPLAIN”,
BUT I DON’T WANT TO HEAR YOUR LIES AGAIN,

LET ME REFRESH YOUR MEMORY,     
WASN’T IT YOU THAT SAID “GOODBYE”?
YOU SAID YOU COULDN’T LIVE IN YESTERDAY,
AND TEARS WE LEFT BEHIND, 
NOW SOMEHOW YOU’VE MANAGED,
TO CREEP BACK IN MY HEART,
AND WILLING TO GIVE LOVE A BRAND NEW START,

YES I KNOW I’M A FOOL,          
FOR GIVING YOU A SECOND CHANCE,
TO WEAVE A NEW ROMANCE,           
WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF, OH NO!  
EVERY TIME I REMEMBER,
THOSE HAUNTING MEMORIES,
OF HOW WE USED TO BE,        
I PRAY, THAT YOU,

HAVE REALLY CHANGED FOR THE BETTER,     
YOU WON’T BE SEARCHING ANYMORE,       
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO FIND HAPPINESS,     
DON’T SPOIL IT LIKE BEFORE,       
HOPE I CAN ERASE THE DOUBTS,     
THAT STILL BURN WAY DEEP DOWN,    
HOPE I CAN BE SURE THIS TIME AROUND,
  
YES I KNOW I’M A FOOL,          
FOR GIVING YOU A SECOND CHANCE,       
TO WEAVE A NEW ROMANCE,           
WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF, OH NO!           
EVERY TIME I REMEMBER,        
THOSE HAUNTING MEMORIES,        
OF HOW WE USED TO BE,        
I PRAY, THAT YOU,
        
HAVE REALLY CHANGED FOR THE BETTER,     
YOU WON’T BE SEARCHING ANYMORE,      
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO FIND HAPPINESS,     
DON’T SPOIL IT LIKE BEFORE,       
HOPE I CAN ERASE THE DOUBTS,     
THAT STILL BURN WAY DEEP DOWN,    
HOPE I CAN BE SURE THIS TIME AROUND.

BY JIM VALDES © 2008

"SECOND CHANCE" (Video - https://youtu.be/eRusaqWHK5o)

This is a another song written during the pandemic in 2022. It's about the joy of reading! I know we don't read hardly anymore that's why we are pretty ignorant about science and math, look it up, don't take my word for it!! I still enjoy reading, it sparks my creativity, and opens up my imagination! It's really fabulous the trips we can make with our imagination by just reading. I whipped up seveal tales and weaved them all together into a Rock song. It is also about what happens to unread books that just turn to dust on our shelves. (Read H.G. Wells "The Time Machine" or at least watch the 1960 film!). I guess we will soon have no need for libraries!  Just I-phones! This is an adventure song, my Indiana Jones song!  

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/2R-hnrBwiDQ

      The video is brand new with loads of eye-candy for everybody. I thnk I finished it a few months ago. It'll take you on several exciting adventures!! I hope people enjoy it, we must continue to read books because when we stop reading books, then we will stop having independent thought and we become nothing more than brain dead sheep!  I'm sure that's what some evil people actually want! (Look what they did to Jimmy Kimmel!!). Read a book before they censor them and take them away! Take a look, crack a book, I guarenteed that you'll get hooked! Take care!🙏😎✌🏼

“UNREAD BOOK”

READ ME WHILE YOU CAN,     
I MIGHT JUST TURN TO DUST AND CRUMBLE IN YOUR HANDS,   
BUT I'LL NEVER WASTE YOUR TIME,               
LET ME PROVE TO YOU,    
I'M MORE THAN BORING WORDS DOWN POINTLESS AVENUES,      
I'M ALWAYS WORTH A SECOND LOOK, 
               
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,         
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,
  
READ ME, IF YOU CARE,    
WE'LL GO TO PLACES WHERE YOUR HEART WOULD NEVER DARE,      
IN A JOURNEY OF THE MIND,    
LEAVE IT UP TO ME,   
ALL YOU NEED IS THE YEARNING AND THE COURAGE TO BELIEVE,
JUST ONE LOOK WILL GET YOU HOOKED,
                       
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,           
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,     
     
A TRIP TO THE MOON OR AN ADVENTURE AT SEA,              
LET MY WORDS SET YOUR MIND FREE,                
A ROMANTIC RENDEZVOUS OR BUBBLE BATH BY CANDLELIGHT,
A CHRISTMAS DAY OR AN ARABIAN NIGHT,
            
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,             
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK, 

IF YOU'RE LONELY, COUNT ON ME,  
THERE'S NO END OF THE ROAD ONLY POSSIBILITIES,   
IMAGINATION'S ALL IT TOOK,
             
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,             
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK. 

BY JIM VALDES
 © 2022

"UNREAD BOOK" (Video - https://youtu.be/2R-hnrBwiDQ)

      Howdy Ghouls and Gals, well it's almost time for another Halloween so for the entire month I'll be posting songs that have some sort of spooky theme to them.🎃 I save all my Spooky Songs for October! This one is like a Texas Swing Country Rock & Roll song that I wrote with the ghost of Elvis singing it! (Naw, it's just Charlie singing and playing a ghoulish harmonica too!!😂) It's just some very light Rock & Roll with a very pretty woman dancing in the video! I've used her in several videos before and she always has new and different dance routines available for download. There's nothing much to this song but I did re-recorded it and had Charlie sing it over again a few months ago. I wrote it in 2002 and it was recorded pretty badly, so here's the new and reimagined version. The lyrics are pretty dated and songs are not written like this anymore but I was channeling Chuck Berry when writting it and I wanted to write one like he used to write back in the 1950's. Watch the video, it's very cool, maybe even Spook-tacular!👻👻👻

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/yrSBYK3mgQ0

     The video was fun to put together and has a lot of eye-candy in it! I did it earlier this year for an October release. It has some sexy dance routines and some really cool Jitterbugging in it! (For all you kiddo's out there, The Jitterbug is a very old dance routine that your great grandma & grandpa used to dance to way back in the prehistoric ages! 😂) This one's not too spooky but others coming up are a bit more creepy! The ending is pretty cool! NO A.I. was used in the song or in the video! So Boo you, a Boo Boo you very much! The ghost of Elvis has now left the building! 👻👻👻

“LOVE R.I.P”

HEY EVERYBODY HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS,  
THERE’S A SWEET YOUNG THING IN TOWN,  
SHE REALLY COOKS AND AND SHE GOT THE LOOKS,   
THAT WILL BURN YOUR DEFENSES DOWN,    
SHE LOOKS CUTE IN BOOTS, READY TO SHOOT,    
SHE WILL TEAR YOUR WORLD APART,    
WITH A COUNTRY SMILE THAT WILL DRIVE YOU WILD,    
AND IS SURE TO BREAK YOUR HEART,
     
BUT WHEN SHE GETS OUT ON THE DANCE FLOOR,         
THE PLACE REALLY STARTS TO ROCK,        
WHEN SHE SHAKES HER HIPS, MY POOR HEART JUST FLIPS,         
AND MY KNEES START TO RATTLE AND KNOCK,
     
OH HEAVEN HELP ME, I’M FALLIN’ FAST,             
SHE WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME,             
I’M D.O.A., ALL THE WAY,            
LOVE R.I.P.

BUT WHEN SHE GETS OUT ON THE DANCE FLOOR,       
THE PLACE REALLY STARTS TO ROCK,        
WHEN SHE SHAKES HER HIPS, MY POOR HEART JUST FLIPS,        
AND MY KNEES START TO RATLLE AND KNOCK,
               
OH HELP ME LORD, I’M FALLIN’ FAST,            
SHE WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME,             
I’M D.O.A., ALL THE WAY, LOVE R.I.P.            
YEAH I’M D.O.A., ALL THE WAY, LOVE R.I.P.            
I’M D.O.A., ALL THE WAY,             
LOVE R.I.P.     

BY JIM VALDES © 2002

"LOVE R.I.P." (Video - https://youtu.be/yrSBYK3mgQ0)

Greeting Earthlings, this is your Master Of Ceremonies with another Halloween track for you unfortunate viewers and listeners out there to be creeped out about! This is track #3 for October 2025. This one is about psycho's and crazy blood-thirsty murderers ready to chop you up into little pieces when they snap!(😂🎃😂). **NO A.I. USED IN SONG OR VIDEO EVER!!**

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/x61N_vOzeX0 {Viewere Discretion Advised!}

The video is a little gruesome, so beware my viewers! I tried to write it from a demented killer's point of view! Make sure you hold on tight to your Teddy's and keep the lights on while watching! (ha,ha,ha,ha!). You never know when an unhinged psycho will creep up behind you! 
     I worked really hard on this song and video and Charlie sang it perfectly! I wrote it in 2019 just before the pandemic hit,  around Thanksgiving of that year. I really like this one but I think it needs a bit more Cowbell!😂 I tried to make the video into a mini-slasher film and I spent a couple of weeks on it and storyboarded it and everything! I think it's one my best Halloween videos so far! Definitely NOT a love song! 
     In these days it seems we're all a bit unhinged with everything that's going on and the government being shut-down and all the hatred and death around the world and A.I. breathing down out necks!  When I wrote this song I had Alice Cooper in mind, the king of Shock Rock!! He may be too old already but I think he's still kicking! 🎃 Well, I bid you all a fond farewell and have a good night and don't let the bed bugs bite! More fiendish fun songs & videos to come until this Halloween is upon us! Make sure to sleep with one eye open at all times! 😂 Take care and stay safe!🙏🎃✌🏼

“UNHINGED!”

SOMETIMES I FEEL UNHINGED,   
CAN’T CATCH MY BREATH,     
DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO,      
TRAPPED LIKE A RAT IN A CAGE,                   
LOSING MY MIND,     
SLOWLY COMING UNGLUED,     
NOBODY GAVE A CRAP, NOBODY GAVE A DAMN,     
THIS ANGRY BOY BECAME AN ANGRY MAN!   
OOH, OOH,
    
SOMETIMES I WANT TO KILL,    
DESTROY THE WORLD,     
INFLICT GREAT PAIN,     
LIFE IS A BITTER PILL,         
BLOODY BUTCHER’S KNIFE,      
BURNING ACID RAIN,     
NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,     
WHY KILL YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN KILL YOUR BROTHER!       
OOH, OOH,

MY TORTURED TWISTED MIND,          
RIDDLED WITH HATE,          
HAS MADE ME BLIND, OH YEAH,             
MY LACK OF EMPATHY,          
HAS LIT A FIRE,           
DEEP UNDER ME, OH YEAH,

SOMETIMES I FEEL UNHINGED,     
DREAM OF SUDDEN DEATH,     
SENSE ALL HOPE IS GONE,      
IT FESTERS IN MY BRAIN,     
UNDERNEATH MY SKIN,      
UNTIL I DON’T BELONG,      
NOBODY BATS AN EYE, NOBODY GIVES A HOOT,     
I FEEL LIKE A RATTLESNAKE UNDER A COWBOY’S BOOT,     
OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH. 

BY JIM VALDES
 © 2019

"UNHINGED!" (Video - https://youtu.be/x61N_vOzeX0)

      Howdy you wicked little boys and girls! This is my 5th offering for Halloween 2025, it's my cover for the month of a Rock & Roll classic! Although not really technically a Halloween song but it's about bad little kids and bullies! I've known several growing up as a kid! They're just rotton to the core! The song was written by Larry Williams in 1957 and was covered by many groups including The Beatles! That's were I heard it the first time. I used several different guitars on this one and just rocked out! Charlie sang it very well too! We recorded the song in 2004 so the quality is so-so but the video is brand new, so check out! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/tj_W0YarZzA

I put it together earlier this year for this Halloween. I've always liked it, it's a toe-tapper! I hope you guys enjoy it! I'm still in London, so enjoy and "JUNIOR BEHAVE YOURSLF!"😂🎃😂

“BAD BOY”

A BAD LITTLE KID MOVED INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD,    
HE WON’T DO NOTHING RIGHT,     
JUST SITTING DOWN AND LOOKS SO GOOD,    
HE DON’T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL AND LEARN TO READ AND WRITE,  
JUST SITS AROUND THE HOUSE,   
AND PLAYS THAT ROCK & ROLL MUSIC ALL NIGHT,                 
WELL HE PUTS THUMB TACKS ON TEACHER’S CHAIR,  
PUTS CHEWING GUM IN LITTLE GIRL’S HAIR,         
NOW JUNIOR, BEHAVE YOURSELF!

BUYS EVERY ROCK & ROLL BOOK ON THE MAGAZINE STAND,     
EVERY DIME THAT HE GETS, OH HE’S OFF TO THE JUKEBOX MAN, 
WELL HE WORRIES THAT TEACHER AT NIGHT,      
TILL SHE’S READY TO POOP,    
FROM ROCKING AND A ROLLING, SPINNING IN A HULA-HOOP,    
WELL THIS ROCK & ROLL HAS GOTTA STOP,    
JUNIOR’S HEAD IS HARD AS ROCK,   
NOW JUNIOR, BEHAVE YOURSELF!

WELL YOUR MAMA SAID IT’S GOTTA STOP,     
JUNIOR’S HEAD IS HARD AS ROCK,     
NOW JUNIOR, BEHAVE YOURSELF!

WELL YOUR MAMA SAID IT’S GOTTA STOP,    
JUNIOR’S HEAD IS HARD AS ROCK,     
NOW JUNIOR, BEHAVE YOURSELF!!

BY LARRY WILLIAMS
 © 1957

"BAD BOY" (cover/video - https://youtu.be/tj_W0YarZzA)

Greeting earthlings and welcome to my 6th video offering of spooky songs for this October! 👻! This song I wrote in 2020 for the first Halloween during the pandemic, those were scary times indeed! It wasn't recorded too well, very distorted and punk rock sounding, and I'm singing it so that should send chills up and down your spine already!🎃 I'm off-key a lot on this song and I may wind up deleting it in a few days! It originally wasn't a Halloween song but I turned into one and tweaked the lyrics a little bit and made a spooky video for it! The video is brand new, I finished it a few months ago. It has all kinds of spooky critters in it, the usual cast of horrors, vampires, zombies, killer clowns, yada, yada, and further yada! The lyrics I feel are some of my best, musically I could have done better. (I know but I got the olds! It's very Lo-Fi and old school and I re-used several clips I had used in earlier videos but who's counting right?)

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/ZATIWzmpSBs

     The video I worked very hard on with a lot of quick cuts and eye-candy 👀! Lots of visual & audio effects thrown in all over the place! Watch until the end and you'll see a creepy friend of mine crawl across your screens! She's so delish, the Black Widow!! 🧛‍♂️ 🕷️ I originally wrote this song for somebody like Alice Cooper to sing, remember him? The King Of Shock Rock!! I hope everyone is almost ready for Halloweeen 2025!! 🎃Thanks for watching and listening and have a safe & Happy Halloween!🙏🎃✌🏼

“DEEP INTO YOU”

YOUR LOVE IS TOO INTENSE,      
A FINE LINE BETWEEN DEATH AND HAPPINESS,    
I’M ON FIRE,       
JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU BABY,
                   
YOUR LOVE IS TOO EXTREME,    
LIKE A FEVER IN MY BRAIN MAKING MY INSIDES SCREAM,     
I’M ON FIRE,     
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT YOU BABY,
     
I’M ONE, TWO, DEEP INTO YOU,         
TAKE ME FOR A RIDE LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO,         
TIME REALLY FLYS WHEN I'M PEEKIN',           
NINE, TEN, OVER AGAIN,         
ROLL ME LIKE THE DICE IN A GAMBLER’S HAND,         
LIFE REALLY SUCKS IF I’M FREAKIN' YOU OUT!         
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT? 
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT?         
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT?
          
YOUR LOVE IS TOO SURREAL,     
ROTTING LIKE A CORPSE IN AN OPEN FIELD,      
I’M ON FIRE,    
JUST STRESSING ABOUT YOU BABY,
     
YOUR LOVE IS OVERKILL,   
BUT I HUNGER FOR YOUR NEEDLE LIKE A JUNKIE WILL,     
I’M ON FIRE,        
CAN’T BE WITHOUT YOU BABY,
 
I’M ONE, TWO, DEEP INTO YOU,         
TAKE ME FOR A RIDE LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO,        
TIME REALLY FLYS WHEN I'M SPEEDIN',         
NINE, TEN, OVER AGAIN,        
ROLL ME LIKE THE DICE IN A GAMBLER’S HAND,         
LIFE REALLY SUCKS IF I’M FREAKIN' YOU OUT!         
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT? 
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT?         
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT?
      
[LEAD]

I’M ONE, TWO, DEEP INTO YOU,        
TAKE ME FOR A RIDE LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO,         
TIME REALLY FLYS WHEN I'M SLEEPIN',          
NINE, TEN, OVER AGAIN,       
ROLL ME LIKE THE DICE IN A GAMBLER’S HAND,         
LIFE REALLY SUCKS IF I’M FREAKIN' YOU OUT!        
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT? 
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT?      
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT?
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT?     
                                             
BY JIM VALDES
 © 2000

"DEEP INTO YOU" (Video -https://youtu.be/ZATIWzmpSBs)

Here's a very special song & video!! It was a collobaoration with Olga V. Glushakova from VerAeternum. I wrote the lyrics and she wrote the music, sang it, perfromed it, arranged it, basically did everything else! Check out her channel on YouTube, it's amazing! She is a magnificent songwriter and performer! A natural star! Link below!

https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCyWV-rT_YK-kdXl3CABwY6g?si=2JpOQqwqmBf7hYIg

  I sent Olga like 5 lyrics and she picked this one to compose the music for and did a great job! I love what she did to bring my lyrics to life! I had offered these lyrics to other musicans before but what she did with them was nothing short of fantastic! It was a wonderful experience, she's the best! As far as the lyrics go, they are quite simple and reflect all things about love and how when you're in love it's everywhere you look. On the billboards, in the movies, in a book, it's in the air!! Olga made it itno a modern sounding song! I think it's great and her and her team did a superb job with it. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/QrpLfWs-3is

I added a little musical build up at the begining of the video and then mixed her video into it. I hope everyone enjoys it and goes over to her channel and subscribe and support Olga, she is an amazing artist! Thanks for watching and take care everyone!

“I DON’T CARE WHY"

IT’S UP THERE ON BILLBOARDS,    
IN EACH BALLADEER’S SONG,   
AT CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY,      
OR JUST DRIVING ALONG, 
WHENEVER I’M CLOSE TO YOU,    
I FEEL IT STIRRING INSIDE,  
UNDER THE MOONLIGHT,     
IN STORMY OR SUNNY SKIES,    
DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, 
BUT I DON'T CARE WHY,        
      
WHILE DRINKING MY COFFEE,    
WHILE READING A BOOK,   
IT’S IN EVERY MOVIE,   
WHEREVER I LOOK,    
THAT FEELING COMES OVER ME,    
WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES,    
CAN’T SEEM TO SHAKE IT,     
NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY,    
DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, DON'T UNDERSTAND IT,     
BUT I DON'T CARE WHY,

WHILE I'M TAKING A SHOWER,  
HAVING MY LUNCH AT NOON,    
AT THE TOP OF EACH HOUR,    
IN EVERY PHASE OF THE MOON,   
WHAT A STRANGE ODD SENSATION,   
THERE’S JUST NOWHERE TO HIDE,    
I GUESS I’M IN LOVE?     
THAT MUST BE THE REASON WHY,    
DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, DON'T UNDERSTAND IT,      
BUT I DON'T CARE WHY,    
NO I DON'T CARE WHY,     
DON'T REALLY CARE WHY,    
I JUST DON'T CARE WHY.   

BY JIM VALDES & OLGA GLUSHAKOVA © 2025

"I DON'T CARE WHY" (Video - https://youtu.be/QrpLfWs-3is)

    Howdy People! Thought I'd drop a brand new rocker in on you after Thanksgiving to help digest all that turkey!😂! It could be a very cool workout song! We all need to shed a few pounds after all that feasting we just did! I wrote and recorded this by myself a couple of months ago! The song and video are hot off the presses! An early Christmas gift for my loyal listeners and followers, I try to give back when I can! I worked hard on both the recording and video for this one! I'm singing it too, so listeners beware!😂 I think my vocals are ok in rock songs but they really suffer in ballads! Charlie wasn't available so I just knocked this one off real quick! Some of my best work, I think, lyrically and musically! I can still rock if I really put my mind to it! But too much Rocking can be painful at my age! I ain't no spring chicken anymore! I might even break a hip too! 😂

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/kW-j19pPZS0

     The video is one of my best, I really put a lot into it and I didn't use A.I. to do it! We can still make music and videos and NOT have to use A.I. - I do it, not very well but hey, nobody's perfect, oh... I guess A.I. is perfect! I keep forgetting that!🥺 Anyway, I hope you guys like my post Thanksgiving Rocker and don't call me "Disposable" either, it's not very nice! 😂🙏😎✌🏼

“DISPOSABLE"

DON’T CALL ME DISPOSABLE,    
WHAT A HURTFUL THING TO SAY,     
DON’T BREAK MY HEART AFTER ALL THESE YEARS,    
DON’T THROW IT ALL AWAY,

DON’T CALL ME EXPENDABLE,    
I’M NOT EASILY REPLACED,
I GAVE MY HEART AND SOUL TO YOU,    
ALL SENTIMENTS MISPLACED, 

PERHAPS I WAS A HARLEQUIN,         
A FOOL FOR YOU TO TRICK,         
A NOBODY, A DISREGARD,        
AN OLD DOG FOR YOU TO KICK,      
JUST A GULLIBLE BUFFOON,      
A RIDICULOUS CARTOON,                  
I THOUGHT WE WERE FOREVER,        
BUT FOREVER CAME TOO SOON,

LIFE CAN BE QUITE COMICAL.   
OOZING WITH IRONY, 
ONE MINUTE YOU’RE THE RICHEST GUY, 
THE NEXT IT’S POVERTY,

I GUESS I WAS DISPOSABLE, 
HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO WRONG?     
A PLACE HOLDER, A SUBSTITUTE,    
TILL THE RIGHT MAN COMES ALONG,  

PERHAPS I WAS A HARLEQUIN,          
A FOOL FOR YOU TO TRICK,          
A NOBODY, A DISREGARD,            
AN OLD DOG FOR YOU TO KICK,         
JUST A GULLIBLE BUFFOON,          
A RIDICULOUS CARTOON,                    
I THOUGHT WE WERE FOREVER,            
BUT FOREVER CAME TOO SOON.
               
BY JIM VALDES
 © 2025

"DISPOSABLE" (Video -https://youtu.be/kW-j19pPZS0)

**I NEVER USE A.I. IN ANY OF MY SONGS OR VIDEOS!** Hi everybody, my name is Jim and I’m a songwriter, I've written over 300 songs, I play guitar, bass, piano, and am an okay lyricist.  I play all types of music and have my own recording studio.  I use no A.I. or DAW or any computers to make my songs or my videos, all the instruments are played by me live on a multitrack studio recorder and Charlie, my vocalist, sings most of my songs and also plays the Harmonica on several tracks. I use video clips from Motion Array or Pexals or Pixabay for my videos. I'm not a pro or a great musician but I do what I can with the tools that I have! I belong to the "Keep Humans In Music Movement" (KHMM)! We're NOT perfect but we're REAL! Thanks everyone for listening and the world needs more music now, real music made by HUMANS not MACHINES! So let's all sing a song with our own voices, please! I do not consent to any of my songs or videos being used or sampled or lifted in any way or fashion. Take care!👍😎✌🏼.

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