county lines 2nd draft 09-08 wip

sardines adapted 4th 09/08 wip

forgot my pick

this song isn’t finished

pigs, dont know rough idea draft 09-08 wip

mike tyson 3rd draft 09-08 wip

Wilmer Flodqvist - Fyra År

Bad cover of between the bars. I'm still bad at singing and playing guitar at the same time. also just bad at singing in general.

Between the bars

I know you and you know me
So what’s the problem?
Happy dreams Or nightmare screams
What’s the difference?

I love you And you love me 
So what’s that look for?
Take me to that special place I’ve never been

Carousels of marching horses dream
Fly behind the moon to catch a star
Dancing waterfalls they ask for more
Wake me when we get to where you are
To where you are….. To where you are

If I were you And you were me
Could we cross the distance?
With angel wings I fly to the sun

I see you and you see mee
Not in the same light
The answers lie
And the questions never come

Carousels of marching horses dream
Fly behind the moon to catch a star
Wake me up when we get to where you are 
To where you are

to catch a star

Still my best known, most played song.  From the first album, "Wake of the Moon" (2001).  This track was featured on the TV Show, "One Tree Hill" (Season 5, E16, "Cryin' Won't Help You Now"):

Blue velveteen, so warm and shimmering
Wraps, wraps my love in light and shifting shadows
Like the sun dancing on, on a sea of sapphire
And like her eyes of deepest indigo

Oh my love in blue, see my love in blue

She waits for me in a soft blue cocoon
Weaving her spell of lace and liberty
She will break free someday, oh I know
To float, to fly and split the azure sky

Oh my love in blue, see my love in blue
Oh my love in blue

My Love In Blue

Paul  Etheredge's Album

Dang. [original instrumental]

Just a song. Pretty clear what its about. It's been a while

Each and Everyday

Guitar and voice demo:

Kaleidoscopic moments
Memories jumbled through the years
Lovers changing colors
Is it ever what it appears?

Kaleidoscopic twilight
Multi-patterned sky of many hues
Now mingling with these shadows
I am ready to take my cues

How many, how many will be mine?

Kaleidoscopic vistas
Horizons change with every turn
Wandering into a sunset
Feel the burn

How many, oh how many shall be mine?
How many down, down the line?

Ooo, ok, will you meet me on the way?
Kaleidoscopic sojourn, and a new day

And now, how far this time?
And oh, how far, and how, how many will be mine?

Kaleidoscopic (demo)

Updated mix of a recent song:

Later on when the phantoms grow strong
And all the world seems unholy
I don't know if I let them go
Or I put them into a song
It's alright 'til they turn out the light
Why won't they leave me alone?

I want to lay down this tired crown
But I can't see how
I could swear I'm almost there
Then the night falls down

Down into the swirling circle of doubt
There where you wait to remind me

Now the jesters mutter their vespers
And stumble all about
In my quiet, it's a riot
A whisper and a shout
It seems ok in the light of the day
Then the night falls down

Down into the swirling circle of doubt
There where you wait to find me
Yes down, down into the sinkhole of disbelief
There where you wait to remind me

Image by Daniel Olah


The Swirling Circle Of Doubt

Here I am covering Elliott Smith's Angeles from Either/Or which was released in 1997.

Covering Elliott - Angeles

A cover of Elliott Smith's 'Needle in the Hay' by Scott Whitten.

Recorded on November 8th, 2024, direct to digital in one take with minimal post-processing.

Your hand on his arm
Haystack charm around your neck
Strung out and thin
Calling some friend tryin' to cash some check
He's acting dumb
That's what you've come to expect
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
He's wearing your clothes
Head down to toes a reaction to you
You say you know what he did
But you idiot kid, you don't have a clue
Sometimes they just get caught in the eye
You're pulling him through
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Now on the bus
Nearly touching this dirty retreat
Falling out
6th and Powell, a dead sweat in my teeth
Gonna walk, walk, walk
Four more blocks, plus the one in my brain
Down downstairs
To the man, he's gonna make it all okay
I can't be myself
I can't be myself and I don't wanna talk
I'm taking the cure
So I can be quiet whenever I want
So leave me alone
You oughta be proud that I'm getting good marks
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay
Needle in the hay

Needle In The Hay (Elliott Smith cover)

Reworked version of a pre-, now post-election song:

Why, why do we try
To throw it all away?
It's a brainwash, a double cross
An age old power play
Orwellian schemes, gothic dreams
Is this judgment day?
Oh oh, I don't know
But I want to fly away

We're dancing on the edge
Right up at the edge
The cutting edge
Where we bleed

The long shot, oh what have you got?
Now can you read the signs?
Clear your head or make your bed
The moment is unkind
Orwellian lies hypnotize
They will leave you blind
Oh oh, I don't know
Is there really time?

Dancing on the edge
Right up at the edge
The cutting edge
Where we bleed

Why, why do we try
To throw it all away?
It's a brainwash, a double cross
An ancient old power play

The Cutting Edge

my archive so i don’t forget stuff I did

Here you will find little acoustic pop songs; melancholy, dreamy-folk things. Sometimes some jangly, fuzzy rock tunes or ambient pieces as well. Work-in-progress demos to finished tracks, informal playlists to official album releases. Enjoy.

Lifelong guitarist. Play mostly my own songs. And classical guitar. Influenced by the likes of Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Pixies, Neil Young.....I could go on :D

- J T G M M - F O R E V E R -
p r o j e c t s IN p l a y l i s t s

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i upload demos here before releasing anywhere else

Solo artist.  Song and dance man.  Folk.  Blues.  Contact:  desertersongs@yahoo.com Film critic at https://paulydeathwish.com/

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