Was asked to write this... so did...She walked in with a thrift-store coat
Eyes like thunder, voice like hope
They said she’d never fit the mold
She said, “Honey, I’m solid gold”
She didn’t ask for permission
She just rewrote the tradition
Maybe it’s Maybelline, maybe it’s my Maybelle night
I’m not here to be polite
I’m here to shine, to stir, to fight
Lipstick and lightning, feeling just right
She’s not a brand, she’s a blaze
She’s the echo of better days
Maybe it’s Maybelline, maybe it’s my Maybelle night
She found her look, she found her light
She tried on every shade of shame
Till she found one that knew her name
No contour could hide the truth
She’s been bold since her Baptist youth
They said “tone it down,” she said “turn it up”
She poured her soul in a coffee cup
Maybe it’s Maybelline, maybe it’s my Maybelle night
Mirror don’t lie, it just reflects the fight
She’s got jazz in her walk, sass in her stare
She’s doing what’s right, not what’s fair
She’s not confused, she’s just awake
And she’s done with the give and take
Maybe it’s Maybelline, maybe it’s my Maybelle night
She’s not your muse—she’s her own rite
She didn’t buy it, she built it
With every scar, every split
Her eyeliner’s a battle cry
Her heels say “I survived”
She’s not worried what you mean
She’s busy being seen
Maybe it’s Maybelline, maybe it’s my Maybelle night
She’s not chasing, she’s taking flight
She found her look, she found her way
And she’s not folding for yesterday
Tradition’s just a starting line
She made it hers, now it’s divine
Maybe it’s Maybelline, maybe it’s my Maybelle night
 the wonder you can count on tonight
it’s Maybelline
it’s Maybelline
 the wonder you can count on tonight
 Maybelline (Maybe)  Maybellin (Maybelline)
(Maybe)...(its)  Maybellin

🌹Thanks to the players from H.C. and Del's studio

All Rights held by songwriter Edwin H. Balder. 
Be sure to visit Tina's playlist here: 
https://soundcloud.com/edwin-balder/sets/tina-talone-may-this-kind-of?si=c962a19838244cafab03c08ba110c75f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

And Tina's new music video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TZvNm4nfdQ

Maybe It’s Maybelline

This song is Free To Cover and Open Source as per songwriter Edwin H. Balder
She walked with the quiet
She listened to leaves
She spoke to the wild
And taught us to believe
[sad acustic guitar riff]
In the hush of the forest, in the eyes of a chimp
She saw the soul of the world, not just a glimpse
She didn’t shout, she didn’t fight
She just lived the truth in morning light
And every step she took was grace
A gentle echo in this place
What you do makes a difference
And you have to decide
What kind of a difference you want to make
It’s the mirror we hold, the vow we take
To matter to the world, to matter to ourselves
To walk well, to walk kind
To leave love where we dwelled
She taught us that wonder is never too small
That the roots of compassion can grow through us all
She held the earth like a fragile flame
And whispered, “You matter—your choices, your name”
So cherish the nature you’re blessed to meet
The moss, the moonlight, the dirt beneath
Let every creature, every breeze
Remind you who you’re meant to be
What you do makes a difference
And you have to decide
What kind of a difference you want to make
It’s the mirror we hold, the vow we take
To matter to the world, to matter to ourselves
To walk well, to walk kind
To leave love where we dwelled
She’s gone from the forest, but not from the song
Her voice is the wonder that carries us on
What you do makes a difference…
So make it strong....(.voice)  wonder that carries  on..
.carries  on..(.carries  on) carries  on..
.carries  on..(.carries  on)carries  on..(.carries  on)
wonder ..that ..carries  ..on..

Thanks to all who rushed to thier DAWs...
 from GarageBand to
• 	Logic Pro 
• 	Ableton Live
• 	FL Studio 
• 	Pro Tools 
• 	Reaper 
• 	Cubase and HC and Tina and Tommy and Del's folks wow! LOvE YOU

A Difference (💔For Jane💔)

I wish I could help myself, but I sure can not
If you tell it to me, I’m gonna tell it a lot
I talk too fast, I spill too sweet
Your secrets ain’t safe when they land at my feet
I wish I could help myself, but I sure can not
If you tell it to me, I’m gonna tell it a lot
If you tell it to me,... I’m.. gonna.. tell it a lot...tell.. it ...a lot...!
You said “Don’t tell nobody, but Taylor and I broke up last night”
I said “Sure thing, sugar,” then I hit send right on sight
By breakfast it was trending, by lunch she blocked your name
Now you’re mad at me for playing the truth-telling game
You whispered “I’m quitting, but don’t tell the boss”
I told my girls at brunch, now you’re fired and lost
HR called you early, said “We heard it from a friend”
Guess I’m that friend who tells it all again
You said “I kinda like Jenny, but keep it on the low”
I told her in the powder room, now everybody knows
She told her boyfriend, who told your wife
Now you’re sleeping on the couch for life
I wish I could help myself, but I sure can not
If you tell it to me, I’m gonna tell it a lot
I talk too fast, I spill too sweet
Your secrets ain’t safe when they land at my feet
I wish I could help myself, but I sure can not
If you tell it to me, I’m gonna tell it a lot
If you tell it to me,... I’m.. gonna.. tell it a lot
I told you so, but you told me first
I didn’t mean to make it worse
I’m just a gal with a mouth that runs
And a heart that thinks gossip’s fun
I wish I could help myself, but I sure can not
If you tell it to me, I’m gonna tell it a lot
I talk too fast, I spill too sweet
Your secrets ain’t safe when they land at my feet
I wish I could help myself, but I sure can not
If you tell it to me, I’m gonna tell it a lot
If you tell it to me,... I’m.. gonna.. tell it a lot
So next time you whisper, think it through
‘Cause I’m the echo that’s coming for you
coming for you, think it through, think it through
coming for you
coming for you 
coming for you (coming for you)
I wish I could help myself, I wish I could help myself, 
I wish ..I could.. help myself, but I sure can not
If you tell it to me, I’m gonna tell it a lot
I talk too fast, I spill too sweet
Your secrets ain’t safe when they land at my feet
I wish I could help myself, but I sure can not
If you tell it to me, I’m gonna tell it a lot
If you tell it to me, I’m gonna tell it a lot
If you tell it to me,... I’m.. gonna.. tell it a lot...tell.. it ...a lot...!


🌹Thanks to the players from H.C. and Del's studio

All Rights held by songwriter Edwin H. Balder. 

Be sure to visit Tina's playlist here: 
https://soundcloud.com/edwin-balder/sets/tina-talone-may-this-kind-of?si=c962a19838244cafab03c08ba110c75f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

And Tina's new music video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TZvNm4nfdQ

Tell It To Me 🌹Tina Talone🌹

Centuries deep in cryo sleep
I dreamed of vinyl stars and static hearts
Time slipped past in frozen breath
I woke alone, beyond regret
Frozen in sleep, I missed the years
Dreams in static, songs in tears
Woke to silence, stars gone cold
The world I knew was long untold
Drifting through the black unknown
A signal hum, a vault alone
Carved in constellations deep
It called to me from cryo sleep
I touched the door, it sang my name
A melody through time and flame
Vault of wonder, vault of light
Where echoes bloom and ghosts ignite
I found my voice in silence loud
Vault of wonder—play me proud
Faces fade in memory’s glow
But music keeps what time won’t show
I danced alone in zero-G
To songs that once remembered me
I am the chorus, I am the cry
I am the verse that never died
A traveler lost, a soul unclaimed
But in this vault, I’m not unnamed
I am the shimmer in the static stream
The hook you hum inside a dream
I am the bridge they never crossed
The final note the world had lost
Sing me loud, sing me true
I am the vault—and I found you
Vault of wonder, vault of light
Where echoes bloom and ghosts ignite
I found my voice in silence loud
Vault of wonder—play me proud
Vault of wonder… vault of me…
Vault of wonder… vault of me…
If you hear this… know I lived…
Vault of wonder… vault of me…
Sing it loud… eternally… 

🌹Thanks to the players from H.C. and Del's studio

All Rights held by songwriter Edwin H. Balder. 

Be sure to visit Tina's playlist here: 
https://soundcloud.com/edwin-balder/sets/tina-talone-may-this-kind-of?si=c962a19838244cafab03c08ba110c75f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

And Tina's new music video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TZvNm4nfdQ

“Vault of Wonder”  by 🌹 Tina Talone🌹

You were my lifesaver… my be-braver…
My cheerleader when I was just a bleeder…
Lost in the show, but you didn’t let me go…
Didn’t let me fall… you caught it all…
[Verse 1: Add brushed drums, warm piano, mellow guitar]
When my voice was gone for good
You didn’t yell—you understood
Tried to show me light in the dark
In a town that tore me apart
You held the silence like a song
Helped me find where I belong
Tuned my soul to something true
Played the chords I never knew
You were the sound when I had none
The echo under every sun
You were the verse I couldn’t write
The harmony that held me tight
You were the song of the year
The one I needed to hear
You were the song of the year
The one that dried every tear
I was broken, out of tune
A shadow fading far too soon
But you saw rhythm in my ache
A melody I couldn’t fake
You turned my silence into flame
Gave my story back its name
You didn’t fix me—you just stayed
And let the music find its way
You were the bridge I never crossed
The lyric I thought I’d lost
You were the breath between the lines
The reason I still try
You were the stage when I had none
The spotlight when I tried to run
You were the song I couldn’t sing
But now I wear it like a ring
Now I sing with open hands
No fear, no shame, no second chance
You taught me how to bend, not break
To write the truth for my own sake
You were my cheer when I was low
My be-braver when I let go
You were the sound beneath the pain
The hook that brought me back again
You were the sound when I had none
The echo under every sun
You were the verse I couldn’t write
The harmony that held me tight
You were the song of the year
The one I needed to hear
You were the song of the year
The one that dried every tear
You were the song…
You were the song…
You were the song of the year…
The one I needed to hear… the song of the year…
The one ..I needed... to hear…

🌹Thanks to the players from H.C. and Del's studio

All Rights held by songwriter Edwin H. Balder. 

Be sure to visit Tina's playlist here: 

https://soundcloud.com/edwin-balder/sets/tina-talone-may-this-kind-of?si=c962a19838244cafab03c08ba110c75f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing



And Tina's new music video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TZvNm4nfdQThanks to the players from H.C. and Del's studio

All Rights held by songwriter Edwin H. Balder. 

Be sure to visit Tina's playlist here: 
https://soundcloud.com/edwin-balder/sets/tina-talone-may-this-kind-of?si=c962a19838244cafab03c08ba110c75f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing


And Tina's new music video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TZvNm4nfdQ

Song Of The Year by 🌹Tina Talone🌹

Arizona… where the trail don’t end, just bends
Where the heat fades slow and the cold begins
Where a gal rides through memory’s never dim
Arizona… it’s all I’ve ever been
sHe rides through pines above Flagstaff’s crown
Dust on her boots, the sun sinking down
The heat of summer behind her back
Winter ahead, on a frostbit track
sHe’s seen this land in every shade
From monsoon storms to canyon blaze
Each trail  she rode, each fire she lit
Still burns in dreams she won’t forget
Campfire crackles, coffee brews
The stars lean close like old tattoos
sHe thinks of towns that came and went
Of letters lost and time misspent
The saddle creaks, the night breathes slow
Coyotes sing what she used to know
sHe lays her head on pine and stone
In Arizona, she’s home  ooh... she's ..home
Arizona… where the silence speaks
Where the past rides in on desert peaks
Where the wind still calls one by your name
And the sky don’t judge, the sky's.. don't.. blame...
sHe’s the dust, the dusk, the flame that stays
The echo in the canyon’s praise
sHe’s the verse that never fades away…
Arizona… she rides with her again...... today
Arizona… where the trail don’t end
Where the fire returns with every bend
Where the coffee’s strong and the sky is wide
Where a better dreams and the years collide
Arizona… it’s all I’ve ever been
Arizona…  it’s all I’ve ever been
sHe wakes to frost on saddle leather
Sunrise gold in morning weather
Another day, another mile
Another ghost behind each smile
sHe in the saddle, she rides again
Through pine and dust and desert wind
No map, no plan, just heart and hand
In Arizona, she understands
Arizona… it’s all I’ve ever been…
Arizona… 
Arizona… it’s all I’ve ever been…
Arizona… 
Arizona…
Coyotes sing what she used to know
sHe lays her head on pine and stone
In Arizona,s he’s home she's home
Arizona…she's home
Arizona…she's home 


🌹Thanks to the players from H.C. and Del's studio

All Rights held by songwriter Edwin H. Balder. 

Be sure to visit Tina's playlist here: 

https://soundcloud.com/edwin-balder/sets/tina-talone-may-this-kind-of?si=c962a19838244cafab03c08ba110c75f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

And Tina's new music video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TZvNm4nfdQ

Arizona by🌹Tina Talone🌹

She spins her web in velvet thread
Tells every girl to wait instead
To hold their hearts, to bite their tongues
To dream in cages, die unsung…
She wears a crown of woven lies
Her throne is built on never wondering whys
She tells you love will come in time
If you just wait and toe the line
She paints the sky with patient blue
And says the stars will wait for you
But I have seen the webs she weaves
And all the girls she makes believe
She whispers, “Don’t you chase the flame”
“Don’t speak too loud, don’t stake your claim”
She teaches silence like a song
And says that waiting makes you strong
But I have watched the years go by
The dreams that wilt, the hearts that cry
I’ve heard the hush behind the praise
And seen the light begin to fade
Delay little in this life if you can
Don’t wait for someone else to understand
Run with your fire, sing with your hands
Don’t let her web become your land
Delay little, my sisters,  don't delay
The world won’t wait, it moves away
She’ll tell you stillness is divine
But I say move before you’re out of time
She calls herself the Spider Queen
The keeper of the in-between
She spins her tales in silver thread
And wraps your dreams until they’re dead
She says that love is worth the wait
But never shows you what it takes
She says that time will bring you peace
But only if you never cease
I saw her once in morning light
Her crown was cracked, her veil too tight
She looked at me with hollow eyes
And sang her song of sweet disguise
But I had learned to play my own
To write my name in flesh and bone
To sing before the silence came
To burn before she spoke my name
Delay little in this life if you can
Don’t wait for someone else to understand
Run with your fire, sing with your hands
Don’t let her web become your land
Delay little, my sisters,  don't delay
The world won’t wait, it moves away
She’ll tell you stillness is divine
But I say move before you’re out of time
Delay little… delay little…  don't delay…
She spins her web… but I won’t stay…
Delay little… delay little…  don't delay…
The Spider Queen… fades away…

🌹Thanks to the players from H.C. and Del's studio

All Rights held by songwriter Edwin H. Balder.

Be sure to visit Tina's playlist here:
soundcloud.com/edwin-balder/sets/tina-talone-may-this-kind-of?si=c962a19838244cafab03c08ba110c75f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

And Tina's new music video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TZvNm4nfdQ

Spider Queen  by 🌹Tina Talone🌹

Dust on the windows, light breaking through
I’ve been waiting for something true
The road was long, the nights were cold
But I held on to stories told
Coffee gone bitter, silence too loud
I walked through the wreck, head unbowed
The sky kept changing, but I stayed still
Chasing the warmth I couldn’t feel
Every mile, every scar
Led me here, where the warm things are
Every tear, every song
Pulled me closer to where I belong
Where the sun belongs
Where the shadows run
Where the heart can mend
And the day’s not done
Where the sun belongs
Where the light begins
Where the soul comes home
And the sky leans in
I’ve seen the rain, I’ve felt the flood
I’ve walked through fire, I’ve tasted blood
But still I rise, still I sing
Still I reach for everything
Old photographs, letters worn thin
I read them like prayers I keep within
The past is a lantern, the future a flame
I carry both and call them by name
Let the past be wind
Let the future spin
Let the silence speak
Let the healing begin
Where the sun belongs
Where the shadows run
Where the heart can mend
And the day’s not done
Where the sun belongs
Where the light begins
Where the soul comes home
And the sky leans in
 silence, I’ve been the sound
 lost, I’ve been the found
 echo, I’ve been the cry
 truth no one could buy
storm, I’ve been the rain
the pain...the pain...the pain
I’ve been the fire, I’ve been the song
I’ve been the place the sun belongs
Now I stand where the light pours in
No more hiding, no more spin
I’ve earned this warmth, I’ve earned this sky
I’ve earned the right to ask why
So if you’re lost, if you’re low
If you’re waiting for the glow
Know the sun won’t ask your name
It just shows up and burns the shame
Where the sun belongs
 shadows run
 the heart can mend
 day’s not done
Where the sun belongs
 the light begins
Where the soul comes home
And the sky leans in
You’re not too late
You’re not too far
You’re just arriving
Where the sun belongs

Where the Sun Belongs by #AKB

Snow on the rooftop, silence in bloom
Your name in the steam of a hotel room
We said forever in a borrowed coat
Now I chase echoes in every note
시간은 휘어져도 부서지지 않아
얼어붙은 호수에 너의 목소릴 그려
Echo bloom, echo bloom
You were gone, but never too soon
Every petal, every tune
Still sings of you—echo bloom
서랍 속에 접힌 편지
그때처럼 다시 읽어
너의 웃음은 스테레오 속
그림자처럼 나를 감싸
Can you hear me in the quiet?
Can you feel me in the riot?
사랑은 노래처럼 울려 퍼져
내 심장 속에 너는 멜로디야
에코 블룸, 에코 블룸
너는 떠났지만 너무 이르진 않았어
꽃잎마다, 노래마다
아직도 너를 부르고 있어—에코 블룸
Echo bloom, echo bloom
You were gone, but never too soon
Every petal, every tune
Still sings of you—echo bloom.
Echo bloom, echo bloom
You were gone, but never too soon
Every petal, every tune
Still sings of you—echo bloom
꽃잎마다, 노래마다
아직도 너를 부르고 있어—에코 블룸
Every petal, every tune
Still sings of you—echo bloom
Echo bloom—echo bloom—echo bloom…
사랑은 노래처럼… 너는 멜로디야
Love echoes like a song… You’re the melody
 Echo bloom—echo bloom—echo bloom…
사랑은 노래처럼… 너는 멜로디야
Love echoes like a song… You’re the melody
 Echo bloom—echo bloom—echo bloom…
사랑은 노래처럼… 너는 멜로디야
Love echoes like a song… You’re the melody

Hope to find us on your playlist one day


All rights held by songwriter Edwin H. Balder

Echo Bloom (에코 블룸) by #AKB

Kept the pen warm while the spotlight faded.  
Built the hooks they danced to, never stated.  
Watched the charts climb with someone else's name.  
Now the silence breaks, I'm rewriting my game.  
Wrote for stars who never knew the fire.  
Gave away gold just to pay the wire.  
Held my tongue while the crowd got loud.  
Now the mic’s mine, see me rock the crowd.  
This ain’t borrowed.  
This ain’t fake.  
Feel the tremor  
when I shake.
I got a release for you.  
This is the beat that’s gonna break the scene.  
Raw rhythms, real talk, no sheen.  
I got a release for you.  
This track don’t stop, it climbs and soars.  
Built for the rebels who unlocked doors.  
I got a release for you.  
Kept it quiet while the world kept spinning.  
Played the long game, now I’m winning.  
Every lyric etched in nights and fire.  
Every beat’s a step climbing higher.
Ghost in the booth, now I’m front and center.  
Wrote their verses, now I’m the inventor.  
No more silence, hear me rise.  
This is an anthem in disguise.
I got a release for you.  
This is the anthem they can’t deny.  
Built from the truth they tried to buy.  
I got a release for you.  
Feel the beat drop, breaking the mold.  
This is my story, finally told.  
I got a release for you. I got a release for you. I got a release for you.  
Beats so straight, they're taking flight,  
Cause this is music born from night.  
I was quiet while they played their game,  
Now hear my anthem light the flame.
I got a release for you. I got a release for you. I got a release for you.  

I Got a Release for You written by Edwin H. Balder

In the shadows of Apache Junction, at the foot of the majestic Superstition Mountains, sits a weathered hacienda. This desert oasis is home to an enigmatic figure, a songwriter whose journey reads like a long, dusty road of honky-tonk bars and college cafeterias. He wasn't chasing fame or glitter; instead, he chose the soul-crushing beauty of music for music's sake.

Years spent hunched over sticky barroom tables and scribbling lyrics on napkins earned him a reputation—not in the spotlight but in the back rooms where deals are made. He wrote melodies that found their way into the hearts of stars who had lost their own muse. He sold his creations for cash, with no recognition, but the whisper of his songs carried the weight of his soul.

Finally, he bought this piece of desert paradise—a stable income from his timeless songs allowed him to live comfortably, if anonymously. Here in this hacienda, with his family beside him and the mountains as his backdrop, he found the peace to write hits under his own name. He chuckled at the irony that now, without chasing fame, he could create music that brought him joy.

In the end, it was never about the spotlight. It was about the journey, the stories, and the songs that wrote themselves through his life. As the sun set behind the Superstitions, casting long shadows over the hacienda, he strummed his guitar and sang—content, unknown, and unburdened by the world's gaze.


Copyright 2019 Edwin H. Balder

I may be dead when fame comes but my real glory was always JULIE & The Kids. Thank you for such love

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