My cover of The Pogues' 'Dirty Old Town'.
Recorded on 10/03/2025, in one take with minimal post-processing.

I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall

Dirty old town
Dirty old town

Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Spring's a girl from the streets at night

Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
I smelled the spring on the smoky wind

Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I'm gonna make me a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree

Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall

Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Dirty old town


Songwriters: Ewan Maccoll


Dirty Old Town (The Pogues cover)

My cover of Courtney Barnett's 'Depreston'. 
Recorded on 10/09/2025, in one take with minimal post-processing.

You said we should look out further
I guess it wouldn't hurt us
We don't have to be around all these coffee shops

Now we've got that percolator
Never made a latte greater
I'm savin' 23 dollars a week

We drive to a house in Preston
We see police arresting
A man with his hand in a bag

How's that for first impressions
This place seems depressing
It's a California bungalow in a caul-de-sac

It's got a lovely garden
And a garage for two cars to park in
Or a lot of room for storage if you've just got one

And it's going pretty cheap, you say
Well, it's a deceased's estate
Aren't the pressed Metal ceilings great

Then I see the hand rail in the shower
A collection of those canisters for coffee, tea and flower
And a photo of a young man in a van in Vietnam

And I can't think of floor boards anymore
Whether the front room faces south or north
And I wonder what she bought it for

If you've got a spare half a million
You could knock it down and start rebuilding
If you've got a spare half a million
You could knock it down and start rebuilding
If you've got a spare half a million
You could knock it down and start rebuilding
If you've got a spare half a million
You could knock it down and start rebuilding


Songwriters: Courtney Barnett

Depreston lyrics © Third Side Music, Concord Music Publishing Anz Pty Ltd


Depreston (Courtney Barnett cover)

My cover of Gillian Welch's 'Everything is Free'.
Recorded on 10/27/2025, in one take with minimal post-processing.

Everything is free now
That's what they say
Everything I ever done
Gonna give it away

Someone hit the big score
They figured it out
That we're gonna do it anyway
Even if it doesn't pay

I can get a tip jar
Gas up the car
And try and make a little change
Down at the bar

Or I can get a straight job
I done it before
Never minded working hard
It's who I'm working for

But everything is free now
That's what they say
Everything I ever done
Gonna give it away

Someone hit the big score
They figured it out
That we're gonna do it anyway
Even if doesn't pay

Every day I wake up
Humming a song
But I don't need to run around
I'll just stay at home

And sing a little love song
My love and myself
If there's something that you want to hear
You can sing it yourself

Cause everything is free now
That's what I said
No one's got to listen to
The words in my head

Someone hit the big score
But I figured it out
And I'm gonna do it anyway
Even if doesn't pay


Songwriters: Gillian Howard Welch / David Todd Rawlings
Everything Is Free lyrics © Say Uncle Music, Cracklin' Music, Irving Music Inc., Cracklin Music


Everything is Free (Gillian Welch cover)

My cover of U2's 'Running to Stand Still'.
Recorded on 10/29/2025, in one take with minimal post-processing.

And so she woke up
Woke up from where she was, lying still
Said I gotta do something
About where we're goin'

Step on a steam train
Step out of the driving rain maybe
Run from the darkness in the night
Singing ooh la, ah la la la de day

Ah la la la de day
Ah la la la de day

Sweet the sin, bitter the taste in my mouth
I see seven towers, but I only see one way out
You gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice

You know I took the poison, from the poison stream
Then I floated out of here, singing

Ah la la la de day
Ah la la la de day
Ah la la la de day

She walks through the streets
With her eyes painted red
Under a black belly of cloud in the rain
In through a doorway
She brings me white golden pearls
Stolen from the sea
She is raging, she is raging
And the storm blows up in her eyes

She will suffer the needle chill
She's running to stand still


Songwriters: Paul David Hewson / Adam Clayton / Larry Mullen / Dave Evans
Running To Stand Still lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Int. B.v.



Running to Stand Still (U2 cover)

My cover of The Mountain Goats' 'Woke Up New'.
Recorded on 11/05/2025, in one take with minimal post-processing.

On the morning when I woke up without you for the first time
I felt free and I felt lonely and I felt scared
And I began to talk to myself almost immediately
Not being used to being the only person there

The first time I made coffee for just myself, I made too much of it
But I drank it all just 'cause you hate it, when I let things go to waste
And I wandered through the house like a little boy, lost at the mall
And an astronaut could've seen the hunger in my eyes from space

And I sang, "Oh, what do I do?"
"What do I do?"
"What do I do?"
"What do I do without you?"

On the morning when I woke up without you for the first time
I was cold, so I put on a sweater and I turned up the heat
And the walls began to close in and I felt so sad and frightened
I practically ran from the living room, out into the street

And the wind began to blow and all the trees began to pant
And the world, in its cold way, started coming alive
And I stood there like a business man waiting for the train
And I got ready for the future to arrive

And I sang, "Oh, what do I do?"
"What do I do?"
"What do I do?"
"But what do I do without you?"

Songwriters: John S Darnielle
Woke Up New lyrics © Cadmean Dawn

Woke Up New (The Mountain Goats cover)

My cover of Adrianne Lenker's 'Free Treasure'.
Recorded on 11/10/2025, in one take with minimal post-processing.

Do you wanna go to the river?
I know this spot so deep and green
With wild raspberries and apple trees
And rocks to climb between
Water like a washing machine

Do you wanna dance?
Sometimes I think I try too hard
I trip on my shoes and I trip on my shirt
Get caught on the dirt in the yard
Caught on the dirt in the yard

You show me
Understanding
Patience and pleasure
Time and attention
Love without measure
Love without measure

You're cooking dinner
It's gettin' around half-past-ten
I haven't smelled food so good
Since I don't know where and I don't know when
Where and I don't know-

Stove light glows like a fire
We're sitting on the kitchen floor
Just when I thought I couldn't feel more
I feel a little more

I feel a little-
Understanding
Patience and pleasure
Time and attention
Love without measure
Love without measure

There's a guy on the nape of my neck
And he hangs out there all day
He quantifies my every thought
And tells me not to play
He tells me not to play

We lay around for hours
Talk about childhood pain
Mom and dad and past lives too
I can tell you anything
I can say anything

You show me
Understanding
Patience and pleasure
Time and attention
Love without measure
Love without measure

Show me
Understanding
Patience and pleasure
The eleventh dimension
Free treasure
Free treasure
Free treasure


Songwriters: Adrianne Elizabeth Lenker / James Foster Krivchenia

Free Treasure lyrics © Domino Publishing Company


Free Treasure (Adrianne Lenker cover)

My cover of Florence + The Machine's 'Perfume and Milk'.
Recorded on 11/13/2025, in one take with minimal post-processing.


Perfume and milk, the body in bloom
The falling leaves, the fallen fruit
The rot and the ruin, the earth and the worms
The seasons change, the world turns

Trees turn grey and the land turns brown
In a house in the woods on the edge of town
Bury it deep, swallow it down
Taking the herbs, a laurel crown

Doing the work and sleeping alone
Downloading "Revelations of Divine Love" on my phone
Trying to read, but getting distracted
Trying to live, but feeling so damaged

And all shall be well
All shall be well
Miracles are often inconvenient
And a prayer is a spell

I packed my bags and I got in the car
A pilgrimage to wherever you are
April comes with its blossoms beaten by rain
Oh, the hope and the horror, singing daffodils again

The land, it thaws and the leaves turn green
And the blue stars of snow glories with the winter jasmine
Clothes of silk and satin, lace and leather
The one pink ribbon that holds me together

And all shall be well
All shall be well
Miracles are often inconvenient
And a prayer is a spell

And I am changing, becoming something else
A creature of longing, tending only to myself
Licking my wounds, burrowing down
In a house in the woods on the edge of town

Well, healing is slow, it comes and it goes
A glimpse of the sun then a flurry of snow
The first green shoots in a sudden frost
Oh, something's gained when something's lost

The rot and the ruin, the earth and the worms
The seasons change, the world turns
The world turns

Perfume and milk, the body in bloom
The falling leaves, the fallen fruit
The rot and the ruin, the earth and the worms
The seasons change, the world turns

The world turns
The world turns
The world turns


Perfume and Milk lyrics © Universal Music Corp., Florence + The Machine Ltd., Ingrid Stella Music


Perfume and Milk (Florence + The Machine cover)

My cover of Radiohead's 'Exit Music (For a Film)'.
Recorded on 11/17/2025, in one take with minimal post-processing.

Wake from your sleep
The drying of your tears
Today we escape
We escape
Pack and get dressed
Before your father hears us
Before all hell breaks loose

Breathe, keep breathing
Don't lose your nerve
Breathe, keep breathing
I can't do this alone

Sing us a song
A song to keep us warm
There's such a chill
Such a chill

And you can laugh
A spineless laugh
We hope your rules
And wisdom choke you

And now we are one in everlasting peace
We hope that you choke, that you choke
We hope that you choke, that you choke
We hope that you choke, that you choke

Songwriters: Philip James Selway / Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood / Edward John O'brien / Thomas Edward Yorke / Colin Charles Greenwood

Exit Music (for a Film) lyrics © Warner/chappell Music Ltd


Exit Music (For A Film) Radiohead cover

My cover of The Killers'  'Mr. Brightside' .
Recorded on 12/02/2025, in one take with minimal post-processing.

Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine
Gotta, gotta be down, because I want it all
It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head, but she's touching his

Chest now, he takes off her
Dress now, let me go
And I just can't look, it's killing me
And taking control

Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies, choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay, destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes, 'cause I'm Mr. Brightside

I'm coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine
Gotta, gotta be down, because I want it all
It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head, but she's touching his

Chest now, he takes off her
Dress now, let me go
'Cause I just can't look, it's killing me
And taking control

Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies, choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay, destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes, 'cause I'm Mr. Brightside

I never...
I never...
I never...
I never...

Writer(s): Dave Brent Keuning, Mark August Stoermer, Ronnie Jr. Vannucci, Brandon Flowers


Mr. Brightside (The Killers cover)

My cover of Coldplay's 'Yellow'.
Recorded on 12/04/2025, in one take with minimal post-processing.

Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And everything you do
Yeah, they were all yellow

I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called "Yellow"
So, then I took my turn
Oh, what a thing to have done
And it was all yellow

Your skin, oh yeah, your skin, and bones
Turn into something beautiful
And you know, you know I love you so
You know I love you so

I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh, what a thing to do
'Cause you were all yellow

I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh, what a thing to do
And it was all yellow

And your skin, oh yeah, your skin, and bones
Turn into something beautiful
And you know, for you, I'd bleed myself dry
For you, I'd bleed myself dry

It's true
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for-
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine
Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And all the things that you do

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Christopher Anthony John Martin / Guy Rupert Berryman / William Champion / Jonathan Mark Buckland
Yellow lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Mgb Ltd.



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