Nothing But Time

Half a Pack of Cigarettes

Steve to win

Out of Body Experience

Planting Flowers

I Heard They Took A Picture of A Black Hole

Look What The Cat Dragged In is a monthly singer songwriter showcase at Meow that’s Hot!, in Ottawa. Hosted by Ted Carty, each month a new performer joins Ted on stage to showcase their original musical and discuss the ins and outs of the craft of songwriting.

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A Horse Named Steve

Till I Met U

2 Days After Christmas

Till the end of time

That’s what love can do.

Lyrics, music arrangement, and melody by Ted Carty 2024 
All right reserved. 
In the key of Ab 
85-90 bpm

I had a dream of you 
But I wasn’t meaning to 
We were together
laughing the way we used to do

You were mine again
Till the sunlight came peeking through
And I was just one of two
Feeling blue
That’s what love can do

You were just being cool 
Wanting breathing room
Trying to hide a disguise
That I wasn’t seeing through

And when you come running back to me
I had better things to do
Then being cool
I was such a fool
That’s what love can do

Love is going to tell you
Something someone else has said,
lift you from the wreckage
hanging on a thread.
And stick you with a needle
While you’re looking for a match
To burn the haystack with.

When it comes to slack
You never get back what you give
It’s not up to you
Ain’t it true?
That’s what love can do

It’d been a week or two
And I haven’t heard from you
Not a peep from you
Not one single word from you
What was I to do?
Cry, for you 
lay down and die for you
Well, if not for you
Then someone new
That’s what love can do

Love is going to tell you
What someone else has said
Lift you from the wreckage
Hanging on a thread
And stick you with a needle 
while you’re looking for a match 
to burn the haystack with:

And when it comes down to slack
You won’t get back what you give
There’s never enough for you
Ain’t it true?
That’s what love can do

I had a dream of you
But I wasn’t meaning too 
The voice in my head sometimes forgets
who it’s speaking to.
But you were mine again 
Till the sunrise came peeking through
And I was just one of two
Feeling blue
That’s what love can do
That’s what love can do
That’s what love can do

That’s what love can do

For Mike, Pat, Hal, Jack, Laura and Frank. 

Written and performed by Ted Carty (v) 
w Conner Fleming (guitar, drums, harm)  Neil Meneses (bass) 
Produced by Conner Fleming, mixed by Eric Passmore
2017

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Ted Carty is a singer/songwriter based in Ottawa. Following in the tradition of John Prine, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, his songs tell stories of love, loss, redemption, and the existential absurdity of everyday life. As one fan put it "Ted's songs will make you laugh, cry and laugh again, all in the same verse

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