wonderful song, superb meaning, beautiful music and singing!

fantastic song, feel good hit of the summer!!

Influenced by recent events in my life. March 8th, 2021.

One of my Apple loop mixes/compositions. I'm really happy with this one...captured my thoughts exactly.

My Superpower Is The Ability To Fuck Up My Life...and yet keep going

Boson Spin - Brondvord [part 1]

Liam and I ran out of space on our joint account, so I'll be putting our new collaborations on my main account from now on. We'll keep the old account active as a sort of "archive" and will repost all collaborations to that page.

This one's a string quartet, in which we alternated writing long stretches of music for a single voice, and then harmonized each other's writing, building the piece up one voice at a time.

Our other collaborations: https://soundcloud.com/liamhynestawawalkingears

Liam's page: https://soundcloud.com/liam-hynes-tawa

H Jr (collaboration with Liam Hynes-Tawa)

Greetings campers, oo lovely, the new tunes up from the album are going well on here, thanks to everyone who is supporting the mental straights, much appreciated, we we get back to you all in time, getting very busy now! Here is a new version of "Under My Skin" ...many thanks to Jon Martin at both the helm and the keyboards. This song is an ode to my kids...it's about when relationships fall apart, and how you have and need to fight for your children. It aint their fault. This tune has done very well on the net in a previous version, this latest version is taken from our self titled new LP The Mental Straights, enjoy folks, bass player Ant's particular favourite! Hope this tune finds you and finds you well. Sending positive vibes to all. And thanks once again to all our supporters, we salute you!!! Paul x

THE MENTAL STRAIGHTS

Under My Skin (Studio Version)

This is an old one I put lyrics to. 
Drew Ford did the music.
We need more of Drew's art in this world.

That High Mountain
John Delk / Drew Ford  2013

The road is long
when your soul is weak
Time is now
But not yours to keep

The mountain's high
An the valley's low
Ain't no easy
Way to go

Don't be afraid
To turn around
Don’t let the past
Slow you down

When you come down ..... from that high mountain
When you finally …..... understand
That you ain't...... one bit better
Then you'll be.... a better man

When you get, all you're after
When you find, there ain't enough
When you come down, from that high mountain
You never will ….. go back up



It's just you an that high mountain's
Then it's just you, it's just you

You and that High Mountain

A demo of a collab with a bunch of genial wierdos in Berlin, with help from the amazing producer and bassplayer Kalle Enkelmann. 60’s Tarantino feel.
Close your Eyes and let me in, Melodie Für Barbara, the imaginal secret love of my Life.

Melodie Für Barbara

Song composed during an artist residency with the Fredericton Arts Alliance. This song is now part of the repertoire of a duo I am in with Bryan McDaniel called the Reversing Rabbits. Guitar music composed and performed by Bryan McDaniel.

Rooted

15/October/2020

Willing To Take A Chance

I'm not average in the way I write
I'm not average in my thought
I'm not average in achievements
Though I'm pretty much self taught
Do I sense a bit of jealousy
When others don't have nought
I am not average

I'm not average with rhyming couplets
I'm not average in what I know
I'm not average in my singing voice
And I'm not average down below
Something's swelling more than my head
Which still continues to grow
I am not average

I'm not average as a person
I'm the second coming of Christ
And thinking how I look
I'm not average in my eyes
And I certainly wouldn't be average
If I was betwixt your thighs
I am not average

I'm not average

I'm less than average with muscles
I'd lose each and every fight
I'm less than average at talking
And I have diminishing sight
I'm trying hard not to admit it
But alas I think I might be less than average

I'm average in my lifestyle
And the way I style my hair
And if you did pass by me
It would be like I wasn't there
I need some reassurance
But you probably don't care that I am average

I am average
And I don't want to be average!!

I'm not average at boasting
I can cook the tastiest meal
And if you had my lips upon you
You'd sure like how I feel
But I have a pulsating paranoia
And its making me all ill
I don't want to be average

I don't want to be average!!!

I’m Not Average

When I saw you today,
You had nothing to say.
Hiding under your hat,
And it brought it all back

Happy Never After

A Mutwa

The Mental Straights is my musical ramblings on a plate. From dirty fuzz pop to anarchic and wacky , to punk to funk. But all laced with the same DNA.
And it's all old school...no computer trickery, just play and record and go. 
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Under My Skin (Studio Version)

THE MENTAL STRAIGHTS

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