Looking at my computer… listening to this beautiful and evocative work.

David Dean Burkhart

A Better World

Red Flowers

The Sound Of Calm

That Way

Credits:
written, produced and mixed by Tim Carr
electric guitar by Gregory Uhlmann
mastered by Jack Doutt

Lyrics:
On my computer
Making a digital world
Looking at houses
Imagining living in them
On my computer
Putting these sounds together
Looking at files
Up and downloading them
On my computer
I curl up into a ball
Searching for info
On something I don’t know well
On my computer
Deadline is the first of May
Rushing to meet it
Missing the sunshine today
On my computer
Buying my time with browsing
Clicking away at
Things that look shiny to me
On my computer
There’s a cheap flight to Lisbon
Good deals on tables
Mirrors and lights for your room
On my computer
Putting these sounds together
Looking at files
Up and downloading them
On my computer
Deadline is the first of May
Rushing to meet it
Missing the sunshine today
Missing the sunshine today
Looking at houses
Imagining living in them
Looking at houses
Imagining living in them
Looking at houses
Imagining living in them
Looking at houses
Imagining living in them
Looking at houses
Imagining living in them
Looking at houses
Imagining living in them

Pleasure Drives

Looking At Houses

NJ Transit (voice memo)

Alas, time and space

I missed ya
in the long
time 
between
the last
time 
I saw ya
and now.

I missed ya
in the wide
open space
we went through
to get to
here.

(c) 2021, 2025 Mattie May

12-string guitar: Heather Love

Here (I missed ya!)

mom and dad gave their very best 
post rounds, play grounds, at desks
didn’t own a video to watch ET
didn’t own a hoody coat that said nike
or a soda stream or mr frosty 

childhood
why did I want more?
childhood
I really had it all 
they push started me 
my A reg family 

dad used bits of biscuit tinny
to patch the holes in his mini
While friends jet away on foreign holidays 
mustard mini on moody motorways
four and our gran and our cat in rear place 

we do our best we’re busy bees
factory floors,  on the wards, glossy screens
they get the funkiest pumps and the coolest coats
and gadgets and games and streaming videos
all they think they’ll need wherever they go 	

(**This song is about all the stuff I wanted as a child of the 80s and never got…..like a video recorder, soda stream, mr frosty and a newer car than our tiny family Mini. Not realising at the time of course that I already had everything I needed 😄)

Childhood

Bet On Me

Lone Wolf

From a thousand miles

“Seed I’ve Sown” is a heartfelt ballad that captures the emotional tug-of-war born from being on the road as a touring musician. It explores the loneliness and longing that come with the quiet ache of missing loved ones, familiar faces, and the simple comforts of everyday life. It  blends nostalgia with hope, illustrating both the pain of absence and the determination to keep going, knowing that the journey is part of a greater purpose. With its gentle melody and emotionally charged vocals, "Seed I've Sown" resonates deeply with anyone who's ever been torn between their ambitions and their roots.

"Seed I've Sown" Full Production

Kyk net vir my, ek sal jou nooit versuim
Kom lê by my, dan vertel ek jou my geheim
Jy's my oggendstêr, my lig by sonsonder
sagte somersbries, as die warrelwind donder

Jy praat die woorde, van harstog in my ore
Van sonskyn en soene, en sipressie suurlemoene
Jy's die een wat luister 
As ek my emosies fluister

Volg net vir my, hierdie voete ken die pad
Deur die donker paaie, in n soektog na die hart
Verskoon my wandeling, want my vooruitsig is sleg
Gevoelens raak my gids, maar my hart ken lank die weg

Jy praat die woorde, van harstog in my ore
Van sonskyn en soene, en sipressie, suurlemoene
Jys die een wat luister 
as ek my emosies fluister

My onselfsigtige wandeling 
het my niks in die sak gebring,
Die onkeerbare kanteling
van wie ek is en wat ek bemin.
Die onkeerbare kanteling
van wie ek is en wat ek bemin.

Looking At Houses

Tim Carr

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