This playlist contains previously unreleased original song demos and alternate versions / mixes from my recording sessions over the years. Some songs are fully instrumented, while others are just guitar / piano and vocal. 

Thanks for listening!

Lost Tracks & Demos

December Friends

Hayden

Words and music written by Bartley Charles Mastin
Performed by Bartley Charles Mastin
Copyright 2022 All Rights Reserved

Pass Me Down Three

Words and music written by Bartley Charles Mastin
Performance by Bartley Charles Mastin
Copyright 2004 All Rights Reserved

Lyrics:
Well her name is Katie Blue
That girl will sure put a spell on you
No matter where you go or what you do
All you’ll think about is Katie Blue

When she turns and looks at you
Your heart’s gonna melt in two
And you’ll feel this way too
All you’ll think about is Katie Blue

Long ago
Not so Long ago
You thought you always
Be alone

Well her name is Katie Blue
That girl will sure put a spell on you
You’ll see that it’s true
All you’ll think about is Katie Blue

Yeah you’ll feel this way too
All you’ll think about is Katie Blue


Katie Blue

Words and music written by Bartley Charles Mastin
Performance and production by Bartley Charles Mastin
Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved

Tuning: Open D

Lyrics:
Ten miles into the woods
Three hundred miles out
Everything changing	
And I’ve been cut out

I’ve got you
I’ve got you
I know you won’t let me down

The words that they’ve chosen  
Cut like a knife
It's no way to live now 
It's no kind of life

But You’ve got me
You’ve got me
You know I won’t let you down

Harmonica break

They’ve chosen their cages 
They’ll never be free
A prison of mirrors
Yet they’ll never see

I’ve got you
You’ve got me
And now it’s time for us to break free
Yes now it’s time for us to break free

Break

Words and music written by Bartley Charles Mastin
Performance by Bartley Charles Mastin
Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved

Lyrics:
She said no no no
When we reached they winding road
So I tipped my hat goodbye
Underneath a big blue cotton sky

Oh me 
What a world now
Oh my 
How things have changed
Go ahead on then 
Won’t you please just met me be
Cause I got nothing let for you to take

The spring has come and gone
And fall will soon be here 
The leaves are showin’ change
And your cool breeze makes it clear

Oh me 
What a world now
Oh my 
How things have changed
Go ahead on then 
Won’t you please just met me be
Cause I got nothing let for you to take

Bridge:
Down we go
Round we go
Never know 
No you never know


What A World

Music and Production by Whitman Rinaldo
Vocals, Lyrics and Melody by Tracy Hayden

Let me sway within your limbs
Til I am right again
Sway with me sway
Until your leaves begin to change
I've gone to seed and molded
Powered down the lamp within
Stray from a life of wanting
Be here now instead
Stray with me stray
Until we are air and branches
This is where we all belong
Safe in mother's arms
Where we all come from
Swim in the Wallkill River
Dissolve under the bridge
Swim with me swim
Until our bodies still
The siren souls call out to us
With silver on their lips
Breathing fire into us
Until we are born again
This is where we all belong
Safe in mother's arms
Where we all come from
Sway with me sway
Let's dance until the end
A symphonic grand lament
To our own requiem
We strayed, now we're grieving
We bathed until the drain
Let out all the water
And she lit the fires again
This is where we all belong
Safe in mother's arms
Where we all come from
She kindles, we all burn
By our own hands
This is where we all belong
Safe in mother's arms
Where we all come from
Sway with me sway
On the road to Maple Grange
Oh sway with me sway
This is where we all belong
Safe in mother's arms
Where we belong
Where we belong
Where we belong
Sway with me sway
Let's dance until the end

Released by:
Lunchbox Records
Release date:
November 28th 2023

Cocoon

Maple Grange

John Henderson - Guitar,  Timothy Reid - Bass, Bruno Fernando - Bass, Nick Anderson - Drums, DuBrae - Production, Hayden Kelly - Lyrics & Vocals

Our history, is a book with many pages
The ink runs off and seeps into the spaces
That we never filled
Too scared to ruin the blankness
Kisses never stolen
Mythic pieces of a story between us.
I have known for a long time
I have known since the day that we met
The energy that greets me
When your body’s close to mine
Is the real thing.
We’re the first ones the OG’s
You are Adam I am Eve
We drank from the cups deep in forgetting
Our marks are fading
Against my hope that’s copper bright
You’re a penny in my fountain, I’ve been waiting
For you to make some moves
Now I’m writing this song about you.
I carry you with me
A background process in my chest
Quiet wanting no mater who I’m with
Or how far apart we are.
I have known for a long time
I have known since the day that we met
The energy that greets me
When your body’s close to mine
Is the real thing.
That night under the stars
With the Three Sisters in our eyes
When your face was in my hair
I was carried off somewhere
I might have died right then and there
My soul in time with yours.

I am kindling when we’re close
A puff of air, a tiny spark

I’m engulfed again
Burned in my love for you.
I have known for a long time
I have known since the day that we met
The energy that greets me
When your body’s close to mine
Is the real thing.

The Three Sisters

Vocals & Lyrics - Tracy Hayden
Guitar - Mitch Brody
Bass - Chris Branch
Drums - Brian Henry

Hum Out the Ending

I'll hum the song
And put you to bed.
You sleep standing up,
I know you're spent.
Put down your head.
I'll hum the song
And put you to bed.
You're never by yourself.

If in the dawn you won't wake,
So many souls will gather near you.
I won't let myself break.

I'll hum the song
And put you to bed.
I need you to stir
And breathe on your own again.

I'll hum to you,
I'll hum to you
Until it's time.
You're not alone.
I won't let myself break.

Trust me, I know
In every corner of my heart
You were ready to go.

I'll hum to you,
I'll hum to you
Until it's time.

You're not alone.
You're not alone.
You're not alone.

It's so easy to see,
No easy endings, endings.

Trust me, I know.
Trust me, I know.

Hum Out the Ending

This song was written & recorded on the day that John Prine passed away in April 2020...

Make the snow go
Make the wind blow
Let the spring come
Let the sun show

Give the new sky
Some new sunshine
Give this old world
Some more John Prine

Make the outlaw
Make the front door
Let the lock set
Let the hurt roar

Give the new sky
Some new sunshine
Give this old world
Some more John Prine

Run the border
Run the water
Let the fever break
Let it for her

Give the new sky
Some new sunshine
Give this old world
Some more John Prine

John Prine

Tell me you love me
Even everything’s a lie
I need to hear again
These words in your mouth

So warm and bright is this new day
So cold is your face

Our eyes are closed
I’m all alone with you
And I can feel the pain
All the fights you have been through

Tell me you love me
Silence’s going on
Just your smile remains
I’ll keep it my mind

Our eyes are closed
I’m all alone with you
And I can feel the pain
All the fights you have been through


TELL ME

She’s looking for solace 
She’s looking for sunshine 
She’s out of seasons 
She’s out of time 
Winter runs its course 
Like an old October horse

He’s only a pony
He’s only a Mustang
He’s a July moonbeam
He’s got his own gang
Summer runs its course
Like a slow October horse

I don’t have an answer
I don’t have an aim
I can’t tell what you need
I know it’s such a shame
Love runs its course
Like a cold October horse
Oh love runs its course
Like a cold October horse

October Horse

This track was recorded in Huntington Station, NY in February 2015...

Hey Radio

This track is from 2018...

All the graves are in the backyard
And people move on there’s no doubt
Now I see the changing of the guard
Separate pathways a different route

No need to wave flags in the air
The stars won’t see them anyway
I sometimes just look up and stare
Still the same sky different day

And it's full speed into the light years
Shift through all the tired dreams
There’s a new moon on the mountain
If I can fly this old machine

Take a bus to New York City 
And see your face in every mile
This old Trailways is a pity
It can run but it can’t fly

And it's full speed into the light years
Shift through all the tired dreams
There’s a new moon on the mountain
If I can fly this old machine

Light Years

This track was written in 2018 and recorded in 2019 in Woodstock, NY.

I walked to Albuquerque 
In the first part of my dream
Following the path you left me
Following the path you left me

I left my home in Woodstock
In the second part of my dream
Following the path you left me
Following the path you left me

Woke up in Albuquerque in the rain
Running horses and falling manes

I walked to Albuquerque 
It was midnight in my dream
Following the path you left me
Following the path you left me

I traced my steps this morning
In the third part of my dream
Following the path you left me
Following the path you left me

Woke up in Albuquerque in the rain
Running horses and falling manes

I walked to Albuquerque 
In the first part of my dream
Following the path you left me
Following the path you left me

I walked to Albuquerque 
In the first part of my dream

Albuquerque

Thank you to the talented Axel Menningen for asking me to sing this wonderful song with him.  

More of Axels incredible work can be found here.... https://soundcloud.com/axel-m-501052973

Credits:

Vocals: Sarah Paradise-Brown & Axel Menningen
Lyrics & Music: Axel Menningen

"What We Still Feel"

I see you standing in the rain,
Your shadow whispers through the pain.
I told myself I’d let you go,
But my heart can’t seem to make it so.

Your voice still echoes in my chest,
A quiet song that won’t find rest.
We said goodbye, but not for real,
Some wounds take longer to heal.

What we still feel, we can’t deny,
It’s in the tears we try to hide.
Even apart, the love remains,
A fragile spark through all the pain.

I built these walls to keep you out,
But all they hold is fear and doubt.
I tell myself I’ve moved ahead,
But you still linger in my head.

I tried to fill the empty space,
But nothing takes your rightful place.
I thought our story reached its end,
But now I see it starts again.

What we still feel, we can’t deny,
It’s in the tears we try to hide.
Even apart, the love remains,
A fragile spark through all the pain.

If I could take back every fight...
If I could hold you through the night...
(I’d find a way to make it right.
‘Cause love like this can’t just fade out of sight.

What we still feel, we can’t deny,
It’s in the tears we try to hide.
Even apart, the love remains,
A fragile spark through all the pain.

I still love you...
I always will...
A love like ours is standing still.
What we still feel is all that’s true,
And somehow, I still... 
...feel you.

Light Years

Robert S. Dean