This is a vocal demo comp of a few popular R&B songs that I’ve covered. 

The playlist:
1.  Too Good at Goodbyes
2.  The Worst
3. Ordinary People
4. Needed Me
5. New Flame
6. Get it Shawty
7. Climax
8. ifUleave
9. Beauty

Sean_Elite Vocal Covers Demo.mp3

The Dining Room
Paula Held © 2011
 
She walked in, a little unsure
Felt like she'd been here before
three quarters of a century or more

The faces were younger then
girls wore braces, not Depends
and the women certainly did not out-number the men

She took a breath and took a seat
smell of French perfume, and canned peas
strangers are friends you guess you have to meet 
first day in the dining room

Just like the food, the talk is light
Mary's got two, one's doing alright
the other, she couldn't say

Ida's a quick wit, her son's in sales
Dawn Marie is originally from Wales
and Delores just whispers to no one
“Christ's love never fails”

You take a breath and take a seat
scrambled thoughts, and pickled beets
strangers are friends you may not really want to know
but you don't want to sit alone

How'd I ever end up here
seems my life just disappeared
My dreams have never felt so tall
and my world so small

She says “Hello, my name is Lynn,
now I know how it feels living in a sardine tin
or a Salmon on her last uphill swim

It's my heart that aches, the Vodka won't let me lie
when our spirits break, I guess that's when we die
they make the halls extra wide, for the gurneys to glide.”

She took a breath, and took a beat
said “I'm so glad we got to meet,
strangers are friends we may never see again
next day in the dining room.”

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The Dining Room (demo)

As I Love You

Austin-based songwriter and student of jazz performing & writing in the Folk, Pop and Jazz traditions.

The Dining Room (demo)

Paula Held

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