Jaunty little tune well-timed with Earth Day. Loved singing along to this one, Niki, well done!

I'm not sure I've ever heard such a succinct framing of the truth. Especially here's the point there's the line. Superb phrasing and word sense, it just floats your melodies so high <3

Very enjoyable guitar riff, which really supports the melody - loved the double-tracked finale section. Great work!

Sometimes the beginning of a song is enough. The message is succinct and beautifully phrased. Works well twice with the harmonies second time around. I am sure some environmental charities would love this as their theme song.

This is a great song, Niki! I can imagine going on and on while more and more famous voices join in, holding hands, and swaying to the beat.

How's that just the beginning of a song? XD Lovely stuff, Niki. I really like your guitar here. As always your voice sounds great.

Let me tell you baby it's been a rough old ride
I tried everything I could to make it work
Didn't make no difference,' and now I find
This life has thrown me down here into the dirt

In a little while I'll probably turn it around
oh but just for now

Oh baby, this is where I a-a-am

I been sitting waiting for a lo-o-ong time
.for this STUpid world to get its show on the road
That ticking clock keeps playing on my mind
I’m sick of staying when my heart’s saying go

And any day I know that EYE shall be released
So just for now

Oh baby, this is where I a-a-am

I know that you’re a fighter, you’ve got heart to burn
And you’d never let this get the better of you
many times I know I’ve been too stubborn to learn
People will help me if I ask them to

And you got your own ways - that it’s something I respect
But if you ever want a hand

Oh baby, this is where I a-a-am

This Is Where I Am

"Attics And Basements" (#452, 210410)

 * Co-written with Pete & Pat Luboff * 

Lately my mind’s been on what's in my attic
Got a house full of crap and a head full of static
A ratty tin tree from so many Decembers
Letters and photographs no one remembers

And I’m feeling down about what’s in my basement      
Suitcases broken but I won't replace 'em
Bed frames and coolers and two legged stools
A couple flat tires and some rusted out tools

Why do I keep all the things I ain't usin'
Up above and down below
Smack in the middle in a state of confusion
I keep holdin' on when I need to let go
All the time and the space that I’m wasting
In my attic and basement

My ceilings are sinking from what’s in my attic
A console TV and my Dad’s leather jacket
Grandmother's trunk full of moldy old clothes
Teddy bear missing an eye and a nose

Can’t open the door too much junk in my basement
Silly straw hats from a long gone vacation
Lawn chairs and dumbbells and folded up boxes
Rubbermaid bins full of dead electronics

Why do we keep all the things we ain't usin'
Up above and down below
Smack in the middle in a state of confusion
We keep holdin' on when we need to let go
All the time and the space that we're wasting
In our attics and basements

I got all of these memories and all of these plans
Why can’t I be right here where I am?

Week 15 - Attics And Basements (210410)

I just wanna be greater than the rest
reside in righteousness
The brightest and the best
I just wanna be master of every task
Steal EVery woman’s heart
Is that so much to ask?

I just I wanna shine just like the sun
OVER everyone
2nd to none… -> I just wanna be...
SOMEody that everyone would rate
unquestionably great
To megalomaniate

I just wanna be loved

I just wanna know and understand
Every mark and master plan
I want the future in my hand
I just wanna win and never lose
Hear all the cheers never the boos
And then I’ll READ the rave reviews

I just want your fear or all your love
Like a coLOSSus stands above ->
Drink ADmiration like a drug ->
I wanna make you FEEL the way no other lover could
Just like a SUPerhuman would
Oh baby do you think I'm good?

I just wanna be loved

But you can never win
It can never sink in
if you're chasing every moment 
every star
It’s self-defeating
This doing being
you’ll only ever be just who you are

When I’m grounded all I wanna be
Is in integrity
But this voice inside of me
Keeps saying
Stand on tiptoes get a little higher
Build a BIGger better fire
win your black and deep desire

I just wanna be loved

I Just Wanna

just a beginning of a song this week-

Words through windows 

Now s the time
Now s the chance
We can rewrite history 

the sun 
Still can dance
We can save the world 

Here’s the point
there’s the line
We can take it seriously 
Keep in step
Keep the plan 
And let’s save the world

Words through windows 
Washed in water 
Wait for weather 
Wont renew her

save the world (demo)

Copyright Erin Wolf 2021

Week 18 Prompt: You May Already Be a Winner

take me back 
to the place i was born
take me to
the waters i adore
let me stand in the shallows
and feel the pulse
let me hear crashing waves
and cries of the gulls

take me down
all these city streets
remind me again
of early memories
let me feel 
like a child again
let me reclaim
where life began

all i want is to let go and just breathe in
all i want is to let go and just breathe in

you may already be a winner
they said
but they don't know
i'm trying to forget
you and all the magic
you made me feel
it's why i return
to what is real

all i want is to let go and just breathe in
all i want is to let go and just breathe in
all i want is to let go and just breathe in
all i want is to let go and just breathe in

take me back 
to the place i was born
take me to 
the waters i adore

Take Me Back

006 and a ½
by Erin Wolf, Laurie and David Easterling, © 5/14/2021, Little Chute, WI and Oak Ridge, TN

Week 19 Prompt: 006

I got demoted
Halfway down a rank
It’s not my fault
In fact it kinda stank

But I caught the villain
Caught him in the act
Knocked him down, cashed him out back 
How ‘bout dat

I don’t think it’s funny
But they all got a laugh
And now they call me
Double Oh Six and a half
A Secret Agent bumbling through 
Solving crimes without a clue
Suave debonaire genius 
Playin’ a fool

Evil James thought
He had me good
Tied me to the train tracks
Sportin’ a black hood

Bragging ‘bout his b-a-d deeds
His dirty plans and all his greed
But then I sneezed 
and broke my bonds

I don’t think it’s funny
But they all got a laugh
And now they call me
Double Oh Six and a half
A Secret Agent bumbling through 
Solving crimes without a clue
Suave debonaire genius 
Playin’ a fool

So evil James sez it’s ‘cause of me
He’s quittin’ his ol’ pirate ways
And he’s gonna be a hit songwriter startin’ today
[International Man of Mystery]
[At the International House of Pancakes]

Well ya know it’s funny
How I got the last laugh
And now have they call me
Double Oh Six and a half … and a half
A Secret Agent bumbling through 
Solving crimes without a clue
Suave debonaire genius 
Playin’ a fool

006 and a 1/2 (with the David & Laurie Easterling)

Heart Song Week 20

Written with and featuring the mighty Julia Bloom ( https://juliabloom.org/ )

I’ve been dead and born again
More times that I can count 
From smallest to the largest I have grown
The corners turned, the lessons learned 
but only to forget
In the silence of the falling snow

Summers come and summers go
And winters never end
until the spring awakens us from sleep
But ON beyond the coming fall
I'll never rise again
These bones will be the final piece of me

But oh - feel the life rising and I'm new again
Oh - does it really matter how it goes away?

I been dancing skyward 
with the birds and all the bees
Spinning out the quivering strands of life
Weaving sound and colour til they're free to be released
Miracles on miracles in flight

Inside the gene you never see
but feel at every turn
I'm the one who steers you through the dark
I'm the love and longing
That can bring you through the hurt
That makes the meaning pulling at your heart

Oh - feel the life arising and I'm new again
Oh - does it really matter that it goes 

When there’s a love……
I feel a love that lifts me up and lays me down to my rest
I feel a love that lifts me up and lays me down to my rest

Feel the bees that tickle 
as they nibble at your flowers
Knowing how their kisses share your life
Though the birds may wound you 
as they're pecking at your boughs
Only they can spread the seed so wide

Lovers come and lovers go
and wonders never cease
So we travel wide and travel far
Though they fade and fall away
like autumn's changing leaves
love remains and makes us what we are

Oh - feel the life arising and I'm new again
Oh - does it really matter how it goes away?

New Again (with Julia Bloom)

This song feels like lying in the grass after a long, beautiful day - content, a little dazed by love, and quietly full of gratitude.

save the world (demo)

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