I wrote this song in 2022 and it's about young lovers and how they sometimes rush into things. I think I watched a film that triggered this feeling of lost love due to youth, I'm not sure but Charlie sang it very well. It has an interesting lyric rhyming scheme and of course I wrote the lyrics first. There's a nice Spanish guitar in the lead portion of the song. I wrote it with Elvis in mind for the vocals! I have a video prepared for it and will be posting it on YouTube soon! - https://youtu.be/tPZS_sgovyE 
Enjoy it, young lovers everywhere but remember one can never turn back time!

“TURN BACK TIME”
            
WHY CAN’T WE TURN BACK TIME?
RETRACE THE STEPS, ERASE THE MIND,
NO BROKEN HEARTS OR NERVOUS LAUGHS,  
ALL SHATTERED DREAMS NOW PAST,                 

IF WE COULD ONLY TURN BACK TIME,
WOULD WE DO THE RIGHT THINGS, REFRAME THE LINES?
AVOID THE PAIN THAT YOUNG LOVE BRINGS? 
KNOWING IT WOULD NEVER LAST,

THERE WILL BE NONE OF THAT,
NO REGRETS, NO TURNING BACK,
NO FORGIVING THE HURTFUL FACTS,  
THE CARELESS WORDS, THE CRUEL ACTS,
IT WOULD NEVER BE A LOVE SUBLIME,
IF WE COULD TURN BACK TIME,
     
SHOULD WE DARE TO TURN BACK TIME?
REKINDLE MEMORIES LONG LEFT BEHIND,      
BRING BACK THE LOVE THAT WE ONCE HAD,       
OR CHOOSE ANOTHER PATH?
      
THERE WILL BE NONE OF THAT,
NO REGRETS, NO TURNING BACK,
NO FORGIVING THE HURTFUL FACTS,  
THE CARELESS WORDS, THE CRUEL ACTS,
IT WOULD NEVER BE A LOVE SUBLIME,
IF WE COULD TURN BACK TIME.

BY JIM VALDES © 2022

STARFISH

"TURN BACK TIME"

     This is my new Christmas song for the year. It has a double meaning for me and that's why I call it "The Last Christmas"! Charlie did a good job singing it and I joined him in spots! I wrote it during the hot summer this year, so go figure!!😂 I used up all the tracks I had available to record it (I'm old school, give me a break!) and I had tons of fun recording all the parts too! The song at the end during the credits is another Christmas song I wrote back in 2001 called "Have A Very Merry Christmas" with Sharri singing and Charlie and me doing background vocals. Check both out I have a video each one! This video was super fun to create, I spent a lot of time and effort on it, the sleigh ride with Santa is especially cool! I added a lot of eye-candy and special audio effect here and there. This video is for the whole family so feel free to share it with loved ones and watch it together. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/7LHAOfih50I

Now for the secret double meaning of this song!! It's a sad tale, so prepare yourselves! Back when I was in high school, back in ancient times, there was a very pretty girl in our English class named Chrissy, she was very nice and sweet, I sat next to her and she was very smart and let us dumb guys cheat off of her papers sometimes!😂 Anyway for almost the whole year I never realized that her real name was Christmas, we all called her Chrissy. There was something very sad about Chrissy, I didn't know what it was but the next year Chrissy never returned to school? Later, I found out she had leukemia, I think? She never returned to school after that and some of the kids told me she had sadly passed away however I'm not sure about that but I never did she her again. So this song is for her and after all these years she popped back in my brain?! So let's all enjoy Christmas this year with family and friends because you never know when it will be your Last Christmas! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all and Happy New Year!! 🙏😎✌🏼🎅🧑🏻‍🎄🤶🌟💫☃️🎁🎈🪅🎊❤️💝

“THE LAST CHRISTMAS”

CHRISTMAS, THE LAST CHRISTMAS,
CHRISTMAS, IS HERE AGAIN,
CHRISTMAS THE LAST CHRISTMAS,  
CHRISTMAS, DON'T LET IT END,                  

WILL WE LAUGH? WILL WE CRY?
WILL WE SAY OUR LAST GOODBYES?
OH CHRISTMAS, SWEET CHRISTMAS,
PLEASE DON'T DIE,
     
CHRISTMAS, THE LAST CHRISTMAS,
CHRISTMAS, THE TIME HAS COME, 
CHRISTMAS, THE LAST CHRISTMAS,
CHRISTMAS, WHAT HAVE WE DONE? 
 
WILL WE SMILE? WILL WE WEEP?
COUNT OUR BLESSINGS IN OUR SLEEP?
OH CHRISTMAS, FORGIVE US,
CHRISTMAS PLEASE,
SWEET CHRISTMAS PLEASE,
  
SNOW IS HERE, LIGHTS ARE BRIGHT,
THE TREE IS TRIMMED WITH LOVE TONIGHT,
RUDOLPH'S READY FOR HIS FINAL FLIGHT,
AH AH, AH AH, AH AH, AH AH,      
   
WILL WE SMILE? WILL WE WEEP?
COUNT OUR BLESSINGS IN OUR SLEEP?
OH CHRISTMAS, FORGIVE US,
CHRISTMAS PLEASE, SWEET CHRISTMAS PLEASE,  
BYE BYE CHRISTMAS, 
BYE BYE CHRISTMAS, 
BYE BYE CHRISTMAS,
BYE BYE.                          

BY JIM VALDES (c) 2024

"THE LAST CHRISTMAS" (Video - https://youtu.be/7LHAOfih50I)

Here's a song and video that's a bit of a change of pace, a crazy gangster story song from my album "Unhinged" that I recorded back in 2019. A totally made up this rock song and it has a nice riff. This is NOT one of my love songs!😂 It follows these insane bank robbers with serious mental problems! I wanted to make like a little action movie for this song. I'm always trying to make my songs into little films!😁. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/o7xeuezg1oQ

    The video is new and took several days to finish since I had so many clips to edit together! I really tried to follow the song as close as I could and I even added a clip from an old Yosemite Sam cartoon of the 40's for comic relief!😂 I had a blast creating the video and I hope everyone enjoys it. It's a bit violent but most action films are! Take a peak if you dare! Thanks for listening and hopefully watching and take care!🙏😎✌🏼

“SWEATIN' BULLETS"

I'M DISTURBED, SLIGHTLY TOUCHED, 
MAYBE I THINK A BIT TOO MUCH,
ALWAYS RUN WHEN I SHOULD CRAWL,  
WHEN I'M PUSHED, I CHOKE AND STALL,       
I'M CRACKED, SOMEWHAT ASKEW,
ALL MY LINES A BIT OFF CUE, 
ALWAYS SMILE WHEN I SHOULD CRY, 
WANNA QUIT WHEN I SHOULD TRY,

I’M SWEATIN' BULLETS, SWEATIN' BULLETS,
DON’T SHOOT ME PLEASE, I’M ON MY KNEES,
BEGGING FOR SYMPATHY,  
I'M SWEATIN' BULLETS, SWEATIN' BULLETS,
IT AIN’T NO FUN, CRYIN’ INTO YOUR GUN,
NOW I’M SWEATIN' BULLETS AT YOUR FEET,
                  
I'M UNCLEAR, THOUGHTS OBSCURE,
WILL THEY EVER FIND ME A CURE, 
I STOP DEAD WHEN I SHOULD GO, GO, GO,
CAN'T SEEM TO OVERCOME THE FLOW,
DISTURBED, WHO'S TO SAY?
DOCTORS ALWAYS IN THE WAY,       
MEDICATION IN MY BRAIN, 
WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT, I WANNA RAIN!           
           
I’M SWEATIN' BULLETS, SWEATIN' BULLETS,
DON’T SHOOT ME PLEASE, I’M ON MY KNEES,
BEGGING FOR SYMPATHY,  
I'M SWEATIN' BULLETS, SWEATIN' BULLETS,
IT AIN’T NO FUN, CRYIN’ INTO YOUR GUN,
NOW I’M SWEATIN' BULLETS AT YOUR FEET,
                                          
BY JIM VALDES © 2019

"SWEATIN' BULLETS" (Video - https://youtu.be/o7xeuezg1oQ)

This one is a very nostalgic song that I wrote back in 2008, it has that early 60's vibe to it. My wife I needed some good vibrations since we were dealing with her Breast Cancer treatments and all that. We really needed a feel good song and so I wrote this. I even got her to sing background vocals with me on two songs at that time, this being the first and "Back In Younger Days" being the second, I'll be making a video on that one later on this year. 
    I double-tracked Charlie's vocals and he sang it perfectly! I remember having a real good time at these sessions, lots of laughing and finger snapping and rockin' & rollin' and what not!😂 I always want to relive the good ole days where smiles were plenty and frowns were few, like on "Memory Lane"! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/h5xvwxljOZc

     The video is brand spanking new, I just finished it last week! I worked hard on it for several days and tried to capture that Beach Boys kind of vibe of the early 1960's. I finished the video after hearing the sad news of Brian Wilson's passing on June 11th, 2025. That really made me sad, another of my musical hero's now gone. He was a real musical genius! There are 3 parts to the song, all about guys begging forgiveness from their girlfriends for something stupid that guys always seem to do, I Still Remember that!😂
     I think this is one Miami Jeff's best songs and certainly one of my favorites. It's very catchy and is a perfect summertime song! So I hope everyone is having a great summer and is eager to take another trip down Memory lane with me. This time to the beach! Let your hair down, take your shoes off, put the top down on the convertible and let the good times roll! Ooh, Ooh! Ooh!😎✌🏼

“I STILL REMEMBER”

I CAN STILL RECALL THE DAY I MADE YOU CRY,    
HOW I HURT YOU, YES I HURT YOU,    
I’M SO SORRY I COULD DIE,
               
I WAS YOUNG AND DIDN’T CARE IF YOU WERE SAD,   
NOW I’M OLDER, YES I’M OLDER,   
AND I MISS THE LOVE WE HAD,
                   
I REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,         
I STILL REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,        
THE WAY YOU HELD ME TIGHT,           
THE WAY WE KISSED GOODNIGHT,      
I REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,             
I STILL REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,         
THOSE SUMMERS ON THE BEACH,      
THEY’RE STILL WITHIN’ OUR REACH,       
SO PLEASE,         
IF THESE WORDS SOMEHOW TOUCH YOU DEEP INSIDE,       
MY WHOLE WORLD STILL IN YOUR EYES,       
SO PLEASE FORGIVE THIS FOOLISH HEART OF MINE,

I KNOW I WAS WRONG FOR TREATING YOU THAT WAY,  
PLEASE FORGIVE ME, JUST FORGIVE ME,   
GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE TO SAY,

I WILL NEVER BREAK YOUR HEART AS I DID THEN, 
I WILL LOVE YOU, ALWAYS LOVE YOU,  
IF YOU FILL MY ARMS AGAIN,
     
I REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,        
I STILL REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,          
THE WAY YOU HELD ME TIGHT,        
THE WAY WE KISSED GOODNIGHT,       
I REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,             
I STILL REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,               
THOSE SUMMERS ON THE BEACH,      
THEY’RE STILL WITHIN’ OUR REACH,       
SO PLEASE,      
IF THESE WORDS SOMEHOW TOUCH YOU DEEP INSIDE,     
MY WHOLE WORLD STILL IN YOUR EYES,         
SO PLEASE FORGIVE THIS FOOLISH HEART OF MINE,

I STILL REMEMBER, DARLING I REMEMBER,        
I STILL REMEMBER, DARLING I REMEMBER,         
I STILL REMEMBER, DARLING I REMEMBER.

BY JIM VALDES 
© 2008

"I STILL REMEMBER" (Video - https://youtu.be/h5xvwxljOZc)

WARNING: This is one of my Avant-Garde theatrical pieces and NOT a love song! It's an instrumental about the dangers of war and the horror of a Nuclear bomb being dropped somewhere! Perfect timing for today, right? It's not a pleasant theme or thought but I'm really worried about the mindset that this world is in at the moment, even the doomsday clock is the closest it has been to midnight ever! Whichever country is stupid enough to drop a nuke, will be the country that dooms us all! The planet may survive but humanity and the animal kingdom will certainly perish with the nuclear fallout. I'm a veteran and I don't want us to end in such a selfish, cowardly, idiotic manner such as this!! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/V76mqew2Ji8

The video is a remake and a remix and it deals with the reality we all must face now due to some very stupid people in charge here and around the world! This a WARNING to everybody, if you love your family, friends, children, neighbors, anyone! Please, let's remove anybody in power that thinks this is a good idea! There are many such non-thinking individuals in power around the world right now, that simply couldn't care less about you and your loved ones! Please watch the video, it goes with this soundtrack! A NUCLEAR WAR WILL NOT HAVE A WINNER! We will all be losers!! Please share this song/video with all your friends and family. A warning to the wise from a musical vet. Take care and beware and may God bless us all before it's too late.🙏✌🏼

"OBLIVION" (Video - https://youtu.be/V76mqew2Ji8)

This song was written by Craig Pate in 1987 - He sang all the vocals and played all the instruments with the exception of Lead Guitar which I played. It's a great retro hard rock song with that heavy rock guitar sound that I love! No A.I. cheating here guys, instruments are actually played!  WOW! 🤯 We really need to bring back hard driving guitars and lead guitars in music. I remixed the song and added an outro section during the credits from another song of mine called "Lady Green" recorded in 2017 for the my album "Vulcan Mind Meld".  

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/Sd0A0hKgbps

The video was originally produced in 2022 but I added several little bits and pieces here and there and added some sound effects like a Theremin at the end. Overall the video has been enhanced for your viewing pleasure! I was still getting used to making videos back then so keep that in mind while watching it. It drops this weekend! It was a really fun track to record and I thank Craig for giving me the lead guitar part and for letting me produce the video. So break out some stale popcorn and enjoy your favorite beverage or what have you and enjoy the ride of your life!  Oh and don't forget to CRANK IT UP! Thanks & Enjoy! 👍😎✌🏼🤘

“RIDE OF YOUR LIFE”
 
HEADING OUT TONIGHT,     
READY TO TAKE FLIGHT,    
GOT A FEELIN’ THIS COULD BE THE ONE,    
WON’T TAKE IT LAYIN’ DOWN,    
GET YOUR FEET OFF THE GROUND,   
SO LONG TO FOOLISH PRIDE,   
WE’RE GONNA TAKE YOU FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE,
     
SIMPLE AS CAN BE,    
LET YOURSELF GO FREE,    
GET YOUR FEELIN’ IF IT TAKES ALL NIGHT,  
DON’T GO AND LET US DOWN,     
CAN’T FLY HIGH WITH A FROWN, 
                      
[LEAD]

HEADING OUT TONIGHT,           
READY TO TAKE FLIGHT,      
GOT A FEELIN’ THIS COULD BE THE ONE,     
WON’T TAKE IT LAYIN’ DOWN,     
GET YOUR FEET OFF THE GROUND,   
SO LONG TO FOOLISH PRIDE,   
WE’RE GONNA TAKE YOU FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE.

BY CRAIG PATE © 1987

"RIDE OF YOUR LIFE" (2025 Remix) [VIDEO - https://youtu.be/Sd0A0hKgbps]

This song is a new one written this year and it's about how we've all become Broken Mirrors in some way. All of us, we were a loving people, not a cruel people, we were a caring people, not a hateful people, we were a hard working and strong people but also a very fragile people and I feel we've become a little bit more shattered in recent years. Our beliefs and hopes have diminished somewhat and this song reflects that broken mirror in us all. It's harder and harder to stay positive in this crazy hateful world today. I sang this one since Charlie was not available. I think the mix was too loud but I'm having problems with my computer and couldn't adjust the sound in my film editor like I usually do. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/CUpzZLL-xJc

I worked hard on the video and tried to follow the lyrics as close as possible. It will drop on August 1st on YouTube. It's about our lack of empathy as of late and this constant hatred for other people that I now sense in this great country of ours!.  So I asked myself, how did we get here? When a country starts depriving its citizens of basic needs like healthcare and not helping our senior citizens and ignoring the less fortunate among us and stop assistance for veterans (like me) that risked our lives for this country, then we're on a road to destruction and our government has failed us.  All I can do is write songs, so songs I shall write. I still believe in love, love is always the answer!  Take care & God bless!🙏😎✌🏼

“BROKEN MIRRORS"

WE LIVE INSIDE OUR CASTLES,
WE HIDE BEHIND OUR WALLS,
WARM AND SECURE, NEVER ENDURE,  
HARDSHIPS THAT BEFALL,             
THE CRESTFALLEN AMONG US,
THE ONES THAT WE IGNORE,      

PRETEND THEY DON’T EXIST,
PERHAPS THEY’LL MELT AWAY, 
THEY’LL DISAPPEAR, ALONG WITH FEARS, 
WE MAY BE THEM ONE DAY,
THEY REALLY NEVER MATTERED,
THE WRETCHED WE DEPLORE, 

BROKEN MIRRORS, BROKEN MINDS,
SOMETIMES WE CHOOSE TO BE BLIND,
CONVINCE OURSELVES, WE’RE MILES ABOVE,  
THOSE THAT BEG AND CRAWL,
 BROKEN MIRROR ALWAYS REFLECT, 
 WHAT’S BROKEN IN US ALL,

MAN IS A STRANGE CREATURE,
SO CRUEL BUT YET SO KIND, 
OUR TAPESTRY IS OUR ARTISTRY,
OUR HEART SOMETIMES SUBLIME,    
YET SOME HAVE A DARKER SIDE,
THEY LURK BEHIND SATAN'S DOOR,  

     BROKEN MIRRORS, BROKEN MINDS,
     SOMETIMES WE CHOOSE TO BE BLIND,
     CONVINCE OURSELVES, WE’RE MILES ABOVE,  
     THOSE THAT BEG AND CRAWL,
     BROKEN MIRROR ALWAYS REFLECT, 
     WHAT’S BROKEN IN US ALL.

 BY JIM VALDES © 2025

"BROKEN MIRRORS" (Video - https://youtu.be/CUpzZLL-xJc)

      Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by and listening! This song I wrote back in 2013 and it was just another love song with my favorite color in it for my wonderful wife! Can anyone guess what my favorite color is? Blue is correct! I've written many songs with the color blue in the title like: "Blue, Blue"; "Somewhere In Blue"; "Heavrnly In Blue"; "Big Blue Tree",  ect, ect, well it goes on and on. It's jazzy and easy listening and with NO A.I. can you dig it? I think the inspiration for this one was me asking my lovely wife why she is seldom in blue, or something like that. This is another of my jazzy love songs with a Latin rhythm to it. Charlie sang it beautifully. This song was written in the tradition of "The Great American Songbook". You know, like Gershwin, Berlin, Porter used to write. Very old fashioned but I remember I added a Sitar to it to give it that dreamy sound and I think I used heavy echo on Charlie's vocal at some point in the song too! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/XxGVYr1urs4

      The video I put together last year at some point in time but can't recall too much about it, just a beautiful woman in a beautiful blue dress. It drops tomorrow on YouTube, be there or be square! Not too much audio or video effects in this one. After "Broken Mirrors" I think we needed a light fluffy little love song with my favorite color in it! One can't get too depressed, you know! Thanks again and take care!🙏😎✌🏼

“SELDOM IN BLUE”

TAKE THE STARDUST FROM THE SKY,    
TWINKLE IT AND SPRINKLE IT IN YOUR EYES,   
WHY IS IT I,     
SELDOM SEE YOU IN BLUE? 
     
WHEN YOU SMILED AT ME THAT WAY,     
SPARKLING SAPPHIRE AND OCEAN SPRAY,     
WHY IS IT I,   
SELDOM SEE YOU IN BLUE?   

COOL AS A SOOTHING SUMMER RAIN,        
OR A HAUNTING REFRAIN,         
A CRYSTAL MIST FROM HEAVEN,           
YOU ENVELOPE ME IN BLUE, 
                  
STRANGE WHENEVER I’M WITH YOU,  
MY GREY WORLD TAKES ON A DIFFERENT HUE,    
WHY IS IT I,   
SELDOM SEE YOU IN BLUE?    
PLEASE TELL ME WHY,   
ARE YOU SELDOM IN BLUE,
IN BLUE,     
IN BLUE,    
WHY ARE YOU SELDOM IN BLUE?     
             
BY JIM VALDES
 © 2013

"SELDOM IN BLUE" (VIDEO - https://youtu.be/XxGVYr1urs4)

      Howdy everyone! Ok I did a little reshuffling here and bumped this song to the front of the line! I just finished the video and put about a weeks work into it! It's a comic relief song, a novelty, about getting old! They say we should write about things we know, and I know about getting older!😂 I wrote the song in 2021 during the pandemic because we needed some comedy then and I think we need some comedy now too! This is something my friends and me used to say at work all the time when we'd forget something or did something stupid like ask where your glasses are when they are on top of your head!😂 I tweaked the lyrics a little and took several curse words out of the song but kept a couple in, so beware people, please don't call the Profanity Police on me! They're mild words like "shit" and "ass" nothing more than that!  There are some words of wisdom thrown in there too like in all my songs. It's just a fun song and video! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/U--jt1-4FEY

     I wrote it to a Latin Rock beat, kind of like a Santana song. I remember it took me several weeks to record the backing track because I added a ton of stuff on it Bass, Piano, Acoustic and Electric guitars, percussion, I worked very hard on it, it's all just me playing eveything with a Drum Machine because I don't play the drums. A little bit Salsa, a little bit Rock & Roll because that's how I roll!😂 The vocals are all me and I recorded them last week, I was going to have Charlie sing it but I decided to do it myself because we've been stuck on this other song for a month now and I have like 30 songs ready to go. So please forgive the vocals! The video is funny and I spent a couple weeks on that as well. It's about getting old and forgetting words and your body hurting and falling asleep, and telling kids to get off your lawn! The usual things that come with getting older. Basically "Old man yelling at clouds" syndrome!😂 I know how that is!  The video will drop on YouTube in a couple of weeks! I hope everyone laughs with me and not at me! But I won't mind as long as you laugh a little!! So sit back and have a laugh on me! Cheers! 🍻

“WE GOT THE OLDS”
          
WE GOT THE OLDS, WE GOT THE OLDS,          
OUR BODIES ACHE, WE'RE ALWAYS COLD,            
WE CAN’T STAY AWAKE,         
WE GOT THE OLDS, WE GOT THE OLDS,         
WE HATE THE RAP, CAN’T STAND THAT SHIT,         
GET OFF OUR GRASS, YOU DUMB-ASS KIDS!           
WE GOT THE OLDS, 
WE GOT THE OLDS,

THE SLIP OF TIME, TORMENTS OUR MIND,   
THE FEAR OF FATE, FUELS ALL OUR HATE,    
THE TALKING HEADS, THE WALKING DEAD,      
THE HAMMER FALLS, UPON US ALL,

WE GOT THE OLDS, WE GOT THE OLDS,         
OUR BODIES ACHE, WE'RE ALWAYS COLD,             
WE CAN’T STAY AWAKE,         
WE GOT THE OLDS, WE GOT THE OLDS,          
WE HATE THE RAP, CAN’T STAND THAT SHIT,          
GET OFF OUR GRASS, YOU DUMB-ASS KIDS!         
WE GOT THE OLDS, 
WE GOT THE OLDS,
     
THIS CLIMATE CHANGE, HAS US DERANGED,   
THE BULLETS FLY, EYE FOR AN EYE,      
CORONA COUGH, THE RICH GET OFF,      
THE FOLLY OF MAN IS WHAT GOD DEMANDS!

WE GOT THE OLDS,         
WE GOT THE OLDS,         
WE GOT THE OLDS,
           
WE HATE THE RAP, CAN’T STAND THAT SHIT,         
GET OFF OUR GRASS, YOU DUMB-ASS KIDS!      
WE GOT THE OLDS, WE GOT THE OLDS,

WE THINK WE ARE, THEREFORE WE’RE FEELING,   
OUR MIND A WAVE ON THE OCEAN OF BEING,        
DAMN, WHAT THE HELL DID WE JUST SAY?     
WE CAN’T REMEMBER DAY TO DAY!
     
WE GOT THE OLDS, WE GOT THE OLDS,         
OUR BODIES ACHE, WE'RE ALWAYS COLD,           
WE CAN’T STAY AWAKE,         
WE GOT THE OLDS,          
WE GOT THE OLDS,          
WE GOT THE OLDS.
          
BY JIM VALDES
 © 2021

"WE GOT THE OLDS" (Video - https://youtu.be/U--jt1-4FEY)

      This is another of my Instrumentals written in 2022 during the pandemic with a moral underbelly. I've always wanted to write a song about Swans but I put a twist in the video and made it about hunters that actually shoot and kill Swans for no apparent reason other than they must enjoy killing beautiful things and creatures. I also added other creatures besides man that can be deadly for Swans like Alligatros and such. The song was way too long and too repetitive so I remixed it last year and shortened it by about 1 minute and a half and produced a new video for it.  Even with the edits the song is still over 5 minutes long! I think I should have edited about another 1 minute from it. It's still a little too repetitive! This audio soundtrack is made to be listened to with the video! You here gunshots and other noises so please check out the video.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/f_uyuPBMoMY

    During the new video creation I had turned the Swan into a beautiful woman and tried to suggest that killing a beautiful Swan is like killing a beautiful woman and therefore must NEVER be done! I don't show any Swans being shot, of course, it's all suggestive. After a recent comment on my video from my fellow creator and good friend Blue Bart (check his channel out on YouTube, it's really cool!👍), he suggested that the beautiful woman in the video should be a "Magical Swan Goddess" looking after and protcting these magnificent creatures from hunters and preditors! I really loved that idea and so with a wave of my wand, WHOOSH, it is so!😂 I'd like to thank Bart for his very creative and inspiring suggestion!
     I remember adding tons of audio and video effects on this one, lots of keyboards and delayed guitars and such. Another artsy composition and video, showing that I don't only compose silly love songs, although I must admit, I love writting them!  😂 This one is along the lines of "A Sublte Tear", "Together Alone", and "Oblivion". More of an artistic instrumental with no lyrics and a long cinematic video, more like a Short Subject film. I hope you all enjoy my "Swan Serenade" and don't fall asleep too soon during the listening or viewing. Take care and please cherish all forms of life.🙏😎✌🏼

"SWAN SERENADE" (Video - https://youtu.be/f_uyuPBMoMY)

  This song has a totally made up lyrics about nobody real, all in my imagination. I wanted to write like an "Eleanor Rigby" type of song about loneliness, mental illness, and old age. Just following that type of format. Words came first and then I wrote the music. Which gives it that creepy vibe with a falling cliche bass line. Very eerie and haunting, trying to capture that getting old by yourself ambiance! I wrote it during the pandemic, so the scene was set! I added organ, guitars, bass, and a bunch of other instruments pre-pandemic and Charlie came over and added the vocals and a harmonica track post-pandemic. Great job by him on both accounts. So it just sat around for 3 years just gathering digital dust!😂 I never thought it was that good because the timing seemed off to me, probably because I had forgotten how it went after 3 years! Not our best effort I think. If you watch the video it will make more sense.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/H6TuC5eYUD4

     The video was challanging and I spent a ton of time on it, about a week last year. I made it about 2 people, both named Amanda, hence the title "Amanda, Amanda". The name was suggested by my wife who loves the name Amanda. The first Amanda was a middle aged woman wandering around at night in a forest with a torch and crying herself to sleep but the second Amanda was an elderly woman that quite frankly had gone a little bit crazy due to the lonliness. We can all relate especially during the pandemic! I tried to show that in the video. There's a ton of eye-candy in the video. It's a haunting tale and a haunting song. Thanks so much for visiting and take care everyone! Let's all try not to end up like either Amanda! 🙏😎✌🏼

“AMANDA, AMANDA”

AMANDA,
HAVE YOU SAID ALL YOUR PRAYERS TODAY?
FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY,  
      
AMANDA,             
IS THAT LONELINESS IN YOUR EYES?      
IS LIFE SLOWLY PASSING YOU BY?
YOU CAN'T DENY,

AMANDA, AMANDA,
SITS AND WAITS YEAR AFTER YEAR,
AMANDA, AMANDA,  
NO ONE'S THERE TO WIPE HER TEARS,
WHEN SHE CRYS, NO ONE HEARS,
AMANDA, AMANDA,
AND LIKE A GHOST SHE'LL DISAPPEAR,
  
AMANDA,
IS YOUR MAILBOX EMPTY AGAIN?       
NO PHONE CALLS FROM LOVERS OR FRIENDS,
WHY PRETEND?       
      
AMANDA, AMANDA,
SITS AND WAITS YEAR AFTER YEAR,
AMANDA, AMANDA,  
NO ONE'S THERE TO WIPE HER TEARS,
WHEN SHE CRYS, NO ONE HEARS,
AMANDA, AMANDA,
LIKE A GHOST SHE'LL DISAPPEAR,
YEAH LIKE A GHOST SHE'LL DISAPPEAR,
OH LIKE A GHOST SHE'LL DISAPPEAR,
HMM LIKE A GHOST SHE'LL DISAPPEAR.

BY JIM VALDES
© 2021

"AMANDA, AMANDA" (Video - https://youtu.be/H6TuC5eYUD4)

This is a cover song written by Lolly Vegas of Redbone. Redbone was a native american rock band. It was a big hit in 1974 and again in 2013 as one of many songs in the outstanding soundtrack for the film "Gaudians Of The Galaxy". I recorded the song with Charlie singing as a birthday present for my wife's niece's son Lucca several years ago. When my wife's sister and her kids were visiting us that year we all decided to go down to my studio and I recorded them singing backing vocals to the song and then we decided to video tape us all lip-syncing to the recorded track. I then later video taped Charlie lip-syncing to the song too. My wife then put all the video tapes together with added commentary before and after the video for Lucca.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/XzPez-ALPtk

 I decided to make a video of the song for YouTube without the personnal coimmentaries. So this video has the following line up: Charlie singing lead and playing the cowbell; Me playing guitar in the stenson hat; my awesome brother playing Bass in the Colombian hat; My wife and her sister Nora and her kids Gabby and Pablo singing back-up. We were all lip-syncing to my recorded track. I think it needs more cowbell, what do you guys think?😂 It was a fun sessions and I thought everyone would get a kick of watching us on the video. My wife video taped my parts and I video taped Charlie and them singing. This is my gift to all my followers so you can see what we look like! Charlie and I are not really much to look at either but we are who we are!😂 I hope you guys like it! It's a great song! (*Easter Egg: That's really me on the Bass! Ha, ha! 😂) Happy Labor Day to everyone! 🙏😎✌🏼

“COME AND GET YOUR LOVE"

HEY, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR HEAD, YEAH,
HEY, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR MIND,
AND YOUR SIGN AND A OH, OH, OH,
HEY, NOTHIN' THE MATTER WITH YOUR HEAD,
BABY FIND IT, COME ON AND FIND IT,
HEY, GET WITH IT BABY, 'CAUSE YOU'RE MINE.
AND YOU'RE FINE AND YOU LOOK SO DIVINE,  

COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,   
  
HEY, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR FEEL RIGHT,
DON'T YOU FEEL RIGHT, BABY,
HEY, OH YEAH, GET IT FROM THE MAIN VINE, ALL RIGHT,
      
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,       

I SAID A FIND IT, FIND IT, GO ON AND LOVE IT,
IF YOU LIKE IT, YEAH.
HEY, IT'S YOUR BUSINESS IF YOU WANT SOME, 
TAKE SOME, GET IT TOGETHER BABY,

COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
COME AND GET YOUR LOVE,
             
BY LOLLY VEGAS
© 1974

"COME AND GET YOUR LOVE" (cover)

     Welcome everyone! This song is all about celebrating the NFL American Football and beer! This song can also be for Soccer as well since that sport is very similiar and is loved in Europe and South America. I used to hang out with all my friends every Sunday at BW3's for NFL football and beer pre-pandemic. My wife and I used to be in a few Fantasy Football Leagues and we all got together to watch all the games. My favorite teams are the Miami Dolphins and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Neither teams is looking pretty good this year but we'll have to wait and see. I used to love my Sundays at BW3's with friends and family, that is until the pandemic hit and then sadly we stopped going and when we were able to go back again, it just wasn't the same anymore. My wife and I both quit all our leagues and now we watch football just for the love of watching football. I loved it so much that I wrote this song about the experience. Charlie sang the song very well and played the harmonica too. All good things must come to an end, I guess! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/9CtETimp-pI

I was very reluctant about dropping this video because my heart was breaking while listening to this song again. I know it's silly but we had such good times and good memories there for many years. But I got myself together and made the video a few weeks ago and worked very hard on it too! Took me about a week to finish it! When you watch the video you'll see how exciting it real was for me! It really was a glorious place!🥺 So join me in kicking off this 2025 season by lifting our glasses and cheering for the love of NFL football and Soccer! The games of kings! 🍺🍻 

“A GLORIOUS PLACE”

EVERY BEER GOES DOWN EASY,     
AT THE LOCAL SALOON,  
THE FOOD IS SALTY AND GREASY,
NOSES RED AS BALLOONS,
     
WORRIES MELT ONCE A WEEK,     
AT THE WATERING HOLE,    
LIFE IS GOOD, SO TO SPEAK,    
WHEN THE BAR ROCKS AND ROLLS,

EVERY JOKE BRINGS A SMILE TO YOUR FACE,         
EVERYONE IS A WELCOMED EMBRACE,         
EVERY SECOND IS DEAR,          
WITH FOOTBALL AND BEER,        
GOOD LORD WHAT A GLORIOUS PLACE, 
 
RAIN OR SNOW DOESN’T MATTER,   
THAT WON’T KEEP US AWAY,   
ONCE A WEEK IT’S LIKE THE SUPER BOWL,  
EVERY BEER A GREAT PLAY,
    
GOOD FRIENDS FILL EVERY BAR STOOL,    
AND WE ALL CHEER AS ONE,    
LIFE JUST COULDN’T GET BETTER,    
A BEER-BELLY BARREL OF FUN,   

EVERY JOKE BRINGS A SMILE TO YOUR FACE,         
EVERYONE IS A WELCOMED EMBRACE,         
EVERY SECOND IS DEAR,          
WITH FOOTBALL AND BEER,         
GOOD LORD WHAT A GLORIOUS PLACE,          
GOOD LORD WHAT A GLORIOUS PLACE,         
GOOD LORD WHAT A GLORIOUS PLACE.
   
BY JIM VALDES © 2011 (all rights reserved)

"A GLORIOUS PLACE" (Video - https://youtu.be/9CtETimp-pI)

     Howdy everyone and I hope everyone had a great Labor Day, without laboring of course!😂 This is another of my instrumentals, which actually had lyrics but the vocals were not recorded too well so I made it into an instrumental. It's about having that Las Vegas experience which I'm sure nobody can afford anymore with this economy unless you're a billionaire! I've been to Vegas many times and most times I've lost, hence the title "Lost Wages"! I'm not a gambler, so when I lose a couple of hundred dollars I start sweating profusely!!😂 It's a fast paced song and I played like a boogie-woogie synthesizer on it and a rock guitar. Charlie played a groovy harmonica on it too! I've decided to drop an instrumental and a cover song every month from now on besides my normal songs and videos. The video is the high-light so please check it out on YouTube.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/DwZ-ISbz2g0

     The video was a lot of fun to put together and it's all about Las Vegas, the gambling, the show girls, the drinking, the excesses, pretty decadent stuff! There's is a lot of eye-candy here for the grown-ups to enjoy! It drops tomorrow on YouTube! The original song with lyrics was called "My Neck Of The Woods" so if Charlie and I rerecord the vocals, I'll make a video of it as well. I hope everyone enjoys this song and video and remember, don't gamble unless you can afford to lose a ton of money and are rich because it is an addiction! Last time we went to Las Vegas, back before the pandemic, it was for about a week and all we saw were the shows and never gambled, that was my favorite trip because I didn't lose a dime! But guess what? We're going back to Las Vegas in December 2025 to watch the new "Wizard Of Oz" spectacular in The Sphere! Check out the clips on YouTube, it's really mind-blowing! No gambling!! Take care and good luck! 😎✌🏼

"LOST WAGES" (Inst) [Video - https://youtu.be/DwZ-ISbz2g0]

 I wrote this song after a trip to Shady Hallow Lake in Indiana. Charlie has some lake front property there and it's great for camping, fishing, roasting marshmallows and playing live concerts. It's very calm and relaxing and a great time was had by all! I wrote the song back in 2010 but the video I put together last year. Check out the video and you will be there with me:

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/Mz_vslWLXaU

I tried to keep the video as true to the lyrics as I could. It was a lot of fun putting it together. I love the tranquility of a full moon casting the silvery glow over the lake! It's very magical! I especially love the fact that there were no I-phones, computers, TV's, ect, ect. No distractions, everything was left in the car! Times like those really heal a person. It was spiritually rejuvenating!  Charlie sang the song very well but my harms were a little flat (like my head!😂, sorry about that!). It was a very cool experience for me and my wife and we got to do some jamming by the fireside on the lake too! Well, I hope everyone enjoys it and thanks for dropping by and listening! That is always appreciated! Summer will be gone soon so for now, let's just bask under the glow of an Indiana Moon!! 🌕🙏✌🏼 

“INDIANA MOON”

SHADEY HOLLOW LAKE,   
LATE SUMMER AFTERNOON,       
GUITARS STRUMMING AFTER SUNSET,    
INDIANA MOON,
                   
SOFT CAMPFIRE GLOW,     
MELLOW SLEEPY LAGOON,    
SUCH SWEET VOICES SINGING UNDER,    
THE INDIANA MOON,

DANGLING OVERHEAD,   
LIKE A SILVERY BALLOON,             
REFLECTED IN THE STILL BLACK WATER,  
INDIANA MOON,

SHADEY HOLLOW LAKE,     
LIKE A WELL-KNOWN TUNE,    
WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED,    
INDIANA MOON.
             
BY JIM VALDES © 2010

"INDIANA MOON" (Video - https://youtu.be/Mz_vslWLXaU)

 Hi everyone, hopefully all is well. This is an old song I wrote in the 1990's and re-wrote in 2008 and it's about second chances. I believe everyone should have a second chance at everything in life but in love I believe you must think things through very carefully because it they cheat on you once, there's a good chance they'll cheat on you again! You know the old saying "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me!"  In my humble opinion, some trusts just cannot be broken and once they are broken there's just no turing back. I was cheated on once in my first marriage and that feeling of being stabbed in the back still hurts to this day. If you can't get along with your partner, divorce them and go your own way afterwards but betrayal is always very devastating and I hope no one ever has to go through something like that. 
    I reworked and tweaked the lyrics a little in 2008 to make them less corny but it's very much like a film script where you can see what the characters are saying to each other, in a sort of back and forth interaction in the dialog, and you can get a sense of the doubt that will now always be there in your heart once you have been betrayed. It's really heartbreaking and "second chances" have to be really thought out and handed out very carefully. I still do however believe in them! (I'm a fool, I know!) You must watch the video, I worked hard on the script!😂
    The song is bittersweat and not a love song but more of a "Beware Of Fake Love" song. It's very country & poppy musically and Charlie did a great job singing it! I wanted it to sound light and easy to balance out the heavy lyrics. There are a couple of  key changes, as well as mood changes, in the song. I was going after that Eagles sound of the early 70's, you know that mellow acoustic vibe but with a little Broadway drama thrown in during the middle 8. It's like if the Eagles and the Carpenters had a baby, it would sound like this!😂 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/eRusaqWHK5o

The video is new, I finished it a couple of month's ago. I tried to have the video follow the script as close as possible. I think it turned out okay, who knows?  Well, I hope everyone enjoys it and remember never betray someone that loves you, one day the shoe may just be one the other foot. Peace out! ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼 

“SECOND CHANCE"

WASN’T IT ME HOW SAID “DON’T GO AWAY?     
BUT YOU DIDN’T CARE, 
YOU SAID YOU’VE GIVEN ALL YOU HAD TO GIVE, 
AND TRUE LOVE WASN’T THERE,
NOW YOU WANT TO COMPROMISE,
SAYING “JUST LET ME EXPLAIN”,
BUT I DON’T WANT TO HEAR YOUR LIES AGAIN,

LET ME REFRESH YOUR MEMORY,     
WASN’T IT YOU THAT SAID “GOODBYE”?
YOU SAID YOU COULDN’T LIVE IN YESTERDAY,
AND TEARS WE LEFT BEHIND, 
NOW SOMEHOW YOU’VE MANAGED,
TO CREEP BACK IN MY HEART,
AND WILLING TO GIVE LOVE A BRAND NEW START,

YES I KNOW I’M A FOOL,          
FOR GIVING YOU A SECOND CHANCE,
TO WEAVE A NEW ROMANCE,           
WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF, OH NO!  
EVERY TIME I REMEMBER,
THOSE HAUNTING MEMORIES,
OF HOW WE USED TO BE,        
I PRAY, THAT YOU,

HAVE REALLY CHANGED FOR THE BETTER,     
YOU WON’T BE SEARCHING ANYMORE,       
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO FIND HAPPINESS,     
DON’T SPOIL IT LIKE BEFORE,       
HOPE I CAN ERASE THE DOUBTS,     
THAT STILL BURN WAY DEEP DOWN,    
HOPE I CAN BE SURE THIS TIME AROUND,
  
YES I KNOW I’M A FOOL,          
FOR GIVING YOU A SECOND CHANCE,       
TO WEAVE A NEW ROMANCE,           
WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF, OH NO!           
EVERY TIME I REMEMBER,        
THOSE HAUNTING MEMORIES,        
OF HOW WE USED TO BE,        
I PRAY, THAT YOU,
        
HAVE REALLY CHANGED FOR THE BETTER,     
YOU WON’T BE SEARCHING ANYMORE,      
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO FIND HAPPINESS,     
DON’T SPOIL IT LIKE BEFORE,       
HOPE I CAN ERASE THE DOUBTS,     
THAT STILL BURN WAY DEEP DOWN,    
HOPE I CAN BE SURE THIS TIME AROUND.

BY JIM VALDES © 2008

"SECOND CHANCE" (Video - https://youtu.be/eRusaqWHK5o)

This is a another song written during the pandemic in 2022. It's about the joy of reading! I know we don't read hardly anymore that's why we are pretty ignorant about science and math, look it up, don't take my word for it!! I still enjoy reading, it sparks my creativity, and opens up my imagination! It's really fabulous the trips we can make with our imagination by just reading. I whipped up seveal tales and weaved them all together into a Rock song. It is also about what happens to unread books that just turn to dust on our shelves. (Read H.G. Wells "The Time Machine" or at least watch the 1960 film!). I guess we will soon have no need for libraries!  Just I-phones! This is an adventure song, my Indiana Jones song!  

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/2R-hnrBwiDQ

      The video is brand new with loads of eye-candy for everybody. I thnk I finished it a few months ago. It'll take you on several exciting adventures!! I hope people enjoy it, we must continue to read books because when we stop reading books, then we will stop having independent thought and we become nothing more than brain dead sheep!  I'm sure that's what some evil people actually want! (Look what they did to Jimmy Kimmel!!). Read a book before they censor them and take them away! Take a look, crack a book, I guarenteed that you'll get hooked! Take care!🙏😎✌🏼

“UNREAD BOOK”

READ ME WHILE YOU CAN,     
I MIGHT JUST TURN TO DUST AND CRUMBLE IN YOUR HANDS,   
BUT I'LL NEVER WASTE YOUR TIME,               
LET ME PROVE TO YOU,    
I'M MORE THAN BORING WORDS DOWN POINTLESS AVENUES,      
I'M ALWAYS WORTH A SECOND LOOK, 
               
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,         
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,
  
READ ME, IF YOU CARE,    
WE'LL GO TO PLACES WHERE YOUR HEART WOULD NEVER DARE,      
IN A JOURNEY OF THE MIND,    
LEAVE IT UP TO ME,   
ALL YOU NEED IS THE YEARNING AND THE COURAGE TO BELIEVE,
JUST ONE LOOK WILL GET YOU HOOKED,
                       
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,           
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,     
     
A TRIP TO THE MOON OR AN ADVENTURE AT SEA,              
LET MY WORDS SET YOUR MIND FREE,                
A ROMANTIC RENDEZVOUS OR BUBBLE BATH BY CANDLELIGHT,
A CHRISTMAS DAY OR AN ARABIAN NIGHT,
            
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,             
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK, 

IF YOU'RE LONELY, COUNT ON ME,  
THERE'S NO END OF THE ROAD ONLY POSSIBILITIES,   
IMAGINATION'S ALL IT TOOK,
             
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK,             
I'M AN UNREAD BOOK. 

BY JIM VALDES
 © 2022

"UNREAD BOOK" (Video - https://youtu.be/2R-hnrBwiDQ)

    Hello friends, I hope everyone is doing okay. I wrote this song in 2017 and it's one of my psychedelic songs! I played harpsichord on it and a Bach trumpet on my keyboard. I was trying to write a song like "Penny Lane" by The Beatles or "Ruby Tuesday" by The Rolling Stones. It has a  "Summer Of Love" feel and look to it and It's about no one in particular but I read somewhere about all these young girls that go to Hollywood and try to break into films or TV and wind up spending their whole lives struggling and never make it and then wind up becoming a server or something and end up destitute and homeless and who knows what else! It's really kind of sad! I've been to Hollywood several times and I've seen the streets lined with homeless people. The movie "La La Land" touches on this issue a very tiny bit but of course it makes it look so glamourous and beautiful that it becomes unbelievable. It's a very hard and unkind business, this show business,  and only a handfull of people actually make it! So my song is about a young girl named Lady Green that goes to Hollywood but never makes it and just gets old and passes away unknown. "What Became Of Lady Green"?
    Charlie sang it very well and I joined in with several tracks of "Ooh's" and "Ah's". It's a very trippy sounding song and I worked very hard on it. There's a ton of weird sounds on it, I think I even played a backards piano and sitar towards the end. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/AwGt3Hceoo8

     I put the video together earlier this year and threw in as much eye-candy as I could. I storyboarded this video and it took me over a week to finish it. I tried to use as many colors as I could in the lyrics and the video. I loved the fashion and the sound of the mid 1960's and I tried to capture that look. Everything is just so bland and gray today compared to the that swinging groovy time! This song will begin my most experimental and weird spooky songs that I always save for October and Halloween. I hope everyone enjoys it and please don't do what Lady Green did, it seldom ends well. Peace & Love!✌🏼😎✌🏼

 “LADY GREEN”

SHE HAD GREEN HAIR AND BLUE EYES,    
PURPLE LIPS AND TATOO’D THIGHS,    
PAINTING PICTURES ON THE STREET,                  
IN THE CALIFORNIA HEAT,    
WHAT A SCENE FOR LADY GREEN,     

SHE WORE VELVET GLOVES AND HIGH HEEL SHOES,   
PINK HOT PANTS TRIMMED IN CRIMSON BLUE,      
SEXY SMILE BUT BITTERSWEET,         
THE KIND OF GIRL MEN LOVE TO MEET,      
YOUNG AND LEAN, SWEET LADY GREEN, 
     
LADY GREEN,         
HOLLYWOOD STAR, HOLLYWOOD QUEEN,          
BORN TO GLITTER ON THE SCREEN,          
LEFT TO WITHER, SIGHT UNSEEN,          
WHAT BECAME OF LADY GREEN,          
WHAT BECAME OF LADY GREEN?
          
SHE WAS EIGHTEEN, STRAIGHT OUT OF SCHOOL,      
HOPES WERE HIGH BUT THE FUTURE CRUEL,      
FROM PONY TAIL TO OBSOLETE,    
HAND TO MOUTH AND WEEK TO WEEK,      
NO OSCARS FOR OLD LADY GREEN,

LADY GREEN,         
HOLLYWOOD STAR, HOLLYWOOD QUEEN,          
BORN TO GLITTER ON THE SCREEN,         
LEFT TO WITHER, SIGHT UNSEEN,         
WHAT BECAME OF LADY GREEN?        
WHAT BECAME OF LADY GREEN?
         
BY JIM VALDES © 2017

"LADY GREEN" (Video - https://youtu.be/AwGt3Hceoo8)

      Howdy Ghouls and Gals, well it's almost time for another Halloween so for the entire month I'll be posting songs that have some sort of spooky theme to them.🎃 I save all my Spooky Songs for October! This one is like a Texas Swing Country Rock & Roll song that I wrote with the ghost of Elvis singing it! (Naw, it's just Charlie singing and playing a ghoulish harmonica too!!😂) It's just some very light Rock & Roll with a very pretty woman dancing in the video! I've used her in several videos before and she always has new and different dance routines available for download. There's nothing much to this song but I did re-recorded it and had Charlie sing it over again a few months ago. I wrote it in 2002 and it was recorded pretty badly, so here's the new and reimagined version. The lyrics are pretty dated and songs are not written like this anymore but I was channeling Chuck Berry when writting it and I wanted to write one like he used to write back in the 1950's. Watch the video, it's very cool, maybe even Spook-tacular!👻👻👻

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/yrSBYK3mgQ0

     The video was fun to put together and has a lot of eye-candy in it! I did it earlier this year for an October release. It has some sexy dance routines and some really cool Jitterbugging in it! (For all you kiddo's out there, The Jitterbug is a very old dance routine that your great grandma & grandpa used to dance to way back in the prehistoric ages! 😂) This one's not too spooky but others coming up are a bit more creepy! The ending is pretty cool! NO A.I. was used in the song or in the video! So Boo you, a Boo Boo you very much! The ghost of Elvis has now left the building! 👻👻👻

“LOVE R.I.P”

HEY EVERYBODY HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS,  
THERE’S A SWEET YOUNG THING IN TOWN,  
SHE REALLY COOKS AND AND SHE GOT THE LOOKS,   
THAT WILL BURN YOUR DEFENSES DOWN,    
SHE LOOKS CUTE IN BOOTS, READY TO SHOOT,    
SHE WILL TEAR YOUR WORLD APART,    
WITH A COUNTRY SMILE THAT WILL DRIVE YOU WILD,    
AND IS SURE TO BREAK YOUR HEART,
     
BUT WHEN SHE GETS OUT ON THE DANCE FLOOR,         
THE PLACE REALLY STARTS TO ROCK,        
WHEN SHE SHAKES HER HIPS, MY POOR HEART JUST FLIPS,         
AND MY KNEES START TO RATTLE AND KNOCK,
     
OH HEAVEN HELP ME, I’M FALLIN’ FAST,             
SHE WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME,             
I’M D.O.A., ALL THE WAY,            
LOVE R.I.P.

BUT WHEN SHE GETS OUT ON THE DANCE FLOOR,       
THE PLACE REALLY STARTS TO ROCK,        
WHEN SHE SHAKES HER HIPS, MY POOR HEART JUST FLIPS,        
AND MY KNEES START TO RATLLE AND KNOCK,
               
OH HELP ME LORD, I’M FALLIN’ FAST,            
SHE WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME,             
I’M D.O.A., ALL THE WAY, LOVE R.I.P.            
YEAH I’M D.O.A., ALL THE WAY, LOVE R.I.P.            
I’M D.O.A., ALL THE WAY,             
LOVE R.I.P.     

BY JIM VALDES © 2002

"LOVE R.I.P." (Video - https://youtu.be/yrSBYK3mgQ0)

Greeting Earthlings, this is your Master Of Ceremonies with another Halloween track for you unfortunate viewers and listeners out there to be creeped out about! This is track #3 for October 2025. This one is about psycho's and crazy blood-thirsty murderers ready to chop you up into little pieces when they snap!(😂🎃😂). **NO A.I. USED IN SONG OR VIDEO EVER!!**

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/x61N_vOzeX0 {Viewere Discretion Advised!}

The video is a little gruesome, so beware my viewers! I tried to write it from a demented killer's point of view! Make sure you hold on tight to your Teddy's and keep the lights on while watching! (ha,ha,ha,ha!). You never know when an unhinged psycho will creep up behind you! 
     I worked really hard on this song and video and Charlie sang it perfectly! I wrote it in 2019 just before the pandemic hit,  around Thanksgiving of that year. I really like this one but I think it needs a bit more Cowbell!😂 I tried to make the video into a mini-slasher film and I spent a couple of weeks on it and storyboarded it and everything! I think it's one my best Halloween videos so far! Definitely NOT a love song! 
     In these days it seems we're all a bit unhinged with everything that's going on and the government being shut-down and all the hatred and death around the world and A.I. breathing down out necks!  When I wrote this song I had Alice Cooper in mind, the king of Shock Rock!! He may be too old already but I think he's still kicking! 🎃 Well, I bid you all a fond farewell and have a good night and don't let the bed bugs bite! More fiendish fun songs & videos to come until this Halloween is upon us! Make sure to sleep with one eye open at all times! 😂 Take care and stay safe!🙏🎃✌🏼

“UNHINGED!”

SOMETIMES I FEEL UNHINGED,   
CAN’T CATCH MY BREATH,     
DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO,      
TRAPPED LIKE A RAT IN A CAGE,                   
LOSING MY MIND,     
SLOWLY COMING UNGLUED,     
NOBODY GAVE A CRAP, NOBODY GAVE A DAMN,     
THIS ANGRY BOY BECAME AN ANGRY MAN!   
OOH, OOH,
    
SOMETIMES I WANT TO KILL,    
DESTROY THE WORLD,     
INFLICT GREAT PAIN,     
LIFE IS A BITTER PILL,         
BLOODY BUTCHER’S KNIFE,      
BURNING ACID RAIN,     
NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,     
WHY KILL YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN KILL YOUR BROTHER!       
OOH, OOH,

MY TORTURED TWISTED MIND,          
RIDDLED WITH HATE,          
HAS MADE ME BLIND, OH YEAH,             
MY LACK OF EMPATHY,          
HAS LIT A FIRE,           
DEEP UNDER ME, OH YEAH,

SOMETIMES I FEEL UNHINGED,     
DREAM OF SUDDEN DEATH,     
SENSE ALL HOPE IS GONE,      
IT FESTERS IN MY BRAIN,     
UNDERNEATH MY SKIN,      
UNTIL I DON’T BELONG,      
NOBODY BATS AN EYE, NOBODY GIVES A HOOT,     
I FEEL LIKE A RATTLESNAKE UNDER A COWBOY’S BOOT,     
OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH. 

BY JIM VALDES
 © 2019

"UNHINGED!" (Video - https://youtu.be/x61N_vOzeX0)

     Happy Halloween 2025 Ghouls and Goyles! Here's my 4th Halloween video for this month! This is an old one written in the 80's if you can believe that! Us vampires never age, remember? 🎃 In this song & video Zombies are the stars! When I wrote the song back in the day, it was not meant for Halloween, it was just a Rock song with a catchy hook to dance to and a Latin Flavouring (like Santana) but when I made the video for it earlier this year, I turned it into a Zombie song!!!🧟‍♂️ Here is the definitions of a zombie: "A zombie is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse." That sounds simply delish! Don't you agree? 👀
     I re-recorded the song several years back and Charlie sang it okay! He also played some harmonica on it as well! It has a heavier rock Latin beat to it now and I jammed on the guitar lead like Satana, I mean Santana, excuse me!😱👺 I really worked hard on the video with enormous amounts of eye-candy and ear-poppings for the kiddies! It's not scary because the music is not scary but maybe little kids shouldn't watch it just in case!🧛‍♂️

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/BgLIfnktqqk

     There are hungry zombies and also dancing zombies🧟‍♂️ and a Happy Halloween wish at the end! I hope you guys are enjoying my October Spook-tacular so far! I have a couple more ghoulish songs & videos left to drop in the coming weeks. I will be gone tomorroww for a few weeks to visit my old pals Dracula and Frankenstein back in jolly ole England, so I'll catch up with your comments (if any!) when and if I return!😳🥺
     So everybody please have a nice and safe Halloween and don't eat too much candy! It might give you The Willies! Good evening!🎃

“JUMP INTO THE FIRE”

YOUR NEON EYES ARE ALWAYS FLASHING,   
THEY SPARKLE LIKE THE STARS ABOVE,    
THEY DRAW AND LURE ME INTO DANGER,      
THEY TEMPT ME WITH UNDYING LOVE,
                  
YOUR SULTRY SMILE IS SO SEDUCTIVE,   
IT RUSHES IN JUST LIKE THE TIDE,     
IT HOLDS AND KEEPS ME CAPTIVATED,    
IT HAUNTS ME WHEN I TRY TO HIDE,

JUMP INTO THE FIRE,         
DON’T THINK TWICE ABOUT ROMANCE,         
MY HEART SAYS JUMP INTO THE FIRE,           
DON’T BE AFRAID TO TAKE A CHA-CHA-CHANCE,
        
JUMP INTO THE FIRE,         
DON’T PAY ATTENTION TO THE PAST,          
MY HEART SAYS JUMP INTO THE FIRE,          
MY MIND SAYS IT WILL NEVER LAST,
                  
YOUR DROP-DEAD WALK IS SO ALLURING,    
EACH STEP A TANTALIZING TASTE,    
EACH MOVEMENT SENSUALLY ATTRACTIVE,    
EACH MOTION ELEGANTLY PACED,
   
YOUR LIPS WHISPER THE WORDS “I LOVE YOU”,     
AND IT’S LIKE MUSIC TO MY EARS,      
IS IT A SPELL CAST BY A SORCERESS?      
LIKE MAGIC WILL IT DISAPPEAR?
     
JUMP INTO THE FIRE,           
DON’T THINK TWICE ABOUT ROMANCE,          
MY HEART SAYS JUMP INTO THE FIRE,             
DON’T BE AFRAID TO TAKE A CHA-CHA-CHANCE,
          
JUMP INTO THE FIRE,          
DON’T PAY ATTENTION TO THE PAST,          
MY HEART SAYS JUMP INTO THE FIRE,         
MY MIND SAYS IT WILL NEVER LAST.   

BY JIM VALDES © 1986

"JUMP INTO THE FIRE" (Video - https://youtu.be/BgLIfnktqqk)

      Howdy you wicked little boys and girls! This is my 5th offering for Halloween 2025, it's my cover for the month of a Rock & Roll classic! Although not really technically a Halloween song but it's about bad little kids and bullies! I've known several growing up as a kid! They're just rotton to the core! The song was written by Larry Williams in 1957 and was covered by many groups including The Beatles! That's were I heard it the first time. I used several different guitars on this one and just rocked out! Charlie sang it very well too! We recorded the song in 2004 so the quality is so-so but the video is brand new, so check out! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/tj_W0YarZzA

I put it together earlier this year for this Halloween. I've always liked it, it's a toe-tapper! I hope you guys enjoy it! I'm still in London, so enjoy and "JUNIOR BEHAVE YOURSLF!"😂🎃😂

“BAD BOY”

A BAD LITTLE KID MOVED INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD,    
HE WON’T DO NOTHING RIGHT,     
JUST SITTING DOWN AND LOOKS SO GOOD,    
HE DON’T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL AND LEARN TO READ AND WRITE,  
JUST SITS AROUND THE HOUSE,   
AND PLAYS THAT ROCK & ROLL MUSIC ALL NIGHT,                 
WELL HE PUTS THUMB TACKS ON TEACHER’S CHAIR,  
PUTS CHEWING GUM IN LITTLE GIRL’S HAIR,         
NOW JUNIOR, BEHAVE YOURSELF!

BUYS EVERY ROCK & ROLL BOOK ON THE MAGAZINE STAND,     
EVERY DIME THAT HE GETS, OH HE’S OFF TO THE JUKEBOX MAN, 
WELL HE WORRIES THAT TEACHER AT NIGHT,      
TILL SHE’S READY TO POOP,    
FROM ROCKING AND A ROLLING, SPINNING IN A HULA-HOOP,    
WELL THIS ROCK & ROLL HAS GOTTA STOP,    
JUNIOR’S HEAD IS HARD AS ROCK,   
NOW JUNIOR, BEHAVE YOURSELF!

WELL YOUR MAMA SAID IT’S GOTTA STOP,     
JUNIOR’S HEAD IS HARD AS ROCK,     
NOW JUNIOR, BEHAVE YOURSELF!

WELL YOUR MAMA SAID IT’S GOTTA STOP,    
JUNIOR’S HEAD IS HARD AS ROCK,     
NOW JUNIOR, BEHAVE YOURSELF!!

BY LARRY WILLIAMS
 © 1957

"BAD BOY" (cover/video - https://youtu.be/tj_W0YarZzA)

Greeting earthlings and welcome to my 6th video offering of spooky songs for this October! 👻! This song I wrote in 2020 for the first Halloween during the pandemic, those were scary times indeed! It wasn't recorded too well, very distorted and punk rock sounding, and I'm singing it so that should send chills up and down your spine already!🎃 I'm off-key a lot on this song and I may wind up deleting it in a few days! It originally wasn't a Halloween song but I turned into one and tweaked the lyrics a little bit and made a spooky video for it! The video is brand new, I finished it a few months ago. It has all kinds of spooky critters in it, the usual cast of horrors, vampires, zombies, killer clowns, yada, yada, and further yada! The lyrics I feel are some of my best, musically I could have done better. (I know but I got the olds! It's very Lo-Fi and old school and I re-used several clips I had used in earlier videos but who's counting right?)

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/ZATIWzmpSBs

     The video I worked very hard on with a lot of quick cuts and eye-candy 👀! Lots of visual & audio effects thrown in all over the place! Watch until the end and you'll see a creepy friend of mine crawl across your screens! She's so delish, the Black Widow!! 🧛‍♂️ 🕷️ I originally wrote this song for somebody like Alice Cooper to sing, remember him? The King Of Shock Rock!! I hope everyone is almost ready for Halloweeen 2025!! 🎃Thanks for watching and listening and have a safe & Happy Halloween!🙏🎃✌🏼

“DEEP INTO YOU”

YOUR LOVE IS TOO INTENSE,      
A FINE LINE BETWEEN DEATH AND HAPPINESS,    
I’M ON FIRE,       
JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU BABY,
                   
YOUR LOVE IS TOO EXTREME,    
LIKE A FEVER IN MY BRAIN MAKING MY INSIDES SCREAM,     
I’M ON FIRE,     
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT YOU BABY,
     
I’M ONE, TWO, DEEP INTO YOU,         
TAKE ME FOR A RIDE LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO,         
TIME REALLY FLYS WHEN I'M PEEKIN',           
NINE, TEN, OVER AGAIN,         
ROLL ME LIKE THE DICE IN A GAMBLER’S HAND,         
LIFE REALLY SUCKS IF I’M FREAKIN' YOU OUT!         
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT? 
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT?         
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT?
          
YOUR LOVE IS TOO SURREAL,     
ROTTING LIKE A CORPSE IN AN OPEN FIELD,      
I’M ON FIRE,    
JUST STRESSING ABOUT YOU BABY,
     
YOUR LOVE IS OVERKILL,   
BUT I HUNGER FOR YOUR NEEDLE LIKE A JUNKIE WILL,     
I’M ON FIRE,        
CAN’T BE WITHOUT YOU BABY,
 
I’M ONE, TWO, DEEP INTO YOU,         
TAKE ME FOR A RIDE LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO,        
TIME REALLY FLYS WHEN I'M SPEEDIN',         
NINE, TEN, OVER AGAIN,        
ROLL ME LIKE THE DICE IN A GAMBLER’S HAND,         
LIFE REALLY SUCKS IF I’M FREAKIN' YOU OUT!         
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT? 
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT?         
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT?
      
[LEAD]

I’M ONE, TWO, DEEP INTO YOU,        
TAKE ME FOR A RIDE LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO,         
TIME REALLY FLYS WHEN I'M SLEEPIN',          
NINE, TEN, OVER AGAIN,       
ROLL ME LIKE THE DICE IN A GAMBLER’S HAND,         
LIFE REALLY SUCKS IF I’M FREAKIN' YOU OUT!        
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT? 
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT?      
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT?
AM I FREAKIN' YOU OUT?     
                                             
BY JIM VALDES
 © 2000

"DEEP INTO YOU" (Video -https://youtu.be/ZATIWzmpSBs)

       Hello everybody, hope nobody got a bellyache from all that Halloween candy!!🎃 I'm about all Halloweend out!! Now that we got the Treats out of the way, this song will have plenty of Tricks, Dirty Tricks that is!!👀 This is an old song I wrote and Charlie and I sang it back in 2006. It's very suggestive and a little risque but old school, like me!! They can't all be tender love ballads, you know!  It's an upbeat song with a nice hook and pretty good lyrics! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/ynZxKI7j9yE

The video is brand new, I finished it before I went on my vacation to London! It'll drop tomorrow, so make sure you got to Youtube and watch it, you won't be disappointed! 👀 I touched it up a little a few days ago. The video and song is for adults, Halloween time is over now kiddies! Charlie sang it well and I jammed out on some lead guitar. I hope everybody keeps an open mind and just digs it for the groove!  Take care everyone and party on! Cheers🥂 I deleted my last Halloween song here on SoundCloud because I couldn't monitize it for some unknown moronic SoundCloud reason? It is my song, maybe they don't like instrumentals! Anyway it's still up on YouTube with a good response to it. It's called "Hippie Halloween".  I don't think I'll be renewing next year on SoundCLoud! This platform has gotten very glitchy and fishy lately! Anyway, I hope everybody digs it! No A.I. is ever used in any of my songs or videos! It's all just me and Charlie singing and playing harmonica! Peace out!✌🏼😎

“ONE THING ON MY MIND”

I’VE GOT A WOMAN, SHE’S SMART AS A WHIP,     
AND SHE’S SWEETER THAN WINE,   
SHE PULLS NO PUNCHES, SHE SHOOTS FROM THE HIP,
          
I’VE GOT ONE THING ON MY MIND, BABY         
AND THAT ONE THING JUST HAPPENS TO BE YOU,         
YES I’VE GOT ONE THING ON MY MIND, BABY         
HOW I LOVE THE DIRTY THINGS THAT YOU DO, 
          
SHE TAKES NO PRISONERS, SHE GOES FOR THE THROAT,  
SHE’LL CUT YOUR ASS DOWN TO SIZE,     
WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE, SHE’LL ROCK YOUR BOAT,        

I’VE GOT ONE THING ON MY MIND, BABY           
AND THAT ONE THING JUST HAPPENS TO BE YOU,          
YES I’VE GOT ONE THING ON MY MIND, BABY         
HOW I LOVE THE DIRTY THINGS THAT YOU DO, 

HERE SHE COMES A-WALKIN’,             
SO I BETTER QUIT A-TALKIN’,             
AND GET READY FOR A ONE-ON-ONE,               
SHE’LL KEEP RIGHT ON A-WORKIN’,              
WHEN I’M ACHIN’ AND A-HURTIN’,               
SHE’S DONE,

[LEAD]

HERE SHE COMES A-WALKIN’,              
SO I BETTER QUIT A-TALKIN’,               
AND GET READY FOR A ONE-ON-ONE,              
SHE’LL KEEP RIGHT ON A-WORKIN’,               
WHEN I’M ACHIN’ AND A-HURTIN’,             
SHE’S DONE,
   
I’VE GOT A WOMAN, SHE’S A MILLION BUCKS,   
SHE TELLS IT LIKE IT IS,         
SHE’S LOCKED AND LOADED, SHE’S MY LADY LUCK,
             
I’VE GOT ONE THING ON MY MIND, BABY         
AND THAT ONE THING JUST HAPPENS TO BE YOU,         
YES I’VE GOT ONE THING ON MY MIND, BABY        
HOW I LOVE THE DIRTY THINGS THAT YOU DO. 

BY JIM VALDES © 2006

"ONE THING ON MY MIND" (Video - https://youtu.be/ynZxKI7j9yE)

Here's a very special song & video!! It was a collobaoration with Olga V. Glushakova from VerAeternum. I wrote the lyrics and she wrote the music, sang it, perfromed it, arranged it, basically did everything else! Check out her channel on YouTube, it's amazing! She is a magnificent songwriter and performer! A natural star! Link below!

https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCyWV-rT_YK-kdXl3CABwY6g?si=2JpOQqwqmBf7hYIg

  I sent Olga like 5 lyrics and she picked this one to compose the music for and did a great job! I love what she did to bring my lyrics to life! I had offered these lyrics to other musicans before but what she did with them was nothing short of fantastic! It was a wonderful experience, she's the best! As far as the lyrics go, they are quite simple and reflect all things about love and how when you're in love it's everywhere you look. On the billboards, in the movies, in a book, it's in the air!! Olga made it itno a modern sounding song! I think it's great and her and her team did a superb job with it. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/QrpLfWs-3is

I added a little musical build up at the begining of the video and then mixed her video into it. I hope everyone enjoys it and goes over to her channel and subscribe and support Olga, she is an amazing artist! Thanks for watching and take care everyone!

“I DON’T CARE WHY"

IT’S UP THERE ON BILLBOARDS,    
IN EACH BALLADEER’S SONG,   
AT CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY,      
OR JUST DRIVING ALONG, 
WHENEVER I’M CLOSE TO YOU,    
I FEEL IT STIRRING INSIDE,  
UNDER THE MOONLIGHT,     
IN STORMY OR SUNNY SKIES,    
DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, 
BUT I DON'T CARE WHY,        
      
WHILE DRINKING MY COFFEE,    
WHILE READING A BOOK,   
IT’S IN EVERY MOVIE,   
WHEREVER I LOOK,    
THAT FEELING COMES OVER ME,    
WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES,    
CAN’T SEEM TO SHAKE IT,     
NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY,    
DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, DON'T UNDERSTAND IT,     
BUT I DON'T CARE WHY,

WHILE I'M TAKING A SHOWER,  
HAVING MY LUNCH AT NOON,    
AT THE TOP OF EACH HOUR,    
IN EVERY PHASE OF THE MOON,   
WHAT A STRANGE ODD SENSATION,   
THERE’S JUST NOWHERE TO HIDE,    
I GUESS I’M IN LOVE?     
THAT MUST BE THE REASON WHY,    
DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, DON'T UNDERSTAND IT,      
BUT I DON'T CARE WHY,    
NO I DON'T CARE WHY,     
DON'T REALLY CARE WHY,    
I JUST DON'T CARE WHY.   

BY JIM VALDES & OLGA GLUSHAKOVA © 2025

"I DON'T CARE WHY" (Video - https://youtu.be/QrpLfWs-3is)

      Let me begin by saying that this is a parody, a novelty song, a funny song, not to be taken seriously!! I love The Beatles (My favorite rock & roll band ever), I love Sir Paul McCartney and his music! I love Wings! This song just came to me one day in my studio when I read how Paul's ego may be getting the best of him in his old age. He was always a Go-Getter and the driving force in The Beatles towards the end, I will always admire and respect him for that! He was the mastermind behind "Sgt. Pepper" and "Abbey Road" and "Let It Be" and "The White Album" too, to an extent. I'm a huge John Lennon fan but I love all the Beatles!! 
     I was trying to write a song like a Weird "Al" Yankovic type song! I love Weird "Al" too, of course! Some say that Paul is a Has-Been now but he's the richest Has-Been there ever has been too! I'll take that title all the way to the bank! He is truly a living legend!! Sometimes we need to laugh at ourselves and I hope people don't take offense because I'm having a little fun here. Beatles fans can be a little touchy sometimes! I know because I'm one! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/ZK8mbk7KsrA

     I worked hard on the recording and did it during the pandemic because we needed to laugh a little. The video is new, i finished it a few months agao and I spent several weeks on outting it together. The video will drop tomorrow on Nov. 12th 2025. A new chapter of the awesome Beatles Anthology (chapter 4) will be dropping on Disney Channel in a few weeks as well. I hope it gets released on Blu-ray as well, as I would love to own it. 
     Anyway, this song is just for fun and it's FREE, listen up Pauly, sometimes it's good to give back a little for FREE! You can't take it with you, you know! As a songwritter Paul is one of the best, as a Bass player, he's one of the best, as a musician, he's one of the best, as a visionary, he's one of the best! I hope he can take a joke! I'm sure he can! I hope you guys can too and like it! Take care and peace and love always!🙏😎✌🏼

“HAPPY HAS-BEEN”

SOME SAY HE'S A LIVING LEGEND,   
LIKE A GOD HE'S OMNIPRESENT, 
HE'S A VERY HAPPY HAS-BEEN,       

HE WAS KNOWN AS THE CUTE ONE,   
SO HANDSOME WITH HIS SUIT ON,    
HE'S A VERY HAPPY HAS-BEEN, 

EVERY SONG HE WROTE TURNED INTO GOLD,          
NOW HE JUST SOUNDS TIRED AND OLD,     

NOW IT MAY SOUND KIND OF FUNNY,     
BUT HE STILL MAKES A TON OF MONEY,    
HE'S A VERY HAPPY HAS-BEEN,

EVERY SONG HE WROTE TURNED INTO GOLD,         
NOW HE JUST SOUNDS TIRED AND OLD,     

TO HIS FANS HE'D LIKE TO THANKY,   
LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANKY,    
HE'S A VERY HAPPY HAS-BEEN,
    
HE'S SO CORNY AND SAPPY,        
EVERY SONG HE SINGS SOUNDS CRAPPY,    
BUT HE'S A VERY HAPPY HAS-BEEN,   
YES HE'S A VERY HAPPY HAS-BEEN,   
WHAT A VERY HAPPY HAS-BEEN,
     
HAPPY HAS-BEEN, ALWAYS HAD TO WIN,    
HAPPY HAS-BEEN, ALWAYS HAD TO WIN,    
HAPPY HAS-BEEN, ALWAYS HAD TO WIN,
     
BEEP-BEEP, BEEP-BEEP YEAH, 
HAPPY PAPPY,    
BEEP-BEEP, BEEP-BEEP YEAH, 
HAPPY PAPPY,     
HAPPY PAPPY, 
HAPPY HAS-BEEN.

BY JIM VALDES
 © 2021

"HAPPY HAS-BEEN" (Video - https://youtu.be/ZK8mbk7KsrA)

   Howdy friends and hopefully everybody is looking forwards to a very Happy Thanksgiving with family and friends this year! We need a little cheering up! This is a song I wrote in 2021 during the pandemic and it's partially about my favorite film of all time "The Wizard Of Oz" with Judy Garland. I've loved this film since I was a kid and now I own like 20 copies of it in all formats and watch it once a year religiously! The song is mostly about finding our inner child and returning to that time when everything seemed to be an adventure and there was magic in the air and music all around! It's like a dream song and as everyone knows there are good things and bad things in dreams, there are friends and there are witches sometimes, as in life, but the journey is always well-worth it for me! 
      This was also one of the first music-videos I ever made with the help of my wonderful wife and it was really too choppy and the clips I used were really blurry and I used way too many gif's and the sound was muddy. At the time we thought it was great but when I rewatched it, I knew I needed to redo it! So earlier this year I decided to do a remix of the song and the video. I added several more clips but couldn't really find any nice clear ones from "The Wizard Of Oz" because it's copyrighted I guess, so I had to use fuzzy ones but you guys get the picture! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/LkCsp-0wLUA

     The song is one of my best with some of my best lyrics, I think. It's all about Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) and her finding her inner child and wanting to go on a journey over the rainbow but when she gets there all she wants to do is go back home! Isn't that what we all want to do? We want to go back home but sadly we cannot. 
     I worked very hard on the song and Charlie really sang it well! My wife helped out on the backing vocals too. I hope the Remix turned out a little better than before. The video was a headache to put together because of all the "Wizard Of Oz" clips I inserted but I hope I did a decent job of it, it looks much better now than the origianl video I had done!
     So Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and let's all remember what it was like being a child, all the wonder and excitement that life seemed to offer us back then, for me it was a magical time and watching "The Wizard Of Oz" every Thanksgiving was part of that magic! I'll always remember the classic lines in the film like "Your heart is not judged by how much you love but by how much you are loved by other!" That's they key to life you know, oh and one more very important thing! "There's No Place like home"! (Ain't that the truth!) Happy Holidays!🙏😎✌🏼

“SOMEWHERE IN BLUE"

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?  
IS THAT STILL YOU UNDERNEATH?   
ARE YOU STILL GROWING?
CAN IT BE TRUE? IS THAT STILL YOU?  
     
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?  
WHAT GOALS HAVE YOU ACHIEVED?                 
ARE YOU IMPROVING?   
CAN IT BE TRUE?     
THEY SAY WHAT'S OLD RETURNS BRAND NEW,  
THE LITTLE GIRL THAT I ONCE KNEW,    
SHE STILL IN THERE SOMEWHERE IN BLUE,

ARE YOU ENLIGHTENED?  
HAVE YOU EXPANDED YOUR MIND?   
IS LIFE EXCITING?    
CAN IT BE TRUE?  IS THAT STILL YOU? 
     
ARE YOU EVOLVING?  
HAVE YOU LEFT CHILDHOOD BEHIND?   
WAS IT WORTH SOLVING?   
CAN IT BE TRUE?  
THEY SAY OLD WOUNDS LEAVE SCAR TISSUE,  
THE LITTLE GIRL THAT I ONCE KNEW,  
IS SHE STILL IN THERE SOMEWHERE IN BLUE?

GROWING UP IS HARD,        
HANG-UPS CAN SOMETIMES SPOIL THE VIEW,         
THE HOOPS YOU'RE JUMPING THROUGH,          
CAN GET THE BEST OF YOU,         
SO FIND THAT LITTLE GIRL HIDING IN THERE,         
SOMEWHERE IN BLUE,
     
OOH THE LITTLE GIRL THAT I ONCE KNEW,
SHE STILL IN THERE SOMEWHERE IN BLUE, 
THE LITTLE GIRL THAT I ONCE KNEW.
      
BY JIM VALDES
 © 2021

"SOMEWHERE IN BLUE" (Video - https://youtu.be/LkCsp-0wLUA)

Good day everyone, thanks for dropping by my channel during the holidays! October to December are the best time of the season for me! Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's really cheeer me up! I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday this year, the way the world is looking right now, we need one!! 
      I wrote this song in 2020, a few months after the pandemic hit, it was such a scary time, I thought humanity finally had managed to kill itself off, after years and years of trying to do it! I spent several weeks recording it because it's has an odd time signature, and I added so many instruments and I think I recorded 7 vocal tracks for it too, so it was a work of love for me. Charlie couldn't get it and now he can't come over to record the vocals because of personal issues, hence you've got my awful Ogre-like voice! (Sorry!) 
     I wanted a song to celebrate life and to show all the 4 seasons. I tried to compare the seasons coming and going with loved ones that often times come and go in our lifes. I thought this would be a perfect time to drop this song and video, just before Thanksgiving here in the U.S. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/LbavWEWWTr0

     I worked very hard on the video, it took like over a month, I had to spend hours going through clips and editing and re-editing then mixing and remixing the audio as well. A Labor Of Love for sure! I want to take this time to say "Thank You" to everyone that supports me and my channel, I am truely thankful for that and for your lovely comments that always brings joy to my heart!  You guys are the best! Thank you very much!
     All instruments and vocals on this song are just me, warts and flat notes and all! I hope you guys like it! I will be wrapping up this month with a special cover of The Beatles song of "In My Life".  Charlie, my wife, and I recorded it before the Pandemic. I made the video for it earlier this year. I'm dropping it on my birthday because "In my life I love you more". Anita played the Harpsichord solo and the piano and did an outstanding job too! 
     There will be many surprises next month, lots of Christmas songs new and old and a few odd songs too. Take care everybody and have a safe and very Happy Thanksgiving! Here's to the Seasons of our life! May they always return! Cheers!🥂

“SEASONS"


IN AN OPEN FIELD ON THIS HOT SUMMER DAY,    
I CAN SEE, HEAR, AND FEEL SUMMER EBBING AWAY,   
DAYS ARE GETTING SHORTER, FALL WILL SHORTLY BE HERE,    
THE LAZY CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER WILL SOON DISAPPEAR,            
      
BLISSFUL SPRING QUICKLY RACED INTO THE PAST,   
AND NOW SLEEPY SUMMER IS FADING TWICE AS FAST.    
THE TREES BOW THEIR HEADS AS SUMMER WAVES GOODBYE,         
THERE’S A CHANGE IN THE AIR, 
FALL IS CALLING, 
LEAVES ARE FALLING, 
SPINNING PIROUETTES IN THE SKY,  

PEOPLE CAN BE COMPARED TO THE SEASONS,         
THEY ARE BORN, BLOOM, AND DIE FOR NO REASON,        
SO LET’S CELEBRATE OUR LOVED ONES TOGETHER,         
TO THE ABSENT, TO THE PRESENT,         
TO THE SEASONS, YET TO COME, AAAAH!
          
EARTHY AUTUMN COLORS OF RED, GOLD, AND BROWN,   
WILL BE DOTTING THE LANDSCAPE AND PAINTING THE GROUND,     
WINTER WHITE WILL FOLLOW, GREEN HUES WILL ALL FADE,  
THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF SUMMER, WILL HAVE PASSED BY,    
WITH THE HARVEST HOMECOMING PARADE,

WINTER WILL SWOOP DOWN WITH BLANKETS OF SNOW,     
SPRING, SUMMER, AND AUTUMN HAVING GONE LONG AGO,           
EVERY CHILD WILL BE PRAYING FOR CHRISTMAS AGAIN, 
EVERY PARENT WILL BE WAITING FOR THE WINTER TO FINALLY END,
     
PEOPLE CAN BE COMPARED TO THE SEASONS,          
THEY ARE BORN, BLOOM, AND DIE FOR NO REASON,         
SO LET’S CELEBRATE OUR LOVED ONES TOGETHER,           
TO THE ABSENT, TO THE PRESENT,          
TO THE SEASONS, YET TO COME, AAAAH!

SEASONS, COME AND GO,   
SEASONS, COME AND GO,       
SEASONS, COME AND GO, (LIKE PEOPLE WE KNOW),  
SEASONS, COME AND GO, (LIKE PEOPLE WE KNOW),  
SEASONS, COME AND GO, (LIKE PEOPLE WE KNOW).

BY JIM VALDES © 2020

"SEASONS" (Video - https://youtu.be/LbavWEWWTr0)

Hello everyone and welcome to the cover of the month. Today being my birthday, I decided to post our cover of one of my favorite Beatles songs ever, "In My Life". It was written by John Lennon but Paul McCartney helped with the melody and the intro I believe. George Martin played the piano solo, he recorded himself at half-speed and then when played back at normal speed his piano sounded a bit like a Harpsichord. The song was a highlight of The Beatles awesome, and one of favorite albums, "Rubber Soul".  
     We recorded it in 2018 and Charlie did a great job singing it. My wonderful wife Anita played the Piano and that superb Harpsichord solo and helped me with the backing vocals and harmony too. It was a great session and I think we did the song justice but no one can perform it better than The Beatles. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/67-KPuXhoAc

     I worked hard on the video and it's brand new. I put it together earlier this year, specifically to drop on my birthday this year! I didn't bother adding the lyrics to the video because everybody should know the words to this great song by now! It's a masterpiece written by a 25 year old young man in 1965.  
     I hope everybody has a great Thanksgiving day tomorrow and for all others that don't live in the U.S. have a great Thursday and rest of the week and weekend! This is my last song & video for the month but I have a bunch of good ones on the horizon for December, the most wonderful time of the year is coming up! YAAY!!!!! Thanks for listening and watching, I really do appreciate it and Take care!🙏😎✌🏼

“IN MY LIFE"

THERE ARE PLACES I REMEMBER,
ALL MY LIFE, THOUGH SOME HAVE CHANGED, 
SOME FOREVER NOT FOR BETTER, 
SOME HAVE GONE AND SOME REMAIN,
ALL THESE PLACES HAD THEIR MOMENTS,
WITH LOVERS AND FRIENDS,
I STILL CAN RECALL,
SOME ARE DEAD AND SOME ARE LIVING,
IN MY LIFE I’VE LOVED THEM ALL,

BUT OF ALL THESE FRIENDS AND LOVERS,
THERE IS NO ONE COMPARES WITH YOU, 
AND THESE MEMORIES LOSE THEIR MEANING,
WHEN I THINK OF LOVE AS SOMETHING NEW, 
THOUGH I KNOW I’LL NEVER LOSE AFFECTION,
FOR PEOPLE AND THINGS THAT WENT BEFORE,
I KNOW I’LL OFTEN STOP AND THINK ABOUT THEM,
IN MY LIFE I LOVE YOU MORE,

THOUGH I KNOW I’LL NEVER LOSE AFFECTION,
FOR PEOPLE AND THINGS THAT WENT BEFORE, 
I KNOW I’LL OFTEN STOP AND THINK ABOUT THEM,
IN MY LIFE I LOVE YOU MORE,  
IN MY LIFE I LOVE YOU MORE.

BY LENNON & McCARTNEY © 1965

"IN MY LIFE" (cover) [Video - https://youtu.be/67-KPuXhoAc}

    Howdy People! Thought I'd drop a brand new rocker in on you after Thanksgiving to help digest all that turkey!😂! It could be a very cool workout song! We all need to shed a few pounds after all that feasting we just did! I wrote and recorded this by myself a couple of months ago! The song and video are hot off the presses! An early Christmas gift for my loyal listeners and followers, I try to give back when I can! I worked hard on both the recording and video for this one! I'm singing it too, so listeners beware!😂 I think my vocals are ok in rock songs but they really suffer in ballads! Charlie wasn't available so I just knocked this one off real quick! Some of my best work, I think, lyrically and musically! I can still rock if I really put my mind to it! But too much Rocking can be painful at my age! I ain't no spring chicken anymore! I might even break a hip too! 😂

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/kW-j19pPZS0

     The video is one of my best, I really put a lot into it and I didn't use A.I. to do it! We can still make music and videos and NOT have to use A.I. - I do it, not very well but hey, nobody's perfect, oh... I guess A.I. is perfect! I keep forgetting that!🥺 Anyway, I hope you guys like my post Thanksgiving Rocker and don't call me "Disposable" either, it's not very nice! 😂🙏😎✌🏼

“DISPOSABLE"

DON’T CALL ME DISPOSABLE,    
WHAT A HURTFUL THING TO SAY,     
DON’T BREAK MY HEART AFTER ALL THESE YEARS,    
DON’T THROW IT ALL AWAY,

DON’T CALL ME EXPENDABLE,    
I’M NOT EASILY REPLACED,
I GAVE MY HEART AND SOUL TO YOU,    
ALL SENTIMENTS MISPLACED, 

PERHAPS I WAS A HARLEQUIN,         
A FOOL FOR YOU TO TRICK,         
A NOBODY, A DISREGARD,        
AN OLD DOG FOR YOU TO KICK,      
JUST A GULLIBLE BUFFOON,      
A RIDICULOUS CARTOON,                  
I THOUGHT WE WERE FOREVER,        
BUT FOREVER CAME TOO SOON,

LIFE CAN BE QUITE COMICAL.   
OOZING WITH IRONY, 
ONE MINUTE YOU’RE THE RICHEST GUY, 
THE NEXT IT’S POVERTY,

I GUESS I WAS DISPOSABLE, 
HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO WRONG?     
A PLACE HOLDER, A SUBSTITUTE,    
TILL THE RIGHT MAN COMES ALONG,  

PERHAPS I WAS A HARLEQUIN,          
A FOOL FOR YOU TO TRICK,          
A NOBODY, A DISREGARD,            
AN OLD DOG FOR YOU TO KICK,         
JUST A GULLIBLE BUFFOON,          
A RIDICULOUS CARTOON,                    
I THOUGHT WE WERE FOREVER,            
BUT FOREVER CAME TOO SOON.
               
BY JIM VALDES
 © 2025

"DISPOSABLE" (Video -https://youtu.be/kW-j19pPZS0)

**I NEVER USE A.I. IN ANY OF MY SONGS OR VIDEOS!** Hi everybody, my name is Jim and I’m a songwriter, I've written over 300 songs, I play guitar, bass, piano, and am an okay lyricist.  I play all types of music and have my own recording studio.  I use no A.I. or DAW or any computers to make my songs or my videos, all the instruments are played by me live on a multitrack studio recorder and Charlie, my vocalist, sings most of my songs and also plays the Harmonica on several tracks. I use video clips from Motion Array or Pexals or Pixabay for my videos. I'm not a pro or a great musician but I do what I can with the tools that I have! I belong to the "Keep Humans In Music Movement" (KHMM)! We're NOT perfect but we're REAL! Thanks everyone for listening and the world needs more music now, real music made by HUMANS not MACHINES! So let's all sing a song with our own voices, please! I do not consent to any of my songs or videos being used or sampled or lifted in any way or fashion. Take care!👍😎✌🏼.

MIAMI JEFF

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