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"

I wrote this song about 25 years ago but I dusted it off and gave it an ultra-funky groove and a new mix. Can you dig it? Santa's A little lonely without Mrs. Claus around to get down but he'll funk his way through it! Ho, Ho, Holy Moly! Watch the new video mix on YouTube -

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/6UlkKGv2Rec

“CHRISTMAS IS JUST ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT YOU”

CHRISTMAS IS JUST ANOTHER DAY OF THE YEAR WITHOUT YOU,
SANTA'S JUST ANOTHER MAN WITH A BEARD WITHOUT YOU,
AND THE OLD CHRISTMAS TREE, DOESN'T LOOK THE SAME TO ME,
AND ALL THE YULE-TIDE SONGS NOW SOUND A BIT OFF KEY,

CHRISTMAS IS JUST ANOTHER DAY OF THE YEAR,
SINCE YOU LEFT ME,
THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAY IS UNCLEAR, SINCE YOU LEFT ME, 
EVERY GOOD GIRL AND BOY,
MAY BE FILLED WITH CHRISTMAS JOY,
BUT CHRISTMAS IS JUST ANOTHER DAY OF THE YEAR,
SINCE YOU LEFT ME, SINCE YOU LEFT ME BABY,

CHRISTMAS IS JUST ANOTHER DAY OF THE YEAR,
SINCE YOU'VE GONE,
THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF ALL MAKES ME CRY,
SINCE YOU'VE GONE,
RUDOLPH'S NOSE MAY SHINE BRIGHT, 
IN FRONT OF SANTA'S SLEIGH TONIGHT,
AND THE SNOW MAY BE FALLING,
BUT SOMEHOW IT DON'T SEEM RIGHT,

CHRISTMAS IS JUST ANOTHER DAY FOR ME TO MISS YOU,
JUST ANOTHER DAY I WON'T GET TO SEE OR KISS YOU,
TILL SANTA BRINGS YOU BACK TO ME, 
AND PUTS YOU UNDER MY CHRISTMAS TREE,
CHRISTMAS WILL BE JUST ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT YOU,
WITHOUT YOU BABY, WITHOUT YOU, WITHOUT YOU BABY,

BY JIM VALDES © 1999/2022

"CHRISTMAS IS JUST ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT YOU" (Video -https://youtu.be/6UlkKGv2Rec)

This song was written by Linda Pieters & myself. I wrote the music and Linda wrote the lyrics. It's a beautiful song that she wrote for her daughter, it took me a week to write the music for it, she has posted a rendition of it on her SoundCloud channel under Melinda Hannsen, check it out, she's a great Country singer!  I remixed it and enhanced the music a bit with my instrumental track. The video took me about a couple of weeks to produce and edit together and I think it enhances the song really well. Check out the video on YouTube :

https://youtu.be/iJ-iAruBrro

This is for daughters everywhere and I hope everyone enjoys it! Cheers!

 “WILDFLOWER”

In a small town, where the rivers gently flow,
Lived a young girl with dreams, oh, she wanted to go,
With a heart full of courage, she said her goodbyes,
Left her family behind, under the big open skies,

She’s a wildflower in fields unknown,
Leavin’ home but her roots are still sown,
In her heart she carries the love that’s true,
A young girl on a journey, findin’ life anew,

With a backpack and a guitar by her side,
She hit the open road, let her spirit be her guide,
Through the fields and the valleys, she’d sing her song,
Her lover's love kept her strong all along,     
            
She’s a wildflower in fields unknown,
Leavin’ home, but her roots are still sown,
In her heart she carries the love that’s true,
A young girl on a journey, findin’ life anew,

She faced storm and sunshine, 
Both joy and despair,
But the road taught her lessons, 
Made her heart more aware,
             
Years have gone by and she’s seen the world’s grand show,
But deep in her heart, there’s a place she’ll always know,
Where her family wait with open hearts and smiles,
Her love guiding life’s endless miles,     

She’s a wildflower in fields unknown,
Leavin’ home, but her roots are still sown,
In her heart, she carries the love that’s true,
A young girl on a journey, findin’ life anew,

Remember the love of a girl who dared to roam,
But the family’s love was the compass guiding her home,
In the tapestry of life, where the stories unfurl,
My wildflower, forever connected to her world.

BY LINDA PIETERS & JIM VALDES (c) 2023

ODDS & ENDS

"WILDFLOWER" (Feat. Lyrics/Vocals By Melinda Hannsen)

This song I wrote for my wife back in 2004, around the time of that we first met, one of many love songs that I have written for her. She is the love of my life and we've been married for almost 20 years. She's a big supporter of my music and videos and I love her dearly! It's a simple song, written in the Doo-Wop style of the 1950's but it's very dear and near to my heart. The video is personal, with a lot of home movie clips, but I would love to share it with everyone and hope that you all have a life partner as special as she is to me. I love you mi amor!🥂💖 {P.S. There will be clips of me in the video with her, so viewer BEWARE! I want to apologies twice in advance for my vocals and my appearance!😂} 

https://youtu.be/FS5VIoTfbzg

“MY ANITA"

MY ANITA,     
ALTHOUGH I KNOW WE'RE WORLDS APART,     
IN YOUR HANDS YOU HOLD MY HEART,       
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE,             
      
MY ANITA,     
IT'S NO MYSTERY TO ME,      
IT WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO ME,     
FOR IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE STARS, 
     
SOME WILL CALL IT DESTINY,          
OR SOME FOOLISH FANTASY,          
SOME WILL SAY I'VE LOST MY MIND,            
MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME,           
SOME WILL LAUGH RIGHT IN MY FACE,          
CAUSE YOU'RE A MILLION MILES AWAY,          
BUT I'LL JUST CLOSE MY EYES CAUSE I BELIEVE IN, 
          
MY ANITA,     
WE'LL BE TOGETHER SOMEDAY,      
LOVE WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY,     
AND THIS I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN,     

MY ANITA,     
MIRACLES DO COME TRUE,            
AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU,     
I'VE FINALLY FOUND MY HOME, SWEET, HOME.            

BY JIM VALDES © 2004

"MY ANITA" [Video - https://youtu.be/FS5VIoTfbzg]

This is an old Rock song I wrote back in the '80's, just some good old hard Rock & Roll song for a hair band of that time. The lyrics are kinda lame but it wasn't recorded really well, I had cheap recording equipment at the time, maybe a TASCAM cassette multi-track recorder. Nothing much to say about it, I sang it so please forgive, the Chorus repeats too many times I think. It should have had more leads. Charlie is playing a mean Harmonica on it but it's buried in the mix! I'll be making a video for it soon in a few weeks. So why don't we all just go get Hammered!🍻🤘

“HAMMER”

I SAW YOU WALKING DOWN THE STREET,
I GUESS YOU LOOKED A LITTLE TOO MEAN,
A LITTLE WICKED, A LITTLE HARD TO BEAT,     

THEN I WAS CAUGHT IN YOUR VISE,
I STARTED MELTING LIKE A CUBE OF ICE, 
YOU HAD ME ROLLIN’ LIKE A PAIR OF DICE,

HAMMER,
YOU’RE BEATING ME DOWN JUST LIKE A NAIL,
OH HAMMER, HAMMER, 
YOU POUND THE AIR RIGHT OUT OF MY SAILS,
HAMMER,
YOU’RE BEATING ME DOWN JUST LIKE A NAIL,
OH HAMMER, HAMMER, 
YOU POUND THE AIR RIGHT OUT OF MY SAILS,
     
NOW I CAN FEEL, YOUR EYES OF STEEL,
CHECKING ME OUT LIKE I’M YOUR NEXT HOT MEAL, 
I FEEL LIKE RUBBER UNDER A SCREAMIN’ WHEEL,
  
YOU’VE GOT ME BURNING WITH PURE DESIRE,
MY STOMACH’S TURNING AND MY HEAD’S ON FIRE,       
I’M UNDER PRESSURE LIKE WELL-WORN TIRE,
 
HAMMER,
YOU’RE BEATING ME DOWN JUST LIKE A NAIL,
OH HAMMER, HAMMER, 
YOU POUND THE AIR RIGHT OUT OF MY SAILS,
HAMMER,
YOU’RE BEATING ME DOWN JUST LIKE A NAIL,
OH HAMMER, HAMMER, 
YOU POUND THE AIR RIGHT OUT OF MY SAILS,

[LEAD]

HAMMER,
YOU’RE BEATING ME DOWN JUST LIKE A NAIL,
OH HAMMER, HAMMER, 
YOU POUND THE AIR RIGHT OUT OF MY SAILS,
HAMMER,
YOU’RE BEATING ME DOWN JUST LIKE A NAIL,
OH HAMMER, HAMMER, 
YOU POUND THE AIR RIGHT OUT OF MY SAILS.     

BY JIM VALDES © 1984

CHILDREN OF THE STARS

"HAMMER"

This song is a cover of a beautiful ballad written by Andy Partridge of XTC back in 2000 before the band broke up. The band was popular in 80's and 90's and both Andy and Colin are terrific songwriters. Charlie sang it very well and I tried to keep it simple. I also produced a video that will be posted on YouTube soon. The video has lots of scrumptious eye-candy and will not disappoint! Thanks for listening and there will many more originals coming soon! Cheers! 

https://youtu.be/DLVXcz5Ccb0

"I UNBECOME”

I UNBECOME, I CEASE TO BE,
YOU ARE THE MIRROR, REFLECTING ME,
I UNBECOME, I ATOMISE,
YOU ARE THE WARMTH, OF MY SUNRISE,
OH WHAT’S TO BE DONE?
I’M NOW A CINDER, WHERE ONCE I WAS THE SUN, 
WHEN YOU’RE NOT HERE, I UNBECOME,
                     
I UNBECOME, I MELT AWAY,
YOU ARE THE MORNING, OF MY EVERYDAY, 
OH WHAT’S TO BE DONE? 
I’M NOW A STUMBLER, WHERE ONCE I’D SKIP AND RUN,      
WHEN YOU’RE NOT HERE, I UNBECOME, 

I’VE FORGOTTEN HOW TO SMILE AND LAUGH,
I WON’T SHOW UP ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPH,
                    
I UNBECOME, I DISSIPATE,
YOU ARE THE FRESH BREAD, UPON MY PLATE, 
OH WHAT’S TO BE DONE?
MY HEART WAS CLOUDLIKE, BUT NOW IT WEIGHS A TON,      
WHEN YOU’RE NOT HERE, I UNBECOME,  
NOW YOU’RE NOT HERE, I UNBECOME.

BY ANDY PARTRIDGE © 2000

MOONFLOWER

"I UNBECOME" (Cover) {https://youtu.be/DLVXcz5Ccb0}

This song was written by J.R. Halas in 2005, he sings and plays the lead guitar on it, I play the Bass, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, and Drums. J.R. and I recorded 5 or 6 songs in my studio, this being the last. This is a very swampy Blues number and he did a great job on it. I produced a video to go along with this song, shedding light on the cruelty and madness of Domestic Violence and how it must be stopped immediately! Please watch the video, there will be numbers to call for help if you need it. I deal with many uncomfortable topics in my music and videos, I just don't write lovey dovey pop songs all the time but I prefer to write those! I'll put a link to the video here, it is posted on YouTube now. Thanks to everybody for supporting me, I've met wonderfully artists here on SoundCloud. 👍😎✌🏼

https://youtu.be/sxd0IhLn9Vc

“LOVE IS A PAINFUL THING”

READ ABOUT IT IN THE SUNDAY PAPERS,
GOOD LOVIN’ GONE BAD,
LOVERS TAKIN’ OUT EACH OTHER,  
SO SAD, OH SO SAD,                 

I JUST CAN’T UNDERSTAND IT, NO!
HOW SOME COULD BE SO STRONG, YEAH! 
MAKE YOU DO BAD, BAD, BAD THINGS, 
SO WRONG, WOW! SO WRONG,
     
EVERYBODY TALKIN’ ‘BOUT AN ANGEL,
OKAY WHERE’S MINE? 
I SWEAR I’M GONNA NEED ME AN ANGEL,
TO SHOW ME A HELLUVA TIME,    

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE,
I’M TALKIN’ ABOUT LOVE,
DON’T YOU KNOW THAT LOVE IS A PAINFUL THING,
OH YES IT IS!
  
IT HURTS ME IN THE MORNING,
I STRUGGLE ALL DAY LONG,       
IT TEARS ME UP IN THE EVENING,
GOTTA TO BE STRONG,      

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE,
I GUESS I’M JUST STRICTLY TALKIN’ ABOUT LOVE,
DON’T YOU KNOW THAT, THAT LOVE IS A PAINFUL THING,
YES IT IS!
          
BY J.R. HALAS © 2005

CRYSTAL BALLS & VOODOO DOLLS

"LOVE IS A PAINFUL THING" (Feat. J.R. Halas on Vocals/Guitars)

This song I wrote in 2000 and re-recorded it in 2022 during the pandemic.  It's a country song, well my version of a country song anyway, about life and how we are born alone and we all die alone, something my mom used to say to me repeatedly while I was growing up. I got a little too fancy with the lyrics but I put a nice simple melody to it, along with a nice hook in the chorus. Charlie did a great job singing it and the video follows the lyrics fairly well. I added a nice mellow lead to it as well. Basically the moral of the story is that you only live once so make the best out of it. Don't waste the time that you have on Earth with hate and pettiness in your heart, or with bullying and hurting people, leave that to our politicians! We'll see how many of them get into heaven! Be kind to each other, love each other for we are all just shooting stars across the sky! 🙏💖✌🏼

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/5BTco8bC_Zc

“SHOOTING STAR ACROSS THE SKY”

I’VE BEEN RUNNING FROM THE PAST,     
AVOIDING UNPLEASANT SITUATIONS,     
TRYING TO MAKE EACH SECOND LAST,     
BEFORE MY FINAL DESTINATION,
               
I’VE BEEN RUNNING ALL MY LIFE,     
JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS TO BE ACCEPTED,     
BUT EACH TIME I FACE THE NAKED KNIFE,     
IT’S RUN LIKE HELL OR BE DISSECTED,
                   
IT AIN’T EASY, IT AIN’T FAIR,          
LOVE’S A GAMBLE, LIFE’S A DARE,          
YOU WERE BORN ALONE AND THAT’S HOW YOU’LL DIE,           
JUST ANOTHER SHOOTING STAR ACROSS THE SKY,
                 
I’VE BEEN RUNNING, NOT LOOKING BACK,     
ENDURING COUNTLESS HEART-BREAKING MOMENTS,     
JUST WHEN MY WILL’S ABOUT TO CRACK,     
I’M BORN AGAIN TO RIDE THIS TORMENT,

BEEN RUNNING SO LONG IT’S INCREDIBLE,     
EACH BREATH JUST ANOTHER IRRITATION,      
EACH STEP PROLONGS THE INEVITABLE,     
BUT EACH STEP ALSO AVOIDS ELIMINATION,
     
IT AIN’T EASY, IT AIN’T FAIR,           
LOVE’S A GAMBLE, LIFE’S A DARE,           
YOU WERE BORN ALONE AND THAT’S HOW YOU’LL DIE,           
JUST ANOTHER SHOOTING STAR ACROSS THE SKY,           
JUST ANOTHER SHOOTING STAR,           
SO CLOSE BUT YET SO FAR,           
JUST ANOTHER SHOOTING STAR ACROSS THE SKY. 
                                               
BY JIM VALDES © 2000

"SHOOTING STAR ACROSS THE SKY" (Video - https://youtu.be/5BTco8bC_Zc)

This song I wrote in 2022 for a female vocalist to sing, I offered it up several times to several singers but alas I guess I'm an awful songwriter and nobody wants to sing my songs but hey, that's okay, I'll sing them myself! No A.I. for me!! It's a very supportive and positive song with a nice retro '70's or '80's feel! A good dance tune or workout song! Just imagine your dad singing it to y'all not me! I wrote it for my daughter mainly but it's for all broken-hearted women everywhere! Anyway, it's a very powerful pro-woman song and I'm proud to have written it! The video was awesome to produce and put together, my wife loves it! I think I captured the essence of the song visually in the video, please watch it! I know "Unbreak" is not a word, I just made it up. When heartbreak hits you, and believe me it will hit you sooner or later, just pick yourself, unplug, and unbreak your heart!! I hope everyone enjoys it and thanks for supporting me and my channel! After all, girls just want to have fun too! Love y'all!👍💖 ✌🏼

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/jnR5SaW3bjA

“UNBREAK YOUR HEART”

SO YOUR HEART’S BEEN BROKEN,     
YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE,    
NO ONE’S IMMUNE TO HEARTACHE,       
AT TIMES WE’RE ALL UNDER THE GUN,                  

YOU HAVE TO GRIN AND BEAR IT,     
SHAKE IT OFF AND MOVE ALONG,      
LOVE WILL FILL YOUR HEART AGAIN,      
SCARS WILL HEAL BEFORE TOO LONG,

UNBREAK YOUR HEART,           
FORGET THE PAIN, TIME TO GET SMART,           
WARM UP YOUR LOCOMOTION,             
STRAP BACK IN, IT’S TIME TO JUMP THE SHARK,          
UNBREAK YOUR HEART,           
REWIND YOUR MIND, RELIGHT THE SPARK,           
SOMETIMES WHAT YOU NEED IS A BRAND NEW START,           
PICK YOURSELF UP, UNPLUG, AND UNBREAK YOUR HEART,           
BABY UNBREAK YOUR HEART, 
UNBREAK YOUR HEART,           
BABY UNBREAK YOUR HEART,

I KNOW IT HURTS LIKE CRAZY,     
BETRAYAL IS NEVER FUN,      
HARD TO TRUST ANYONE AGAIN,     
BUT GET IN THE GAME, YOU’LL FIND THE ONE,   
  
BETTER TO FORGET IT,     
GET BACK ON YOUR BIKE AND GO,            
BEING DUMPED IS NOT THE END,     
IT’S THE BEGINNING OF YOUR SHOW,        

UNBREAK YOUR HEART,           
FORGET THE PAIN, TIME TO GET SMART,           
WARM UP YOUR LOCOMOTION,             
STRAP BACK IN, IT’S TIME TO JUMP THE SHARK,          
UNBREAK YOUR HEART,           
REWIND YOUR MIND, RELIGHT THE SPARK,           
SOMETIMES WHAT YOU NEED IS A BRAND NEW START,           
PICK YOURSELF UP, UNPLUG, AND UNBREAK YOUR HEART,           
BABY UNBREAK YOUR HEART, 
UNBREAK YOUR HEART,           
BABY UNBREAK YOUR HEART,
               
THE LIES THEY HURT, THEY REALLY STING,               
BURY THAT PAIN THAT HURT SO MUCH,
AND LET YOUR NEW HEART SING,              

UNBREAK YOUR HEART,           
FORGET THE PAIN, TIME TO GET SMART,           
WARM UP YOUR LOCOMOTION,             
STRAP BACK IN, IT’S TIME TO JUMP THE SHARK,          
UNBREAK YOUR HEART,           
REWIND YOUR MIND, RELIGHT THE SPARK,           
SOMETIMES WHAT YOU NEED IS A BRAND NEW START,           
PICK YOURSELF UP, UNPLUG, AND UNBREAK YOUR HEART,           
BABY UNBREAK YOUR HEART, 
UNBREAK YOUR HEART,           
BABY UNBREAK YOUR HEART.

BY JIM VALDES (C) 2022

"UNBREAK YOUR HEART" [Video - https://youtu.be/jnR5SaW3bjA]

This song I wrote back in 2000 but rerecorded it during the pandemic because the original track sounded really out of sync. This is about parents dealing with their teenage kids and all the HELL that we go through during those rebellious years! Been there, done that! It ain't no fun, believe me! But after a few years and they have kids of their own and have to go through that, all we do is laugh out loud! The shoes has now been placed on the other foot!😂 It's basically my old man yelling at clouds song! The song has a nice little Beatley groove and Charlie sang it very well! We had a lot of fun recording it and I had a lot of fun producing the video. The video is new, just finished it last month. Please check it out for the full teenager experience! All I can say is that during those teenager years, I Was Not Amused!😕 I hope everyone enjoys it. I will be gone for a few weeks, see y'all in October!

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/Bu20rVUys_w

“I AM NOT AMUSED”

EVERYTHING I SAY GOES IN ONE EAR,     
AND OUT THE OTHER,     
THE WORDS I SAY JUST FLOAT AWAY,       
WHILE YOUR MIND REMAINS CLUTTERED,     
AND I AM NOT AMUSED,
              
REPEAT MYSELF A THOUSAND TIMES,     
BUT THERE IS NO CONNECTION,      
THE BLANK STARE YOU HIDE BEHIND,     
CONFIRMS YOUR LACK OF CONCENTRATION,     
AND I AM NOT AMUSED, 

WHILE EACH PASSING YEAR MAKES US A LITTLE OLDER,           
WITH EACH BATTLE WE BECOME A LITTLE COLDER,          
WILL YOU EVER UNDERSTAND WHAT I TRIED TO DO?            
WILL YOU EVER FEEL THE PAIN THAT I WENT THROUGH?         
NO I’M NOT AMUSED, NO I'M NOT AMUSED,          
I AM NOT AMUSED, NO I’M NOT AMUSED, 
                    
IS THE MESSAGE GETTING THROUGH,      
HAVE I BRIDGED THE SEPARATION?        
IS THE WALL AROUND YOU,      
SHOWING SIGNS OF DISINTEGRATION?      
CAUSE I AM NOT AMUSED,

EVERYDAY’S AN UPHILL CLIMB,        
EVERYNIGHT’S A CONFRONTATION,      
NO RESPECT, NO GRATITUDE,      
JUST A LIFETIME OF INDIGNATION,      
AND I AM NOT AMUSED,
             
WHILE EACH PASSING YEAR MAKES US A LITTLE OLDER,            
WITH EACH BATTLE WE BECOME A LITTLE COLDER,           
WILL YOU EVER UNDERSTAND WHAT I TRIED TO DO?             
WILL YOU EVER FEEL THE PAIN THAT I WENT THROUGH?           
NO I’M NOT AMUSED, NO I'M NOT AMUSED,           
I AM NOT AMUSED, NO I’M NOT AMUSED,           
NO I'M NOT AMUSED, I AM NOT AMUSED. 
                                                   
BY JIM VALDES © 2000

SALTY SUGAR

"I AM NOT AMUSED" [Video - https://youtu.be/Bu20rVUys_w]

This is a brand new song that I wrote with Lillian Mareddy last week. It's a rock break-up song from the guys point-of-view. Great lyrics by Lilly with a nice groovy riff by me. A good rock singer could have a hit with one! The video, which looks fantastic btw, will drop on Nov 6th on YouTube.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/awTWjY0vvfc

  I don't know why but every time Lilly send me a lyric, I want to rock out with it! I'll be writing more ballads with her in the future. So this is for all you guys out there that are "Free To Fly" or think you're "Free To Fly"! Let's be real!😂👍😎✌🏼

“FREE TO FLY”

I DON’T GO OUT HOPING TO SEE YOUR FACE,
IN THE SAME OLD BAR, THAT SAME OLD PLACE,
AIN’T NO COLD SIDE OF THE BED FOR ME,
NO EMPTY BOTTLE OF HENNESSY, OH, OH, OH,             
     
I DON’T MISS YOUR VOICE ON THE OTHER LINE,
I’M NOT SITTIN’ AROUND WASTING MY TIME, 
AIN’T GONNA WAKE UP AND START TO WEEP, 
YOUR FACE DOESN’T HAUNT ME WHEN I SLEEP, NO, NO,

BECAUSE THERE AIN’T NEVER BEEN A YOU, YOU, YOU,
NO HEARTBREAK I’VE EVER BEEN THROUGH, THROUGH, THROUGH,
AND I DON’T NEED ANOTHER ROUND, ROUND, ROUND,  
DON’T HAVE A MEMORY TO DROWN, DROWN, DROWN,
NO HEARTBREAK FOR ME,
CAUSE I’M FREE TO FLY,
     
NOW I’M DOING FINE, IT AIN’T NO LIE,
NOBODY EVER MADE MY DUMB-ASS CRY,
NEVER BEEN ONE TO LET LOVE GET ME DOWN,
I AIN’T FEELIN’ BAD CAUSE YOU AIN’T AROUND, NO, NO,

[LEAD]

BECAUSE THERE AIN’T NEVER BEEN A YOU, YOU, YOU,
NO HEARTBREAK I’VE EVER BEEN THROUGH, THROUGH, THROUGH,
AND I DON’T NEED ANOTHER ROUND, ROUND, ROUND,  
DON’T HAVE A MEMORY TO DROWN, DROWN, DROWN,
NO HEARTBREAK FOR ME,
CAUSE I’M FREE TO FLY,
FREE TO FLY, FREE TO FLY, FREE TO FLY, FLY, FLY,
I’M FREE TO FLY,   
FREE TO FLY, FREE TO FLY, FREE TO FLY, FLY, FLY,
I’M FREE TO FLY.   

BY JIM VALDES & LILLIAN MAREDDY © 2024

"FREE TO FLY" (Feat. Lyrics By Lillian Mareddy) [Video -https://youtu.be/awTWjY0vvfc]

This song I wrote in collaboration with Lance of LT Guitar from Soundcloud! Check him out, he's plays a mean guitar! I wrote the lyrics, played some percussion, added some sound effects, and sang it! (that alone will scare anybody!) Lance wrote and played all the music! It has a cool vibe to it and it was a lot of fun to put together. I worked hard on the video and it's pretty disturbing so fair WARNIG to all of those that don't like horror movies. This is my first video for the month of October that is Halloween themed. Up next will be videos about, Vampires, Demons, Zombies, Suicide, Monsters, on and on, you get the picture, and how cool is that? No love songs or feel good videos in this month but in November and December the corniness will return with a vengeance! I wrote a new song while on vacation in Colombia called "Clouds", it will take me a while to record but it sounds really cool in my head! Happy to be back, Cheers!

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/A9DPtpPMdyY

“HOW COOL IS THAT?”

I'M THINKIN' 'BOUT,
CRUELTY AS A DETERRENT,
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?  
BRING BACK THE RACK TO MAKE SURE THERE’S NO RESURGENCE,             
BET THAT WOULD SKIN THEIR CAT,
HMMM, HOW COOL IS THAT?      

TRYING TO MAKE A LITTLE MONEY,
TO SOME IT'S SICK, TO ME IT'S JUST FUNNY,
I'LL MAKE IT RAIN UP IN HERE HONEY,
WELL, HOW COOL IS THAT?
     
I MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT,
IN A TARANTINO MOVIE?
SOMETHING HE LIKES TO DO,
A LTTLE BLOOD WITH A TWIST THAT COULD BE GROOVY,
A MISSING HEAD OR TWO, 

BETTER BEHAVE OR I'LL BREAK EVEN BADDER,
FEEDING THE KITTY IS ALL THAT MATTERS,
THE POOR GET KILLED WHILE THE RICH GET FATTER,
WATCH HOW I MAKE ALL THESE MOTHERS SCATTER,               
HOW COOL IS THAT? HOW COOL IS THAT HONEY?

I’M THINKIN' 'BOUT,
FOOLIN’ THE BRAINLESS MASSES,       
MUST BE EASY AS PIE,
PROMISE THE WORLD THEN LEAVE THEM FLAT ON THEIR ASSES,
THEY'LL SWALLOW EVERY LIE,
MAN, HOW COOL IS THAT? 
HOW COOL IS THAT?
HOW COOL IS THAT? 
HONEY HOW COOL IS THAT?
HOW COOL IS THAT?
  
BY JIM VALDES & LANCE TARRANCE (C) 2024

"HOW COOL IS THAT?" (Video - https://youtu.be/A9DPtpPMdyY)

This song was written in 2007 and is another of my space videos with a ghostly twist. I wrote it as a kind of Halloween ghost in space thing. Charlie sang it very well and I tried to play a very melodic Bass on it, like Chris Squire from Yes. This is a favorite of my wife, she really loves it and I like it a lot as well. I made the video just before I left for vacation about 3 weeks ago. The video turned out really good and I threw in plenty of space eye-candy for everyone to enjoy. Watch the video for the full irony of it all! It's a twisted irony to be a ghost in the machine! This is my #2 video for Halloween 2024 and not very creepy at all. Basically it'a about an astronaut that misses the earth, his wife, his kids, and is stranded on another planet where he dies but his ghost is still floating around lost forever in space, kind of a revamped Space Oddity from David Bowie! Thanks for listening and have a Happy Halloween everybody!😱😱😱

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/ee7wRFbt844

“GHOST IN THE MACHINE”

SUN-SWEPT, LOST AMID THE CLOUDS,     
FLOATING, A FACE AMONG THE CROWD,     
YOUR SHORELINE BECKONS THROUGH THE MIST,     
I CAN HEAR IT CALLING ME,
          
DRIFTING, SHIFTING LIKE THE SANDS,     
TIME IS, SLIPPING THROUGH MY HANDS,     
DREAMS OF BATHING IN YOUR KISS,     
FOREVER HAUNTING ME,
              
A GHOST IN THE MACHINE,          
A GHOST IN THE MACHINE,          
A TWISTED IRONY,            
JUST A GHOST IN THE MACHINE, 
         
SILENCE, I MISS YOUR VOICE TODAY,     
LONELY, A MILLION MILES AWAY,     
COOL WATER SATISFIES MY THIRST,     
GREEN FIELDS WHISPERING TO ME,

DARKNESS, NO DAY TO CHASE THE NIGHT,     
HEAVEN, A DIM TWINKLING BLUE LIGHT,     
A CHILD WITHOUT GOOD MOTHER EARTH,     
A DISTANT MEMORY,

A GHOST IN THE MACHINE,          
A GHOST IN THE MACHINE,          
A TWISTED IRONY,            
JUST A GHOST IN THE MACHINE!    

BY JIM VALDES © 2007

GHOST IN THE MACHINE

"GHOST IN THE MACHINE" [Video - https://youtu.be/ee7wRFbt844]

This song I wrote during the pandemic when we were all becoming a little crazy! It's about mental health issues in a scary kind of way for Halloween. I tried different rhythms for it and threw in a lot of sound effects here and there but I don't feel I recorded what I was hearing in my head. The lyrics are O.K. but the music is so-so. It's a little too long, I should have cut maybe another minute out of it. I was trying to set the right mood. It's like 2 songs meshed together into one, there's the slow spooky verses and then the very disco-flavored faster section, let me know if you think it works? It is a little creepy, especially at night when you're all alone in an old creaky house, that's when the doubts start creeping in!😱👻 The video was fun to make and enhances the song tremendously! I worked very hard on it a few months ago just for Halloween 2024. Watch it if you dare! Getting creeped out and losing your mind is not my idea of fun but it's Trick Or Treat time! Why do we like being scared so much? Who knows? The couple in the video seem to be on a bad acid trip more than anything else most of the time!😂 Thanks for visiting and happy trick or treating out there. Be safe & be carfeul!🧟‍♂️👀👻

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/a8ExxT-D60M

“DOUBT STARTS CREEPING IN”

WHEN THE SUNLIGHT DIMS,      
THE DOUBTS CREEP IN,      
LIKE A DRIP AT FIRST,        
SOON BECOMING WORSE,                   
THAT'S WHEN THE HEADACHES BEGIN,      
WHEN DOUBT STARTS CREEPING IN,      

WHEN THE DRINK BRINGS PEACE,      
AND THE MIND'S AT EASE,       
MEMORIES EBB AND FLOW,      
FIRST QUICK THEN SLOW,     
SLEEP ARRIVES WITH OUR BOURBON AND GIN,      
THEN DOUBT STARTS CREEPING IN,       

WITH EACH TICK OF THE CLOCK,           
WITH EACH THOUGHT FORGOT,           
WE WITHDRAW WITHIN OUR OWN HEART,             
SHADOWS MAY BE CAST,           
ON SINS OF THE PAST,           
BUT FAITH ALWAYS SEES BEST IN THE DARK,
     
WHEN THE COBWEBS CLEAR,      
AND THE END DRAWS NEAR,       
WE REGROUP TO FIGHT,      
YET ANOTHER NIGHT,          
THIS TIME WE BELIEVE WE MIGHT WIN,      
THEN DOUBT STARTS CREEPING IN,
      
WITH EACH TICK OF THE CLOCK,           
WITH EACH THOUGHT FORGOT,           
WE WITHDRAW WITHIN OUR OWN HEART,             
SHADOWS MAY BE CAST,          
ON SINS OF THE PAST,           
BUT FAITH ALWAYS SEES BEST IN THE DARK,
  
THAT'S WHEN THE HEADACHES BEGIN,    
WHEN DOUBT STARTS CREEPING IN.       

BY JIM VALDES © 2021

COBWEBS OF TIME

"DOUBT STARTS CREEPING IN" (Video -https://youtu.be/a8ExxT-D60M)

This song I wrote earlier this year especially for this Halloween! It's a vampire tale and not for the weak of heart! It took me some time to record and I used up every track I had. As we get closer to Halloween the songs become more intense! "Listen to them, the children of the night, what sweet music they make!"🧛‍♂️ The video also took about a week to do and edit together. I had a lot of fun with it! It will be dropping tomorrow on my YouTube channel! Hopefully you don't lose too much blood during the viewing! Make sure you have garlic on your window sills and crosses hung over your bed. Put up as many mirrors as possible and have some holy water handy! This is video #4 for Halloween 2024! So grab your bucket of stale popcorn and a pint of warm blood, sit back and relax and join me in watching Vampyre, oh and crank it up loud too! Vampires hate loud music! 🧛‍♂️👀😱🥺

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/ESI3tFvDdg0

“VAMPYRE”

I STAY UP LATE, 
I’M A VAMPIRE AT HEART,
I LIKE THE NIGHT, 
I’M AT MY BEST IN THE DARK,

WHEN DAYLIGHT COMES, 
I’M NOWHERE TO BE FOUND,  
I SPEND MY DAYS,
NICE AND COZY UNDERGROUND,

I LIVE AMONG THE SHADOWS AND THE GLOOM,
I’M DEADLY NIGHT SHADE, I BLOSSOM WITH THE MOON, 
I LOVE A SNACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, 
DON’T BE AFRAID, I’M SCARY BUT I DON’T BITE,
YET!

HERE’S THE DEAL, 
I BRUSH AFTER EVERY MEAL,
THERE ARE NO MYSTERIES THAT I CONCEAL,
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET,
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET,

LET’S BE REAL, 
A KISS I WOULD NEVER STEAL,  
A LITTLE SIP PERHAPS JUST TO SEAL THE DEAL,
HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?   
       
I DRESS IN BLACK, 
DON’T SMOKE AND DON’T DRINK WINE,
DON’T CROSS MYSELF, 
BUT I RESPECT THE DIVINE,
 
SOME WOULD SAY, 
THAT I’M TOO NERVOUS AND SHY,
SO VERY GENTLE, 
I WOULDN’T EVEN HURT A FLY,   
WHY? 
  
HERE’S THE DEAL, 
I BRUSH AFTER EVERY MEAL,
THERE ARE NO MYSTERIES THAT I CONCEAL,
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET,
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET,

LET’S BE REAL, 
A KISS I WOULD NEVER STEAL,  
A LITTLE SIP PERHAPS JUST TO SEAL THE DEAL,
HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?   

VAMPIRE, VAMPIRE,
I’M A VAMPIRE, I'M A VAMPIRE,
VAMPIRE, VAMPIRE,
I'M A VAMPIRE, I'M A VAMPIRE.

BY JIM VALDES © 2024

"VAMPYRE" (Video - https://youtu.be/ESI3tFvDdg0)

This song is brand new, I was taking a break from all those Halloween songs and wrote another good ole Rock & Roll song with all my favorite heroes mentioned in the song & video. As I was growing up in the 60's and the 70's, I loved all the rock & roll stars of the 50's & 60's like Elvis, Chuck berry, Bill haley, then in the 60's The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Beach Boys, etc, etc. I wanted to pay tribute to those great artists and so I wrote a this new song. It has a nice little riff in it and it has that Rolling Stones vibe to it! I produced a video for it but I'm not sure If YouTube will allow me to post it because of all those above mentioned stars, I edited in several groups that I mentioned in the song, so they may make me take it down so watch it as soon as it drops, they are really picky over there on YouTube, even though it's an original song by me! I'm playing all the insturments and singing, no audio from any bands mentioned was used! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/mHhHqt85GiQ

I love playing and writing Rock & Roll songs, NO A.I. generated music on this channel. Here I actually PLAY all the instruments and WRITE and COMPOSE my own material, using my brain and my limited ability but at least I don't have a computer doing it for me, I belong to the "Keep Humans In Music" movement! Thanks for listening and I hope you guys like it but if you don't, well that's cool too! Go listen to a computer written song. 😂🙏😎✌🏼

“ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN”

I'VE GOT A CRAVING TONIGHT,
FOR A HEAVY DOSE OF ROCK & ROLL,
THOSE A.I. SONGS ON THE RADIO,  
GOT NO RHYTHM AND THEY GOT NO SOUL,
ELVIS THE PELVIS COULD DO ME GOOD,             
JOHNNY B. GOODE WOULD HAVE ME ROCKIN’ AND KNOCKIN’ ON WOOD,
IF THERE’S A ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN,
TAKE ME LORD, CAUSE I’M READY TO ROCK,

GIVE ME SOME BUDDY HOLLY,
JERRY LEE, HE WOULD BE, THE GUY THAT GETS ME HIGH,
MAN, I WOULD BE SITTING PRETTY, 
WITH FATS DOMINO BY MY SIDE,
SOME PLATTERS FOR A LITTLE CHANGE OF PACE,
THEN BILL HALEY TO PUT THAT GRIN BACK UP ON MY FACE,
IF THERE’S A ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN,
TAKE ME LORD, CAUSE I’M READY TO ROCK,
     
[LEAD]
  
I'M GONNA TWIST WITH CHUBBY,
SHAKE IT UP WITH THE BEATLES ALL NIGHT LONG,       
LAY SOME BEACH BOYS ON ME BABE,
SPIN SOME STONES, HOW CAN YOU GO WRONG,       
A LITTLE WHO AND SOME KINKS WOULD BLOW MY MIND,
RIP IT UP, SHAKE AND RATTLE, CAUSE BABY IT’S FEEDING TIME,
IF THERE’S A ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN,
TAKE ME LORD, CAUSE I’M READY TO ROCK,  
IF THERE’S A ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN,
TAKE ME LORD, CAUSE I’M READY TO ROCK,
IF THERE’S A ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN,
TAKE ME LORD, CAUSE I’M READY TO ROCK,
      
ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN, 
ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN, 
ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN,
IF THERE’S A ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN, 
LORDY I’M READY TO ROCK!
     
BY JIM VALDES © 2024

"ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN" (Video - https://youtu.be/mHhHqt85GiQ)

  This song I wrote in collaboration with MiLu Lotus earlier this year. Check out her channel on YouTube and SoundCloud, she's super cool! We wrote it for Halloween 2024, MiLu wrote the music and I wrote the lyrics, I added some guitars and sang it. MiLu helped with the Demon vocals as well. It's my 6th song/video for Halloween 2024! We're getting almost there now! I produced the video several months ago and I worked hard on it too! As usual there is plenty of spooky stuff and eye-candy for the little goblins to enjoy but needless to say it's about Demons! It may be too scary for the wee little ones.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/DriL6-e0i8Q

 I was married to one of them Demon's a long time ago for almost 20 years and let me tell you the scars never heal!😂 I was very young and very stupid!!  Well, I Hope all of you are enjoying my Spooktacular this year! I know I am! HaHaHaHaHa!!!😳🥺😱💀

“DEMON”

SHE CAME IN SHAPES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
VERY GHOSTLY SHE APPEARED TO ME,
THE ROOM WAS DARK AND I WAS CHILLED TO THE BONE,  
FELT LIKE A VICTIM IN A OLD MOVIE,               

THE SHADOWS DANCING ON MY BEDROOM WALLS,
I COULD HEAR THE WIND HOWLING OUTSIDE, 
WANTED TO SCREAM BUT I COULDN’T MOVE AT ALL, 
NO WHERE TO RUN BABY NO WHERE TO HIDE,

DEMON, DEMON

I COULD SMELL THE STENCH OF A THOUSAND HELLS,
BURNING IN HER RANCID ROTTING BREATH, 
I COULD FEEL HER ICY FINGERS ON MY FACE,
SILENTLY BECKONING ME TO DEATH,    
  
I WAS SWEATIN’ LIKE A TURKEY ON THANKSGIVING,
A FATE I COULDN’T COMPREHEND,       
STARTED TO SEE MY WHOLE LIFE FLASH BEFORE MY EYES,
WAS I ASLEEP OR WAS THIS THE END?       
    
DEMON, DEMON,  
          
DEMON, SHE WHISPERED IN MY EAR, 
{THIS IS ALL ONLY IN YOUR TWISTED MIND}
DEMON, {DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT DEAR}
{JUST SIGN RIGHT HERE ON THE DOTTED LINE}

BE GONE, YOU WICKED DEMON, 
LEAVE ME BE, WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU?
BE GONE, YOU SPAWN OF SATAN, 
AIN’T SIGNING SHIT SO TO HELL WITH YOU!

BY JIM VALDES & MILU LOTUS © 2024

"DEMON" (Feat. Music By MiLu Lotus) [Video - https://youtu.be/DriL6-e0i8Q]

     This song was written by Kevin Lyons and myself last year. I wrote the lyrics and Kevin wrote and played all the music and sang it too! This is the 7th and final song for my Halloween Spookathon this year! This one is about Death and it's pretty grim so fair WARNING, this is still not one of my happy carefree love songs. You will get a ton of my new love songs & videos for the remainder of the year, after the election, believe me! 😂 Like everybody else, I think I was depressed when I wrote it and actually the lyrics were for another song but I never used the lyrics because I made the other song into an instrumental so I gave the lyrics to Kevin and he came through again with flying colors! Not much to say about Death, unfortunately it's the one thing we all have in common! Like it or not we all must go, so be nice to your fellow human beings while you're here, there's a chance you may be meeting them again! Like my mom used to say, if you can only be one thing in life, "Be Nice"! The video is as grim as the song and it follows the lyrics pretty well! It's pretty creepy and not for the weak at heart! Watch the video on Halloween night with all the lights off and the music loud! A perfect end to Halloween 2024! So live it up while you still can! Trick Or Treat! Oh and Happy Halloween everybody! Boo!😱🧟‍♂️🧛‍♂️👻💀👁️

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/RAkuuIqsVKY

”IN ETERNAL SLEEP”

THE ANGELS WEEP,
IN BETWEEN THE PURPLE GLOOM,
WHERE SHADOWS CREEP,  
IN ETERNAL SLEEP,                

ETERNAL SLEEP,
LATE AT NIGHT MOONFLOWERS BLOOM,
AND SANDMAN SWEEPS,
IN ETERNAL SLEEP,
IN TOO DEEP,
BLACK CURTAINS COVERING THE ROOM,
THE CLIMB IS STEEP,
IN ETERNAL SLEEP,

DRESS AND KEEP,
WHEN DARKNESS FALLS AND FRIGHTENED LOOKS,
BECOME DIRT CHEAP,
IN ETERNAL SLEEP,

WHERE SHADOWS CREEP,
AND LIFE IS PLACED ON TENDER HOOKS,
THE ANGELS WEEP,  
IN ETERNAL SLEEP.
        
BY JIM VALDES & KEVIN LYONS © 2024

IN ETERNAL SLEEP (Feat. Music/Vocals By Kevin Lyons) [Video - https://youtu.be/RAkuuIqsVKY]

This song I wrote back in 2022 and I wrote it while depressed about Covid but it seems to fit right in with the present! It's basically about the anxiety one feels when life suffocates you in any way. It seems everything has gone haywire lately! Grocery prices, the rent is too damn high, our government has gone berserk, A.I. taking over our music and our minds, on and on and on and on! The song was longer but I edited down for the video which will drop in December! It's a very depressing song but I think I played some cool guitar on it and sang it ok! The tail end of the song is another song I wrote around the same time called "Sick Inside", I added it to the track to play over the credits in the video, and by the way, I am feeling quite sick inside! Stay cool everybody and let's hope for a Happy New Year! 🙏😎✌🏼

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/OiYdwdCDixg

“SUFFOCATE”

I SUFFOCATE,
I’M OVERCOME,
I LOSE ALL SENSE OF BEING,  
AND BECOME UNDONE,                

I GET DEPRESSED,
BECOME UNHINGED, 
MY DREAMS ARE ALL OF SEARCHING, 
THE OUTER FRINGE,
I SUFFOCATE, 

I COMPENSATE,
I DECOMPRESS, 
I SINK TO THE BOTTOM,
OF MY CONSCIOUSNESS, 
  
I EMPATHIZE,
I TRY TO TUNE,       
BUT SOMETIMES I LOSE FOCUS,
AS IF I'M ON THE MOON,    
I SUFFOCATE, 
I SUFFOCATE.  
              
BY JIM VALDES © 2022

"SUFFOCATE" (Video - https://youtu.be/OiYdwdCDixg)

  This song I wrote a while back in 2004 for a female vocalist to sing. I had Sharri in mind but she moved away to France the year before. So everyone I offered it to passed on it, they said it was too Broadway sounding and it is but I like Broadway plays and Musicals too! I have penned many a Broadway-like tune! So I forgot about it for years and it sat around my studio gathering Digital Dust until I offered it to Olga and she agreed to sing it! I was so elated and happy that I had found someone to sing this song which is about a woman that's in love but is in total denial! Throughout the song she insists that she's not in love until the very end when she says "Not Much!" I want to thank Olga for all her hard work on this song and for believing in it! She did an excellent and amazing job with it, I couldn't be happier! Check her out on YouTube and here on SoundCloud (VERAETERNUM). She is currently releasing her outstanding rock opera "KOLOBOK", Check her out, she's brilliant! So after she sang it several months ago, I produced a video for it a few weeks ago AND Olga also sent me some video clips that she had made and I edited them into the video. The video  follows the lyrics fairly well and with Olga's video clips I think it turned out perfectly! I hope everyone enjoys this song/video, it's old-fashioned and corny but hey so am I! Thanks for watching!🙏😎✌🏼

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/OPu_pQ4ThAM

"I'M NOT IN LOVE"

I’M NOT IN LOVE, NO I’M NOT IN LOVE,     
MY HEART DOESN’T SKIP A BEAT,     
HE DOESN’T SWEEP ME OFF MY FEET,       
THERE AREN’T RAINBOWS IN MY SKIES,                  
I DON’T SEE STARDUST IN HIS EYES,      

SO I’M NOT IN LOVE, NO I’M NOT IN LOVE,    
I DON’T MISS HIM I ADMIT, 
HE DOESN’T CROSS MY MIND A BIT,  
I DON’T FIND COMFORT IN HIS ARMS,  
I’M NOT AFFECTED BY HIS CHARMS,

LOVE HAS LET ME DOWN,       
SO IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE,        
BUT I THINK THIS TIME AROUND,        
I WON’T ALLOW LOVE IN MY DOOR,       
NO IT WON’T HURT ME LIKE BEFORE,
CAUSE,
    
I’M NOT IN LOVE, NO I’M NOT IN LOVE,    
I WON’T LOSE MY APPETITE,     
OR TOSS AND TURN THROUGH OUT THE NIGHT,    
I WON’T HAVE THIS URGE TO CALL HIM,      
THIS YEARNING TO CARESS AND HOLD HIM,
I’M NOT IN LOVE, NO I’M NOT IN LOVE,
     
LOVE HAS LET ME DOWN,         
SO IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE,       
BUT I THINK THIS TIME AROUND,      
I WON’T ALLOW LOVE IN MY DOOR,    
NO IT WON’T HURT ME LIKE BEFORE,
CAUSE,
     
I’M NOT IN LOVE, NO I’M NOT IN LOVE,
I’M NOT IN LOVE, NO I’M NOT IN LOVE,
I’M NOT IN LOVE, NOT MUCH!!                 

BY JIM VALDES © 2004

"I'M NOT IN LOVE" (Feat. Vocals By VERAETERNUM)

This song I wrote back in 2010 and it's about Autumn, Memories, Golden Years, and First Loves! My favorite seasonal time of year where temps come down along with the beautiful multi-colored leaves. It's all about Halloween, Thanksgiving , family, and friends and all those wonderful memories that are associated with Autumn! That includes first loves too!  I actually got the name "Autumn Wood" from a pen at work. It was promoting a Senior Care Facility Health Campus in Indiana, basically an Old Folks Home! I loved that name and just wrote the song out of thin air. Lyrics came first and then music, as is almost always the case with my songs. Charlie did an excellent job with the singing, giving it that warmth and longing I was going after in the song. I wanted that Carpenters feeling to the song! It's really not recorded or mixed too well, I used really old equipment! The acoustic guitar turned out well, I thought! It's very mellow and Easy Listening! Not for everyone. The video is new, I just finished it last month, I tried to follow the lyrics as close as I could and tried to make Autumn Woods a place where we would all love to spend our golden years. The video is now dropped - https://youtu.be/FccNy7RrDzg
     My imagination ran wild, I even found a tree with my name "JIM" carved into it, that was awesome. So if you want to relax and hang out a while, then join me on a journey to Autumn Woods, "Where All First Loves Are Understood, If All Roads Lead To Autumn Woods" I'll be waiting for you there! See Ya & thanks for listening!🙏😎✌🏼

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/FccNy7RrDzg

“AUTUMN WOODS”

I FOUND MY LOVE IN AUTUMN WOODS,
NESTLED AMONG THE FALLEN LEAVES,  
BESIDES A LITTLE WINDING STREAM,    
SCENT OF PINE TREES IN THE AIR,  
I FOUND IT THERE, 
IN AUTUMN WOODS,              
               
I CARVED MY NAMES IN AUTUMN WOODS,    
IN CHILDISH LETTERS I CAN STILL RECALL,  
A LANDSCAPE CANVASED IN RED AND BROWN,  
WITH THE LAZY SUN PLAYING PEEK-A-BOO, 
IT ALL CAME TRUE, 
IN AUTUMN WOODS,

MEMORIES, VIVID AND SWEET,      
NEVER BECOMING OBSOLETE,     
ALWAYS RETURNING IN MY SLEEP,     
AUTUMN WOODS, 

I FELT AT HOME IN AUTUMN WOODS,  
AS IF A BABE IN LOVING ARMS, 
SUCH INNOCENCE I’VE NEVER FOUND,   
BUT ALL FIRST LOVES ARE UNDERSTOOD,  
IF ALL ROADS LEAD TO AUTUMN WOODS, 
AUTUMN WOODS, 
AUTUMN WOODS.
               
BY JIM VALDES © 2010

"AUTUMN WOODS" (Video - https://youtu.be/FccNy7RrDzg)

     This song I wrote a few months ago while I was in Colombia visiting my wife's family and friends. It was a sad day and I was sitting there one afternoon, it was kind of a rainy day, looking up at the beautiful misty mountains with clouds surrounding them, very mysterious and picturesque with the city bustling below and just started playing this tune. I wrote the lyrics a few days later. The tears part was for my wife's dad that had passed away earlier this year. The song is very Spanish-flavored and very somber at times. The video I put together after I returned a few weeks ago and had a lot of fun producing it. I dropped an Easter Egg in on this one, I know all of you film enthusiasts out there will surely be able to find out which film I was hinting at! It's only on for a second towards the end. Check out the video for clarification. I decided to sing it myself while it was still fresh in my mind. I hope you all enjoy the song and video and join me in the Clouds for a few minutes! Take care and thanks for watching.🙏😎✌🏼

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/JogPjvP1Uw4

“CLOUDS"

IN THE CROWDED BUSY STREETS OF THE CITY,      
IN THE SHUFFLE OF THEIR FEET THE SOUND REMAINS,
NO MATTER WHERE I AM,       
I HEAR HER NAME,                 

IN THE SILENCE OF MY ROOM THERE LIES THE PITY,    
WHILE THE CRIMSON MOON OUTSIDE REFLECTS MY PAIN,      
NO MATTER WHERE I AM,  
I HEAR HER NAME,

CLOUDS OBSCURE THE HEAVENS,      
TEARS THEY FALL LIKE RAIN,       
TRICKLING DOWN THE MISTY MOUNTAIN TOPS,      
WHEN MY BROKEN HEART STOPS,       
I HEAR HER NAME,
     
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT I FEEL HER KISS ME,  
STANDING THERE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IT'S JUST THE SAME,  
NO MATTER WHAT I DO,   
I HEAR HER NAME,
  
IN THE FRAGRANCE OF A ROSE I FEEL HER WITH ME,  
IN EACH NOTE THAT I COMPOSE, IN EACH REFRAIN,        
NO MATTER WHAT IS DO,   
I HEAR HER NAME,   
              
CLOUDS OBSCURE THE HEAVENS,      
TEARS THEY FALL LIKE RAIN,       
TRICKLING DOWN THE MISTY MOUNTAIN TOPS,     
AS MY BROKEN HEART STOPS,      
I HEAR HER NAME, 
I HEAR HER NAME,
I HEAR HER NAME, 
I HEAR HER NAME,
I HEAR HER NAME.
    
BY JIM VALDES © 2024

"CLOUDS" (Video - https://youtu.be/JogPjvP1Uw4)

This is an instrumental collaboration with MiLu Lotus! She sent me these beats last year and I mixed them together and added some sound effects and guitar sounds and produced a kind of spooky and crazy video. To me, any birthday when you pass 40 is a bit of an unhappy birthday! I stopped counting at 40 many moons ago! As a matter of fact, I started counting backwards so I should be a teenager right about now!😂 I'm a Sagittarius and born on Nov 26th and there will be a special video that will be posted on Youtube around my "Unhappy Birthday", it's an ambient avant-garde kind of project so please watch carefully, it does have some strobe effects and flashbacks! There are no lyrics, just music all composed by Milu Lotus with some sights & sounds by me! The video I created earlier this year and I wanted it to be sort of creepy for all of us that have no one to share our birthdays with! Check Milu Lotus out on SoundCloud and on YouTube, she is fabulous!  Milu & I Thank everyone for watching and listening! This is the last song we collaborated on so we hope you enjoy it! I don't have a Thanksgiving video or song, so have a very Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy the turkey and football and your families too!! See you soon!🙏😎✌🏼

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/52DeZiEdkAs

"UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY" [Music by MiLu Lotus] (Video - https://youtu.be/52DeZiEdkAs)

This is an old instrumental piece I composed back in 2016 after my dad had passed away and I thought the dream was over. I loved him dearly and this music just came to me a few months later when I woke up from a dream in which he was in. It's just an instrumental improvisation, no lyrics but I did make a video for it, I turned it into one of my spacey videos. It will be dropping soon hopefully. Listen to it on headsets if you can because there is a lot of stereo effects going on. I'm not a skilled piano player so please forgive my fumbling around on the keyboard! It's an emotional piece for me! Never forget your loved ones! Thanks for listening & take care.

VIDEO -https://youtu.be/Tkv9_uW-ZUs

"INCIDENTAL MUSIC FOR A DYING DREAM" (Video -https://youtu.be/Tkv9_uW-ZUs)

           This song I wrote back in 2002 and is one of the last songs Sharri sang before she moved away to France.  It's a ballad written in a traditional 1940's style Braodway song, like Cole Porter or Irving Berlin used to write and it's about past lives and that deja vu feeling one sometimes gets when they sense they have met this person in a past life or something. I wrote it with Judy Garland in mind and I wrote it for her to sing but sadly she had passed away when I was a child. However Sharris sang it beautifully, unfortunately at the time my recording equipment was not as good as it is today so the quality is not as good. So watch the "Wizard Of Oz" and then relax, watch this video, close your eyes, and let's travel back in time using PLR. (Past Life Regression (PLR) is a type of hypnotherapy that aims to help people access memories of their past lives. The goal is to help people gain insight into their current lives by learning about their past!). Watch the video on YouTube for a nice "Back To The Future" experience!! 
See ya in the future, or is it the past? 🤔 I'm confused?😂

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/esWf8ji3v9M

“WE’VE MET BEFORE”

WE’VE MET BEFORE,     
PERHAPS IN ANOTHER PLACE OR TIME,    
IN MY HEART AND IN MY MIND,   
IT SOMEHOW FEELS SO RIGHT,
    
OUR PATHS HAVE CROSSED,    
OLD SOULS ALWAYS SEEM TO FIND A WAY,  
KINDRED SPIRITS THEY SAY,   
WILL SOMEHOW REUNITE,
    
LOVE ENDURES THROUGH THE AGES,          
LIKE THE UNIVERSE IT NEVER ENDS,         
WHEN WE SHED THESE MORTAL CAGES,       
I’M CERTAIN WE’LL MEET AGAIN,
     
WE’VE DANCED LONG AGO,     
SHARED MANY LIFETIMES JUST LIKE THIS,      
I’M CONVINCED WITH EACH KISS,     
WE’VE MET BEFORE,

LOVE ENDURES THROUGH THE AGES,        
LIKE THE UNIVERSE IT NEVER ENDS,         
WHEN WE SHED THESE MORTAL CAGES,        
I’M CERTAIN WE’LL MEET AGAIN,
     
WE’VE DANCED LONG AGO,   
SHARED MANY LIFETIMES JUST LIKE THIS,     
I’M CONVINCED WITH EACH KISS,    
WE’VE MET BEFORE.

BY JIM VALDES © 2002

"WE'VE MET BEFORE" (Feat. Vocals By Sharri) [Video -https://youtu.be/esWf8ji3v9M]

     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)

Hello everyone, I'm Jimmy from Miami Jeff and this is my Belated Christmas gift to all of you lovers of music and all of those very talented musicians and artists that reside here on SoundCloud. This EP MIX is like a mini Rock or Folk Operetta (with no talking) and it requires a long listen of over 18 minutes (not for everybody today, I know!). The Operetta consists of 7 movements - I remixed 7 of my songs together and I also produced a very long music-video (a short film really) of this Operetta which will be out on Jan 9th on my YouTube channel -

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/JFqUojifgMc

I think it will truly amaze! I hope those who take the journey with me and listen to it until the end will be surprised and entertained by it. These songs deal with life on planet Earth, with the oceans, animals, sun, birth, childhood, time, love, and death. Listen to it on headphones since there is a lot of stereo mixing and sound effects going on in the multi-mixes. I can't add all the lyrics here but the video will have all the lyrics displayed. I've never taken a music lesson in my life on any of the instruments I play (and it probably shows too!), I'm self-taught and Charlie sings most of the songs here. I also use NO A.I. NO Autotune, NO Pitch Correction, All of the songs are written by me in my basement studio so please forgive all my flubs and my mediocre vocals. I love writing songs and recording and Charlie does too! Please let me know if you like it or not in the comments or if I should maybe just quit while I'm ahead!😂 I want to thank everybody that supports me and listens to my songs, they do come from my heart and not from a computer chip! Please join me on a journey through "LIFE"! Merry Christmas everybody and have a Happy New Year too!🙏😎✌🏼

"LIFE" (A Seven Song Mini Rock/Folk Operetta EP)

1] "NEW HOPE" (Instrumental)
2] "HELLO SUNSHINE"
3] "INCIDENTAL MUSIC FOR A DYING DAY" (Instrumental)
4] "STARFISH"
5] "CHILDHOOD DAYS"
6] "THE CLOCK"
7] "ONLY TIME REMAINS"

"LIFE (Part 1)" (Mini Rock Operetta) [Video - https://youtu.be/JFqUojifgMc]

     This song was written back in 2015 and it's one of my spiritual songs! It's about Faith and Hope and Prayer. I usually don't post any of my religious songs but it being so close to Christmas, I decided to share it with all my viewers and supporters. Charlie sang it beautifully back in 2015 and he played the harmonica as well, he did a great job! There are a lot of solos and a lot of key changes in this song, it's really more complex than I originally thought. The video was done earlier this year for this Christmas.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/BIhZnFzdZCw

     It's a very hopeful song and I hope you all enjoy it. You know, evil people are everywhere and they can take all of our freedoms and rights away but they can't take our faith away, so keep the faith everyone, love will find a way! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and let's pray for everlasting Heaven Hands to lift us up and give us hope! Take care!

“HEAVEN HANDS”

HEAVEN HANDS,     
WITH EACH TOUCH, I UNDERSTAND,    
WITH EACH NUDGE, I KNOW I CAN,      
MY STRENGTH LIES BETWEEN,
              
YOUR HEAVEN HANDS,   
CARRY ME ACROSS THE DESERT SANDS,     
GUIDE ME THROUGH EVERY FOOLISH PLAN,   
AND IF I LOSE MY FAITH,
     
THEY'LL LIFT ME UP,         
I FEEL THEIR POWER STIRRING IN MY SOUL,        
HELPING ME REASON WHEN I LOSE CONTROL,         
EASING MY BURDEN WITH A SINGLE WAVE,       
LEADING ME FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE,        
FOREVER HEALING ME,
                   
HEAVEN HANDS,  
WITH EACH TOUCH, I UNDERSTAND,   
WITH EACH NUDGE, I KNOW I CAN,     
MY STRENGTH LIES BETWEEN, 
YOUR EVERLASTING HEAVEN HANDS.

BY JIM VALDES © 2015

"HEAVEN HANDS" (Video - https://youtu.be/BIhZnFzdZCw)

       This song I wrote back in 2018 for Christmas/New Years time. It's another of my sugary, corny, feel good song that we all need right about now. I don't know what the future holds for us but I do remember how it used to be and how it used to be was fine with me! Charlie sang this one around the same time he sang "Autumn Woods". Watch the video on YouTube for an extra happy trip down Memory Lane just in time for New Year's Eve: 

https://youtu.be/shhU0SuCui4
     
         As in every New Year's Eve we like to remember good friends and family and hope that the New Year is better than the old one but I'm not too sure that will happen anymore! So here's my hope, that all of your memories remain sweet, the old ones and the new ones, and that we all have a Happy New Year!!! Let's pray and hope for much love and peace on Earth and goodwill towards all! Let's all fight to stay alive in 2025! May God look after us and help us! Cheers! 🥂 🍻 💝🎊🪅🥺

“SWEET MEMORIES”

SNOWFLAKES AND RAINDROPS,    
MOTHER’S GOODNIGHT KISS,     
WE NEEDED ONLY THIS,       
WHEN WE ALL WERE KIDS,
     
HOW ABOUT SOME,
COOKIES AND CHRISTMAS,    
PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK,    
SINGING WITH THE FAMILY,   
SUCH SWEET MEMORIES,

STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF,       
IT HAPPENS WHEN WE’RE SMALL,         
THAT MAGIC IN OUR HEARTS,         
WE JUST FORGET IT ALL,      
WE HIDE BEHIND A WALL,       
WHY CAN’T WE RECALL?
          
SWEEY MEMORIES, 
REMEMBER BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
LUCY ON T.V.   
TENDER HUGS FROM MOMMY,   
WHILE ON DADDY’S KNEE,  
SWEET MEMORIES,

STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF,     
IT HAPPENS WHEN WE’RE SMALL,    
THAT MAGIC IN OUR HEARTS,     
WE JUST FORGET IT ALL,     
WE HIDE BEHIND A WALL,     
WHY CAN’T WE RECALL?    
SWEEY MEMORIES. 

BY JIM VALDES © 2018

"SWEET MEMORIES" (Video - https://youtu.be/shhU0SuCui4)

I wrote this song during the pandemic and it's very much a double entendre kind of song, one is a murder/mystery in the winter and another being a woman's heart turning cold throughout the years and dreaming of ways of killing her husband! Don't tell me you women haven't thought about that at one time or another! (just kidding, I hope!)😂  It's the other side of the coin to "Sweet Dreams". It reflects that a heart can be warm, gentle, loving, and forgiving on the one hand but another heart can be cold, cruel, wicked, and hateful! Both songs and videos were made to be seen together as one, that's why I put them back to back bridging last year with this year! I have a very much warm and empathetic heart and feel sorry for those with a callous and cold heart. Without the video, I believe the song is very haunting but beautiful, with the video it becomes cold and cruel! Sorry about that and I hope I didn't offend anyone! Charlie sang the song very well and it's a very much keyboard driven song. Lot's of audio effects thrown in for fun. I hope everyone had a great Christmas & New Years! Now it's time to face that cold, cold, winter's heart! Stay warm!🥶🥶🥶

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/ZZnR0RAhSKg

“WINTER’S HEART”

OUTSIDE THE SNOW FALLS,     
LIKE SHOOTING STARS,    
FREEZING LOVE WITHIN HER,      
WINTER'S HEART,             
      
INSIDE THE RAINS COME, 
KEEPING US APART,   
DROWNING LOVE WITHIN HER,    
WINTER'S HEART, 
     
REMEMBER THE SUMMER,         
REMEMBER THE DANCE,        
BACK WHEN SPRING WAS OUR GUIDE TO ROMANCE,          
FLOWERS ALL BLOOMING,         
BIRDS WERE ON WING,         
WE WERE ONE WHEN LOVE WAS EVERYTHING,
          
OVER THE RAINBOW,   
BEYOND THE MOON,    
FRIGID LOVE WITHIN HER,    
WINTER'S GLOOM,     

UNDER THE HEAVENS,  
WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK,           
THORNY LOVE WITHIN HER,   
WINTER'S HEART,   
HER WINTER'S HEART,   
HER COLD, COLD, WINTER'S HEART.           
        
BY JIM VALDES
 © 2020

"WINTER'S HEART" (Video -https://youtu.be/ZZnR0RAhSKg)

Hi everybody, my name is Jim and I’m a songwriter, I've written over 300 songs, I play guitar, bass, piano, and am a pretty good 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, 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'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)! 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! If anyone wants to collaborate, I am more than willing to do so and help write music or lyrics with any artists here on SoundCloud! Take care!👍😎✌🏼.

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