Good melody and lyrics. The strumming an singing is sounding really strong.

great lines and strong visuals-the title and key theme is very effective.

This is really well put together, Tamara. Great hook in the chorus, and the bridge really stands out from the rest of the song without being too different. And the melody and lyrics flow together nicely.

Oooh, those vocals are coming through nice and strong, Tamora! I remember this one - I like this version of it very much!

I love the clarity in the lyrics and memorable progression in the chords and melody.

In the style of a rebound roll-in-the-hay, this is my first recording after my post-house-move slump. We're all a bit shame-faced about it, but it needed doing.

Based on a couple of quotes from Rumi (which may or may not have required some pumped-up beats), here are the lyrics:
This being human is a guest house
Each morning brings a new arrival

A joy, depression, or a meanness,
Or unexpectedly, a momentary awareness

Welcome every one them
Even crowds of sorrows,
who sweep your out house violently
And strip your things away,
Still, treat each guest honorably,
And entertain each visitor
They may be making space in you
for some new delight

The da-ark thought, the shame, the malice,
MEET them at the door laughing...
Invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
Each one’ s a guide sent from the beyond

Chorus

Today, 
like every other day, 
we wake up empty
and frightened
Don't grab your phone, no
Reach for your guitar

Let the beauty
we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways 
to kneel and kiss the ground.

Guesthouse

"Greed (What More Do You Want)" (#489, 210807)

 * co-written with Texas Dave * 

I’m sick of my Ford
Lord gimme’ a Cadillac
I always want more
Ain’t that a fact

Look in the mirror and ask myself
What I’d say to someone else

What more do you want
What more do you need
When we already have it all
Anything more is greed

My bathtub’s too little
Give me a pool
A fountain in the middle
That would be cool

Look in the mirror and ask myself
What I’d say to someone else

What more do you want
What more do you need
When we already have it all
Anything more is greed

Could use more money
How about my own bank
And a good lookin’ honey
Please and thanks

Week 32 - Greed (What More Do You Want) 210807

The ninth tale of Snow and Cherry

When souls collide

love is the answer
to the pain in your soul, she said
what you're looking for
you won't find it in here

well, I don't believe it, he said
what if you're wrong, you know,
you've been wrong before
you don't know me at all

in his mind
her words
sting like a paper cut
if she's right
all he's known comes tumbling down

love is a journey, she points
and I'm getting off, he scorns
what makes you so sure?
well, I don't care anymore

In her heart
she knows
this is a story of when
the person's right
but the timing is off

oh oh the timing is off oh oh

love isn't easy
but it's worth the fall, I heard
the pain is assured
but the heartbreak is a choice

I know now
this is a story of 
when souls collide
but the timing is off

they might not meet again, that's right
but will never forget

on oh oh life goes on

Tales of Snow and Cherry

When souls collide

Copyright Erin Wolf 2021

*Note about the song: Bit of a ramble inspired by an old bit of writing and a friend's recent break-up and the notion that even though it needed to happen, it still hurt. 

i speak, you listen
you speak and i listen
something has broken, shifted, and changed
i spoke my truth, i feel you did the same

we said we'll continue on
but we can't the way we used to 
we're too kind, too polite, too complimentary
oh we're masking all our heartbreak in this reverie 

(oooooooohs and woooooaaaahhhs for days)

we offer thanks and apologies
like our feelings are somehow too much
oh it's more than what we can give one another, darling
oh we need more than what we can give, oh darling

oh we were so kind
oh and we just kept trying not to cry
trying not to cry

and these words are true
they say that time will take away everything
but they can't take away these damn memories

and maybe, oh maybe,
someday, someday i will find
i will find it'll sting less
than it does tonight

maybe it'll sting less 
than it does tonight

wish you all the best
oh you wish me all the best
maybe we'll find true joy someday
maybe someday

Turn Away

Revisiting some of my band Side Street catalog from 1970s with some new musicians on board - Jarod Fedele on drums and Neal Morse on lead guitar.

Sunstroke

"Meet Me Where I Am" (#500, 210906)

Somethin' strange about these feet of mine
There's some roads they just can't seem to find
My eyes see where the highway should be at
But I can't get half the places on this map

I set out early long before the dawn
Somehow the best directions steer me wrong
All that I can think to do is pray
That you would show the mercy of your name

Meet me where I am like you always do
Lead me by the hand please I'm beggin' you
Fix this broken man fill my heart again
I need you still meet me where I am

There's nothin' wrong at all with best laid plans
But I know who can do the things I can't
So when I'm stuck it's clear as any bell
It's time to hit my knees and ask for help

Week 36 - Meet Me Where I Am (210906)

So... I think this is the final version of this song.  Chords and melody are different than the last version.  

Been working on it for a couple months, so perhaps it doesn't qualify as a SAW submission -- but it is because of SAW that this song exists.  Enjoy!

Jumping Through Hoops

Slinky dress I wear
Spend money on hair
Just to be who you desire
I can’t speak my mind
When you waste my time
Then call my friend a liar
And all these games tire me

I’m not jumping through hoops for you
First you promise my dreams come true
Then you make me look like a fool
I’m not jumping through hoops for you

I was broken down
Then you came around
And helped me through the fire
I was hooked again
Then you left on a whim
To someone who jumps higher
And how can I admire you

I’m not jumping through hoops for you
First you promise my dreams come true
Then you make me look like a fool
I’m not jumping through hoops for you

So many say they were lost the same way
Running ‘round in loops
There’s no easy way out, sometimes you have to shout
Way up high on the roof

I’m not jumping through hoops for you
First you promise my dreams come true
Then you make me look like a fool
I’m not jumping through hoops for you

Jumping Through Hoops Oct 2021 - 10:15:21, 6.09 PM

"Buy Me A Pink Balloon" (#532, 211102)

Everyone gets older a little every day
Wiser too if they really listen
But we've been gettin' younger somehow someway
In the kisses we been kissin'

Children long for presents every holiday
To ring in the occasion
Well you're the greatest thing I ever celebrate
Always worth the waitin'

Buy me a pink balloon and I'll sing a song for you
Dance the world away right by my side
It happens once a year the moon so big and clear
Won't you raise a glass with me tonight

Hand in hand there's nothin' nothin' we can't do
Walkin' next to you feels so right
Later on this evening make a wish or two
Candles burnin' bright

Buy me a pink balloon and I'll sing a song for you
Dance the world away right by my side
It happens once a year the moon so big and clear
Won't you raise a glass with me tonight

Week 44 - Buy Me A Pink Balloon (211102)

Copyright Erin Wolf 2021
feat. Saoirse

Week 44 - Buy Me A Pink Balloon

Photo credit: Amazon ad (What can I say? Time was short this week. Ope.)

buy me a pink balloon
from a creature in a black lagoon
as the blue bird croons
a song for me and you

even when skies are grey
the golden sun hides away
purple haze or purple rain
i'll sing this song for you

i'll sing, i'll sing
somewhere over the rainbow
we'll find, we'll find
you and i

beneath the big ol' silver moon
orange fire crackles and the loon
cries out its gentle tune
for me and you

as we sit on this green, green grass
see the swooping bats as they pass
brown and big as rats
so glad to share this with you

i'll sing, i'll sing
somewhere over the rainbow
we'll find, we'll find

oh somewhere over the rainbow
we'll find, we'll find
you and i

Somewhere, We'll Find You And I

songaweek2021

this is just a little beginning of something I want to write to the memory of my Grandparents -they were the sweetest. :) 

I once caught a bus to the ocean
I sat with my sister and nan
From Randwick to Coogee it’s not very far 
We went by bus coz my nan had no car

She’d married a man Jack the Barber
Who always had time for a chat
Their love was my standard they rarely did fight
A marriage like theirs shone more brightly than bright

Jumping Through Hoops Oct 2021 - 10:15:21, 6.09 PM

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