Written and recorded around 1984 - live in my living room for an audience of one. I set up two mics and let tape roll.

When I Last Saw NY
Music & Lyrics by Steve Bittle

When I last saw New York
You were living there still
And somewhere 
I took a left turn
For the Mid-Western chill

Now, I’m not trying to say
That my life hasn’t gone
The way of my every scheme
But somehow
I must’ve gotten left behind
In the translation of the dream

It seems we go ‘round and ‘round
I’ve seen emotions rise up
And just as quickly they fall back down
I’ve seen those lonely nights
But I just can’t seem to find
The right road back to you
My New York
You 
My New York

Chicago ain’t such a bad place 
When seen through the eyes of The Blues
But don’t you try to hang too long
Because you know you’re bound to lose

And when you try to find your way home again
That feeling once familiar disappears
Another washed out bridge
And you’re looking over the edge
Across the canyon of the years

It seems we go ‘round and ‘round
I’ve seen emotions rise up
And just as quickly they fall back down
I’ve seen those lonely nights
But I just can’t seem to find
The right road back to you
My New York
You 
My New York

© Steve Bittle 1984

When I Last Saw New York

I wrote this in 1979 and recorded the backing tracks on a cassette (guitar, drums, bass) in a garage in Pasadena. The overdubs were done on a four track reel-to-reel in the front house.

She Loses Again

Wrote and recorded this - mid to late eighties, using a Fostex eight-track reel-to-reel in my LA apartment studio. I sing all of the parts & play all of the instruments.

I've Been Thinkin'

This was recorded live in Pasadena at the Pasadena Song Festival in the summer of 1979.

D’s Tune
Music & Lyrics – Steve Bittle

I love ya , Babe
You know that I do
It’s at times like these
I usually think about you
When I come home to you,  Babe
I’m glad that you’re there
It’s nice to know that somebody cares

You’ve got a really big nose
You’ve got hair on your chest
You’ve got weepy eyes
And your breath stinks at it’s best
You’ve got a black moustache
And a little white beard
But I  love you  Babe 
Even though you’re weird

You don’t know enough
To come in from the rain
You ain’t got no sense
 And it’s really a shame
You never wash your hair
Looks like you’ve got the mange
But I love you  Babe
Even though you’re strange

You run around all day
You never stay at home
Tell me, Honey
Why is it that you roam
I call your name
But you don’t hear the sound
But I love you, Babe
Though you’re  not around

I love you, Babe
O baby
I love you 
‘Cause you’re my …
Hound

© Steve Bittle 1978

D's Tune - LIVE

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We Could Try

This was written in Chicago in 1976. I had just quit a band to go solo and decided to produce a studio demo of 3 songs. This is the result of one tune with the help of some good musician friends. I am playing all guitars and singing lead vocals and high harmonies. I was listening to the Eagles a fair amount in those days. You can probably tell.

Sweet Nostalgia

Written and recorded for the same demo as Sweet Nostalgia.

Coming Your Way
Music & Lyrics by Steve Bittle

Why try and try 
When it all seems so hard
It’s just another time
You get hit from behind
And it knocks you clean off of your guard
Your fingers may tighten 
As your blood pressure heightens
But don’t let it determine your pace
It makes little difference 
So hang on to your good sense
And try hard to laugh in its face

CHORUS:
Just set your own course
And make life worth livin’
It’s all just a matter of space
Forget what they say
And try to be forgivin’
Soon things will be comin’ your way

Soon the goes down
And you look for your match in the dark
It’s been one of those days
And you’re so out of phase
That you find a short-circuited heart
And the search for goodness
Generates little interest
As the winds become hurricane force
But somehow those eyes
Make the temperature rise
And it melts you right down to the source

CHORUS

So long but the words go down
That you’ve looked to your soul to define
But all the pieces aren’t here
And you still have that fear
That you’re losing yourself in the line
They appear to sinkin’
But you try to keep ‘em thinkin’
That somewhere inside you can shine
And you know that that’s true
‘cause if it’s left up to you
It’s not hard to change the design

Chorus
                      ℗ & © Steve Bittle 1976

Coming Your Way

I wrote this when I was 19. It was recorded with a country band I was in in 1974 in Chicago, Redeye.

Moonlight Blues
Music & Lyrics by Steve Bittle

The moon's shinin’ bright
In this back room tonight
It's a long time I've been gone
I'll take myself around the block
I just don't feel I can talk to anybody
tonight

And I've had those times
I was wishin’ and cryin’
That I had the money to leave here
But it’s the same 
I know 
Anywhere I go
I'm just glad I’ve got enough to stay

There's more between us now than miles 
To know how to find my way back
It's so cold this September
It's getting hard to remember
Your body was warm like the spring 
next to mine
So many nights

And I've had those days
I was hopin’ and prayin’
That I’d have the courage to leave here
But it's the same
I know
Anywhere I go
I'm just glad I've got enough to stay

I should go to bed
I've got a long day ahead
I'll write later on when I can
The moon's going down
I can see it through the town
And it's a long time till the dawn


                                   ℗ & © Steve Bittle 1972

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