You pull me apart while you push me away You know I can’t leave and I know you can’t stay It’s a dangerous game on a jagged playground  You slay with a blink and you wound with a sigh You drive me to drink while you’re draining me dry I cry to the sky ‘(my tears start to fly)cause it’s all upside down ********* Why do you never And I always always How could you ever Please don’t finish the phrase It’s a rhetorical question Wile our whole life’s ablaze Why do I never And you always always  When it’s time for you There’s no time for me I’m chained to my word And you just have to be free But I pay and I pay and I pay and I pay

nice one :) but please change your profile pic !!! LOL

Love the lyrics, and melody. Full package, the story fits the mood...

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww yep.  yep.  mm mmm mmm mmm ...... slide is NICE, pacing, MELODY MELODY MELODY HOOK HOOOK HOOOOOK ---- what a lofty lofty hook man.  this is a KEEPER.  your vocal is blowing my mind man.  its DEAD dry and so so pure and raw and on point.  I have to think, dude like you, consciously leaves reverb off the lead?  this feels ALMOST motownish, so flip a coin on reverb there.....curious tho.  its epic, emotive, soulful - I adore this track man.  give you a nickel to let me try a mix?  its gorgeous man.

Hungry Ghost by Wendy Colonna 
Lyrics:
There’s a hungry ghost that hides
 in the box of the things you left behind
when you died so many years ago, so many years ago

A half dozen virgins and saint anthony
Who preached to the fish and recovered lost things
I wonder if he ever helped you to find
The kindness you lost in the snow. . . 

so many years ago Oh oh, ohhh
so many years ago Oh oh, ohhh

There’s a hungry ghost that sings
from the hammond spinet made back in 63
Where you played so many years ago, so many years ago

The button upholstered bench filled up with hymns
Voice raised to the heavens, confessions, amens
could they ever forgive you, would they even know
How many times you tried . . .  

so many years ago Oh oh, ohhh
so many years ago Oh oh, ohhh

Ooh oooohhhh

There’s a hungry ghost that whispers 
to the heart of a small boy who’s gazing out through 
Your dark chocolate eyes just like you did so many years ago

A photograph moves him like he knew you then
His eyes fill with sorrow like you were old friends
We hide all the letters you filled with dead ends
Did you ever make amends? 

So many years ago

Hungry Ghost

Patina

Dave Madden - Patina

STILL HERE

WORN AND WEATHERED, TATTERED AND TORN
BATTERED BY WAVES SINCE THE DAY IT WAS BORN 
BEACON OF LIGHT, YEAR AFTER YEAR
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, BUT IT’S STILL HERE

CAST IN BRONZE FOR ALL TO GAZE
A WARRIOR RIDES THROUGH THE MIST AND THE HAZE
1000 YEARS AGO THE PEOPLE ALL CHEERED 
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, BUT IT’S STILL HERE

9000 YEARS OLD SITTING IN THE LOUVRE
AIN GHAZAL STILL TRYING TO FIND HIS GROOVE
REALITY’S ALTERED WITH A LOOK OR A LEER
HE’S NOT WHAT HE SEEMS, BUT HE’S STILL HERE  
 
13.8 BILLION YEARS OF UNIVERSAL EVOLUTION
AND WE’RE STILL HERE LIVING WITH INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
SOMEHOW WE STILL MAKE IT YEAR AFTER YEAR
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, AT LEAST WE’RE STILL HERE

OH, WE’RE STILL
WE’RE STILL HERE
YOU BETTER STAND CLEAR
OH, MAN

2022

Still Here

Song #3
I wrote this song for my daughter who is currently going through a lot. Her father is in stage for terminal cancer and she is also experiencing bullying at school. When I got the prompt for this song it made me think of my daughter because she is so strong and chimaera means goddess.

Lyrics

Your love song lullaby 

Oh sweet little one, you can cry
And I will hold you all through the night
The worlds a hard place, it can hurt you when you’re down
But I wrote you this love song, your lullaby

Know that you’re loved, know that I care
You’re so unique and bright with so much inside left to share
The sky is the limit it’s all up to you
And I can’t wait to see
See what you will do

I know you’re hurting, I know you’re scared
But your Going to make it and I will be right there
Stand for what you believe in don’t back down
I love who you are
Im so proud

-solo-

So breathe, close your eyes
Know that I’m with you all the time
The world is a hard place, it can hurt you when you’re down
But I wrote you this love song
I’ll seeing you this love song
Your love song lullaby

Written & performed by Jeska
Harmonica by Guy Forsyth

Love song lullaby

I searched high and low
For the Holy Grail
But I lost my way 
And each time I failed 

Oh it took so long
To understand
That the boy must die
To become a man

So this hero’s quest
Was just foolish pride
Driven by desire
To feed the child inside

There’s no glory in
Tying to fight alone
Just to show I’m strong
Out here on my own

If you lift me up
I won’t let you down
When it’s time to take a stand

With this empty cup 
And this broken crown
I will bless this holy land

I have lived my life
As the Shadow King
Hiding from the pain 
That the world would bring

As the tyrant I
Cried a million tears
As the weakling I 
Hid from all my fears

Now I take my place
On this rusted throne
With a kingdom that
I can call my own

I restore the world
With this fertile seed
To spring forth a hope
In our time of need

If you lift me up
I won’t let you down
When it’s time to take a stand

With this empty cup 
And this broken crown
I will bless this holy land

The King

A sit down with Steve James part six

Here's this week's entry for Brewski's songwriting thingy. The prompt was "against the grain" and the song wasn't supposed to rhyme. I improvised the lyrics and then overdubbed the Bobby Fuller 4 bit.

I Never Liked Bob Seger

6:8 something

from a radio broadcast in Austin Texas celebrating Mardi Gras......Jazz Pharaohs w/Martin Banks.

6:8 something

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