Don McCarthy– pedal steel, electric guitar
Nathan McCarthy– bass
David Partridge– vocal, keys, percussion
Produced in Nova Scotia by David Partridge
Words and music by David Partridge

JUMP IN THE POOL
I’ve gone seeking secondhand sunlight
I didn’t leave a note.
I’ve thrown the bread upon the water, I don’t expect it to float.
If I return home burnt and foolish.
 Don’t you be surprised.
It starts as just a whisper but the  voices always rise.
 
CHORUS:
Jump in the pool, jump in the pool.
Remember to kick, you’re nobody’s fool.
You’ll never get anywhere, toes on the brink
As likely to swim as you are to sink
The water is not as cold as you think,
Just jump in the pool.
 
I used to be a thing that you treasured
Now there’s much less care.
It’s nature’s way for shiny to tarnish left out in the air.
I return home empty-handed 
more & more & more,
Not a trace in either palm of what you sent me for.
REPEAT CHORUS
 
BRIDGE:
Once we swam out in the ocean 
The wonder and the bliss.
That’s the moment that I cradle 
When it comes to this.
I know it’s not the way you live– 
A slave to darker whim
It calls me to the water’s edge 
Uncertain I can swim.
REPEAT CHORUS

JUMP IN THE POOL

Don "Zorro of Sorrow" McCarthy– electric guitars
David Partridge– vocals, keys, production
Nathan McCarthy– bass
Produced in Nova Scotia by David Partridge
Words and music by David Partridge
MELTING

      
My fingers struggle to open
Too busy forming a fist  
I  have an impulse to help but
My hands look small on the ends of my wrists
Thank heavens water nurtures the trees 
But when lightning strikes it puts a spark on the breeze
Makes me ill at ease.

CHORUS:
I’m melting, I’m melting, my heart’s on fire in my chest
I’m melting, I’m melting like the wicked witch 
The wicked witch of the west

My eyes aren’t easy to  open
My sleep’s important to me 
But when the light floods the windows
I do not like what I don’t want to see
Power glows– we all know what that brings– Just more
hungry men who want to rule us like kings
Poison’s what that brings.

CHORUS:
I’m melting, I’m melting, my heart’s on fire in my chest
I’m melting, I’m melting like the wicked witch 
The wicked witch of the west

BRIDGE:
Red is blood, not just the colour of your shoes,
(Those ruby shoes)
Run, come quick, there’s flying monkeys on the news.
 
CHORUS:
I’m melting, I’m melting, my heart’s on fire in my chest
I’m melting, I’m melting like the wicked witch 
The wicked witch of the west.

MELTING

Here’s my arrangement of Billy Joel’s classic song “She’s Always a Woman to Me”.  


Arrangement Copyright Dan Swanson 2025

She's Alway a Woman to Me (cover)

Billy Joel’s classic “In a New York State of Mind” in my arrangement for solo guitar.


Arrangement Copyright Dan Swanson 2025

New York State of Mind (cover)

I Will is one of my favorite melodies from Paul McCartney, it hearkens back to an earlier time in the Beatles musical journey.  Enjoy!

Arrangement Copyright Dan Swanson 2025

I Will (cover)

This may be the Beatles most haunting song, if not, at least one of them.  It actually lays quite nicely for solo guitar. Enjoy!

Arrangement Copyright Dan Swanson 2025

Because (cover)

Lennon & McCartney's classic from when their songwriting was really, IMO, starting to gel.  The original featured John on acoustic guitar and vocal as well as George on guitar plus an added 12-string, Paul on bass and Ringo on tambourine.  It's fun song to play.


You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (cover)

I Love’s You Porgy is George Gershwin’s haunting song from his opera, Porgy and Bess.  Here is my arrangement for solo guitar.  Enjoy!

Arrangement Copyright Dan Swanson 2025

I Loves You, Porgy (cover)

I’ve liked this song since I first heard it almost 40 year since ago (gulp) - it was a big hit for Cyndi Lauper.  It’s a fun song to play in guitar and one I hope you’ll enjoy listening to.



Arrangement Copyright Dan Swanson 2025

Time After Time (cover)

As seasons change, there is a desire to return to the long lazy days of summer, this song takes me there.  Here’s my cover of Mary Chapin-Carpenter’s lovely song, “What If We Went to Italy”.  I’ve always enjoyed her song writing and this is among my favorites that she’s written and performed.


Arrangement Copyright Dan Swanson 2025

JUMP IN THE POOL

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