I have always wanted to cover this song.  If you aren't familiar, this is "In A Dream" by Badlands.  Badlands was a great band from the late 80's and early 90's.  Song has so much feeling, I honestly can't do 1/2 the job Ray Gillen did on it, but hopefully you enjoy it!

Thanks again to Almost Ghetto, for final mix on this.

In A Dream

Fun, upbeat tune, enjoy...  Was hoping to get my son to do the trombone part, but he was not up for the task.

ONLY PASSING BY
After 20 years you think you know me
You’ve still got a few tricks to show me
I look you in the eyes and I’m not seeing it
Spent half your life in my arms
I don’t think you appreciate my charm
I try to force your smile but you’re not having it
We’re reaching for stars they tell us we’ll never see
Our one and one is making three…
If I had a dime for every time you asked me what’s going on inside my head well I’d be rich
I think you ought to know that I never really needed anyone quite like this

You were only passing by when you stopped and changed my life
A moment frozen here in time when you stopped it changed my life

You think you see me in a different light today
A different angle a different kind of way
After all these years, well I ain’t changed a bit
I can barely tell you where we are
My intuition never got me all that far
Where we’ll be tomorrow, I just can’t predict
There is a time and place to build memories, mine is with you and you’re with me
A decade goes by in the blink of an eye but a beautiful sunset last ‘til the end of time
It goes on and on but I don’t question it

You took me in and you turned my life around
Turned me into someone I could believe in again…

You were only passing by when you stopped and saved my life
A moment frozen here in time when you stopped and saved my life

Not a day goes by that I don’t realize that I did, you did, we all did alright
It speaks volumes that I wouldn’t change a thing…

Thanks to Almost Ghetto for final mix.

Only Passing By

A heartfelt acoustic song.  "Storms outside can only mean a rainbow's on the way..."

Hero Today

Just a quick 1 minute fun tune about how people need to mind their own business and not worry about everyone else!

Every Second's Different

This is a Christmas song Finneus wrote and recorded many years ago (I'm guessing 2000) for airplay on WXRT.  Don' know if it ever made it on XRT, but considering it is Christmastime, here it is...

Christmas in the Windy City

2 mics, a singer and a guitar, played by a bass player...

I make it a point
Every morning to say
Good morning to you
It's what I do

Do you even notice
That I'm here
I wonder
I pray for you
I find myself in need of answers...

What I need to do
I need to make a change
Clouds outside can only mean a rainbow's on the way
What I need from you
A light to guide the way
I could use a hero today

The world has changed overnight
I see it
I don't want it to be true
Can we make this world a better place
Its up to me and you
I see the world in fits of anger...

What I need to do
I need to make a change
Clouds outside can only mean a rainbow's on the way
What I need from you
A light to guide the way
I could use a hero today

Hero Today (Acoustic)

Here's an old studio version of our cover of Movin' on Up.

Movin' on Up - Theme From the Jeffersons

I'm not here to make a political statement.  In my opinion, it is sad to see the destruction of our great country.  I wrote the song over the last 2 days after watching Chicago and now Aurora burn, 2 places close to my heart.  It isn't a great recording, but I wanted to put this out there ASAP and I suppose the fact that it isn't perfect captures the moment.  

Be about love, not hate.

BROKEN GLASS
The streets are sparkling today
Covered with the tears the city shed yesterday
I've never seen this much pain
How to we grieve, there's got to be a better way

Broken glass tells a story
If you can put it together again
Time will pass, but not the memory
Are we all just broken glass in the end?

Streets are empty today
Recovery is gonna have to wait
Not the way to heal the pain
Is this who we are? I just can't say

I've lived all my life
I've never seen things this way
Two wrongs aren't right
This is the price we pay
We must repent for the sins we've all made

Broken Glass

I write a lot of songs, not all of them fit the Finneus mold, I'm more of a folk, singer/songwriter type on the side...

EVERYTHING INTO EVERYTHING
If you ever say under your breath that things aren't that bad
If you treat your first cup of coffee like its the best you've ever had
If you're forever thankful for your mother and your dad
If you try to spread happiness in a world that's sad

Though you may not realize it this song is for you
Words and melody never rang so true
if you try to put everything into everything you do
Close your eyes hear the music this song is for you

If you reach down once in awhile and pull someone up
If you've ever needed that hand when things got rough
If you don't have all the answers but you do the best you can
If you're someone life would call an "also ran"

Though you may not understand it this world is for you
Words and melody never rang so true
If you try to put everything into everything you do
Close your eyes hear the music, this is for you

The smile on your face it doesn't always come easy
But you always find a way to put it there
You're always pulled in every direction under the sun
But you always find a way to show that you care

Though you may not understand it this song is for you
Words and melody never rang so true
If you try to put everything into everything you do
Close your eyes this song is for you
Close your eyes this song is for you
Hear the music and here's to you...

2020

Everything into Everything

Mellow tune, don't change what's broken...

I'm cutting up the pieces
The fabric of life
Fashion it together one day at a time

If I don't even know what I'm doing here
Tell me why am I gonna change?
If I don't even know what I'm doing here
Tell me why am I gonna change?

First there was me, then there was you
Then there were three that made up "we"

If everything's going according to plan
Tell me why are we gonna change?
If we don't have a problem
Tell me why are we gonna change?
Why are we gonna change?

Solo

Why Are We Gonna Change

Fun poppy song I wrote.  All parts performed by yours truly... Thanks to Jeff for the gospel clap idea at the end.

WHAT GOES UP

I've been a lot of places, I've seen a lot of things I shouldn't have seen
I've met a lot of people, I've said a lot of things I didn't mean
It gets a little harder to close your eyes and dream
When the road behind you is longer than the road you can see
What do I see?

What goes up, must come down
Everything it spins around
I'd like to think that I'll be here forever
But I know that its just not true
What goes up, must come down

I'm taking it easy, as easy as can be
Let the road less traveled have its way with me
Sit back and enjoy an Sunday afternoon
It may not be as peaceful one day soon...

CHORUS

Define the gravity its pulling me
Make it go away (oh... make it go away)
A living tragedy, it beckons me
Its begging me to stay (oh... make it go away)

CHORUS


(special thanks to Almost Ghetto for remixing this track)

What Goes Up

Fun Candy Pop tune.

Pop culture says I'm too old to be trendy
Does somebody have some youth that they can lend me?
Couple years went by I had some things to do
World thinks it passed me by, that simply isn't true

Tear me up to put me back together
Lift me up just to put me down
Riding on this carousel forever
Can't get off this world go round

Trying to look younger by 40
Feeling like a burden by 60
Experts say I've got nothing to worry about
Turn on the news, listen to them scream and shout

Tear me up to put me back together
Lift me up just to put me down
Hiding from this hurricane forever
Can't get off this world go round

This old message ends today
Your words won't get in my way
This old dog has got some new tricks on the way
Second act begins today

(special thanks to Almost Ghetto for remixing this tune)

World Go Round

I'm the bassist and lead singer with the band Finneus.  The majority of what I post here is solo material where I have done the majority of the work myself using ProTools.  I've been hammering away on the bass since about 1988, but I dabble with guitar and keys enough to make me dangerous on most of what you'll hear out here.  I write all kinds of stuff, so the majority of what is here is stuff that doesn't fit into Finneus' wheelhouse, so I recorded it myself.

YoungDav

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