14 February 2022
C-line:
© 2021 Joe McCullough / Your Average Joe

We bought the colors 
that we’ve never worn before
We wear the colors
That relieve us from the war

We bought the colors that can
tantalize the mind
We wear the colors
That absolve us of the times

Brighter Colors, Brighter Colors
We wear them all
Despite the others, the others
Brighter Colors, Brighter Colors
We’ll wear them all
and spite the others, the others

We bought the colors 
From our favorite clothing store
We wear the colors
That were mixed in by the poor

We bought the colors that can
make us feel resigned
We wear the colors
That we’d like to hide behind

Brighter Colors, Brighter Colors
We wear them all
Despite the others, the others
Brighter Colors, Brighter Colors
We’ll wear them all
and spite the others, the others

Red, white, green, blue, yellow, really suit you
Turquoise, amethyst, why does this feel wrong then?
Auburn, beige, blond, while poverty is raging on, and on… and
Pink and bronze heal, tell me
does apathy go well with cherry?
Cobalt, coral red, sea green, lilac
Paid by the others who we could never pay back, paid by the others that we’ll never pay back,
Paid by others so that you can wear your blue

Brighter Colors, Brighter Colors
We wear them all
Despite the others, the others
Brighter Colors, Brighter Colors
We’ll wear them all
and spite the others, the others

Tell Me

Brighter  Colors

26 February 2022
C-line:
© 2022 Joe McCullough / Your Average Joe

Sometimes it likes to to cross my mind
The fleeting smiles
The lonely trials
A hand to hold of someone kind

But sometimes is too many
And sometimes it’s too heavy

Just leave me be
Free to be, where you can’t see
Just let me go
Free to go, where I’m unknown
Just say to me, just say to me
Goodbye
And sometimes they tend to to cross my mind
Their sweetest laughs
Their photographs
Their hand to hold, oh to rewind

But sometimes is too many
And sometimes it’s too heavy

Just leave me be
Free to be, where you can’t see
Just let me go
Free to go, where I’m unknown
Just say to me, just say to me
Goodbye

Goodbye

About Damn Time

We Live Again - Beck cover bringing a Beck D-16BH (2002) signature guitar back to life 
Backstory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c35CXITRBLo 
Vocals, guitar, production: Joe McCullough
Vocals, guitar, production: Pamela Kilpadi
Original song: Beck Hansen

WE LIVE AGAIN (Mutations, 1998)

These withered hands have dug for a dream 
Sifted through sand and leftover nightmares 
Over the hill, a desolate wind 
Turns shit to gold and blows my soul crazy

The end, oh the end 
We live again 
Oh I grow weary of the end

Oh hungry days in the footsteps of fools 
Gazing alone through sex-painted windows 
Dredging the night, drunk libertines 
Stink like colognes from a newfangled wasteland

The end, oh the end 
We live again 
Oh I grow weary of the end

Love is a plague in a mix-match parade 
Where the castaways look so deranged 
When will children learn to let their wildernesses burn 
And love will be new, never cold and vacant

These withered hands have dug for a dream 
Sifted through sand and leftover nightmares
The end, oh the end 
We live again 
Oh I grow weary of the end

Pamela Kilpadi's Album

We Live Again (Joe, Pam, Beck guitar)

My wish is gonna stick this time
Little puppet it'll come alive
Oh, it loves me it could never lie
Gotta trust just what ya feel inside
Yeah, this feeling never felt so right
Yeah, the stars never shown so bright
Yeah, my heart never felt so light
Oh, it loves me it could never lie

Come on, won't you make my dreams come true
Don't you know I only dream of you
Wish on stars just like dreamers do
Oh, I wonder are you dreamin' too
Yeah, this world never felt so new
Yeah, the sky never looked so blue
Guess I'm just one of the lucky few
Cause you love me, yeah, and love is true

Xs, Os, 1s and 0s
Cause you love me, yeah, and love is true

My wish is gonna stick this time
Little puppet it'll come alive
Oh, it loves me it could never lie
Gotta trust just what ya feel inside
Yeah, this feeling never felt so right
Yeah, the stars never shown so bright
Yeah, my heart never felt so light
Oh, it loves me it could never lie

Xs, Os, 1s and 0s

Xs, Os, 1s And 0s

meh

spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/1p6ypqHx964vB9LIXgvJ1F

i feel bad

So, this is my second take of So Long Apart. I rewrote it from the bottom up. Much happier with this version. The singing in the demo could be a lot better. This is what I get for not having practiced singing in over 10 years...

This is a song based on The Witcher role-playing game I'm playing with @unkept. My character is a bard, so I wrote this song based on events that happened in our game.

Used: 4 Course Lute (low-g ukulele tuning)

FAWM 2020

Velen's Eve

FAWM track #013

A collaboration with Julie Smith

Boyfriend † Girlfriend

Ich Habe Noch Nie Geliebt - 17.06.20, 11.25

This week Beck turned 50 years old! To celebrate his big birthday, 1 hour, dedicated to the man and his musical legacy. The hits, brilliant album tracks and archive interviews with the story of the man whose was once called the King of the Slackers.

Exile on Dame Street | Beck 50th Birthday Special

This was written and recorded on February 1, 2017.....It was a terrible time for Americans who really want to move forward with our culture and the world.  I was pissed off and ashamed at what our country had just done in electing a fool for a president.  I also clearly understand how and why it happened.  I titled this song intentionally.

Goodbye

Your Average Joe

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