This is about Mary, the Mother of God and mother of us all. For those who aren't Catholic, Catholics don't worship Mary, we honor her and pray for her intercession, just as people ask other people to pray for them. Mary brings us to Jesus.
This is the well known Catholic prayer, Come Holy Spirit. I have my whole family singing on this one and my brother Mike also playing bass. We switch off singing lead - myself first, Mark next and then Mike.
I wrote this in the early 1990's during Desert Storm and after a conversation with my brother-in-law, Er4ic, t the time who was sent over there to fight.
This is a song about prayer.
Come Down
G-----------D-------------Am-----------Em------
Come down to your living room, Here I await you
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Amidst velvet petals strewn on your…
This is a song about prayer.
Come Down
G-----------D-------------Am-----------Em------
Come down to your living room, Here I await you
G-------------CaddD----G----------------D--
Amidst velvet petals strewn on your…
This is about trying to follow Our Lord and that to be an authentic Christian one will often one's self going against the ways of the world.
Heart Of A Servant
No one wants to be a servant
Everyone wants to be in charge
No one wants…
My wife got me a mandolin for either Christmas or a birthday and I think this was one of the first songs I wrote on it.
My Father
Here in this foreign land
The Lord God takes my hand
One day - the Promised Land
And no more I’ll cry…
I wanted this song to sound like something Chris Isaak would do.
Crying
Intro:
Em C6 Bsus7 B7
Em C6 Bsus7 B7
Em------------B7---
Where are you now?
G-----------D#dim7
What can I do?
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This was written for my mother, Frances Lisney who died on 1/04/08. She was a saintly woman. The guitar is in a full D tuning.
Thanksgiving
Though it was the right time
We feel so alone
How the tears are burning
Our Lord has called you home…
This song came from prayer and is to give hope and encouragement to all who are having trouble moving forward due to their past.
Lift Up Your Head
Young lamb torn and bleeding
Caught in barbed wire, scared and alone
While…
The production of this song was influenced by Paul McCartney's song "Sing the Changes"
He Calls Me
I’ll climb rugged mountains
I’ll swim through the sea
I’ll walk hills and valleys
My Lord is calling me
Oh, He calls me,
Yes, He calls me…
This is a poem written by my late grandmother, Margaret Nina Hogan, written for her first daughter, Dolores. This was probably written in the early 1930's in England. My grandmother wrote a lot of poems throughout her life and i have put about…
This is the story of Abraham and Isaac and how this prefigures the Eternal Sacrifice of Jesus.
The Promise
Intro: ¾ Em D C G Cm G Am B7
Em D C G Cm G D Em…
The production of this song was influenced by Paul McCartney's song "Sing the Changes"
He Calls Me
I’ll climb rugged mountains
I’ll swim through the sea
I’ll walk hills and valleys
My Lord is calling me
Oh, He calls me,
Yes, He calls me…
i wrote this for the Martin Guitar and Lifespan guitar strings contest and didn't get anywhere with it! it's a simple song with a simple message to love one another as Our Lord loves us. it easy to say but hard to do! i initially called the song…
More "love is mislabeled" music.
ROCKS
How many times have you heard someone say, "I thot it would go on forever"?
How many times have you scratched your head and thot, "How clever."?
There's a rock in Yosemite that will probably stand…
James, ThANKS for taking the time to comment on my songs. You are certainly a prolific writer and have so much uploaded. Isn't it a blessing to be gifted by God this way. There is tremendous satisfaction from making music!
Paul
Finally, finished this one. Its been a battle finding time and fending off a few bouts with allergies and colds etc...A very windy winter and early spring season in the desert was one of the worst in many years. Hoping to get to working on some…
Another Live performance with former band mates in Scartaglen back in 1988 on the NPR show Mountain Stage. This time a piece of Gaelic mouth music followed by 3 reels. Maybe the most complex arrangement of a set of tunes that we ever did.
First new one from me in a long time.
Kind of a love song, I guess.
Recorded in my new "studio" (3rd bedroom in the new house). Almost up and running now... shine and don't stop wondering!
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**Shine - A A J Russe**
On my way…
New original from me, hot off the old wotsit.
When it was half written yesterday, I was considering binning it as a throwaway exercise - I do that quite often. But I played the songwriting demo to someone else and, er, apparently I should finish…
This is a remix of this song.
It was recorded in 2010, and I was in a hurry to post it elsewhere because I'm so fond of the song itself. But I've always hated the old mix - I lost the essence of the guitars and choirs during mastering because…
While I was writing 'Afterall' I was also putting this song together. This is about a ghost who is haunted by his own past and what mistakes he had made in his former life.
Recorded using Reaper DAW & Jamstix virtual drummer software.
This is an ode for a good friend of mine that had took his own life at the end of last year. I was in the midst of writing some other songs and it stopped me in my tracks. I just wrote basically how I felt about this tragic ending to a very special…
Comments on Paul Lisney's stuff
...another beautiful vocal and melody.
Oh, I'm liking this!
The link to your web site isn't working for me.
Beautiful. Voice, voices.
This is beautiful.
Lovely melodies!!
Pleasant vocals, nice strumming technique on that mandolin, love the bridge, beautiful melody.
Very pretty. I like the mandolin, and the refrain.
Love it! Well done
Love those harmonies.
You nailed it.
well done.
Great Family Effort. I like the way it bounces along.
How nice to be able to include your family.Love this. I'm a fan.
Wonderful - and I think it does its job too. Fabulous chorus.
I like this a lot.
I was in need of a wake up.....love the production on this...its very uplifting...much more than this morning java;)
Beautiful.
Oh yes. Fabulous.
I was listening to them in order, enjoying everything, and then suddenly this one kicked into action - quite woke me up :) Loving what you're doing.
Comments made by Paul Lisney
This is really nice - a nice piano, pretty melody, and a good arrangement with the strings. I like the title also.
Hi Glenn, Glad you are enjoying the songs. Sorry, I don't have a facebook page but you can find me on You Tube. Paul
James, ThANKS for taking the time to comment on my songs. You are certainly a prolific writer and have so much uploaded. Isn't it a blessing to be gifted by God this way. There is tremendous satisfaction from making music! Paul
Nice voice AND MELODY.
Great performance - very talented musicians.
Very pretty!
Lovely playing - great atmosphere.
This is really good - nice production and a catchty melody. Thanks also for listening to my own songs and taking the time to comment. Paul
Very nice sound!
I like this song.
The harmonies toward the are striking!
Another good one. The strings are really nice and fit the mood of the piece so well.
Nice voice and a nice atmosphere to the whole song.