you tell me what you want
you tell what you need
i cant give you nothing honey
but this pretty little seed
where has the sun gone
and is it gone forever
will it come back someday
should we just give it some time
i ask you what…
Neat tune! It reminds me of a Leonard Cohen/Roger Waters kind of thing. There was also a band a number of years back called King Swamp that this REALLY reminds me of.
i am thinking about words tonight
they can be hard as nails
they-can be as shapeless as water
they can break your heart
they can hang like a chain
hold you up for years
cause you to think twice
take away your fears
you are falling in love…
i saw the curtains changing color
i watched the sun room come alive
i have been sitting in this rocker
wondering when you might arrive
i am hoping for redemption
cant stand the way i feel
i know it is only passing through me
rivers flood…
Thanks for the explanation. It is a beautiful song, and also very sad. And yet, there is something in it that sounds like the need to keep going, regrets and all. Nice work!
(If you want to hear a song with a similar theme, check out Droodle's song, "Jesus Bun")
i saw the curtains changing color
i watched the sun room come alive
i have been sitting in this rocker
wondering when you might arrive
i am hoping for redemption
cant stand the way i feel
i know it is only passing through me
rivers flood…
you are like the rain that falls with the snow
or is it the other way around
i dont know
all i know is i love you
and cant get above you
it is driving with no place to go
the muscle and the bone i find
that keeps my heart in line
just…
i am thinking about words tonight
they can be hard as nails
they-can be as shapeless as water
they can break your heart
they can hang like a chain
hold you up for years
cause you to think twice
take away your fears
you are falling in love…
you tell me what you want
you tell what you need
i cant give you nothing honey
but this pretty little seed
where has the sun gone
and is it gone forever
will it come back someday
should we just give it some time
i ask you what…
you are like the rain that falls with the snow
or is it the other way around
i dont know
all i know is i love you
and cant get above you
it is driving with no place to go
the muscle and the bone i find
that keeps my heart in line
just…
i am thinking about words tonight
they can be hard as nails
they-can be as shapeless as water
they can break your heart
they can hang like a chain
hold you up for years
cause you to think twice
take away your fears
you are falling in love…
in my head i am wondering in the desert
and the night sky is so
full of pregnant stars
the world outside is so fertile
and i feel so fertile too
i know in my heart
you are fertile too
i feel so far from home now
i feel so far from…
you tell me what you want
you tell what you need
i cant give you nothing honey
but this pretty little seed
where has the sun gone
and is it gone forever
will it come back someday
should we just give it some time
i ask you what…
i saw the curtains changing color
i watched the sun room come alive
i have been sitting in this rocker
wondering when you might arrive
i am hoping for redemption
cant stand the way i feel
i know it is only passing through me
rivers flood…
Great tune! I like the way you write.
Thanks for your post, I do not know phil marshall,
maybe you could hip me to him. If you get to Newport, look up Bob Madden, great drummer! He would dig you songs too!
three striped gum
falls out of an old dresser drawer
fills my head with memories from before
causes me to close the door
i feel rotten to the core
three striped gum
falls out of my pocket in the rain
what would have happened if i played…
i am thinking about words tonight
they can be hard as nails
they-can be as shapeless as water
they can break your heart
they can hang like a chain
hold you up for years
cause you to think twice
take away your fears
you are falling in love…
you tell me what you want
you tell what you need
i cant give you nothing honey
but this pretty little seed
where has the sun gone
and is it gone forever
will it come back someday
should we just give it some time
i ask you what…
when i was 18 i took in a runaway
she crawled into my bed on the 7th day
i played her music and i cooked her food
i did everything i thought i should
i let her sleep late and i paid her way
then her dad showed up one day
well she had grown…
i am thinking about words tonight
they can be hard as nails
they-can be as shapeless as water
they can break your heart
they can hang like a chain
hold you up for years
cause you to think twice
take away your fears
you are falling in love…
thanks for your comments. i hope to be more active on alone tone next year when i have my own computer. tell me a little about your recording process. peace brother
you tell me what you want
you tell what you need
i cant give you nothing honey
but this pretty little seed
where has the sun gone
and is it gone forever
will it come back someday
should we just give it some time
i ask you what…
i saw the curtains changing color
i watched the sun room come alive
i have been sitting in this rocker
wondering when you might arrive
i am hoping for redemption
cant stand the way i feel
i know it is only passing through me
rivers flood…
you tell me what you want
you tell what you need
i cant give you nothing honey
but this pretty little seed
where has the sun gone
and is it gone forever
will it come back someday
should we just give it some time
i ask you what…
Well I been playing the blues for so long
Kinda feel like playing jazz x 2
I dig the random instrumentation.
Play this in eight over three and a half
I been playing the blues for so long, make me feel like tryna rap x 2
I think I'll call…
I heard a story about you
I didnt want it to be true
But it felt like it might
You, well it was all about you
and how the things that you do
Seem strangely undone
And life doesnt help out the weak
A lifetime tends to bring you some…
when i was 18 i took in a runaway
she crawled into my bed on the 7th day
i played her music and i cooked her food
i did everything i thought i should
i let her sleep late and i paid her way
then her dad showed up one day
well she had grown…
Derivative folky song (don't tell Paul I said that). He writes a lot about the inadequacy of words. But, if he thinks words are so damned inadequate, why does he keep writing them?
i saw the curtains changing color
i watched the sun room come alive
i have been sitting in this rocker
wondering when you might arrive
i am hoping for redemption
cant stand the way i feel
i know it is only passing through me
rivers flood…
thanks
yes, this were recorded for the rpm challenge. i only drew on my note books for two songs and just for inspiration. i had already meet the 35 minutes of music requerment for the project but felt the subject of my friends death last february (shadow of the son) needed to be adressed. what a great experience (rpm)
tim
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Neat tune! It reminds me of a Leonard Cohen/Roger Waters kind of thing. There was also a band a number of years back called King Swamp that this REALLY reminds me of.
hey...great song...i uploaded the words to heartfull of holes for you...it's no Lord Byron
Thanks for the explanation. It is a beautiful song, and also very sad. And yet, there is something in it that sounds like the need to keep going, regrets and all. Nice work! (If you want to hear a song with a similar theme, check out Droodle's song, "Jesus Bun")
So this is about a friend? I thought it was to a child, from a parent who was far away. It's very touching.
nice
warmly sentimental, gooey with sincerity. bravely taking back an intimidating subject. gutsy stuff.
Like the growly vocal.
Really enjoyed this one. Made it a favorite. Nice.
Nice tune Timman.Can't help but think of Wilco...which is a good thing in my ears.Godchaser says you're missed at MJ's.
So cool! Very Dylan-ish! Great feel!
hey man, great tunes...like the style and arrangements...like m.ward meets greg brown thanks for your comments too
Great tune! I like the way you write. Thanks for your post, I do not know phil marshall, maybe you could hip me to him. If you get to Newport, look up Bob Madden, great drummer! He would dig you songs too!
Another great tune from tim. Good stuff mate
Nice n mellow. Reminds me a bit of Fred Eaglesmith's more laid back stuff (check out his cd Milly's Cafe - I think you'll like it)
love this one.
great harmonies ;)
thanks for your comments. i hope to be more active on alone tone next year when i have my own computer. tell me a little about your recording process. peace brother
Even without translation I understand your feelings, your heart and your soul are singing
love the sultry guitar
these are great mixes, Tim. Love this one, too.
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nice playing!! i have found it usfull to publish your words in the "about" section
sir moody nice mix and as you may know the kind of song that draws you in. love the suttle harmonies. great boingy sounds and free use of passion tim
tell me more of how you compose. what instruments are acustic and what are electronicly generated tim
nice start with the rain. i like your repeating phrases that you then build on. good sound quality
i really like the arrangements you have created. i agree this seems , so , far to be a great place
thanks robin, it means a lot that you listen. and to me it is sort of like scot is listening too. i miss his support. so yours means even more tim
the more i listen the more i like.
has a great folk tale thing going on. fits your voice well tim
really like your voice. good story telling and very clever melodies. i like it when people write about the little big things tim
thanks yes, this were recorded for the rpm challenge. i only drew on my note books for two songs and just for inspiration. i had already meet the 35 minutes of music requerment for the project but felt the subject of my friends death last february (shadow of the son) needed to be adressed. what a great experience (rpm) tim