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 have a special spot in my heart for arizona. i also have headphones that fade in and out at times so your mix is messing with my head. i realize it is you and not me. i see the heat has effected you as well. the horns work well. the choral thing at the end is sweet
thanks
tim
Album: How the Aviator Sees the Rainbow
Year: RPM Challenge 2008
Pour vous Tess.
Is there a ghost in these hills?
Something to run from
I've given way to cheap thrills
Problems have just begun
I walk alone, sink like a stone in…
gypsies in the night around a fire. you show upload your words and put them under the "about" tab. i am not always sure what you are saying. i like to know what people are saying. call me paranoid!!!! funny little organ in the background
wonderful job
tim
this is my first year in the rpm challenge as well. you are right it was a lot of fun. i miss it. February went by so fast.
this one is pretty dynamic. great bass sound. i find the scream sounds during the rappy chorus pretty interesting. cool guitar at the end
tim
Using the fox trot beat from the 1958 record album "Rhythm Accompaniment", with the composer on all other instruments. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
this works really well. i can easily see myself ......walking! birds on that wire. i like the way you have chosen to arrange it with the subtle builds
tim
I'm working on a March RPM... it is "record per month" after all, is it not? So, this month I plan to expand on some ideas with glubotic... I hope to make the album a full hour.
this song was inspired from an ee cummings poem. it was composed for rpm 2009.
lyrics:
i'll tell you a dream i had once
up in the sky blue everything
flying away a kite on a string
i didn't have anything
i was cool you were warm…
great mix . you should publish your words under the "about" tab. it would be so good to read along. it really is important and you will get more folks to liaten.....really
this is a really good song i am digging your metafore
tim
My song about the hazards of the Missouri River.
A snag is an above water branch and a sawyer is a below water log or branch. Hence, "Tom Sawyer," from Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).
Comments on tim mcfate's stuff
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.
Comments made by tim mcfate
well i have a special spot in my heart for arizona. i also have headphones that fade in and out at times so your mix is messing with my head. i realize it is you and not me. i see the heat has effected you as well. the horns work well. the choral thing at the end is sweet thanks tim
refferences to paint colors is always good with me. an expensive color. building with drums. druggy words. nice mix tim
i think you have a good handle on a tight little project. you shoould publish your words under the "about"tab. i like the change up at 1:30 tim
gypsies in the night around a fire. you show upload your words and put them under the "about" tab. i am not always sure what you are saying. i like to know what people are saying. call me paranoid!!!! funny little organ in the background wonderful job tim
the room sound on this is very cool. reall live feel. all the parts work great together. the progression is exciting, want to hear more. tim
this is my first year in the rpm challenge as well. you are right it was a lot of fun. i miss it. February went by so fast. this one is pretty dynamic. great bass sound. i find the scream sounds during the rappy chorus pretty interesting. cool guitar at the end tim
you have a great melody here and the bass is so clear. good clean recording. what do you use to record? here come the drums! tim
i love the change at 1:32. i think you should upload your words and put them under the "about" tab" nice job.
yes , you have the funk going on this album!!!!!!!
it is the horns , isnt it? very radio friendly good job tim
big sound, tight and tricky with bright hooks
hopefull tune. this whole album is a great self reflected blessing good work tim
i like the feel of this . the chorus is really sweet. good story
this works really well. i can easily see myself ......walking! birds on that wire. i like the way you have chosen to arrange it with the subtle builds tim
yes it is, yes,no, holy crap, thank you glubotic. quite clever glu tim
great groove.
great mix . you should publish your words under the "about" tab. it would be so good to read along. it really is important and you will get more folks to liaten.....really this is a really good song i am digging your metafore tim
i like the rambling feel tim
i like the whistle. and the hope tim
nice intro,, greta sounding drums,,cool break @1:05,, february darkness and pain. and it must be even darker where you live tim