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…
this song makes me think of a splintered piece of wood.
lyrics:
It's a cold day out, the kind where you think you're missing
the longer days with the sun beating on your face
but you're beside me and I think
the cold was a gift to lead…
great sounding guitars. bass is pretty sweet too.
true story?? those are the best. i never could get a handle on writeing made up stories, but that is just me. great story and emotion eather way
tim
One night after three month of no rain, as we were driving home from singing at Gringos in Grapevine a splash of water hit the windshield.
I said to myself, "Sweet Rain."
I went home and wrote the song. It's on the soundtrack of a movie called…
I listened to Emilie's music on her MySpace site and was prompted to write this song.
Emilie
She's been there. She'll be there.
She's part of the landscape
At old Uncle Calvin's she's grandfathered in.
She'll be there when you need…
great sonic quality. captures the mood in a courious way. and yes it all goes back to our childhood. i aqm enjoying the build of this. what are you useing to genorate your sounds, besides a melotron saampler?
well explained emotonal landscape
nice
tim
This was the first time I'd fired up my telecaster and amp for a recording and it felt like sitting in Sun Studios or something. Amazing sound after playing just acoustic instruments for a year. It's the first take and I loved it!
This is now…
all and all this album really hangs together very well. it has been nice to hear your first demos to the finished project has been important and i feel as if i have been somewhere thanks stu
tim
A grief song. You know this place. If you don't then move on while you still can. Seriously. Don't click ..
This is a tidied up version, I managed to get rid of some of th noise and rebalance the vocals 18/3/09
i sure know this place. as with any music like this the story is key and you do such a good job telling what seems to be a personal one, or at least i hope so.
lyrics:
The silence sometimes
is all you have to say and I believe it, and you
and everything surrounding the skin beneath your eyes
Time's without a shield or an attack against the sight
of a lifetime that was burning you by
And I may…
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.
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nice mix. great change at 28 seconds. hope you are not driving !!!
like the emotional waver in your voice. good close harmonies
spooky in a good way, makes me smile and laugh to myself. thinking of the serious side of the twilight zone
great sounding guitars. bass is pretty sweet too. true story?? those are the best. i never could get a handle on writeing made up stories, but that is just me. great story and emotion eather way tim
wish i was a baker. i once was a baker married to a nun(ex).. really!! clever use of synth
real interesting mix. i like the close harmonies tim
wow this is different from what i have heard. again i am finding myself surprized and wanting to hear the next tim
you are a great picker. this is a qurirky little number. i like it . i like your stories
baby oh baby demons, mirrors tasting the sweetness, i like your sensabilities, really tim
great sonic quality. captures the mood in a courious way. and yes it all goes back to our childhood. i aqm enjoying the build of this. what are you useing to genorate your sounds, besides a melotron saampler? well explained emotonal landscape nice tim
how did you know it is raining? and it even sounds like my room ar 5 am
love the title! i fine mess
all and all this album really hangs together very well. it has been nice to hear your first demos to the finished project has been important and i feel as if i have been somewhere thanks stu tim
i love the drum and the harmonies.
i sure know this place. as with any music like this the story is key and you do such a good job telling what seems to be a personal one, or at least i hope so.
you have such a great tone. i should have known jim was on this, it has his stamp all over it tim
slow quick, quick slow... i love that line. nice to see you here. was wondering when you would get here
nice. my songs are all about love as well
nice playing
do you happen to know phil; marshal?