the clock on the wall is watching the window
the shades are at half mast for what i do
there are regrets just over that horizon
but i know i know i can count on you
i think of a time when i was unwilling
the dark days i counted with a mark on…
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 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 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 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…
the clock on the wall is watching the window
the shades are at half mast for what i do
there are regrets just over that horizon
but i know i know i can count on you
i think of a time when i was unwilling
the dark days i counted with a mark on…
A love song....about this world of wonder that i am so fortunate to have found, or it found me.
yea we climb from the rubble
of confusion and some pain
we are the wonder of the world
and many streets we walked of bitter pills and rain
and we…
A love song....about this world of wonder that i am so fortunate to have found, or it found me.
yea we climb from the rubble
of confusion and some pain
we are the wonder of the world
and many streets we walked of bitter pills and rain
and we…
the clock on the wall is watching the window
the shades are at half mast for what i do
there are regrets just over that horizon
but i know i know i can count on you
i think of a time when i was unwilling
the dark days i counted with a mark on…
the clock on the wall is watching the window
the shades are at half mast for what i do
there are regrets just over that horizon
but i know i know i can count on you
i think of a time when i was unwilling
the dark days i counted with a mark on…
just a sliver of a moon
as i walk thru this town
yea it is trash night
and i am sacred bound
i am counting my steps
and i am looking at my hands
i am feeling your skin
some might say that i am a bird in the wind
i learned how to…
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 had ice coffee in the morning
moved my finger along a map
felt the future rising through me
i held the world in my lap
i though tabout texas this morning
kanas is now on my mind
followed you through the flood plains
the swelling rivers a…
just a sliver of a moon
as i walk thru this town
yea it is trash night
and i am sacred bound
i am counting my steps
and i am looking at my hands
i am feeling your skin
some might say that i am a bird in the wind
i learned how to…
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…
just a sliver of a moon
as i walk thru this town
yea it is trash night
and i am sacred bound
i am counting my steps
and i am looking at my hands
i am feeling your skin
some might say that i am a bird in the wind
i learned how to…
i lay my head down on my pillow
outside i can see the evening sky
you are just over that Western horizon
and i dream that i can fly
the earth shakes '
my water breaks
we have given birth to something new
i see you standing hear before me
we…
i had ice coffee in the morning
moved my finger along a map
felt the future rising through me
i held the world in my lap
i though tabout texas this morning
kanas is now on my mind
followed you through the flood plains
the swelling rivers a…
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…
Trying out a Carol Kaye-inspired bassline here (not completely succesfull; gotta work on my timing some more) and again didn't manage to come up with lyrics. Espresso Martini is a really nice cocktail with coffee you can get at the club/bar where…
i like where this takes me and i would love to know what you are using to generate the sound scape. i need to get some software with the kinds of controls that generate these tones
tim
reminds me of the "the weakerthans". i really like the guitar tones . seeing how you can make changes, i would love to see and have been advocating for, a tab for lyrics. it can be a much richer experience if you can read along and not miss the music because you are straining to understand the story or message. i have been putting my words under the "ABOUT " tab but it isnt obvious to the listener. love your style and voice.
tim
Another song for the RPM 2009 Challenge. This is sort of an interlude that reminds me of Penguin Cafe Orchestra but with a sort of industrial edge. Vocoder is featured.
The whole piece was 24 minutes long. It's a whole bunch of short poems that I wrote back in 1976, read one after the other, under which I added ambient sounds, playing some harmonica and banjo and using samples and effects of various types, synths…
i like this side of you. a great idea for the challenge. my first child was born in 1976. we lived in a house truck on the beach in ventura california. sounds as though you were near the water as well, 3000 miles away
tim
A song about the lost art of the mix-tape and knowing that someone is trouble but doing it anyway...
Compilation Tapes:
Did I mention that I think that you’re a real fine dancer and I like the way you dress?
I’ve known a number of girls…
The title just popped into my head unannounced one day and I had to try to work from that. About a girl with a broken radio and the repairman who would do anything to find her a new one and win her love...
It certainly appears broken, Minerva…
*Dark modern electronic guitar rock*
You can hear it just below the blowing wind
Feel it in the nerves beneath your skin
Catch a glimpse as you drift away at night
But you can’t decode the meaning inside
Distant shrieking sets your teeth…
finally someone else who publishes ther words. thank you so much . other artist dont seem to understand what a difference in the listening experience that can make.
i am emjoying your playing and i think you have some very tight arrangments
i will keep listening
tim
really sweet. and sad. been there.
strikes a note in my heart. you have a gift with observation
and memories. i am hoping that these are reall experiences because you shouldnt be able to make this up. it just would not be fare, sort of
tim
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Just rediscovering this great music after too long. Hope you're well wherever you are.
This track is superb! Another of my all time faves!! Cool, oh yeah! Bethan
Do they know how cool you are in that place?
Very nice lyrics.
great sound loving that voice. as we say in scotland "braw tell yer maw" magic.
Good one, Tim. Really enjoyed that.
loving that vocal.....excellent track
And I like this one even more. "and I'm saying what I'm thinking when i don't know what to say and we are the wonder of the world" Love it.
Yeah, I like this a lot. Very satisfying feel and groove
Nice song Tim , got a sixties feel , i like it lots
This is a great song...great feel to it too
Whoo, how cool is this!
Terrific track this!
Marvellous full sounds you achieve. I love this track too.
Your work is superb Tim! Another incredible track.
Extraordinary delivery, wow!
Ohhh yeah! Edible!
Brilliant track! Looooove the vocals.
Oh my, this does it for me. Wonderful lyrics, beautifully done.
I dont like the voice echo. but its pretty good. :D
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you should publish your words under the "about" tab. i would love to read along. i think you and i have simular sensabilities. i like your work tim
very nice . each song makes me want to hear the next. very thoughtfull. good mixes. the album holds up well as a collection of songs. tim
yes i can see it. this is perfect for the first nice day of spring here on the east coast. thank you tim
i like where this takes me and i would love to know what you are using to generate the sound scape. i need to get some software with the kinds of controls that generate these tones tim
reminds me of the "the weakerthans". i really like the guitar tones . seeing how you can make changes, i would love to see and have been advocating for, a tab for lyrics. it can be a much richer experience if you can read along and not miss the music because you are straining to understand the story or message. i have been putting my words under the "ABOUT " tab but it isnt obvious to the listener. love your style and voice. tim
really sweet. "now i remember" kind of feel.
i like this side of you. a great idea for the challenge. my first child was born in 1976. we lived in a house truck on the beach in ventura california. sounds as though you were near the water as well, 3000 miles away tim
really nice very energgetic arrangment. makes me think of tiny fish swimming in shallow water, sort of franticly tim
really well articulated vocals and pristene playing
you should publish your lyrics right after your discription under the "about"tab very soulfull stuff you have tim
i really find you voice interesting. i think your falseto is both funny and baeutfull. nice simple piano playing nice job tim
finally someone else who publishes ther words. thank you so much . other artist dont seem to understand what a difference in the listening experience that can make. i am emjoying your playing and i think you have some very tight arrangments i will keep listening tim
quite sexy in a strange way.
i like your poetry. and the positioning of melody with arrangment.
the picking and sings are really refreshing and some of the changes you throw in are very clever.
i think i hear the field!!
really sweet. and sad. been there. strikes a note in my heart. you have a gift with observation and memories. i am hoping that these are reall experiences because you shouldnt be able to make this up. it just would not be fare, sort of tim
a simple but important fact of life tim
i think there is a story here! tim
great effort for a first album. i like your words. pretty intence experience this rpm thing tim