A Time to Write a Song

This was a rather awkward song I wrote when I first started writing songs.  The chord progression is rather funny because  I wasn't used to composing them.  It has a kind of obscure message, partly because of the former reasons.  Ironically, the song is titled " A Time to Write a Song".  I performed it on Facebook in a video some months back. It is written in D major and the tempo is my signature picking pattern:


A Time to Write a Song

 D                     G
the things you tell yourself

Em                                  Bm
better make sure they're true

Em                          F#m
there was never a false man

A                          D
whoever denied himself

D                                 Em
lasting moments are for those

           A                           D
who live in somebody else



G                                          Em
take some time to tell a stranger

A                                                D
who will tell you the truth for free

F#m                                          Em
things come around and you deceive yourself

A
feeling the pain in many different ways




refrain:

D                                                 A
there's never gonna be another time like this

Em                         A
a time to write a song



D                  Em                    D
temples are built by people who keep time

D            Em                      A
time is spent while they take their time

A                Em
too many men have fallen

A                                      D
keeping time without a purpose


(refrain)


The key here is "time" I think lol!    It's esoteric, but then I can be at times, so it's typical and real.
I hope you play it and enjoy it. Please be gentle.  I plan to copyright all of these tunes at some later date.


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Take Your Things and Go

I'm sitting here makin' the bottled tea.  No reason for this, but I thought I'd share some more of my lyrics with you. Between studying for the MCAT...yes, I hope to be a physician someday....and washing my clothes I've nothing better to do!  I once read in Anne Graham Loht's book about the story of Abraham and Lot.  Abraham took the road less traveled in life as opposed to his cousin Lot, who lived for wealth and luxury.  So I wrote a song about this:

Abraham and Lot

G
take your things and go
C
I'm never coming back
D
I've got a place to go
F                            C
but not to Ur and back



my donkey struts
 and straddles
by this small caravan
too many hills to battle
but surely we'll get there by them


You go I bid 
you farewell
but I won't miss you much
I've got ten wives and cattle
and palaces and such


It takes a slice of evening
to get your fill of wine
and then there's all the eating
so you just take your time


so take your things and go
the good times never end
I wander to and fro
but Canaan's quite the land


then  take your things and go
I'll see you whenever then
God's got a hold on me
for some work to tend


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My Husband

Dear readers: It's been a couple of days.  I read where blogs are only effective if you post frequently, so I'm taking the time to do one today.  Rainy and miserable in the Northeastern town.  Good day for blogging!  The lyrics to this song were written with no prior knowledge of the subject, but not bad.  It is one of the songs I submitted to John Chisom, a Christian songwriter, for critique.  It goes something like this:


My Husband

I heard someone mention her husband
A caring , trusting reference
I longed for such a tribute
Wondered how it felt


He most likely trusts in her
furniture, bed and dishes
confidence and wishes
kiss the kids goodnight


It is a blessing of God
that appears in tangible ways
not just in biblical words
but with feelings in the soul

I heard someone mention her husband
though some may call it trust
I think it was more loving
A question at the time


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Just a Blog: A Tale of Love

People treat things in different ways.  To me, this is just a general blog about my music.  But, oh...I can pontificate on just about anything!  I am a man of many interests: bowling, golf, and playing my guitar, of course.  Sooner or later it's going to be high time I did something with my degrees, but go ahead and try it!  Bon chance, ami: Anyway, here's the full score of " A Tale of Love".  It's not really a score, but it sounds professional:


A Tale of Love
   F♯m            C♯m     D♯
it hurts like a steady blow
                                                                     }chord progression A
G#                A#               D#
ten maybe twenty good times a day

 A#                            C#m               F#m
I'd reach beyond her to something else

       
I do it all the time for awhile                 
                                                                       } A
but my foot gets caught in the drain

 G#                           F#m
never gonna be the same                          } C


love is too big a word                               } C


try to direct it people do
                                                                   } A
trusting other replacements
 G#                   C#m                                   } repeat and fade
it goes on and on   

Tulip Festival: Streets of Sin

Out to see some great bands at the Albany Tulip Fest today at Washington Park in Albany, NY.
Have a gyro and just hang out!   Here's a song that I got some negative feedback on FB because of the title.  I would walk down the street and the neighbors were kind of staring and glaring at me.  Maybe I'm paranoid, but it was about the time that I released this song-video. ( and it's a christian song!) Go figure:


Streets of Sin
 G      
down this uneven walkway               down this uneven walkway
  D                                                         the cars go rumbling by
the hurried, reckless lives                  shoppers load the buses           
 Am                                                          borrowed just to buy
the church around the corner
 E
or a nickel, or a dime                         down this unsettled walkway
                                                           small shops offer their favors
                                                           all brands, all kinds of flavors
                                                           we need a reason why
down this uneven walkway
workin' for the day
wastin' time just hangin'                     ...d
feelin' it's okay 
 

A Bird Rapt Softly on My Window Pane

this song is poignant....I don't have all the chords down, and I guessed here at some...I'll compose the rest of it later.  I wrote it in the 90's somewhere:

   G             C                   D7
a bird rapt softly on the window pane

G                                   D7      G
why did you come to bother me?

 G                  C                   D7
I'm layin' in bed a-keepin' to myself and

              G         C       D7
I don't need no company
      
the agony

and the poverty of this world


has left me bound into a knot





the bird gazed proudly to the westward sun
there was a teardrop in her eye
the lullabys
and the apple pies
she cries
as her youngest baby flies



I gazed uncertain toward the westward sun
takin' a moment to reflect
the syncopance
and the resonance
on the window sill
of the tears that filter to my soul


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Just a Busy Day

I love my music...but this medical thing and studying for the MCAT...what, the hypothalamus is connected to the pancreas, right? lol.    I think "lol" should be a word in the official sense.  It sends hormones around your body I believe it is...anyway, here's one of my songs.   I had this bad day once, and this is a ditty all about dat:


Just a Busy Day (Emin)

         Em
I've got to see the doctor

      G♭ (F♯ )
to look at my rash

      A♭m
I sighed 'cause it was morning

 Bm             Am
just a busy day




the bank can wait 'til later
I've got to see the doctor
he's out I've got the voucher
just a busy day


the room needs cleanin'
on the north side of it
talked to my friends for about an hour
just a busy day


restin' after dinner
many miles before I sleep
time to write a song or two
just a busy day


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Something cool......You''ll Find it

Here is something really cool!

another song.  Please forgive my language usage the other day.  Sometimes we try to be somebody we are not I guess.   This song has a christian theme.  Try it out.  It is a moderate strumm...approx 50 bpm in 3/4 time in Dmaj:
         
You'll Find It
            D
You'll find it if you don't pay
     Bm                      A
to get another one anyway

           D
the simple thing is the best thing 
      Bm                           A
as non-apparent as it may seem




you'll find it don't try your own way
God's got your back on it 
He's got a good track on it
though non-apparent it may seem



you'll find it though they don't say
just how that's going to be
God sees when your eyes don't see                                                                                       for he is your eyes 

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Radical Alone

I need to get my butt in some kind of situation. Wing it.  Here's the music to "Radical Alone" which I posted a video of on Facebook....There's no copyright....but do what you want....d:


Radical Alone  (A♭)

A♭ 
she didn't think it would work

       D♭
she had to persue her career

       Em
she just thought I was crazy

Cm           Fm
Radical Alone

(2)
she was broken all inside
when I split off of  her
she walked with me and smiled
Radical Alone

(3)
I can't decide about me
what to be to her
whatever that she may be
Radical Alone

lyrics: thoughts on "A Tale of Love"

I have come up with some interesting song lyrics and chord progressions in my songwriting.
In one song, A Tale of Love, I use an interesting F♯m key to create an eerie effect:


F♯m                C♯m      D♯
It hurts like a steady blow

G♯ (A♭ )             A♯ (B♭)                    D♯
ten maybe twenty good long times per day

you get the idea.   It's early in the morning and I just created my first blog...tell me what you think of me...lol

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