Foxey - Song A Week 2010 - 11

So I cheated. Last year I wrote a song about my 12 year old puppy, Foxey. Yesterday she died next to me on the kitchen floor. So I re-wrote this as a way to purge the sadness. I did some writing on it last night and today I recorded it. So I guess it isn't really cheating.




For Foxey

I sit here watching time go slipping by
It wasn’t long ago a puppy was by my side
I sit here with the memories from our past
It wasn’t long ago that she appeared
But now that dreadful time is slowly drawing near
I wonder why our time is fading fast

Foxey Lady you are the one for me
You’re all I ever want, You’re all I ever need
Foxey Lady, I’ve loved you all these years
And now I’m fighting back all of these tears
I sit here with the memories from our past
And I wonder why our time is fading fast

When I look into those loving eyes
I find it very hard to say my last goodbyes
And I think about the memories from our past
I met you before my youngest child was born
And now I say goodbye before these tears can form
And I wonder why our time is fading fast

Foxey Lady you are the one for me
You’re all I ever want, You’re all I ever need
Foxey Lady, I’ve loved you all these years
And now I’m fighting back all of these tears
I sit here with the memories from our past
And I wonder why our time is fading fast

I sit beside you on the kitchen floor
Running out of time and wanting even more
I hold you as you take your last breath
Then my daughter comes running up the stairs
She asks that question that just sits in the air
How do I explain your sudden death?

Foxey Lady you are the one for me
You’re all I ever want, You’re all I ever need
Foxey Lady, I’ve loved you all these years
And now I’m fighting back all of these tears
I sit here with the memories from our past
And I wonder why our time is fading fast

Three Little Words - Song A Week 2010 - 10

Week ten of Song A Week 2010 and I'm having the hardest time writing a song this week. This was the worst trouble since week three with 'Beg Steal or Borrow.' With that one at least I could bury myself into the production a bit. This week was hard. I'm not sure if I'm happy with the song or not.





Three Little Words

I see your car keys on the table
And I can see the bed unmade
Your breakfast dishes lie about
And I slowly feel afraid

Are you gone, why did you go?
Did someone wait for me to leave?
Did you step out with some man?
Somehow I just cannot believe

I came home but you just aren't here
And somehow I expect you to appear

Where'd you go, what did you do?
And do you know that I miss you?
Three little words that you would say to me
Why can't I say them too?

Then you walk in through the door
You came home from your walk
And I pretend I didn't care
That you went around the block

I came home but you just aren't here
And somehow I expect you to appear

Where'd you go, what did you do?
And do you know that I miss you?
Three little words that you would say to me
Why can't I say them too?

My Peace of Mind - Song A Week 2010 - week 9

This one was started back in '06 or '07 and was finished last week. I think it needs a bridge, but that will either have to be ignored or wait till sometime in the future. Song A Week #9.






My Peace of Mind

I didn't know
What I would find
When I met you my sweet love, I was out of my mind
You let me love you
And you said you'd be mine
I swore that I would love you till the end of time
You give me my peace of mind and I love you

My money was gone
Yeah, and my friends were too
But you gave me your sweet love just to see me through
When I'm in need
You are there for me
And if I don't say those words I hope you can see
You give me my peace of mind and I love you

I never told you
How much I cared
So I hope you hear these words as my heart lies bare
And I wanna hold you
never let you go
So I can whisper these sweet words and let you know
You give me my peace of mind and I love you

Chasing Snowflakes Through The Air

Another song that fulfills the "try to write a happy song" challenge given to me by a fellow songwriter over at SongCrafters, a pretty cool recording/songwriting forum. Check it out if you are at all interested.
Song eight in my attempt to write a song a week in 2010. I'm kind of surprised I've made it this far. In fact I've written quite a few songs this year. Thanks to FAWM I have 14 in the month of February alone. Check it out if you wanna hear some great new music all of which is being written in the month of February.




Chasing Snowflakes Through The Air

I look out my window and see
Both my daughters are playing in the street
A white shroud hovers 'round
I watch as it covers the cold winter ground

I smile as they start to run
Under a grey sky blocking the sun
A trip, a fall and they slide
They go headlong for a winter ride

They Jump, they run
They have some winter fun
They laugh, they fall
They try to make snowballs
With grey winter skies
Come the children's joyful cries
Chasing snowflakes through the air

Snowballs slowly start to roll
Made into a snowy winter soul
A carrot nose and empty shoes
One big snowman waves to me and you

Chorus

Soon they will grow up
They will leave our home some day
But for now I can see them play

I see them laying in the yard
In soft snow and the ice so hard
Little angels on the ground
They keep on running around and around

Chorus

Who Is With You

This is a Valentine's song for my wife, Phoebe. Also, I was challenged to write a song that wasn't such a downer so I hope this qualifies. This is the seventh song in my attempt to write a Song a Week for the year in 2010.






Who Is With You

All alone once again
Just waiting for you here
I feel like a different man
Whenever you are near

It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do
It only matters who is with you

I love to sit and think
About you my dear wife
And don’t forget our two girls
The best things in our life

It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do
It only matters who is with you

Is it enough to know that I will always love you?

Through fourteen years of love
We’ve shared our ups and downs
But like a treasure once thought lost
I hoard this love we’ve found

It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do
It only matters who is with you

For Isabel

Thank you to everyone who has been listening to the song a week stuff. I've written two songs (well actually four) this week. I was debating on posting this one but a friend and on-line collaborator has suggested it should be heard.

This song is 100% true from what happened last Tuesday when I wrote it. As a result of this song I made a trip and saw my Grandmother before just before she passed. So it turned out to be a good thing. My grandmother was in a bit of pain and is much better off now. She's where she deserves to be.






For Isabel

They said you were almost gone
By the time I called to check on you
I've been working overtime
And there is nothing I can do

I feel guilty as I think of you
And all the times you were by my side
I know I would do you no good
If I let let you see me cry

My heart breaks and your heart stops
As the morphine drips into your veins
I sit here helpless so many miles away
Wishing I could take away your pain

I sit here about to change my mind
Though there is nothing I can do
You were always there for me
Now I'll be right there for you

My heart breaks and your heart stops
As the morphine drips into your veins
I sit here helpless so many miles away
Wishing I could take away your pain

Gone Shopping

Song number 5 in my attempt (doomed for failure) to write a song for every week in 2010. My wife went shopping last night and I got the idea for this song. The melody in the first line of this song is exactly the same as the melody in the first line of my first Song A Week "Heart in a Bottle." This was unintentional.

Recently there has been some discussion on the FAWM boards about unintentional theft in creating songs. This is where a songwriter uses a melody or part of another song in his or her own songs and doesn't realize it until after the fact. In this case I did it to myself. And it did sound familiar. It wasn't until I ate breakfast and re-listened that I figured it out. Sometimes speed writing is awesome and sometimes not so much...





Gone Shopping

You said you were going to the store
You were coming back in a minute
Hours later and you’re not here
It’s an empty bed without you in it

You’ve been gone the whole damn evening
I don’t know where you’ve been
It doesn’t matter anymore
What kind of trouble you’re in

I feel. I feel so bad.
I feel. I feel so bad.
You left me all alone
Out here on my own

If you come back to me this evening
I will hold you in my arms
I feel lost when you’re not here
So let me keep you from harm

I feel. I feel so bad.
I feel. I feel so bad.
You left me all alone
Out here on my own

© 2010 T.C. Elliott