Lost In The Moonlight - Song A Week 2010 - 33

Barbara, over at the 50 Songs in 90 Days site, posted a song yesterday that just hit me in the right way. You can hear it here: http://fiftyninety.fawmers.org/songs/3507

Which inspired this song from me today.






I say I love you every day
You just can't hear what I say
Your eyes look up to the sky
As I stand here wondering why

I try to hold you at night
You say I hold you too tight
Your eyes look up to the sky
I reach for your love but it's too high

Lost in the moonlight
Too blind to see
Lost in the moonlight
Lost to me

The more I love you the more you run
Your Daedalus wings melt in the sun
Your eyes look up to the sky
My heavy love won't let you fly

Lost in the moonlight
Too blind to see
Lost in the moonlight
Lost to me

It's been a year
Since he passed on
It's been a year since he's gone

Lost in the moonlight
Too blind to see
Lost in the moonlight
Lost to me
Lost in the moonlight
Too blind to see
Lost in the moonlight
Lost to me

Right On Time - Song A Week 2010 - 32

Another skirmish song. This is where a title is posted and then an hour is given to write and record a song. I actually finished this one in about 38 minutes or so. It needs polish, but I'm pretty happy with it.
Oh, and the melody of the hook line is the same as a popular Green Day song... might have to change that. (Thanks to Morti for pointing that out.)






She was only a minute away
From saying, ‘ I do.’
When I walked into that church-house yard
I got up the courage
To tell her, ‘I love you’
Turned out not to be that hard

Let me tell you baby
You should be all mine
And I’m glad I got here right on time

She was only seconds away
From becoming Mrs. Black
When I stormed through the church-house door
When I said those words
To try and win her back
Her mother fainted right on the floor

Let me tell you baby
You should be all mine
And I’m glad I got here right on time

As she turned to look at me
Imagine my surprise
She wasn’t the girl of my dreams
Apparently those directions
Were blurred by tear-stained eyes
I missed my chance or so it seems

You just aint my baby
And now she can’t be mine
I’m in the wrong place right on time

You just ain’t my baby
And now she can’t be mine
I’m in the wrong place right on time

The Void and the Future

This is another Skirmish song. A title is posted and we have one hour to write/record a song. This one was completed and uploaded in 33 minutes. I think it needs a bridge or something else, but it has a lot of potential.




This time flies by so fast
Nothing ever seems to last
Never depend on luck
Or you will end up
Trapped by the void and the future

The plans you make can fail
The spice of life can stale
Never depend on luck
Or you will end up
Trapped by the void and the future

If you are lucky enough
Then you will find true love
You won't depend on luck
And you won't end up
Trapped by t he void and the future

I Believe In Angels - Song A Week - 2010 - 30

Influenced by all the youtube videos of Susan Cowsill I've been seeing. Thanks to Brian Henneman for turning me onto her.
This demo is a rough one take version. I'm off to go camping in a bit.




I believe in angels
As I life my life of sin
As all this trouble
Keeps on sinking in
I need an angel

My mother raised me in a small town
Where they say the good life can be found
She would go to work
To give us what we had
She is my Angel

I believe in angels
As I life my life of sin
As all this trouble
Keeps on sinking in
I need an angel

I met a girl down at the Taco Bell
Where love is found you can never tell
We fall in love
Time and time again
She is my Angel

I believe in angels
As I live my life of sin
As all this trouble
Keeps on sinking in
I need an angel

I’ve got two girls that I call my own
Two sneakier kids you have never known
They smile so sweet
As I pull out my hair
They are my angels

I believe in Angels
As I live my life of sin
As all this trouble
Keeps on sinking in
I need an angel

Satin (And Other Vices) - Song A Week 2010 - 29

This is another skirmish song. A title is posted and we have one hour to write and record the demo. I don't have my condenser so the vocals are through a sm58 which does *not* suit my voice at all. Other than that I'm not too unhappy with this hour long song.






Satin (And Other Vices)

I know you're a lover
I know you're a sinner
You know that I want you
The memories still linger

I love your leather
And I love your lace
But it's a touch of satin, baby
Makes me yearn for your embrace

I see your picture
And I can smell your hair
I don't know where you went now
But I wish I was there

I love your leather
And I love your lace
But it's the touch of Satin, baby
That makes me yearn for your embrace

I know you know
That I love Your afterglow
You have the power to make me bleed
You're everything that I'll ever need

I love your leather
And I love your lace
But it's the touch of satin, baby
That makes me yearn for your embrace

You Make Me Feel Like Shit - Song A Week 2010 - 28

This was recorded very quickly and just might be the song I enjoy the most out of the song a week experience that has become my life. At least for now. My wife loves it when I write break up songs.... *not*




You Make Me Feel Like Shit – T.C. Elliott

I know I make you angry
I didn’t mean it to be this way
And I know that you’re unhappy
With every word you say

And you and me
Were never meant to be
Cuz you make me feel like shit

Why do you come back to me
When you stay out all night?
Are you just feeling sleepy
Or do you wanna pick a fight?

And you and me
Were never meant to be
Cuz you make me feel like shit

Sometimes you say you’re sorry
When you want me to buy you things
Then you ask me to drive you over
So you can pawn our rings

And you and me
Were never meant to be
Cuz you make me feel
And you and me
Were never meant to be
Cuz you make me feel like shit

See You Again - Song A Week 2010 - 27

I wrote 6 songs in a little over 2 hours on Saturday. This one is fast but I think has lots of potential. Forgive the short demo. Sunday was July 4th (Independence Day here in the states) so today is really Monday to me (Plus I was out of town.)

See You Again – T.C. Elliott
Way back in the hills
Just past Still-House Hollow
I saw you swimming in that dirty pond

You didn’t notice me
Peering through those bushes
Right next to the pile of clothes you left

When I see you sitting
Out on your front porch
I always make a point to smile and wave
And you may not know it
But I’m your biggest fan
You’ve made a believer out of me
And I can’t wait to see you once again

My momma asked me, “Son
Where are you going?”
Gonna take a walk out in the hills

It’s not a waste of time
To see the things I’ve seen
I love to see the sights out in the wild

When I see you sitting
Out on your front porch
I always make a point to smile and wave
And you may not know it
But I’m your biggest fan
You’ve made a believer out of me
And I can’t wait to see you once again