As Long as It's Me

My dear Evin wrote a song this week. I recorded backing vocals, but the lyrics & guitar are all him.

Here's our little duet:

We wear out slow like an old magazine
Like the jeans on a cowboy
Like a dog to his dream

Twisted as shiva in sheets, you and I
With our voices the same
If we laugh or we cry

I can make you happier than strippers and clowns
Ain't nobody love you like I love you right now
Come to bed with your stockings down
I can make you happier than strippers and clowns

Longing symmetrical, love has two wings
You can rhyme with whatever
As long as it's me

I look in the mirror and I see you through
In my ill-fitting coat
In my oversized shoes

I can make you happier than strippers and clowns
Ain't nobody love you like I love you right now
Come to bed with your stockings down
I can make you happier than strippers and clowns

The mixing is, like, awful. Sorry.

Back in the Saddle (For the Moment, At Least)

After a full year's hiatus from songwriting, I'm back in the saddle with two new songs for February Album Writing Month. You can check out both of them HERE.

If you're a musician, or have any secret aspiration to be, I can't recommend this project enough. It's an amazing community that provides valuable inspiration, motivation, and feedback, in a friendly, non-judgmental environment.

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If There's a Way



i wake up
with my cup
in the morning
i lie down
without a sound
in the night

if there's a way
if there's a way
show me now
cause i can't see
lettin' be
teach me how

chase the days
make them pay
for their crimes
another night
another flight
i'm not on

if there's a way
if there's a way
help me see
cause i'm afraid
it's too late
for you and me

spring to snow
there's a glow
there's a warning
setting sun
like a gun
run while you can

there's a way
there's a way
join this fight
cause i can't see
lettin' me
sleep tonight