will return Sunday and hopefully have a new song up

Beginning In An Ending (Against Me!)

Came home from work to the news that Tom Gabel is going to undergo the process of becoming a woman. I am not shocked for some reason probably because of all the lyrics dealing with gender confusion but I’m really psyched for him/her. He will be called Laura Grace Gabel now apparently. Well Laura, guess this one’s for you.

Every day has a beginning and ending, just like every life has a start and finish. July is gone like the gasoline it took to make the circle again. Florida to Florida, by way of america, Cocaine and soda, playing Tetris in our underwear. We take turns reading letters, I read the haiku and you move your nails across my legs. In your arms, I don’t know who I am, taking all I know about nihilism and trying to build it into a life. With your thought in mind, I walk the streets down to the shore and I sink into the Pacific. This is everything up to now ending. It was nice to believe for a while. 

Basement Living

Threw this one together real quick.

woke up this morning

to you jumping on my chest

it’s gorgeous outside

you said

but i’d rather stay in instead

if that’s alright with you

of course i didn’t mind

basement living

just to pass the time

but we savored every second

every movie

every smoke

every fuck

every joke

it was cold and dark

but it had a couch, a tv

and a banner of your fathers

favorite sports team

adorned the ceiling

nothing mattered 

we loved our

basement living

nothing mattered

we’d just get high

and watch a movie

then wait till your parents

would fall asleep

so we could be as loud as we wanted to be

and on those night it seemed like

we were the only ones in the house

we were the king and queen

of basement living 

Her And Cigarettes (Cheap Girls)

Been very busy this week with work and finals and all that, it sucks so I decided to just record this little cover of a Cheap Girls song.

she spends her money on cigarettes and such. 
well, i love her and cigarettes so much.
i love her and cigarettes so much.
and my mother, she says that i smoke too much, 
well, i love her and cigarettes so much.
i love her and cigarettes so much.
and we, we took the long way so we could have another.
we took the long way so we could have another.
we took the long way so we could have another.
we took the long way so we could have another. 
and everybody got bruised last night. 
we took our chances, and we all wound up on the floor.
we wound up all over the floor.
she spends her money on the things that she regrets. 
well, i love her and cigarettes so much.
i love her and cigarettes so much.
and we, we took the long way so we could have another.
we took the long way so we could have another.
we took the long way so we could have another.
we took the long way so we could have another.
she spends her money on cigarettes and such. 
well, i love her and cigarettes so much. 
i love her and cigarettes so much.

Since only recently just starting this blog I am still amazed at how many listens the 2 songs I’ve posted had gotten. It is not much but still it exceeded my expectations. Thank you to those who have decided to follow me as well. Spread the word to your friends. Ask me to do a cover? I’ll try my best not to ruin it hah. You guys rule.

Blame

I’m pretty sick, congested and all that.  So to pass some time I decided to write a new song and it took me probably about 5 minutes. This is the first take.

maybe they were right

when they said

i didn’t deserve her side

her side

but maybe i was wrong

to think i could ever be her king

her king

but i know one thing

for sure

i loved no one

more

i know for sure

i would’ve walked to hell 

with the coals singeing on my back

just to be with her

so god please answer

why couldn’t you just let us be

let us be

why’d you have to come and take

everything from me

but it was i

who just sat and watched

as my whole world

fell apart

so whose to blame

no one

but me

but me

spread the word

Cleaning Out An Empty House

I wrote this song after cleaning out my Uncle Joe’s house and finding all about why the man is so miserable. It’s loosely based off letters him and an ex lover wrote each other while he was in the Navy. She sent him a painting she did on a little pice of paper and eventually she sent him a Dear John letter letting him know she had fell in love with another man and ultimately left him while he was still in the Navy turning my uncle into the most miserable man to walk this earth. The first verse is suppose to be my uncles letter and the second is her letter back. It’s be cool to record it better with a female singing the 2nd verse. The photo is the painting she sent him and also inspiration for one of the lines in the song. I recorded it by placing an iPhone in my guitar case so that is why it’s so shotty hah. Also due to the lack of my musicianship. I’m sure I’ll regret uploading this.

darling i

can’t remember

the last time we spoke

i’m sure it had something to do

with me being broke

and lately i’ve been thinking

about staying down south

new york was great

but i’ve sucked all the life

out of that city dry

it’s time i start heading out

for a new life

baby

if only tonight

you could see these city lights

i’m sure you’d change your mind

but anyway

here’s a painting i did for you

because i was just wondering

if the sunsets in key west

look anything like this

and if tonight

you decide to leave

with that other boy

from down the street

and if you stay

down in

the florida keys

know you were my love

the only one for me