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#868568 - 01/01/11 06:47 PM Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song
Roy Cooper
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Registered: 09/27/09
Posts: 2773
Here's a thread where you can add a link to what YOU believe to be YOUR best song.

It can be an 'audio link' or 'video link' if your song is in video format, and you particularly proud of the video.

They can be collaborations or totally by one person.

Songs must be complete and finished, but not necessary Demo quality.

Words, music and a voice are fine as are instrumentals if that’s what you do.

This is not a competition and YOU CAN COME BACK at any time and change your song choice if you create what you feel is a better song.

The whole point of this is that visitors can come and have a listen to some songs from the great songwriters who frequent or have frequented these boards.

They don't have to be JPF created as long as one of the writers or the vocalist is a member of JPF.

So Folks be your own judge here.

And no ADDED comments please on songs or those posting, although comments on the topic are welcome.

If you want to say something then a PM to the person will keep this topic reasonable clutter free.

I will start by adding what I believe to be my best song at this moment in time, although I do have some close seconds.

Remember folks, COME BACK at any time and change your song choice if you create what you feel is a better song.


Edited by Roy Cooper (08/25/11 02:53 PM)
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#868570 - 01/01/11 06:48 PM Re: Add a link to your best song [Re: Roy Cooper]
Roy Cooper
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Registered: 09/27/09
Posts: 2773
I have some good songs IMO but this is my fav at the moment

Just Changed it.

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9967575

Lyrics:

'Selfless Acts '

A little girl from Marysville
No more than 8 years old
Led her family from a fire
When smoke and flames took hold
A boy of 7 called the cops
Was frightened as he spoke
3 men with guns are robbing us
And they're gonna shoot my folk

A child may do a selfless act
That is outstanding, brave and bold
Yes a child can be heroic
An inspiration to behold

A little girl named Geraldine
Had cancer when aged 9
Ran a marathon raising cash
For friends she left behind
Christopher at 12 years old
Was crushed by a falling tree
Pushed his elder bro away
Who said he gave his life for me

A child may do a selfless act
That is outstanding, brave and bold
Yes a child can be heroic
An inspiration to behold

Every child is special
Deserving of our respect
Because they're the future,
Loves the least they should expect
They have a childlike innocence,
And child like trusting love
They have a grace that’s holy,
It's a gift from God above

There are so many children,
who live with awful pain
Going through endless operations,
Time and time again.
Then there are other kids,
Carer's, looking after mum
Giving up on childhood things,
Loosing out on fun

A child may do a selfless act
That is outstanding, brave and bold
Yes a child can be heroic
An inspiration to behold

Yes a child can be heroic
An inspiration to behold


Edited by Roy Cooper (04/15/12 06:48 AM)
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#868579 - 01/01/11 07:08 PM Re: Add a link to your best song [Re: Roy Cooper]
Ann Feld
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Registered: 08/04/10
Posts: 305
Loc: Norfolk, VA
Great idea Roy!

This was a tough call for me. My native language is English, but I also write and sing in French, and one of my best songs, IMHO, is in French.

For this thread, I've chosen a song in English, a song for which I rerecorded the vocals a few months ago, since I was never happy with the original version. I'm not a huge Twilight fan, but I really felt for the character of Jacob and how he pined for Bella, the main character.

Here it is:

Fade Into Me (2011) on Reverbnation (c) 2009 Ann Feld

Lyrics:

Twilight falls
Like blood around
My feet
You know my secret
But here comes one more

It's what I could never tell
Tell you straight
It's what I could never
Not....not while you're with him

That I'm captivated
That I'm captivated
You draw me in your shades
Of black and white
Captivated
When you leave me, leave me
Hanging, hanging on your maybes

And you're not the most beautiful
And he never sees your real happiness
But fascination grips me, grips me
In its fist
And I could be
What you want me to be
And I would let you
Think without me
And most of all
I'd never hurt you
Like he did.....

All I want is for you to fade into me
Like you do with him
With me
With him
With me
With him
With me
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http://www.youtube.com/annfeldmusic
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Welcome Back to the Aquarium

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#868593 - 01/01/11 07:51 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Roy Cooper]
Richard Faschan
Casual Observer


Registered: 06/22/09
Posts: 18
Roy,

I'm not sure I have a favorite - I think it depends on what kind of mood I'm in. At this time of the day, I'm leaning towards "Kisses and Whiskey"

Rich

Rich Faschan - Kisses and Whiskey

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#868594 - 01/01/11 07:59 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Richard Faschan]
Joe Wrabek
Top 100 Poster


Registered: 11/28/03
Posts: 6178
Loc: Garibaldi, OR USA
I'm not sure there is a "best"--opr maybe the best just hasn't been wrote yet. Which one(s) I'm partial to changes from week to week, too. Right now, I'm partial to my song about the stalker, "In the Shadows, I'll Be Watching You." Why? Not sure.

Lyrics follow. link, FWIW, is http://www.soundclick.com/share?songid=9018034

Joe

[4/4, mod. slow two-step]

IN THE SHADOWS, I’LL BE WATCHING YOU
--J. Wrabek

1.
You put whiskey in your coffee when you first get up,
While the T.V. dinner is still warming up,
And dress yourself like there’s no one around to see;
You stare at your desk from time to time,
Waiting for that clock to give you back your life,
And I wish you could share it with somebody else besides me.

CHORUS:
In the shadows, I’ve been watching you,
Keeping track of everything you do;
Wherever you go, wherever you’ll be,
You’re going to have a little company;
In the shadows, I’ll be watching you.

2.
The band’ll be playing at the bar tonight,
And they don’t sound bad if you’re standing outside,
And if they’washed the windows, I might get to see you dance;
You’ll leave alone, not walking right,
And I’ll follow t’make sure you get home all right,
And we’ll both get a little shut-eye if we get the chance.

CHORUS:
In the shadows, I’ve been watching you,
Keeping track of everything you do;
Wherever you go, wherever you’ll be,
You’re going to have a little company;
In the shadows, I’ll be watching you.

3.
I fantasize what it might be like
If we both got introduced sometime;
I’m really not sure what sorts of things I could say;
“The pink lace panties are the ones that look best”?
“You’ve been drinking too much, and you need more rest”?
I prob’ly just ought to stay quiet, and out of your way.

CHORUS:
In the shadows, I’ll be watching you,
Keeping track of everything you do;
Wherever you go, whatever you’ll be,
You’re going to have a little company;
In the shadows, I’ll be watching you.

REPEAT LAST LINE OF CHORUS TO END

(c) 2010 J. Wrabek dba Outside Services Ltd. All the usual rights reserved just in case.

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#868600 - 01/01/11 08:16 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Joe Wrabek]
Scott Campbell
Top 10 Poster


Registered: 07/22/05
Posts: 10861
Loc: Lakeland, FL, USA
Feedback I've gotten seems to converge on three songs that others consider my best: "Arizona", "Opening Day", and "Still Making It Up As We Go".

They probably are. Still, I find that I'm often happiest with something recent. So I'll avoid the issue by not posting my best song. Instead, my favorite song from 2010.

It's really a medley of two short songs that were both posted separately this year. I've decided to make them a medley for my next project because they go together on a couple of different levels:

Over the Moon For You/Everything's Coming Out Blue is here:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=377550&songID=10060128

I'll stick the lyric below. Thanks again to Niteshift for the sax part on the first song \:\)

Scott

Over the Moon For You/Everything's Coming Out Blue
(c) 2010 by S.W. Campbell

Sidewalk busker sees me bouncing along
He tips his hat, grabs his axe, starts singing our song
A little girl with flowers tosses me a rose
And the hustler at the bus stop gives me five down low
Everyone sees what’s true
I’m over the moon for you

Grocer on the corner tosses me a plum
A couple cops on horses raise their thumbs
And the beat box angels shout and wave hello
While the shell game grifter winks a “way to go”
Everyone sees what’s true
I’m over the moon for you

And the music of a saxophone drifts up from the underground
How could I ever think that was a mournful sound?

A red faced cabbie lays on his horn
Cause I’m not really watching where I’m going
He shouts, “Buddy live to see her for one more day”
He grins and shakes his head as he speeds away
Everyone sees what’s true
I’m over the moon for you

I planted a rose as pink as your nose
But then it bloomed a peculiar hue
Since you’ve been gone, everything’s coming out blue

I think the cherry tree’s feeling just like me
Cause it bears an oddly colored fruit
Since you’ve been gone, everything’s coming out blue

Blue is the thread that weaves its way through empty days
Blue is the feeling I can’t shake when you’re away

And the fireflies still shine their light
But with a color out of true
Since you’ve been gone, everything’s coming out blue

Blue is the thread that weaves its way through empty days
Blue is the feeling I can’t shake when you’re away

And the whippoorwill on my window sill
Sings his mournful tune
Since you’ve been gone everything’s coming out blue

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#868604 - 01/01/11 08:29 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Scott Campbell]
in2piano
Top 200 Poster


Registered: 04/24/09
Posts: 1304
Loc: Oregon, USA
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=9995635&q=hi&newref=1

Red White and So Blue

(c) 2009 Janice Hopkins/Larry Westfall/Magne Kolstad

When I think of the ones
That have all gone before
The brave and the young
Guarding freedom's door

If we only believe
In the heartfelt truth
Then it's time we agree
It's Red White and So Blue

Red for bravery's blood, shed on foreign shores
By men and women, for the land they adore
White for hope so pure, never looking back
On young ones' dreams and unlived plans
And one for wives and mothers, the flag's presented to
In the nation's colors of, Red, White and So Blue

Good men have always fought
To lend a helping hand
Their country came first
As they drew lines in the sand

So the next time you see
Fireworks in the sky
Think of those who've kept us free
While this good nation cries

Red for bravery's blood, shed on foreign shores
By men and women, for the land they adore
White for hope so pure, never looking back
On young ones' dreams and unlived plans
And one for wives and mothers, the flag's presented to
In the nation's colors of, Red, White and So Blue

Remember how our children fall
As the somber notes are played
While you bow your heads....recall
The truths in the colors that we wave

Red for bravery's blood, shed on foreign shores
By men and women, for the land they adore
White for hope so pure, never looking back
On young ones' dreams and unlived plans
And one for wives and mothers, the flag's presented to
In the nation's colors of, Red, White and So Blue
_________________________
Can't find the stairway to 'heaven'...but I know where the elevator is.

Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us" - Albert Schweitzer.

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#868607 - 01/01/11 08:51 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Roy Cooper]
TamsNumber4
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Registered: 05/19/10
Posts: 2038
Loc: New England
Thank you Roy...this is glorious and a wonderful way to familiarize with any of the many wonderful artists on JPF!!


My Best is always a collaboration because working with others brings out the best in everyone!! (I also can't do ANY of this on my own)


The beautiful lyrics/melody of Roderick, the amazing music of Vicarn, and my shared melody/singing TamsNumber4


COME AND DANCE WITH ME on SoundClick

COME AND DANCE WITH ME on ReverbNation

Come And Dance With Me
Rod Coleman
c-2010

Lying here feeling all the things I feel
makes me crazy
The fighting echoes in this big ol' house
almost daily
But tonight I'm alone, so I pick up the phone
and I hear you softly say,
"The lights are down low and I need you so...
Come dance with me"

"Come and dance with me
Come lay your body close to mine"
"Come and dance with me
And be my lover for all time"
I know it's wrong
I start thinking 'bout the vows I failed to keep
Then you whisper again, the music begins
"Come dance with me"

Driving home, the tears start to fall,
and I'm wondrin' how?
Been so long since I touched my man
He's like a stranger now
Why can't he see that it's him I need
If he would only say out loud,
"The lights are down low and I need you so...
Come dance with me"

(Bridge)
What happened to
the man that I knew
who made me his world?
I guess he was wrong
Now it's all gone
and I'm not a girl...anymore

"Come and dance with me
Come lay your body close to mine"
"Come and dance with me
And be my lover for all time"
But he wants to fight and criticize
About just who he wants me to be
And I have a choice until I hear your voice...
"Come dance with me"
I have a choice until I hear your voice...
"Come dance with me"
_________________________
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1038504

http://www.reverbnation.com/#!/tamsnumber4

Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it...
Professor Albus Dumbledore





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#868608 - 01/01/11 08:52 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Roy Cooper]
KimberlyinNC
Top 100 Poster


Registered: 11/08/08
Posts: 4153
Loc: North Carolina
This is very hard to chose my best,because I am so utterly incapable of seeing much in my own work... so I will put one that seemed to get pretty good compliments from the sites and from one publisher... This is a collaboration with Mr. Taylor Brandesky.
Without a Trace

Thanks. If anyone is a performer, and is interested in this song, please contact me. Lyrics are below...

Kimberly




Without A Trace

I was starving in a wilderness without
Searching for myself, searching for a love
Wrapped up in doubt
Just past the loneliness, just past the pain
I saw love standing there
Now I'm not the same

(Chorus)
Catch me if you will
Save me if you can
And if you need me take me by the hand
Catch me if you will
Save me if you can
But if you don't love me, help me understand
How to lose you
How to lose myself
'Til you're gone
Without a trace

You came to me, you came to me with emptiness inside
Searching for yourself, searching for a love
Troubled state of mind
Just past the craziness, just beyond your soul
We love past our passion
Then we lost control

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
No matter what I do
No matter what I say
Every time my heart beats it fills my blood with you
Every time I say your name I get high from the sound
Spinning me into oblivion, round and round and round

(Chorus)
© Kime/Brandesky 2009


Edited by Kimberlyinnc (01/01/11 08:57 PM)
_________________________
*Always open to collaborations on my lyrics.. with singers and musicians, but PLEASE contact me before putting work into one--in case someone else has it..thanks!!**
BMI Member All Rights Reserved
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Email for Song Business Only
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#868609 - 01/01/11 08:56 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song *DELETED* *DELETED* [Re: KimberlyinNC]
Roy Cooper
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Registered: 09/27/09
Posts: 2773
And what a great start folks.

I have listened and am impressed.

God Bless Roy and Helen
_________________________
'You Have To Kiss A Lot Of Frogs To Find A Prince'

Personal Website

Country Demo Radio

roy@royandhelen.com

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#868610 - 01/01/11 08:58 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song *DELETED* [Re: Roy Cooper]
KimberlyinNC
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Registered: 11/08/08
Posts: 4153
Loc: North Carolina
Post deleted by Kimberlyinnc

Edited by Kimberlyinnc (01/01/11 08:59 PM)
_________________________
*Always open to collaborations on my lyrics.. with singers and musicians, but PLEASE contact me before putting work into one--in case someone else has it..thanks!!**
BMI Member All Rights Reserved
http://www.littleikepublishing.com
Email for Song Business Only
littleikeproductions@hotmail.com

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#868613 - 01/01/11 09:07 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: KimberlyinNC]
Cacti Jake
Casual Observer


Registered: 05/22/09
Posts: 34
Well, I couldn't resist this thread. Some folks might disagree with my pick, but that's O K .... Y'all can make up your own minds as to which of my tunes are the least offensive. My personal favorite tune (by me) is titled, "A Bitch Like You", but some people are more partial to the "Peckerwood Song" which is probably as "sappy" as I got on this first project. See if you agree with me. Use good speakers or a headset or go to a bar with a good sound system and an AMI internet jukebox for the full effect. http://www.myspace.com/jakeblakeproject >>
Happy Happy New Year Everybody!
And if you're into Redneck, look me up on youtube ....


Edited by Cacti Jake (01/01/11 09:10 PM)

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#868614 - 01/01/11 09:21 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Cacti Jake]
Dan Sullivan
Serious Contributor


Registered: 07/17/10
Posts: 2121
Loc: MI
Crown of gold

Copyright Dan Sullivan 2011

I'm gatherin' all my thoughts
I'm wonderin' what's worse
To live without your love
Or to die of thirst

I've concealed my feelings
Kept them under lock and key
Had to hide from prying eyes
What you mean to me

Darkness softly slipping
Like a hood over my head
Every night I dream of you
Laying on my bed

Now storm clouds are gatherin'. They fill the western sky
As the sun slips away like love slowly dyin'

I'm gatherin' my defenses
I'm lifting shield and spear
I can hear the trumpets calling
As my enemy draws near

I'm gatherin' all my thoughts
I'm wonderin' what's worse
In this world both truth and lies
Haunt me like a curse

I'm harvestin' from dreams
Planted long ago
That a crown now made of thorns
Might one day turn to gold


Edited by Dan Sullivan (03/20/11 09:12 PM)

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#868623 - 01/01/11 10:24 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Dan Sullivan]
glynda
Helping Hand


Registered: 07/12/08
Posts: 7389
Loc: Princeton,Texas
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=7174730


Man,How These Walls Cry

I wrote this about almost 3 years ago,Derek Hines came in and did the rewrite and laid the basic music down, then Caroline came in and smoothed it out for us....THEN

Mike Caro (Substudio) did the full production, live everything, and did the singing on it.....I LOVE THIS SONG....WHAT CAN I SAY...THANKS AGAIN DEREK, AND CAROLINE....BUT MOST OF ALL THANK YOUR MIKE CARO

How These Walls Cry

Through the years I've seen many things
Some I wish i had not seen
I've seen men come and go
Some go home and some go
well, you know.

It's a shame it took this to bring me to my knees

It doesn't matter who you are
the roughest, toughest, meanest of men
With all kinds of tattoos
There will come a day when you'll have to bend

You know when somethings going down
there's any icy wicked chill in the air
and it's thicker than ice
you better think twice
Before you show anyone that your scared

it's seeping through the walls
like fingers reaching out for you
stops you in your tracks
afraid to breathe or even move

No one makes a sound
As evil floats around
but, at night man you should see
How these walls cry.

My Mama revered the Lord
She said, son you'd better be good
Or you'll go straight to hell
well it feels like I am in this cell

Mamma did what she could
But she can't stop these walls from closing in
At times I swear I hear them talking
I pace the floors spend hours walking
At anytime my life could end

When my mamma cried for me
i just laughed right in her face
Now her wisdom I ignored
Has put me in this place

No one makes a sound
As evil floats around
but, at night man you should see
How these walls cry

How these walls cry

(Bridge)
Well, if I could get out for just one day
you know what i'd do
i'd get down on my knees
and kiss that woman's feet
Tell her I was such a fool

I've seen a man kill another man
just for sitting on his bed
Life means nothing behind these bars
just look at someone wrong and your dead

Yeah they act so tough swearing, cussin' and fighting
At night the damned lay still scared by a little thunder and lighting

No one makes a sound
As evil floats around
but, at night man you should see
How these walls cry
How these walls cry

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#868625 - 01/01/11 10:40 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: glynda]
Ott Lukk
Serious Contributor


Registered: 08/24/10
Posts: 691
Loc: Minneapolis
Thanks to Roy & Tams for this thread, & the positive attitude behind it. I posted this in September, but it's still my favorite. "I Want My Virginity Back!", the first cut at http://www.myspace.com/suspendedspidersongs
Ott


Edited by Ott Lukk (01/02/11 11:12 PM)

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#868643 - 01/01/11 11:45 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Ott Lukk]
Lynn Orloff
Top 100 Poster


Registered: 04/06/06
Posts: 5161
Loc: PA of the great USA
Choosing this one because it got the most views of all the ones I've posted so far on JPF, and I am partial to it because it's retro and I love retro. I'm a dreamer so I'm still hoping Carrie, LeAnn, Faith, Kellie or Martina pick this one up, dress in a poodle skirt and do a vintage black and white video ala oldies style. Have the whole video scripted in my mind complete w/jukebox, dancehall, malt shop, 57 chevy, etc.

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=6960579

Happy New Year!! \:\)
_________________________
My Music at Soundclick
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=788266

Always open to collaborations \:\)

God Bless Our Military!!!

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#868664 - 01/02/11 01:37 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Lynn Orloff]
ben willis
Top 100 Poster


Registered: 04/10/06
Posts: 4842
Loc: Ft. Myers, FL. USA
Did this song with the help from Scott Campbell.

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9331485

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#868686 - 01/02/11 07:00 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: ben willis]
nightengale
Top 100 Poster


Registered: 03/17/09
Posts: 2505
Loc: Eugene, Or USA
I'm kinda partial to this one.


Originally Pictures, now Yellow Dandelions.

Geneva Griffin/ Tracy Smith


http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10012677
_________________________
http://members.soundclick.com/nightengalemusic

http://www.reverbnation.com/nightengalemusic

GENEVA Griffin

Lyrics seeking singer/composer,cowriters,collaborators

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#868687 - 01/02/11 07:23 AM Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: nightengale]
Colin Ward
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Registered: 05/31/06
Posts: 4663
Loc: Saint Petersburg. FL
Some people like this one of mine - written about a trip to Italy.

Cappuccino in the Morning

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#868692 - 01/02/11 08:14 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Colin Ward]
"Tampa Stan" Good
Top 10 Poster


Registered: 07/24/10
Posts: 26755
Loc: Tampa, Florida since 1973
Back around 1983 I penned this one. Don't have a link/tho it's on my Freshman CD at CDBaby.com/TampaStan...

"CRIES IN THE NIGHT" (C) by Stan Good, BMI

There's a Man with a Badge & He's Feelin' Sad
'Cuz There's Nothing..He Can Do
But Watch a Young Man Die on The Lower East Side
From a Hollow-Point..22

There's a Woman in Chains, Hard to Explain, But
She Has a Whip in Her Hands
There's a Man on All Fours, Gotta Follow Her Course
Or Else..She'll Swing It Again

(CHORUS)
CRIES IN THE NIGHT...CRIES IN THE NIGHT
Some Cry From PLEASURE
Some Cry From PAIN and
SOME CRIES IN THE NIGHT
You Never HEAR FROM Again...

Hey, A Mugger-in-Rags needs A Cheap Nickel Bag
But..This Victim's Wary-&-Smart..
Mugger Makes One Mistake, It's the Last One He'll Make:
Hidden Knife Finds Its Way to His Heart

& A Gal on The Strip wants to Try One Last Trick
So This John Lets Her Into His Car
But The Price Isn't Right, so She Pays With Her Life
'Cuz She Wasn't Goin' That Far...

(REPEAT CHORUS)

(BRIDGE)
Outside My Window, Something Shatters The Night
(Shatters The Night)
Outside My Window..Cries Pierce The Darkness..Faster Than Light

It's About 2AM and He Hears It Again
As The Doc Opens-Up Her Left Side
On a Cold Winter's Morn, New-Warm Baby is Born
Never Knowing Its Mother Just Died..

Now My Love Huddles-Near, Both in Passion & Fear
Inhibitions..Turn Into Delight
First The Warmth of Her Breath, Then The Folds of Her Dress
Help Make Me FORGET What's Outside...

(CHORUS)
Those CRIES IN THE NIGHT...CRIES IN THE NIGHT
Some Cry From PLEASURE
Some Cry From PAIN and
SOME CRIES IN THE NIGHT You Never HEAR FROM Again--

(TAG)
CRIES IN THE NIGHT..CRIES IN THE NIGHT...
Some Cry From PLEASURE..Some Cry From PAIN and
SOME CRIES IN THE NIGHT YOU NEVER HEAR FROM
AGAIN---

P.S. (This is the Best Song I'VE recorded. I'm pretty FOND of one I penned to Mark Kaufman/Steve Soucey's melody and ROBERT PICKENS sang)..THIS Last Year: "LET'S TAKE THE TIME"...at <http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=9293280&q=hi8ne> If, as-usual, my Computerese kinda Blows-It...just search Soundclick.com & Robert Pickens...& thar-she-be.


Edited by "Tampa Stan" Good (09/21/11 07:39 PM)
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#868697 - 01/02/11 08:53 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: "Tampa Stan" Good]
Kevin Emmrich Moderator
Top 20 Poster


Registered: 02/24/07
Posts: 8632
Loc: Crozet, VA
There is always this link to add to the mix: http://www.jpfolks.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=694866

My best song is always the latest one I am working on. Of course, a few weeks later I always go back and .........

Kevin
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Kevin at Soundclick and ... more Soundclick
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#868698 - 01/02/11 09:32 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Kevin Emmrich]
BIG JIM MERRILEES
Top 20 Poster


Registered: 11/27/06
Posts: 8077
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland. UK
Every now and then there is a place for a dark, deep, meaningful song.....this is my fav.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=687727&songID=7021572

Unfinished Letter
Big Jim Merrilees © April 2008

He carefully folded his glasses
Put them away in their case
Leaned back in his leather armchair
And clasped his hands to his face
Sat still there for a few moments
head full of conflicting thoughts
Have all the “T”s been crossed
Do all the “I”s have dots.

He leaned forward and looked at the letter
Is this what he meant to say
Could he have put things better
Was there an easier way
He took a gulp from the bottle
It burned as it went down
Vision was blurred from the whisky
His head was spinning around

How could things have gotten
To this final drastic stage
Maybe he should write
just one more page
He mustered up his courage
This time he was gonna be brave
He was going to print it this time
He was not going to click on save

His finger hovered over the button
His mind was on overload
Another slug out of the bottle
Just one more for the road
This time was gonna be different
He was never gonna be beat
But he knew just like the times before
He would only hit delete.

Maybe finish it another time
This letter he didn’t write
Be brave and complete it
some other dark night
Say the things he’s afraid to say
And the things he’s trying to hide
But some things are better left unsaid
About love and suicide.

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#868709 - 01/02/11 10:21 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: BIG JIM MERRILEES]
Puddleglum
Serious Contributor


Registered: 07/11/10
Posts: 514
Loc: West Yorkshire UK
this is a work in progress, it's very long over 20 minutes. It is my personal project for Uni, so if you have lots of time and patience take a listen. It could never be described as a meaningless pop song!!

the Vagrant Suite by the Old Grey Wolf Ltd Co

http://www.house-mixes.com/mixes/playmix/98280/play.aspx

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#868713 - 01/02/11 10:49 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: BIG JIM MERRILEES]
coalminer
Serious Contributor


Registered: 01/25/09
Posts: 371
Loc: Grantville,PA
This is a song I don't think I ever even posted on jpfolks before. It's stuck on myspace and I can't get it off without buying it. grr.

http://www.myspace.com/minerad

Crazy Somehow
v1
well i know that she's crazy but she's got the looks that kill,
her body's built for satisfaction, i'm gonna get my fill,
the scars on her wrist tell a tale i didn't see,
it's too late the sun's come up she's lyin next to me.

ch
yeah we're all, crazy now,
maybe i'm the one,
that's crazy somehow.
yeah we're all, crazy now,
maybe i'm the one,
that's crazy somehow.

v2
everyone i know says i, gotta get away,
but the way she works that body makes it so hard to say,
everytime that i get close she teases me with more,
there's somethin bout this drama-queen that i just can't ignore.

ch:re
br:inst/solo
ch:re

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#868721 - 01/02/11 11:12 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: coalminer]
DonnaMarilyn
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Registered: 08/16/08
Posts: 3635
Loc: Netherlands
Don't know that I have a "best", but this particular song is close to my heart.

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8340272

Billy Playle was my collaborator (arrangement/melody/guitar/vocals).

What Colour Is Love?

(v1 )
There’s the grey fog of grief
Of the grim disbelief
When you’ve lost once again
What was dear to your heart
Or the steel-blue of pain
When the tears want to start
But…

Chorus
In the dark shades of night
When sleep has long gone
And thoughts overwhelm me
As the hours grind along
Can anyone tell me
What colour is love?

(v2)
There’s the umber of sadness
Deep-space black of madness
Or white gold left behind
By stars that have died
Or the purple of violence
That so many will hide

Chorus
In the dark shades of night
When sleep has long gone
And thoughts overwhelm me
As the hours grind along
Can anyone tell me
What colour is love?

Bridge
Perhaps it’s the mixed box of crayons
A lonely child holds in its hand
As it carefully fills in the contours
Of a family in fairytale land

(v3)
There’s the beige of old-fashioned
Or the wine-red of passion
When blood starts to pound
And emotions run deep
Or the pearl-silver silence
As you watch a child sleep
But…

Chorus
In the dark shades of night
When sleep has long gone
And thoughts overwhelm me
As the hours grind along
Can anyone tell me
What colour is love?

Outro
Does love have a colour?
Or a sound we can sing?
And if love has a colour
Is it in Everything?

©2009 Donna Devine
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#868724 - 01/02/11 11:27 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: coalminer]
Bill Robinson
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Probably not the most popular. Too brooding and sad. But I consider it one of my best.

http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=1047407&q=hi&newref=1


This Would Be His Last Time
© 2006 Bill Robinson ASCAP

Verse
Was another night of cheap red wine
A night spent beggin’ for nickels and dimes
Wipin’ windshields down at Fifth and Main
Then into the alley to buy from the man

He crawled in the dumpster he called his home
He’d spend another cold damp night alone
His old Navy coat was faded and worn
Didn’t do much to keep an old man warm

Ch
A fifty cent lighter and a small metal spoon
Cooked up the magic his peace would come soon
The dope played its trick on his tortured mind
He promised himself this would be his last time

verse
People would see him and wonder why
He kept living this way just waitin’ to die
They’d never ask or really want to know
What brought this man down so long ago

He’d long forgotten what made him this way
The weakness that broke him a little each day
He dreamed of a good day somewhere in his past
For just a few hours that’s all it would last

Ch
A fifty cent lighter and a small metal spoon
Cooked up the magic his peace would come soon
The dope played its trick on his tortured mind
He promised himself this would be his last time

Bridge
The places it takes you are in your mind
You’ll only be there for a very short time
But then you come down and you’re still all alone

Ch
A fifty cent lighter and a small metal spoon
Cooked up the magic his peace would come soon
The dope played its trick on his tortured mind
He promised himself this would be his last time

Tag
He promised himself this would be his last time

This WOULD be his last time
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#868733 - 01/02/11 12:31 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Bill Robinson]
Everett Adams
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This is a hard task, how do you choose which of your children you like best. Which is my best country song or my best Gospel song. What I like best may not be my best. Well here goes.

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=5874277

I’M CLIMBING THAT STAIRWAY

For everyone there’s a stairway that we must learn to climb

Though we may often stumble we’ll make it there in time

Be sure to choose the right one that leads up above

Where we’ll find life eternal surrounded by His love
CHORUS

I’m climbing that stairway that beautiful stairway

The stairway that takes a lifetime to climb

I’m climbing that stairway that heavenly stairway

That glories stairway one step at a time

For everyone there’s a stairway and we must make the choice

Choose the steep and narrow one that leads us to Christ

Forsake the wide and easy it’ll lead us astray

So brother I implore you choose the straight and narrow way
REPEAT CHORUS

For everyone there’s a stairway but just where will it lead

Will it take us to the cross where our saviour did bleed

Will it lead to destruction when our life is through

There’s a stairway for everyone the choice is up to you
REPEAT CHORUS
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#868769 - 01/02/11 05:11 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Ott Lukk]
Richard Faschan
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Ott, I am getting a server error when I try the link you provided. Can you check and repost?

Rich


Edited by Richard Faschan (01/02/11 05:12 PM)

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#868770 - 01/02/11 05:18 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song *DELETED* [Re: Richard Faschan]
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#868783 - 01/02/11 06:26 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Roy Cooper]
Vicarn
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Loc: UK
Hi all!
It's kind of hard to choose from your best song and your own personal favorites. One of my favorites has to be the first song I wrote a long way back in May 2010, LOL. And I would like to contribute to costs whatever the outcome if it helps.

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9893179

Sending back your wine and roses. One door opens then it closes.
She won’t let you stick your nose in. She won’t do what you’re supposing.
See her walking, how she dances. Sends the watching crowd in trances.
Which one is the one she fancies. Does she know your circumstances.
But she………….. loves me.

She picks up my fallen ego. She’s my shield wherever we go.
Like a magnet, will attract you, but she’s not yours to come back to.
In the valley of the shadow she will walk the straight and narrow.
In loves deep and in its shallows she’s the eagle and the sparrow.
And she…………..loves me.

What’s the point in feeling badly? What your after ain’t there sadly.
I was there when she was choosing. You were elsewhere.
That’s not loosing.

(instrumental)

I see now you’re contemplating could it be she’s hesitating?
Is she leaving? Is she staying? Listen to what she is saying
Sending back your wine and roses. One door opens then it closes.
In loves deep and in its shallows she’s my eagle and my sparrow.
And she………………loves me.

(repeat three times)



Edited by Vicarn (01/02/11 06:30 PM)
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#868790 - 01/02/11 07:07 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Vicarn]
DakLander
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Kind of hard to choose, there are a couple I like but I suppose I Can't Shake The You In Me co written with Sherrie Davis.
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#868804 - 01/02/11 09:13 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: DakLander]
Jen Shaner
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Registered: 07/27/10
Posts: 1141
Loc: Appomattox Va
Hi everyone! I think this was a great idea! I haven't been on this site long but have had a wonderful time collaborating with others. I guess my best song for 2010 would have to be "I'll Be On My Way". I was sent the track by Andy Kemp when I was on another site. I moved on to this site and invited him to join as well. I enjoyed writing the lyrics to an actual track(1st time doing this)but never imagined how it would evolve. I met Tammy through this song as she sang vocals and brought this song to life! Not only did she do an amazing job with the vocals and recording, but she got it played on 2 online radio sites. It made it to no. 8 on the voting chart at Hardcoremix during its airplay. So thanks to my new friends I have to say this was my best. http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_5585584


I'll Be On My Way
by
Jennifer (Jinx) Shaner

© 2010



I feel cold inside
despite the heat
Feel pleasure, yet pain
Love once made me whole
I’m now incomplete
and broken again

I look in your eyes
Which once warmed my soul
The fire’s now gone
There’s heat in your touch
But love is not there
It’s time to move on




(prechorus)
I must find the strength to run
I’m not the type to just have fun



(chorus)
Your promises mean nothing now
I need to break away somehow
Love is what I had but lost
Now it’s time to pay
I will not stay yours to use
I may be hurt, my ego bruised
But without love’s the meaning’s lost
I’ll now be on my way



An empty touch
Can’t fill the holes
When love is gone
Hiding my pain
I act out my roles
And try to move on

Ignoring the pain
I put on a smile
And face each new day
I know I was right
To push you aside
You were just in my way




(prechorus)
Within my chest my heart still bleeds
I’m dead and yet I live
And yet to taste what love can be
Again my heart I’d give




(chorus)
Your promises mean nothing now
I need to break away somehow
Love is what I had but lost
Now it’s time to pay
I will not stay yours to use
I may be hurt, my ego bruised
But without love’s the meaning’s lost
I’ll now be on my way
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#868829 - 01/02/11 11:02 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Roy Cooper]
Andy K
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Registered: 04/04/03
Posts: 660
Loc: Clearwater, FL, USA
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_2334910

Hard To Keep Turning The Other

Verse 1:
Quick stop, short of time
But now he's trapped in the checkout line
It's hard to keep turning the other
One in front ignores cashier
Cell phone stuck to her ear
It's hard to keep turning the other
Hard to keep turning the other
Hard to keep turning the other

Chorus 1:
Cheek . . . she's unaware
She couldn't care for his needs as he broods
“You're not alone!
Think of me!
Show some courtesy
It's hard to keep turning the other cheek”

Verse 2:
Dogs barking night and day
Loud, late parties keep him awake
It's hard to keep turning the other
Appointments never show
Left lane drivers way too slow
It's hard to keep turning the other

Chorus 2:
Cheek . . . they're unaware
They couldn't care for his needs as he shouts
“You're not alone!
Think of me!
Show some courtesy
It's hard to keep turning the other cheek”

Bridge:
He's sick of getting stepped on everyday
Letting the rude have their selfish way
Biting his tongue to avoid an unpleasant scene

Verse 3:
Pushed too far, had enough
Now nine lie in pools of blood
It's hard to keep turning the other
SWAT team 'bout to break inside
One bullet left . . . To clear his mind
It's hard to keep turning the other
Hard to keep turning the other
Hard to keep turning the other

Chorus 3:
Cheek . . . they weren't aware
They couldn't care 'bout his pain` as he cries
“I'm not a brick!
I hurt and bleed!
Show some courtesy
It's hard to keep turning the other
Hard to keep turning the other
Hard to keep turning the other . . .”

Copyright 2009 A. Karpinski, BMI, all rights reserved.
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#868834 - 01/03/11 12:43 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Andy K]
Johnny Daubert
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Registered: 01/27/01
Posts: 7185
Loc: New Jersey, USA

"We Just Gotta Be Friends"
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=322686&songID=4313186

Thank you!

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#868836 - 01/03/11 12:51 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Johnny Daubert]
Iggy
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Registered: 06/04/03
Posts: 1049
Loc: Manheim, PA
"My Turn This Time"

http://www.badbetsy.com/audio/PRODUCER_GALEN-My_Turn_This.m3u

Thanks.
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#868853 - 01/03/11 07:40 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Roy Cooper]
PopTodd
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Registered: 06/06/01
Posts: 1606
Loc: Western Springs, IL, USA
I have a couple of songs that I think are my best.
Stylistically, I'm all over the place, so that makes it harder to pick just one. I mean, I have the one that I love that I think would go over best here, and then there is my favorite pure pop song. And then my favorite weirdofreak song.
But as I am at JP Folks, I will post the former. It's probably the prettiest thing that I've done:
"Come On, Let's Go"
1.
Were we lonely?
I forget
But I can't forget the way you looked
The night that we first met

It was Tuesday
It was late
But not too late to play the flirt
Or play the hand of fate

-c-
A smile hello
Come on, let’s go
The bar’s about to close
“Here’s a pen,
“I’ll call you when…”

2.
Were we happy?
I forget
But I can't forget the words you said
When you said it should end

I was happy
What did you expect?
But I didn’t expect the way I felt
When you stayed in my head

-c-
The urge to phone
Come on, let’s go
The show’s about to start
“Hey, why not?,
Another shot…

-bridge-
As much as things were meant to be
This was meant to be
As much as things were meant to be
I’m glad you came to me
As much as things were meant to be
You were meant for me
As much as you were meant for me...

3.
Now where are we?
How could I forget?
We’re on the road, come on, let’s go…

©2007 Todd Leiter-Weintraub

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#868871 - 01/03/11 09:50 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: PopTodd]
Tom Shea
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Registered: 05/07/08
Posts: 3565
Loc: Nebraska
Well, this is currently my favorite. Co-written with Justice, Olivia Reid and Lucas Kellison.

https://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=840134&songID=9886693


Edited by Tom Shea (01/07/11 04:23 PM)
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#868888 - 01/03/11 11:36 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Tom Shea]
Mark Kaufman
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Registered: 09/25/07
Posts: 5927
Loc: Minneapolis
Probably this one...because of the marvelous lyrics: Techno Tudo

Just kidding.

I don't know what's best, but in the last several months I'd pick this one: Believe the World Needs You
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#869605 - 01/06/11 01:18 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Mark Kaufman]
TamsNumber4
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Registered: 05/19/10
Posts: 2038
Loc: New England
I'm bumping this in honor of the spirit in which it was started!!
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#869609 - 01/06/11 01:41 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: TamsNumber4]
Brian Austin Whitney Administrator
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Weirdo freak song? I want to hear that one Todd.. send me a link in a PM to it. = )
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#869617 - 01/06/11 02:48 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Brian Austin Whitney]
Brian Austin Whitney Administrator
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FYI, there's some bad links sprinkled throughout.
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#869618 - 01/06/11 02:54 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Brian Austin Whitney]
PopTodd
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Registered: 06/06/01
Posts: 1606
Loc: Western Springs, IL, USA
Originally Posted By: Brian Austin Whitney
Weirdo freak song? I want to hear that one Todd.. send me a link in a PM to it. = )


Well, the weirdofreak thing is really moer about the subject matter rather than the music, itself. But, here it is:
"Sheila of the Worms"

If you wanna hear somthing where the music is a bit more freaky, there's another one that I can link you to. But that one is the one that I was referring to.

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#869624 - 01/06/11 03:26 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: PopTodd]
Rick Norton
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Registered: 11/25/06
Posts: 1346
Loc: St. Augustine, FL
Just woke up from hibernation three weeks short of Groundhog Day. I'll pick this one since if I wrote it in the 60's it had a chance to be a one-hit wonder.

Always Never There

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=19395

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#869641 - 01/06/11 06:05 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Roy Cooper]
GYMusic
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Registered: 08/17/04
Posts: 17
Loc: Santa Ynez, CA
Ok. Here's one from 1996 that never got passed the demo stage. This was intended as a guy/girl song. The fabulous female vocalist moved away and I never moved ahead with it.

http://www.gymusic.com/audio/MakinItToTheEnd_vocal.mp3

"Makin' It To The End"
© 1996 Greg Youngman Music

It seems as though not long ago
Something rare began to grow
'tween you and me

And at the time we didn't realize
The future held a big surprise
For us to see

Remember what we went through?
Trying just to be there with a shoulder for the other one to lean on
I could depend on you
Reassured in knowing there was something we undoubtedly agreed on

CHORUS
We're makin' it to the end
No matter what we do or say
Together you and I will stay as friends
Makin' it to the end
Whatever might get in the way
Together you and I will stay as friends

So now we see what was to be
A master plan where you and me are best of friends

And if we look to where we're going to
Then maybe we can make it through
It just depends

Whatever we're going through
Shining like a beacon in a darkened sky you're always there to guide me
I can depend on you
Confident in knowing there was someone who was always there beside me

CHORUS
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#869848 - 01/07/11 03:37 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: GYMusic]
Steve West
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Registered: 03/01/05
Posts: 905
Loc: Mpls, MN USA
I'll be putting up a song link soon but since I've been gone from JPF for a while, I just wanted to check out what other folks have put up first.
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#869854 - 01/07/11 03:59 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Steve West]
Carlos Tabora
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Registered: 10/19/10
Posts: 159
Loc: Orange County, CA, USA
This is my best solo-written original song in my opinion. It got me my first single publishing agreement with a Nashville publisher. Listen to it on my profile page music player.

If I Believe
Words and Music by Carlos Tabora

http://songwriterspace.com/profile/CarlosTabora

Verse 1
In this world of black and white I try to paint my dream
But shades of grey are what I find the world expects to see
How I wish for golden times of sweet red kisses on blue moon nights
A rainbow made for only me

CHORUS
And If I Believe
These things my mind can see
I’ll have the strength to live a life
Worthy of my dream
And If I Believe
This dream is my destiny
There’s no more wonderin’ where my life will lead
If I Believe

Verse 2
I know this journey will be long
And choices made along the way
May change the dream I’ve drawn
Colors fade, Lines will blur
But if my will is strong and my faith endures
There will come a day when my rainbow will soar

CHORUS
And If I Believe
These things my mind can see
I’ll have the strength to live a life
Worthy of my dream
And If I Believe
This dream is God’s plan for me
There’s no more wonderin’ where my life will lead
If I Believe

Bridge
If I Believe
My rainy days will soon be gone
If I Believe
My life shines through the rain like sun

CHORUS
And If I Believe
These things my mind can see
I’ll have the strength to live a life
Worthy of my dream
And If I Believe
This dream is God’s gift to me
There’s no more wonderin’ where my life will lead
If I Believe
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#872094 - 01/18/11 12:19 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Roy Cooper]
Jeff Van Devender
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Registered: 04/24/03
Posts: 1243
Loc: Colorado
Good thread. Thanks for getting it started Roy.

You know how they say your songs are like your children? Impossible to pick your favorite? They're going to grow up to become just like you someday? Wait, strike that last one.

I'm posting this particular piece because of all the ones I play live, this one gets the most positive feedback - including how I should get it published, etc.

There are no lyrics, aside from whatever you're making up in your head as it is playing. I'm all about music w/out words - that's why you don't see me perusing the lyrics boards.

Released 2009 on my Don't Ever Forget cd.

Rocky Mountain Rag © Jeff Van Devender 2009

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#872097 - 01/18/11 12:28 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Roy Cooper]
Tony Blair
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Loc: MS
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Tony Blair best original song!
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#872139 - 01/18/11 08:09 AM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Roy Cooper]
Marvin Adcock
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Registered: 04/19/05
Posts: 146
Loc: Strong City, KS USA
Hi Roy,

Pretty tough topic. Like all songwriters my personal best changes quite often, but I always seem to go back to this song.

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=2719539


THEN COMES THE NIGHT

I go to work each day like nothings changed
Our friends just cant believe how strong I am
I say that Im OK, sometimes life gets rearranged
You have to learn to take it like a man

Then comes the night, and voices start calling
Just like the light, my teardrops start falling
I completely break down, go to black from white
I have my feet on the ground, but then comes the night

We never said goodbye, I turned around and you werent there
I could not convince myself at first
How in the blinking of an eye I watched our dreams just disappear
I only thought that I had felt the worst

Then comes the night, and voices start calling
Just like the light, my teardrops start falling
I completely break down, go to black from white
I have my feet on the ground, but then comes the night

I pray to lose this hurt of being left alone
With my knees in this dirt and my hands upon your stone

I go to work each day, like nothings changed
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#886741 - 03/20/11 08:08 PM Re: Add a link to your best ORIGINAL song [Re: Marvin Adcock]
Roy Cooper
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