Category — Acoustic/Folk/Rock
Hit and Miss
I wrote a new song. And just as I was getting ready to record it…I got sick. Alas, it will have to wait until next week when I get my voice back.
Instead, I have for you a song from my album. It has resonated with me recently, so I thought I’d share it.
Hit and Miss
Never knew what it felt like to be a wreck
Always lived safe and slow
Swerved to miss a dead possum dead in my tracks
Hit a telephone pole
I never believed that someone like me would ever end up in this kind of shape
But who am I, anyway?
Never knew what my blood tasted like till today
It’s all over my face
And it’s all over my formerly white linen self
What ironic disgrace
I never believed that someone like me would ever end up in this kind of shape
But who am I, anyway?
I thought I was strong enough
I guess I was wrong enough
I never believed that someone like me would ever end up in this kind of shape
But who am I, anyway?
Never knew what it felt like to be a wreck
Never knew what it felt like to live so slow
January 28, 2010 No Comments
Love Dies Slowly
Hope everyone (except maybe you FL kids) enjoyed a snowy day 7 of 2010! The wintry mix in Nashville today was perfect weather for guitar playing and songwriting. So here you go–the first draft of a new tune. Cheers.
Love Dies Slowly
You wonder if it’s love or some other affection
Well if you’ll shed some blood, then there is one sure way to know
Love dies slowly, love dies slowly
Shoot it with a gun, or stab it with a shovel
No matter how you get it done, love’s got a stubborn will to live
And that’s why love dies slowly, love dies slowly
So if you want the facts and if you’ve got the courage
Go on and swing the axe and kill your curiosity
Remember: love dies slowly, love dies slowly
January 7, 2010 No Comments
1999
Happy New Year, everyone! I don’t have resolutions, but I do have a short list of “hopefuls”: start playing racquetball, find a summer job in Silicon Valley, co-author a cooking blog, and resurrect this website.
Today’s song is New-Years-Day-appropriate for two reasons: 1. It’s about change, and 2. it’s proof that you can accomplish something with a little resolve, even if it takes forever. I started writing this almost two years ago, sharing an unfinished version in a previous post. Since then I’ve revisited it a few times. And this is where I landed. Hope you enjoy. And Godspeed with your resolutions (or hopefuls).
1999
It was so long ago
We barely can remember what we said
The pain, it pierced too deeply to forget
But we barely can remember what we said
It was so long ago
We wonder why forgiveness is so far
Why all that seems to grow are all these scars
We wonder why forgiveness is so far
Is it so far?
We’re stuck in 1963
The start of our shattered history
And I want out of here
Fast forward, it’s 1999
And we can change this story line
Start it over here
It was so long ago
We don’t believe it’s ever gonna change
We think we’ll live forever in these chains
We don’t believe it’s ever gonna change
But it can change
We can’t win unless we lose our victory rights
Forgiveness hurts, forgiveness kills and brings new life
It’s not worth living life this way
It’s not worth living life this way
It’s not worth holding onto pain
If it means losing one more day
January 1, 2010 No Comments
Merry Christmas!
In an effort to spread Christmas cheer AND to resume blogging (we’ll see how long this lasts), here is a rendition of my favorite Christmas carol. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory over the grave.
O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.
December 24, 2009 No Comments
She’s gone
Well, she was gone. But now she’s back. (Me, that is.) I’ve overcommitted myself for the past two months at the expense of playing music…and I missed it terribly!
So anyway, hope you enjoy this. Oh, and I’m actually playing live in a couple of weeks! On Friday May 9th at the Channel with Jacob Johnson…and then again on May 10th at Paris Mountain State Park with Jonathan Edwards. Both should be fun, so come if you can.
April 26, 2008 No Comments
The days, they roll away
Easy, breezy summer’s day:
The time just seems to blow away.
Always think about the things I’ve done,
Forget to do the things I should.
And as the days, they roll away
Like the ocean’s waves of gray,
I dig to find myself in grains of sand.
Forget to look into the sun.
Who am I now, and have I run so far
That I can’t tell myself from these dying stars?
I feel so lost, and I would throw all I have off the edges of all I knew
To be lost in you.
March 18, 2008 No Comments
How Many Times
My first blog post with a *live* audience! A bit of a song idea I had a couple days ago.
March 1, 2008 No Comments
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentines Day! It’s true, I do love my listeners. Unfortunately, though, I have no chocolate for you, nor do I have flowers. But I *do* have this song to share! It’s called “Breathe Again”. It is, in fact, a love-related song, and thus appropriate for today. I hope you enjoy.
February 14, 2008 1 Comment
The World Premiere
Ha, don’t get too excited! But I am pleased to present to you for the very first time: Jordan accompanied by keys. This is my first attempt at a piano/vocals recording–a song called “Moonlight Fades.” It’s a song about missed opportunity. Don’t miss your opportunity; listen now! (wow, there’s my Advertising background unabashedly screaming through)
February 8, 2008 2 Comments
Better Man
I’m generally not a storyteller in my songs. Maybe it’s because I’m not a verbal processor (haha…it seems like I’ve discussed this point lately with many of you who are probably reading this). Maybe it’s because I don’t pay enough attention to lyrics as a listener. In any case, I don’t tell stories. And for this, I express my thanks to all of you who have faithfully listened to my music in spite of the fact that the words have potentially bored you out of your minds. 
However, this song is an anomaly for me. I explain the background of the song in the audio, so I won’t ramble on too much here. But, in short, it’s based on a story a good friend of mine told me about one of her pals who lives in the Middle East. It’s meant to convey the distress the girl felt as a result of gender relations in her culture.
January 26, 2008 1 Comment