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4.22.09 – Most these songs can be downloaded for free…the live ones at the top here are the exception. Just right-click or option-click “DOWNLOAD” link. If you derive any sort of enjoyment from my music, please help me out by purchasing a few songs in the “BUY” section so I can keep the output steady! Thanks for listening!
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Twelfth of Never – Live (Livingston/Weber)
Never the One That You Want – Live
Skylark – Live (Hoagy Carmichael)
Blackbird – Live (Paul McCartney)
This Little Girl of Mine – Live (Ray Charles)
Drown in My Own Tears – Live (Ray Charles)
Kashmir – Live (Robert Plant/Jimmy Page)
Shining – Live
Careless Dance
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Something to Me
I don’t mind/I can stay/you can talk to me all day/then again/all through the night/until suicide is out of sight/…just when you think that there is no one around…/if you want/I’ll sing a song/if it helps to rock you along/don’t you know I see it too?/but if you leave/what will that do?/…just when you think that there is no one around../you’ll see/you’ll see/your life means something to me/…/turn around/from the voice/that tells you so and makes no choice/…just when you think that there is no one around
Again
Mama Rose you got me goin’/with that photograph that you’re showin’/little closeup of your sweet daughter/just a picture I know/but I think I love her/okay the truth/I just wanted you/just to see you smile/once in a while/…/a little joke for you and your riches/you’re workin hard out in the ditches/I don’t care that you did get it/for everything I’ll give to you your credit/okay the truth/I just wanted you/just to see you smile/once in a while/…/okay I know this and you know this too/it’s just where I stand/please you must understand/this and that and this/won’t happen again/…/you’re talking crazy and I understand it/I’m sorry I left you but sitting there my dear/we had a life I just couldn’t bear it/I am older now and I have no fear/okay the truth I just wanted you/just to see you smile/once in a while/../There I go again watching your tail/it’s really nice you needn’t complain/these other girls they’re a bit stale/it’s not a front you know I’m just sayin’/okay the truth I just wanted you/just to see you smile/once in a while/…/okay i know this and you know this too/it’s just where I stand/please you must understand/this and that and this/won’t happen again/…/dish it out but can’t take it in/too serious to have any fun/let me see just a hint of a grin/now you’re just like anyone/okay the truth I just wanted you/just to see you smile/once in awhile/…/okay I know this and you know this too/it’s just where I stand/please you must understand/this and that and this/won’t happen again/this won’t happen again/this won’t happen again
Losing Your Way
Leaving Us
I was not asleep when you thought that I was/and when you came I knew it was wrong/you were wrong/…/she was not asleep when you thought that she was/and when you came I knew you were wrong/you were wrong/…/listen, she’s way too young/and I don’t believe she can leave us that way/listen, she’s way too young/and I don’t believe she would leave without a say/…/I was not afraid when you thought that I was/and when it came to take her away/she lives on/…/she was not afraid when you thought that she was/and when it came to take her away/she lives on/…/listen, she’s way too young/and I don’t believe she can leave us that way/listen, she’s way too young/and I don’t believe she would leave without a say/…/we were not asleep when you thought that we were
Another Time, Another Place
I kiss you as I leave your door on both your cheeks/like a friend and nothing more/I turn and I walk away as I’ve done so many times in the rain/and I wonder what it’s for/…/I was just a little late/and maybe in some other time and some other place/I was just a little late/and maybe in another time and another place/I could have been there to take you away/…/guys like me we’re spectators of tragedy/perfect for no one/quite alone/don’t worry I know how your story goes/you found your prince and he’s at home/…/I was just a little late/maybe in some other time and some other place/I was just a little late/and maybe in another time and another place/I could have been there to take you away/…/and walking in the rain I turn to glance/to see you locking tight your door/you think I’m perfect in all those ways/if I would have come by yesterday/…/I was just a little late/maybe in another time and another place/I was just a little late/and maybe in some other time and some other place/I could have been there to take you away
This Song is About You
this song is about you/it isn’t real without you/../give me a sign that I’m not wasting your time/how would you answer/if I moved any faster/this isn’t goodbye/so just close your eyes/just sit and listen/…/this song is about you/it isn’t real without you/…/it’s not that I wonder/how I’d be if I found her/years ago as a blind man/but I’m scared of the time when/this isn’t goodbye/so just close your eyes/just sit and listen/…/this song is about you/it isn’t real without you/…/give me a sign that I’m not wasting your time/how would you answer/if I moved any faster/now this is goodbye/so just close your eyes/please sit and listen/…/this song is about you/it isn’t real without you
The Hip, The Hype and The Hoax
Hey/do you mind if I speak plainly?/if I think you’re obsessing blindly/…/the hype the hip and the hoax/the fake the lame and the Strokes/…/hey/now all you girls just keep on wondering why/well you can’t keep your mind from wandering to the/hype the hip and the hoax/the fake the lame and the Strokes/…/now that you are scared and lonely/you might not be if you loved one only/but the hype the hip and the hoax/the fake the lame and the Strokes
This Song is Goofy
If you told me they do it better in China/I would take you to China/../but then again I’ve always been goofy like that/I stare up at midnight/because you showed me/how the moonlight/can make you brighter/…/but then again I’ve always been goofy like that/and all the little girls sing/oooh…/…/if there’s a promise/I’ll never break/unless you wanted me to/then I’d still just fake it/but then again I’ve always been goofy like that/../the smell of iron/that wicked plasma/and salty tear drops/I wouldn’t have you/../but then again I’ve always been goofy like that/ and all the little girls sing/oooh../…/a sapphire tonic/an order of veal/and of course you’re wearing your favorite high heels/../but then again you’ve always been goofy like that/the santa claus may not be true/but that’s just because/no one wants it to/../but then again I’ve always been goofy like that/and all the little girls sing/oooh…
In the Hole
I’m thinking about holding it in/it might surprise you/you don’t have to like it/I don’t have to let you in/we don’t have to go there/we don’t have to let it begin/I’m walking away from my problems/you might not like it/you don’t have to stay here/I don’t have to let you in/we don’t have to do this/we don’t have to let it persist/…/I don’t think you’ll ever understand/so let me show you lead you by the hand/please just leave me alone/../there’s something about me that you should have known/things that you like/things that you show/I don’t have to like it/I don’t have to sit here listening/we don’t have to make it/we don’t have to get along/…/I don’t think you’ll ever understand/so let me show you/lead you by the hand/please just leave me alone/…/I’m thinking about holding it in/it might surprise you/you don’t have to like it/I don’t have to let you in
Sousern Berr
Lights/you go out and face the world/crime in a candy store/sad are the ones who wait/unheard/you won’t return next year/though it can burn you up inside/I’m gonna wait right here/mind is the master of your fear/real like a silhouette/when you might think you’re in the clear/shake you when you are set/babe, you won’t shake just yet/…/time has a way of breaking through misery’s wall of pain/and when the time is right for you/that’s when you’ll dance again/…/Mmm, like a ghost when you’re not here/some, they can pass through walls/if for a moment you have paused/it’s not a curtain call/it’s not a call at all/…/time has a way of breaking through misery’s wall of pain/and when the time is right for you/that’s when you’ll dance again/…/Lights/you go out and face the world/I’m gonna wait right here
It’s Not Right
you/you said that it’s probably for the best/I’m not sure/I could give you back the rest/…/could you say everything is worth love/it’s worth love to you?/…/come back down from there/I don’t think you heard the news/I’m happy/nothing could be farther from truth/…/could you say everything is worth love/it’s worth love to you?/…/it’s not right, love/…/if I say I can barely live this way/hold on tight/there’s a phantom in the night/oh yeah/…/could you say everything is worth love/it’s worth love to you?
Bail
people will bail/people will fail on you/promises they make/they’re bound to break/it’s true/…/and just when I think you’re not a fake/that’s when I see that that’s when you’ll flake on me/…/people will lie/then they will pry mercy from you/people will trip you/people will rip you in two/…/so just when I think that you’re not a flake/that’s when I see that that’s when you’ll flake on me/…/I’m just tired of the pain/I’m just tired of the rain/I’m just tired of blue/I’m just tired of you/…/people will bail/people will fail on you
No Surprises by Radiohead
Goodnight
goodnight/baby, goodnight/let go (of) my hand/goodnight/baby, goodnight/you’ll understand in the morning/you’ll come to and that’s when I can tell/so for now/goodnight/baby, goodnight
Strange Hillbilly
I wish I had a little bird/that came by only when I called/a little bird for just one thing/but I am certain I just won’t ever find/that little bird/../I’m supposed to be the one watching you have all the fun/sitting back/don’t say a thing/but I’m a little short on time/to stick around while you unwind/to emptiness/your sorry Kings/../I’m sorry I can’t take you in/../someone said this once to me:/you will only learn to be/the man you want the man you seek/by breaking up with jealousy/I haven’t got the time to play/thinking I’ll change you one day/hope you see it soon my way/see, there’s not that much to say/you will only learn to be/the man you want the man you seek/by breaking up with jealousy/someone said this once to me
Life is Death Coming Slowly
There is a question: will I get there/yes, that is a worry of mine/and if I never really make it/was it all a waste of time?/In youth, I prayed god to help me/I asked her everything I could/Its seems that god is much to busy/now, this I never understood/../life is death coming slowly/and satisfaction the only thing that has us so lonely and sad/…/do all men born free and equal/really have it all the same?/Then why are there so many people/whol look back on their lives in van?/…/life is death coming slowly and satisfaction the only thing that has us so lonely and sad/…
My Friends by The Heavenly States
Someone Else’s
You must be someone else’s baby/you must be someone else’s gal/you think I’ve lost it or I’m crazy/but I am pretty sure I don’t want to be just pals/you must be someone else’s lover/(lover)/you’re already spoken for well that’s fine/I know you take me for a foolish boy but I guarantee one day you will be mine/…/you must be someone else’s woman/(I am someone else’s woman)/you must be someone else’s lay/(I am being plugged already)/I know there’s more that between us/but you’ll be mine, I gaurantee, someday
Isla’s Song by Britt Reed
Miss Marylin
Mountain of Gold
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MORE LIVE DOWNLOADS
Here Comes Your Man by The Pixies
So Long, Marianne by Leonard Cohen
It Ain’t Me Babe by Bob Dylan
She’s Every Woman by Garth Brooks
Somewhere in the Sky
Grand Things
There are no words in any existing language that can accurately describe how exceedingly happy this has made me.
I already considered you to be the most talented musician I’ve encountered in the last decade, but after hearing this extensive catalog of your work that assessment begs to be reevaluated. In my estimation, there are only three people, including you, that have demonstrated this level of diversity and passion. It is ridiculously moving, compelling, heart-breaking, powerful, raw, and most importantly it is breath-takingly and refreshingly PURE.
Though many try to achieve a sound and style as multi-faceted as their influences, most commonly they lack the talent to pull it of, where as you have it in rather unearthly proportions. I swear the Angels weep with every note, and if I didn’t know better I’d think you were one of them.
Your music is an absolutely magical treasure. You may thank those of us listening for appreciating your creations, but it is us who should be thanking you for such a priceless gift. Beauty like this is what I feel is the meaning of life, what makes it worth living, and what we’re all here for, ultimately.
I’m sure this has made me sound like a gushing sycophant and I will wear the title proudly. You’ve earned it, having shot to an Eternal Number 1, with a bullet, and leaving everyone else in the dust.
Please, never, ever, EVER stop creating, and most of all, a million thanks for sharing your music with the world.
hgs,
Wow. I’ve tried to think of a way to write the proper thank you, but I guess all I can promise you is that I will never stop making music, and it’s people like you that will continue to make that possible.
Much love.
Ken
Stop thanking me. Seriously. I’ll never ask you to and you’ll never need to. I am the one indebted here.
I’ll put it this way:
My illness stole my physical capacity to play any instrument, taking with it my ability to make music. Since the moment I realized this, I have been mourning the loss of a piece of my soul. Your music gives a piece back to me.
We could live forever, with me thanking you every day, and it still wouldn’t be enough.
I’ll hold you to that promise to never stop, and in this lifetime, that will have to suffice.
this sh%@ is out of control….
um, seriously…like who IS this guy?
^Who? The greatest thing to happen to music since Danny Elfman, only about 3 times better. Remember that. And tell everyone you know!
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You play piano beautifully. Have I ever told you that?
I think you have…and thank you. I wonder what compelled you to write that?
what just happened?