BLAME IT ON GOD

[Verse 1]

Don’t know how He takes it

Why He doesn’t turn me to dust

Hatin’ on the one who loves me

When He’s the one to trust

And I hate myself for saying:

‘God dammit’ when I do

I should be praying instead

When I’m feeling blue

[Chorus 1]

When you’re out ‘a straw-men

Can’t go through it again

The most perfect patsy there’s ever been:

Blame it on God

Blame it on God

[Verse 2]

He’s slippery, that ol’ snake

Turning things upside down

Comes off the angel of light

The Devil’s what you found

I know I don’t deserve it

Don’t deserve a second shot

I should be struck by lightening

But the bad guy, God’s not

[Chorus 1]

When you’re out ‘a straw-men

Can’t go through it again

The most perfect patsy there’s ever been:

Blame it on God

Blame it on God

[Bridge]

Seems the whole world blames it on God

It’s an epidemic

Seems the whole world blames it on God

It’s schizophrenic

[Verse 3]

Don’t know how He takes it

Why He doesn’t turn me to dust

Hatin’ on the one who loves me

When He’s the one to trust

And I hate myself for saying:

‘God dammit’ when I do

I should be praying instead

Knowing He’ll see me through

[Chorus 2]

When you’re out ‘a straw-men

Can’t go through it again

The most perfect patsy there’s ever been:

Blame it on God, why do we

Blame it on God?

Blame it on God, why do we

Blame it on God?

[Chorus/Tag]

When you’re out ‘a straw-men

Can’t go through it again

The most perfect patsy there’s ever been:

Blame it on God

Blame it on God

Go ahead an’ blame it on God all you want to

But God knows better, yeah-ee-yeh

God Knows Better.

© 2024 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

For a listen to Writer's Night style ===> https://soundcloud.com/reneelachapelle/worry-about-tomorrow-when-she

WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW WHEN SHE GETS HERE

[Verse 1]

You know, I miss ol’ Jonathan Long

My, how time moves on

Bartenders like Jonathan don’t come along everyday

Thursday night, Writer’s Night

Me, my guitar and my stage-fright

But making you feel alright these folks have a way

[Chorus]

Leave your worries at the door

That’s what barrooms are for

Pull up a stool, start a tab, order up a beer

We don’t worry about the weather

We’re feelin’ light as a goose feather

And we’ll worry about tomorrow when she gets here

[Verse 2]

And some of us have lost loved ones

Some of us can’t find love

And some of us are vagabonds altogether

But whatever ails you

This barroom family is true

Bobby’s Idle Hour is one of Nashville’s finest treasures

[Chorus]

Leave your worries at the door

That’s what barrooms are for

Pull up a stool, start a tab, order up a beer

We don’t worry about the weather

We’re feelin’ light as a goose feather

And we’ll worry about tomorrow when she gets here

[Bridge]

And tomorrow, she came and went

So many guitar-slingers have passed on

But inside these vintage barroom walls

The ghosts of their precious songs

[Chorus]

Leave your worries at the door

That’s what barrooms are for

Pull up a stool, start a tab, order up a beer

We don’t worry about the weather

We’re feelin’ light as a goose feather

And we’ll worry about tomorrow when she gets here

[Instrumental]

[Tag]

No, we don’t worry about the weather

We’re feelin’ light as a goose feather

And we’ll worry about tomorrow…when she gets here.

© 2024 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

🍺

Thanks so much for any feedback on this historical song you might offer,

Renee

For a listen to coffeehouse ===> https://soundcloud.com/reneelachapelle/from-the-river-to-the-sea

FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA

[Intro]

My heart goes out to

All the children caught in the crossfire

My heart goes out to

All the mothers left behind weeping

[Refrain]

From the river to the sea may Palestine be free

From the river to the sea may Palestine be free

[Verse 1]

Centuries of tending to the land

Guided by the Almighty’s right hand

There’s no new thing under the sun

The Fire and the Flame yet to come

[Refrain]

From the river to the sea may Palestine be free

From the river to the sea may Palestine be free

Oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh, Oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh

[Verse 2]

Now they’ve gone and toppled Syria, too

Pretty soon, there’ll be no sky of blue

O’ Jerusalem, how Jesus loved you so

He will not let this travesty go

[Refrain 2x]

From the river to the sea may Palestine be free

From the river to the sea may Palestine be free, everybody!

From the river to the sea may Palestine be free

From the river to the sea may Palestine be free

Oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh, Oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh

[Outro]

My heart goes out to

All the children caught in the crossfire

My heart goes out to

All the mothers…left behind weeping.

©️ 2024 Renee La Chapelle - All Rights Reserved

And I know the line 'A little drop 'a honey goes a long way' is cliche so I'm trying to come up with something else as I did in the final verse. And how 'holding open a door', the last line I needed in the last verse came along, was from a kind Mexican fella opening the door for me as I was picking up my take out Mexican dinner that same evening. Love it when that happens!

Looking at this lyric again, I suppose it could be construed as a children's song of which I don't have many.

For a listen to a stripped down version ====> https://soundcloud.com/reneelachapelle/kindness-is-cool

KINDNESS IS COOL

[Verse 1]

Not something you come across every day

Not something you learn in school

A little drop ‘a honey goes a long way

Kindness is cool

[Verse 2]

Inside of a joke is all well and fine

Until you’re the one ridiculed

When you’re the butt of the joke, you’ll find

Kindness is cool

[Chorus]

Kindness is cool

No two ways about it

Kindness is cool

Don’t leave home without it

[Verse 3]

You can keep it under your hat for a time

Like some crotchety ol’ fool

Or you can let your heart light shine

Kindness is cool

[Chorus]

Kindness is cool

No two ways about it

Kindness is cool

Don’t leave home without it

[Bridge]

Always in fashion, never goes out of style

The sun kissed glow of a warm smile

Do-do, do-do-do-do-do-do, Do-do, do-do-do-do-do-do

[Chorus]

Kindness is cool

No two ways about it

Kindness is cool

Don’t leave home without it

[Verse/Tag]

Not something you come across every day

Not something you learn in school

Holding open a door goes a long way

Kindness is cool!

Kindness is cool!

Kindness is cool!

©️ 2024 Renee La Chapelle - All Rights Reserved

For a listen ===> https://soundcloud.com/reneelachapelle/my-sweet-lucy-rose

MY SWEET LUCY ROSE

Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo, Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo, Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo

From the moment I laid eyes on her sad face

I had to take her out ‘a that wretched place

Got her home, took her off ‘a Trazadone

Threw her a big ol’ beefy Jones chew bone

CHORUS

I love Lucy, my sweet Lucy Rose

I love Lucy, my sweet Lucy Rose

Wherever I go that ol’ hound-dog follows

I love Lucy, my sweet Lucy Rose

And she’s got a nose like a hound-dog should

Sniffin’ out vermin in the neighborhood

And should you come prowlin’ boy ya’d better beware

Her killer-instincts are beyond compare, yeh

I love Lucy, my sweet Lucy Rose

I love Lucy, my sweet Lucy Rose

Wherever I go that ol’ hound-dog follows

I love Lucy, my sweet Lucy Rose

Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo, Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo

Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo, Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo

Now, it’s hard to say just who rescued who

She’s the cherry ‘a top ‘a my sky ‘a blue

And when we go walkin’ down a busy street

I can’t wait to tell everyone that we meet:

I love Lucy, my sweet Lucy Rose

I love Lucy, my sweet Lucy Rose

Wherever I go that ol’ hound-dog follows

I love Lucy

Yeah, I love Lucy

I love Lucy, my sweet Lucy Rose!

©️ 2024 Renee La Chapelle — All Rights Reserved

I love this song, i hope I do it justice...:-)

And as always please excuse the poor recording, i'm still not better at this, but i'm trying...

https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14855113

https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14568750

As always, feedback is highly welcome...:-)

https://youtu.be/AXCRPueCMkM?si=tbf3S3RMveFnppki

I claim no ownership though I wrote the entire piece. I want no acknowledgement for its creation or use and I am releasing this into the public domain free. I wish no copyright ownership to these lyrics/words or postings and provide anyone who claims it as their own the right to do so without any legal ramifications whatsoever. By submitting this on this page, I surrender all legal rights to the profits obtained, credit for creation and any possible benefit to my future financial or notoriety.

This text is binding in all countries, provinces and counties.

UNTITLED WORK

Verse 1

That moment I first saw your face,

This broken heart fell into place.

But you don’t really care about that, do you?

Adorned in love so comfortably,

Captivating purity,

It shone brightly, glorified within you.

Chorus

Winds of change have found their pace,

Lost in depths of echoes' embrace,

Witnessing love's fading grace.

But you don't consider that now, do you?

Verse 2

Rainbows rising in the sky,

Feelings lifting us so high,

Plateaued on loves' novelty.

Lonesome memories, crumpled and tossed

Into winter's icy breeze

Shared broken cold sweet melodies

But you don’t understand that, do you?

Chorus

Winds of change have found their pace,

Lost in depths of echoes' embrace,

Witnessing love's fading grace.

But you don't consider that now, do you?

Bridge

The lies, the pain, the searing rain

The soured notes compose refrains.

A pinch of love must still remain;

Once love felt rich and grand,

Enveloped warmly in its hands?

But you let it fully consume you.

Verse 3

Our laughter’s gone; our summer's end,

Meanings lost to other friends.

As pathways fork narrowly between us,

Time compresses, speeding up

Serene words fall from lovers’ cups

We’re destined to repeat penances.

But you don't think about that, do you?

Chorus

Winds of change have found their pace,

Lost in depths of echoes' embrace,

Witnessing love's fading grace.

But you don't consider that now, do you?

Outro

No future here, no Santa Claus,

Abandoned now, devoid of cause.

Consider loving without pause,

Thrown into hurts' hungry maws.

But you can't feel the heartbeat in you.

https://www.reverbnation.com/harbingerroad/song/34377007-try-to-tell-you

Originally written for my wife on Valentine's Day.

All opinions valid and appreciated. Thank you for looking.

https://www.reverbnation.com/harbingerroad/song/34374027-simple-things

Simple Things

I could feel your heart today

A simple little loving glance

Sweet warm smile made my day

Whispers to me with sweet romance

Warms my heart, fall again for you

Like the first time, tried and true

Simple things but mean so much

Love in your eyes, a tender touch

Sweet little simple things

Create so much feeling

Sweet little simple things

Give life so much meaning

Nothing too complicated, Ohh…

Let’s lay here and dream a while

Long hard day, life seeming bad

Clouds in the way of dreams we had

You walk in, don’t say too much

Your warm soft, little loving touch

The bad day now drifts away

I can see everything’s okay

The clouds part and I’m at rest

Lightest touch, runs the deepest

Such a sweet little simple thing

I look in your eyes, feel a smile

Flutter in my heart, says stay a while

I move in close, fragrance in the air

Warm soft skin, long flowing hair

All the world, it fades away

Only you and me here today

Tender moments, go by too fast

Let’s slow it down, make it last

Sweet little simple things

Build us up and make us smile

Sweet little simple things

Make our life, so worthwhile

Nothing too complicated, Ohh…

Let’s lay here and dream a while

Thank you in advance for checking it out and giving me some feedback.

https://www.reverbnation.com/harbingerroad/song/34392666-master-of-hiding

The Master of Hiding

I’m the master of hiding my friend

You’ll never know where I start and I end

Too many years covering up what I feel

Now just a reflex unable to heal

Behind this cloak, protector, my shield

My feelings hide, left never to yield

A lifetime of learning my craft

You can cry, you can scream, but I won’t cry or laugh

I’m the master of hiding

How did I get here

Emotionally dying

Internal pain and despair

Laughing while crying

I’m your brother, your father, your friend

Love too much, not enough, and pretend

All alone in a large, crowded room

Stuck in my head with the things I assume

Feeling battered, beaten, torn down

You’ll never know as I polish my crown

So deceitful in who I really am

Tears me apart while I don’t give a damn

It starts out with some practice to heal

But after a while it’s just harder to feel

No intent with a path that seemed clear

The years roll by and you’re suddenly here

Heed my warning my loves in my life

Never hide, bare your soul, face the strife

Only to heal if you’re free and let go

Covering up only buries your soul

Please… no more masters of hiding

Let yourself feel what you feel

No more masters of hiding

No more masters of hiding

I'm relatively new to songwriting and wanted to know how some of you approach writing from the heart.

Sometimes I feel like I get trapped in my head with my writing and would like to experiment more with getting into some deeper feelings in my songs. Thanks for considering.

It must be nice living each day with such a surprise

You can live your life like each moment's the rest of your life

Burn Bright

Burn like a candle tonight

Blow up inside like you did on that night in July

It's kinda funny how I find you so amusing and intimidating at the same time

Hold on, Just hold on

But don't hold on for too long

Your loves a spell and baby I'm over it for the first time

And I could find that life without you is still a riot

Maybe in the moment, fear and uncertainty collide

And I could find all the lost time, it's still a crime

Burn bright

Burn like a candle tonight

Blow up inside like you did on the 4th of July

It's kinda funny how I find you so amusing and intimidating at the same time

Hold on, just hold on

But don't hold on for too long

I found out all about how the lost and found takes too long

It's kinda funny how I find you so amusing and intimidating at the same time

https://dsaylor.bandcamp.com/track/lost-and-found-2

The king and the crown

We mix our feelings up like alcohol and Valium

Hello, we've got to go

It's heating up now

Before the coming storms

We're fixing for a floor

And I don't think you're perfect, but that don't matter now

You don't think I'm worth it, I can't change your mind

Oh no, it starts to show, a break in the ice

Before you're waging war, you're always on time

Hello, we've got to go

It's heating up now

Before the calming storms

You swim or you down

And I don't think you're perfect, but that don't matter now

You don't think I'm worth it, I can't change your mind

https://dsaylor.bandcamp.com/track/king-and-the-crown

https://soundcloud.com/crexes/our-secret-garden?si=bce732d3dedc4642a9960c86a8e97124&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Our secret garden

Verse

I see the love in your eyes

I feel the pain that you hide

You make me fragile inside

In your arms I feel strong

Your soul is my song

With you I belong

Bridge

You - when rains fall, the wind blows, the storm comes and the tear falls, I’ll be there with you

You - when you wake up, the day goes, the night comes and the love grows - I’ll be there with you 

Chorus

I can’t believe every morning I see you

In our garden of love

In our garden of dreams

In our secret garden

I see the roses, blooming out, with me and you, ’til the end

Verse

Like a long distance call

Our love climbs the wall

Against all odds we stand tall

In your heart I got space

A home and a place   

I feel the beat in your veins

Bridge

You - when rains fall, the wind blows, the storm comes and the tear falls, I’ll be there with you

You - when you wake up, the day goes, the night comes and the love grows - I’ll be there with you 

Chorus

I can’t believe every morning I see you

In our garden of love

In our garden of dreams

In our secret garden

I see the roses, blooming out, with me and you

Forever and ever

In our garden of love

In our garden of dreams

In our secret garden

I see the roses, blooming out, with me and you, ’til the end

HI Guys, this is my first submission in quite some time. I’m struggling to find four more lines for the verses (*). It’s a sort of n A B A B rhyming method. But, alas I have been drawing a blank. Overall I actually find it’s all a bit too cliché for my taste.  

 The backing track is instrumental and is a work in progress too.

https://soundcloud.com/billy_lunch_money/just-a-day-away  

Any and every suggestion for the lyrics and the mixing would be greatly appreciated.

I don't know which way the wind blows.

But I'm sure I'll see you again

*

*

Who knows where all the pain goes.

Do we just get use to it.

Just wait, one day, they say.

But, I'm sure I'm just a day away!

Just wait, one day, they say.

But, I'm sure I'm just a day!

If I drive all night to ends of the earth

Will I see your smile with the rising sun.

If walked cross all the broken glass

Will I see you waiting there for me?

Just wait, one day, they say.

But, I'm sure I'm just a day away!

Just wait, one day, they say.

But, I'm sure I'm just a day!

Hold my hand across a burning flame.

Wouldn't mean anything if you were there!

*

*

If you were just, one day away. 

I know I'd already be there.  

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Sorry for the "raw" recording, this was one take...

The loss of the Ira H. Owen

music and lyrics by Stefan Portune

The weather was fine and the forecast seemed fair

when the men at the harbor grew restless

their cargo well stowed and enough supplies bought

though the voyage this time would be guestless

Her cargo for Buffalo, State of New York

was loaded with bushels of barley

to deliver its freight till the end of November

a journey to carry her farly

19 sailors on board where a young crew for sure

not one was older than twenty

And when the captain fell ill, his first mate stepped in

But experience he got was plenty

The crossing they´ll make, he has already made

a numerous time on his duty

This voyage, he thought, will not last very long

will only be remembered just fluky

As the winds blowing in and the course being set

the ship slowly left Duluth Harbor

The engine starts swallowing the coal from the men

and the smoke starts to pull them ‘way farther

as the steamer grows small in the eyes of them all

their ship`s heading into rough waters

the men at the railing with their eyes getting wet

greet farewell to their wives, sons and daughters

farewell to their wives, sons and daughters

little did they know what was lying ahead

the ship made good speed, winds were breezy  

but when they reached the Apostles and looked up to the sky

the weather was about getting uneasy

the ships bell chimed softly, no one striking her though

an omen that frightens all sailors

when the storm grew stronger, tall waves hit midship

the crewmen started their wailers

The men in the engine room fought hard for their lives

to keep their boiler under fire

the steamer starts rollin’ from starboard and back

as the ice waves climbed higher and higher

they would struggle and fight against icy winds bite

when the ship was taking in water

the captain and crew knew what’s coming to them

greet farewell to their wives, sons and daughters 

a last farewell to their wives, sons and daughters

The hurricane struck them with full force by now

The ice winds kept coming straight

their captain not only the master of their ship

soon became the master of their fate

the Mataafa Blow on that November day

without mercy, without even caring

she capsized in seconds dragged down by the witch

unheard where the screams they were sharing

she lies 300 feet down in the darkness below

surrounded by dark and cold waters

her white men still guarding the last precious load

remembered by their wives, sons and daughters 

only by their wives, sons and daughters Hmmhmmhmm

She may be the first but tragedy struck hard

on that fateful cold November day

30 ships and more where wrecked in that night

but she lays unknown far Outer Island Bay

she may not be called the queen of the lake

but her fate came to tragic fame

her final voyage is now lost in time

but the Ira H. Owen was her name

the Ira H. Owen is her name

Hmm hmhmm hmhm hmhmhm

This song is the result of my non-inspiration days!! hahaha OMG!

a heavy fight against myself😎

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8pxGDdU_V8

Wind of time took me off the last leaves of innocence

letting shine

the truth of my blindness

that's why

Even not forgetting

I forget you

all the doubts that trembled

in my eyes

have now name and shape

Even not forgetting

I forget you

doors and windows

are closed to your presence

in my dreams

while I let yesterday's water

dissolve

the one I was

by your side

Your today does not exist in mine

I became a blackhole through which you fell

to a silent universe lost in itself

No more words to describe your face

your voice

your hands

no more nothing

only my steps walking my way

• Quote

I did not know that to live I had to die so many times

Now You're Gone

© 2023 Owen Hovenden

Link: https://soundcloud.com/rainydayman/now-youre-gone

Sitting in the corner of the night café

With a cold cup of coffee in my palm

And the waitress wants to know if I'll order yet

Or am I waiting for someone else to come

I'm not waiting here for anyone

Just remembering things long past and done

Tonight I'll sit here thinking of you

Now you're gone

The streets are all empty as I head outside

Paper bags tossing in the wind

Reflections, echoes, of another time and place

Fill my eyes make my vision swim 

I'm not waiting here for anything

Just remembering things long past and done

Tonight I'll walk through my memories

Now you're gone

Familiar shadows as I make my way back home

Retracing all my might have beens

To a house crammed full of solitude

Waiting for a new life to begin

I'm not waiting here anymore

Just remembering things long past and done

Tomorrow I'll start on a different path  

Now you're gone

https://youtu.be/NuPlx5Qeio4

I wrote it when I was struggling with my watching my son get older and trying to let go and let him live his own life while knowing how cruel the world can be.

Would love for anyone to listen and give feedback if you want

https://youtu.be/m64Y8eJnPuI

Like A Ghost

Verse 1

I don't know why I'm sinking to the other side

As I drive across the bridge and I leave it all behind

You knew me when I was so incomplete

But you loved me anyway and I thought it'd never change

Chorus

I believed that we would never break apart

But there's something in the way and I know I'll always break your heart

Verse 2

I guess I should try to look you up when autumn comes

But the seasons change so quickly and I'm always stuck in winter

When you went away I told myself it was just fate

I heard you moved down shore and you're living like a ghost

Chorus

I believed that we would never break apart

But there's something in the way and I know I'll always break your heart

Outro

Now I'm living like a ghost

https://soundclick.com/r/s8nv75

https://soundclick.com/r/s8nw5y

...and as always, your feedback, good or bad, is welcome...:-)

Not a prayer

Text: Clare Harner / Music: Stefan Portune

Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not there; I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow,

I am the diamond glints on snow,

I am the sun on ripened grain,

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awake in morning’s hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circling flight.

I am the soft star shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry

I am not there; I did not die.

Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not there; I do not sleep.

Do not stand at my grave and cry

I am not there; I did not die.

For I'm not there; I didn't die.