4,926 Topic by Phill Williams

(3 replies, posted in Songwriting)

This one is done in "12 bar boogie", it's one of those that I started with a title, then wrote a song around it, and I guess it's about "kinky footwear"?


start with the chorus

Killer HeelsPhill Williams


chorus




COS SHE'S GOT...


[A] ONE FOR DANCING, AND ONE FOR DRIVING


[E] ONE FOR WALKING, AND THEY DO ALL THE TALKING


[A] ONE FOR RUNNING WHEN SHE'S SICK OF WALKING


[B] AND ONE PAIR THAT SHE WEARS WHEN WE ARE [B7]ALL ALONE [B7add D]




[E] I USED TO COUNT THOSE LONELY HOURS BY THE PHONE


NOBODY EVER SEEMED TO CALL AROUND MY HOME


I SPENT EACH WAKING HOUR CLIMBING UP THE WALLS


AND LISTENING TO THE TALK ON [E7] DEVIL'S RADIO




Rep Chorus





I SPENT EACH WAKING HOUR WISHING FOR SOMEONE


TO GIVE ME HAPPINESS AND GO OUT FOR SOME FUN


AND THEN ONE DAY SHE WALKED INTO MY REVERIE


DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE WAY IT MAKES ME FEEL?




rep chorus




SHE TOOK ME WITH HER TO THE HOUSE OF PURPLE DREAMS


SHE CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER WITH HER KILLER HEELS


AND NOW I'VE TURNED INTO A CREATURE OF THE NIGHT


SHE TAKES ME TO THE STARS ON KILLER HEELS TONIGHT




rep chorus





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4,927 Reply by Phill Williams

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Hi Roger,

I'd forgotten about the tooth fairy, made a packet when i was 9..[don't tell my parents]

Shillings? you must be as old as me!

PS
I know you've done it so can you give me some hints on how i can post a recording on my space? i already have an account, but i cant find any facility for uploading a song.

keep up the good work

phill

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4,928 Reply by Phill Williams

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

you have a lovelly way with words, i'm welsh and i believe that king arthur was welsh too, so we have the lady of the lake, but we'll have to get into that another time
bye for now.
ps we call them fairies too, but i was trying to wax lyrical???

phill

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4,929 Reply by Phill Williams

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yes your right, me man...ugg

she didnt realise that it wasnt there, mabe she was looking for the security i could offer but...

anyway got a gig to do
see you
phill

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4,930 Topic by Phill Williams

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THIS IS A BLATANT ATTEMPT AT FOLK/ROCK MUSIC. I HAVE BEEN GREATLY INFLUENCED BY JETHRO TULL SINCE THE 70's.
I PLAY THIS WITH A CAPO ON THE 5th FRET, SO THE "F" IS A "C"SHAPE ETC. IT'S A WALTZ
I DONT REALLY BELIEVE IN "FAERIES".

CHANT TO CALL THE RUNEPhill Williams


[F] OF LATE I HAVE BEEN [C] DREAMING [Dm] TALES OF FAERIE [Am] FOLK


WITH THEIR [F]MAGIC AND THEIR [C] WISHES


AS THEY [Dmaj] TAKE AWAY YOUR [G7] HOPE




HOW THEY [F] DANCE IN THE [C] DARK WOODS


HOW THEY [Dm] WEAVE THEIR FAERIE [Am]SPELL


WHILE THEY [F] PLY YOU WITH THEIR [C] GOLDEN CROWNS


THEY [D7] DESPATCH YOUR SOUL TO [G7] HELL




chorus




PLAY [Bb] PIPES AND DANCE [F] THE NIGHT AWAY [C]BENEATH A FAERIE [F]MOON


IN A [Bb] RING OF GOLDEN [F] DAFFODILS


AND A [C] CHANT TO CALL THE [F] RUNE-[Bb] OOH-[F] OOH[C] OON




SO LISTEN GREAT OBERON;                          (REP CHORDS FROM 1st VERSE)


YOUR TRICKS WONT WORK ON ME


FOR I AM MADE OF FLESH AND BONE


AND SAIL A SHIP AT SEA




SWEET WINE AND RINGS OF MARIGOLDS AND LAY BENEATH A SKY


WITH STARS AND MOON AND BATS THAT CALL


A HAUNTING LULLABY




rep chorus




FIGURES MOVING IN THE GLOW OF A FIRES DANCING FLAME


THEY GAMBOL LIKE A LEAF THAT SHIVERS IN WINTERS GALE


I FIGHT TO SAVE MY SOUL FROM BEING TORN OUT THROUGH MY EARS


BUT IT'S TOO LATE THE RUNE HAS COME, I LIVE MY GREATEST FEAR





rep chorus




OH GREAT OBERON YOU'VE WON AGAINST MY WILL   (REP CHORDS FROM 1st VERSE)


I HAVE NO STRENGTH I HAVE NO FIGHT


YOU HAVE THE MAGIC STILL






I HAVE NO WINGS, I CANNOT FLY                (REP CHORDS FROM 2nd VERSE)


AND I AM TOO TIRED TO FIGHT


DON'T PLY ME WITH YOUR GOLDEN CROWNS


AND FAERIE RINGS TONIGHT




rep chorus




PLAY [Bb] PIPES AND DANCE THE [F] NIGHT AWAY [C] BENEATH THE FAERIE MOON [F]


IN A [Bb] RING OF GOLDEN [F] DAFFODILS


AND A [C] CHANT TO CALL THE RUNE [F] OOH Bb] -OOH [F] -0OH [C]- OON X2




THE DREAM BEGINS TO DARKEN, MY EYES BEGIN TO FAIL    (REP 1st VERSE CHORDS)


BUT THE MORE I SEE THE LESS I FEEL


AND THEY DRAG MY SOUL AWAY




HOW YOU DANCED IN THE DARK WOODS       (REP CHORDS FROM 2nd VERSE)


AND YOU WEAVED YOUR FAERIE SPELL


AND UPON YOUR HEAD A FAERIE CROWN


DESPATCH MY SOUL TO HELL




rep chorus





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4,931 Reply by Phill Williams

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

GRRRREAT. YEAH JUST LISTENED TO IT ON JAMES' MY SPACE, IS THAT YOU OR JAMES SINGING?   

CLEVER USE OF WORDS NICE ONE

PHILL

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4,932 Topic by Phill Williams

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This is a song I wrote in 1979, I was shocked when I realised how old it is, it's called Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, because it started as a letter to an ex-girlfriend [a bit of a bunny boiler] who wouldn't let go, read on...

LET SLEEPING DOGS LIEPhill Williams


[F] YOU SAY THAT YOU'VE [Gm]LOVED ME


YOU'VE BEEN [Bb] LOVING ME ALL NIGHT [C]


[F] I CAN NEVER [Am] LOVE YOU


BUT FOR A [Bb] MOMENT OF MY TIME [Gm]


[Dm] YOU WERE JUST A [F augmented] LITTLE SWEET [Gm] EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE [Bb]


[F] I'VE HAD YOU AND [Gm] YOU'VE HAD ME


NOW [Bb] LEAVE THAT SLEEPING DOG LIE [F]




WE ARE LITTLE CHILDREN,         (same chords for all verses)


SEARCHING FOR A HOME


INOCENT SWEET CHILDREN


IN THE DARK ALONE


I CAN'T TAKE YOU, BUT I CAN LEAVE YOU


THIS THING JUST AINT RIGHT


I'VE HAD YOU AND YOU'VE HAD ME


NOW LEAVE THIS SLEEPING DOG LIE




chorus





[Ab] I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU Bb]JUST WANT ME FOR [F] LOVING YOU [Eb]


[Ab] YOU'VE NEVER BEEN [Cm] FREE OF SIN


SO I CAN LIVE [Bb] WITHOUT YOU [F]


[Eb] LIVE WITHOUT YOU [C]




I'VE NEVER BEEN A STICKER   (THIRD VERSE CHORDS AS VERSE 1)]


I LIKE TO CHANGE SOMETIMES


I MOVE AROUND FROM PLACE TO PLACE


`COS THAT IS WHAT I'VE FOUND


KEEPS ME FEELING KIND OF HAPPY


WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE LAST NIGHT


I'VE HAD YOU AND YOU'VE HAD ME


NOW LEAVE THAT SLEEPING DOG LIE


I'VE HAD YOU AND YOU'VE HAD ME...


NOW LEAVE THAT SLEEPING DOG LIE.



If you'd prefer to play it in C, the chords are ;
VERSE C-Dm-F-G|| C-Em-F-Dm||Am7-C augmented]-Dm-F...|| F-Dm- F- C
                                                         
chorus  Eb- F- C...[Bb]|| Eb-Gm-F-C-Eb-G.

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4,933 Reply by Phill Williams

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Now you come to mention it a bell rings. Have a happy Valentines day.
PS. sounds just as good on piano as the guitar, love to hear you do it though, see how close I got!

Phill

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4,934 Reply by Phill Williams

(25 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi, as I am also a new member, [I've only posted two songs to date] so I'm pleased to meet ya.

Loved the song, my daughter is 25, and Iknow how you feel, one minute she's sucking her thumb, next she's off to have a daughter of her own, who is just 3 going on 25!!, just like her mother was.
As I tell all the youngsters I meet who have had kids; "ENJOY THEM NOW `COS BEFORE YOU CAN TURN AROUND THEIR ALL GROWN UP AND GONE"... Even though my daughter only lives 3 doors away, about 50 yards. I have 34 year old son in the next street, a 23 year old who is moving to a house just down the road, and the oldest is living in Australia, why cant the rest of them go too?

PS Try some reverb on the mike

Phill

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4,935 Reply by Phill Williams

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Gorgeous.

Is everybody melancholy these days or is it just me imagining it? Lets have a happy ending, I wish a happy ending for everyone.

Tell me, did you come up with the title first and write the song around it? I sometimes do that, but I dont think I could come up with such a great title Satin Hearts triff!!!

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4,936 Reply by Phill Williams

(2 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thanks, it's nice to be in touch with like minded people, this really is a community, and I hope I can become an accepted member.

Some more songs coming up shortly

Phill x

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4,937 Reply by Phill Williams

(25 replies, posted in Songwriting)

God! is that deep or what? Profoundly deep.
I've experienced beautiful sunsets but I dont think I could describe one like you just did...I wish I had seen it too.
"Amused by the world from space" waxing lyrical, I wish I'd written that
keep on keeping on

Phill

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4,938 Topic by Phill Williams

(2 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi,
I started to read what you sent me pertaining to Passing Moments, I thought what you had written was lovely, but I had to shut down my computer in a hurry, and when I came back on line I'd lost your note, sorry about that I think you were asking about the subject matter...well,

When I was 13 or so, I was smitten by a young lady in my class at school, she was very pretty and had all the boys chasing her. For some reason she agreed to go out with me, and we dated for a week or two before she dumped me...sobs

Any road up, the song refers to a date we had which we spent in a local park, I remember gazing at a clear winters night sky, and at first I was going to write about a moon lit night, but that's been done to death! So the stars and constellations it was. I was looking at what I've always called the sospan [Welsh for saucepan], which I've learned is actually Leo, my star sign [mmm] It's funny how you can be alone with other people, and I really felt alone that night...she dumped me next day!

About 5 years later, I was working with the guy who had married the girl, and he was talking of leaving her for a newer model, I've been with the same lovely lady for nearly 30 years, [she'll be sorry when I'm a man] so she lost out, both ways don't you think, and last funny coincidence, she had the same name as my wife.
I guess what I'm trying to say is; we must all try and cry at least once before we find the one that is meant for us, my wife and I have always agreed that we are soul-mates, and we have been together, not just in this life but all the lives we've had before, and all the ones to come, and I suppose the meaning of it all is that you get born then search until you find your soul mate, because that way you don't just spend your lives together, but eternity...isn't that what they say in the songs?

there endeth the first lesson, if you read all of this then I apologize for boring you.

love Phill

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4,939 Reply by Phill Williams

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Hi John
Peed off with the wet weather, eh? Tongue wedged firmly in cheek I thought, very pithy, and still filled with tender sentiment, but worry not as summer is just around the corner [for us anyway]..
Kiwi sorry to be a bit dumb, is that Ozzy or New Zealand? As my son is just over from Perth, he left summer there for winter here...what a dick?

keep writing
regards Phill

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4,940 Topic by Phill Williams

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This is probably the finished version, I've added a couple of extra chord changes and another verse and middle eight...it's all about unrequited love at age 13! how sad is that? I must be dumb, cos I cant work out how to get my song from file to here

Passing MomentsPhill Williams


[Em] Passing moments [Am] soon be gone


[B7] Though memory will [Em] linger on


[Em] Ever feeding on my love


Does memory last longer than love?




[C] Ever needing- [D] ever growing


[Bm] Ever feeding [C] on my love




Twilight romance in winter crisp


Bodies warming, lips to lips


in the playground; constellations above


counting stars with one-sided love




(She is;) Ever taking, stealing youth


Stole my heart she broke it too





(middle eight)


[G] Entwined together we [Am] warmed the night


[B7] Shallow puddles frozen, [Em] filled with winters bite


[Am] My young heart was over[d]taken with her [C]scent


[Em] Then left me bruised, [Am] battered and [B7] spent




Passing moments through the years


Mounting up like angels tears


As each failing love expires


I must heal this broken heart of mine




[C] Ever wishing [D] she'd return


[Bm] Wishing someday [C] I would learn


[Em] To live without her, [Am] seems I can


[Bm]She'll be sorry when I'm a man



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4,941 Reply by Phill Williams

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Oh by the way, went on to "My Space" to hear your Valentine song, very nice...you like your moody stuff, dont you?

regards Phill

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4,942 Topic by Phill Williams

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Could someone put music to this bit of a poem that I've written?

PASSING MOMENTS

Passing moments soon be gone
Though memory will linger on
Count the kisses, cherish the hugs
Does memory last longer than love?
Ever needing, ever growing
Ever feeding on my love.

Twilight romance in winter crisp
Bodies warming, lips to lips
In the playground constellations above
Counting stars, with one sided love
she is ever taking, stealing youth
Stole my heart, she broke it too
Live without her, seems I can...
She'll be sorry, when I'm a man.

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4,943 Reply by Phill Williams

(34 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Science...wow I got trouble getting passed Pi R Squared? did I spell that right?
Seeing as your a bit of a teacher I guess that means the whole thing is a bit tongue in cheek?
I can hear this on a comedy record.
Why do we always write serious stuff, lets make the world laugh...God knows it needs it

Rock on cowboy

Phill

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4,944 Reply by Phill Williams

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Then there wouldn't be a story?
Thanks for the thought

Phill

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4,945 Reply by Phill Williams

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Now I feel like a rat!!! I am so sorry Old Doll, I didn't mean to have a go at you, I only joined yesterday [and all my troubles...] yes well?
I threw this little verse together to say sorry

If I could smile, my smile would be kind
If I could heal, your heart I would find
Your sorrow I feel when no other can touch you
hear me and feel me
I'm here right beside you

Phill

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4,946 Reply by Phill Williams

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It's funny how a random line takes on it's own life to become a song, then you realise that the song is more personal than you thought at the time you were writing it. This is a very personal song, it is truly heartfelt, I fully understand the trauma and grief experienced when losing a loved one regardless of whether it's a person or a pet. As a child we always had dogs, chickens [I wanted to keep one as a pet, so my father made me cut off it's head and we ate it at Christmas...you probably didn't need to know that] and cats, my cat ran away, I felt so betrayed that now I hate them. Any way beautiful song, I hope you can make some big bucks out of it.
Phill...keep smiling

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4,947 Reply by Phill Williams

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You are right in a way, it is a love song, but it's also a lament for an absent friend.
Let me tell you the story; it's all about a 70 + man who goes to the park every day and sits on the same bench he's sat on for the last 45 years. He met his wife to be there, he proposed over tea and cream cakes, and in August of 1947 they got married. In post war Britain, there was little money for a big wedding or a party, so after a registry wedding they went to the park and danced to the brass band, just the two of them...aw!
So, he goes to the park every day, with his packed lunch and sits feeding the ducks and watching the park life, he thinks about his son and his grandchildren, and of-course he remembers his life with his beloved wife. He's just biding his time until the angels decide it's his time.
This is why I love the song and it makes me sad and melancholy, I love the story that built itself around this song, which is a follow on to another song I wrote, which [when I get around to it] will form an album along with about 10 other songs that will hopefully describe the lives of the people that visit the park.
By the by, it's in waltz time, the key is E major, and it's sort of finger picking, and yes I read the bit about how to put the chords and stuff in, but I'm a bit thick in all things clever, it took me ages to get back onto this page after logging in this morning for the first time. Any help would be welcome.
Phill

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4,948 Reply by Phill Williams

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Hi Jets, I've got 4 years to catch you up, and my doc says cholesterol OK, excersise though?

the best excersise is putting pen to paper and writing down whats on your mind

live long and prosper

Phill

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4,949 Reply by Phill Williams

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this is a song that sort of linked from another song, you know how you write a character in then he developes his own identity.
personally I like it...hope you do too

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4,950 Topic by Phill Williams

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this is a song I wrote that makes me feel melancholy every time I play it or just read it...

How the world has changed, you've never let it change you
what you used to be, has fed you and sustained you
now what lies ahead, you don't want to contemplate
the things she might have said; "just leave it all to fate"

Sitting in the park, watch the world pass by you
you used to sit with her, taking in this great view
willow and oak, swans in the water
your son and his wife, with his son and daughter


you've seen these self same kids, grow up and remind you
time keeps marching on, some day it will consume you
then you'll be with her again, happy together
the angels called for her, and so she had to leave you

Now you sit in the park, remembering the laughter
cream tea and cakes, on the day that you asked her
soon you were wed, on a Sunday in August
no party no dance, no money to squander

Sitting in the park, watch the world pass by you
now you sit alone, taking in this great view
you used to sit with her, taking in this great view....

words and music by Phill Williams

hope you like it comments welcome

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