Song I wrote about how sometimes people misplace whats important in a relationship. I actually got the idea from a book I was reading (probably one of the best books I've ever read " Theo Of Golden" ) and borrowed the lines poisonous beauty and pleasure without gratitude. Then, I just imagined a couple that were so engrossed with themselves, that they never found real love.

the link on SC   https://soundcloud.com/james-kenyon-997 … thout-love

These are the lyrics: 

Verse 1
She was pretty as a rose in June
But every rose can hide a thorn
He was smooth as polished glass
Like the calm before a summer storm
He was tall, dark, and handsome
Her eyes lit up like a diamond ring
But they both should’ve known
Without love, beauty don’t mean a thing

Verse 2
The craving for what beauty promises
burned in their hearts like a fire
Two proud reflections in the mirror
filled with nothing else but desire
They looked like a picture from a magazine
a meteor blazing through the midnight sky
Looked like love to everyone who knew them
just two lonely hearts, living a beautiful lie

Chorus
Poisonous beauty, shining bright
Two lonely hearts lost in a dream
Pleasure without gratitude filled up their world
Perfectly in love with how they were seen
If only they knew what their lives could have been

Verse 3
But time has a way of revealing
What a vanity mirror never shows
When the fire of desire burns out
And the roots of love never grow
Now the mirror shows something different
Than the picture they used to see
Two lonely hearts standing together
Wondering what love’s meant to be
And that’s when the truth finally showed…
Chorus
Poisonous beauty, shining so bright
Two lonely hearts lost in a dream
Pleasure without gratitude filled up their world
Perfectly in love with how they were seen
If only they knew what their lives could have been

Outgo

Poisonous beauty, hidden dangers abound
Pleasure without gratitude as their life ran past
They had all the beauty life could offer
But without love, you know, nothing can last
without love, nothing lasts
yeah, without love, nothing can last
Nothing can last without love
beauty don’t mean a thing

Song : Creek Don't Run By My Cabin No More

Purpose: Awareness regarding Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

https://youtu.be/wDpykauX4hg 

This is a song I wrote back n 2024, when both my oldest brother and Strummerboy Bill (who most everyone on chordie knew  or knows of) were first dealing with early signs of dementia (a.k.a. Alzheimer's disease) .  It is a very sad, heartbreaking condition, not only for the victim, but also for those who love them.

Bill, if you are reading this - I hope it brings  back some memories of the good times shared here on chordie.

I re-wrote some of it today and recorded it using AI bc I can't sing or play music well enough to do it myself

https://on.soundcloud.com/YnXEavsP4FFO0ytbug 
Here is the link (the lyrics are posted there as well).
Probably the hardest song I've ever written.

https://soundcloud.com/james-kenyon-997 … es-tonight

I really like the instruments playing in this - and the change in the lyrics at the end
hope you do too

Jim 

Got talking with Brian (easybeat) about songwriting..... got me thinking about older songs I had written but never followed through with

  Song I dragged this out of the closet and reworked it -  kinda sad.

https://soundcloud.com/james-kenyon-997 … rs-lullaby