Lost my money to the state of taxes
i ignored all their phonecalls and faxes
i paid in the end
the money i send
two things that can`t be ignored
are death and taxes
501 2021-01-15 02:58:59
Re: A Texas Limerick (2 replies, posted in Poems)
502 2021-01-15 00:44:00
Re: Nashville Tuning (10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Sounds great Zurf,would love to hear more of your posts.
503 2021-01-12 18:39:44
Re: Cold Virginia Snow (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Great piece of writing,this is a bit special.
504 2021-01-12 18:36:16
Re: Just A Girl From Texas (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
great chorus tig,reckless/texas clever rhyme.
505 2021-01-09 22:30:52
Re: Chordie Member Has Won A Semi Final Place In A Worldwide Song Contest (15 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
thanks for your support guys,i`m not getting too carried away as these comp things are funny beasts.
but i do want to encourage the rest of you to put your music out in the world,you have nothing to lose.
why would you spend years building a boat and never put it in the water.!
i havent got a musical bone in my body, but somehow manage to muddle a song together.
506 2021-01-09 00:08:51
Re: Chordie Member Has Won A Semi Final Place In A Worldwide Song Contest (15 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Hey Peatle many thanks for that,it`s been a crazy world the last year and me making the semis
just goes to show how crazy.
Im sure the other semis are beautifilly sung,brilliantly played,and probably fantastic production.
mine is just a basic stripped back honest simple song.
507 2021-01-07 04:09:40
Re: Ha Ha Ha (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Dirty Ed wrote:
I agree with Phil that it sounds like you're having fun, but with the reverb I couldn't tell what you're singing about. Maybe my ears are just tuned to Appalachian foothill accents, sorry.
Ed
thanks for your comments,is the reverb too much?I`ve had this comment once before.But when i play it
back i dont hear much reverb at all.I do set a bit of reverb on my recorder but this is only to cover for
my not very good voice.I wonder if my kiwi accent has befumbled you also?
I`ll go listen to my stuff on another device,maybe that could be the problem ,me not hearing the reverb.
thanks again
B.
508 2021-01-06 23:52:22
Re: Ha Ha Ha (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Phill Williams wrote:
nice one Brian. you sound like you're having a lot of fun
Yeah Phill,theres a lot of serious stuff on chordie so thought i`d bang out a fun song.
509 2021-01-06 20:06:30
Topic: Ha Ha Ha (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Woke up with a croaky voice so i thought lets see what happens if i record something.
https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/ha-ha-ha
510 2020-12-30 08:16:54
Re: Poem: Wretched Lives - maybe a song somehow ? (6 replies, posted in Poems)
Tig
great to see you writing something different to your usual.
i think it has really paid off on this one.
look forward to you mixing it up more often.
Phill has done a cracking job with it.
511 2020-12-28 09:05:29
Re: Understanding Andy And Flo (9 replies, posted in Poems)
well written Andy whoops i mean Pete
512 2020-12-21 23:12:16
Re: Winter Solstice (5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Zurf
enjoy the wine,making the best of a bad situation.
maybe 2 bottles and you`d doubly make the most.
3 bottles and you`d just make a bad situation.
merry christmas
513 2020-12-21 21:58:14
Re: CHRISTMAS BEAU (5 replies, posted in Poems)
great to see all the christmas songs on chordie
keep im coming !!!!!
514 2020-12-20 04:29:57
Re: Come On Back; It's Christmastime (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Lets hear it Phill !!!!!!
515 2020-12-19 20:55:19
Re: about 30" (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Zurf wrote:
easybeat wrote:here in NZ we`ve got 2 feet one on each leg!
Ha ha. I do love your word play.
Humour makes the world go round
And it stops you feeling down
So if a lift is what you need
humours better than smoking weed
516 2020-12-17 23:43:26
Re: about 30" (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
here in NZ we`ve got 2 feet one on each leg!
517 2020-11-26 08:12:15
Topic: Political Road (1 replies, posted in Poems)
our local govt/council has been ignoring infrastructure for many years
it`s all starting to fall apart,what little is done is done badly.
Political Road
They`re working on the road into the night
in the hope that they just might
theres a political imperative
to get the work done
opened before the next election come
for theres votes to be had
at the end of the day
come hell or high water
the govt to get their way
so toil long and toil hard
get it finished before the due day
dont worry about quality
as long as its done
we can go back and fix it
when the election is won
518 2020-11-24 21:55:51
Topic: Kings Pleasure (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
i listened to an album by Nic Jones of olde English folk songs.
never really listened to this kinda music before,but something has clicked
and now i seem to be writing in this style.Often this music is sung unaccompanied.
Kings Pleasure
At the kings pleasure i rot in his cell
cut off from the world
for the crimes i committed
and the lies that i told
four walls surround me
fed on meagre rations
for this is my world
for many a long year
the months pass slowly
and the years linger on
my body disheveled
beard grown to my knees
all day to reflect
on the people i wronged
theres many a day
feel i cant carry on
at the kings pleasure
i cant carry on
519 2020-11-24 18:47:55
Re: For Beamer - Small Medium at Large (4 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Clever writing Ed
520 2020-11-23 23:32:26
Re: lies. (3 replies, posted in Poems)
Good one Phill
i feel humble to know someone as perfect as you.
i mean what are you going to get for xmas you have it all in spades.
521 2020-11-22 05:10:05
Re: Saints and Sinners - by TIGLJK (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Tig
this has got to be your best lyric yet.
well done you.
522 2020-11-22 01:15:09
Topic: Folk Song /Rescue (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
After reading a few comments,i thought hey i m keen to leave it hanging,unresolved.
But my subconscious must have been thinking of all your comments
then this dropped in my lap.
many days passed
repairs came to nought
our bodies ached
dis-pear set in
on the third week
our look out shouted
i see a light
a rescue at hand
god had heard our prayers
523 2020-11-21 20:21:23
Re: folk song (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Good point guys,never thought about that,. i wrote us and we
but this is all that was dropped out sky to me,so i guess thats all.
i guess we will all have to imagine our own ending.
i could write an ending,but that would be me writing,not the magic
thing that just drops out of the sky into our laps.you other writers know what i mean.
524 2020-11-20 22:33:14
Topic: folk song (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thought i`d have a go at writing a traditional folk song using traditional themes.
Not sure if it`s working,but here goes.
We cast off at dawn
on the morning tide
as we sail off
on that november day
leaving the blue
for the cold and the gray
heading south
to that x on our map
with only our hopes
and sextant to show the way
eight days out
the weather it turned
the waves grew higher
and the sea it churned
with sails destroyed
by the vicious wind
stores lost overboard
to the angry sea
leaving us adrift
and praying to god
525 2020-11-20 20:14:51
Re: Keep Dancing (5 replies, posted in Poems)
Peatle me old mate,this reads more song than poem to me.
good to read more of the famous Peatle observations of life