Wow - I like it!! Cheers, dude... nice one!

I dig it. I particularly like the "cut and paste" woman lines. They're clever and seem to be placed where a nice hook could easily go.

Thanks for the props... It's going to probably take a month or more to get a rough recording of this. The studio has been really busy. In the meantime, I figure that since it's going to be awhile before I can book myself in my own studio, I might as well work on a couple other old songs too. After looking at what I've let sit for years, it appears I probably have enough for an album of sorts.

This is one of those where I took some lines from something the first ex wrote and wrote about something completely different. Actually, the first line of this song, and the tag line, "You Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine," are the only ones she wrote here, though ideas in the other lines reflect some of the other things she wrote, but they're not verbatum:

YOU SHOW ME YOURS, I’LL SHOW YOU MINE
Copyright ©2002 Clear Gravy Productions

(Verse 1)
Tell me the story baby, of how we came undone.
Won't be my story baby, your side is just one.
Even with events the same we see with different eyes.
The difference in the telling is really no surprise.
I know it’s just vinegar, but you insist it’s wine.
You show me yours, I'll show you mine.
You show me yours, I'll show you mine.

(Verse 2)
Well, this is how I see it, it really went this way.
You tell me that you love me, then ask me not to stay.
You hold me close and tender, you tell me that you care,
But down inside the feeling is you’re just not really there.
Don’t pretend to be offended, it’s not another line.
You show me yours, I'll show you mine.
You show me yours, I'll show you mine.

(BREAK)
Love is more than physical. Love is more than need.
Love is more than practical. Love is in the deed.
So if you really love me, give me a sign.
You show me yours, I’ll show you mine.
You show me yours, I'll show you mine.

(Verse 3)
Can’t be a part time lover, it isn’t in my heart.
It’s all or nothing baby, a finish or a start.
Don’t keep me here in limbo, if you really can’t decide.
I’ve given all I have to give, there’s nothing left to hide.
It’s hard to keep believing, that everything is fine.
You show me yours, I'll show you mine.
You show me yours, I'll show you mine.

(Outro)
So get down off that fence, babe, stop wasting time.
You show me yours, I'll show you mine.
You show me yours, I'll show you mine.

Man, those are both great!! You really got what it takes...hope the music is just as good!

Thanks! I hope the music serves them well too.

Was working on Cut & Paste Woman this weekend. Needed to restring one of the studio guitars cause when I went to tune it down both E strings snapped. (I play 12's so it was 1 & 2.) I haven't been playing as much as I should lately. Life gets in the way sometimes. Have had a lot of business in the studio, but looks like next week might be open so I'll try to get some basic, pre-arrangement, cuts to post here. Once I've redeveloped my callous' it shouldn't be too bad.

In the meantime I found another. This is about the ex. No, not the first one who writes stuff that I take and change, but the 3rd one who is... Well, I'd say the song says it all. I'm not certain about the verses. They're too locked in to be meaningful to everyone. I mean, only someone who's spent 20 years with someone else, will key in, so I may change that some to make it more generic and gain a wider appeal. The chorus, however, is set in stone...


Behind Every Good Man
Copyright ©2000 – Clear Gravy Productions

(Intro)

(Verse 1)
Twenty years of life with you
Twenty years was more than fair
Twenty years of scraping by
Now I’m thinkin’ I don’t care.

(Verse 2)
Twenty years of wasted time
Twenty years of wounds and salt
Twenty years your whiney voice
Tellin’ me it’s all my fault.

(Chorus)
Behind every good man there stands a woman
Who makes him feel there’s nothin’ he can’t do
Well if that’s true it only stands to reason
Behind the failures – Baby – There’s a bitch like you.

(Verse 3)
There’s no more chances here
There’s no more cold dark nights
There’s no more time to waste
I’m taking back my rights.

(Verse 4)
There’s no more you can say
There’s no more you can do
There’s not a chance in hell
I’m stayin’ here with you.

(Chorus) (Instrumental Break) (Chorus) (Outro)