4,001 Reply by Phill Williams

(24 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thanks to all for your kind words.
I've been away from my "puter" for a couple of weeks, so I'm catching up.

Big thanks to Lena, I dont know of Hill/ Mcgraw, but if you recommend them, then they must be good!
Fact is; I love hearing other people sing my songs, so if they get round to it, send me a recording, make my day!

As for "sex, drugs and rock and roll" I've never messed with the middle one, but I'm well acquainted with the other two!

Glad you enjoyed it, let's hope Russ and I can work on more projects.

Phill

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4,002 Reply by Phill Williams

(24 replies, posted in Songwriting)

AHHH! I know that one "thank God it's Friday"....and I leave for Spain on Sunday...ah, life is good!

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4,003 Reply by Phill Williams

(24 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Russ, you have such a lovely turn of fraze " the pussy mix?"

I'm still chuckling at that one.:lol:

Hi Mekidsmom,

Yes it is exactly that, husband/wife together, but not waking-up, they couldnt get to sleep....know what I mean? wink

Thanks Daddy. I honestly believe that if the right band/person recorded this it would be a big hit! Where's Simon Cowel when you want him? cool

PS, does LMAO mean Leave My A*** Outofit? [UK spelling]

love Phill XXX

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4,004 Reply by Phill Williams

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi crosel, unt welcommen,

i hope i got that right. as your english [like my german] is not very good, i will write slowly...;)

i too hit the translate button, and it still made no sense, but that's my problem, not yours. we shouldnt expect the whole world to be able to speak english just to make it easier for us. so well done, and a recording would be very welcome, please let us know when it is ready.


phill

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4,005 Reply by Phill Williams

(24 replies, posted in Songwriting)

As always, your wish is my command.
My thanks for your comments, it is about adult love as opposed to teenage lust, further than that I will not go!
Russ has done an excellent job with his guitar and bass work. I had envisioned it as a Westlife tune till I heard what he'd done; all soft and boy-band till Russ put his heavy rock stamp on it.
I'm most happy with the chorus, I write the songs as they come to me, so what you hear is what I heard.
You'll have to speak to Russ about the mixing, as my part was the basic tracks [piano, drums and vocal] the rest was Russ's.

Can't You Sleep?Undefined


Are you [E] awake? [Abaug] I hear you [Dbm] whisper in the [A] darkness.


I'm [E] awake, and I [F#m] hear you [Dbm] breathe my [B] name.


I feel your [E] lips – [Abaug] as they [Dbm] brush against my [A] shoulder.


I [E] turn to [F#m] meet them – [Dbm] softly with [B] mine.


.




And so we [E] kiss, [Abaug] very [Dbm] slowly – and so [A] tender.


Eyes [E] are closed [F#m] as our [Dbm] body's [B] entwine.


I'm [E] awake, [Abaug] I couldn't [Dbm] sleep while you were [A] stirring.


Touching [E] me [F#m] every [Dbm] time you turned [B] around.




(Chorus).




See the [Dbm] dawn light the [A] room-through the [E] side of the [B] curtains.


Feel your [A] eyes start to [E] tire; now we [B] sleep.


Then the [Dbm] sound of the [A] street; playing [E] children, talking [B] neighbours.


You look at [A] me watching [E] you, then we [B] smile.





(SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS)>




REP CHORUS THEN ADD BELOW




||[Dbm] Lay here in [A] peace let the [D] world pass [A] unnoticed.


[A] Take what we [E] need; [B] secretly.||




Can't you [E] sleep? [Abaug] I haven't [Dbm] slept my-self for [A] hours.


Watching [E] you-in the [F#m] dark-watching [B] me.


(CHORUS x 2)




Can't you sleep?





Words and music by Phill Williams and Russel Harding 28th October 2009

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4,006 Reply by Phill Williams

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi kenny da canuk,
it's still up here so i guess it's passed the first censor stage, personally i dont see any offence there.. you havent been banned yet, have you? roll

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4,007 Topic by Phill Williams

(24 replies, posted in Songwriting)

if you'd all like to pop onto my-space [click the button to the left] and give a little listen to a song russ and i have been working on for a week or so. it's called "can't you sleep"
we'd like to hear what you think.

ta

phill

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4,008 Reply by Phill Williams

(6 replies, posted in Poems)

if that's the result of just keeping your hand in....look out dylan thomas.

really deep and forces you to read the next line.

well done

phill

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4,009 Reply by Phill Williams

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi kenny,

this is a truly well written and thought out song. are they your words or wlbaye's? i cant normally picture a song from just reading someone else's words, but i do get a nice melody line from this with an easy country bass line and beat.

i cant wait till you've recorded it...let us know when it's done.

x l nt

phill

ps snowing yet? lol

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4,010 Reply by Phill Williams

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

legal theft?

how can it be combated? get a lawyer? more thieves!

what we should do is take all our money out of the robbing banks, and pay our bills the old fashioned way; in cash!

oops is this thread getting political?

signed annon tongue

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4,011 Reply by Phill Williams

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi robert,

x factor is a big no-no for me [the programme not your song] my family love it too. i think it's defined by muso's vs non-muso's. = musician's think it's trash. non-musician's think it's great.

i'd hate to stand there before those manipulators and have them ridicule my voice, style etc. and i think i can sing a bit. a lot of the kids on there cant...sorry.
it's just an easy fix to the top. there is a mathematical formula to explain it;

*18 and pretty [boy or girl no matter]
*able to dance a bit
*easy to manipulate
*singing ability not essential

you song is cool though daddy

phill

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4,012 Reply by Phill Williams

(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi ark,
thought about it, but it was a little on the long side. i'm not the greatest soloist anyway, so it would have been a little pretentious and most likely naff.

ps, if i ever get `round to recording it professionally i'll give you a shout...

phill

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4,013 Reply by Phill Williams

(6 replies, posted in Poems)

hi marc, welcome back, aint seen ya in a while?

very entertaining write almost an oratory.

nice one

phill

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4,014 Reply by Phill Williams

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi robert, wot, not a christmas song?

i can identify with this as i've been out of work since june. i must say though, your friends do stick by you as long as you dont ask for a loan....lol

phill

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4,015 Reply by Phill Williams

(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi peeps,

i guess it is a sad song, it's about a couple [young?] one feels their thing has run it's course [the chorus part...i'd like this part done by a female singer...too shy to ask] and the verses are the male part...or vice versa. the guy finds grass in the girls hair and naturally suspects the girl of cheating, which she may have been, but she wants out of the relationship any-way so there you go!

grass in your hair was the part that started the song off, i had been strumming a few chords, and the line came to me. the rest was a natural progression suggested by that line.

i have put it on my web page [myspace] so please have another look.

thanks for all your great comments

phill

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4,016 Reply by Phill Williams

(7 replies, posted in Poems)

lena!

just when i thought i understood what you were writing about, you changed tack mid poem!

what a terrific piece of writing though, bees, deck of cards...and flamenco dancers not forgetting the nature aspect...

baffling but brilliant

phill

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4,017 Reply by Phill Williams

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi linusguitar.

it's truly funny, as i wrote a new song today that has the same chord progression [in part anyway].

you words are beautiful and well written, with a very emotive theme which seems to be an on-going theme lately. as lena has already said, i'd like to hear it recorded too.

well done

phill

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4,018 Topic by Phill Williams

(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Grass in Your Hair.Undefined


[Em] Grass in your [C] hair. [Em] Leaves in the [C] pocket of your [D] coat.


[Em] If I didn't [C] care; [Em] would I take the [C] time to [D] look?


[Em] Your mind's somewhere [C] else. [Em] Your here, but you [C] don't [D] want to be.


[Em] It's plain if you [C] look. [Em] You don't want to [C] spend [D] time with me.




(CHORUS)




[G] We fell [Em] apart. [G] Maybe we [Em] weren't ever [C] meant to be.


[G] We were drifting [Em] along. [G] But something [Em] changed between [C] you and me.


[Am] Maybe it's [D] broke...and it's best if we just throw it [Em] away.




Grass in your hair. A Freudian slip to break the news to me.


Did you meet someone else? Is he the one or the escape from me?


Is there nothing to save? No last gasp of what remains of it.


Has the love we once shared. Dissolved in the ashes of memory.




(REP CHORUS).





Grass in your hair. Would you tell me if I was the cause of it?


Or are you scared, scared of a life with just me in it?


I don't hold you down. Your free to come and go as you want to.


Are you hanging around, till someone better comes to go with you.




(REP CHORUS).




Grass in your hair. Do you need me to ask you what to do?


I know I'm no star. You once thought of me as the one.


Your a long way from here. Your mind's running through a field.


And there `neath the trees, your other lover appears.




(REP CHORUS X 2)




Grass in your hair. I guess I'm the one who lost out.


This is not fair. I'm counting the cost of a broken affair.




by Phill Williams 23rd November 2009.





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4,019 Reply by Phill Williams

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi ark,

just had a listen [left you a message] excellent piece of music, it shows off your skills as a musician, a composer and a master of mood!
it reminds me of a turkish chill-out session, booze and belly dancers!!!! tongue

love it

phill

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4,020 Reply by Phill Williams

(4 replies, posted in Poems)

thanks lena, your a doll.

i enjoyed the poem and the pics. i suppose every town has it's characters and ollie seems to be one in a true sense.

thanks again


phill

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4,021 Reply by Phill Williams

(3 replies, posted in Poems)

hi stran,

i agree with lena, short sharp and to the point, fine work

phill

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4,022 Reply by Phill Williams

(7 replies, posted in Poems)

i would guess there's a story behind this; Ollie Bolger?

you have a great way with words, let's have more.


phill

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4,023 Topic by Phill Williams

(1 replies, posted in Poems)

I haven't written anything in a while, when this suddenly invaded my thoughts. read on

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow I may pick-up my guitar.
I might write a little poem, or send my thoughts afar.
I could build a little room
Made of bricks or chewing gum.
I may go out for a walk.
Or maybe not.

Tomorrow is the day that will come next.
It's the day the chicks will up and leave the nest.
Eighteen years and twenty days.
To live with someone else, they say.
Someone that wont be so strict, and such a pest.

Tomorrow I may sit and watch TV.
All the programmes that I would like to see.
But the house will be so still.
Not a sound, or fly to kill.
I will miss my little progeny, I will.

Tomorrow is the day I might expire.
It's a frightening thought, though it's what some might desire.
It could happen any time.
In the middle of a rhyme.
In the bath, or maybe sitting by the fire.

Tomorrow is descending on me fast.
As quickly as a nucleonic blast.
If I live another day, and my rent I have to pay.
If I sell my soul, would the devil sell it back?

Oh dear, it's twelve o`clock..... yikes

Phill Williams. 6th November 2009.

It's not a personal statement, as all my kids left home some time ago, but they still visit every day! I also own my own house, SO NO FEAR OF THE RENT MAN! and I don't fear death striking me down,but it would be nice to be able to watch what I want on TV!

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4,024 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi lena,

yes i got it right away. it's a shame that there are people out there like that! sorry to say though it's not just the male of the species! i've been accosted a time or two myself, at my gig on saturday for one, dont ask, wont tell. needless to say i came home as pure as i went out.

you poem, as always, tells a story yet you fill it with humour and irony, not as deep as some of your work, and i hope the low-life in question has ears that burn with a fine intensity.

power to the truthfull

phill

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4,025 Reply by Phill Williams

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hello Mr Ark,

Jobs a gonner, couldn't cut it I'm afraid. loads of work, tons of pressure and little or no rewards, so I told `em to stuff it. Not all bad news though, the new car comes tomorrow....Ourstage? I'm sure I joined up, I'll have to check it out again. Thanks for the thumbs-up, working on a new song with Russ at moment, I think it sounds good, let you know when it's ready.

Mekidsmom,

and thank you for listening. I tend to get a bit rock'n'rolly at times, countryfied at others and sloppy quite a lot. hope to hear more from you on the poetry section.

Phill

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