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wrote this one fairly quickly about a week ago - and put down some quick demo tracks over the weekend.  I had trouble finding the "song" so to speak, the demos didn't seem right...so Sunday morning this version just came out - and I recorded it quickly with garageband.  I added two overdubs; acoustic and the heavy electric to add some edge.

http://www.myspace.com/Nof7

for those who don't have the time to surf, lyrics and chords below:

care for nothing
Capo 2

Am                        C
I was born in a town small and narrow.
Am                           C
Main street was torn down and new.
Am                 C        G       
The high school headed in, and the hotel headed out,
Am         C                   G
and most…were just getting through.
    F         G        Am

    Snow was deep it was just past Christmas.

    The halo was still hanging out with the moon.

Mama brought me home, to that old house up the road,

one less man hanging round that room.

    Mama moved away to the city,

    with her tow-headed boy on a bus.

Where that man went, she could never say.

And he never came back around for us,

No he never came back for us.

    I’m grown up now down in Toronto,

    got a tow-headed boy of my own.

I was There when he was Given, from his Mother in July,

I’m the only father he’ll ever know.

    Long time ago I decided,

    not to let the sins of someone gone to fall,

down at my feet, and make me stumble,

and keep caring for nothing at all.

You can’t care for someone so small.

Posted a new song on myspace:  http://www.myspace.com/nof7

It's called Darling Road - the recording is rough - it was the first time all the guys in the band ran through - and for some even heard it - and with all the instruments I was competing for volume with my vocals - we recorded it at a late 19th century one room schoolhouse outside of London, Ontario.  Hope you enjoy...

Chord progression is Em G D Am with the bridge D Am D Am C then back to the verse progression.

A shot rolled over the hill down Darling Road last night
The dogs took up their chorus and a second shot stopped the night.
Headlamps lit the gravel, making searchlights in the trees.
When that Chevy hit the dam we knew it was Jimmy Deeds.

See Jimmy got hard into the rye that morning before 10am.
When Carol didn't come home he knew it wasn't just him.
He called her on the cell and Joey picked up the phone.
He yelled "Yer gonna die this time boy so you best just drive her home.

Bridge:

Past the dam the water is shallow, but the mud is deep.
Folks have lost their secrets down there and
Drowned thoughts they shouldn't keep.

Jimmy knew Joey from back in the day.
They knew from three they'd fish these sloughs til their hair turned gray.
Carol always played both sides but settled for Jim when Joe went away.

I'll stay with you she said the day they made good.
But Jimmy knew it would take more than a few words and his only suit.
When Joey came back she whispered "Nothing can stop us".
Nothing but a 12 gauge shell and the dam on Darling Road.

Bridge:

By the time Joey pulled out, a warm night had fell.
And when Joey pulled in, Jimmy's bottle was down.
But his Browning had its pin behind two shells.

Your comments are welcome: and don't worry "you have to be cruel to be kind."

WOW - people have really been creative around here lately judging by the number of recent songs posted...that's awesome.

Here's one of mine I recorded and put up on myspace - I wrote it some time ago and finally put down a version I liked.

www.myspace.com/nof7

Any feedback is welcome.

there's three lanes on the west side
two lanes headed to the east
that's one more lane to bring my baby back
bring my baby home to me

got an '83 Chevrolet
got no heater on the dash
come december it frosts up some
but it won't keep me from going back

bringing my baby back
bringing my baby home to me
bringing my baby back
bringing my baby home to me

the 410 goes a long way down
from the Valley to Detroit
my tires hum and they burn along
a broken grille keeps me dead to rights

she left when I wouldn't put my name
to the one that grew inside
now I see my own eyes staring back at me
and it's time to turn the tide

bringing my baby back
bringing my baby boy home to me
bringing my baby back
bringing my brown-eyed boy home to me