Meredith – Knut’s Song (#14 of 52 Songs)

MEREDITH (Knut’s Song)

Meredith – Rough Demo (Click to listen)

VERSE 1
She’s small in stature
but big of heart
heals what’s been broken
savin’ lives is her art
If you’re troubled, in need
She’ll help you get through
Need a shoulder to lean on
She’s got one of them, too

CHORUS
Meredith
what can I say
I love you tomorrow
same as today
Meredith
don’t wake from your sleep
I know you’ve been dreamin’
dredging the deep

VERSE 2
Hair spun from gold
Eyes arctic blue
Fell hard for you darlin’
Guess you took to me, too
Now there’s two real fine kids
Family all ’round
Feel like we’re building something
Solid to the ground

CHORUS

VERSE 3
Now time is a thoroughbred
And she knows how to run
You can feel her pace quicken
With each new day begun
Gonna savor each moment
With you by my side
You’re my reason for breathin’
In your heart I abide

CHORUS

© 2011 David Kensett Rossiter Slow Bang Music

Evil Stalks The Land (#13 of 52 Songs)

Evil Stalks The Land – Rough Demo (Click to listen)

there’s a face
in the crowd
laughin’ but
there ain’t
no reason
feels so
out of place

there’s a gun
in a hand
breathin’ fire
but there ain’t
no such season
evil stalks
the land

CHORUS
goddamn
all the desperate lies
we feed
goddamn
all this ignorance
we seed
it’s time we mourned
all the shattered lives
we leave
behind

it’s the same
as it’s been
since the earliest times
nothin’ changes
don’t fool
yourself
friend

there was Cain
then came Abel
one slew the other
o’er a trifle
god’s will?
i’ve had
my fill
now

CHORUS

© 2011 David Kensett Rossiter Slow Bang Music

Joplin Sunday Morn (#12 of 52 Songs)

Joplin Sunday Morning – Rough Demo (Click to listen)

like in a dream
shake for me
turning heads
’round the room
hearts going boom
don’t care
what they see
you’re coming home
with me

fast on your feet
like a hot rod peelin’
you own that floor
glances stealin’
smash your glass
and the joint starts reelin’
I grab the cash
time to go

we hit the door
out into the night
state line callin’
east towards the light
eyes closed
I can hear you breathin’
Joplin’s peaceful
on this Sunday morn

© 2010 David Kensett Rossiter Slow Bang Music

Falling Away (#11 of 52 Songs)

come awake
in the middle of the night
sun in the west
room filling up with light
too bright too soon
stole from me my sight
door hot me pulling
with all my might

CHORUS
I’m falling away
the air smells like fire
past cities and oceans
tumbling through time
I’m falling away
no more one and the same
heard a voice in the distance
calling my name

came to an island
the sand was alive
rolling in waves
decided to dive
that’s how I first met you
swimming round in that dark
your body all glowing
hands shooting out sparks

CHORUS

you work like a magnet
drawings souls to your side
but the whole world’s wanderin’
coming in like a tide
you got what it takes
to make all this wrong right?
Turn back the clock
and give back my sight

CHORUS

© 2010 David Kensett Rossiter Slow Bang Music

Gonna Make It (#10 of 52 Songs)

I’m gonna make it
no matter what
you may say
about it
I’m gonna
shout it
I’m gonna make it
feel stronger
now I know
this is real
got some cards
yet to deal

CHORUS
I’ve found this place of healing
can’t forget this feeling
you got me walking this wire
I will not yield
will not tire

I’m gonna make it
got some living
yet to do
this day
best keep out
of my way
I’m gonna make it
I say you’re weak
that’s certain
don’t matter
that I’m hurtin’
you got next to
nothin’ on me
my soul’s my own
so you’ll see
I’m sitting centered
in my Self
I hear a bell ringing

(For A.R., A.P., R.B, and B.B.)

© 2010 David Kensett Rossiter Slow Bang Music

52 Songs LIVE on WCBN

David playing 5 of the 52 Songs on The Down Home Show, WCBN 88.3 FM, Ann Arbor. Recorded 11.27.2010. Many thanks to Long Handle Bob. Stream WCBN FM Ann Arbor live at WCBN.org for the best in freeform, out-of-this-world radio for the eclectic soul-bot in you.

52 Songs Live on WCBN 11.27.2010 (Click to listen)

Traveling: 2 New Songs Coming Soon

Just back from Chattanooga (Bessie Smith country)

Not quite sure about this last one

Nine songs in and fully caught up. This last song, Lay Down Next To Me, is interesting — a very strange narrative. Feels like I will have to revisit this one a bit more later on. Maybe there needs to be a third verse.

I typically take a fair amount of time to let the story evolve and show itself. Working at a song a week pace does not allow for this organic development over time.

I also seem to have become fairly drawn to melody. To some degree this is due to starting with lyrics for many of these songs. I’ve more often started with a musical element, then built lyrics on top of that. This melodic approach is moving the style a bit from a genre perspective which is intriguing.

Ultimately, I recognize that the songs will evolve during rehearsals which is exciting to contemplate so no need to get too hung up at this point.

Lay Down Next To Me (#9 of 52 Songs)

Lay Down Next To Me – Rough Demo (Click to listen)

Got a call from my daughter
said, “Best come home soon
Alice is a dying
won’t see the harvest moon”
She’s the strongest of us all
but there’s a weakness to her heart
Stepped into her room
and she gave me start

She was floating
above her body
like an angel
newly born
into light
and she said…

CHORUS
Lay down next to me
Lay down next to me
There’s nothing to fear
Come closer you’ll see
Lay down next to me

She took hold my hand
That’s when I first felt the sting
A strange kind of current
spreading out from my ring
Alive for the first time
then a shortness of breath
Her eyes became empty
Her face became Death

She took me up
room spinnin’
sky alive
with stars
and I was floatin’
and she said…

CHORUS

© 2010 David Kensett Rossiter Slow Bang Music

2 New Songs w/ demos coming Wednesday

Stay tuned.