This is a light little tune with some playful lyrics. To me it has the feel of a little show tune, something that could be part of a musical. I felt this even before I realized its mysterious connection to more »
Author: Thomas
When You Kissed Me (a demo)
This is a grownups’ love song. Not for the faint of heart are love and its vagaries. Especially during the time of great desire and burning jealousy. Musically, this is a melody that I have been playing around with for more »
The stories behind the songs:
#10 Last Child
If you’ve been following this series, you’ll remember that I mentioned that the great country songwriter Harland Howard was renown for having to have a title before writing a song. The title to “Last Child” came from my bookshelf. Literally, more »
“Sordid Lives” on Tybee will be a hoot and a holler
Well, I went and done it. (I know that’s not proper English, but read on.) I tried out for a play with our local community theater group, and I got a part in “Sordid Lives,” a rooting-tooting comedy by Del more »
The stories behind the songs:
#9 The Message
The Message I didn’t need to listen to the rest of the message when you said you were sorry before you said why it wasn’t that I didn’t see it coming it’s just that I don’t know what to do more »
A New Star
The Star of Bethlehem has always fascinated astronomers. It is suggested, of course, that the three wise men, the Magi, were in fact astronomers, or more likely astrologers. Every so often there is some scientific paper purporting to explain the more »