Tag Archives: Lyrics
Happy Is the Man
FAWM 2011 is moving along. This is my fourth song. Haven’t written a mandolin tune since The Porcupine Song for FAWM 2009. Broke out the mando and put this together Tuesday afternoon. Came up with the title first and the … Continue reading
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Ball and Chain
Second song of FAWM 2011. This one came about while I was working on a collab. Needed a break from the process so I started noodling around with a progression and it caught my ear. Chords came first. Melody second. … Continue reading
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Time Gone
One of our local supporters of live music, GW Staton, commissioned a new song titled Time Gone. After trying to talk myself out of it, I entered and started to figure out something to enter! Not gonna lie, I was … Continue reading
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Gimme Some Sunshine
Well, it’s February 1st and you know that means (you DO, don’t you?)… First day of February Album Writing Month (FAWM) 2010! Gimme Some Sunshine.mp3 Gimme Some Sunshine Here come those clouds again Another winter in Michigan All the leaves … Continue reading
Home (Momma was a Cross to Bear)
Awhile back I was hitting the “random article” button on Wikipedia (very addictive) and came across a very troubling story. I read it over a few times and saved the link. Maybe someday I’d write a song about it. Recently, … Continue reading
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We’ll Go (Looking for Eden)
Song #3 for FAWM 2009. Think this one is a keeper… We’ll Go (Looking for Eden).mp3 We’ll Go (Looking for Eden) – John Natiw ©2009 I’m barely breathing Under this ocean With all the commotion Of waves crashing down You’re … Continue reading
A Song About Dying Lives Again
Back in 2005 I wrote a song called One Cut Too Deep. For the longer version of this story, see the post One Cut Too Deep on the Songwriting Apples blog from 2007. Although I was happy with the lyrics … Continue reading
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