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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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Sweet Home Alabama… Sort Of

Sitting around last night pickin’ I started messing around with a melody. Lyrics were something about “just got back from Carolina” I think. After about 10 minutes of fooling about with it I realized I was singing the melody to … Continue reading

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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

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Peanut Butter Jelly

Two days of FAWM 2009… Two VERY different songs. Here’s the latest: Peanut Butter Jelly.mp3 Peanut Butter Jelly – John Natiw ©2009 In my fifth year of life I found the perfect food One that filled my belly and improved … Continue reading

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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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