FAWM 2013 Song #3 - Gutter

I actually finished this over a week ago, but have been so distracted that I forgot to post it. Sorry. Here it is, song #3 "Gutter"

Loving you
Is a job for two
But only one of us
Wishes that weren’t true
You need a place to hide those things
You don’t want him to see
Unfortunately for me
That place is me

He gets your laughter
I get your pain
He gets your sunshine
But I’m just
The gutter for your rain
Gutter for your rain

How hard it must be
Emotionally
To keep things from him
That you don’t keep from me
But he don’t need
My bullshit sympathy
Cause all the best of you
Goes to him, you see

He gets your good times
I get your pain
He gets your laughter
And I’m just the gutter for your rain
For your rain

But there are other
Hands on your time
And as much as I
Wish those hands were mine
The only thing I want from you
Is to know I wish you well
The more you made me miss you
The farther that I fell

He gets your laughter
I get your pain
He gets your sunshine
But I’m just
The gutter for your rain
Gutter for your rain

FAWM 2013 Song #2 - Reverser

FAWM 2013 Song #2 is now complete. A synth-ey little number called "Reverser".  

You can download or stream "Reverser" here, or check out my FAWM Page to see all of my FAWM songs and check on my progress throughout the month.

I give her love
I give her laughter
I give her everything
I give her time
Forever and after
Never ask for anything

I make my plans
Without her
She never shows up anyways
But there’s something
About her
That keeps me waiting for that day

Reverser (She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)
Reverser (She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)
Reverser (She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)
Reverser(She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)

(Bridgey Widgey)
…and this is the saddest part…

I try to call
Leave her a message
She never gets back to me
Returned unopened
All my love letters
Full of desperate poetry

Reverser (She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)
Reverser (She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)
Reverser (She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)
Reverser(She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)

She don’t want my love…

FAWM 2013 Song #1 - Sad Song on Green Guitar

If only it said "Sad Bastard"...

My first FAWM submission of 2013 is now online. I was having trouble getting my writing mojo going, so it almost didn't happen, but I managed to squeeze this one out today. It's not my best, but certainly not my worst. 

Sad Song on Green Guitar can be downloaded here

You can also follow all of my FAWM progress HERE (If you're interested) 

Staring at the photographs
Remembering all the love and laughs
And wondering why it goes so fast
When we want it to go slow
Staring at an empty page
With all the things I wanna say
But words don’t wanna come today
So I have to let ‘em go
All these things
I have 
In my heart
But I can’t 
Figure out
Where to start

Sitting in an empty room
On this lonely Friday afternoon
Thinking you were gone to soon
When I wanted you to stay
We were Having dreams and making plans
We had it all here in our hands
no one else would understand
And we wanted it that way
These things
We had 
In our hearts
And now 
We are so
Far apart

Back now in the world I know
Outside it feels like ten below
Funny how things go so slow
When we want them to go fast
All the things I’ve yet to say
It’s like a movie scene we can’t replay
(And you go your own way)
Funny how things go away 
When we want them all to last
All these things
That remain
In my heart
Even though 
We are so
Far apart
All these things
Still remain
In my heart
Even though 
We are so
Far apart