You and I, Lady Gaga Cover on Ukulele

A friend of mine asked me to do this song, so I did.  It was awful nice of Lady Gaga to do a country song so I could cover it. Thanks, Lady!

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If I Only Had A Brain - Cover Song With Accordion

This is my birthday present - a collaboration with my oldest daughter Emma on the accordion!

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The Leaf on the River - Original Song

LYRICS:


The girls at the park skip like stones on a lake
They don't know the mark they leave in their wake.

i watch them from a distance
I know they world they know
I wonder at the difference
Between want and think and hope

The leaf only goes where the river wants it to go
With the light all above and the dark all below

I watch it from a distance
I watch it spin away
I wonder at the difference
Between hope and try and pray

And you're all such pretty birds
You all seem to know how to fly
Trace your lemniscates and spirals
Watch your green spaces, watch your spinning sky, but

I want to feel the river flow with me
I want to fee it all below me
Because I love the way you leave the ground but
No one knows how far, how far is down

We meet at the bar and finally
I'm where you are but far enough to breathe

I watch you from a distance
Watch you move your hands
And wonder at the difference
Between want and should and can

I want to feel the river flow with me
I want to feel it all below me
Because I love the way you leave the ground
But no one knows how far, how far is down


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Rene Says - Ukulele Original Song

We lived in Walbridge Ohio for 4 years, and got to know some pretty interesting people. I wrote a bunch of songs about them... but I didn't know how to write the music. So here's one, and thanks to my daughter, now it comes with chords. Nobody ever heard it before now. Isn't that weird? Is a song a song if nobody ever hears it?

Some of the things in this song Renee actually said. Others, I made up. Is for funs. :-)

Why yes, it does sort of have a Joni Mitchell sound to it. I know. I love her.


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p.s. i love you - cover

I first heard this song from Nellie McKay, but it's actually a standard. (love Nellie McKay, but Billie Holliday's version is pretty wonderful, naturally). So I was looking for a song to record while some original tunes are still percolating. I had looked at this before but decided it was too hard. Today, it seemed manageable.  I guess practice helps.

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New YouTube Channel - Kharma Doll

So this is a new blog, like a "vlog" if anybody uses that term anymore... Just for songs. Mostly just me, but maybe also with my girls, or with my girl band.  But since I'm a terrible musician, it's usually easier to play alone at this point.

There's a new YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/KharmaDoll?feature=mhee
But the old songs are still on the old channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/LisaGloriaArt?feature=mhee

That way I can keep the dayjob (artist) cleanly separated from my musical mewlings. Hoorays. Now, please go and subscribe okay? Who's it going to hurt?

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That Bitch is Crazy - Original Song by Lisa Gloria

Fun, yes? So peppy!  You can download for free here: http://lisagloria.bandcamp.com/track/that-bitch-is-crazy

LYRICS:

Late at night, down at the bar
I’m walking back, with a couple Dewar
I see that redhead standing there, right at your arm

She sees me and bolts for the door
And I’m pretty sure that I’ve been here before
So I’m like, “heyyyy, what just happened there?” And you’re like, “I don’t know,”

“That bitch is crazy. I think she followed me.
She practically haunts me. And I don’t know why.
That bitch is crazy. She don’t even know me.
It’s just a coincidence, and those happen all the time.”

Sunday morning, down at the park.
You’re fixing your hair, and I’m walking your dog.
And there’s this blonde running up waving both her arms.

You turn around and we gotta go.
Your movies are late. You left your phone.
And I’m like, “Did she just call you Baby?” And you’re like, “Nope.”

“That bitch is crazy. I think we saw her on Maury.
Maybe one time she met me but she thinks I’m somebody else
That bitch is crazy. Cmon baby you know me.
I can’t believe you’d accuse me. I mean, what the hell.

I wish you’d open up your heart and see what a great guy I am
I’m only just beginning to start to try to finally trust again
And you’re just the perfect girl for me, if you can see beyond their lies.
Besides, baby, who you gonna believe: me? Or your lying eyes?

Monday morning, I’m very blue
And resolving again to make it all up to you.
I’ll buy you a watch or a shirt or a trip to peru.

But sometimes I wonder, late, late at night
If my sister was wrong and my mama was right
Cuz I told her some of this and she was like, “Whoa,”

“That bitch is crazy. She’ll believe anything.
Just bat your eyes dear, and she goes completely besot.
That bitch is crazy, she probably needs therapy.
She seems such a smart girl, with a lot on the ball. But she’s not.”

credits

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