buzzardwhiskey

You're quite talented. Your voice is sweet and enjoyable. The venue sound is pretty bad and your mic technique given that mud might have detracted as well (little too close).

Of course, I'm no expert. :)

Thanks! This is me just playing and singing in front of a cheap ZOOM H2 digital recorder.

Let Me Lift Your Burden - by David Lane 2014

Do you have what you need

and are you safe in your own skin…

You know there’s nothing in the darkness

that ain’t here when the light pours in

You been waitin’ for the sunshine, baby

dreadin’ the coming rain…

Listenin’ to that thunder rollin’

round those clouds again

Let me lift your burden

Let me take the weight

I want to hold you high above me now

Let you fly away

Away above these troubles

Blowing kisses from the sky

All your pain forgotten

And your worry put aside

Throw open that bedroom window

smell the breeze and taste the air…

Fill up your heart with weightless things

feel it blow away your cares

I’ve got an old Honda Dream, girl

toaster tank done up in chrome…

We’ll ride round the lake this evening

let the moon light guide us home

Whisper that you love me

Nothing else is real

Wrap your arms around me

Eyes closed to help you feel

You are not alone here

Never will that be

Let me lift your burden

Set your mind at ease

The rules your deacon preaches

got you tied in useless knots…

You and you alone girl

hold the keys to spring the locks

You know that love’s the answer

every fiber of your heart…

The Gods will smile upon you

and those chains will fall apart

Let me lift your burden

Give it all to me

Not one tear remembered

Nothing but today

Your sun is warm and shining

The morning bright and new

Dream again my sweat heart

I’ll make it all come true

Let Me Lift Your Burden took a while. Writing is never easy for me, but this one really took it's own sweet time.

The recording is pretty raw. Please feel free to comment.

Thanks,

David

Really nice! Listened to the whole thing (not something I often do). Practice getting out of your chest and up into your head a tiny but more.

I'm very new here so I have no idea why you haven't gotten a lot of compliments. Your vocals and instrumentation are fun and entertaining.

Thanks! This Sept I hope to team up with a professional violinist and record a couple. Here's another...

Grow - David Lane

Ugly are the men, who are the hateful tools of our government

Aye and aye and aye

Babylon lives and my brothers come to swallow any lie

The marijuana

Now is the time man, now we can decide that the herb is jah

Free and blessed be

I cannot avoid the truth, 70 years of war against a stupid plant...

Ganja, ganja, hey

<Chorus>

Caffeine, nicotine, and the alcohol

Each offer altered states of mind

And dangers greater than the kind

Enjoyed by folks who've not been... blind.

We are connected, the music of love weaves its silky thread

Aye and aye and aye

We are made whole, and those in fear and pain can be set free

The marijuana

We owe our kids, man, our wrath and lies have sown mistrust

Free and blessed be

And they will come around, to a healthy view of this stupid plant

Ganja, Ganja, hey

<Chorus>

Caffeine, nicotine, and the alcohol

Each offer altered states of mind

And dangers greater than the kind

Enjoyed by folks who've not been... blind.

Thanks, analog! Steve Earl isn't on my radar at all, but I'll definitely look him up.

I'm not sure how to post my originals but here are three...

Falling Up Blues (David Lane)

[E] [A] [E] [F#m] [A] [F#m] [E] [E] (over and over)

We came down… off a two lane

In the dark-ness we will ride, Ouuut…

Away from the sparse pale lights

ooOOOooo…

Tradin the drone... of the road

For sage scented… desert night

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And far out… into nowhere

Drifting soft-ly lost in time, Nooow…

Slow and alone in the world

ooOOOooo…

Ghosts in a wide dark valley

We crept as the… sky unfurled

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Dirt road… on table Mesa

Nowhere to no-where Hold me tight, Deeear…

We stopped and... shut off the bike

ooOOOooo…

Summer night... came rushing in

So close it was... lover-like

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<break>

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The stars shone… bright and whispered

In the qui-et We could hear, Themmm…

As we lay on the still warm sand

ooOOOooo…

Of a secret... brotherhood

The lost conscious… ness of man

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Then Kimmie... began to giggle

As we lay there And we let, Gooo….

You know I... began to cry

ooOOOooo…

Born of the same loosened heart

Sensing... the soft bye and bye

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The world’s weight… turned to nothing

All our wor-ries And our fears, Toooo….

Our bodies floated free

ooOOOooo…

The dark earth… gave up her hold

And we rose toward the… sparkling sea

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<break>

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We came down… off a two lane

In the dark-ness we will ride, Ouuut…

Away from the sparse pale lights

ooOOOooo…

Tradin the drone... of the road

For sage scented… desert night

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Ain't (David Lane)

Em Am Em

Em

Ain’t seen no doctor who could heal me never was

Em Em7

Ain’t had no woman who could know me like she does

Am

Ain’t met no banker who could qualify as kind

Em

Ain’t heard no preacher who could sell me peace of mind

<chorus>

B7 Am Em

Head long my days fall toward the night, but I can see a morning light, a morning light…

B7 Am

So wash away your pain and woe, they ain’t no problems where we gonna go

Em B7

Gonna go… we gonna go

<break>

Em

Ain’t worked no magic that could make you stop and stare

Em Em7

Ain’t played no music that could feed you like a prayer

Am

Ain’t made no habit of the games of chance and luck

Em

Ain’t wanted much more than this guitar and my truck

<chorus>

<break>

Em

Ain’t found no sense in staying angry ‘bout this life

Em Em7

Ain’t cried much either ‘bout my sorrows or my strife

Am

Ain’t been no father like my father was to me

Em

Ain’t chose to fear God since he taught me to be free

<chorus>

<break>

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I Can Remember - David Lane

<intro> [D] [F#m] [G] [A] [D] [F#m] [G] [A]

Verses:

[D] I can yet re[Em]member

Morning [G] mist cradled [D] hills

It’s the [bm] chill of No[G]vember

That [Em] takes me there [G] still

Back [D] into our [Em] town

The [G] woods and the [D] lane

I’m [bm] trapped going [G] round

To those [Em] mornings [G] again

The [D] floor was so [Em] cold

My breath [G] hung in the [D] air

My [bm] joints all felt [G] old

As I [Em] dressed and [G] prepared

To [D] lay in chord [Em] wood

That we’d [G] sawn and we’d [D] split

We’d [bm] laugh when we [G] could

My [Em] old man had [G] grit

<break> [D] [Em] [G] [D] [bm] [G] [Em] [G]

Chorus:

Those [D] yesterdays have grown

Off and [F#m] on for forty years

Like a [G] strange touch stone

As my [A] finish line draws near

I go [D] back there and I pray

Back in [F#m] place and back in time

Though [G] I know I’d throw away

Any [A] hint of the divine

Verses:

We’d [D] laugh about the [Em] snow

Or our [G] piece of junk [D] truck

Whose [bm] springs were so [G] low

Thing’s [Em] probably [G] stuck

Smoke, [D] chain-oil and [Em] beer

Tired [G] back and sore [D] knees

It’s [bm] that place I [G] fear

That [Em] won’t be a[G]ppeased

I [D] wasn’t from [Em] there

So I [G] couldn’t fit [D] in

And [bm] soon I would [G] share

Some [Em] plans to be[G]gin

I [D] heard the road [Em] call

Used my [G] thumb and my [D] shoes

Walked a[bm]way from the [G] drawl

And the [Em] misty hill [G] blues

<break> [D] [Em] [G] [D] [bm] [G] [Em] [G]

Chorus:

Those [D] yesterdays have grown

Off and [F#m] on for forty years

Like a [G] strange touch stone

As my [A] finish line draws near

I go [D] back there and I pray

Back in [F#m] place and back in time

Though [G] I know I’d throw away

Any [A] hint of the divine

Verses:

And [D] largely I have [Em] won

[G] Mortgage and a [D] car

[Em] Sprinklers and a [G] lawn

Can’t [Em] say that I’ve been [G] scarred

But there [D] is no real es[Em]cape

That place is [G] never far a[D]way

I have [bm] traded that land[G]scape

For a [Em] city and its [G] fray

Somehow the [D] boy is never [Em] done

And some [G] places dig in [D] deep

I [bm] know that I’m my [G] captain

But those [Em] times have quite the [G] reach

And [D] I can yet re[Em]member

Morning [G] mist cradled [D] hills

It’s the [bm] chill of No[G]vember

That [Em] takes me there [G] still

<outro> [D] [F#m] [G] [A] [D] [F#m] [G] [A]

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Wow! Your voice is like a good steak, dude. Juicey, smokey, rich, sizzling.

Thank you so much!

Here's my rather unpolished site: http://www.david-j-lane.com/

Feel free to comment on any or all three videos.

Thank you!