For Robbie L.

Hi Robbie. Samples of my tunes in a few categories below.

  • Clicking on the image or title takes you to that song’s full page with audio, video (if there is one), and full lyrics. *All are just pre-production mockups or songwriting takes.

Many thanks for giving this your time and consideration, Robbie!

 

This is the one I mentioned – a huge homage to your production on ‘1,2,3,4’
Kiss you in a bubble bath
DOIN IT (With You)
“I’ll be good, I’ll be bad
Long as I’ll be doing it with you”

UPTEMPO

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LOVE WALKS AWAY
LOVE JUST WALKS AWAY
“Used to be a part of me
That wanted to be here
With you forever
Now we stand around
And find it’s hard to even talk about the weather”
Nobody To Me
NOBODY TO ME

“Look at you
Posing like you do
Nose in the air
All around you
Girls are fluttering”

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Summer Lady
SUMMER LADY

“May be just state-of-mind
Like a friend says
But when September comes
You’ll be taking away
Summer memories
And I wanna be one”

 

Be Your Superman
BE YOUR SUPERMAN

“If I could be your Superman
If I could be your king
If I could be a superhero
With a magic ring”

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HUMAN BEING by Van Clayton Powel
HUMAN BEING
“The eagles are flying
The wind’s in my face
I’m high on the mountain top
Oh yeah, in my magical place”

 

BUST IT MJ
BUST IT

“Somebody got hip
Somebody got hop
Somebody got MJ
Got the King of Pop”

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FOR THE HEART

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HALELU
HALELU

“Think I slept on the floor
And my head is still spiraling
There’s a taste in my mouth
Like I tried hard to get over you”
A WAY
A WAY
“A passing face within the crowd
Turns a certain way
And there you are
In everything I see”

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Is This Love
IS THIS LOVE

“Take off your coat
Let down your hair
Pick out some music
While I pour a liqueur”
HOW 'BOUT YOU
HOW ‘BOUT YOU
“Like a lover playing
Second string
I’m on call
Night and day”

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HOLD YOU
HOLD YOU

“I see you
You see me
We both stop
Uneasy”
WHEN I'M WITH YOU
I DON’T SHINE
“We sit here at the table
Our lines drawn in the sand
No way to go forward
At least not hand-in-hand”

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SOCIAL COMMENT

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George Orwell quote
THE ORWELL NIGHTMARE
“It’s the NSA – ‘Mister USA’
It’s the IRS and the CIA
It’s the Orwell Nightmare of 1984”

 

American Dream
AMERICAN DREAM

“American Idol
Super Bowl Game
Dancing with the
Hollywood stars”

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Everybody Gets To Go To Heaven
EVERYBODY GETS TO GO TO HEAVEN

“Mohammed, Jesus
Side by side
Dancing with the children
On the other side
Open arms for all the tribes
Everybody gets to go to heaven
I'M SEARCHIN
SEARCHIN’

“Hot tip takes me
Down to Dubai
Where smugglers
Sail me to Bombay”

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EDNA
EDNA

“She walks the streets at midnight
Her life bagged in her arms”

 

Shantaram 2
WE ARE THE MASTERS OF OUR SUFFERING
“We close our eyes
And walk the ledge
Hand in hand we light the fuse
That blows the bridge”

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FEMALE

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Over You
OVER YOU

“Over you, should be
So easy to say
I’m over you
But I can’t breathe
As you cross the room”
WHEN I'M WITH YOU
McKAY

“First morning light
Breaking thin
Looking outside, then at him
Avenue snow hard as ice
Slippery and cold
Like this life”

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WHEN I'M WITH YOU
BESIDE YOU
“Tears my heart out
Seeing you this way
Drops me down to my knees”

 

ALL OF MY FOREVERS
ALL OF MY FOREVERS

“Time goes by so quickly
Sometimes way too fast
Scattered in a trail of photographs”

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AS IF I DIDN'T MATTER
AS IF I DIDN’T MATTER
“So easily she found you
She wrapped you up
And bound you
As if I didn’t matter
As if I didn’t matter at all”
WHEN I'M WITH YOU
FALLEN
“Mi amore, I’d say, ‘Mi amore’
And you’d reach for me that way
It breaks me”

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LOTS MORE HERE (scroll down to lower half of that page)