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New Song – Back Then

Posted by on December 21, 2011 No comments

“Back then” in February 2010, I had the great idea of trying to complete the RPM Challenge.  The first day  of the challenge, I wrote a song called ‘Back Then’.  Me being me, worked on that song but a few days later realised that working full time and with family commitments, I couldn’t complete an album in a month.  So I delayed the album making goal to reduce my stress levels and the song just sat there.

About a month ago, I sat down to re-recorded this song as I want to work on rebuild my recording ‘chops’ for a project I’m starting VERY soon!  Time still escaped me with this song.  I had exactly a 1 month break in the middle of this song.  The vocal I will probably never by happy with, but I’m satisfied with this version.

So I now present to you, “Back Then”…

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Download: Daniel Porter – Back Then.mp3

Lyrics:

Back Then

Reading my notebook, from the Summer of ‘92.
I had to laugh at all the things I thought I knew.
What words would I write with that pen?
If I had the chance to, go back again.

Back then,
I didn’t pay the rent.
Back then,
I didn’t make what I spent.
I’ve got my parents to thank for that
And they know one day that I’ll probably pay them back.
But if only… I knew then what I know now.

I had a girlfriend who I hardly knew,
I wrote her letters every day which ended I love you.
Giving those words away so freely then,
they didn’t mean anything in the end.

But back then
I didn’t pay any bills.
Back then
I’d always get my fills.
I did some stupid things, I will say that,
even a few times I wore my dunce hat,
But if only… I knew then what I know now

But back then,
I didn’t have a child.
Back then,
I could go out and be wild.
All the speed humps that got in the way,
they taught me and shaped me in to the man I am today,
Cause now, I know more than I knew then..

I know more than I knew then,
I know more than I knew then,
I know more than I knew then.

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Song licensed by Daniel Porter 2011 under the Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-SA 3.0


I Miss You

Posted by on June 15, 2009 No comments

The first draft (lyric and chord progression) of this song was in 2005.  It took me about 30 minutes to write…  For the record, it was quite windy and cold outside.  I was sitting by myself with nothing on… all I could hear was the refrigerator in the kitchen.  I was waiting for my wife to come home.  I think she was at a dance class that night.

A few years pass and one night I’m looking for something to record.  So I put down a scratch track of this song, just me, guitar and a bad MIDI drum kit.  I put it up on one of the Forum I’m a regular on to see if anyone wanted to add to the base track.  I wanted to keep it relatively acoustic and laid back, ie no electronic keyboards or rock drums etc.

From my scratch track ‘dispelled_myths’ turned up offered a Piano track.  Not listening to his track, another membery ‘Max Output’ recorded a Bass track for me.  And then after a little nudge from a friend who I’ve worked with before on the site, ‘drmscp’ recorded a drum track.

Even though the Bass and Piano were tracked without listening to the other I think it turned out quite relaxed and nicely.. like we were all sitting together when in fact the Pianist is in Ontario (CAN), Drummer in Texas(US) and Bassist in Maryland(US) and myself in Sydney (AUS).

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Download: Daniel Porter – I Miss You.mp3

Lyrics:

I Miss You

When it’s cold and windy outside,
and your not here.
All I can hear,
is the refrigerator running in the kitchen,
the sound of my heart beatin’,
and the lonleness of you in my mind.

What are you feeling when your away?
Are you feeling the same way…. that I feel?
Cause I miss you,
yes I do,
yes I do.

The clock is counting the seconds,
of every minute,
of every hour,
that your not beside me and I think I’m
going insane the way I’m feelin’
Just missing you. Yeah, that’s what it is!

What are you feeling when your away?
Are you feeling the same way…. that I feel?
Cause I miss you,
yes I do,
yes I do.

I get a call from you to tell me,
your on your way,
and you miss me,
and you’ll be home just as soon as you can
because you missing me more than
I’m missing you.  Hell, how would you know?

What are you feeling when your away?
Are you feeling the same way…. that I feel?
Cause I miss you,
yes I do,
yes I do
yes I do
yes I do

(c) Daniel Porter 2008

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True Time

Posted by on April 2, 2008 No comments

I wrote this song in 2000 the morning one of my Grand Fathers passed away. I recorded it at the time on my old VS 840EX unit, and had always planned on recording a better version. This is the latter.

The original was myself on acoustic guitar, vocals, a ‘lead’ guitar and a ‘synth strings’. This is just myself and a guitar, with a secondary guitar playing some leads (also played by myself).

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Lyrics:

True Time

There’s a journey,
we all must take one day.
Some people take it early,
and others late.
And when the True Time comes,
you don’t have a say.
All your suffering,
gets taken away.

Some babies,
don’t even live a day.
Their lives,
taken prematurely away.
And when the True Time comes,
you don’t have a say.
Some things in life,
are just unfair.

Old age,
Will never escape the young, that’s for sure!
Disease or disability,
The type you make or the type you catch.
And when the True Time comes,
you don’t have a say.
Life is too short,
everybody says.

You say goodbye,
to a body but not the soul.
It lives on in your heart,
for as long as you live.
Then when my True Time comes,
we’ll be together again.

(c) Daniel Porter 2000

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Feelings Don’t Just Disappear

Posted by on April 1, 2008 No comments

This is a song which I wrote back in 2000. I did record it at the time on a Roland VS-840EX, back when I could record a song in 2 hours. Back then (other than being in the wrong key) it was pretty much electric guitars, 3 part harmonies, a classical guitar as a ‘bass’ and a bad MIDI drum beat. This was one of the earlier songs which I wrote. It’s the usual story… love lost, hope, love definitely lost.

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Lyrics:

Feelings Don’t Just Disappear

It don’t mean a thing,
everything you say to me .. no.
So now I’ve stopped listening,
and I’m started to walk away…. again.

And so why do I feel this way?
Because I don’t know what to say.
I’m somewhere that I’ve never been, before,
And the feelings, they don’t just disappear.

Lonely nights at home,
thinkin’ about you all the time.
I called you on the telephone,
and left a message for you to call me back

And so why do I feel this way?
Because I don’t know what to say.
I’m somewhere that I’ve never been, before,
And the feelings, they don’t just disappear.

I never got the call back,
I was never expecting you to.
We could always try and get back,
but we never get anywhere ..no we wouldn’t

And so why do I feel this way?
Because I don’t know what to say.
I’m somewhere that I’ve never been, before,
And the feelings, they don’t just disappear.

(c) Daniel Porter 2000

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Circle Goes On

Posted by on January 16, 2008 No comments

I wrote this song late last year… actually according to the file create date of the lyrics the first 1/2 of December.

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Download: Daniel Porter – Circle Goes On.mp3

Lyrics:

Circle Goes On

In my arms,
you are safe here.
Away from harms,
I will protect you dear.

But oneday you will be,
out on you own.
And i hope for you,
there will be someone at home.

For you to hold,
In you arms.
And protect them,
and keep them from harm.
Like I did you.
The circle goes on

(c) Daniel Porter 2007

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