“My One Intention”

I don’t want you to love me

I don’t want you to hold me

I only want things that can be true

This faceless crowd annoys me

It bugs and trys to destroy me

I wonders aimlessly in the dark

But since the inquisition

Here’s my one intention

To find out what the future

Wants to bring

Inside the heart of darkness

I found a willing accomplice

She said the jewels are in the sea

We swam out to the ocean

We bounced and loved the motion

We sang the songs that set us free

And when its time to leave her

I’ll sleep alone and grieve the

Magic in her eyes that free my soul

Driving down to Bill’s apartment

The place of our embarkment

An adventure that requires that we let

Another Night, Another Song Idea, “After the Love is Gone”

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Stephen Pickering

After The Love is Gone by spickeringlr

They won’t leave me alone!!! I couldn’t even finish Saturday Night Live tonight with Charles Barkley for fear of forgetting it. And then I have this new thing, whenever I start a few lyrics I’m obsessed to finish the whole song. It’s a good habit, but annoying.

Here’s the first draft of lyrics:

After the love is gone

After the love is gone away

I need some place to hide

A secret guide to another place

With all that’s said and done

I still remember the fun we had

Tears and laughter too

All was possible with you

You taught me about myself

That there is something else to find

You helped me believe in me

Encouragement to realize my dream

Bridge:

And though it feels so empty without you

You gave me the strength to know what to do

All the love you gave to me

Allowed me to set my heart free

After the love is gone

After the love is gone away

There’s a sweet sadness

But priceless gift I’ve found a way

Won’t forget your eyes

They carried the bluest skies of faith

Yeah sometimes I’m blue

But I carry you in my heart always

So after the loving’s gone

I always will be strong though its through

The fire’s still burning bright

All through the winter’s night ’cause of you.

New Song Idea, Working Title “I Feel You”

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Stephen Pickering

Man, it seems like every night, song ideas pop into my head that I feel the need to get out. It feels good to get them out, like if I didn’t they would fester and wreak havic down in my subconscious, cutting off my future creative energy. So really as much as a result, it’s about a process. That’s what Blake tried to get across. The creative process. “Don’t fall in love with your own creation.” And its really freeing not to. It allows you to have fun with whatever your working on.

First Draft Lyrics,

I Think I Feel You

I hear you’re looking so fine on the cinnamon line

I hear you’re peeling you’re heart away

I want you so much but I’m feeling so rough

From another wounded holiday

When you come over tonight, ‘wanna hold you tight

Don’t want you to feel you gotta walk away

Looking through town feeling down like a clown

But it was just another sad display

{And once I did it wrong

I knew the first verse of the song

And once I had it all

I gave it to a bum for whiskey and malt

I know that you do, and I know that it’s true

You’ve always had a funky retro soul

I found out about him through the grapevine of friends

And now I have no other place to go

I want to see you again, you’re such an endearing young gem

You give me hope not to dwell upon things

If it works out just right, I’ll be leaving tonight

And won’t worry what the future brings

A New Song I Just Wrote called “Union Street”

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Stephen Pickering

The buildings can’t stand the heat
The true love is all we need
Gonna rise up and kill this weed
It’s the nature of the beast

So hold on
Just hold on
My love

Wanna take you to Union Street
Wanna get out out on our feet
I can treat you to something sweet
I can love you and never leave

And hold on ….

Oh when it seems like there’s a mission don’t play dumb
And when it seems like there’s a reason
That’s when you run

After answers the evening Sun
Wanna find out what’s been down
To our sweetheart who’s never come
Our own extention to a truth that’s wrong

To Hold on, just to hold on

And after you leave won’t be the same
After the flowers and the pouring rain
I could’ve kissed when what’s been done
I could’ve kissed you in the evening Sun

Hold on…..

{You need to take that when you’re done
‘Cause all the rabbits are on the run

You need to take that rabid smile down when you leave
Union Street…..

When you’ve crack that smile love’s left you when she says goodbye
It don’t take no mind of the teardrops that redden your eye
Or the mourning night, or the mourning night.

I wanna take you under the trees
I wanna take you down by the sea
I wanna get out of this town
I wanna see what’s going down

Follow me, c’mon and follow me….

Oh Honey

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Stephen Pickering

Oh honey, oh dear,
Whatcha’ been doin’
Since you been here?

You like sunny
Eyes blue as the sea
Tell me stories so funny
So I can laugh and sing

It’s cold and it’s snowin’
We gotta chance to be free
There’s a fire that’s still glowin’
On the inside of me

We’ll drink from the bottle
Vintage Pouilly Fouisse
We’ll swim through the oceans
And dance in the valley

Chorus:
Over the hills and into the trees
Riding so high, feeling so free
Don’t turn around I want you to see
Just what you mean to me.

Mountains covered with sunshine
Hills covered in snow
Wind singing like angels
Singing things we should know

I wanna take you forever
I wanna take you to sea
Round ’bout like the angels
Filled with harmony

It’ll be so funny
It’ll be so clear
When we’re walkin’ on Sunshine
When we’re walkin’ on air

Oh honey, oh dear
Whatcha’ been doin’
Since you been here?

You’re so funny
You’re so sweet
Lips like honey
Eyes like the sea.

Where are You Goin’?

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Stephen Pickering

Where are you goin’?
Where are you runnin’ to?
Aww, it’s me and you.

Where are you goin’?
What are you gonna do?
Aww it’s me and you.

The color’s open
A peach I made for you
From the morning dew

The summer’s over
But you still feel the white and blue
Aww, it’s brimming through

{bridge}

The sky is open
The sun is shining through
The night is over
The valley comes in view
We talk it over
Don’t know what we’re gonna do.

The sun is shining
So bright and green and blue
Aww, I wanted you

The Sun is shining
So bright and green and blue
Aww, I wanted to

The sky is open
The Sun is shining through
My mind is flowing
Here’s what we’re gonna’ do
The sky is open
This time we’ll slip right through

Stephen Pickering

Songwriter, Poet, Musician

Category Archives: Music

I made a New Song Tonight called “My One Intention”

Another Night, Another Song Idea, “After the Love is Gone”

New Song Idea, Working Title “I Feel You”

A New Song I Just Wrote called “Union Street”

Oh Honey

Where are You Goin’?