SEEKING
Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Background Singer, Bagpipes, Banjo, Bass Guitar, Cello, Clarinet, DJ, Dobro, Drums, Electronic Music, Fiddle, Flute, Harmonica, Harp, Keyboard, Lead Guitar, Mandolin, Other, Other Percussion, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, Saxophone, Steel guitar, Trombone, Trumpet, Ukulele, Upright bass, Violin, Vocalist, Vocalist - Alto, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor.ABOUT
I'm more of a sing writer than a band guy ... Imm part of a virtual song writing group ... I've made almost 70 songs over past two years - look up my name in Spotify, Apple Music or donmercermusic.bandcamp.com to have a listen. Signed up on this thing as a whim.
- Screen name:
- donmercermusic
- Member since:
- Jan 07 2017
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Moderately Committed
- Years playing music:
- 30
- Gigs played:
- Under 10
- Tend to practice:
- 2-3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 1 night a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Ryan Adams, Jason Isbell and the like ...
Instrument experience:
- Vocalist:
- Moderate
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Moderate
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Moderate
MUSIC
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SWU Fall 2018 - Week 1 - That the Best Ya Got?
SWU Fall 2018 - Week 1 - That the Best Ya Got?That the Best Ya Got? - Words 'n Music: Don Mercer, Oct .7, 2018 Verse 1: E Well I don't want to write another love song A E Yeah the world got plenty of love songs E B I would like to write about something that we all feel A E The worlds gone mad and its plain to see Cm B A He didn't write the art of the deal (that's right) Lift: A A Yeah baby what you lookin' at? Look until you find the facts B We all need something real Chorus: E A He's a con, tax evader, a bone spur dodger, B Your children can't behave that way E A He'll lie to your face to make the weak feel small B The worlds so unfair to him A B He's a sorry and sad lonely millionaire C#m B A Surrounded by the worst of the worst A B E That the best ya got? Ya better put your children first Verse 2: E Well I don't want to write another angry song A E Yeah the world got plenty of angry songs E B I would like to write about something that we all feel A E The world's good but it's harder to see Cm B A "Leaders" are letting us down Lift: A A Yeah baby what you lookin' at? Look until you find the facts B We all need something concrete and real Chorus 2: E A He's a con, tax evader, a bone spur dodger, B Your children can't behave that way E A He's like the king of the world, but he feels so small B Like the worlds still owes him A B He's a sorry and sad lonely millionaire C#m B A Surrounded by the worst of the worst A B E That the best ya got? Ya better put your children first Cheers ... Don
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SWU 2018 Summer Week 8 - Fugitive (Michael Olivier, Natalie Price, Don Mercer)
SWU 2018 Summer Week 8 - Fugitive (Michael Olivier, Natalie Price, Don Mercer)Fugitive Words & Music : Michael Oliver & Natalie Price & Don helped too ... ;-) Verse: Table talk and win Thanksgiving night Wishing on a star To fly Maybe there's a way To get our hands On something that we love Real nice Chorus: Oh oh, c'mon honey Spare me what's right Oh oh, c'mon honey Let's go be fugitives Oh oh, c'mon honey Spare me what's right Oh oh, c'mon honey We could be fugitives Verse: I saw it in your eyes Something I thought you'd lost Oh, I'd do anything For your smile At the break of dawn We'll grab some coffee and art Give our bedroom wall A new style Chorus Bridge Chorus x 2 Outro Oh, they'll never know...
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SWU 2018 Winter - Week 14 - Things Don't Make Sense To Me
SWU 2018 Winter - Week 14 - Things Don't Make Sense To MeThings Don't Make Sense - Don Mercer, May 20 2018 There are things we do - to put our minds at ease That we repeat again - any time we please Like all the things we do - like all the things we say There are days when I can't see meaning so easily Those days are the ones we push through - so we can be free The more we look around you know - well - the more we see Sometimes the more I learn - things don't make sense to me And every now and then - everyone agrees But then we will fall again - down to our knees Wishin' the sky was blue - instead of always grey There are days when I can't see meaning so easily Those days are the ones we push through - so we can be free The more we look around you know - well - the more we see Sometimes the more I learn - things don't make sense to me Break The more we look around you know - well - the more we see Sometimes the more I learn - things don't make sense to me
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SWU 2018 Winter - Week 13 - Make It Right
SWU 2018 Winter - Week 13 - Make It RightMake It Right - Don Mercer - May 13, 2018 I can't get the time and yet I got to serve it up We keep making promises - that we can't keep - yeah it's kinda cheap And I don't ever want to leave home without you And I don't think you should take my advice If you're thinking 'bout it - you should reconsider If you want to make it If you want to make it right Cheers
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SWU 2018 Week 11 - High On You - Natalie Price and Don Mercer
SWU 2018 Week 11 - High On You - Natalie Price and Don MercerHigh on You - By Natalie Price, Arrangement by Don. April 29, 2018 It’s too late, I’m already high you I can’t quit, my heart is stuck on you It’s crazy how you cut through the noise The moment that I hear your voice I get light in the head And I catch my breath And I take you in It's a beautiful thing You make me sing Been so long, since I felt this way It feels wrong, when you’re far away It’s funny how even on the phone Honey you make me feel at home I get light in the head And I catch my breath And I take you in It's a beautiful thing You make me sing I can't unhear the shake in your words I can't unsee you seein through me I can't undream the dreams filling my mind I can't unfeel the way you make me feel 'Cause you make me feel I get light in the head And I catch my breath And I take you in It's a beautiful thing You make me sing I can't stop or hold back Or jump off of the track So break up the rhyme And reason with time You make me shine It’s too late, I’m already high on you
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SWU 2018 - Week 9 - I Am Ready
SWU 2018 - Week 9 - I Am ReadyI'm Ready : Word & Music by Don Mercer, April 15, 2018 - Verse 1 - It feels just like I'm losing my mind Waking up from dreams so shaken Somedays I can't see any way to win I know I need the demons to die Heaven knows there's angels waiting Open up the door and let them in - Chorus - I know that I'm ... I know that I'm ready I know that I'm ... I know that I'm ready - Verse 2 - It feels like years since everyone was here I wake alone and wonder if I I wonder if I'll see your face again I know I need a change I can not lie God only knows where I should place my first My first step before I begin - Chorus - I know that I'm ... I know that I'm ready I know that I'm ... I know that I'm ready I know that I'm ... I know that I'm ready Cheers ... Don
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SWU 2018 Week 8 - Joe - By Ana Bee and Don Mercer
SWU 2018 Week 8 - Joe - By Ana Bee and Don MercerJoe - By: Ana Bee and Don Mecer, April 7, 2018 - Verse 1 - In a run down house a 100 miles from town Sitting in a 100 year old chair Spends most of the day just rocking away It's been 100 years since he’s been anywhere There’s a run down still a 100 yards from the back porch Hidden among the birch trees Some folks swear they can hear it hummin’ Othes say it’s just a midnight breeze - Chorus - An oh if it were up to me we'd burn that place to the ground Oh if it was up to me he'd be gone Oh if it was up to me we'd be rid of that ghost 'cause it's the only way that we would Only way that we could move on - Verse 2 - If the night is still and the moon is high You can hear Joe whistle a hymn He’ll fill at least 100 jars with that shine 'Fore the sheriff makes his way on back again It was a night like this a 100 years ago When the sheriff caught Joe by surprise He reached for his piece but the sheriff was quick Caught Joe right between the eyes - Chorus - An oh if it were up to me we'd burn that place to the ground Oh if it was up to me he'd be gone Oh if it was up to me we'd be rid of that ghost 'cause it's the only way that we would Only way that we could move on - Whistle Break - - Chorus - An oh if it were up to me we'd burn that place to the ground Oh if it was up to me he'd be gone Oh if it was up to me we'd be rid of that ghost 'cause it's the only way that we would Only way that we could move on --- Thanks Ana! Cheers people ... Don
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SWU 2018 Winter - Week 5 - Biomechatronic Body Parts
SWU 2018 Winter - Week 5 - Biomechatronic Body PartsBiomechatronic Body Parts - Stolen by: Don Mercer March 3, 2018 Robots will become Britain’s “fourth emergency service” within 50 years and be relied on during extreme weather , according to one of the country’s leading technology experts. It is predicted that by 2068 hundreds of autonomous human-like droids will be on round-the-clock standby to help in hazardous situations too dangerous for humans. With the strength of 500 men, limitless endurance and the ability to work in sub-zero temperatures, they will carry out search and rescue missions and perform other practical tasks that people and existing machines cannot do. In the event of another Storm Emma and ‘Beast from the East’, the cyborgs would be on hand to pull stricken cars out of snow drifts, overturn fallen lorries and plough entire stretches of motorway in a fraction of the time of current rescue vehicles. They would even carry out roadside first-aid, transport the injured to hospital and offer “words of human-like comfort” to those in distress, according to Mat Shore, an author and global authority on innovation, artificial intelligence (AI) and futuristic tech. The robots will “assist and complement” the police and fire and ambulance services, and support the Armed Forces in a non-military capacity in times of national emergency or disaster zone, he said. Scientists have already created lifelike machines that can lift up to 1,000 times their own weight thanks to breakthroughs in robotics, AI and the development of synthetic muscles. But within half-a-century, the need for ‘smart’ droids to help in times of catastrophe will drive innovation and lead to the creation of cyborgs - beings with both organic and biomechatronic body parts, Shore said. These Terminator-like machines will save thousands of lives each year while protecting their human counterparts from the most serious, life-threatening environments. Full potential will be reached in time Infinite possibilities will be revealed. Text from following: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/robots-strength-500-men-become-12169444 Cheers - Don
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SWU 2018 Winter Week 4 - You Choose Your Direction
SWU 2018 Winter Week 4 - You Choose Your DirectionUp Is Down By. Don Mercer, Mar. 4, 2018 - Verse 1 - Is something wrong? What isn't right? When up is down It's time to fight - come on You want to change And not let go Turn a corner To a different road - Chorus - How you wait - is free - you choose - your direction How you wait - is free - you choose - your direction - Verse 2 - And time is moving Like a spinning top Like traveling circus But we need a pit stop We gotta charge up Before we go So take a deep breath The moons all a glow - Chorus - How you wait - is free - you choose - your direction How you wait - is free - you choose - your direction Cheers people ...
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SWU 2018 Winter - Week 3 - Wrong With Conviction
SWU 2018 Winter - Week 3 - Wrong With ConvictionWrong With Conviction - By: Don Mercer - Feb. 25, 2018 - Verse 1 - Well sunshine don't usually bring me down Can you pick me up Can you come around 'Cause lately the only sound I hear Are the late night conversations I don't want to hear - Chorus - I never said it was right I just said what I thought You're always looking for a fight And when your wrong ... you’re wrong with such conviction - Verse 2 - With red wine it’s so easy to drown Will you fill my cup … ‘til I hit the ground 'Cause lately when I’m lying there I’m making observations … crystal clear = Chorus - And I never said I was right I just said what I thought You’re always looking for a fight And when you talk – it’s all contradiction And when your wrong ... you’re wrong with such conviction Cheers people ... fiction ... this is fiction ...
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SWU 2018 Winter - Week 2 - Talk To Forget - Mark Magram and Don Mercer
SWU 2018 Winter - Week 2 - Talk To Forget - Mark Magram and Don MercerTalk To Forget - By Mark Magram and Don Mercer, Feb. 18, 2018 - Verse - I only came here today 'cause I'm in love with the season And I don't care what you think and I won't listen to reason You don't have to say you're not afraid of this One day soon we're gonna settle it - Chorus - We can talk to forget Speak and not regret it Say the works that you came to say - Verse - And maybe there be time we wanna talk to forget it And maybe there be a way that we can leave it behind You don't have to say you're not afraid of this One day soon we're gonna settle it - Chorus - We can talk to forget Speak and not regret it Say the works that you came to say We can talk ... we can talk ... Cheers ...
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SWU 2018 Winter - Week 1 - Thats What It Feels Like When It Rains
SWU 2018 Winter - Week 1 - Thats What It Feels Like When It RainsThat's What It Feels Like When It Rains : By - Don Mercer Feb. 11, 2018 - Verse 1 - Well it really shouldn't matter but we know that it does - can make ya want to hide away Can be a long time comin' when your waitin' for the sun - and nothing seems to go your way - Pre - That's when it's time to dig in Feels just like a shade pulled over the window to your heart Feels just like we want to go, but we can't even start - Chorus - (oh) that's what it feels like ... That's what it feels like when it rains That's what it feels like - that's what it feels like when it rains - Verse 2 - And when time feels wasted it's like cheating karma we'll never get back today But all alone colors hide from view - and everythings just grey - Pre - That's when it's time to dig in Feels just like a shade pulled over the window to your heart Feels just like we want to go, but we can't even start - Chorus - (oh) that's what it feels like ... That's what it feels like when it rains That's what it feels like - that's what it feels like when it rains X 2 Cheers people ... Don
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Tired Eyes [feat. Mark Magram]
Tired Eyes [feat. Mark Magram]Tired Eyes - Mark Magram & Don Mercer - Aug, 20, 2017 Well there's a secret You could see it Through a crack in the door Been waiting quiet And growing stronger Until you can't ignore And we could rage about it We could ... We could shout it out But at the end of the day we got to figure it out Now they're kicking down the doors Hell this is our summer We been - we been waiting a long year for relief Can't imagine how their hate has turned into belief 'Cause there are better ways - better ways So if there's two sides to this - what can we expect to see next Repeat sections ... end with ... Our tired eyes could use a break Our tired eyes could use a break Today ... Cheers everyone ...
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2017 Summer Week 6 - Growing Walls
2017 Summer Week 6 - Growing WallsThey're Growing Wall : Don Mercer - Aug. 13, 2017 - Verse 1 - I've been driving the streets on a quiet sunday afternoon Wish the rain would stop, I wish the rain would stop soon It's gotta be 110 and babe I can remember when We were 25 and loved everything in front of our eyes - Lift - But there ain't too much further to go Too much further to go ... - Chorus - Ooooh oooh - Verse 2 - Hey what's that ? Are they holdin' lights? Wavin' flags, building walls - are they all white? Tonight trying to show us all ... but we won't fall They're growing walls ... - Chorus - Ooooh oooh They're growing walls ...
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2017 Summer Week 5 - The Color Blue
2017 Summer Week 5 - The Color Blue"Some Days" - Don Mercer Aug. 6, 2017 - Verse 1 - Some days don't work out Some days fall apart Some days ya only feel like a broken heart - Verse 2 - Some days you can't win Some days you can't lose Some days you can't decide if you deserve to choose - Verse 3 - (Well) Some days are filled with lies Some days there's only truth Some days you just feel like the color blue Some days you just feel like the color blue - Bridge - But oh let you're imagination free It can bring us to our knees It can save you and me It's the key It's the key Repeat Verses ... Cheers people ...
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2017 Summer Week 4 - It Just Happens That Way
2017 Summer Week 4 - It Just Happens That WayIt Just Happens That Way, Don Mercer July 29, 2017 - Verse 1 - The pictures on the wall remind me of the times Of our darkest days 'Cause you and I don't ever want to go there again They make me feel lucky when I look around we could be any place Hey ya wanna know what I've been thinking lately - Lift - Sometimes we get up and we love everything we see We just can't believe our eyes And the world is just one big mystery Yeah baby when you're here When you're here with me - Chorus - 'Cause baby it just happens ... Baby it just happens ... Bady it just happens that way - Verse 2 - I'd like to wake up now - next to a lake Under a million stars shining down on your face We don't need a reason - to walk away Hey ya wanna know what I've been thinking lately - Lift - Sometimes we get up and we love everything we see We just can't believe our eyes And the world is just one big mystery Yeah baby when you're here When you're here with me - Chorus x 2 'Cause baby it just happens ... Baby it just happens ... Bady it just happens that way - End - Cheers people ...
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SWU Summer 2017 Week 2 - Play Me Another Song
SWU Summer 2017 Week 2 - Play Me Another Song"Play Me Another song" by Don Mercer, July 16, 2017 - Verse 1 - I try to fill my lungs with the freshest air If the water's cold it will help us get there There are times like this - feel a million miles away And it don't matter the words people say - Chorus - In times like this - gotta fill your cup - 'cause time's moving on She says "Baby can you play me another song" She says "Baby can you play me another song" - Verse 2 - We could wait forever and a day Watch our lives slowly slip away No on ever really knows we're here No one ever really cared - Chorus - In times like this - gotta fill your cup - 'cause time's moving on She says "Baby can you play me another song" She says "Baby can you play me another song"
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Walk Away [feat. Marshall Sanchez]
Walk Away [feat. Marshall Sanchez]Walk Away : April 23, 2017 Lyrics: Marshall Sanchez Music: Don Mercer - Verse - I flip through yellowed pages of newspapers past Their crackling edges really bring me back To a time where I felt normal To a time I wasn't sad These days it feels like I am always burning The crackling here feel more like flames I'm radiating waves of anger I know I'm forever changed - Chorus - And I don't want this world anymore And I don't see a reason to stay So I think I'll walk away Yeah I think I'll walk away - Verse 2 - I'll throw out the papers, and my gadgets, smash them all Imprisoning myself, home is just a jail of walls Won't tell them that I'm leaving Tornado twisting in my head I never knew before how blue the sky could be At night enveloped by the stars they all surround me I would have thought I would sleep my days away I never felt more awake And if they ever find me I will say that I don't care About your opinion of my whens and where's 'Cause we only get just one chance at life And I'm finally I'm alive - Chorus - And I did't want this world anymore And I couldn't see a reason to stay Yeah I, I had to walk away Yeah I, I had to walk away - End - Cheers to the people of the world ... ;-)
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SWU 2017 - Week 16 - No Teacher Blues Collab Cover = Original By Abe Partridge
SWU 2017 - Week 16 - No Teacher Blues Collab Cover = Original By Abe PartridgeNo Teacher Blues By: Abe Partridge Covered By: SWU Class of Winter 2017 If any SWU Alumni would like to contribute vocals - please contact Don ... and we'll mix ya in ! ;-) * Allen Sosa ( 'n Deborah Heaton Brown ) Well I bought me a Guitar at t he corner pawn shop I played guitar hero now I really want to rock I bought me a music book I couldn't even read Man I'm gonna have to find someone to teach me So I'm going to the city where the rock and rollers live So I gassed up my truck and down the road I went * Wayne Bertone So I went up to Seattle to find the ghost of Kurt Cobain And learned to play the grunge guitar like Alice in chains But all I found were hipsters with their lumberjack beards In their trendy coffee shops with their fancy jelled up hair So I asked this homeless dude where is the underground scene He said punk is dead and it ain't had no recovery * Sherofi Guess Two turn tables and a microphone MPC now I'm in the zone Chop it up until my fingers bleed Learned how to walk this way Run DMC Break beats to make beats Flip anything from the Stones to Backstreet To something from scratch, yeah I can do that I can carve my own patch on this pretty little axe I can sample that Rap star supreme, rock star you mean call it what you want - kept this thing clean Hip hop is dead - is that what he said? Na - just underground instead * Mark Magram Well maybe I'll try my hand at some old school R&B Or maybe Detroit city is where that I should be I could grow a white boy Afro and learn some funky moves And find some black girls to stand behind me singing shoe bop sha do But Motown left there years ago and there was no R&B So maybe Detroit city just ain't for me * Deborah Heaton Brown So I went down to San Francisco just to find my hippy soul I went to Hayden Ashberry where all the hippys go I walked around barefooted and put flowers in my hair I took a trip on LSD but didn't get nowhere Till this mystic maharishi she said you got a find yourself So I packed up my truck I headed back south * Marshall (bad-hombre) Sanchez Well my mom was the biggest fan so I was raised on Elvis Surely I could find some rockabilly pickers down in Memphis They had Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins But now Sun Studios is just a museum That kind of music don't sell many records anymore I guess rockabilly it ain't a big deal no more * Michael Olivier So I figured I should get back to the home of the blues The Mississippi Delta was the best that I could do I went to the crossroads of Robert Johnson fame I waited there till midnight and they called the devil's name And I guess it is ridiculous I waited there for hours The sun came up and I still had no rock 'n' roll powers * Don Mercer So I went up to Nashville to become a country star Where I seen 1500 dollar boots and fancy guitars Played by GQ models and centrefold dolls Man what they're calling country it ain't country at all It's just a cookie cutter product of a crooked industry And I don't know about you brother But that ain't my thing * Bruce Salmon Well maybe punk is dead maybe the hippies are through And maybe rockabilly's done all that it can do And maybe the devil ain't still teaching the blues And Nashville's been taken by this business suits I'll just play it like I feel it I'll let it come right from my soul Because you don't need no teacher to rock 'n' roll I'll just play it like I feel it let I'll let it come right from my soul Because you don't need no teacher to rock 'n' roll ===== Abe ... you got some special songs happening ... I commented on your original that I thought it sounded like a hit song ... yeah, it sounds like a hit to me ... Bruce - thanks for powering through (pain meds) and listening and commenting and encouraging everyone week after week. #@$*( I'm tired ... c ya'll in July! If anyone hates the mix - this is a draft - we can fix it. ;-) - Don
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SWU 2017 Week 14 Been Waiting Here For You
SWU 2017 Week 14 Been Waiting Here For YouWaiting Here For You : Don Mercer, April 15, 2017 - Verse 1 - Well I don't know about mysteries 'Cause I pretend to have it all figured out You may see me all button down - but that ain't how I'm feelin' Somedays I want to run away Somedays I don't want to go Most days everything just feels wrong - Chorus - I've been swimming against the current I've been running up these hills Cutting against the grain Yeah and I been fighting I've been leaning on the bridge post And I can not decide If I should jump from where I am Yeah - I've been waiting - yeah I've been waiting ... here for you I've been waiting - yeah I've been waiting ... here for you - Verse 2 - And I don't know about teaching things - Or how I get through the day You may think I have the answers - but I don't I sometimes I believe what I say - but most days I'm full of it Sure I straighten my tie but did you really think I was strong - Chorus - I've been swimming against the current I've been running up these hills Cutting against the grain Yeah and I been fighting I've been leaning on the bridge post And I can not decide If I should jump from where I am Yeah - I've been waiting - yeah I've been waiting ... here for you I've been waiting - yeah I've been waiting ... here for you Cheers People ... (this is fiction - not a cry for help!) ;-)
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Alone [feat. Sherofi Guess]
Alone [feat. Sherofi Guess]Alone : Lyrics: Sherofi Guess 'n Music: Don Mercer - Verse 1 - In my coldest moment ever maybe I could have been A good deal little more clever then I'd ever been - Chorus - Time it felt like an eternity - just a single day in reality I was picking up the pieces of my dignity Yeah and wishing I was alone All alone - Verse 2 - No way...no how...never So embarrassed, my feelings were disconnected - Chorus - Time it felt like an eternity - just a single day in reality I was picking up the pieces of my dignity Yeah and wishing I was alone - Solo Section - - Chorus - Time it felt like an eternity - just a single day in reality I was picking up the pieces of my dignity Yeah and wishing I was alone All alone
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Feels Like It Should [feat. Heather Miller]
Feels Like It Should [feat. Heather Miller]Feels Like It Should : Lyrics, Heather Miller (Thanks Heather!) Music, Don Mercer - Verse 1 - Drink the water Make the bed Eat vegetables instead of that stuff that comes in a box Breathe deep Go outside More do, less try This is the stuff that dreams are made of - Lift - This is a prescription This is a description ... of simple & good - Chorus - Simple doesn't always come easy Even if it feels like it should Simple doesn't always come easy Even if it feels like it should x 2 - Verse 2 - Say hello To a friend Talk to the neighbors Be kind to strangers Speak the truth Stand tall See the beauty in it all This is the stuff that dreams are made of - Lift- This is a prescription This is a description ... of simple & good - Chorus - Simple doesn't always come easy Even if it feels like it should Simple doesn't always come easy Even if it feels like it should x 2
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2017 SWU Week 9 - Angelina
2017 SWU Week 9 - AngelinaAngelina - Don Mercer March 12, 2017 - Verse 1 - Angelina flew out of the car Straight through the windshield, man she flew so far Crashed down harder than anything he'd ever seen And he thought it was a dream She said, "Why you do stare? Ain't you see a pretty girl before? Hop in, buckle up, and don't forget to lock your door." - Lift - Angelina, curved like a guitar Every head turned Of every boy and every girl As she walked through the world - Chorus - Angelina - Angelina - Angelina won't ya save me Angelina - Angelina - Angelina won't ya save me - Verse 2 - Tommy picked up stones And polished the best ones Placed them on her doorstep ... in the shape of a heart He couldn't remember feeling so alive She said "Lets get out of here - we got plenty of time." He wasn't always filled with hope and fear Had to ask her while it was so clear He said, "Will you marry me?" ... crashing through the door Let's just - fly together - through the windshield - for ever more ... - Lift - Angelina, curved like a guitar Every head turned Of every boy and every girl As she walked through the world - Chorus - Angelina - Angelina - Angelina won't ya save me Angelina - Angelina - Angelina won't ya save me Cheers everyone ... Don
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2017 SWU Week 8 - Without Fear
2017 SWU Week 8 - Without FearWithout Fear - Don Mercer, March 5, 2017 - Preamble - I don't wanna talk politics They devide us by design We're paint by numbers on a map Fighting in time we can't get back It's power that they're after When they say its about you Yet we listen and we're hopeful Better for me to listen to you The truth is we don't need a leader 'Cause we're already here We don't need a leader - Verse 1 - You and I are not so different - My eyes closed Yours beautiful blue It's all rainbows that I see - When I look out at all of you A carnival of coloured lights blend, we're all same Get your tickets, come with us - We'll all play the game - Chorus - Open the doors - Include everyone Without your fear, it's much more fun Without your fear, it's much more fun - Verse 2- We don't have to wait - 'Cause we're already here Where we're going - we won't see them They're driving with protection - but you and I are free They're watchin' their backs - it's really kinda lame Get your tickets, come with us - We'll all play the game - Chorus - Open the doors - Include everyone Without your fear, it's much more fun Without your fear, it's much more fun - Verse 3 - They'll say the world is scary - what I see when I look up Is the sky beautiful blue It's all clear now I can see without media's point of view That carnival of colored lights opinions all the same Get your tickets, come with us - We all play the game - Chorus - Open the doors - Include everyone Without your fear, it's much more fun Without your fear, it's much more fun - End - Without your fear, it's much more fun Cheers people ...
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SWU 2017 Week 6 - True Love For You - Demo
SWU 2017 Week 6 - True Love For You - DemoTrue Love for You, By: Don Mercer, Feb 15 2017 Verse 1 - I wrote a lot of lines today an all of them were true Time has a way of showing all of us what, what we should do If you stick around a while the light will shine through I been here all along but I was meant to be with you Pre-chorus - Well I'm not waiting anymore Take my hand it's here for you We'll climb any mountain Or we'll blast our way through Like a secret's need for telling Like a window needs a view There's something I need you to know it's Chorus - My true love for you My true love for you My true love for you Verse 2 - We've traveled seperately (But) you always been with me We coulda fit so perfectly Looking back it's plain to see That we missed a lot of history Can't you feel the chemistry Baby, baby it's destiny Yeah you complete my recipe Pre-chorus - Well I'm not waiting anymore Take my hand it's here for you We'll climb any mountain Or we'll blast our way through Like a secret's need for telling Like a window needs a view There's something I need you to know it's Chorus - My true love for you My true love for you My true love for you Bridge - What if I never seen your face or knew about heart What if never found that place where all this love would start What if I never knew life could be a walk in the park What if I never knew your light could shine through the dark I never would have found it Chorus - My true love for you My true love for you My true love for you Cheers people ... Don
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2017 SWU Week 5 - Give You Everything
2017 SWU Week 5 - Give You EverythingGive You Everything, By Ashley Lundsten & Don Mercer Oooh oh... - A 1 - I made a deal with the devil - he called me by name Now I can't seem to understand anything The world all around me never stops burning Now our crazy life is returning Oooh oh... - A 2 - Don't make a deal with the devil if he calls out your name Don't listen, turn you back, you got to tune it out He will try to tempt you, calling out loud Stay focused if you have to scream and shout Oooh oh... - B - You told me that you wanted a romance Someone that was willing to take a fighting chance But you ran away and I think you were blind Why couldn't you see, I would have held on - I'd give you anything Oooh oh... - A 3 - We made a deal with the devil - he called out our names Now every time I look at you, you're thinking That I gave you love but love gives a lot away. What is it about us gets us drinking Oooh oh... - End -
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Remember How That Feels [feat. Mark Magram]
Remember How That Feels [feat. Mark Magram]Remember How That Feels Music by: Don Mercer Lyrics by: Mark Magram & Don Mercer (lyric/line swap tag team via text) - Verse 1 - We can change the way we look at life Tilt our head and squint our eyes Changin gears don't slow us down it can make us realize The pace that we've been livin' at Was gonna grind us into the ground - and that ... If we dont shift it could soon lead to our demise - Lift - So roll down the window Drive with one hand on the wheel Let the other one fly and remember how that feels - Chorus - Now I'm staring down the hood of the car like the barrel of a gun Feel the tires on the asphalt, man hear the engine humm Grip the leather on the wheel With the top down feel the sun We're a thousand miles from trouble Got a thousand miles of fun ... - Verse 2 - Don't need nowhere to go you just chased the horizon Playing music loud drown out the sirens With the open road ahead, all cylinders firing We're a thousand miles from trouble Got a thousand miles of fun ... - Lift - - Chorus - - End - Cheers people ... Don
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SWU 2017 Week 3 SoulWriter University
SWU 2017 Week 3 SoulWriter UniversitySoulwriter University, Don Mercer, Jan. 29, 2017 - Verse - There are new songs in the pipeline There's a new batch every week Some of those will make the cut Some will show that we we got freaks - Chorus - Some are filled with sugar Some got gravel Some got soul Some a little folky Some are rock and roll Some are hip Some are soft Some have a southern drawl They all got diversity At soul writer university - Bridge - And some weeks there's no time, no time To do a proper job And some weeks ya think of folding, folding 'Cause you don't wanna rob The tune that may come next time, next time There's always another week So if you have to pass one in that you know is really weak Just do it anyway ... do it and then just say ... - Chorus - Some are filled with sugar Some got gravel Some got soul Some a little folky Some are rock and roll Some are hip Some are soft Some have a southern drawl They all got diversity It's soul writer university Cheers people ... Don
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2017 SWU Winter - Week 2 - Far Away
2017 SWU Winter - Week 2 - Far AwayFar Away - Wayne Bertone (lyrics) & Don Mercer - Verse 1 - It's the simple things in life That make it worth the fight It's the thoughts that fill the room When you're trying to say good night White knuckled and hanging on With no thread left to bare There are no tomorrows All we got is right here - Chorus - We have been drifting so far away [x 2] - Verse 2 - When I find myself awake And the world outside is sleeping Time feels like the enemy When it is slowly creeping The mess the stress the web we weave Kills the good and makes us grieve We all want something we can believe - Chorus - We have been drifting so far away [x 2] - Repeat 1st half of Verse 1 - It's the simple things in life That make it worth the fight It's the thoughts that fill the room When you're trying to say good night - Chorus - We have been drifting so far away [x 4] - End -
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We'll Be Ok
We'll Be OkSWU Winter 2017-Week 1: We'll Be Ok - By: Don Mercer - Jan. 15, 2017 - Verse 1 - The days are long but you're gonna make it Just like every other time that you thought you might get knocked out but you just don't quit We can will always, find a light in desolation Pick up where we left off - continue the conversation - Lift - If you think something's in your way Get around it - it ain't real (then) - Chorus - Come on home - sure it's fun to be away - someday dreams can all be real Somehow we'll get enough - and times will be tough but - I know we'll be ok - Verse 2 - The night are long but they are moon lit The stars are there for wishing - if you see one shootin' - make sure you do it We need the dark to know the light is worth the chasing We choose every step we take to everything we're facing - Lift - If you think something's in your way Get around it - it ain't real (then) - Chorus - Come on home - sure it's fun to be away - someday dreams can all be real Somehow we'll get enough - and times will be tough but - I know we'll be ok - Bridge - It's simple, really simple the things that bring us down ... we leave behind - Chorus - Come on home - sure it's fun to be away - all the way - to something we can feel Somehow we'll get enough - and times will be tough but - I know we'll be ok
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Let The Music Play
Let The Music PlayLet The Music Play Someday this will be over and things will change Like every time before we'll re-arranged And it don't make no difference if we stay out late tonight 'Cause what we miss in the morning yeah it'll be alright I've been gone a while don't ask me where I been You got a few secrets hiding out behind that grin Don't ask me to explain, you'll be hanging on a string I know that you don't post about everything Too much information only brings us down Take in only half of what I say The silence in between says much more Stop singing let the music play And when we wake up we'll wonder what the hell we were thinking It’ll feel messed up but we'll know we're alive And it don't make no difference let somebody else win I know that you don't post about everything Too much information only brings us down Take in only half of what I say The silence in between says more to me Stop singing let the music play
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World On Your Shoulders
World On Your ShouldersWorld On Your Shoulders, Words & Music by Don Mercer Give me what money can't buy I could give you a million reasons Let's go Let's simplify Stop asking why We can light the darkest corners of our tired minds And all ... all the stars up in the sky are older Then we will ever be So don't worry about another trip around the sun Yeah you're not the only one ... who's another year older Yeah there is no hurry we can take our time We've just begun Yeah you're not the only one with the world on your shoulders The world won't be as cold As you say Now where together Put the bottle down With imagination We can light the darkest corners of our tired minds And all ... all the stars up in the sky are older Then we will ever be So don't worry about another trip around the sun Yeah you're not the only one ... who's another year older Yeah there is no hurry we can take our time We've just begun Yeah you're not the only one with the world on your shoulders
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Long Way To Go
Long Way To GoLong Way to Go, Words & Music by Don Mercer If you want to stay, you can stay And if you want to go, you can go But before you step out on that plane I think there's something you should know We got a long long long long way to go It's been a long time since I've seen your face But though the years it's never been erased The memories are clear like pictures of you So many times I almost called Torn up letters that I have scrawled Fill the pages and the basket with regret If you want to stay, you can stay And if you want to go, you can go But before you step out on that plane I think there's something you should know We got a long long long long way to go Maybe just once we could pretend We'll always be friends ‘til the end That life had worked out differently for us ‘Cause now we're here and I can't believe Anything my eyes can see You're as beautiful now as sun in a blue sky If you want to stay, you can stay And if you want to go, you can go But before you step out on that plane I think there's something you should know We got a long long long long way to go
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Put It Off A While
Put It Off A WhilePut It Off A While, Words & Music by Don Mercer Just waking up from a long night Watching the sun rise over those hills Smoke is rising from the ashes From the fire we had The cool air hits us as we move From the cabin to the boat by the lake Nobody speaks a word about the mistakes we make But we all know the difference There's a fire in use we can't control For reasons why we don't know We might learn but could we put it off a while We might learn but could we put it off a while And there's ain't much that we get right But we've stopped keeping score 'Cause winning don't mean nothing much Nothing to prove here anymore And if the others feel like running They can run every where If the world can spin out of control I'll still standing right here There's a fire in us we can't control For reasons why we don't know We might learn but could we put it off a while We might learn but could we put it off a while
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Feel Everything
Feel EverythingFeel Everything, Words & Music by Don Mercer How many days feel like they're worth repeating? How many days will end with a setting sun? How many nights will hang the moon in the sky? We got as many damn questions as answers for you and I But we don't even know where we are Under the sun and the moon Man there's so much fog But we got time Take a look at those silent stars Let's make the most of these old guitars ‘Cause you can make them sing Make them feel everything How long will we wait before the wait is over? Take the clock off the wall my friend we’ve just begun We can sort it out - got a look in your eye Like nothing will stop you 'Cause nothing stops you and I We don't even know where we're going But we'll make plans And though there's miles to go We'll get there I know we can But we don't even know where we are Under the sun and the moon Man there's so much fog But we got time Take a look at those silent stars Let's make the most of these old guitars ‘Cause you can make them sing Make them feel everything
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Until We Meet Again
Until We Meet AgainUntil We Meet Again, Words & Music by Don Mercer Well I've just got one photograph of you Sitting on the step out by the shed there in the garden Knowing that all your dreams would come true We had plans that nobody else knew We would soon be out of here and we'd soon have forgotten Why we even stayed here this long But this photograph’s all I got now So until we meet again I'll be here knowing you got angel wings on I'll be here just wishing you’d walk right back in I'll be here wishing you were here with me love I'll be here until we meet again It's hard for me to face that this is true now Your shoes are on the rack there and your sweater looks forgotten But you're not coming back time won't allow We imagined everything the world could be for us Stolen while we're sleeping dear, you'll never be forgotten Everyday feels like it's just dragging on But this photograph’s all I got now So until we meet again I'll be here knowing you got angel wings on I'll be here just wishing you’d walk right back in I'll be here wishing you were here with me love I'll be here until we meet again Waking up I often see you brushing your hair You've been up The coffee's ready filling the air And sometimes when it's late at night here all alone Forgetting I reach over and I pick up the phone, and then I'll be here knowing you got angel wings on I'll be here just wishing you’d walk right back in I'll be here wishing you were here with me love I'll be here until we meet again
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Shut Down
Shut DownShut Down, Words & Music by Don Mercer I shut down when things get too deep When I get tired I'll sleep When I'm dead on my feet Can't get no relief I shut down We all feel a little burnt this time of year Time to slow it down Maybe rest a while It's been a long year How the hell did we make it? There are days we can't see We can't even tell which way is up Some days run into days And nights into nights Somehow, we dont't know Somehow we end up feeling alright I shut down when things get too deep When I get tired I'll sleep When I'm dead on my feet Can't get no relief I shut down And you show love Like you can love Let's not fight Let the sun shine our way I shut down when things get too deep When I get tired I'll sleep When I'm dead on my feet Can't get no relief I shut down
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Leaves All Yellow
Leaves All YellowLeaves All Yellow, Works & Music by Don Mercer She been waiting there She don't like the color of her hair Says she don't care But she don't like what she sees in the mirror She goes to the car looks around and Starts tapping on the wheel Just to try and calm her nerves She's standing outside the door There's someone watching from behind the gate Can she escape? The autumn air has turned the leaves all yellow (I hope there's heaven - waiting for the ones that are hurting) She don't want no touch of a man She said that she's been doing fine Alone on this Monday morning ride The autumn air has turned the leaves all yellow I hope there's heaven - waiting for the ones that are hurting Alone on this Monday morning ride The autumn air has turned the leaves all yellow He's been waiting there He always loved the color of her hair Say's he don't care But no one ever said that life is fair He approaches her now from across the yard Takes another breath and he hits her hard And he knows that she will never come back again The autumn air has turned the leaves all yellow (I hope there's heaven - waiting for the ones that are hurting) She don't want no touch of a man She said that she's been doing fine Alone on this Monday morning ride The autumn air has turned the leaves all yellow
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You Were Here
You Were HereWell we all know we're changing but we're not alone Under the stars if you can imagine it You can make it come true for you You can make things happen but you gotta know I miss the sound of your voice I miss you coming home Make your way back to me Oh I wish you were here Make your way back to me Oh I wish you were here Well we all know what we feel But we cannot see Any pain that others go through That they don't show to you or me So show a little kindness and see Where it gets you You Were Here, Words & Music by DonMercer Make your way back to me Oh I wish you were here Make your way back to me Oh I wish you were here Make your way back to me Oh I wish you were here Oh I wish you were here How I wish you were here My dear ...
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I Want You To Stay
I Want You To StayI Want You To Stay, By Don Mercer, Written Oct. 16, 2016 - Verse 1 - The theatre's dark now ... any minute well the usher's gonna send us out We'll bust through the doors and we'll get ... hit by rain We'll take all the chances ... yeah we can take our time An' we can gets through anything ... in our way - Chorus - An' we said - let's turn out the lights and try to feel the way And when the morning comes ... I'll ask you to stay - Verse 2 - Well it's been four years ... I never wanted any thing But since you come here ... Anna I ain't been the same Well I'd watched the TV ... and listened to the radio But now I gotta tell you everything ... 'cause I want you to know - Chorus - Let's get out of this town and drive far away And when the morning comes - I want you to say - Bridge - And now our life might work out There's just no - there's just no way to tell Yeah we could get a whole new face Let time erase what we don't wanna remember - Chorus - So let's get out of this town and drive far away And when the morning comes - I want you to say Cheers ... Don
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Tattered And Torn - Week 12 - SWU2 22016 - Don Mercer
Tattered And Torn - Week 12 - SWU2 22016 - Don MercerTattered & Torn, Written Sept. 25, 2016 - Don Mercer - Verse 1 - I knew I should have told her the truth The truth poisoning my mind I knew it wouldn't end well So I just stayed quiet She asked me if I knew where the time had gone? If we belong? Do I feel happy here? She reached down low I was laying on the floor She said, "this ... this is a man's coat and it's tattered and torn" - Chorus - Ohhh oh oh ... tattered and torn ... Ohhh oh oh ... tattered and torn ... - Verse 2 - She would love and never hate We would run and never be late Always ready for anything No money but we sure felt strong Love ain't enough when you're hungry 'N it's cold and you can't think clear And you feel ... nothing but fear She reached down low I was laying on the floor She said, "this ... this is a man's coat and it's tattered and torn" - Chorus - Ohhh oh oh ... tattered and torn Ohhh oh oh ... tattered and torn - End
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This Aint The Life - Week 4 - SWU2 2016 - Don Mercer
This Aint The Life - Week 4 - SWU2 2016 - Don MercerThis Ain't The Life She lays in the bath - there's blood in her hair She looks around - all she sees is fear Her body is bruised - her hands they shake This ain't the life that she tried to make 10 days before waking up in their bed Reached to the other side he's not there, she said The ring on her finger, that band of gold Is something but not enough Her life can be so rough It's a long way down from here She calls her daughter and gets just the machine She don't have time - no time to dream I hope everything's fine and we'll catch up soon Big hug I love you, hangs up, leaves the room She walks to the kitchen, there's a squeak in the floor Portrait is smashed - she don't care any more He's in a glass tower, suit, coffees cold He want's the promotion before he gets old It's a long way down from here When she's done with him - she walks away There's work to do now - there'll be more time to play Now the skyline is changing and times moving on We falls into open arms - we can do everything wrong She said - who is the finest of them all The wife, or the kids or that drunk you can't recall 10 days before waking up in their bed Reached to the other side he's not there, she said The ring on her finger, that band of gold Is something but not enough Her life can be so rough It's a long way down from here She lays in the bath - there's blood in her hair She looks around - all she sees is fear Her body is bruised - her hands they shake This ain't the life that she tried to make Cheers ... Don
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SWU2016 Week - 16 - Half A Damn - Collab by Don And Marshall Sanchez - EXPLICIT
SWU2016 Week - 16 - Half A Damn - Collab by Don And Marshall Sanchez - EXPLICITHalf A Damn - Don Mercer & Marshall Sanchez Prompt for this one was " 1 fuck, 2 shits, and a 1/2 a damn" ... - Pre Verse - Another day - another crazy night I stay awake - until the morning light I walk inside and find you waiting You can blow on up The only problem is I don't give a fuck - Verse - What do you think you're doin' when you start layin' in Not so fast - not so fast What do you think I'm gonna say when you start your shit again Kiss my ass - Chorus - You can stop with all your questions and stop with all your grief I don't have to listen when you criticize me You can give it But I won't take it Man oh Man I don't give one fuck two shits or half a damn - Verse - What do you think I'm hearing when you scream your little head off Makes me sick - makes me sick What do you think I'm thinking when you treat me like a bad dog You can kiss my grits - Chorus - You can stop with all your questions and stop with all your grief I don't have to listen when you criticize me You can give it But I won't take it Man oh Man I don't give one fuck two shits or half a damn - Solo - - Chorus - You can give it But I won't take it Man oh Man I don't give one fuck two shits or half a damn - End -
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Heart On The Line - Gary Malfatti Cover - Week 8 - SWU Winter 2016
Heart On The Line - Gary Malfatti Cover - Week 8 - SWU Winter 2016SWU 2016 Week 8 - Heart On The Line - Cover of Gary Malfatti's This is a cover of a Gary Malfatti original ... I tried covering it straight acoustic 'n honesly I couldn't pull it off - Gary's delivery has a quality that I couldn't match with just guitar and voice ... so I've leaned on some production and arrangement to get me there ... Cheers ... great song Gary.
