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Don't You Worry About the Fall - Listen/Buy on Apple Music... or YouTube
Copyright © 2019 Kelli Caldwell
Written by Kelli Caldwell
Produced by Bryan Daste and Kelli Caldwell
Recorded and mixed by Bryan Daste at Dream Tree Studios, Portland, OR
Mastered by Dana White of Specialized Mastering, Portland, OR
Photo and graphic design by Kelli Caldwell
Bryan Daste - acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, and percussion
See the fall of the leaves
They will all come down
Feel the breeze
It will blow some of them far away
Where they'll fall to the ground
Only to be found by a ladybug
Searching for a home
Don't you worry about the fall
It all comes together somehow
See the fall of the snow
Delicately floating
Feel the cold
As the east winds blow, growing stronger now
When it feels like a storm
Don't forget new things are/life is born
From the cold, hard ground
Some need it
Don't you worry about the fall
It all comes together somehow
Somehow, somehow
Hear creatures in the night
As they find a place to hide
We all need time
We all need time to find our way
See the fall of the raindrops
Drip drip drop
Feel them on your skin
Drink them in
Everyone of them is complicated
Though together they may join
With the power to destroy
At the simple root
We need them to survive
The ladybug and I
Don't you worry about the fall
It all comes together somehow
Somehow, somehow
Don't you worry about the fall
It all comes together somehow
Lyric notes: A reflection on the cycles and phases we all have to go through to shape who we are and who we become. And it’s a love song of sorts – written in awe of the miraculous details in nature that make everything work.
I’m so thankful to Bryan Daste for helping to bring this song to life; to my husband, Ross Segelken for being such a supportive and wonderful partner; and to Kathryn A. Wood for who she was in my life and for generously helping me and others follow some dreams. I think she would’ve liked this song. It’s dedicated to my brother, D, with love and complication.
The Future Will Repay - Listen/Buy on Apple Music...
Copyright © 2012 Kelli Caldwell
Cello: Gideon Freudmann
Seagulls (at the end): Gideon Freudmann on cello
Recorded at Fresh Tracks Studio in Portland, OR
He’s a sailor
Stuck in a factory
Never been to the ocean
But he lives in the sea——
Swimming in Familiar
And drinking day-to-day
Floating on a promise
The future will repay—
Hey——hey———hey——
He's a father
If he remembers right
Never seen his little daughter
But he does mean to write——
To tell her he's a champion
A hero on his way
With his head above this water
The future will repay—
Hey, hey——hey——
He’s an island
In the river wide—— of his life
No way to ride, no way to roam
He’s a goner
If they explained it right
30 years in a bottle
He never could seem to fight——
He’s waiting for the whistle
To send him on his way
A journey for redemption/To make his reparations
The future will repay—
Hey, hey——hey——
He’s an island
In the briny deep—— of his life
No way to ride and no way to roam
He’s an island
In the briny deep——
Floating empties on the waves
With a prayer inside
Lyric notes: Driving in my old white Bronco II, I saw a beaten-down looking guy on the side of the road, waiting for someone or something...
Was it Love in Your Eyes? - single released October 2012
Copyright © 2012 Kelli Caldwell
Produced by Anne Weiss. Featuring Anne Weiss on piano, Adam Sweeney on guitar, Julio Appling on bass & Spank Hopkins on drums. Sound by Adam Sweeney.
Sitting on the subway yesterday—
A little something caught me
I had never seen before
Just outside a tunnel
As I turned to face your way
Hey, hey--- hey, what’s that?
Chorus:
Was it love in your eyes?
No, it could be the light
Was it love in your eyes?
I don’t know
Was it love in your eyes?
Or a trick on my mind?
I don’t know—
Oh I want—to, though?
Through the years I’ve known you, we’re just friends
And never had that conversation
Could we be much more
To tell the truth I’ve wondered
But I’ve been afraid to say it
Hey, hey--- hey, what’s that?
Chorus:
Was it love in your eyes?
No, it could be the light
Was it love in your eyes?
I don’t know
Was it love in your eyes?
Or a trick on my mind?
I don’t know—
Oh, I want—to, though
Bridge:
Fear of losing
What we’ve got
Keeps me quietly wondering
But now and then
I feel like jumping off
Maybe we should try——
Chorus:
Was it love in your eyes?
No, it could be the light
Was it love in your eyes?
I don’t know
Was it love in your eyes?
Or a trick on my mind?
I don’t know—
Oh, I want—to, though
Was it love in your eyes?
No, it could be the light
Was it love in your eyes?
I don’t know
Was it love in your eyes?
Or a trick on my mind?
I don’t know—
Oh, I want—to, though
Home... If You Were Here - Listen/Buy on Apple Music...
Copyright © 2012 Kelli Caldwell
Produced by Anne Weiss. Featuring Anne Weiss on piano, Julio Appling on bass & Spank Hopkins on drums. Sound by Adam Sweeney.
The roof gets hot in the summer
No place else to escape
And me and myself
Listen to the world race by—below
Little do they know
Up here—we're conquering our fears—
In one more day I plan to say
I'm over you
Chorus:
But if you were here
Here could be anywhere
If you were here
Here could be here
And I'd like it
No, I'd love it
I'd want to make it my home—
The concrete stretches forever
Grey on grey getting old
And me and head
Scouring the steeled and stoned—for more
It may be for the hundredth time
But I’m making up my mind—
In one more day I plan to say
I’m over you
Chorus:
But if you were here
Here could be anywhere
If you were here
Here could be here
And I'd like it
No, I'd love it
I'd want to make it my home—
Bridge:
I could sleep on cold, hard granite
And I could live on a distant planet
And I would love it all
If you were here—
Chorus:
But if you were here
Here could be anywhere
If you were here
Here could be here
And I'd like it
No, I'd love it
I'd want to make it my home—
Home if you were here
Chorus:
Oh if you were here
Here could be anywhere
If you were here
Here could be here
And I'd like it
No, I'd love it
I'd want to make it my home—
Home if you were here
If you were here
Lyric notes: I started writing this song sitting on my rooftop in the East Village in New York in the middle of August...
titles | by genre
- The Future Will Repay - Finalist 2018 Local Roots Song Contest
- Don't You Worry About the Fall - New Single Release!
- Figuring It Out
- Dirty Summer
- I Can Make It Alright
- A Bleecker Man
- I Need a Little More
- Killing Time
- My Dream Come True
- Serenity
- In the Last Moments
- Oh My Darling
- Pretend Summer
- That's So F*ing Portland
- Romeo - with Brent Rogers - Honorable Mention 2014 Artists in Music Awards
- She's So Bright
- I Just Met You
- Heart Wanderer
- Baby, Baby, Baby
- Here Could Be Anywhere
- Was it Love in Your Eyes?
- Will the New Year Bring You?
- Oh My Darling
- Want to Rise in Your Eyes
- Lost and Found
- Here I Go
- Honor Their Memory
-
Momma, Only Momma and I
- My Credit Sucks
- Cooking Up Some Happiness
- Turtlurtlurtle - Winner 2019 West Coast Songwriters International Song Contest
- The Ooh La La Song
- Springtime Dance
- Tacos, Bananas, and Toy Boats
- Hello I Am a Monkey
- Got So Much Love for You
- Little Ray of Sunsine
- Then You Will Run Free: A Song for Every Good Dog
- Froggie on My Windowsill
- Jumpin' Beans
- Potty Training Song
- We're Almost There
- The Waiting Song
- The Hat Song
- Kickin' It with My Chicken
- Five Little Ducks
- Can't Find My Appendix
- Tonight I'll Be Brushing One Less Tooth - with Alice Block
- The Growing Song
- The Smiler Song
- Robots Don't Tell Jokes
- Rainbow_Love_Song
- Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star - English & Japanese
- I - LOVE - YOU
- Peanut, Pinenut
- Let's Go Pistachio
- I'll Be a Butterfly
- I Believe in You
- I'm Proud of You
- I'm a Mama Monkey
- Is There a Bird on My Head?
- Five Little Frogs
- When You Dance
- Superstar
- Baby Grace
- Jesus Lives Within
- Leave It to the Son
- Only the Redeemer
- Jewel
- Praise to the Lord Above
- He's the Way and the Light
- Father, My Father
- God is the Gracious One
- God Takes Care of Me
- I Wander Still
- One Way to Heaven
- Catch My Heart
- He's the Way and the Light
- Spirit, Fill Me Up Today
- Everything Good Comes From God
- Beside He Stands
- La Lullaby
- Baby Grace
- The Sleepy Song
- Just Snuggle In
- Oh Baby, Oh Baby, Oh Baby, Oh
- I'm in Love with You
- I Will Miss You
- The Ooh La La Song
- The Future Will Repay - Finalist 2018 Local Roots Song Contest
- Don't You Worry About the Fall - New Single Release!
- Figuring It Out
- Dirty Summer
- I Can Make It Alright
- A Bleecker Man
- I Need a Little More
- Killing Time
- My Dream Come True
- Serenity
- In the Last Moments
- Oh My Darling
- Pretend Summer
- That's So F*ing Portland
- Romeo - with Brent Rogers - Honorable Mention 2014 Artists in Music Awards
- She's So Bright
- I Just Met You
- Heart Wanderer
- Baby, Baby, Baby
- Here Could Be Anywhere
- Was it Love in Your Eyes?
- Will the New Year Bring You?
- Oh My Darling
- Want to Rise in Your Eyes
- Lost and Found
- Here I Go
- Honor Their Memory
- Momma, Only Momma and I
- My Credit Sucks
- Cooking Up Some Happiness
- Fly Away
- Turtlurtlurtle - Winner 2019 West Coast Songwriters International Song Contest
- The Ooh La La Song
- Springtime Dance
- Tacos, Bananas, and Toy Boats
- Then You Will Run Free: A Song for Every Good Dog
- Froggie on My Windowsill
- Jumpin' Beans
- Potty Training Song
- We're Almost There
- The Waiting Song
- The Hat Song
- Kickin' It with My Chicken
- Five Little Ducks
- Can't Find My Appendix
- Tonight I'll Be Brushing One Less Tooth - with Alice Block
- The Growing Song
- The Smiler Song
- Robots Don't Tell Jokes
- Rainbow_Love_Song
- Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star - English & Japanese
- I - LOVE - YOU
- Peanut, Pinenut
- Let's Go Pistachio
- I'll Be a Butterfly
- I Believe in You
- I'm Proud of You
- I'm a Mama Monkey
- Is There a Bird on My Head?
- Five Little Frogs
- When You Dance
- Superstar
- La Lullaby
- Baby Grace
- The Sleepy Song
- Just Snuggle In
- Oh Baby, Oh Baby, Oh Baby, Oh
- I'm in Love with You
- I Will Miss You
- The Ooh La La Song
- Baby Grace
- Jesus Lives Within
- Leave It to the Son
- Only the Redeemer
- Jewel
- Praise to the Lord Above
- He's the Way and the Light
- Father, My Father
- God is the Gracious One
- God Takes Care of Me
- I Wander Still
- One Way to Heaven
- Catch My Heart
- He's the Way and the Light
- Spirit, Fill Me Up Today
- Will the New Year Bring You?
- Twas in the Moon of Wintertime - The Huron Carol (cover)
- Twas in the Moon of Wintertime - The Huron Carol (cover)
- Frere Jacques in French, English, German, Finnish, Spanish (cover)
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Some local songwriters & artists worth checking out...
• Jessa Campbell & the Saplings - kids
• Gil Reynolds Trio
• Julio Appling
• Spank Hopkins
• Matt Clark (kids)
• Dan'l
• Naomi Hooley
not local...
• Asa
• Bebe
• Alison Krauss & Union Station
• Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
• CCR
• PFR
• Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers
• Coldplay