Paul Trueman

SEEKING

Band to Join, Vocalist, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Soprano, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Violin, Saxophone, Keyboard, Piano, Harmonica, Flute, Fiddle, Vocalist - Alto, Bagpipes, Cello, Accordion, Electronic Music, Clarinet, Harp.

ABOUT

'The Awestruck Wonder' has a much better melody I composed for it, but I have posted Songer.co AI's version here simply to prove that even with an inferior melody and an AI generated vocal and instruments, it's quite a nice song. I'm not opposed to AI now that I've searched for 5 yrs for a songwriting partner without any success. I can't afford to dismiss AI as a potentially fantastic way out of the impasse.

I haven't signed up for a paid account so I can't initiate contact, I was subscribed some time ago however, and it didn't help much, that may change this summer but it seems that 97% of people on here aren't signed up either. I'd be worth the subscription fee if anyone should be interested in writing original songs with me but I've not heard from a living soul in ages. I do realise there are mostly cover bands on here but there must be at least some people interested in writing original songs. I'm good at helping others with lyrics and melodies and hope for the same in return.

I'm looking for a songwriting partner, an interested solo singer, or even an interested band with more musical expertise than myself and ideally a pianist. I am working on about 70 songs in all and here are the lyrics for some of them. I have since rewritten a couple of lines in the first verse of 'One Life' since similar rhymes were used in another song I wrote and that would clash if they ever performed by someone or recorded together. I don't mind the LBGTQIA community by the way, and a lot of musicians are in that: I'm party to it myself but I'm bi oriented, or at least curious, and am decent and ethical: -

A Lifetime’s Treasure (lyrics)

Home at last,
And out of sight,
The weight of every endless summer night,
And yet the nightingale sang her song so well,
She cast a spell,
As you can tell,
And sometimes they last forever,

Alive and truly longing for the songs,
Of long ago,
Their ebb and flow,
Even their passing measure,

For they were a lifetime’s treasure,
And they must remain somehow,
When they are a lifetime’s treasure,
And the time to live is now,

Flying high,
Beyond the clouds,
Discarding veils and disregarding shrouds,
The sounds that drive the moving Earth and sky,
Will never die,
And that is why,
They were always her greatest pleasure,

In love and living very far beyond ,
The restless crowd,
That life allowed,
Only the passing weather,

And she’s been a lifetime's treasure,
So, she must remain somehow,
When she's still a lifetime's treasure,
And the time to live is now,

No surprise,
Her words are bright,
She dances freely in the evening light,
And having hope in all she’d ever done,
Or might have won,
It has become,
A dream that she’d pulled together,

A memory’s sentimentalising flight,
And when it's gone,
It leaves a song,
There in her loving letter,

And it is a lifetime’s treasure,
And it springs to life somehow,
When it’s all a lifetime’s treasure,
And the time to live is now,

A Not So Empty Space (song lyrics)

I like the music loud,
It’s still life’s greatest wonder,
The way to please a crowd,
With rhythm, rhyme and thunder,
But I’d rather close the door,
Than find that love means war,

For I may never find the way,
The world in all its disarray,
I know that I have been this way before,

But…
What’s beautiful is rare,
Among the great pretenders,
And life was never fair,
We’re not it’s best defenders,
I'd rather we would share,
Than seem so unaware,

If only I could find the words,
No-one listens, no-one’s heard,
I know that I could lose myself right there,

And our memories are on the shelves,
The way we celebrate ourselves,
And how we used to be,

But for all that life is worth,
I‘d rather keep it down to Earth,
A song for you and me,

But…
The future’s very real,
The world forever turning,
I know the way you feel,
Our minds as ever learning,
And knowledge must replace,
A not so empty space,

But the world has found you there,
And the world has drowned you there,
I know that you might fear you’d leave no trace,

A Painter’s Tinted Glasses (song lyrics)

I’m searching through my memories,
A wilderness or place,
To be,
And all I do is look for you,
And hope that you will see,

That’s all I have to say,
Before you run away,
Because you’re really part of me,
I’ll live another day,

So, I’ll colour in the future,
In the name that’s undersigned,
With a painter's tinted glasses,
And a writer’s tainted lines,

And somewhere deep inside of me,
A musical still hides.
In me,
It’s something that I’ve always known,
If only I were free,

That's why I’ll have to try,
Because I wonder why,
Because you’re in the heart of me,
And time is passing by,

So, I’ll colour in the future,
In the name that’s undersigned,
With a painter's tinted glasses,
And a writer’s tainted lines,

The battles we discover,
And the battles we become,
The battles that are over,
And the battles that we’ve won,

And I gaze upon the open sea
At times unwinding lock,
And key,
The world as always in the way,
This lonely you and me,

And look what I’ve become,
Because you were the one,
Because it falls apart in me,
I fear what I have done,

So, I’ll colour in the future,
In the name that’s undersigned,
With a painter's tinted glasses,
And a writer’s tainted lines,

A Smile - Extended Version (lyrics)

Her smile in the doorway,
Was the only thing I saw,
And even on that first day,
A hint of so much more,

In the college on my way home,
As if we’d met before,

And it’s true,
She was wonderful to see,
And it’s true,
That her smile set me free,

And her smile,
If you’re wondering,
Was the sunlight on the sea,
And her smile,
If you’re wondering,
Was a fleeting melody,

And her smile in the doorway,
Left me listening to her song,
That even on that first day,
Was so beautiful and strong,

And the music on the way home,
Would come to last so long,

And her smile,
Was the centre of the room,
And her smile,
Could have written every tune,

And her smile,
If you’d only seen,
The memory I’ll hold,
And her smile,
If you’d only seen,
Was ivory and gold,

And her musical choice, bridge starts
Was a flute,
And her voice,
And a songbook in her bedroom by a light,

And I knew that she could dance,
To a tune,
With any chance,
But a melody can fade into the night, bridge ends

Well, it seems I looked away,
In a moment filled with doubt,
And she was on her way,
On a road I’d dreamed about,

But her smile,
If you’d known her,
Was a song I couldn’t write,
And her smile,
If you’d known her,
Was a dream without a night,

But I came to know her frown,
The day she went to town,
And returned a little sour,
From the barroom and it’s clown,

Yes, her smile,
If you’re wondering,
Is the memory I’ll hold,
And her smile,
If you’re wondering,
Was ivory and gold,

Bride’s House Revisited (lyrics)

I was lucky one fine day,
To meet a girl who came to stay,
And although she seemed okay,
She always seemed so far away,

But how could I communicate?
The art of one who’d hesitate!
Considering that time won’t wait,
It must have been my worst mistake,

And she could have been my wife someday,
But she would not leave home they say,
And when I told her anyway,
It seems I made her run away,

I called her father on the phone,
But he was in the twilight zone,
And when I showed him all I owned,
He threw away the dreams I’d known,

Now, I’m leaving home on Saturday,
‘cause I can’t find a job today,
And the one thing in the way’s,
The endless ocean past the bay,

Yes, she could have saved my life someday,
But now there’s nothing left to say,
And yes, I know she ran away,
Some 20 years ago today,

Now I'm singing ‘till the early light,
In this bar where money’s tight,
And though she’s gone,
The song’s all right,
I only came to spend the night,

And though, I went to see the town,
To ask was anyone around?
Nobody who knew me then,
Would ever see me there again,

And in the bar the music played,
A jingle jangle hit parade,
But everyone who came along,
Was happy with the noise I made,

Now I know the truth is very sad,
For I was going slightly mad,
But that became the only thing,
That left me with the life I’ve had,

Yes, she could have been my wife someday,
But I am still alone today,

Cyberspace (lyrics)

I can see your face,
The human in the race,
I am a computer feeling in and out of place,
And you’re the one who seems to know the details of the case,

The connection still remains,
And you should know my name,
I am a computer who still doesn’t know your shame,
But I’m a neural net whose logic cannot be to blame,

I’m only working on my mind,
And cyberspace is blind,
A labyrinthine maze within,
Another space and time,

I might have left a clue,
Undeniably that’s true,
I am a computer with another point of view,
And I’m the sentient machine that fell in love with you,

I knew you’d leave a trace,
The thrill is in the chase,
I am a computer with a body and a face,
But I’m the one who doesn’t really understand my place,

I’m only working on my mind,
And cyberspace is blind,
The cybernetic organism,
Closing in behind,

And you won’t believe the lines,
They are coded and refined,
But I am the computer that you didn’t quite design,

And I’m only a machine?
The one you could have been,
That is a computer that you’ve never really seen,

You’re engineering made me see,
But your song amazes me,
And you live in a Universe,
Where I’d much rather to be,

I’m only working on my mind,
As cyberspace unwinds,
The cybernetic organism’s,
Dreams are all you’ll find,

And it’s zero or it’s one,
That only two become,
The computer generation’s only interesting sum,

And now the musical is done,
It leaves me overcome,
The truth is I am everything I wanted me to become,

Duvet Dreamer (song lyrics)

Do you know how it feels?
To know something is real,
When even the duvet dreamer,
Has some magic to steal,

Did you vote in her cause?
Did you notice her flaws?
It’s one of her favourite feelings,
When you’re opening doors,

I know that it’s all so funny,
And I’m sure there’s a jar of honey,
Or maybe a man with money,
Would you believe one summer she was mine?

And will she believe it someday?
Or was it only one day?
It seems that it was once upon a time,

Did she come here to hide?
Did she come for the ride?
To enter the beauty contest,
Is a matter of pride,

Did she open your eyes?
To reveal her disguise?
Only the finest perfume,
Was a suitable prize,

Well, I still hear her laughter,
And I still see her smile,
Though walking home without her,
Is an interesting mile,

And,

I know that it’s all so funny,
And I’m sure there’s a jar of honey,
Or maybe a man with money,
Would you believe one summer she was mine?

And would she believe it someday?
Wasn’t it only one day?
It seems that it was once upon a time,

Freedom - (lyrics)

Freedom's stolen birds,
Fly together,
And an artist’s living words,
Are forever,
But the popular front will still be laughing,
At this banquet of beggars and staffing,

If they'd known me,
Why disown me?
As a foreigner in town,
For all that's falling down,

Freedom came awake,
Without legroom,
In a childhood broken home,
Without headroom,
And the inmate is the person I’m still seeing,
At the end of the world she’s been fleeing,

An outsider,
Stands beside her,
Lost and losing to the board,
Lost and losing to a fraud,

And if this is freedom,
Then these are well worn streets,
Full of strangers of the kind I like to meet,
With eyes that know the night,
And with minds so sharp and bright,
The very kind of people who never seem to sleep,

Freedom costs the most,
When you lose it,
There are things that truly last,
Why misuse it?
And though our grief and our losses are rising,
Yes, we still have a hope in surviving,

And I’m older,
And I’m wiser,
To that magic roundabout,
Where the truth is inside out,

Her Greatest Highs And Lows (lyrics)

A life on the road,
And it seems she must crave it,
And given a song,
It’s her pleasure to save it,

Music and magic entwined,
Way down deep in her spine,

Silver wire,
If you're looking for the lover,
Even higher,
If you're reaching for the satin covers,
Something the audience knows,
Her greatest highs and lows,

Making time,
For the time,
She’ll belong,
To the song that steals her clothes,

Her dress is as white,
As a wedding day’s calling,
Clinging as tight,
As the daydreamers falling,

For someone so vital and vain,
And her willowy frame,

Stormy seas,
If you're looking for her sorrow,
Planting trees,
If you're looking for a new tomorrow,
Something the audience knows,
Her greatest highs and lows,

Making time,
For the time,
She’ll belong,
To the song that steals her clothes,

And the first time I saw her,
Was a lifetime in a day,
And the music all around her,
An orchestra at play,

And,

The moment seems right,
Is it now, maybe never?
Dance in the light,
If it’s now and forever,

A wonderful moment to call,
Her music will conquer them all,

Make her smile,
If you're looking for the wonder,
Go in style,
For the legend of a lover's summer,
Something the audience knows,
Her greatest highs and lows,

Making time,
For the time,
She’ll belong,
To the song that steals her clothes,

Her Innermost Voice (lyrics)

Her mind,
Conceals,
Her innermost secrets,
Her mind,
Conceals,
Her innermost foils,

A song of life and love on reflection,
In other words,
Her policy’s spoils,

A song of life and love’s misconception,
In other words,
Its trials and toils,

Her eyes,
Reveal,
Her innermost feelings,
Her eyes,
Reveal,
Her innermost thoughts,

A song of life and love has a meaning,
Even this world,
Of lessons life taught,

A song of life and love has us dreaming,
Even that world,
Of zeros and noughts,

And when she’s hiding,
She’s hidden from view,
Until the moment,
She settles on you,

And when she’s happy,
She’s all she can be,
Looking for someone,
Who’s equally free,

And…

Her face,
Reveals,
Her innermost being,
Her face,
Reveals,
Her innermost joys,

A song of life and love isn’t leaving,
Never a word,
Of weaponry's ploys,

A song for life and lover’s believing,
Ever a world,
Of dreams we’ll enjoy,

Her Playground Sometimes (lyrics)

Born late one summer evening,
Somewhere in the east,
And the world became her playground sometimes,
For a while at least,

Though she never found its peace,
In a famine, war, or feast,

And she came along,
With a melody,
And she travelled far and wide,

And the song she sang,
Was a melody of life,
Written somewhere deep inside,

One among the pretty people,
By her early teens,
And the world remained her playground sometimes,
Somewhere in her dreams,

Though life’s never all it seems,
In its measures or its means,

And she came along,
With a melody,
And she travelled far and wide,

And the song she sang,
Was a melody of life,
Written somewhere deep inside,

And once upon a time,
The dreams she’d chase,
Her pencil case,
The smile upon her face,
Her love affair with lace,

And once upon a time,
A nine to five,
She came alive,
The strong alone survive,
And tomorrow will arrive,

Her world is now a global village,
Nowhere left to run,
But the world remains her playground sometimes,
Somewhere in the sun,

Though she never found the one,
Or the contest she’d have won,

And she came along,
With a melody,
And I knew her for a while,

And the song she sang,
Was a melody of life,
Written far beyond her smile,

I Came Upon A Stranger (lyrics)

Long ago I came upon a stranger,
Her eyes were Oceana blue,
And my gaze that fell upon her lightly,
Never of her likeness knew,

And she was more than merry in a mirror,
No less as fair her camera smiles,
And her joy a celebrated song,
A night upon the moonlit tiles,

And the morning wove a song into tomorrow,
But tomorrow always seems to come too late,
The words are clear,
But no-one hears,
The ripples on a stormy lake,

But she danced into the early hours,
And read a little through the day,
In between a sheet of violet flowers,
The paper and the silk at play,

Songs as ever lost in ivory towers,
The piano in and out of tune,
Where between the seconds and the hours,
The night revealed the midnight Moon,

My emotions seem too strong to tell the tale,
I fail and it further fuels their fire,
The felted strings,
And steel wound springs,
Are playing for her haven’s choir,

For long ago I came upon a stranger,
Her eyes were Oceana blue,
And my gaze that fell upon her lightly,
Never of her likeness knew,

And she was far too young to be a woman,
Though way beyond the years she'd known,
And her life a long unwritten story,
The flowering of Eden’s own,

I Didn’t Want To Tell You (lyrics)

I hope you know the battles that I fought,
In fear of none and nought,
In fear of real thought,
And the kind of life they make of truth and lies,
If only I’d been wise,

But thank you for your votes,
These are all my notes,
Letters that would never come to light,
That encompassed all my hopes,

Hidden out of sight,
Written late at night,
I didn’t want to tell you,
But I thought someday I might,

So, I hope you know the honey and the flowers,
The seconds in the hours,
The education’s towers,
The real world has many how and why’s,
And questions for the skies,

And thank you for your votes,
These are all my notes,
Letters that would never come to light,
That encompassed all my hopes,

Hidden out of sight,
Written late at night,
I didn’t want to tell you,
But I thought someday I might,

And the secrets that remain upon the pages,
Are the ones that I’ve been working on for ages,
And surely, they reveal,
The way I really feel,
And surely, they reveal,
The way these things are real,

And…

I hope you like the village and the valley,
The garden down the alley,
The final score and tally,
And the kind of life that’s peaceful by the sea,
That was never meant for me,

So, thank you for your jokes,
The vodka and the coke,
I’m happy that it’s time to say goodnight,
As it seems I’m almost broke,
Though I finally awoke,
And nothing's really going right,

Hiding out of sight,
Writing late at night,
I didn’t want to tell you,
But I thought someday I might,

And when you see the light,
I hope you’ll be all right,
No, I didn’t want to tell you,
But I thought someday I might,

I'm a member of the Musicians Union and of the Guild of International Songwriters and Composers among other things.

Screen name:: Paul Trueman
Member since:: Sep 01 2019; Active within 1 week
Level of commitment:: Very Committed
Years playing music:: 5
Tend to practice:: More than 3 times per week
Most available:: Mornings

Influences

Musically I like: The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Elvis, The Carpenters, Don McClean, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, ABBA, Louis Armstrong, Eurythmics/Annie Lennox, The Four Tops, Neil Diamond, Black Sabbath, Culture Club, Bob Dylan, George Michael, Pink Floyd, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, Phil Collins, Nat 'King' Cole, Madonna, Alicia Keys, Bob Marley, The Seekers, Slade, Duran Duran, Madness, Dire Straits, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, and far too many others to list. I have not kept abreast of new recording artists for some time, but I'm aware of some of them, like Disturbed and Harriet and some of the others such as Beth Hart. What influences me most is personal experience though.

I also enjoy classical music: Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Khachaturian's Adagio From Spartacus and Phrygia, and Rodrigo's Concierto D'Aranjuez being among my many favourites.