Steve Craig (Echoroom) is an English friend and collaborator from the site MacJams.com. You can check out more of his stuff here. 3HSW I host a 3 Hour Song Writing group with my friend Chris Winters (SickTransit), which meets once a week in my living room. Each night we write, practice and record a song, using drums loops. We write the music, chords and lyrics in three hours. I usually play bass and fill in whatever other insturments or lyrics that are needed on each track. Chris Winters plays the masterful electric guitar on most the songs, sings on quite a few and writes lyrics as well—he posts some solo stuff at SickTransit on MacJams. Everything is recorded in my modest living room studio and remixed by myself or sometimes Chris. Contributors to the project have included (Chris Winters, Barbara Burgio, Mike Northcutt, Greg Ryan, Anna Huckabay, Korey Foss, Aditi Viyasgar, Nick Barrett, Meagin Donavan and Steve Craig, echoroom on Macjams.

May, 06 | :: AudiO22p

They Come with Smiles

Lyrics and Vocals: Steve Craig (Echoroom),
Music: Chris Winters and Rich Huston

Mirror mirror on the wall
Tell me who’s responsible for
All the trouble laid before me;
I can see right through that screen.
While the country sleeps they work
Storming dreams for folk to follow.
So stand behind the rope and scream but
I wanna be in that scene, not

Watching from afar (x2).

When life is good it could be great
Can’t resolve that contradiction.
You just step out to buy some nails
Don’t mean to start a crucifixion.

Watching from afar (x2)

Every night the same
The voices on the radio that dog your name.
Die and rise again,
Telling you to compromise, economise
They come with smiles (x2).

When life is good it could be great
Can’t resolve that contradiction.
I just stepped out to buy some nails
Didn’t mean to start a crucifixion.

Sleeping in the car...
Don’t drop your guard ...

Every night the same
The voices on the radio that dog your name.
Die and rise again;
Telling you to compromise, to socialise
They come with smiles (x2).

Verse: Em, Cm Gsus
Pre-Chorus: Cm, B, Em7
Chorus: Em7, Bm7, (Am, G, Bm, C)

Solo:
Am, G, Bm, Cm,
Em7, Bm7 (A, G, B, C)
Em7, Bm7, Bm

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