SONG 100!!!! "Flippin done! That's what!" 100 SONGS 100 DAYS CREATIVE FIRE SINGS!!!

Wow! It feels good. Really good!



Sometimes times are tough
My darling that's just life

How many times have you felt sad today
and how often I get angry
when things don't go the way
I expected them to

Sometimes we just have bad luck
like when the refrigerator breaks
and all we have to do is pay
but we're still paying for the last time

Sometimes times are tough
but we always get by

Didn't I say I love you too today
and didn't you make me feel OK
Yes it's OK to brag
I'd do the same for you

I made dinner you cleaned up after me
and actually you take after me
and I take after you
that's why we're always good together

song 99 "this is 99"

Hi Jared. This one's for you.

I'd almost forgotten
to get this request in
Some folks like the drumming
We're almost to the last one
This is 99

Last week I was on the phone
talking to my brother
He said to me


Nathan those drumming songs are my favorite
You should do more
Nathan those drumming songs are my favorite

You should do more

song 98 "dumb"

Holy smokes! I'm sorry! Truly! I'll try to make number 100 half way decent. So want to be done with this!

dum diddy dum dum dum dum dum dum
dum diddy dum dum dum dum dum dum
I guess you can say I'm getting pretty burnt out
and these guitar strings are over 100 days old
Normally that isn't an issue at all
but usually I play guitar less than once a week
My guitar is getting hard to hear when it's in tune
I should maybe put new strings on soon

dum diddy dum dum dum dum dum dum
dum diddy dum dum dum dum dum dum

dum diddy dum dum dum dum dum dum
dum diddy dum dum dum dum dum dum

song 97 "Cutting Short"

My kids are home! Yay! Mom and Dad in law are here visiting. Computer is in the guest room. Need groceries to start dinner. Dinner at 6pm. The song had to be done before dinner. Enjoy!

Can you believe I'm 97 in
and still don't know
where to begin
when I start another song?

It's just the same old story
yep you guessed it mm hmm that's right
I'm out of time

I know you've heard it all before
I need some things from the grocery store
so yet again I have to cut things short

song 96 "unattached"

Sometimes I like new stuff just so I can have something new.

I've been thinking long and hard
and everything needs to change
All my things are getting old
and all must be replaced
with something new

I get bored
I'm never content
while things get stored
and money is spent

Everything
must be replaced
I know it was the best
but until it is replaced
I will not rest

song 95 "Not really the best day I guess, but oh well"

F it! Besides, the pre-song conversation is kind of funny. My heart really wasn't in it tonight. The funny thing is, the bad stuff isn't bothering me that much, it just took up a lot of time. I'm tired and this stupid song is keeping me up. Not anymore though :)

I had a pretty bad day
you'd think it'd make for a good song
but once I tried to write things out
I found that i was wrong

Half way through delivering the mail
my transmission went out
The repairs would cost 3 grand
which is more than the car's worth

I got online to track a bike
I was expecting today
It got delivered to my old house
where I'm sure the landlord hates me

Well I got the bike back all is well
We're saving for a new car
The truth is nothing seems too bad
except writing this song

song 94 "Sporadic Sleep"

An attempt at something different.

Drifting slowly softly down to sleep
on a warm and sun bathed balcony
Birds are singing and wind is in the trees
I see orange yellow light on my eyelids

Then the phone rings and startles me awake
abruptly from my sleep
and then a bus drives by
and someone honks their horn
or a jet flies overhead
I should have tried this in a bed

song 93 "a new method"

It's all a lie and everyone knows it. This certainly isn't the first time I've put minimal effort into one of these songs.

I'm trying out a different method
I'm finding out if it might work
If I put in a bit less time and effort

Will anybody notice
a difference in the quality 
I'm really guessing not

92 "this is not my sign"

My sister, Jeannette was hanging with my kids yesterday in AZ. They stopped and took a picture under a sign "Nathan & Associates". The kids thought I should write a song about it. Catalina even provided the 1st 2 lines. My brother Jared also requested another drum song. Thought I'd try to kill 2 birds with a stone, but realized I don't have anyone here to record me on the drums. Another day Jared ;)

My kids are at a sign
and it has my name on it
Oh, they say they're doing fine
I got a picture in a text message
That is to say, my kids under the sign
The one with my name on it


Now this is for both of your little ears
Ammon, Catalina come close and listen
I want to make sure you hear
I want to be sure you understand
the words I am about to say


Just because that sign bares my name
doesn't mean it was named after me
There's lots of folks named Nathan
and not all those folks equals me

song 91 "Dream Song"

I forgot the dream song, but it gave me a subject which is always my biggest hang up when I write a song. I think it's too early in the morning. I had a cough and you can probably hear the roughness in my voice.

This morning I was having a dream
I was writing a song
and I tried to keep it in my mind
but now it escapes me

It was really good with melody and words
I was even trying to remember the chords
and wondered if they would sound the same
as I heard them in my dream

As I head it in my dream
but the music slowly changed

When I woke up
the song in my head was one I knew
It was one that I wrote
a long time ago
So I had to start anew

song 90 "childhood dreams"

This is a real memory of mine from growing up. The scary dream I can remember was a Nerf football with really long arms, who grabbed me and threw me down a well. At the bottom was a wide shallow lake that I fell into and was surrounded by monsters pushing metal carts full of rocks. It still gives me chills to this day ;)

Please don't leave me alone in the dark
I'm so scared
Why did you let me stay up so late
These images are playing through my mind
from the T.V.

I'm not bluffing when the lights go out
I see  these shapes take form
Like the jacket hanging on the bedpost

That looks like a witch to me
and now I'm frightened completely

I asked for a night light
it was denied
Eventually I fell asleep to terrible dreams
Then I woke up and crept into my parents room
and curled up on the floor
and I felt safe

Then I heard noises that alarmed me
More frightening than anything

I ran back to my room
from the monster
how loudly my parents snore

song 89 "selling and trading bikes and bike parts"

Maybe I have a busy day and didn't have a lot of time for today's song. Maybe these lyrics have a deeper meaning to them. You be the judge.

I've been packing bikes and bike parts
since I got home from work
To get them ready to ship
that's right
I had some bikes and they were pretty nice
so nice
but now there's all these hills where we live
and these just aren't the type to ride
in this kind of place so I'm
working on getting together
some bikes for here
bikes that have gears

song 88 "weeds"

Look at that! Or listen if you prefer. It's been a while since I've done one that wasn't an attempt to be funny or painfully literal.

I'm not waiting until it gets bad again
like last time
The weather's changing just like it does each year
as always
I pull these weeds up
and try to get all of the roots
unbroken


But every year they grow back
in the Spring
Is there more-than last time
I think so-there must be
or at least it's harder-for me to do


It might be that I'm older
and I'm the one who's changed


Spring is here again
I'll pull the weeds 
tomorrow
just like last year my intentions are good
yet I fail

song 87 "just chill"

Yes, there are things that rhyme with lunch....bunch....hunch.....crunch....munch. I just do what I want.

Denise is home I'm not alone
I picked her up from the airport this afternoon
We went to Pike's and grabbed some lunch
I talked about bikes nothing rhymes with lunch


I bought some hand made belts and then we walked
to the car and drove to pick up a RedBox
We got some vegetables to put on the grill
We'll pop the movie in and sit on the couch and chill

song 86 "comfortable in my own skin?"

So, the execution is a little poor on this one. I double check my notebook to be sure the words I typed on the screen matched. My voice cracks a couple times. Tempo fluctuates. Anyway, it kind of fits with the song, so I kept it :)

I'm comfortable in my own skin
but I don't think I would be in yours
Do you have any type of skin disease?
or a sunburn, or anything like that?
Well, I don't have a rash
I had chicken pox but that was years ago


No, I'm good I'll keep my skin
because it feels fine and I wouldn't want to trade it in
but thanks for asking if I was comfortable in it
but it wouldn't really matter
because I'm pretty sure yours won't fit


Oh! Oh that's not what you meant?
Well dear me! Now I feel like a fool!
I guess I could say, at this time
according to your explanation
I'm not so comfortable in my own skin
just now

song 85 "Home Alone 5?"

I was talking to Denise on the phone. She's in AZ and I'm not :) She said she was at the Clelland BBQ. I said I too was at the Clelland BBQ. I was eating burritos BBQ'd in the microwave. She said "you should write about that". So here it is. How embarrassing though, I'm going to go take a shower now!

I just finished eating
a couple of microwave burritos
There was no vegetable
unless you count the slightly gone south salsa


The dishes are piling up
and I haven't had a shower
in the last 3 days
I sit down on the couch
and turn on the TV but don't watch it


There are so few things to do
but I don't do it
I might sit and think of you
and I don't do it
There are things that must be done
still I don't do it
Being here alone is not that fun
so I don't do anything

song 84 "inspired"

This song took about 30 seconds to write. I don't know how long my dog took carrying 9 DVDs into the backyard and destroying the cases. Amazingly, all of the DVDs survived. I know a disc isn't the perfect chewing material, but still!

What's up Ponyo?
What a crappy jerk thing to do!
What's so great about my DVDs?
Don't I buy you enough things to chew?

song 83 "too much time (I miss you guys already)"

Hi family   :)

So much time so little to do
and this is what I did
I guess it's not the worst I've done
but you may think it is

Hello Ammon
Hi Denise and Catalina
I hope you're doing well
in California
I know I'll see you again
but until then
this is what I'm doing
with all of my free time

song 82 "this is your invitation"

Any takers?

Arizona I bet it's pretty hot down there
but I'm in Washington and really just don't care
If you would like to come and visit this summer
so you can walk outside and breath the mountain air

That would be alright
we have an extra room for you
Oh you want to come too
no prob we have a room for you too

So get yourself an airline ticket
or go gas up your car
Reservation dates are booking up
so don't wait long

I'm not going to twist your arm
and I won't beg
but according to the rules
the last one here's a rotten egg


Arizona I bet it's pretty hot down there
but I'm in Washington and really just don't care
If you would like to come and visit this summer
you can walk outside and breath the mountain air

song 81 "Procrastinate"

Probably should have named this one "uh oh"   ;)

Oh it's been too long
It's time to make a decision
Where did I go wrong

I've been letting myself go     uh oh
probably since the age of 4   uh oh
Now I forget about the bills  uh oh
and hardly ever give my mom a call

I just sit around
I get nothing done

and if I need to see a Dr.      uh oh
I'll most likely think about it
but just won't go

song 80 "love at first sight (Yes! I think you're hot!!!)"

This is a revised version. The first one was a little too to the point :) I think this one will do though.

This will last forever
the past doesn't matter now


Hold me now hold me now
Hold me closer and squeeze me tightly


Look into my eyes
everything is right


Do you remember the first time
that I said that I loved you
or when we knew that we'd get married


Those days were  hard 
and sometimes they still can be
but we always get through
because I have you and you have me


If things were ever meant to be
then I think that means you and me
I'll spend the rest of my life with you
Baby you know our love is true



Hold me now hold me now
Hold me closer and squeeze me tightly


Look into my eyes
everything is right

song 79 "totally committed"

Yeah, I had about 3 minutes for today's song after work before we drove to a wedding.

song 78 "home alone 4"

It's a sequel!!!

Be careful what you do
I don't want you getting hurt

like when you open the oven
it can hurt like hell
with the slightest brush of your hand
on the hot

Ah ah ah
I don't want you getting hurt while I'm gone
so just wait until I get home

song 77 "in a relationship"

That's right! I said "shudoo". I don't see anything wrong with that.

If you should do the things you never do
If I should loose control and start breaking things
like up with you

Then I'll regret it when you're gone
but you're the one who said it
things were wrong

Still I don't know why I said what I said
but the fact of the matter is I didn't
it's just a story that's been playing through my head

If I should do the things I always do
then you might get so sad
that you could start breaking things
like my heart
or up with me

song 76 "July 4"

Jesse came over with his dad Stan and we did today's song together :)

Here we are on the 4th of July
got nothing better to do
so we made this song for you

We've got beer and steak
and things to set on fire

When it's dark we'll go outside
and watch the lights
exploding over our heads

Song 75 "Spanish 101"

I hope this isn't too politically incorrect. Have you ever been somewhere (in a line for instance) and noticed a small group of people are laughing at you and speaking in a different language? I used to want to learn Spanish so I could understand what was being said. Perhaps the conversation would be something like "Hey, talk to me in Spanish while we point and laugh at that kid." "Why?" "Because he'll think we're making fun of him since he won't know what we're saying." "Ha ha. OK. That does sound pretty funny."

Standing in a line
A group of people
are pointing and laughing at me

What's the meaning of this
Did I do something funny
because I don't know what it is

Am I the subject of a joke

I can't tell
because they're talking in a language
that I don't understand

song 74 "incomplete"

I swear this sounded cool when I wrote it this afternoon. Had to do some things and when I came back to it this evening, I couldn't remember the melody quite right. I need to start utilizing my handheld recorder :(

I wanted to get a better take, but my pinkie and ring finger were about to give out trying to hold that chord.

We want to but we don't know how to
I guess it's been a long time
since we've tried

I had one but somewhere along the way I lost it
I'd almost forgotten
that it ever was

Sometimes when I shut my eyes and think hard
I can almost taste it
but now it's gone

Unfinished
Incomplete
The thoughts sift out
but the memory is sweet

It was right there and I could almost touch it
but somehow I've lost it
and now it's gone

song 73 "the watcher"

Carefully crafted lyrics.

Song 72 "and we're happy"

Oh, so sad! The i-phone we were using to capture video ran out of hard drive space 3 minutes in while I was still practicing or making mistakes. There was no time to figure out how to get video and do it again, so we had to settle for a still image from the footage we had.

I won't tell you what to do with your time
that belongs to you
I won't offer my advice
unless you ask me to


and I'm not usually offended
when you want to be alone
and you know I'm not pretending
when I say I love you on the phone


You know it's true that I love you
and I know that you love me too
and we respect each others time and space
and understand we're not the same
and don't always agree


but I just do what you would do 
for me
and you just do I would do
for you


and we're happy