WOW! Thanks Sheriff! I'm blushing. I can't wait to redo the music. I SO appreciate all of your feedback and encouragement. I'll try to find a few more songs I've done and post them. I know I have Easy by Lionel Richee and Sacrifice by Elton John somewhere.

As a completely off topic note (good thing I'm in the bar!!), I'm going to post some lyrics I wrote. I have a complete melody in my head but I can't work the chords on the keyboard yet because I'm less talented than all of you in that area. But if anyone wants to play with it, go ahead. Once I get a real keyboard, I'll work it up myself.

I Love You by Dan McDermott

(written after a first date with Miranda, Saturday April 9, 2005. She grabbed me, and said you can kiss me now. We are just dating but the butterflys in my stomach inspired me to write this. Slow Elton John style. I hope I don't fall for her right away (I always do that), being down in the dumps helps me write. Once again, I just held the pen and it came to me in waves.)

You know that I been through
paths cobbled with despair
My wounds haven't healed
I'm in disrepair

But today the clouds parted
And let the suns rays pass through
And I tore down the walls
I'd been building

Ohhh... is this the way love's supposed to feel
Sometimes I think it's to good to be true
But deep inside I know that this feeling's real
I love you, and I hope you love me too

I was a beaten broken man
With shoe marks on my face
Left alone to die
In a barren lonely place

But you came into my life
And dusted off my pride
And showed me the love
I'd been missing

Ohhh... is this the way love's supposed to feel
Sometimes I think it's to good to be true
But deep inside I know that this feeling's real
I love you, and I hope you love me too

Knocked down in my prime
Wasted many years
Been to hell and back
Cried so many tears

You took away the loneliness
I'd been denying
you brought back the strength
I'd been hiding

Ohhh... is this the way love's supposed to feel
Sometimes I think it's to good to be true
But deep inside I know that this feeling's real
I love you, and I hope you love me too

Ohhh... is this the way love's supposed to feel
Sometimes I think it's to good to be true
But deep inside I know that this feeling's real
I love you, and I hope you love me too
I love you, and I hope you love me too