Darren Ramey

All My Time

Darren — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:31:21 +0000

This is another song I wrote probably 20 years ago. I recorded a simple acoustic version back then. I rerecorded it 7 or 8 years ago as a dark heavy thing and it sounded so bad I never let anyone hear it. When I bought my acoustic guitar a few years back I stripped it back down and recorded it a 3rd time, and that was the charm. I never did get around to posting it here though.

All My Time

How To Have A Midlife Crisis… On A Budget

Darren — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:54:24 +0000

As I am just weeks from yet another birthday, I figured I better get this one finished before I had to retitle it Post Midlife Crisis. It was supposed to be country, but I just don’t have it in me, so it sounds like this. It may help to put on your cowboy boots and give your sister a big kiss on the lips before listening.

It started out autobiographical but I invented a wife for added misery. Oh and the ED line is just a joke. No really, I felt it important to point that out.

P.S. I stole a line from Waitress (“Drawer full of pills…”) because it just worked too good here not to use it, plus I may be able to sue myself for plagiarism at a later date and I could really use the money.

How To Have A Midlife Crisis On A Budget

Janie and the Devil

Darren — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:35:14 +0000

Well after a rather long case of recording block, I’ve broken out of my funk and put this little ditty together. I really didn’t have a clear idea of who or what the devil was as I was writing the song, so instead of just leaving it up to the listener to decide, I decided to explain that very fact in the song itself. I still think it worked out in the end, though maybe not for Janie. I lied in the song, I really don’t know.

Janie and the Devil

I promise (and by promise, I just mean I will halfheartedly try) not to spend 5 years on the next one. I have a bunch in the queue and a few that are, for lack of a better word, close.

The Girl That Cried Love

Darren — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:19:56 +0000

This is a song whose lyrics I wrote a good 15 years ago or more. I originally recorded it on a little 4 track tape deck and the quality was pretty bad. This time around I am pretty happy with it.

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Waitress

Darren — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:08:53 +0000

So, how are you today?

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One Foot in Babylon

Darren — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:03:06 +0000

A pedophile priest, a prostitute and yet another ex brother in law of mine walk in to a bar or in this case a song.

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Running Away

Darren — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:53:47 +0000

I was trying really hard here not to write another relationship song, but it turned in to one all the same.

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A Ring and a Kiss

Darren — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:40:44 +0000

A song I wrote and recorded in one evening (a feat never since repeated).

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The Man You Love

Darren — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:26:49 +0000

Another one of my early attempts. I wrote this song about an ex brother in law back when I couldn’t stand him. We’ve become pretty good friends since.

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And Then the Morning Comes

Darren — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:45:26 +0000

The first song I ever recorded digitally. I have since upgraded the cheesy drum, piano and string samples to slightly less cheesy drum, piano and string samples. This one was recorded in about 95 give or take a year.

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