The CD of original songs is progressing. My friend and co-founding member of Angus Dubhghall, Tom McCandlish, is going beyond the call of duty to help me get this done. Not only is he recording me playing guitar (and some bass) and singing my songs, he has graciously consented to sing some of my songs himself. As Tom is the best vocalist I’ve ever worked with in the many bands I’ve been a member of, I was flattered that he would help me out. His will be the voice you’ll hear on what will likely be my first song on Youtube and iTunes: The 6th Street Blues.  Here are the lyrics:

6th Street Blues by Rickey E. Pittman

I’ll tell you a story
About a man you might know,
Lost in the city,
And lost in the cold,
Hangover misery,
Whiskey and gin,
Left-over heartbreaks
And memories and sins.

CHORUS 1
He sang Blues,
Please don’t leave me,
I can’t be alone tonight.
Blues,
Please don’t leave me,
You said you’d be there till I died.

I once met a woman,
Out late one night,
6th Street in Austin,
In dim neon light,
Heart-aching lonely
Sad music that they played,
She pulled me closer
And this is what she said,

CHORUS 2
She said, Please,
Please don’t leave me,
I can’t be alone tonight.
Please,
Please don’t leave me,
Stay until the morning light.

He might be a legend,
He might be a ghost,
He might be homeless,
But he paid the blues the most.
He’ll wake in some alley,
Behind some dark bar,
Broken and broken,
With too many scars.

CHORUS 3
He’ll sing Blues,
Please don’t leave me,
I can’t be alone tonight.
He’ll sing, Blues,
Please don’t leave me,
You said you’d be there till I died.