Giving Up On Love

a Post Valentine’s Day reflection on Love and how absolutely stupid it is…

(that being said I’d sign up for another dose in a minute :o ) sheesh!)

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Giving Up On Love Today 11/25/08 Song #389

D                               G                  G7
I’m officially resigning from the act of pining
D             D7
Emotional strip mining
G                      A     D
I’m giving up on love today

I’m tired of the drama and the ensuing trauma
Though I voted for Obama
I’m giving up on love today.

Bm                            F#
Love is just a word for something that’s absurd
G                                     D                       A
It seems like it’s a bird but turns out mostly turd
Bm                                    F#
I hereby give my notice that love is mostly bogus
G                                      D                      A
And so I’ll shift my focus far from it’s hocus pocus

Every time I start feel it. I know I’ll have to heal it
So go ahead and steal it
I’m giving up on love today.

Love is so damn stupid, I feel just like the new kid
On the first day of school wandering like a fool
Head stuck in the clouds oblivious to doubts
Prone to sudden bouts of…being stupid…

I don’t like roller coasters, I’d rather shop for toasters
A puppy or a poster
I’m giving up on love today…

Love is manufactured by a bunch of actors
As the chick flick credits roll away
I need a little sanity, instead of this profanity
I’m giving up on love today

Repeat first two stanzas…

Copyright 2008-2009 by Mark Shepard, All commercial rights reserved. Permission granted to reprint or share for non commercial use as long as credit is given and a link back to this post. http://www.markshepardsongs.com/2009/02/giving-up-on-love

Commentary: Yes this song IS the result of on line dating. Do you have any great online dating horror stories? If so please share in the comments section below. If you want you can even change the names  to protect the “innocent”…or not :o )

Also, I found a great blog site Queen of Relationships she writes about dating and relationships from a woman’s perspective but as a guy I really enjoy her humor and the chance to “get inside” a woman’s head to better understand…(okay understanding is kind of hopeless but a guy can try can’t he?”

Also if you want to check out some of my less cynical love songs just go up to the categories list in the left hand sidebar and click on Love Songs.  It should bring up all the Love Songs I’ve posted so far…

Plenty more in the archives to follow as well.

Thanks for listening and please feel free to share with your friends and exes!

-Mark

Raven Had A Conversation With The Moon

Raven Had A Conversation With the Moon, A Song by Mark Shepard

Raven Had a Conversation With the Moon

12/20-22/2007 |

Song #377

Raven had a conversation with the moon
He asked her “is there a certain tune
I can sing to convince the sun to return
Without getting my feathers burned?”

one .....To.....One....two.....to.....One

Raven was having dinner with a lovely crow
He said, “There are things that we both know but we don’t know how we know, and furthermore there is no such thing as a ‘coincidence’”
And she knew right then that he wanted to get into her...

one .....To.....One....two.....to.....One

Raven had an appointment with a dream
He told her “we are more than what we seem
Perception is projection if you get the drift of what I mean
Let the parts come together without a single seam...

one .....To.....One....two.....to.....One

Raven demanded an answer from the air
I can’t see you so how do I know you’re really there?
And instead of giving an evasive or defensive reply,
She simply... rolled her eyes

one .....To.....One....two.....to.....One

Raven had an argument with the wind
Can you tell me where you begin and where I end?
Are you my lover or just more than a friend?
To which the wind said “baby now that all depends....”

one .....To.....One....two.....to.....One

Raven, had a discussion with a dove
You are of the same stuff that I’m made of
But you are white and I’m black, you are yin to my yang
And he closed his eyes and opened up his heart as he sang

one .....To.....One....two.....to.....One

Raven had a conversation with the moon
He asked her “is there a particular tune
I can sing to convince the sun to go away
She looked at him and said…”not today.”

© Mark Shepard 2008, all rights reserved

Raven Had A Conversation With the Moon

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Boredom

dating - rooster courting a hen

Boredom

10/19/08  |  Song #384

How many guys tonight will
Buy you drinks and tell you
Just how hot you are
But you know what they want to sell you….

Excruciating Boredom….

I’m not one of the puppies
I don’t care if you like me
Do not need your approval
Raise your bitch shield just to spite me
It just excites me…

Stop looking in the mirror
Peek outside your bubble
Buy me a beer and I will
Let you come a little nearer
Unless of course you are too boring…

Refrain:
I’m here to rescue you from boredom
I’m here to tease you into freedom…
Explore the edge of all your limits…
You know you want it. Now admit it…

You tell yourself you want somebody
Who will treat you like a lady
But what would it be like to be
With someone who took you much less seriously?…
And rescued you from boredom…

Who knows just how you’re wired
Who knows what buttons move you
Who knows just how to lead you
Where you want to go…
Escape with me from boredom…

Refrain:

You can always go suburban
Get yourself a nice safe husband
Give birth to 2 nice children
It’s a story with a happy end…
Excruciating Boredom…

I’m not the guy who you would
Take home to your family…
But when you’re in your eighties
You will remember me

And how I rescued you from boredom…

Refrain :

copyright 2008 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved

Commentary: This song was inspired by the work of Ron Louis and David Copeland, two dating coaches for men who I've gotten to know over the years. Ron and I have been talking for sometime about doing a workshop to help painfully shy guys clear their old fear around women programs. Basically Ron's story is a lot like mine. He suffered from agoraphobia and eventually got fast help with NLP. I don't know David as well but the bottom line is that these guys created a powerful home study course (which I reviewed on http://www.squidoo.com/datingapproachanxiety ) on how to have fun engaging conversations with women that build attraction through connection and disconnection. They call it "The Advanced Bad Boy Training Course" and it's main purpose is to give the "nice" guy or the shy, nerdy man the tools to hold his own in conversation with the kinds of women who can totally destroy a guy's self esteem in seconds.

So, true to my compulsive songwriting habit, I wrote a song from the perspective of this alpha male style approach (vs. the "nice guy" or "boring nervous bonehead" approach) that Ron and David are advocating for men.

BTW for my wonderful feminist fans, this is not in any way about manipulating, or using or taking advantage of women. This is not remotely misogynistic. It's basically giving guys the tools to play on the same conversational playing field that women enjoy relating on. The reason you find so many of us guys dreadfully dull, boring and even creepy is that we just don't have a clue how to actually interact with high quality women like you.

So please listen to the song and let me know what you think in the comments section below.

thanks! - Mark

Some other links that might be of interest:

How To Succeed With Women

How To Stop Anxiety

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