Last Fish In the Ocean . It’s closing time The lights are flashing we’re the last two fish Swimming in this ocean Think I’ll cast out a line See if you bite I’m diving deep for someone tonight . You’re The last fish in the ocean The last catch of the day The last chance [...]

Mr Perfect She’s been chasin’ Mr Perfect for almost all her life love’s come and gone been lost and won she’s ain’t nobodies wife her bio-bomb is tickin’, she’s almost had her run she knows she’d better find him soon or it’s over and done She’s always known precisely what he needs to be muscles [...]

Paul J Penton performing with the Fabulous Tesoriero Brothers at Open Studio Northcote – July 8 2009

First lyric draft – hear the current draft here … http://pauljpenton.com/demos Not exactly sure what I did next, but probably a bit of brainstorming- seeing if I could find connections etc- but certainly the ‘autumn mornings biting’ and the ‘shadows stretching ’til noon’ idea wanted to come together. Here’s a first lyric draft… not quite [...]

The next dash of salty inspiration from the muse was when I had to get that first ‘extra’ doona/blanket/cover after the first night with a seasonal chill. Here’s my random train of thought: Autumn mornings start to bite have to pull those covers tight bring you in even closer it might be a nasty winter [...]

I recently had a song of mine -Another Perfect Morning  Critiqued at a seminar by none other than Mr Pat Pattison himself- generally he liked the song – as did the crowd – and made some suggestions for improvement- I thought it would be interesting to document the initial inspirations and ideas and see how [...]