Forbidden Love #albumcover for No, No, No #release #2022 #lorijeanfinnila

 I'm working on picking out a cover for this single release love song. If I can't find a hot one of myself then I'm choosing between other artwork. Some samples are:

Hot fire for the steamy feeling that you are having a hard time denying.

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With it having a Latin accent you have to have the dripping honey.

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Our romanticizing is as strong as the act. (probably wouldn't be able to use this one where it's not me and can get confusing)

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This is like Oh my God!

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Nostalgic romanticism. (love this one the best)

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How Fast Love Happens #nonono #rewrite #lorijeanfinnila #singersongwriter #forbiddenlove

It's amazing how fast things happen: the first glance, word spoken, simple touch. We know inside this is love. It's meant to be. I was inspired to update this song by the actress's line in a movie titled "The Princess and The Marine" 'I was born in the wrong place.'

Igor Shubin Photography

Verse

I say no though 

that's not what I mean

I want you, when I capture 

your presence near me

 Chorus

I can't do or think what  I want to

I was meant to never be this way

I was born in the wrong place

I was taught to say no

Verse

Time doesn't seem to have a place

My mind keeps coming back to you

Your words, your breath

The way I watch you move

Chorus

I can't do or think what  I want to

I was meant to never be this way

I was born in the wrong place

I was taught to say no

Verse 

I shudder when I see you leave

Knowing I'll never see you again

 Our worlds are miles apart

Yet I feel you so close when I see your eyes

I don't see any walls that holds us apart

Bridge

I can't do what I want to

I was promised I would never do

Never thinking on my own

Standing all alone

 Chorus

I can't do or think what  I want to

I was meant to never be this way

I was born in the wrong place

I was taught to say no

repeat

No, no, no, no, no, no ,no

Repeat

Oooooo

"Singing You Lullabies" #newsong #singersongwriter #lorijeanfinnila

 

I wrote this for my daughter whom my ex felt he didn't want and I was too young to make the decision at 17 he felt, so he set me up and killed our baby in her second trimester. I think of her every day. Some men don't realize this is our baby; it has no connection of how we feel for them.

Illustration courtesy of clip art library.

Verse

I’d climb so high with you

watching you swing in a swing

cherish your every move

Please don’t ever think

I never thought of these things with you

Chorus

I dream of singing you lullabies

that will bring you comfort

for the rest of your life

though you may not have heard me

I was singing them to you anyway

Verse

I think of them every day

as though you are here

though you never grew up

my mind can’t go that far

with this

Chorus

I dream of singing you lullabies

that will bring you comfort

for the rest of your life

though you may not have heard me

I was singing them to you anyway

Verse

I see your progression in life

I relate to your every level of thrive

I’ve been putting my effort to this

You have grown so far

in your mind

Bridge

I’m so proud

I’ve ben a part of this

You’re the biggest 

person I’ve ever seen

You know you’re the whole world around me

Chorus

I dream of singing you lullabies

that will bring you comfort

for the rest of your life

though you may not have heard me

I was singing them to you anyway

"Right Before My Eyes" #newsong #lorijeanfinnila #singersongwriter

 This is from "My Life's Journey" here that I changed the name and put a clip of it here after practicing the recording for my podcast for this song "Right Before My Eyes." 

This is for the children that watch their mothers die, or are still sitting by their side while they try to recover from abuse.

Image by Jess Foami from Pixabay 

Clip of "Right Before My Eyes" at Google Drive and at Soundcloud. Watch for the podcast coming up soon at audible lori jean finnila.

Dancing In the Clouds #lorijeanfinnila #newsong #singersongwriter

Photo by Pcdazero at Pixabay.

Verse

It's hard to believe

There's been a world like

What we've been in (I have to keep slapping myself.)

To feel free 

Able to be alone

With you so close

Right next to me

Dancing with the clouds

It's still amazing to me

Chorus

I was your hero

I couldn't walk 

in bigger shoes

Or climb any higher

Dancing in the clouds

Verse

My mind sits in the clouds

As images cast many

Emotions in my mind

Never forgetting

You close to me

Bridge

Laying here

Dancing in the clouds

Dancing with the clouds

A world that's made huge

Before my eyes

Chorus

Verse

I can't wait till next time

We dance with the clouds

I look so forward to these times

When you and I were the closest

When I felt the strongest

Bridge

Show me a life 

 bursting with hope

A world to change us

Bringing hope

I was as high as I could be

Chorus

"How Lucky I Am" #newsong #lorijeanfinnila #singersongwriter

 How Lucky I Am

Image by StockSnap from Pixabay 

I count one two three 

when I wake up

feeling grateful to see the sun

I look at my pleasurable surroundings

I warm myself

before I move

cherish each step I take

each time I raise my arm

take a drink, one more day

I will plan my time ahead

see how much I can fit

when I start to see black

I’ll still be grateful

that I can sleep tight in bed

I won’t think if there’s one more day

because I’m so tired

I don’t know to think of this

How lucky I am

how lucky I am

how lucky I am

to be lost in such a beautiful space.

repeat

"My Life's Journey" #newsong #lorijeanfinnila #singersongwriter

My Life’s Journey

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I can take your hand

while you cry

not knowing what to do

I still stay by your side

Your hour is long

but I won’t mind

I won’t even know the time

that I’m here

I see your pain

I feel your heart beat

so fast out of your chest

as though you will die

but you still breathe

perhaps you are like a flower

that ascends to the sky

yet never dies

just keeps growing

right before my eyes

please don’t leave me mom

like I’ve seen you almost do so many times

my times with you I don’t even count

i just lay on my side and wait for you to awake

that will be my life journey

"Broken Horse" #newsong #brokenspirit #dominoeffect #thosewithtalenttocommunicate #lorijeanfinnila #singersongwriter

 I think those of us that survive, feel the great need to express the story of the broken horse.

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Broken Horse lyrics

Broken Horse

Verse

You’re taken down when u speak out

the line starts at the cops with those arrested

Those abused that speak out are warned

Those arrested pick up the slack

Ones that leave to bring strength are chased after

to break their spirit

Chorus

Run free

before you’re found

before life tames you down

like a broken horse

Verse

The steam that gurgles 

as it drowns in our heads, our bodies

takes its last breath

sometimes comes out and survives

from those who have a talent to communicate

Chorus

Verse

The tree has been made

from those that have made a deal

rush in to carry on the domino effect

of the broken spirit

Chorus

Changes to "Ride Till It Hurts" #lorijeanfinnila #singersongwriter #newsong #ridetillithurts

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Photo credit from Leadership Blog.

Ride Till It Hurts

I learned long ago

no one was going to help me but me

I was afraid to go too far

I was afraid ti push myself

for fear I was going to die

I learned to push myself

as I felt myself fall over

ride till it hurts

ok you’re gonna die, you feel

as I  look honesty in the eyes

It’s the only way you’re not gonna die

I ride till I lose my breath

get dizzy 

get scared but I pedal past 

past it

ride till it hurts

ok you’re gonna die, you feel

as I  look honesty in the eyes

It’s the only way you’re not gonna die

As I leave myself

when doing this

I come back 

in a different dimension

though it doesn’t feel like me

I know it’s better

ride till it hurts

ok you’re gonna die, you feel

as I look honesty in the eyes

It’s the only way you’re not gonna die

"Ride Till It Hurts" #newsong #lorijeanfinnila #singersongwriter

 My doctor told me to push myself until it hurts or I'm going to die. I wrote this song on my process of getting better.

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"Ride Till It Hurts" lyrics

I was afraid to go too far

I was told if I didn’t push myself

I was going to die

It’s okay to push yourself 

until you’re going to fall over

ride till it hurts

or you’re gonna die

she said

as she looked into my eyes

I ride till I lose my breath

get dizzy 

feel I’m dying

get scared but pedal past it

ride till it hurts

or you’re gonna die

she said

as she looked into my eyes

As I leave myself

I come back in a different dimension

though it doesn’t feel like me

I know it’s better

ride till it hurts

or you’re gonna die

she said

as she looked into my eyes

Turning the Unfavorable into a Positive #newsong "On a High Wire" #lorijeanfinnila #singersongwriter

"On a High Wire" at  Soundcloud

From the deepest point of the edge I've been is where this came from.  I refused to take an unfavorable, conflicting day as a bad one and turned it into a great song. This is very rough. I used a Zoom USB mic and was in my living room while writing it at the same time.

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"On a High Wire" Lyrics

Up On a High Wire

Verse

You’ve got me

everything you need

to watch me walk high

On that tightrope

giving me a chance

to show who I am

Chorus

Come watch me walk high

like on a high wire

I’ll be so good at me

like never before

Verse

How long do I have

before this is taken away

before I have to walk wild

come to me my thoughts

the precious ones I have

all I’ve been left with

(where everything else has been taken)

Chorus

Verse

I will sneak that fly

while I have the moment

when your heads turned

the feeling to be alive

and be me for one more time

they don’t last long

are always taken away

before I finish my thoughts

Chorus

Come watch me walk high

like on a high wire

I’ll be so good at me

like never before