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Alarm Clock, Dogs Bark

from Songwriter, Volume 1 (15 songs) by Bill Naughton, Jr.

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This is my attempt to write and record a very simple song using what I call "an economy of words." I was inspired by listening to an interview on WSM Nashville with country music icon Don Williams in which he was talking about working with a couple of my favorite songwriters, particularly Wayland Holyfield and Bob McDill, so I basically wrote the song with them in mind. I came up with a couple of pretty good verses, and to make the song different from others I've written, I decided not to write a chorus but just leave it as a simple two verse song like something Willie Nelson might have done back in his early days. I was a little surprised when I brought it into the studio and everybody said they really liked it a lot. I thought it was okay but the guys really loved it, especially Terry Miggins, and he came up with a really creative guitar arrangement that took the song to a completely different place. It has a really catchy bluegrass-type rhythm and it moves along at a pretty good pace considering that it was meant to be rather laid back. Jay’s drumming is really good and there’s the potential for this to turn into a really good live concert jam. My son was seven when I wrote this and he said, "Daddy, it's just so catchy, I can't let it go!" As far as I'm concerned, positive feedback doesn't get much better than that!

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Alarm Clock, Dogs Bark
(Bill Naughton, Jr.)
c 2014 Biliolga Music (ASCAP)

Alarm, clock, dogs bark… feet on the floor,
Morning routine… out the door,
Work, eat, TV… in bed by ten,
Alarm clock, dogs bark…wake up again…

Monday, Friday…it’s all the same,
Chase that paycheck…play the game,
Sometimes, seems like…it’ll never end,
Alarm clock, dogs bark…here I go again…

-guitar solo-

Alarm, clock, dogs bark… feet on the floor,
Morning routine… out the door,
Sometimes, seems like…it’ll never end,
Alarm clock, dogs bark…here I go again…

-guitar solo out-

credits

from Songwriter, Volume 1 (15 songs), released September 19, 2014
Bill Naughton, Jr.: acoustic guitar, vocals
Terry Miggins: acoustic guitar, electric guitars, guitar solo, bass
Jay Miggins: drums
Michael Arafeh: recording engineer and producer

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Bill Naughton, Jr. East Hampton, Connecticut

Songwriter Bill Naughton, Jr. is a former Nashville radio disc jockey - WSIX and WSM-FM - with two15 track albums of studio demos released to showcase his original material for recording artists, producers and label A&R reps in an effort to get his songs cut by other singers. All 30 tracks, produced by Michael Arafeh at the Coffeehouse in Middletown CT, can be downloaded FREE here on Bandcamp.com. ... more

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