MEDIA SELECTIONS | PHOTOS - VIDEOS - MUSIC - DOWNLOADS  Scroll down to download any of the songs off my albums. They're all for free, just right click on the song and then click Save As.  _____________________________________________________________ Zak's Albums- As Rome Burned  1) Hollywood 2) Under Your Possesion 3) Choke this Republic Boys 4) K 5) Have You Looked Outside 6) Girls Touching Girls 7) Minstrel Show 8) Shots 9) A Traitor's Way 10) The Last Beat _____________________________________________________________ An Endless Doubt  1) I'm Your Man 2) I Believe In War 3) The Bible Is Right 4) The Ones That Got Away Will Bury Me 5) Make Love Easy 6) No Plan B 7) Alamo 8) Rich Girls 9) Amen Baby 10) Goodnight Baby _____________________________________________________________ Deep Water  1) Connection (This is a Rolling Stones song from the sixties. I like their original recording because it's so sloppy it's like they don't even care about the song. The song is so fucking stupid that its charming to me.) 2) The Way You Look Tonight (I really love this song, my favorite version is one I heard by Tony Bennett and I think he recorded it not too long ago. (Like withing the last ten years). It reminds me of this time I was eating somewhere with a bunch of friends and this song came on. There was this girl I used to hang out with who was with us, and I remember thinking that she looked so amazing right then that I would remember it for the rest of me life.) 3) Hidden Charms (This is a great song that this blues singer Howlin' Wolf sang. I think he was one of the greatest singers ever, and I've seen video of him performing and he had an amazing presence. This song is about nothing but sex.) 4) Pressure Drop (This is the greatest reggae song of all time, it was originally by Toots and the Maytals. For some reason I remember it being in that Adam Sandler movie 50 First Dates. Which was a horrible fucking movie.) 5) The Traitor 6) That's Life 7) Topanga Canyon ( I really like this song, it's by John Phillips who was the songwriter from the 60's group the Mama's and the Papa's. This was off his first solo album. I don't know specifically what he wrote the song about but I always think of it as him descending more and more into drugs and heroin and addiction. The "Oh Mary I'm in deep water" part is one of the best lyrics i've ever heard.) 8) Pouring Water On A Drowning Man ( More people have probably covered this but the two main ones I know are by this soul singer named James Carr in the 60's and a version by Elvis Costello in the early 90's. Both versions are really great, Elvis Costello's is just him and guitar and the James Carr version is one of the best R&B singles of all time. One reason James Carr isn't more famous is he had some kind of mental disorder.) 9) The Grand Tour (This is a song that was sung by the country singer George Jones. At his best he's an awesome singer, but he doesn't write his own songs and has been given, or chosen, a lot of shitty songs to sings. This is one of his best though. It's a pretty sad song.) 10) We Bid You Goodnight (This is one of my favorite songs ever. The Grateful Dead used to sing it accapella at the end of their shows and that's how I first heard it, on a cd from one of their old concerts. It's adapted from a folk song/spiritual that was sung at funerals as someone was lowered into a grave. The way the "Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight" part keeps repeating is like a coffin going down and people looking down and saying goodbye.) _____________________________________________________________ See Your Home  I've been recording this album in my house. Some of the tracks are a lot more finished then others and some are more like demos for what the finished album should sound like. As I re-mix or re-work the tracks I'll replace the versions up here now with the newer versions and write the date next to it. You can download them for free by right clicking on them and then clicking Save As. 1) Right Here (2/13) Put your hands against the glass. I wasn't young but you can call it that. When time and distance stab you in the back. Honey you don't have to go. Some things change and some things don't. I've been around, been far and near, and all I want is to be right here. And in the end it all rolled back. The sea beats out "Was it worth all that?" And all I've got is what my heart beats back. Honey you don't have to go. Some things change and some things don't. I've been around, I've been far and near, and all I want is to be right here. And it's easy to forget. And what you want turns into what you get. But while my heart can beat it won't forget. Honey you don't have to go. Some things change and some things never change. 2) Is That Selling Out The strong will resist. The weak ones would sell their souls out. The point that he missed was the joke he was going to turn out. If all that came at the end of it all was me giving up too. Is that selling out. The message was sent. He read it but still he held out. The war came and went. And he’s left guarding sand and fallout. And all the rain, says “If we gave you the stars would you let them fall too?” Is that selling out. So go on and laugh. The one that laughs last’s the foolish. It’s not much to ask, it just takes one push to do it. The garden they’d met had long been forgot and closed down. So no one was left to sit while the roses died out. To end the same, a love worth a life and a number you lose. Is that selling out. 3) The House You Haunt (2/13) What wraught the house that dreamed of you. And stood in the night like a frame that lost its jewel. One soul was kept to hold on to and walk forever in the halls and empty rooms. Always I will be the house you haunt. Always I will be the house you haunt. Recalled to life through faded rooms. The wasted and gone are shown by the light and move. Who loved them best and let them go to rest in peace have found a home. Forget but the walls will know. Always I will be the house you haunt. Always I will be the house you haunt. Beneath the stars we made a tomb. Awake in the night and see scrawled across the room. "This world of ours is not for you" They hold who's left alive who raise their home on the souls they lose. Always I will be the house you haunt. Always I will be the house you haunt 4) Jefferson's Dilemma I see the strain you're under baby. It's a load that's hard to bear. But it's been too long to change it. Until the end I will keep you here. It may be right to let you go. But it just would not be right for me. It may be right to let you go. But it just would not be right for me. There's an angry God who's waiting for the time he will judge our crimes. And there's a judgement for me waiting down the line. I have seen the signs. It may be right to let you go. But it just would not be right for me. It may be right to let you go. But it just would not be right for me. I won't try to argue or to justify. But keep in mind for every crime there's always a place where it was right at the time. If you think that's thunder baby watch the skies. They're clear tonight. What if all that you can crave is only tied to you with lies. It may be right to let you go. But it just would not be right for me. It may be right to let you go. But it just would not be right for me 5) Let Your Love Be The End Of Me I've already seen all I need to see and now I'm ready to let it fade to black. There's nowhere left to be, take the weight and let it free. I'm ready to lay the final track. Let your love be the end of me. Let your love be the end of me. Promises to keep are just miles of road and restless sleep. I'm ready for sleeping now at last. An ocean for a sea, an endless hum for hearts that bleed. I'm ready to give them this world back. Let your love be the end of me. Let your love be the end of me. A speck of galaxy. Like a raindrop in the sea. I'm ready to drown and not look back. Just look up and see the balls that light the final scene. I'm ready to make your kiss my last. Let your love be the end of me. Let your love be the end of me. 6) The Only Parts of a Movie That Count (2/13) What your heart keeps within is cut or eats you slow. And if your first cuts thin then cut your heart and soul. And if you feel your getting colder, it always does when your taking out. The only parts of a movie that count. It's not a way to win, but if it's not let go, the love your hearts keeps in will like a cancer grow. And the best you ever can do is make an art of tearing out. The only parts of a movie that count. I'm wounded baby the cut you gave me has spread out far and wide. And gone but baby the pain is fading with every drop spilt from my side. Shots of where you've been. Shots of where you'll go. The greatest script I've been. A broke heart makes a show. Another break and it's a breakthrough. Another cut and get it out. The only parts of a movie that count. 7) The Choice (2/13) Young girl wonder what you put inside you. Closing off all your heart and your mind. Driving out to the ocean this morning. Shallow shoals or the peak of high tide. It's the choice. Something or nothing. It's a thin line. It's the choice. God are you kidding. This is life or long lines. One life, what has he got he will show you. Search it long and still ye shall not find. How does a life turn out when it's just longing for a shelter to pass out all of your time. It's the choice. Something or nothing. It's a thin line. It's the choice. God are you kidding. This is life or long lines. And what will he save you from. I'm here, come what comes. The blood from my heart may run, but it still beats like a drum honey. Allright, ground all the meat up to serve it. Dress up according to taste and to time. Then when you settle down to look back over your life stifle the stench and the sigh. It's the choice. Something or nothing. It's a thin line. It's the choice. God are you kidding. This is life or long lines. 8) The Only Port (11/14) This is an ocean here. The seas are ripped and the main sail's scattered. Ain't it hard to hear. But the drowning voices prove. The message sent from the start until now is that what you love to be holding is what the one port we've found it. And this is caught between a devil you chase but who's always faster. And a deep blue sea that keeps reaching out for what's lasted for you. And bless the ones who won't reach where they're bound and never will know what it was to reach what the one port we've found is. And on the sea someone is moving slow, his sails are bound in. He's saying goodbye to one who was what the only port that he's ever found is. 9) Faith But Waiting (2/13) There's no change you can't undo. Faith like a fever is burning all over that nothing will change. I'm waiting. Full of faith I'm waiting for you. What is faith but waiting. If the rest is life and long and true what is faith but waiting. Nothing is ever lost if you keep it from dying. Don't let it die. Don't let it die I'm waiting. Full of faith I'm waiting for you. What is faith but waiting. And the rest is life, and long and true. What is faith but waiting. Baby the stars are more then proof, that this sad world of ours is not too sad for me and you. You can make every dream in your heart come true, if you push hard enough then the things that you love come back to you. I'm waiting. Full of waiting I'm waiting for you. Full of faith I'm waiting. And the rest is life, and long and true. What is faith but waiting. 10) See Your Home Standing by the ship as it passed. Roses hung from the rafters and were tied to the mast. And God bless the ones who could make the trip last. Lay down my love complete. May the eyes your closing see their home. Buried in the heart of the grass in memory of all that you love that won't last. And long as roses still bloom I'll lay roses on that. Lay down my love complete. May the eyes your closing see their home. And soft as snow the lids will meet. Lay down my love complete. Written in the curve of the path by Earth in a sky where a billion lights flash is "Of all stars just one, I'll turn to the last" Lay down my love complete. May the eyes your closing see their home. And what you lose and what you keep. Lay down my love complete. May the eyes you're closing see their home. _____________________________________________________________ The Ones You Don't Forget 1) Where's Your Head at Cynthia You're a person who always seemed to know exactly what to do. Can't you see how I feel about you. The only girl for me is you. I'll wait all night for you baby. If you need to think what to do. My faith is heavy and loaded. For someone as smart as you. Where's your head at Cynthia. I've been waiting for it so long. Where's your head at Cynthia. I've been waiting for it, praying for it. I could never forget about you. There's no forgetting when you know. Some people spit out the big pitts but if you plant them they will grow. I give you my love shining like a red light on us tonight. If you're not comfortable praying, I'll just give you God's advice. Where's your head at Cynthia. I've been waiting for it so long. Where's your head at Cynthia. I've been waiting for it, praying for it. I've been loving you for such a long time now. But if you're afraid of me not sticking around, if the sun goes down on me, I know it will go down on you, And it will set on both our heads. My nights are big and blue without you. When you see things from the bottom to the top I hope you'll understand. You're the bright star that I want to show to my beach and my sand. Heaven can sneak through your window and lay right down on top of you. But if you want something more babe, at some point it's up to you. Where's your head at Cynthia. I've been waiting for it so long. Where's your head at Cynthia. I've been waiting for it, praying for it. 2) Jaimie, You Don't Have To Close Them You've broken all my bones. My strongest bones. You've stopped them from staying hard, from staying strong. I know all the places where you can take me. Cause I've seen them when you're changing. The signs all point to leaving the way I came this evening. And your rooms just your little kingdom. And it's allright to be there but don't think it matters. Jaimie, you don't have to cover up your eyes. Every time I try to make a left turn. Jaimie, we tried to do it your way and we'll find, every city burns. You're special. You've got it all, you've got it all. So let them. Let them fall, let it fall. In a painted ceiling, writ above the kneeling, is "every good comes with better feeling" All the signs you're reading, that are to the Mona leading. are just breadcrumbs you're fucking feeding. And it's allright to be here but don't think it matters. Jaimie, you don't have to cover up your eyes. Every time I try to make a left turn. Jaimie, we tried to do it your way and we'll find, every city burns. Jaimie, you don't have to cover up your eyes. Every time I try to make a left turn. Jaimie, we tried to do it your way and we will find every city burns. 3) Gina What's The Deal You can look and stay all night baby, like on a shore where looks a beach, on an ocean that will never tell how cold it's heart can be. "I wish you well" signed the parts you'll never reach. And what's to tell, they bury you in the words you never speak. Gina what's the deal, I get lost, hard and stuck. I go cold I shut up. I can't tell you how I feel. And if you've followed it from the start baby, right here is where it leads. My heart will rust, a prison cell, and I've thrown away the key. I've tried to be more than what you see. But push to shove, you just can't change what you've grown your self to be. Gina what's the deal, I get lost, hard and stuck. I go cold I shut up. I can't tell you how I feel. And hey, the finger that's pointing straight at me says "fare thee well, your hopes, your heart, your faith, your joy, your dreams" Take my hand, let go of my heart, that war's been lost indeed. Place your bets and pay for cards, I'll pay for the cards I keep. It's not you, it's me. A boy stood on a beach. And found a shell and kept his pearl inside it, out of reach. Gina what's the deal, I get lost, hard and stuck. I go cold I shut up. I can't tell you how I feel. 4)l All songs copyrighted to Zak Smith except the Deep Water album, and unless otherwise noted |