Steemit Open Mic Week 82- Thinkin' of You // Gentle Ben Atkins (Original Song)

in #openmic7 years ago (edited)

Hey Folks!! This is my first ever entry in the Steemit Open Mic contest!  I do hope everyone enjoys it.

I wrote this song for a girl back in Texas who stopped waiting for me a long time ago. I call it Thinkin' of You.

Lyrics:

Day breaks on the treetops

Tomorrow's just begun

Mamma said every new day

Brings something good to come

But I've been waiting all night

For these teardrops to dry

And you still aint come home

You still aint come home

You still aint come home

still aint come...


Sun sets on my garden

Darkens yesterday

My phone aint rang one time

Since you went away

No, you're gone

And I can't stop thinking of you


And the thought of sleep is just an empty sigh

My weary days turning into nights

And all I want is to hear your laughter one more time

I should move on but baby I just can't stop crying

Where you gone? Oh and with who?

Lord I've spent so long, yes so long, thinking of you

Thinking of you

Thinking of you...


I want to send a special thank you to @luisferchav for motivating me to enter the Open Mic.  Peace y'all.

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Absolutely amazing. Your voice is so unique and classic, so glad to have you on the platform and good luck this week!

thank you so much for taking the time to listen. i really do appreciate it

Bravo! Hey, great song man! Love the voice. All the best for week 82. Hope to hear more from ya.

thank you very much!!

Yeah amazing, so finally you did entered. Welcome to dah family hun

haha yeah it took me a little while to get the confidence to enter, but now that ive finally done it, i can really feel the love :) thanks for listening !!

Well its good to have you on board. Welcome to our family.

Great voice!

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thank you so much for listening!! and for creating the open mic!!

This is an exceptional performance. Great voice. Nice one.

im so glad you liked it!! stay tuned for more songs :)

OMG!!! Dude!! Nice voice! haha... That was great

haha thanks man, im glad you liked it :)

wow! This is super cool, good luck man.

:) thank you!!!

You welcome bro

UNIQUE, i love it! Congrats! your voice is just amazing

thanks andrea, you have a lovely voice as well :)

Great voice mate, really unique!

thanks for listening bass guy!!!

Great, you're an artist with a guitar

awww thanks :)

Congratulations @gentle.ben!
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amazing!! thank you so much for including me!!!

Blown away. Great work Ben.

thanks cheesze-wiz!

Right on, brother... Love the soul, passion, and commitment inherent in your performance!

why thank you!! i got a lot of pain in this heart i try to get out through music haha

Wow.. what a performance. Damn. And if you may recall, although probably you might not, in your first post I commented that we should be friends. "We gotta be friends," I said. And I say it again now.

Are you on discord yet?

Good luck in te open mic! Amazing first entry. Amazing even if it was your thousandth entry.
Cheers!
🦋-serena

of course i remember!! and yes, i have a discord account now but im not sure how to use it haha. how do i find you there?

Look me up I'm paintingangels(serena)#3668 I have a couple of groups to mention to you.. there's an open mic one you need to come and join as well, where some of the regular open mic lovelies chill. I will be awaiting your friend request. : )

Such a great performance. Your voice is amazing and unique. Welcome to Steem.

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hi gene!! wow thank you so much for choosing to feature my post!!! of course you can use anything you want from the post, and if you want to know a little more about me, feel free to take any info/images from my introduceyourself post https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@gentle.ben/hi-steemit-my-name-is-gentle-ben-it-s-a-pleasure-to-finally-meet-you . i love the idea behind curie and the author showcase, thanks again for choosing me!! if you have any other questions for me, just write me here!!

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Hey dude, thought I'd drop a little as I liked your performance bro. How long you been playing and singing for ? Quite a unique voice you have there : )

howdy jester! i sang in the shower my whole life haha, and i did choir in high school for a couple years, but i did not start playing any instruments or writing songs until three years ago when i started teaching myself ukulele, and ive only been playing guitar for about two years, maybe less. thanks so much for listening!!

Damn man! You've got an amazing voice.. Really enjoyed your song!

i certainly do appreciate it dudearino

Really great song @gentle.ben

I have added you to my Judge's Top List for Wk 82
Please check full review here

https://steemit.com/openmic/@verbal-d/steemit-s-official-open-mic-judge-verbal-d-s-top-5-entries-for-week-82-original-blog

@verbal-d that is amazing, i am honored, thank you so much. i have to say, i am really feeling the love here on steemit. thank you again!!!

That is one of the great things about our steemit community, the love and support here for artists of all kinds are real, and it is a wonderful way to give back to those who share their talents and gifts with us. You're most welcome

Is the best

well i just cant believe it. what an overwhelming welcome haha. thank yall so much for everything.

fantastic voice man, love this

hey man you have a great gift with that voice, have you heard of atomcollectorrecords website, its a small community of artist who support each others work you should check it out if you haven't already, the people there will love your work I am sure. Anyway here is a link if you are interested https://www.atomcollectorrecords.com/index.asp

Awesome track @gentle.ben! You were tipped by @theturtleproject in this post in which Steemians can nominate exceptional musical content. We're glad we got the pleasure of listening to this track. Your raw, distinctive vocals are really compelling and you certainly have an amazing gift. Good luck on Steemit. Looking forward to listening to more of your stuff.

Cheers!

Awesome.

why thank you!!

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