Clyde Alves

Clyde Alves @ The National Underground

Hello everyone! I'll be playing on the main level at this awesome venue for the first time. Come check out a full set of my original music! No cover!

Cinco de Drinco!

"Cinco de Drinko". Yes, I'll be wearing a shirt that says this. I'm also playing tonight with a full band... Check it. Will be on at around 12:30 AM. Check it.

Port 41. 41st. btwn. 8th & 9th.

 

Poem Of The Day- Millionaires

you
no faces
no faces
at all
laughing at nothing-
let me tell you
i have drunk in skid row rooms with
imbecile winos
whose cause was better
whose eyes still held some light
whose voices retained some sensibility,
and when the morning came
we were sick but not ill,
poor but not deluded,
and we stretched in our beds and rose
in the late afternoons
like millionaires.

- Charles Bukowski 

Next Gig

Don't Let It Get You Down

So close to what you want the most
And gosh darn, you've worked so hard
Then one fine day it just don't go your way
You're beaten
Defeated

Down and out but people watchin at the cafe
You get to know yourself better than you'd like to admit
You're caught wrestling with your thoughts
You can't go nowhere
But here you're lost

Don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down

You try to keep your spirits high
But you're down, down most of the time
You're not dead yet, but it's getting hard to get out of bed
You can put this behind you
With only one foot at a time

Don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down

Take the punches like Ali
Do your best to keep yourself at ease
And if the sky comes fallin down
Wait for another day for things to go your way

Don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down

Mind Game Jennie

Back at the beginning there was hesitation
Then you gave me feelings of inspiration
Nobody knew what was goin on to save them
Finally got down to a lot of love makin
Suddenly I had a little revelation
Some change of unknown explanation
There's a little somethin you forgot to mention
Cause I don't know where you're comin or goin

Mind game Jennie
You've been workin on my mind
And I'm afraid I'm fallin down
To the depths of your meaningless control

Remember when you told me I was "one in a million"?
Well baby you've been treating me like I don't know you
What about the times when I made you feel so good?
I've got scratches all over my body to prove to you
Don't get me wrong I like the look on your face
But you've gotten me between a rock and a hard place
The games you're playin have become a disgrace
You leave me with nothin but a bad taste

Mind game Jennie
You've been workin on my mind
I'm afraid I'm fallin down
To the depths of your meaningless control

Watch what you say, your accusations
You keep foolin around
Girl you need to cool it down

Mind game Jennie
You've been workin on my mind
And I'm afraid I'm fallin down
To the depths of your meaningless control

Mind game Jennie, what you lookin for?
I do not want to play with you anymore
And if you're up to controlling me,
I think it's best I get up and leave 

Pour It On

You'll be alright 
I'll be ok
We must go on despite the pain
I'm unravelling in this waiting game
Please let me know you'll stay the same

It's all my strength and self control I can possibly show to you on the phone
I need your hand and wishes of luck,
Cause I'm on the edge of giving up 

Give me courage
Pour it on
Please believe, I'm not that strong
Show me you've got what it takes
I don't need this will to break

I've got my songs to me safe from falling down
Fading away
But these little lines cannot defend
This kind of pain don't make a good friend

Give me courage
Pour it on
Please believe, I'm not that strong
Show me you've got what it takes
I don't need this will to break

I know you're there
Sitting alone
But I promise I'll find my way home
Just give me the words that I need to hear
Give me the strength to take it from here

Give me courage
Pour it on
Please believe, I'm not that strong

Lost At Home

I walk around my own town, the only place I used to know
To my knees in the creek, watching summer go
The old comfort I long for fades away
Like the bright eyed child I struggle to save

Lost at home, lost at home
I think that I'm alone
Lost at home, lost at home
I think that I'm alone

It's with friends I meet, but I can see that I am only floating further up the stream and I cannot recognize where I'm rowing
There's a love that I long for who feeds my soul
She don left me now and I don't know how I'm supposed to keep on going 

Lost at home, lost at home
I think that I'm alone
Lost at home, lost at home
I think that I'm alone 

Eternity

There is a beauty so you possess, where no where around you go will compare
Know you withhold a soul, which cannot let go, trust me, no matter how far apart
You'll look in my eyes and put your hand in mine
We'll share a life
Until then, we're just passing time

I can hear the sea
With every wave you're closer to me
I can feel the breeze, as we walk to eternity

We can concentrate on the blissful day
And everything that brings you peace and joy
Lovely lady, may I explain the way I'll lay you down to start the rest of our lives?
As we lock eyes we share our love in the Hawaiian night
And after we take flight, we bed under the soft moonlight

I can hear the sea
With every wave you're closer to me
I can feel the breeze, as we walk to eternity
I can hear the sea
With every wave you're closer to me
I can feel the breeze, as we walk to eternity