Pop-Rock Songs

These are my pop-rock songs I recorded in my home studio. I'm performing all vocals and all instruments unless otherwise noted.

My Masterpiece (pop-rock)

      1. MY MASTERPIECE (pop-rock) - \"I used to think that I was bound to dream big dreams about great things. But life's got a way to wear you down; keep climbing hills and paying bills. Somehow, I let my dreams get small...\"

 

MY MASTERPIECE

 I used to think that I was bound

to dream big dreams about great things.

But life’s got a way to wear you down;

keep climbing hills and paying bills.

 Somehow I let my dreams get small;

I’m that fly who sits on a cathedral wall.

 

So I’m gonna write my masterpiece.

Maybe someone else will see

but I gotta write it for me.

Gotta write it, write it, write it for me.

 

Sometimes you gotta face the facts:

your awful crime was killing time.

You’ll dread the day you dare to ask

if what you create will leave a trace.

They found drawings in a cave in France

where an ancient artist left it all to chance.

 

Even if nobody cares;

even if it disappears…

 © ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music – ASCAP)

My Broken Brain (rock)

      1. MY BROKEN BRAIN (rock) - \"Suddenly a flash of light; stars exploding in the night. Strange sensations screaming in my ears. There in the mirror I can see Picasso face that looks like me...\"

Beneath The Southern Sky – full demo (ballad)

      1. BENEATH THE SOUTHERN SKY - full demo (ballad) - \"Driving down the road I saw a southbound train headed for the Mason-Dixon line. From somewhere far away I heard a sad refrain calling through that lonesome whine. It carried me back along that track to another place...\"

Bad Thoughts (Pop-rock)

      1. BAD THOUGHTS - \"Bad thoughts buzzing inside your head. Those things that can't be said: you just can't shake 'em. Bad thoughts - the crowd says it's a crime and someday you'll cross the line. So you just gotta fake it.\"

BAD THOUGHTS — written (music & lyrics) & performed (vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion editing etc.) by me – home studio . © IncaBull Music – ASCAP

Got No Regrets (pop-rock)

      1. GOT NO REGRETS (pop-rock) - \"If I had a nickel for every time I've said, \"I've had enough; I'm giving up\", what riches I would have. Some people think I'm crazy...\"

GOT NO REGRETS — written (music & lyrics) & performed (vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion editing etc.) by me – home studio . © IncaBull Music – ASCAP

Beneath The Southern Sky (vocal/guitar)

      1. BENEATH THE SOUTHERN SKY (Vocal-Guitar) - \"Driving down the road I saw a southbound train heading for the Mason-Dixon line. From somewhere faraway I heard a sad refrain calling through that lonesome whine. It carried me back along that track...\"

BENEATH THE SOUTHERN SKY was written (music & lyrics) & performed live (vocal & guitar)- by me – home studio…

Winding Down (pop-rock)

      1. WINDING DOWN (pop-rock) - \"In the street there steps a man. There's nothing strange about him you could see. In his head he makes no plans; just going through the motions is he. And so it goes...\"

When The World Was New (pop-rock)

      1. WHEN THE WORLD WAS NEW (pop-rock) - \"\"If you work hard boy, then you'll go far boy. You got the goods and that's no joke.\" That's what they told him and then they sold him an empty pocket full of smoke. Your dream can't be stopped...\"

 

Next Time Around (It’s Karma Time) (pop-rock)

      1. NEXT TIME AROUND (IT'S KARMA TIME) (pop-rock) - \"Some day this trip is gonna end. Come that day I'll shed my skin; take the wheel out for a spin. It's karma time. Somebody said that I've been blessed; somebody said I made a mess...\"

Written (music & lyrics) & performed (vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion editing etc.) by me – home studio where I don’t use auto-tune, Melodyne or the like.   © Allan Bullington (IncaBull Music – ASCAP)

 

 

Baby Blue Lies

      1. BABY BLUE LIES (Pop-rock) - \"Your eyes told me that you'd always be somebody I could trust. They made a promise and I believed; I thought that was enough. But I just didn't realize I was fooled by the look in your eyes. Heartache came to me...\"

My Song To My Self (pop-rock)

      1. MY SONG TO MY SELF (pop-rock) - \"Think what you wanna think; do what ya gotta do. Say what you wanna say; ain't nobody stopping you. Why live your life like everyone else? This is my song to myself.\"

I Wish I Could Believe (pop-rock)

      1. I WISH I COULD BELIEVE (pop-rock) - \"I wish I could believe. They say that it's sublime; it consecrates your mind. I wish I could believe. They say that faith is good and brother, if I could, maybe I would.\"

When Gravity Pulls You Down

      1. WHEN GRAVITY PULLS YOU DOWN (Pop Rock) - \"There's a sad song playing on the radio that I've heard before. Once again I'm that little kid running out the door. Kicking down the alleyway on a summer's day so free. There was a sadness and a madness...\"

Mr. Together’s Comin’ Apart

      1. MR. TOGETHER'S COMIN' APART (pop-rock) - \"he had a beautiful wife, a good job...a real go-getter...\"

Everybody’s Hurtin’ (pop-rock)

      1. EVERYBODY'S HURTIN' - \"The lady says she's tired; she really needs a change of scene. Cos nobody understands her ways or listens to what she says. Day after day, the city's not what it seemed. But she knows there's no turning back...\"

Such A Mystery (pop-rock)

      1. SUCH A MYSTERY (pop-rock) - \"Hey, how can I tell you how I feel? All of these words seem so unreal. Late last night I stared into the sky; all I could do is sit and wonder why...\"

Perpetual Motion (pop-rock)

      1. PERPETUAL MOTION (pop-rock) - \"I used to know a singer of songs -- she lived quite apart; she followed her art. And when I asked her if she would stay, she sang as she disappeared. \"I'm in perpetual motion; chasing the clouds away...\"

Things! (country rock)

      1. THINGS (country) - \"now where's that letter I got the other day?\"

 

Another Chance (pop rock)

      1. ANOTHER CHANCE (pop-rock) - \"I was struttin' down the street; feeling so complete...\"

 

That Mouth (country rock)

      1. THAT MOUTH (country-rock) - \"she could sing like a songbird; she could cuss like a crocodile...\"

 

A Couple Of Singles (pop rock)

      1. A COUPLE OF SINGLES (country pop) - \"whatever happened to the life they used to share...\"

 

Lookin’ For A New Life (pop-rock)

      1. LOOKIN-FOR-A-NEW-LIFE-mastered-6-23-2020

 

A Soft Place To Fall (pop-rock)

      1. A SOFT PLACE TO FALL (pop-rock) - \"Long ago yeah I used to feel so high that it felt like I had wings. Cross the heavens I would fly; never knew that time would bring me down crashing to the ground.\"

And So She Said (rock)

      1. AND SO SHE SAID (pop rock) - \"so don't come crawlin' when you need somebody; don't you come round here...\"

 

The Walking Wounded (pop rock)

      1. THE WALKING WOUNDED (pop rock) - \"i'm not the walking wounded; I don't wanna walk that way...\"

 

Baby Blue Lies (pop rock)

      1. Bullington-BABY-BLUE-LIES-mastered-by-BG-11-20-2019

 

Tomorrow Is Today (dystopian pop rock)

      1. TOMORROW-IS-TODAY-mastered-by-BG-8-20-2019

 

Where Do The Days Go? (dixieland pop)

      1. WHERE DO THE DAYS GO? (Dixieland pop) - \"i walk alone to the beat of my heart; been so afraid when day turns into dark...\"

 

Your Nowhere Love (pop rock)

      1. YOUR NOWHERE LOVE (pop rock) - \"hey, just you wait a minute mister. Maybe you should listen to a friend's advice...\"

The Harvey Family (noir ballad)

      1. THE HARVEY FAMILY (ballade noir) - \"that New Year's morning feelin' so alive, Mr. Harvey took a step outside...\"

On January 1, 2006 Richmond, Virginia musician Bryan Harvey (“House of Freaks”) and his family were anticipating a new year’s day celebration with friends at home…

 

Say It Like You Mean It (jazzy country pop)

      1. SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT (country pop) - \"say it like you mean it but I won't let my heart get fooled this time cos I'm not blinded...\"

A Legend In His Living Room (country pop)

      1. A LEGEND IN HIS LIVING ROOM (country pop) - \"Little Jimmy loved to put on a show singing country songs with the radio...\"

World War Me (rock)

      1. WORLD WAR ME - (rock) - \"He's screaming 'hey hi dee ho. Western Civ has got to go!\" And he swears they'll bring it down; knocking statues to the ground. And he hates the hater's hate; like those cops with daddy's face...\"

Stories To Tell (pop-rock)

      1. STORIES TO TELL (pop-rock) - \"Well here you are! Bet you didn't think it'd be this way. You've come so far only to find it's another day chasing all those dreams of your own so far away from home. And you've got stories to tell...\"

Do What You Want (rock)

      1. DO WHAT YOU WANT (rock) - \"do what you need to get by; you never know who may be watchin'...you never know who may be creeping in your head...\"

 

You Think (noir pop rock)

      1. YOU THINK (psychedelic pop rock) - \"you think you know me but you really don't...you think you'll throw me...\"

Fly Away… (pop rock)

      1. FLY AWAY...(pop-rock) - \"The morning comes so hard and so fast. I lie in bed wishing the nighttime would last. In a dream where everything feels right, I close my eyes against the light...\"

The King of Babble-On (heavy rock)

      1. THE KING OF BABBLE-ON (rock) - \"he spends his life living on-line; sitting there on his soft spine while he's dishing the dirt...\"

Wicked Words (pop rock)

      1. WICKED WORDS (pop rock) - \"one thing led to another; sparks flew...we said it's over...last night we slept in separate beds...\"

Bitterly Beautiful (pop rock)

      1. BITTERLY BEAUTIFUL (pop-rock) - \"Just look at those photographs! Oh, what a time she's had doing what she wanted to...not just a pretty face who's gone without a trace...\"

Til Love Steps In (pop rock)

      1. TIL LOVE STEPS IN (baroque pop) - \"lately happiness is on my mind...how it seems so very hard to find. But sentimental fool am I...\"

 

Better Him Than Me (baroque country pop)

      1. BETTER HIM THAN ME (baroque country pop) - \"She's gettin' married later this year so she called to ask me if I'd be there. Got me to thinking \"it's better him than me.\"

Stink Eye (pop-rock)

      1. STINK EYE (pop-rock) - \"There's a stink eye on the corner sitting on a pole. Facial recognition staring deep inside my soul...deep inside my soul. There's a stink eye in my pocket...\"

Howlin’ At The Faceless Moon (‘funky’ pop)

      1. HOWLIN' AT THE FACELESS MOON (funky pop) - \"everything's amazing so throw away the rules; banal's the new brilliant in the land of uber-cool\"

 

Don’t Blame It On Me (rock ballad)

      1. DON'T BLAME IT ON ME (rock ballad) - \"You say it's hard to find some kind of peace of mind; no matter how you try. So many times before, you thought you could cure that emptiness inside. You've been looking for a miracle...\"

‘That’s How The Story Goes’ (pop-rock ballad)

      1. THAT'S HOW THE STORY GOES (ballad) - \"here lies our book of love; a tale of two hearts intertwined...\"

 

Too Much Pride (ballad)

      1. TOO MUCH PRIDE (ballad) - \"How did we go wrong? When we disagree, the battle is drawn. Then we stand alone while we feel our hearts turn to stone. Ain't it sad what pride can do?...\"

Happy To Be (pop rock)

      1. HAPPY TO BE (pop-rock) - \"gotta get out of my head; think of something good instead of...\"

Down In Boystown (pop rock)

      1. 'Down In Boystown' (pop-rock) - \"another night out at a party, she's dressed to kill but she starts to feel alone...\"

 

This Uncivil War (country rock ballad)

      1. 'This Uncivil War' (country rock)

 

Another Man’s Wife (country pop-rock)

      1. ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE (country pop) - \"in a motel on the edge of town where people go so they can't be found...I sit waiting...\"

Sugar City (funky pop rock)

      1. SUGAR CITY (funky pop rock) - \"i was dreaming that I was flying but all those dreams have flown. Now I sit around bitchin' and moanin' with the freaks on the telephone...\"

 

Til The Fever Falls (country rock)

      1. TIL THE FEVER FALLS (country rock) - \"Tells the wife goodbye then runs out the door; he's gotta catch the same bus to the racetrack that he caught the week before. Stops to make a call...lays some money down.\"

Hold Tight (live piano/vocal)

      1. HOLD TIGHT (piano ballad)

 

My Masterpiece (rock ballad)

      1. Bullington-MY-MASTERPIECE-mastered-by-BG-FINAL-unknown-album-00-3-21-2019

Dancing In The Rain (poppy pop-rock)

      1. DANCING IN THE RAIN (pop rock) - \"another day the sun don't shine; I'm gonna hide behind that cold dark cloud...\"

Keep Me To Myself (baroque pop)

      1. KEEP ME TO MYSELF (baroque pop) - \"Better pay attention; take it slow. Before you know, the play is over. Your lines have all been read so take a look inside. And when the curtain falls, will you say you had a ball? I might wonder if that's all...\"

Pitiful Thing (baroque pop-rock)

      1. PITIFUL THING (baroque pop) - \"she wears the face of sad regret; she feels the hurt she can't forget. She greets the day with a sigh...\"

My Wildest Dream (rock)

      1. MY WILDEST DREAM (rock) - \"overcome with emotion I lay my head to rest; just feeling sorry for myself I guess...\"

Into The Night (fancy dancey pop)

      1. INTO THE NIGHT

 

I Don’t Wanna Stop (live with band)

      1. I DON'T WANNA STOP

 (Back in the day live in-studio with a band of hired hands…I’m doing vocals and playing Hammond B3.) © Allan Bullington (IncaBull Music – ASCAP)

Pop Goes Tomorrow (pop rock)

      1. POP GOES TOMORROW (pop rock) - \"twitterdum hates history; only reads \"The Daily Me\"...yeah, the past -- what a drag...\"

Right From The Start (& band)

      1. RIGHT FROM THE START (band)

There In A Letter (with band)

      1. THERE IN A LETTER (band)

Performed live in-studio; I’m doing vocals (and overdubs) and rhythm guitar.  © ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music – ASCAP)

Pride Makes A Fool (solo live)

      1. 'Pride Makes A Fool' (live-solo) - Allan Bullington

 

She Said She Loved Me (with band)

      1. SHE SAID SHE LOVED ME

I’m performing vocals, piano and organ. © ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music – ASCAP)

Right From The Start (solo)

      1. RIGHT FROM THE START (solo)

You look at me as if I’m so naive.  Say, ‘what’cha gonna do when all your plans fall through?’  Well, I don’t worry and I don’t care what you believe… (Me singing and playing guitar live at Five & Dime Club – NYC)

© ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music – ASCAP)

The Real Me (raga rock)

      1. THE REAL ME (raga-rock) - \"the real me never feels afraid as his bloom begins to fade...\"

In Some Foreign Land (rock)

      1. IN SOME FOREIGN LAND (rock) - \"i'm gettin' tired of looking through these eyes on a world where beauty dies a little more each passing day...\"

Written (music & lyrics) & Performed (vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, percussion editing etc.) by me – home studio where I don’t use auto-tune, Melodyne or the like.    

© ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music – ASCAP)

Original Blues (rock)

      1. ORIGINAL BLUES (psychedelic rock) - \"we live our lives - what can we do? Never knowing that we just can't choose...\"

All Night

      1. ALL NIGHT - \"i've been gettin' lots of signs from you...\"

I’ve been getting lots of signs from you…and you’ve got me on a merry-go-round.  If there’s something you and I could do… (This began with me singing and playing piano  live.  Later I added harmonies, acoustic guitar, some percussion and some more keyboards but it’s still basically a live in-studio track.)

© ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music – ASCAP)

Foreign Bodies (soulful pop)

      1. FOREIGN BODIES (soulful pop) - \"Marvin was singing 'Mercy Mercy Me'; the sweetest sound that could be...\"

I’m On To You (jingle jangle pop rock)

      1. I'M ON TO YOU (jingle-jangle pop rock) - \"you're so cute in your fancy suit; everybody should give you a big salute...\"

Through The Eyes of A Child (solo vocal/piano)

      1. THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD (piano/vocal ballad) - \"i'm not inclined to worry; it hasn't been my style since the day I caught a glimpse of the world seen through the eyes of a child...\"

Leave A Little Love

      1. LEAVE A LITTLE LOVE

 

Gotta Find Out (pop-rock)

      1. GOTTA FIND OUT (pop-rock) - I'm playing piano and doing the vocals on this with a back-up band back in the day...

(Live In-studio with a band of hired hands; I’m performing vocals, rhythm guitar (overdub) and piano.)  © ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music – ASCAP)

A Stranger (live solo)

      1. STRANGER

 

Dead and Gone (solo)

      1. DEAD AND GONE (solo)

Now, from this moment, I am dead and gone.  I am alone.  The gods are laughing.  Everything I hold as dear has flown through my hands.  And, I don’t give a damn. (I’m performing solo singing and playing piano.)

© ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music – ASCAP)

Lose Myself In Sound (with band)

      1. LOSE MYSELF IN SOUND

Live in-studio — I’m performing vocals & piano.  © ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music/ASCAP) 

Gone

      1. GONE

 

In The Shadows (& band)

      1. IN THE SHADOWS

In-studio live with band.  I’m performing vocals and rhythm guitar.  © ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music/ASCAP) 

Tell Her Goodbye (with band)

      1. TELL HER GOODBYE

In-studio live with band.  I’m performing vocals and piano.  © ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music/ASCAP) 

The Nightwind (with band)

      1. THE NIGHTWIND

In-studio live with band.  I’m performing vocals and piano.  © ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music/ASCAP) 

 

Life of the Party (solo)

      1. LIFE OF THE PARTY

The words I speak will very often cause somebody pain. I see the faces around me wear the look of ‘hear we go again.’ So, let’s talk of so-and-so…. (Live performance – I’m singing and playing piano.)

© ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music – ASCAP)

Without Your Love (with band)

      1. WITHOUT YOUR LOVE

In-studio with band. I’m performing vocals, electric piano, acoustic guitars and percussion. © ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music – ASCAP)

My Heart Has A Mind of Its Own

      1. MY HEART HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN

 

Somebody Like You

      1. Somebody Like You

 

Without Love (with band)

      1. WITHOUT LOVE

In-studio live with band.  I’m performing vocals and synth overdubs.  © ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music/ASCAP) 

Something of My Own (with band)

      1. SOMETHING OF MY OWN

In-studio live with band.  I’m performing live vocal and acoustic guitar (and harmony vocals, piano and organ overdubs).  © ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music/ASCAP) 

If Only

      1. If Only

© ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music/ASCAP) & LARRY WAYNE CLARK (Brainchild Music/SOCAN)

Sylvia (Love’s A Mystery)

      1. SYLVIA

 

She’s Not A Dreamer (with band)

      1. SHE'S NOT A DREAMER (band)

In-studio live with band.  I’m performing live vocal and piano with band (also organ overdub).  © ALLAN BULLINGTON (IncaBull Music/ASCAP) 

She’s Movin’ On

      1. She's Movin' On

Down On Easy Street

      1. DOWN-ON-EASY-STREET

 

Somewhere There’s A Song

      1. Somewhere There's A Song

 

Before Dawn (& band)

      1. BEFORE DAWN

 

Laugh Or Cry (pop rock)

      1. LAUGH OR CRY

 

The Caged Bird Flies (with band)

      1. THE CAGED BIRD FLIES

 

Say Goodbye (jazzy pop rock)

      1. SAY GOODBYE

 

A Peacock At Heart (vocal/guitar solo)

      1. A PEACOCK AT HEART (guitar/vocal) - \"i saw you in the garden trying to climb the wall and when you didn't hear me when I called I felt like a ghost from your past...\"