Shanda Lee - What's Wrong?

It can be funny how things turn out. How one thing leads to another. We recently talked to Shanda Lee about getting permission for another artist to cover a song of hers. After we got that squared away, we asked her if she had anything on the back burner. She told us she hadn't sung for a while, she's ben writing a new song, but she's kind of stuck on the music. We suggested getting together with one of our associate performers/producers that might help. We decided that the leader of The Noir Players, Thomas Fauren would be the best bet for the type of song she was writing. It ended up being a good collaboration. 

Shanda's new song is remarkable different  than her first song, Gimme A Pocket Rocket. That song was an adults only pop song. This new one What's Wrong? shows a songwriter going through some growing pains not only in her music, but her life. She sings with a group of musicians that give her an accompaniment that has an underlying current of tension. We just got the file of the music, and we like it! 

I was sitting all by myself, listening to the band
When a man I didn't know tried to take my hand
All he wanted to do was dance, I pulled my hand away
And my mind started to drift, and my mind began to stray

Is this it? Is this really it?
Work all the week then try to seek
Someone special for me
What else is there? What else?
To set my heart free

Time was,  this was enough, plenty for me and all
Liked what I did for a living,walked straight, long and tall
But now, why do I feel different? Thought my life already had begun
Go to work, do my job, go home, go out Saturday and have fun

Am I missing something? What's missing?
It's not that I'm sad, not mad or glad
I guess I'm bored with it all
Am I just in a rut?
I'm sure feeling small

Some are telling me that I act too much aloof
That I'll never find a love, what do I want to prove
But it isn't that, I've had lovers. It's only  a physical thing
Sooner or later, they leave me, alone to sigh and sing

What's wrong? What am I doing wrong?
What's coming next? Feels like I'm hexed
It isn't just the sex
Am I just naive
Who's in my life next?

I've thought it over a lot, decided I don't really know
Who I am, what I want, what I need, no wonder I feel so low
So it's time to work on myself, and discover what makes me tick
I have to know about myself, before love for me will stick

I'll find some answers, real answers
Take it real slow, go with the flow
Hopefully get command
So when someone wants to dance
I'll let them take my hand

 

Shanda Lee - Gimme A Pocket Rocket

Then there's the case of Shanda Lee, BSN. That's right, she's a Bachelor of Science Nurse in a major hospital. She sings in local venues when she's not working, and she says it helps her to relax and unwind from the stresses of a nursing career.  We were told about her singing skills from some folks that were patients from hers in the hospital. She loves to sing, and when she gets the chance she sings to the patients that like it. So we gave her a chance to not only sing, but sing a song of her own composing. A song on the profane side, but indicative of the pop star songs she likes to sing the most!

 POCKET ROCKET

When women get together, sometimes they say things ‘bout their old mans junk.

How big they are, which way they sway, 

some, OH LORD!, big as an elephant’s trunk! 

But I’m here to tell ya sisters, Hear what I say! 

Gimme a pocket rocket any day! 

 

Gimme a pocket rocket, 

I’ll take a pocket rocket! 

Don’t matter what ya’ll say, 

Gimme a rocket any day! 

 

 I'll tell ya'll somethin'. I've had a few men. 

Some nice and loving, some nasty and crude. 

Some of those had a big one, but keep 'em away! 

They're so nasty, so selfish and rude. 

 

Gimme a pocket rocket, 

I’ll take a pocket rocket! 

Don’t matter what ya’ll say, 

Gimme a rocket any day! 

 

Now mind ya, not all big dicks that way! 

 But the one I had pulled down his pants, 

waved it in front of me, and stood there showing it off! 

Like a baseball bat, hard as a rock, 

should have been on a leash with a choke chain! 

Ain’t no way I was takin’ that cock! 

 

Gimme a pocket rocket, 

I’ll take a pocket rocket! 

Don’t matter what ya’ll say, 

Gimme a rocket any day! 

 

Got a good man now, and he’s so sweet. 

Treats me so good, and gets me off first! 

 I love him! I love complete!! 

You hear what I say? HE GETS ME OFF FIRST!!! 

 

 After that I’ll take care of him, whatever he wants, 

 I’ll tell ya the truth, I love whatever I do, 

To please him over and over again, 

On top of that, his rocket won’t choke you! 

 

Gimme a pocket rocket, 

I’ll take a pocket rocket! 

Don’t matter what ya’ll say, 

Gimme a rocket any day! 

 

 I love him like no other, we’re close as close as can be. 

Two peas in a pod, match up so well, I’m happy it’s true. 

I’ve learned about fuckin’,a revelation for me, 

I’d rather scoot up close to a short one,

han skin my ass gettin’ away from a big one! OH YEAH! 

 

Gimme a pocket rocket, 

I’ll take a pocket rocket! 

Don’t matter what ya’ll say, 

Gimme a rocket any day!