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Hog Killin' Time: le country touch

When multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer Baptiste Hottin, the man behind Hog Killin' Time, was introduced to me as a fan of Johnny Cash, I just knew we were fated to work together.

Right now, Baptiste is putting together a collection of songs for an album that will feature a number of guest vocalists, and I'm helping out with the lyrics.

Our first collaboration, on which the vocal duties are handled by the lead singer of Manchester, is Under A Pile of Bricks. It's a song about nostalgia and the passing of time, and I'm sure Marcel Proust (and perhaps even Johnny Cash) would have loved it.

• Under A Pile Of Bricks
  

I'm smudie, a Scot living in Paris.

As a lyricist, I write both for and in collaboration with several local artists who sing in English. Some of the people who have sung my lyrics include Nadj, eliotE & the Ritournelles, General Bye Bye, and Rivkah.

I'm always on the lookout for interesting new projects. Send me an email if you think we could work together.

Here are some of my lyrics:

• eliotE & the Ritournelles
• Crayon
• Floppy Fringe
• Going Places
• Honeycomb
• La Luna Plateada
• Wheel of Dreams
• eliotE
• Un Arból Sin Raices
• General Bye Bye
• Emmylou
• Flirting With The Camera
• Give It All Away
• Insomnia
• Physics and Maths
• Feather Feather
• Rocketlauncher
• Nadj
• Cactus
• Jesus Freak
• Pick A Card
• Rivkah
• Splitting The Atom
• OrangeColumbo
• A Slap In The Face
• Carousel
• Carved In Granite
• Curse
• Dirty Fingernails
• I Lay With You
• Pull The Stars Down
• The Hogmanay Children
• Like Every Christmas Eve
• Mau10
• A Kiss, Yes
• The Belfour
  • Africain Climb
  • Tears or Wine
• Others
• Ashtray
• Bubbles
• Catalan Girl
• Cat Lover
• Catching Snowflakes On Your Tongue
• Fashionistas II
• Flowers Fade
• Grip
• Intricate Machinery
• Never
• Outer Space Boy
• Rules Are Made To Be Broken
• Silent Mode
• Smoke Signals
• The Whisper Of The Leaves
• Under A Pile Of Bricks
• "Songs in search of a singer"
• The Beauty Of Your Face
• Been Up
• Black Hoodie
• Bruises
• Deux Doigts (Et Un Glaçon)
• A Dollar You Found In The Street
• A Drunken Text
• A Flemish Painting
• (I'm Leaving) This City
• Itch
• Keep Me In Your Orbit
• The Kind Of Love I'm Looking For
• Kiss By Kiss
• Kite Strings
• Leave Me With Your Scent
• Like A Blanket
• Like A Lover
• Like A Worm
• Margaret and Frances
• An Open Relationship
• Rolleiflex
• Shipwrecked
• Shy With Strangers
• Soles
• Sopita de Ajo
• Teresa
• Through All The Seasons
• Tom
• Your Ex (Is Better Than Me)