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bookmark_borderCome In From the Cold

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LYRICS
My fellow gentlemen
Are you weary of soul?
And all you women
Did the world take it’s toll?
Well, there’s a star
With a tail so long
If you follow her
You can’t go wrong
No matter where you are
There’s a star

People of all ages
Have you had enough
Of hanging tough
Both young and old
The story’s told
Come in from the cold
Well, there’s a star
With a tail so long
If you follow her
You can’t go wrong
No matter where you are
There’s a star

Chords: Bm Em / A C Em
Recording: live
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderStop the World!

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LYRICS
Please stop the world
From going round
I’d like to get off
’til common sense is found
There’s a firesale
On old growth timber
The odds we’ll sustain
Are growing slimmer
Will we ever learn
We get what we earn
Given — you were born
Until the time we mourn
Make it what we will
Make it while there’s still

Please stop the world
From going round
I’d like to get off
’til common sense is found
There’s a firesale
On old growth timber
The odds we’ll sustain
Are growing slimmer
Pooping in our drinking water
Sacrificing both son and daughter
Will we ever learn
We get what we earn
Given — you were born
Until the time we mourn
Make it what we will
Make it while there’s still

Please stop the world
From going round
I’d like to get off
’til common sense is found
There’s a firesale
On old growth timber
The odds we’ll sustain
Are growing slimmer
Pooping in our drinking water
Sacrificing both son and daughter
Will we ever learn
We get what we earn
Given — you were born
Until the time we mourn
Make it what we will
Make it while there’s still

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment
Chords: B 1/2 step walkdown to E / E D C B / F E / G E; 120 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

Canine Incisors Sessions

Also: Rawhide Underwear
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderHow Festive?

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LYRICS
Hello! Here to greet you
Sure would love to meet you
Do-si-do under mistletoe
It’s alright to let yourself go
Sing a song or tow
How festive the spirit
Is up to you
The feeling in the air…
There!
Can you hear it?

DR0000_7679-How-Festive-Live.mp3

Chords: E9 E6 / A B7
Recording: live
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderIt’s for the Birds

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LYRICS
The cost of the “12 Days of Christmas”
Is getting absurd
(In case you hadn’t heard)
It’s for the birds
7 swans a swimming
6 geese a laying
2 turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree*

*Pear tree not included
**All scenery excluded
***It’s for the birds

You can try, try, try
You can cry, cry, cry
But the price of the birds
Has gone sky high
Inflation elevation
It’s for the birds
Hadn’t you heard?

ABOUT THE SONG
The song was inspired by the 2021 cost of the “12 Days of Christmas”. The annual survey concluded “Even ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’ is being slammed by inflation”. “PNC’s annual Christmas Price Index, which totals out the current cost of the gifts in the holiday song “The 12 Days of Christmas,” has been published—and all of those birds in the song come at a hefty price. Two turtle doves will cost you 50% more this year, coming in at $450. Those three French hens? That’s up 40.5% to $255. And the six geese-a-laying saw prices soar 51% in the past year.”

Chords: F#9 F# / B F# / C# walkdown riff; 166 BPM
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderAnd Then Some

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LYRICS
The sum of 1 and 1 is 2
The same with me and you, too
And then some
Our sum

The sum of 2 and 2 is 4
As for me and you, even more
And then some
Our sum

The sum of 3 and 4 is 7
As for me and you in heaven
And then some
Our sum

DR0000_7667-Go-Nemo-Go.mp3

Chords: Drop D tuning / E7 E D
Instruments: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderEveryday Every Day Love

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LYRICS
If I pull back
Expand my view
Take a look from way above
Nothing I lack
To make it through
So that there is everyday love
Everyday love
Every day love

If I lean in
Sharpen my view
Listen to the voice above
It is within
To make it true
And bring on the everyday love
Everyday love
Every day love

Chords: A Am7 C A / C D A / C E A
Recording: digital 6-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderStepped in It

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LYRICS
Did you hear that sound
Underfoot
Uh oh! Must’ve stepped in it
Hate to look and see what’s found
Uh oh! Hate stepping in shhhhh…
Wait!
Better hold my tongue
’till my nose gets done
And that last step is undone
Yeah, the misdone is undone
So there’s no misstep regret
Noooo… no need to fret

Chords: Em / F Em / Dm Em; 160 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

Canine Incisors Sessions

Also: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderFooling

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LYRICS
Just fooling around?
Better off quieting down
Listen to the words
Understand the sound
And, everything will be…
Alright
(All is found)
And, everything will be…
Alright
Once your ears hear
Insight
… everything will be….

Try n’ be the clown?
Better off quieting down
Dying children
Ain’t no fooling around
Better off quieting down
Listen to the words
Understand the sound
And, everything will be…
Alright
(All is found)
And, everything will be…
Alright
Once your ears hear
Insight
… everything will be….

Chords: Bdim Bb(5) / B E; 80 BPM
Instruments: Vocals, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderMy Position

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LYRICS
Far wide ocean
Large sea
When compared to me
The tide rolls in
High tide
Magnified
My position

Big, big mountain
I see
The valley in me
The tide rolls in
High tide
Magnified
My position

Forever sky
All the stars
Compared to where we are
The tide rolls in
High tide
Magnified
My position

Chords: Asus4 A Gsus4 G Fsus4 F / D C6; 125 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the albums: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderSeeing the Being

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LYRICS
The human in humanity
Seems to have lost her soul
The human in humanity
Self has taken its toll
Damned if you do
Damned if you don’t
But what if it’s you
That says you won’t?

the humane in humanity
Seems to have missed her goal
The humane in humanity
Flushed down the bowl
Damned if you do
Damned if you don’t
But what if it’s you
That says you won’t?

I’m seeing the beings
Seem to have lost their minds
I’m seeing the beings
Have forgotten how to be kind
Damned if you do
Damned if you don’t
But what if it’s you
That says you won’t?

DR0000_7655-Seeing-the-Beings.mp3

Chords: F Db B Db / F Ab F C
Instruments: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderLighting Up Our Way

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LYRICS
Daylight grows shorter
The night rolls over
Another moon’s quarter
Nightlight discover
Their days reflected rays
Lighting up our way

Wintertime moonshine
Clear sky… scene glows
Black n’ white fine line
Casting shadows
Their days reflected rays
Lighting up our way

Winter solstice
Live days in dark
Seeking justice
Equinox embark
Their days reflected rays
Lighting up our way

Chords: E G / D F / C C7 Am7 AbM7aug C; 120 BPM
Recording: digital 10-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderMountain Water

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LYRICS
When I think of teaberry pink
Surrounded in forest green
My mouth starts to water
Mountain water drink
Oasis I think
Miracle mirage
Chewing sassafras root
Avoiding eye-of-newt
If you don’t know…
… can’t explain
Think… flowing mountain water
Drink…
Think… an Oh! Aaa’s Is
For your soul
Take a mouthful
Much sought after
Mountain water

Chords: E E7sus4 / D A E
Instruments: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderHeartfelt

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The children have started to pray
Hoping the snow will lay
All the parents can say
When will it all go away?
The season’s greetings
Are fleeting
The kids all wish it’d stay
Feelings heartfelt
Watching snowflakes melt
The kids all wish they’d stay

The children have started to play
Hoping it’ll last all day
All the parents can say
When will it all go away?
The season’s greetings
Are fleeting
The kids all wish it’d stay
Feelings heartfelt
Watching snowflakes melt
The kids all wish they’d stay

The children hold elders at bay
Hoping they’ll all go away
All the parents can say
Santa’s watching your way
The season’s greetings
Are fleeting
The kids all wish it’d stay
Feelings heartfelt
Watching snowflakes melt
The kids all wish they’d stay

Chords: A G D / C D; 178 BPM Cowboy Boogie
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers
From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderInto the Stars

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LYRICS
Into the stars…
Mind travelers…
Are
Thinking at the speed of light
Careful, don’t want to miss that right
Right? Right!
The high road over the low
You know? You know!

Into the stars
It wasn’t that far
You’re there
Always been… just unaware
We’ve all been beings
Already there
In the stars

Chords: B C E / C E; various BPM
Instruments: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live / digital 1-track stereo

From the album: Knew Normal