bookmark_borderLeft to Be

LYRICS
Please pay no mind to me
I’m happy left to be…
Me
I don’t need to bleed
Concede, nor rumor feed

Please pay no mind to me
I’m happy left to be…
Me
No money, seriously
Pure greed doesn’t interest me

Please pay no mind to me
I’m happy left to be…
Me
No game seeking fame
No pose, I suppose

Chords: C7(11) C / G C; 99 BPM
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderMy Little Angel

LYRICS
On what may be the darkest night
I can still see the light
A little angel
Looks over my shoulder
My little angel
Guiding me older

’cause if I die way too young
How my heart’d come undone
On what may be the darkest night
I can still see the light
A little angel
Looks over my shoulder
My little angel
Guiding me older

Saw me through both thick and thin
So I may do it again
’cause if I die way too young
How my heart’d come undone
On what may be the darkest night
I can still see the light
A little angel
Looks over my shoulder
My little angel
Guiding me older

Chords: Em C D Em / Em C D G / D G
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Organ, Keyboards

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderAmazed and Amused

LYRICS
Amazed at the different ways
Amused how I get confused
Always seems to make my days/daze
Well used
Waste not want not
Motion won’t rot
Give it a shot

Amazed at the different ways
Amused how I get confused
Always seems to make my days/daze
Well used
Waste not want not
Gave it a shot
Thanks a whole lot

Amazed at the different ways
Amused how I get confused
Always seems to make my days/daze
Well used
Spending the time
Harmony and rhyme
Knowing that I’m…
Amazed, amused all my days

Chords: Eb7 Absus4 Gb6 / Db Ebm7; 126 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderFind Your Way

LYRICS
When you can’t find your way
Can’t fine your way…
Make it your home
Can’t find my way
Decide if I’ll stay
Or ride the next day
Can’t find my way
Calling it home
I call the trail on which I roam
Home
Our path on earth on Earth
Home
Can’t explain it
But, I love this planet

Chords: D D walkdown / D F; 150 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the albums: Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_border3 Little Words

LYRICS
The same three words
Will come to mind
I love you

The bees the birds
And all mankind
I love you

It’s in all of us
It’s all in us
When we get festivous

When a holiday comes our way
Believe I feel it
In the spirit
It’s easy to fall
In love with you all

Chords: Bb Ab C Bb / Ab Bb; 90 BPM
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Organ, Keyboards

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderWord Diet

LYRICS
I have trouble digesting
When it comes to my own words
Is this karma suggesting
I fall on my own sword?
Couldn’t you just die
For the taste of humble pie
Please add some “I scream”
In the à la Mode of a dream

I’ll be careful what I say
It’s not worth the price to pay
Humor’s on the run
While I try to bite my tongue
Couldn’t you just die
For the taste of humble pie
Please add some “I scream”
In the à la Mode of a dream

Having fed the cat my tongue
Appears my time is done
To find the words to say
Pleas have a pleasant day
Couldn’t you just die
For the taste of humble pie
Please add some “I scream”
In the à la Mode of a dream

Chords: Dm B / C Eaug; 140 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the albums: Rawhide Underwear
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderAsk Why

LYRICS
I know why I ask why
’cause I wonder why blue’s the sky
… blue’s the sky
How long is a light year
The dark… anything to fear
Who knows relativity of gravity
Believe me,
Friction ain’t no fiction
Brings me down to earth
Ever since this earthly birth

I know why I ask why
’cause I wonder why blue’s the sky
… blue’s the sky
How far is the closest star
Said sun one and done
When I’m one in time
Believing Friction ain’t no fiction
Brings me down to earth
Ever since this earthly birth

[Bringing you down
Traveling round
Our star… it’s not that far]

DR0000_7557-Ask-Why.mp3

Chords: E A E / E G E / D Em D A C A C E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderDancing Flames

LYRICS
A spark is catching
Its’ starting to glow
The light it’s fetching
Starting to grow
As the flames start the dance
Look the same at first glance
But once I stop and stare
Then I become aware
Of the intimacy in the intricacy
Of creating me and letting free

The first to rib me
And have me take a knee
Putting together
Then, watching whether….
As the people start to dance
Look the same at first glance
But once I stop and stare
Then I become aware
Of the intimacy in the intricacy
Of creating me and letting free

Chords: Am G D / Am C E Am / Em Am
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderShe Suggests

LYRICS
She suggests
But, I digress….

She suggests
A little finesse
But, I’m so confused
How can the blues be bliss?
So, tell me this
How can the blues be bliss?
What’d I miss
Miss,
You suggest
A little finesse?

She suggests
But, I digress….

Chords: E E7 A A7 E E7 / B7 A A7 E E7
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderPuzzles and Problems

LYRICS
When confronted with puzzles and problems
Scratch my head… go to work and try n’ solve ’em
There’s an answer
Waiting right there
A solution
Evolution
If, then
And or
Logic’s in store
If there’s more
Then think again
And, we’ll be sowing
A solution evolution

A song about conducting experiments.
Chords: Em F#m G / G F#m Em / Em7 Em; 164 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

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

bookmark_borderLight Up the World!

LYRICS
I’m not looking for lithium
I’m not falling for illusion
… just looking for a’lil fusion
A bit of a reactor
Added to my factor
And, I’ll light up the world
And, we’ll light up our world

To have my own little sun
Would be, oh, such fun
A lil’ reactor… fusion, my son

Chords: B C B / B A B / A B / B C B / B C D E F G A B; 136 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the albums: Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderHome Alone

LYRICS
Heaven’s calling…
… home
Feel all alone
On your own?
The bad guys are knocking
Heaven’s calling
All enthralling
If you feel like talking

Heaven’s calling…
… home
Home alone
Pick up the phone
There’s no use in sulking
Heaven’s calling
No need stalling
If you feel like talking

Chords: A G F E / D / F D; 100 BPM
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Organ, Keyboards

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderStraight-up Fiction

LYRICS
I don’t know about any of that
Straight-up fiction
There’s no matter of fact
Saying you “own it”
‘s not quite accurate
… at any rate….
If the devil’s in the details
Then what are your credentials?
If you notion’s built on solid rock
Why not walk-the-walk
… instead of talk…
Talk-the-talk, talk, talk, talk?

DR0000_7535-Straight-up-Fiction.mp3

Chords: F# A F# / E B C# F# / B F#
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderMy Gift to You

LYRICS
My gift to you
Think before I do
Gift in return
Please do the same, too
Doing unto others
As they would do to you
All sisters and brothers
From the broad point-of-view
What would God do
If she were you?

Save the planet
Consider the habitat
God won’t damn it
Why would you do that?
My gift to you
Think before I do
Gift in return
Please do the same, too
Dedicate the festivals
To all the animals
Don’t save the holidays
To show your kind ways
What would God do
If she were you?

Chords: F G C / E C
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Kurzweil Keyboard

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderIn the Dew

LYRICS
The glistening of the dew
Reminds of the eyes in you
Your glistening eyes do
Remind me I love you
Arise from the night
A new light
The rays spray
Upon the dew
Reminding me of you
The shining of your light
Reflects my depths insight

Chords: D C A / D G A / D C A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear