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bookmark_borderAt the Pearly Gates

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LYRICS
One waits
At the pearly gates
The weight
The baggage of age
I can’t bear the wait
I can’t bear the weight
A voice is heard:
“You want the word?”

Can’t wait
Open up the gate
The age —
All the world’s a stage
Open up the gate
I can’t bear the wait
I can’t bear the weight

A voice is heard:
“You want the word?
You wan to know…
… if the answer is no?”

No, I don’t want to know
Prefer to procrastinate
And wait with all my weight

DR0000_7475-At-the-Pearly-Gates.mp3

Chords: A C C A / F G A / A Asus4; 116 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderYour Destiny

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LYRICS
Do you know if there’s a place I can go
To cure what ails me
It’s called “your destiny”
Perils of your destiny

You bet the farm
Doing no harm?
Lord, cure what ails me
It’s called “your destiny”

When it comes to the plant

You said, “Damn it! God damn it!”
“F” the habitat
What do you think of that
Live with it!

Live with it? I hope not to die…
… I….

DR0000_7472-Your-Destiny.mp3

A song about choosing climate change.
Chords: E A Bm E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderThe Essence

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LYRICS
The collision of our galaxies
Is something that I did not foresee
Didn’t have the luxury
To be omniscient
To be…
The big bang event
To be omniscient
To be…
Omnipresent
To be omniscient
To be…
The essence

The fusion of our closest star
Then plant your life, would seem bizarre
I couldn’t have thought so far
To be omniscient
To be…
The big bang event
To be omniscient
To be…
Omnipresent
To be omniscient
To be…
The essence

Spinning in the light
Turning day to night
What brilliant insight
To be omniscient
To be…
The big bang event
To be omniscient
To be…
Omnipresent
To be omniscient
To be…
The essence

ABOUT THE SONG
Drop D tuning
Chords: D Em7 / C Em7 D / Em7(9)
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderForgiven Sins

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LYRICS
Looked in the eye…
I looked in the eye…
I looked in the eye of the abyss
The story goes something like this:
I looked in the I of the abyss
Wondering “what’s this abyss?”
What is this
Abyss
Heaven on Earth is this
This is bliss
Forgiven for my sin
Over and over and over again

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords: Em Em7(11) / A7 Em / C A E
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderMay All Your Christmases Be White

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LYRICS
Oh, grandchild
Look what I’ve done
Tamed the wild
Nature’s undone
May your days be merry and bright
May all your Christmases be white!

Oh, grandchild
Look what I’ve done
Winters are mild
Nature’s undone
May your days be merry and bright
Will any Christmases be white?

Oh, grandchild
What can be done
To recompile
What I’ve undone?
May your days be merry and bright
May all your Christmases be white!

ABOUT THE SONG
The song asks if there will be any white Christmases for our grandchildren after The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment?
Chords: C Am / Em Am / Em G C
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderIf There’s Love in There

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LYRICS
Do you care to share
If there’s (any) love in there
Do you care to share
The love that’s there?
And we could be
A little bit happier
’cause the more we share
The more that’s there

Do you care to share
If there’s (any) love in there
Do you care to share
The love that’s there?
And we would be
A we would be
A little bit further
’cause the more we share
The more that’s there

Do you care to share
If there’s (any) love in there
Do you care to share
The love that’s there?
And we should be
In harmony
’cause the more we share
The more that’s there

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords: C F / C G
Recording: digital stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderIn Plain View

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LYRICS
What lengths to go to to find you
When you’re already there
Right out in front in plain view
So far, yet oh so near
Pinch me to see if I can see

What lengths to go to to find you
To see if you see me
Right out in front in plain view
So far, yet not nearly
Pinch me to see if I can see

When lengths are more behind you
When you’ve already passed
Still out in front in plain view
Before I fade to past
Pinch me to see if I can see

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords: C9 Csus4 C / C9 C / F G
Recording: digital 4-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (102 BPM)

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderWalk in the Dark

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LYRICS
Do you ant to take a walk in the dark?
We could go park in the park
Undo the innuendo
Steaming up the window
As we address getting undressed

We could explore the great outdoors
Go to third base maybe more
Undo the innuendo
Steaming up the window
As we address getting undressed

Face-to-face in a necking race
Neck-to-neck leather and lace
Undo the innuendo
Steaming up the window
As we address getting undressed

Go down till you find what’s up
Get up…
Till you find what’s going down
Undo the innuendo
Steaming up the window
As we address getting undressed

DR0000_7442-Walk-in-the-Dark.mp3

Chords: G7 D / Em A7 D
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderMeteorological Extreme

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LYRICS
Meteorological extreme
Did you bring the Bayou with you?
Baton Rouge
Paying dues
Caught your swampy blues
Do you know what I mean?
Meteorological extreme
Seems illogical
(Meteorological)
Now, its come this way
Arrived in PA
Just the other day
Na, na, na, Louisiana
Geez Louis… iana, na, na, na

A song about global warming and extreme weather events.
Chords: Em Em7 / Am Em Bm Am Em; 126 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Slide Guitar, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderChristmas Approaching

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LYRICS
Christmas approaching
Christmas approaching
Will I remember Merry Gentlemen
Too late for Tiny Tim…
… on the way to heaven
Take a piece of earth
Or give peace on Earth?
Consider human’s worth
And the meaning of birth

Christmas approaching
Christmas approaching
Well past September
The leaves have fallen
Can’t forget again
To help the appalling
Take a piece of earth
Or give peace on Earth?
Consider human’s worth
And the meaning of birth

Christmas approaching
Christmas approaching
Feeling the part
Of the Grinch That Stole Christmas
Alas,
With added Scrooge Attitude
Take a piece of earth
Or give peace on Earth?
Consider human’s worth
And the meaning of birth

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords: Am Asus4 Am9 / Em Am / C Am
Riffs: c d e b a / a b c c b a
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers (107 BPM)

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderThe Reindeer

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LYRICS
A real life red nosed reindeer
with Santa Claus in tow
A story I hold dear to me
The story… do you know?
On now:
Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen
But after all
Can you recall….
A real life red nosed reindeer
with Santa Claus in tow
A story I hold dear to me
The story… do you know?

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords: Bb D / D E F / F C / C D Bb
Recording: digital 6-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (98 BPM)

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderCaptured in a Dream

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LYRICS
Moving pictures crisp and clean
Flowing motion first time seen
Watching motion float downstream
Vibrant colors fill the scene
Captured in a dream

An odd plot… what does it mean
Rogue rook captured queen
Teaching baby time to wean
Waking up to her silent scream
Captured in a dream

Keeping one eye open
So that I can see
Sleeping while coping
With what comes after me
… what’s after me?

Chords: E Bm / F G E / F# G / F# F E; 176 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_border1 Mississippit

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LYRICS
The surprised don’t hiccup much
Hold my breath, start counting
I suppose the dead arose?
The tides of time are turning

1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi
3 Mississippi… one more
5 Mississippi, 6 Mississippi
7 went to heaven
Praying “can we save one more?”

DR0000_7417-1-Mississippit.mp3

Chords: E E9 E / A E A B7 E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderWhat You Do

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LYRICS
Standards are dropping
As the need’s popping
Mouths are calling
Morals falling
Understand
(All over the land)
Comprehend
(To understand)
What you do
Can get us through

Jaws are dropping
As the greed’s popping
Mouths are pleading
Spirits bleeding
Understand
(All over the land)
Comprehend
(To understand)
What you do
Can get us through

People dropping
Hearts are stopping
Mouths are crying
Stop our dying
Understand
(All over the land)
Comprehend
(To understand)
What you do
Can get us through\

Chords: G E / E Eb D D Eb E; 123 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

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