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bookmark_borderFull Steam Ahead

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LYRICS
When I saw the mountain
Just had to give a try
Need to know for certain
Just how high
I can get
With no regret
Life’s a bet

When I saw the river
Just had to give a try
Need to know “deliver”
By and by
With the flow
Here we go
Need to know

At the fork in the road
Knew which path I should try
No matter the load
Just how high
I can get
With no regret
Life’s a bet

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E’s / G A E; 160 BPM Rock Shuffle
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Turning Of The Tuning Knob

bookmark_borderJumpin’in

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LYRICS
Here we go again
Jump in
Cross into begin
Jumpin
Jumpin’in
At the starting line
Getting ready to make time
When you hear the gun
Start to run… run!
Lurch off or you perch
Hit the ground runnin’
Finesse is stunnin’
Off to search
Just in time the finish line
Let your glory shine
Omen of a showman
Call “curtain”
(Curtain call for all)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: a g# g f# f / D E / D G E / G E; 128 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Turning Of The Tuning Knob

bookmark_borderCope Is Coy

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LYRICS
Hope and joy and dreams of prosperity
Cope is coy the seams/seems of reality
Split it
Exit exist

The further you may go
The more you may know
About has been
Then again?

The farther from so far
The closer that you are
Savor our
Exist a bit

The wonder in your wander
The more life’s held fonder
Endear
The near

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A G F# / E A / A A7; 120 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Turning Of The Tuning Knob

bookmark_borderOne Of Those

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LYRICS
Yes, I suppose
I’m one of those
Though if I chose
Avoid the woes / whoas
Of segmentation
Generalization
Invalidation
Segmentation
Damn damnation

Yes, I suppose
I’m one of those
I’ve got 10 toes
Eyes and a nose
What segmentation
Of civilization
Regurgitation
Segmentation
Damn damnation

Yes, I suppose
I’m one of those
Is it my clothes
Or the wind blows…
Your imagination
To segmentation
Invalidation
Segmentation
Damn damnation

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# F E / E F F#; 130 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Turning Of The Tuning Knob

bookmark_borderIt’s a Long Way to the Top

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Written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott
Made famous by AC/DC

A
Riding down the highway
A
Going to a show
A
Stop in all the by-ways
A
Playing rock 'n' roll
A
Getting robbed, Getting stoned, Getting beat up, Broken boned
A
Getting had, Getting took I tell you folks, it's harder than it looks
[Chorus]
      A               G              D           A 
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
      A               G              D           A 
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
      A                                       D                    
If you think it's easy doing one night stands 
Try playing in a rock 'n' roll band
      G               D                            A             
It's a long way to the top if you wanna to rock 'n' roll
[Break]
A 
G   D   A     x 4
[Verse]
A                                        
Hotel, motel
A
Make you want to cry
A
Lady do the hard sell
A
Know the reason why
A
Getting old      Getting grey Getting ripped off  Under paid     
A
Getting sold Second hand That's how it goes, playing in a band
[Chorus]
      A               G              D           A 
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
      A               G              D           A 
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
      A                                     D                          
If you wanna be a star of stage and screen
Look out, it's rough and mean
      G               D              D           A 
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
      G               D              D           A 
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
      G               D              D           A 
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
      G               D              D           A 
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
[Outro]
A 
It's a long way
A
Such a long way         
A 
It's a long way
A
Such a long way

Coversong Long Way To The Top.mp3

bookmark_borderLove At First Sight

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LYRICS
Love
Love at first sight
Kiss her goo night
Forget the fright
Step out of the light
You know…
Into the afterglow
Stars
Stars in your eyes
You did
Oh how cupid…
Tries
Stars
Stars in our I’s
Lucid
The hearts surprise
Command
“Hold my hand?”
Demand
Hearts start to understand
Falling in love
How do we land
Push came to shove
Falling in love

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G#sus 4 D#7 F#6 G#sus4; 166 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Turning Of The Tuning Knob

bookmark_borderA Head Ahead

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LYRICS
My mind goes round and round instead
Will I ever get ahead
A head ahead
Fast stead steadfast
Free me at last
(A head ahead)

In the narrow and the straight
Can’t move forward at any rate
Mind goes round and round instead
Will I ever get ahead
A head ahead
Fast stead steadfast
Free me at last
(A head ahead)

In the cold and dark of night
Looking for a sliver of light
In sight insight
A head ahead
Steadfast at last
In sight
A head
Ahead
Insight

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E A D G / B E / B7 A G E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Electric Piano
Location: Lake Wynonah, PA

From the album Turning Of The Tuning Knob

bookmark_borderSqueeze Box

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Written by Pete Townshend
Made famous by The Who

G
Mama's got a squeeze box
She wears on her chest
And when Daddy comes home
He never gets no rest

             D                (D**)
'Cause she's playing all night
        C
And the music's all right
D
Mama's got a squeeze box
C                     G    (G*)
Daddy never sleeps at night

         G
Well the kids don't eat
And the dog can't sleep
There's no escape from the music
In the whole damn street

             D                (D**)
'Cause she's playing all night
        C
And the music's all right
D
Mama's got a squeeze box
C                     G    (G*)
Daddy never sleeps at night

         G
She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
             D                (D**)
'Cause she's playing all night
        C
And the music's all right
D
Mama's got a squeeze box
C                     G    (G*)
Daddy never sleeps at night

          G
She goes, squeeze me, come on and squeeze me
            D
Come on and tease me like you do
    C
I'm so in love with you
D
Mama's got a squeeze box
C                     G    (G*)
Daddy never sleeps at night

Banjo break

         G
She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
             D                (D**)
'Cause she's playing all night
        C
And the music's all right
D
Mama's got a squeeze box
C                     G     G C G C  G C\G
Daddy never sleeps at night

Coversong by The Beatless Sense Mongers

Squeeze Box.mp3

bookmark_borderMoving In Stereo

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written by Ric Ocasek and Greg Hawkes
made famous by The Cars

Em  C  Em
Chorus 1
Life's the same I'm moving in stereo 
Life's the same except for my shoes 
Life's the same you're shakin' like tremolo 
                      C               Em  C  Em
Life's the same it's all inside you 

Verse 1
It's so easy to blow up your problems 
It's so easy to play up your breakdown 
It's so easy to fly through a window 
                C                    Em  C
It's so easy to fool with the sound 

Interlude
B  A  Em  C  Em

Verse 2
It's so tough to get up 
It's so tough 
It's so tough to live up 
                 C    Em
It's so tough on you 

chorus 1
Interlude
C  Em  C  Em  C  B  A  Em

Chorus 2
Life's the same I'm moving in stereo 
Life's the same except for my shoes 
Life's the same you're shakin' like tremolo 
                     C               B5
Life's the same it's all inside you

Coversong by The Beatless Sense Mongers

Moving In Stereo.mp3

bookmark_borderGlad You Could Make It (Fascinization)

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LYRICS
I’m glad you made it
Glad you finally made it
To the show
Glad to watch you fade
Made the fade
Into the know
Yearn to learn by experimentation
Add curiosity stimulation
Mix the fix with fascinization

If you were expecting
Except an intermission
Your inner-mission
Face-to-face with outer space
(chorus)

The End. Please come again (again)
Until then… it’s time to begin
(chorus)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E / C E / E G E; 140 Bebop
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Turning Of The Tuning Knob

bookmark_borderIn Store For You

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LYRICS
Open up your store some more
Swing wide a door / adore
The story of your inventory
The glory of the body (you embody)

What lurks in your works
What do you mean “ghost in the machine”?

[Jam]

Unlock the lock to your stock
Out of the closet under your drawers

Set sail to unveil
Make certain “behind the curtain”

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A C A / A G A; 150 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Turning Of The Tuning Knob

bookmark_borderBeatific

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LYRICS
I’m happy to be here
Am seeing the air clear
The future is near
The present I hear
The place to “me be”
Relent to the present
Strive to ride alive
Till the beginnings arrive
I’m happy to see clear
With mortals all mere
The place to be of we
Relevant in present

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: D#7 D#m7 F#m F# B C#; 137 BPM Hard Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Turning Of The Tuning Knob

bookmark_borderSpeak Up

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Hyper-terrestrial
Speak Up

MIDI Files I and MIDI Files II
Also see Turning Of The Tuning Knob

bookmark_borderLapse In Memory

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LYRICS
I forget what I was going to say
I forget what I was going to play
Then, it all comes rushing back
… all comes flooding back
Lapse in memory attack

I forget what I was going to do
Please tell me, tell me, tell me true
Then, it all comes rushing back
… all comes flooding back
Lapse in memory attack

Hands are wrung on the tip-of-my-tongue
Mental trip… more than a Freudian slip
Then, it all comes rushing back
… all comes flooding back
Lapse in memory attack
Lapse
Hard to grasp
Think fast

I forget what I was thinking of…
Of course, what other than a song of love
Yeah, it all comes rushing back
… all comes flooding back
Lapse in memory attack
Mem-or-me

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E7 E G D A / A D E; 130 down and up to 150 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Turning Of The Tuning Knob

bookmark_borderAbby Somebody

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LYRICS
Abby Somebody
Just a brain
Caught in the reign
To restrain
Is Abby somebody?
In the eye-of-the storm
Not of the norm
At all
Not normal?
Take a stab
Ab…
In total
Not normal
When they were passing out brains
I thought they said trains
There’s already toys in my attic
Not really sick
The joys
Rearrange strange
Paranormal strain
Just a brain
Abby Somebody
Is that body me, Abby?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: Ebm Dm; 120 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Turning Of The Tuning Knob