Category: Narley Marley

bookmark_borderSmoke Signals

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LYRICS
Their smoke signals
Traveled such a long way
Invoke channels
To save the day
“Take a breath
You’ll risk premature death,”
They say

Is it wild how the wildfires
Stole the role of the town criers?
“Take a breath
You’ll risk premature death,”
They say

In the era of the new skywriters
Human error… now we’re fire fighters
“Take a breath
You’ll risk premature death,”
They say

Climate change was on the way
It’s here today
It’s here to stay
Hey folk,
Wake up! Smell the smoke

A song about the summer of 2023 and the Canadian wildfires causing days of air quality alerts in the United States. See The Long-term Breathing Experiment and What is a Corsi-Rosenthal Box and how do you build one?

Chords: EbM7 Gm / Eb F Gm; Part II @ 113 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderThe Island Song

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LYRICS
I started thinking
Our island’s sinking
Going down
As we spin ’round
Going down
Not surprising
The tide is rising
Understand
Who commands
The land

Check out the state
Of our nation state
As of this date
You’ve cast our fate
Going down
As we spin ’round
Going down
Not surprising
The tide is rising
Understand
Who commands
The land

Chords: Em / Am C Em; 100 BPM Pop Reggae
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards
Written and recorded live to a digital 1-track

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderGarnish

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LYRICS
It came as a garnish
With my dish
(On the side of my dish)
Was not meant to cherish
(Not meant to cherish this)
Nor a wish
(Not a wish)

The fruition of consumption
Leads to my confusion
With the consumption fusion
Into my disposition
… just trying to appreciate
What I ate
… soon…
What will be me

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Reggae
Chords: g e b a b e / Em Em7 Esus4 Asus4; 87 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Get The Jab
Instrumentals: More Or Less

bookmark_borderTo Each His Own

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LYRICS
And, to each his own
What do you own?
And, to each his own
What have you?
(You do you?)
The right might make might right
In their imagination
Don’t understand the slight of hand
In their concentration
As is the case of the off-base base
The lack of basic logic
Turned to sick bigot bull$hit
So thick
You’re up to your redneck in it
Do you even own your own body?
Somebody said “From whence you come”
Your remains will remain
In between is our own suspense
In between is our own essence
In between is our own existence
Own your own existence
(Get it while you can
… before been

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Techno Reggae
Chords: Am Am7 Gm Gm9; 88 BPM Swing Reggae
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Spacewalk

bookmark_borderMonkey Do

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LYRICS
Is it true
Monkey see, monkey do?
Through and through
In the me and you
Through and threw, too
[feces flying]
One flew
Over the cuckoo’s nest
Think it best?
Is it true…
Monkey see, monkey do?
Up on a caged pedestal
Above the festival — Washington DC
Undone, I see
Monkey do
It’s true
Monkey see, monkey do
Know evil
Monkey do
Know harm
Monkey do
Ill alarm
Monkey see, monkey do

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Reggae
Chords: F#m F#m9 F#m7(11); 92 BPM Swing Reggae
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Premortem

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

bookmark_borderClick My <3

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LYRICS
Click my <3
Beat by beat
Let’s just start
Up the heat
Reality fades into
The surreal you
Do, please, do
On the spot?
Why not
It’s getting hot
Beat by beat
The hearts’ heat
You warm my skin
You warm within
Beat by beat
Up the heat
Beat by beat by beat by beat

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Freestyle Reggae Love Song
Chords: Em D F Em; 112 BPM Swing Reggae
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Join The Marching And

bookmark_borderOn An Island

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LYRICS
Do you think the drop
In land’s altitude
Has to do with the drop
In man’s attitude
If I may be so bold
The weight of the world
Yes, let the story be told
The devastation of land
By the human hand
The rise of the sea
Level to you and me
The fall of mankind
When there’s no see to find
Starting to understand
A continent is an island
Standing on sinking land
Isn’t going as planned
Going under
Under “stand”?

ABOUT THE SONG
Inspired by The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: C# F G / G F D; 112 BPM Swing Reggae
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards


From the album 365 And A Quarter

bookmark_borderTo Know The Know Flow

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LYRICS
Do you know which way
The know does flow
Do you know which way
The know does go
In one ear and right out the other,
Brother
Talk to the hand?
I don’t understand
So, much slipping through the fingers
I sure hope some lingers
Stuck to the tip of my tongue
Sure hope it comes unwrung
Starting to feel the way
In “The Ocean’s” sway
By the light of day
… the moon’s effect on the bay
In the light of day

ABOUT THE SONG
This song was inspired by Led Zeppelin’s “The Ocean”.
The Ocean is the sea of fans as seen from the stage. In concert, they would dedicate it  to the audience.
“Singing to an ocean, I can hear the ocean’s roar
Play for free, I play for me and play a whole lot more, more!
Singing about the good things and the sun that lights the day”

Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A C G; 100 BPM Pop Reggae
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

bookmark_borderQuestionable Motive

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LYRICS
What are you plans
What will you do with me?
Are the plan’s man
You call this destiny
Lawwwwww…
Set me free

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em(9) B7sus4; 184 BPM and 88 BPM Reggae
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Unbelievable

bookmark_borderThe Signal

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LYRICS
[The signal]
Testing monkey’s abilities
The monkey in me
Testing the monkey in me
I’m trying to see
My ability
Polka Foxtrot
Polka Fox
Trotting ‘er abilities
Testing my sanity
She’s leading me around
Like a dog and pony show
Wouldn’t ya know
Polka Fox
Outside the box

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Reggae
Chords: Gm F; 120 BPM Polka Foxtrot
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Narley Marely: Vocals, Keyboards
Tomcat Bob: Guitar

From the album The Narley Marley Experience
by Narley Marley

bookmark_borderWhisper On The Wind

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LYRICS
Whisper on the wind
I hear
God’s lips to my ear
I can hear, I do
I can hear do you
Do you, too

Whisper On The Wind.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Ska
Chords: Em; 90 BPM Reggae
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Narley Marley: Vocals, Keyboards
Tomcat Bob: Guitar

From the album The Narley Marley Experience
by Narley Marley

bookmark_borderWhat Problem?

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LYRICS
So
What’s the problem
So
I don’t know
First you clobber ’em
Then rob ’em
Before you #uck ’em?
What’s my problem
That’s my problem

What’s the problem
I try to solve ’em
Watch that puzzle
Fizzle

Ya, what’s the problem
So
You don’t know?
Solution
Revolution
Going on in my mind
How to be kind
It’s the revolution
Solution
In my mind
Try n’ be kind

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Ska
Chords: G; 100 BPM Ska
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Narley Marley: Vocals, Keyboards
Tomcat Bob: Guitar

From the album The Narley Marley Experience
by Narley Marley

bookmark_borderWhitelion

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LYRICS
Encircled by the deepest purple
In fact, black
As hellfire rains down
Reigns all around
That whitelion inside of you
Comes roaring through
While angels are cast from heaven
The sprouting of demons is a fore-given
And at the very end
When the messenger they send
Has no ear to lend….

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Reggae
Chords: E Em Esus4 Em7(11) / C D E Em; 90 BPM Reggae
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards

From the album The Narley Marley Experience
by Narley Marley

bookmark_borderAtlas Of Smiles (Oneway)

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LYRICS
A million and one loves
What the world needs today
Is more than oneway
And a heart or two, too
What the world needs today
Is more than oneway
Realize
Heaven is on Earth
Birth in paradise
Heaven on Earth
Birth
The smile of a baby
Or little ole lady
What the world needs today
Is more than oneway
Stand up comedy shtick
Or a bit of ole slapstick
What the world needs today
Is more than oneway

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Reggae
Chords: Capo 2 G C D / Em C D; 102 BPM Reggae and Swing Reggae
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album The Narley Marley Experience
by Narley Marley

bookmark_borderBequeath

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LYRICS
Is anyone around
To testify
It’s going down
Anyone in town
Gonna bear witness
It’s going down
i confess…
It’s going down
The right are wrong
Lefts should have left
Writing a sad song
Bequeath theft
Or bequeath breath

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Reggae
Chords: Em BM7aug G#mM7 Ebaug Edim; 100 BPM Reggae
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album The Narley Marley Experience
by Narley Marley