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bookmark_borderA Long Awaited Breath

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LYRICS
A long awaited breath
Come back from quite a depth
Sure to surface
More than suffice
(Sure to surface)
Head up and face it
(Face it)
Head on
Dread gone
Let’s face it

As we hold our heads high
You know that we’ll try
To make it
Let’s face it

Be so bold, shout out, cry
“Hold your head high”
“We’ll make it”
Let’s face it!

A long awaited breath
Come back from quite a depth
Sure to surface
More than suffice
More to surface
Bring back life
Head up and face it
(Face it)
Head on
Dread gone
Let’s face it

Riff notes: e e e d# e d / e c# e c e b / a g f# e
Chords: E / C D E / G E C E / D E / Bm D E; Part II @ 127 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderHappy Birthday!

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LYRICS
Time flies past
Raise your glass
Raise your cheer
Can’t believe
It’s that time of year
Happens fast
Hard to grasp
Hold it dear
One of our best years
As it comes your way
Happy birthday!

Time blasts past
Doesn’t last
Days to months
And months to years
Happens fast
Hard to grasp
Hold it dear
One of our best years
As it comes your way
Happy birthday!

Future past
Present cashed
Shifting gears
Through the years
Happens fast
Hard to grasp
Hold it dear
One of our best years
As it comes your way
Happy birthday!

230523_2875-Happy-Birthday.mp3

Chords: E AM7 E / E Esus4 E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

bookmark_borderimpACT

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LYRICS
Pebble on a pond
Shock waves ripple on
Skimming a stone
Our physics is prone
To impact
It’s not too late to act
(As a matter of fact)

Shock wave motion
In relation to friction
Riding an earthquake
Calculations to make
Of impact
It’s not too late to act
(As a matter of fact)

Of course it’s the force
Reality divorce
Situational gravity
And it’s relativity to me
It’s not too late to ACT!
impACT!

Chords: A C / C A / A / C E A / C A C B7 A E; Part II @ 112 to 130 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderHeartsbeat

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LYRICS
Can you…
Just give me a little bit
Just give me a little bit
Give a little bit
… of time
In the prime
Of our lives
Honey in the hives
Sweeeeeeet
Let’s keep the beat
Hearts beat
As one
Hearts beat
We’ve won
Problems are none
Lovin’s not done
Sweeeeeeet
Let’s keep the beat

Chords: E G E / E C D G / E / E G; Part II @ 114 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderFlathead World

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LYRICS
I suppose in a pinch
It’s better than nothing
I’d prefer to have the punch
At the party
Phillipshead in a flathead world
Bold n’ told faltered facts
What the situation lacks…
Is heart
Right from the start
More heart

Time erodes as we debate
Over nothing
Transfer “out-to-lunch”
To “join the party”
Phillipshead in a flathead world
Bold n’ told faltered facts
What the situation lacks…
Is heart
Right from the start
More heart

I propose inch by inch
Adds up to something
It arose as the cinch
Of the party
Starhead in a starhead world
Stumble into humble
Situation’s lovable
Right from the the heart
Right from the start
Adore heart
Love love

Chords: E D A G E / C D D E; Part II @ 118 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderAcross the Great Divide

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LYRICS
Across the great divide
Far and wide
We’ve got to to build it
Build it
’cause our spirit
We’ve killed it
Build the kids a bridge

Old school’s water
Under the bridge
Old fools’ falter
Burnt the bridge
… behind us
Fabulous as treacherous
Dubious us
Oblivious us

Across the great divide
Far and wide
We’ve got to to build it
Build it

Chords: E / E A A C / D G E; Part II @ 126 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderLoaded

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LYRICS
Unlocked
Loaded
Next stop — exploded
Fire in the hole
Let’s roll

My, oh, my
How fast they grow
All grown up before you know
Don’t let youth fade away
Try to hold on for one more day

Unlocked
Loaded
Next stop — exploded
Fire in the hole
Let’s roll

Oh yeah yeah
Found in the flow
Signs of youth starting to show
won’t let time fade away
Riding on…
It’s a news day

Unlocked
Loaded
Next stop — exploded
Fire in the hole
Let’s roll

Chords: B E / A B7 B7 E; Part II @ 128 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderFinally

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LYRICS
Finally got it right
It took all night
Finally got it right
Saw the light
What delight
Finally got it right
Watching pieces falling
Watching pieces falling
Into place
Troubles vanish without a trace
Finally finished the human race
Time to meld with time and space

Finally got it right
… might have took all night
But finally got it right

Chords: E A / G D A / C E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderThin Ice

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LYRICS
Skating on thin
Ice
Will not suffice
Twice
Previous mistake
Can’t afford to make
We had our foolish ways
For days and days and days
Now to wade
Into fade

Waiting on thin
Ice
Back to begin
Twice
Previous mistake
Can’t afford to make
We had our foolish ways
For days and days and days
Now to wade
Into fade

In the twilight
Ice
Had to pay the…
Price
Previous mistake
Can’t afford to make
We had our foolish ways
For days and days and days
Now to wade
Into fade

230519_2851-Thin-Ice.mp3

Riff notes: e f# g b
Chords: Em / Em C Am / Am D G Am
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderCut It Up (Blood and Sawdust)

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LYRICS
Cut it up
Before I turn to rust
Blood and sawdust
Blood and sawdust
The top of my head
Dripping red
As wood chips drip
From my ear
There’s nothing to fear
Cut it up
Before I turn to rust
Blood and sawdust
Blood and sawdust
The first bit absorbs it
Then drip, drip, drip
Right in the eye
I try not to cry
Or better yet… die
Cut it up
Before I turn to rust
Blood and sawdust
Blood and sawdust
I’m OK
Better get out of the way
Look out below!
She’s ready to go
Look out below!
Loooooooooow

Cut it up
Before I turn to rust
Blood and sawdust
Blood and sawdust

A song about climbing a 60 foot tree with a chainsaw and cutting it down.
Chords: E G A C D E / D Dsus2 D E / E A7 E / A B7 E; Part II @ 140 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderSunshine, Sunshine

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LYRICS
I’m going to go over into the sunshine,
Sunshine
Shed some light on my situation
Just might
Enlight
Some insight into navigation
Of the soul
While the moon’s full
Get it together with forever
Circle ’round
Routes been found

Love to discover into the sunshine,
Sunshine
Shed some light on our situation
Some more
For sure
Some insight into navigation
Of the soul
While the moon’s full
Get it together with forever
Earth, air, and water
Birth, son, and daughter
Circle ’round
Routes been found

Chords: F Eb Bb F / Bb F / Ab Eb Bb / Bb F; Part II @ 100 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderFuture Picture

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LYRICS
There’s this future picture
And it’s coming at us fast
If you’re not sure of yours
Come watch it go past
If you can last
Ever been asked?
What’s your story
Is it all riches and glory
Fame and fortune in your future?

Is the pictured future
Coming way too fast
Going past/passed in a blur
Is our “die” cast?
If we can last
We’ve been asked?
What’s our story
Is it all riches and glory
Fame and fortune in our future?

230516_2832-Future-Picture.mp3

Chords: E F G / G E / E jam
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

bookmark_borderThe Less I No

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LYRICS
The more I get to know
The less I “no”
I’m just glad to see
Some good ole get up and go!
Bye-bye slow
A little bit faster
And I’ll arrive
A bit of outlast ‘er
And we’ll survive
Surely…
Won’t we?

The less I “no”
The more I know
I’m so glad to see
That good ole get up and go!
Bye-bye slow
A little bit faster
And I’ll arrive
A bit of outlast ‘er
And we’ll survive
Surely…
Won’t we?

230515_2829-The-Less-I-No.mp3

Chords: G C D G / E G A A E / E G A B7
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

bookmark_borderI’m Not Sleeping

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LYRICS
No, my dear
I’m not sleeping
Yes, my dear
It’s worth repeating
I’m right here
Here I hear
All-most everything
Live to give
Love just about everybody
Love to live
Give to just about anybody
You, too?

Is it dear
I’m not sleeping
While life’s near
I’ll be reaping
I’m right here
Here I hear
All-most everything
Live to give
Love just about everybody
Love to live
Give to just about anybody
You, too?

From the rear
Overtaking
To the here
For Earth-shaking
I’m right here
Here I hear
All-most everything
Live to give
Love just about everybody
Love to live
Give to just about anybody
You, too?

Chords: F#5 G5 Em / D C Em / Em C Am D / Em; Part II @ 118 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderJust a Man

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LYRICS
Here I am
Just a man
Doing the best that I can
… at least trying
All done crying
Tomorrow’s another day
Not one for lying
Truth in what you say
So I am
Just a man
Yes, I am
Just a man
All for flying
Into a bright blue day
Put off dying
Sometime far, far away
Doing the best that I can
… at least trying
If love needs prying
Already on my way
Love’s not denying
No, no not today

230515_2827-Just-a-Man.mp3

Chords: E G A / A G E / A G D C A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar