Category: The Beatless Sense Mongers

bookmark_borderIntact

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LYRICS
As a matter of fact
Trying to land intact
Not flat on my back
Nor hear a bone crack
… just trying to land intact
Taking up the slack
Why not get it taught
Wrought with fought
Take it back
… just trying to land intact
When I’m rocked, I roll
Torment has no goal
Thrill is sought
Not of naught
… just trying to land intact
Do you know what’s meant
“Wear a helmet”?
Fear the hack
Head gets whacked
… just trying to land intact

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: F# D A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Premortem

Written at the corners of Market, High, Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA — Gay Church

bookmark_borderPsycho Killer

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Psycho Killer Cover

Written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth
Originally made famous by The Talking Heads

Am                                           G  Am
I cant seem to face up to the facts
Am                                           G  Am
Im tense and nervous and i Cant relax
Am                                           G  Am
I cant sleep cause my beds on fire
Am                                           G  Am
Don't touch me I'm a real live wire
F                     G                   Am
Psycho killer Quest que cest Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far
F                         G                                C
Better Run run run run run run run away
F                     G                   Am
Psycho killer Quest que cest Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far
F                         G                                C
Better Run run run run run run run away

You start a conversation you cant even finish it.
You're talkin' a lot, but you're not sayin' anything.
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed.
Say something once, why say it again?
Psycho killer,
Quest que cest
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away
Psycho killer
Quest que cest
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away

Bm                   G   Bm                  G
Ce da je fair, ces sou la, Ce quell a dit, ces soulla
Psycho killer,
Quest que cest
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away
Psycho killer,
Quest que cest
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh....

bookmark_borderThoughtless

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LYRICS
Sorry, I was lost in thought
So I thought I ought
To apologize
Now that I realize
How thoughtless
[Lost my head…
Raising the dead]
So deep in thought
A loss in thoughtlessness
A thought knot
You said
Turn it on its head
A thought not?
I thought not
Therefore, I realize I should apologize
For being lost in thought
So full of thought
That, nevertheless, thoughtless

What was your question again?
Oh, yes…
… your dress…
… is stunning
And your hair?
They’re…
… marvelous…
Simply marvelous
… how thoughtless

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: C C# C#m C#sus4 F#; 130 BPM Cha Cha / 169 BPM Boogie
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Premortem

bookmark_borderUndiagnosed

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LYRICS
These symptoms are confussin’
Can’t figure my head from my tail
While all the while I’m oozing
On my knees, to no avail
Don’t ask me
What’s the matter with me
If I knew
Would I be asking you?

These symptoms are less than amusin’
Dumbfounding me to no avail
While all the while I’m loosing
Oh why won’t what ails sail?
Don’t ask me
What’s the matter with me
If I knew
Would I be asking you?

It’s starting to come through
I’m starting to get a clue
The frailty of humanity
Inevitability of mortality
Exactly
What’s the matter with me
Is that what’s ailing you, too?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: A A7 D D9 / C D A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Premortem

Written in between Market, High, Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA — Gay Church

bookmark_borderEasy Way Out

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LYRICS
Hey! Wait just a minute
… you mean I’m already in it?
All the time already been
In the in
I just now figured it out
If you can’t find the easy way out
Do you know what I’m talking about?
Are you trying to tell me
To see “obviously”
All this time I have been
In the in?
Easy! All this time
It’s been inside of me
No doubt
The easy way out
Is inside of me

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: E Em7 / A G E / E G A E
Recording: original take / live digital 10-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Drums

From the album Premortem

bookmark_borderDo It Again

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LYRICS
As soon as the sun starts breakin’
We’ll / will do it again
We’ll / will do it again in the mornin’
For the children’s sake
At day break
We’ll do it again in the mornin’
And it’s true that all you do
Will pull you through, too
All you do comes back to you
Know / no matter what you do
For “good”ness sake
When we wake
We’ll do it again in the mornin’
(at the break of day
… what do you say?)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: E / D A D A D A E A / C A
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Organ

From the album A kNew Album

bookmark_borderThe Disease

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LYRICS
Might want to be careful
If you get too close
You might catch it, too
Maybe slightly mindful
If you get the “to know” ‘s
You might catch it, too
They say the disease
Is spreading like fleas
So if you please
None of these

Might want to be fearful
If you’ve got the “who knows?”
You might catch it, too
Maybe slightly helpful
If you’ve got a spare dose
You might catch it, too
They say the disease
Starts with a wheeze
(Cough and sneeze)
So if you please
I’ll have none of these
I might catch it, too
Don’t want to catch it from you
I might catch it, too

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: A A7 / Em G A / G A
Recording: digital stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album A kNew Album

bookmark_borderDefine Succeed

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LYRICS
If at first you don’t succeed
Try again
Then, again
Might concede
What it is to succeed
After all, what is “this”
That you want to achieve
And is all this bliss
Cracked up to what it’s suppose to be?
Then, in retrospect
Are you chasing a dream
I mean… come on… what the heck
If it makes you want to scream
For your whole life running down
Oh the strife of chasing down
All the time running round and round round

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: C A D G E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Blown Away

bookmark_borderWhat For?

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LYRICS
No more “what for?”

I’ve heard it all now
Know I’ve heard it all before
Excuse the lack of “wow!”
Finding it all quite a bore
Please no more “what for?”
No, no more

Ignorance is really no excuse
Responsible even when loose
Are the brains in recluse
Keep them hidden… in your caboose?

How much more to endure
Sure your remedy’s the cure?
Allure of shinny nomenclature
The lure of human nature

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: G7sus4 D7sus4 E7sus4; 77 BPM Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Blown Away

bookmark_borderFishtales

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LYRICS
A fishy fish story
About its tall tail tale
Took a turn toward gory
With words that impale
Exhale
Exalt
Inhale
Doubt fault
(Halt)
Deceit laced with lies
Broken promises
Receipt of “wonder whys”
The hammer kisses
Nailed!
Caught in your own net
A sure bet you’ll regret
Should have cut bait, set sail
Before the storm… now bail!
Piece by peace
The truth we release
Aid the weak and frail
And what it will entail

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: C G Em / G A C Em / Em7 Em C9 C
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Blown Away

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

bookmark_borderA Bunch of Beatless Sense Mongers

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LYRICS
Turn the page
In the age
Of the sage
On the edge
Of the ledge
A.I.
Aye, aye captain
(eye, eye)
(I, I)
Are you certain
You know
Where you are going?
Row, row, row
The negligence
Of my artificial intelligence
Do tell
Due tell
Intel
On intelligence
Arrogance
Of enlightenment
Meant
Our brief moment
Who knows?
Cut off my knows
To spite my face
Or embrace
All natural
Intelligence?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Eb D Db C Cm; 138 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Blown Away

bookmark_borderMAGahh

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LYRICS
Make America great
For the first time
Sick-and-tired tirade
On political crime
Ring the corrupt out
Scream and shout
Ring the corrupt
Wring the corrupt
Wring out
Ring out
Obstruction of “obstruction of justice”
This is a thesis
Of feces
Free to fail
Never go to jail?
This train…
Has gone off the rail

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: E E7 A7 / A G E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Blown Away

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

bookmark_borderLegacy

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LYRICS
Is that your nose that grows,
Pinocchio
More lies than thumbs in pies,
Little Jack Horner
Humanity’s mourner
Hate’s fate
Around the corner
Follow the leader’s lead
Nations will bleed
Freedom’s fiefdom dumb
Never the learner
Chief commander of grief
Your President
Delusional and collusional
You represent
Fantastic plastic from sea to sea
(Shining see to shining see)
Our legacy
Less Redwood Forest… Rocky Mountain tragedy (travesty)
Our history

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: D G A D
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Blown Away

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

bookmark_borderWon For The Money

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LYRICS
Won for the money
Too for the show
3 to get ready
For to know
Better run for your honey
Fast yet steady
Not trying to be funny
No fad. Not trendy.
Better run for your life
Fast yet steady
Better run from your strife
Not mad… more friendly

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: E7 E / A G A G A E/E7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Blown Away

bookmark_borderEat The Beat

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LYRICS
I don’t know about all of this, that and the others
But, boy, I can tell you… If I had my druthers
All these muthers
Would have another thing coming
More strumming
Eat the beat

It seems that everyone you meet
Says “you are what you eat”
All of these “others”
Having a dream that smothers
More strumming coming
Eat the beat

Now, if you want a real treat
Close your eyes, open your mouth… and tweet
(Whistling)
Open (up) your heart
This’ll be the start…
Whistle!
More strumming and drumming
Eat the beat

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: F# D#m / B C# C#7 / F# F#sus4; 158 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Whistling

From the album Blown Away