bookmark_borderBlowfish and Poison Darts

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Swampy Electric Guitar, Low Piano, Deep Organ, Sub-Bass, Drums, Percussion, Saxophone]

[Intro]
For dinner… what do you wish…
(Blowfish?)
What’s that little dart?
(Cupid!)
… did…
(Watch your heart!)

[Verse 1]
She served me up a blowfish
Said, “Honey, take a bite”
I said, “Are you quite certain?”
She said, “Everything’s alright”

[Pre-Chorus]
Love can be dangerous
(Dangerous for us!)

[Refrain]
She fed me the blowfish dish
(Shouldn’t take in tetrodotoxin)
Cupid’s poison dart to the heart
(Hit with curare there)

I said…
(Is our love dead?)

[Verse 2]
She said, “It’s just a fish, dear
What could possibly go wrong?”
I said, “I’ve heard that story
… it’s the same old song”

[Refrain]
She fed me the blowfish dish
(Stuffed within… tetrodotoxin)
Cupid’s poison dart to the heart
(Hit with curare there)

I said…
(Is our love dead?)

[Bridge]
Put more seasoning on…
(What poison?)
Sprinkle it on
(Oh, no!)
Stick with a lil’ prick
(Oh, whoa!)

Dart!
(Where?)
The heart!
(There!)

Don’t take it in…
(Don’t take it in!)
Don’t let it start…
(Don’t let it start!)

[Break]
She said:
“Take another bite.”
(I said, “No, no, no!”)

She said:
“It’s outta sight!”
(I said, “Whoa, whoa, whoa!”)

Cupid said:
“See… you can trust me.”
(I said…)
Is our love dead?
(Dead?)

[Instrumental: Dark Swamp-Blues Groove — Guitar, Organ, Bass, Saxophone, Drums]

[Final Refrain]
She fed me the blowfish dish
(Shouldn’t take in tetrodotoxin)
Cupid’s poison dart to the heart
(Hit with curare there)

I said…
(Is our love dead?)

She said…
(Not yet!)

I said…
(You wanna make a bet?)

[Outro]
She fed me the blowfish dish
(Don’t take in tetrodotoxin)
Cupid’s poison dart to the heart
(Hit with curare there)

I said…
(Is our love dead?)

[Silence]

From the album “Full Blown“

bookmark_borderThat Gasket

[Silence]

[Instrumental Intro: Roaring Engine FX, Swampy Electric Guitar, Deep Sub-Bass, Organ, Piano, Drums, Vibraphone, Percussion]

[Intro]
Hear that?
(What?)
Hear that sound?
(That ain’t good.)
… not like it should…

Red light…
(Hold tight!)
Red line…
(Past fine!)

[Verse 1]
She was running like a rocket
With the pedal to the floor
Temperature was climbing
But we wanted just a little more

Needle creeping toward the danger
Warning light began to glow
Somebody said, “Keep revving”
We all said, “Let’s go!”

[Pre-Chorus]
Pressure building…
(Building!)
Heat rising…
(Rising!)
Something’s gotta give
(If we wanna live….)

[Refrain]
That gasket…
(Is blown)
… hear ‘er moan?
(Blown)

Too far into the red zone
(Revin’ way to high, high, high)
Now the future’s blown
(Why, why, why?)

[Verse 2]
A gasket keeps the pressure
Where the pressure ought to stay
Keeps the fluids separated
Keeps the fire in its place

But push beyond the limit
And the seal begins to strain
One little breach of pressure
And you’re leaking down the drain

[Chorus]
Blown!
(Blown!)
Hear that moan!
(Ohhh!)

Red zone!
(Red zone!)
Leave it alone!

Too much heat
(Too much!)
Too much speed
(Too much!)

[Refrain]
That gasket…
(Is blown)
… hear ‘er moan?
(Blown)

Too far into the red zone
(Revin’ way to high, high, high)
Now the future’s blown
(Why, why, why?)

[Bridge]
Pressure!
(That’s for sure)
Heat!
(Beat!)

Speed!
(Indeed!)

[Break]
How high?
(High!)
How far?
(Far!)
How fast?
(Fast!)

How long?
(Too long!)

What’s that smell?
(Oh, well…)

[Instrumental: Heavy Swamp-Blues Engine Groove — Distorted Guitar, Organ, Bass, Drums, Saxophone, Solo]

[Final Refrain]
That gasket…
(Is blown)
… hear ‘er moan?
(Blown)

Too far into the red zone
(Revin’ way to high, high, high)
Now the future’s blown
(Why, why, why?)

[Outro]
Turn it down…
(Way down!)
Down, down, down

Red zone…
(Ain’t goin’ home!)
Shoulda left ‘er alone

Too late?
(Way, way, way beyond expiration date.)

[Engine sputters]
(Whoa)
Oh…
(Woe, oh.)

[Silence]

From the album “Full Blown“

bookmark_borderJust Instance

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Warm Organ, Deep Sub-Bass, Electric Guitar Swells, Drums, Percussion]

[Intro]
Just a moment…
(Just a minute)
Just a circumstance…
(What’s in it?)

Look around…
(Up and down)

Has the right left…?

[Verse 1]
Standing in a circumstance
Wondering where we stand
Another moment changes
An obsolete plan

[Pre-Chorus]
Step into the light…
(Through)
Step out of the shadow…
(Do)

[Refrain]
This circumstance
(Is a “just in stance”)
With the light shining
(Through)
Through and through
(Shining, shining)

Our circumstance
(Adjust to instance)
Out of the shadow
(Through to tomorrow)

[Verse 2]
The instant leaves a footprint
The footprint marks a way
The way became a journey
Drifting farther away

[Chorus]
Justice stance!
(Just instance!)
Take your stance!

Circumstance
(Isn’t chance!)

Move to what’s bright
(Take into view)
Then the light might
(Shine through and through)

Just instance!
(Just in stance!)
Tomorrow’s waiting
(For you!)

[Bridge]
Adjust!
(Adjust!)
Your stance…
(To circumstance!)

Instance!
(Instance!)
In stance…
(Weigh chance)

Light!
(Shining!)
Through!
(And through!)

Tomorrow…
(Coming to you!)

[Break]
Just…
(Just!)
In…
(In!)
Stance!
(Stance!)

Just instance!
(Just instance!)

By any chance…
(Is it circumstance?)

[Instrumental: Dreamy Blues Groove — Electric Guitar, Organ, Saxophone, Bass, Drums]

[Final Chorus]
When the light comes shining
(Through)
Let it shine
(Through and through!)

Out of the shadow
(Into a knew view)
Through to tomorrow
(Coming due!)

[Final Refrain]
This circumstance
(Is a “just in stance”)
With the light shining
(Through)
Through and through
(Shining, shining)

Our circumstance
(Adjust to instance)
Out of the shadow
(Through to tomorrow)

Just instance!
(Just instance!)
Adjust your stance!
(Adjust your stance!)

[Outro]
One instance…
(Becomes circumstance)

One stance…
(Can make a chance)

Light shining…
(Through and through)

Tomorrow…
(Coming to you, too)

Just instance…
(Justice in stance)

[Silence]

From the album “Full Blown“

bookmark_borderAdd Air

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Organ, Deep Sub-Bass, Drums, Percussion, Saxophone]

[Intro]
What’s that?
(A little flat)
Worse for the wear…
(Needs a little air)

[Verse 1]
Look at that balloon
Sittin’ on the floor
Used to touch the ceiling
Now it won’t anymore

[Refrain]
Lookin’ at
(A little flat)
Pump some air
(In there)
Blow it up!

Feelin’ a little low
(Inflate the rate)
Give ‘er a blow
(Elevate!)

[Verse 2]
Could be your tired
Need to get a lil’ higher
All cylinders… fire!
Accelerate aspire

[Refrain]
Lookin’ at
(A little flat)
Pump some air
(In there)
Blow it up!

Feelin’ a little low
(Inflate the rate)
Give ‘er a blow
(Elevate!)

[Bridge]
A little air…
(Can go a long way)
A little care…
(Can change the day)

Too little…
(Flat)
Too much…
(Blown!)
Find the perfect zone

[Break]
Pump it!
(Pump it!)
Pump it!
(Pump it!)

Blow!
(Whoa!)

[Instrumental: Swampy Blues Groove — Electric Guitar, Organ, Deep Bass, Drums, Saxophone]

[Final Refrain]
Lookin’ at
(A little flat)
Pump some air
(In there)
Blow it up!

Feelin’ a little low
(Inflate the rate)
Give ‘er a blow
(Elevate!)

Add air!
Plenty to spare)
Add air!
(Plenty to share)

[Outro]
[Refrain]
Lookin’ at
(A little flat)
Pump some air
(In there)
Blow it up!
(Up, up, up, up, up….)

[Silence]

From the album “Full Blown“

bookmark_borderThe Fuse

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Swampy Electric Guitar, Low Piano, Deep Sub-Bass, Organ, Drums, Percussion]

[Intro]
Click…
(Click.)
Nothing…
(Nothin’?)
Flip the switch…
(Sure… but which?)

[Verse 1]
There’s a spark in the darkness
There’s a wire in the wall
You can hear the little crackle
When the current starts to crawl

[Pre-Chorus]
Is it dead?
(Is it gone?)
Is it off?
(Or just wrong?)

[Refrain]
The fuse
(Is blown)
No, don’t confuse
(Known with own)

Oh, no, no, no
… don’t confuse
(Unplugged… with a blown fuse)

[Verse 2]
You can unplug the TV
You can shut the whole thing down
If you simply cannot see
And pretend it isn’t around

[Refrain]
The fuse
(Is blown)
No, don’t confuse
(Known with own)

Oh, no, no, no
… don’t confuse
(Unplugged… with a blown fuse)

[Bridge]
Known…
(But not owned)
Own…
(But not known)

[Break]
Did you unplug it?
(Yeah!)
Did the fuse blow?
(No!)
Are you certain?
(I dunno!)

[Instrumental: Heavy Swamp Groove — Distorted Guitar, Organ, Bass, Drums, Saxophone]

[Final Chorus]
Blown fuse!
(Blown fuse!)
Lights out!
(Lights out!)
Don’t confuse
(What it’s about)

Shout:
Unplugged…
(Isn’t blown)
Known…
(Isn’t owned)

[Final Refrain]
The fuse
(Is blown)
No, don’t confuse
(Known with own)

Oh, no, no, no
… don’t confuse
(Unplugged… with a blown fuse)

The fuse!
(Is blown!)
The fuse!
(Is blown!)

[Outro]
Click…
(Click.)

Nothing…
(Nothin’?)

Don’t confuse…
(Unplugged…)

With a blown fuse.

[Silence]

From the album “Full Blown“

bookmark_border#26 Jerk Surge

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Swampy Electric Guitar, Deep Sub-Bass, Organ, Piano, Drums, Percussion, Saxophone]

[Intro]
Twenty-six!
(What?)
Jerk surge!
(What was that?)
Take a chance…
(Here we go!)
Dance!

[Verse 1]
Something’s coming through the circuit
Something’s moving way too fast
Feel it twitching in the system
Feel the future hit the past

First you think you’ve got it handled
Then the signal starts to switch
One little unexpected movement
And the whole thing makes you twitch
(Twitch, twitch, twitch)

[Pre-Chorus]
Ready?
(Ready!)
Steady?
(No!)
Something’s coming…
(Here we go!)

[Refrain]
Get your 26 fix
(Jerk surge)
Take a chance
(A modern dance)
Splurge
(26 jerk surge)

First
(You get completely)
Then you jerk a knee
(Real, real fast)
Like whiplash!
(Splash!)
Splurge
(26 jerk surge)

[Verse 2]
One-two-three and then you stumble
Four-five-six and lose the beat
Seven-eight and something’s jumping
Nine-ten underneath your feet

Eleven-twelve, the rhythm’s shifting
Thirteen-fourteen, don’t ask why
Fifteen-sixteen, something’s jerking
Seventeen—it’s passing by!

[Chorus]
Jerk surge!
(Jerk surge!)
Feel the jolt!
(Feel the jolt!)
Something’s moving
(Out of control!)

Take a chance!
(Modern dance!)
Move your feet
(Advance!)

Twenty-six!
(Why twenty-six?)
In the know!
(Let’s go!)

[Bridge]
Jah, jah, jah
(Jerk surge!)
Jerk!
(Urge!)
Jerk!
(Surge!)

Left!
(Right!)
Up!
(Down!)

Fast!
(Real fast!)
Whiplash!
(Splash!)

Don’t stand still…
(Use freewill!)
Until…

[Break]
First you get completely…
(Out of your mind)
Then you jerk a knee!
(The funny bone you’ll find)
Real, real fast!
(Like whiplash!)

Twenty-six!
(That’s the fix!)
Twenty-six!
(That’s the trick!)
Jah, jah, jah
(Jerk surge!)

[Instrumental: Extended Dance-Blues Groove — Distorted Guitar, Organ Stabs, Saxophone, Bass, Drums]

[Final Chorus]
Jerk surge!
(Jerk surge!)
Feel it hit!
(Feel it hit!)
Take a chance
(A modern dance!)
Don’t resist!
(Don’t resist!)

Twenty-six!
(Get your fix!)
Splurge!
(26 jerk surge!)

[Final Refrain]
Get your 26 fix
(Jerk surge)
Take a chance
(A modern dance)
Splurge
(26 jerk surge)
Jah, jah, jah
(Jerk surge!)

First
(You get completely)
… hit with reality…

Then you knee-jerk
(Twerk)
Hit that funny bone
(Now take it on home!)
Future to past…
(Real, real fast)
Like whiplash!
(Splash!)
Splurge
(26 jerk surge)

Twenty-six!
(Jerk surge!)
Twenty-six!
(Jerk surge!)

[Outro]
By the year 2 aught twenty-six
(We learned the twitch)
The jerk surge
(Due to over urge)

When it jerks…
(You move!)

Feel the splurge…
(And groove!)

Twenty-six…
(Jerk surge!)
Jah, jah, jah
(Jerk surge!)
Jah, jah, jah
(Jerk surge!)

[Silence]

Tonight’s new release “#26 Jerk Surge” is a lil’ dance ditty inspired by tonight’s homework assignment “2022–2026 Jerk Surge”. A new dance craze influenced by all the versions of Locomotion, from Little Eva to Grand Funk to Kylie, plus Funk #49 by Joe Walsh. It attempts to explain the climate jerk experienced in 2026 as a cultural experiment experience. Everybody’s doin’ it.


Albedo–Cloud–Ocean Heat Content Feedback Triad

About the Song

Climate Jerk Surge: Albedo–Cloud–Ocean Heat Content Triad

A 2026 study found that the recent change in climate-system dynamics is being expressed not simply as continued warming, but as increasing synchronization among multiple radiative and thermal feedback pathways.

Beginning most notably around 2022, an increasingly interconnected pattern emerges among six major climate-system variables: cloud cover, planetary albedo, sea ice extent, atmospheric water vapor, ocean heat content, and surface temperature.

The three largest interaction paths form a closely connected Albedo–Cloud–Ocean Heat Content triad:

  • Planetary Albedo × Ocean Heat Content
  • Cloud Cover × Ocean Heat Content
  • Planetary Albedo × Cloud Cover

Reduced aerosols + cloud variability + ocean warming + internal climate variability
→ low-cloud changes → planetary albedo decline → increased absorbed solar radiation → increased planetary heat uptake

The significance is not that a single feedback has suddenly appeared. These feedbacks are already well established. The emerging signal is that multiple feedback pathways are becoming increasingly coupled—and that the rate of this coupling is itself accelerating.

That accelerating coupling is the Climate Jerk Surge.

#26 Climate Jerk Surge: Albedo–Cloud–Ocean Heat Content Triad

From the album “Present Tense“

bookmark_borderSnooze Switch

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Muted Electric Guitar, Piano, Deep Sub-Bass, Organ, Drums, Percussion, Saxophone]

[Intro]
Wake up…
(Just a little longer)
Wake up…
(Lettin’ sleep linger?)

[Verse 1]
Hit the button, roll it over
Five more minutes, maybe more
Dreaming underneath the covers
While the knocking’s at the door

[Pre-Chorus]
Tick-tock…
(Still asleep)
Tick-tock…
(Too deep)

[Refrain]
Snooze switch
(Wake to hit)
Real bitch
(Wake to it)

In way to deep
(To sleep)

[Verse 2]
Push it once and push it twice
Push it till the warning’s gone
This time we think we’ve got it
So this time we carry on

[Refrain]
Snooze switch
(Wake to hit)
Real bitch
(Wake to it)

In way to deep
(To sleep)

No more dreaming
(No more sleep)
There’s promises to keep

When the signal starts to scream
(You can’t snooze your way out of the dream)

[Bridge]
Snooze it…
(Lose it)
Can’t hide it…
(Can’t deny it)
Wait…?
(Way too late)
… weigh “too late”

[Break]
(Way too late)
… weigh “too late”

At any rate…
(Wake from your lethargic state!)

[Instrumental: Swampy Blues Guitar, Organ, Saxophone, Heavy Bass Groove, Drums]

[Final Chorus]
Wake up!
(Wake up!)
As the floor shakes
(Wake up!)
Before the whole thing breaks

No more dreaming
(No more sleep)
We’re in way too deep
To keep pretending…
(We’re asleep)

[Final Refrain]
Snooze switch
(Wake to hit)
Real bitch
(Wake to it)

In way to deep
(To sleep)

Snooze switch!
(Wake up!)
Snooze switch!
(For real!)
Wake to it…
(Wake to it!)

[Outro]
Hit the switch…
(Don’t hit snooze.)

Wake up…
(Too deep to choose to lose)

Wake…
(Up.)

From the album “Present Tense“

bookmark_borderDebt Collection

[Silence]

[Spoken word]
What happens when we miss the 1.5°C Paris target?
(Did you forget?)

[Instrumental Intro: Slow Blues Guitar, Deep Sub-Bass, Low Piano, Organ, Drums, Percussion]

[Intro]
Knock, knock…
(Who’s there?)
Debt collector…
(No one’s here!)

You thought you had time
(You thought you were fine)
But time has a way
(Of collecting its pay)

[Verse 1]
We borrowed from tomorrow
And spent it all today
Took a little from the future
Then we threw the bill away

“Don’t worry ’bout the interest”
(We’ll deal with that somehow)
But the debt kept getting bigger
(And the collector’s here right now)

[Pre-Chorus]
First came the warning
(We waved it away)
Then came the interest
(It started to stay)

[Refrain]
Beyond speculation
(It’s debt collection)
What’s at stake
(A bone break)
First your fingers
(While the pain lingers)
There goes the toes
(Holy! And another knee)

[Verse 2]
You can’t put the pain
A hundred years away
When the heat is at your doorstep
And the flood is on its way

Somewhere far?
(Right where you are)
Far away?
(Not today!)

[Chorus]
Not speculation
(Not speculation!)
Not some distant fate
The consequences
(Are already at the gate)

[Refrain]
Beyond speculation
(It’s debt collection)
What’s at stake
(A bone break)
First your fingers
(While the pain lingers)
There goes the toes
(Holy! And another knee)

[Bridge]
The future moved closer
(The future moved here)
Somewhere else vanished
(It disappeared)

[Break]
Knock, knock!
(Who’s there?)
Debt!
(What debt?)

Climate debt!
(Not yet)
Your dues due
(Better come through)

How much can you take
Before you finally wake?

[Instrumental: Extended Blues-Rock Guitar Solo, Organ, Deep Bass, Heavy Drums]

[Pre-Chorus]
It’s not tomorrow
(It’s today)
It’s not somewhere else
(It’s this way)

It’s not abstract
(It’s real)
It’s not a theory
(Look and feel)

[Final Refrain]
Beyond speculation
(It’s debt collection)
What’s at stake
(A bone break)
First your fingers
(While the pain lingers)
There goes the toes
(Holy! And another knee)

Beyond speculation
(It’s debt collection)
What’s at stake
(A bone break)
How much pain
(Before we wake?)

[Outro]
Knock, knock…
(Who’s there?)

Debt collection…
(Already here.)
Oh, dear!

You missed the payment…
(We know.)

You missed the warning…
(Oh, no)

Now…
Pay attention.
(Avoid termination)

[Silence]

The new release of the day, “Debt Collection,” is the accounting of an accounting story. No, it’s not folklore anymore. It’s a retro-futuristic, swampy blues tune about spending your future.

The situation is due to what we do. And now, the blues dues are due.

About the Song: Climate Debt Collection
What happens when we miss the 1.5°C Paris target?

Think of it like owing money to a loan shark. The debt doesn’t wait decades to be collected.

Our fingers are being broken now. Our kneecaps are next.

One of the biggest challenges in communicating climate change is proximity—both in time and location.
If the consequences seem far away, people dismiss them. If they’re happening somewhere else, people ignore them.

But climate change is moving from:
future → present
and
somewhere else → right here.

We missed the 1.5°C Paris target. The climate debt is already being collected.

How much pain do we need to feel before we pay attention?

From the album “Present Tense“

bookmark_borderCrisis

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Deep Piano, Distorted Electric Guitar, Organ, Deep Sub-Bass, Drums, Percussion]

[Intro]
Risk…
(What’s the risk?)
Push…
(Endure one more…)

Cross the line
(One more time)
Never mind
(We’ll be fine)

[Verse 1]
We saw the warning
We heard the sound
Something was breaking
But we looked around

[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
We took the chance
Step by step
Into the dance

[Refrain]
We couldn’t resist
(Crossed the line of risk)
This is…
(A full blown crisis)

[Verse 2]
The warning light
Was blinking red
But we kept moving
Straight ahead

The bridge was shaking
The river rose
Nobody wanted
To be the one who knows

“Don’t worry!”
(Don’t worry!)
“It’s under control!”
(Under control!)

Then the whole thing
(Lost its soul)

[Refrain]
We couldn’t resist
(Crossed the line of risk)
This is…
(A full blown crisis)

[Bridge]
Was it sudden?
(No!)

Was it hidden
(No!)

Did we know…
Confess!
(Yes!)

[Break]
Risk!
(Resist!)

Persist!
(Insist!)

This is…
(CRISIS!)

[Instrumental: Heavy Guitar and Organ Groove, Deep Bass, Saxophone Stabs, Driving Drums]

[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
The feedback goes
Where it stops…
(Nobody knows)

Threshold crossed
The balance shifts
One small push
And it all tips

[Final Refrain]
We couldn’t resist
(Crossed the line of risk)
This is…
(A full blown crisis)

We couldn’t resist
(Crossed the line of risk)
This is…
(A full blown crisis)

Full blown!
(Full blown!)

Crisis!
(Crisis!)

[Outro]
Common sense tossed
(The line is crossed)

[Silence]
[End]

From the album “Full Blown“

bookmark_borderMy Mind

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Deep Sub-Bass, Organ, Saxophone, Drums, Electric Guitar]

[Intro]
My mind…
(What’s on your mind?)
It’s blown…
(What did you find?)

[Verse 1]
Thought I knew the answer
Thought I knew the score
Then somebody asked a question
I’d never thought of before

[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
The thoughts go by
Looking down
Then looking high

[Refrain]
My mind
(Is blown)
I find
(The known)

Thinking on it
(For a bit)
Thinking hard and long
(On mentally strong)

[Verse 2]
The more I learn
The less I know
The more I turn
The more things grow

[Chorus]
Whoa-oh!
My mind is blown
(Blown!)
Something unknown
(Whoa-oh!)

Think it through
What else could be true?

[Refrain]
My mind
(Is blown)
I find
(The known)

Thinking on it
(For a bit)
Thinking hard and long
(On mentally strong)

[Bridge]
I guess knowing
Is knowing
There’s more to know

To keep on growing
Is going
Where questions go

[Break]
What do you know?
(What do you find?)
What’s blowing your mind?
(My mind!)

[Instrumental: Extended Piano and Electric Guitar Groove, Organ Swells, Saxophone Solo]

[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
The thoughts go by
Looking down
Then looking high

What I knew
Was just a clue
To what I didn’t know…

[Final Chorus]
Whoa-oh!
My mind is blown
(Blown!)
I find the known
(The known!)

Thinking hard
(Thinking long)
Makes a mind
(Mentally strong!)

[Final Refrain]
My mind
(Is blown)
I find
(The known)

Thinking on it
(For a bit)
Thinking hard and long
(On mentally strong)

My mind…
Is goin’…
(Full blown!)

[Outro]
[Refrain]
My mind
(Is blown)
I find
(The known)

Thinking on it
(For a bit)
Thinking hard and long
(On mentally strong)

[Fade out]

[Silence]

From the album “Full Blown“

bookmark_borderLighten Up Yourself

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Reggae Guitar Skank, Warm Organ, Deep Bass, Drums, Hand Percussion, Horns]

[Intro]
Hey now!
(What’s all that fuss?)
Easy now…
(No need to push)

Take a breath
(Let it go)
Feel the rhythm
(Get to know)

One love!
(One life!)
Our heart!
(No strife!)

[Verse 1]
Woke up this morning with a cloud in my head
Thinking ’bout the things that somebody said
Carrying yesterday like a heavy load
Wondering along a lonely road

But the sun keeps shining
(Even through the gray)
And the beat keeps playing
(So dance the blues away)

You can’t change the past
(But you can change today)
So open up your heart
(And let the good vibes stay)

[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t hold tight
(To the sorrow)
Make some room
(For tomorrow)

If the world feels heavy
(Share the load)
Put a little love
(Back upon the road)

[Refrain]
Don’t be so dreadly
(Lighten up yourself)
It might turn deadly
(Lighten up yourself)

Bring to life
(Life!)
Do away with
(Strife)

Come on!
(Lighten up yourself)
Sing along
(Lighten up yourself)

[Verse 2]
If a little worry wants a place in your mind
Hey! Just say, “You better stay behind”
Fear can grow when you feed it every day
And anger gets stronger when you give it your way

So loosen up your shoulders
(Let ’em fall)
Put some music in the room
(And answer the call)

If you got a little love
(You got enough)
Give a little more
(When the going gets tough)

[Chorus]
Lighten up!
(Lighten up!)
Don’t weigh yourself down
(Lighten up!)
Turn that frown around
(Lighten up!)

Life is too short
(To live in strife)
Give a little love
(Bring it back to life)

Lighten up yourself!
(Yeah, yeah!)
Lighten up yourself!
(Oh, yes!)

[Verse 3]
There’s a line between a warning and a wall
There’s a line between standing tall and standing small
You can shout at every shadow
You can fight against the rain
Or you can learn improve your move
And dance away the pain

[Bridge]
One heart!
(One love!)
One beat!
(Rise above!)

Come on everybody…
(Lighten up!)

[Break]
Hey!
(HEY!)

You got a problem?
(Lighten up!)

Got a worry?
(Lighten up!)

Got some trouble?
(Oh, no, no no)
Don’t make it double
(Lighten up!)

Rife with life!
(Sing it!)

[Refrain]
Don’t be a dread
(Lighten up yourself)
Come rock instead
(Lighten up yourself)

Bring to life
(Life!)
Do away with
(Strife)

Come on!
(Lighten up yourself)
Sing along
(Lighten up yourself)

[Instrumental: Extended Reggae Groove — Deep Bass, Organ Bubble, Guitar Skank, Horn Stabs, Percussion]

[Final Chorus]
Lighten up!
(Lighten up!)
Don’t weigh yourself down
Lighten up!
(Turn that frown around)

Bring to life!
(Life!)
Do away with strife!
(Strife!)

Come on!
(Lighten up yourself!)
Everybody!
(Lighten up yourself!)

[Final Refrain]
Yo! Don’t be a dread
(Lighten up yourself)
So! Come rock instead
(Lighten up yourself)

Bring to life
(Life!)
Do away with
(Strife)

Bring to life
(Life!)
Do away with
(Strife)

Come on!
(Lighten up yourself)
Sing along
(Lighten up yourself)

[Outro]
Lighten…
(Up!)

Yourself!
(True wealth!)

Let the love…
(Rise above!)

Let the life…
(Lighten up!)

Let the music…
(Enlighten up!)

Come on!
(Come on!)

Everybody!
(Rock steady!)

Enlighten up yourself…

[Silence]

From the album “Full Blown“

bookmark_borderFlown

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Acoustic Guitar Harmonics, Electric Guitar Swells, Deep Sub-Bass, Organ, Synth Pad, Drums, Shakers]

[Intro]
Flown…
(Full blown…)

Gone…
(Gone, gone)

Where’d she go?
(Who could know?)

[Instrumental: Slow-Building Groove — Guitar, Bass, Organ, Percussion]

[Verse 1]
A feather falls
(So light)
Caught by the air
(Outta sight)

Up…
(Down!)

Round and round
(Round and round)

[Instrumental Break: Bass and Percussion]

[Refrain]
The flown
(Is flowin’)
Gone…
(It’s been going)
… way too long
(Flown)

A feather in the wind…
… been…
(Blowin’)
Flown
(Oh, oh, own)
Flown
(Oh, oh, own)

[Instrumental: Extended Psychedelic Jam — Guitar Melody Over Deep Bass Groove]

[Verse 2]
Was it mine?
(Was it yours?)
Did it leave?
(Through the doors?)

No strings
(No chains)
Nothing left
(But remains)

[Break]
Blown…
(Blown!)

Thrown…
(Thrown!)

Known…
(Unknown!)

Gone…
(Oh, oh, gone!)

[Instrumental: Spacious Guitar Solo — Gradually Building Drums and Organ]

[Refrain]
The flown
(Is flowin’)
Gone…
(It’s been going)
… way too long
(Flown)

A feather in the wind…
… been…
(Blowin’)
Flown
(Oh, oh, own)
Flown
(Oh, oh, own)

[Instrumental: Long Atmospheric Passage — Feather-Light Percussion, Echo Guitar, Synth]

[Verse 3]
What we think
(We know)
Follows me…
(Where winds blow)

[Instrumental Break: Bass Drops Out — Guitar and Organ Only]

[Whispered Vocal]
Flown…
(Full blown…)

Far…
(So far…)

Passed…
(Past…)

[Full Groove Returns]

[Final Refrain]
The flown
(Is flowin’)
Gone…
(It’s been going)
… way too long
(Flown)

A feather in the wind…
… been…
(Blowin’)
Flown
(Oh, oh, own)
Flown
(Oh, oh, own)

[Instrumental Outro: Extended Fade — Electric Guitar, Organ, Deep Bass, Drums, Percussion]

[Outro]
Flown…
(Full blown…)

Still flowin’…
(Still goin’…)

So long!
(Long)
Gone…
(Gone, gone)

Flown…
(Oh, oh, own)

Flown…
(Oh, oh, own)
[Fade out)

[Silence]

From the album “Full Blown“

bookmark_borderWhere Ya Goin’?

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Organ, Deep Sub-Bass, Whistle, Drums, Percussion]

[Intro]
Hey!
(Hey!)

Where ya goin’?
(Are ya showin’?)

Got a scope?
(Nope!)

Got a plan?
(Ah, man!)

Well then…
(Let’s go!)

[Verse 1]
There’s a road in front of me
(And another to the right)
One goes toward the mountain
(One disappears from sight)

Could ask somebody
(Which way should I go?)
Could wait for a sign
(To reveal and show)

[Refrain]
Hey! Say…
(Where ya goin’?)
Any way…
(Without knowin’)

Anyway…
(We’ve got the day)

[Verse 2]
The future isn’t written
(At least before it’s gone)
The choice becomes a piece
(Of the road we’re on)

You can follow somebody
(You can blaze your own)
You can wander for a while
(And still find your way home)

[Refrain]
Hey! Say…
(Where ya goin’?)
Any way…
(Without knowin’)

Anyway…
(We’ve got the day)

So take a breath
(Look around)
Put your feet upon the ground
(Feel the sound)

[Bridge]
Hey! Are ya knowin’…
(Where ya goin’?)

Don’t know!
(That’s okay!)

Hey!
(Which way?)

Any way!
(Every which way!)

Left!
(Right!)

Up!
(Down!)

Keep your feet
(Movin’ round!)

[Break]
Where ya goin’?
(I dunno!)

How do ya get there?
(Anyway!)

So here we go
([Refrain]
Hey! Say…
(Where ya goin’?)
Any way…
(Without knowin’)

Anyway…
(We’ve got the day)

[Refrain]
Hey! Say…
(Where ya goin’?)
Any way…
(Without knowin’)

Anyway…
(We’ve got the day)

[Instrumental]
[Acoustic guitar groove]
[Organ swells]
[Saxophone solo]
[Drums build]

[Final Refrain]
Hey! Say…
(Where ya goin’?)
Any way…
(Without knowin’)

Anyway…
(We’ve got the day)

Hey! Say…
(Where ya goin’?)

I dunno…
(But I’m goin’!)

Anyway…
(We’ve got the day)

[Outro]
[Instrumental, Whistle Solo]
Where ya goin’?
(With the wind… blowin’)

Without knowin’…

(That’s the way.)

We’ve got the day.

From the album “Full Blown“

bookmark_borderFlat on One Side

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Organ, Deep Sub-Bass, Electric Guitar, Drums, Percussion]

[Intro]
Hey!
(What’s that sound?)
Thump-thump…
(Round and round)

Something’s wrong
(But we keep ridin’)
Something’s low
(No more hidin’)

[Verse 1]
I felt a wobble in the middle of the night
Thought maybe something wasn’t quite right
Kept on rolling, thinking it would disappear
But every mile made the problem more clear

You can polish up the rim
(You can shine it bright)
But a flat little secret
Won’t stay outta sight

[Pre-Chorus]
One side’s down
(One side’s low)
One side’s up
(Where’d it go?)

Spin that wheel
(Turn it ’round)
Funny thing…
(No hole can be found)

[Refrain]
Is that tire flat?
(Only on one side)

So that’s where we’re at…
(Can’t hide the snide)

Blew a tire
(Knew it was dire)
No, you can’t hide
(What you can’t ride)

[Verse 2]
You can pump it up
(Up, up, up)
You can talk it down
(Down, down, down)
You can try n’ spin it round

But when the rubber meets the road
When the pressure starts to fall
Your secret will explode
When you turn it round… after all

[Chorus]
Flat on one side!
(Flat on one side!)
Rolling ain’t riding
(When the wheel won’t glide)

[Refrain]
Is that tire flat?
(Only on one side)

So that’s where we’re at…
(Can’t hide the snide)

Blew a tire
(Knew it was dire)
No, you can’t hide
(What you can’t ride)

[Bridge]
If it’s flat…
(Fix that!)
If it’s broken…
(Get it stokin’)

‘Cause pretending
(Doesn’t roll!)
And denial
(Takes its toll!)

[Break]
Is it flat?
(Yeah!)

On one side?
(Yeah!)

Can ya ride?
(Know?)
Oh, no, no, no, no

Can ya hide?
(No! Can’t ride)

[Instrumental: Driving Rock Groove — Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano, Deep Bass, Drums, Percussion]

[Final Refrain]
Is that tire flat?
(Only on one side)

So that’s where we’re at…
(Can’t hide the snide)

Blew a tire
(Knew it was dire)
No, you can’t hide
(What you can’t ride)

[Outro]
Flat…
(That’s where we’re at)

No matter how you roll…
(The hole took a toll)
No, no she won’t roll

[Silence]

From the album “Full Blown“

bookmark_borderBeyond the Great Unknown

[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Deep Sub-Bass, Organ, Saxophone, Drums, Electric Guitar, Percussion]

[Intro]
Where ya been?
(Where ya goin’?)
What’s ahead?
(Is there any knowin’)

Take a step…
(Take a chance)
Feel the beat…
(And make it dance)

[Verse 1]
There’s a road that ain’t been taken
There’s a song that ain’t been sung
There’s a world that’s still awakenin’
Waiting for the morning sun

No map to tell us where to wander
No sign to say which way is right
But every step can take us farther
Out of the shadow into the light

[Refrain]
We’re goin’ for a stroll
(Beyond the great unknown)
The future of rock n’ roll
(For the first time shown)

The light
(Shine)
Oh so fine
(Shine, shine, shine)

The light
(Shone)
Where we’re goin’…
(… beyond the great unknown)

[Verse 2]
Perhaps a little crazy
Is the way to go
If you wait until you’re ready
You may never really know

There’s a rhythm in the thunder
There’s a heartbeat in the ground
When you stop and start to wonder
You can hear a brand-new sound

[Chorus]
Rock n’ roll!
(Go beyond!)
Rock n’ roll!
(Keep movin’ on!)

Past the edge
(Past the line)
Into something
(Undefined)

[Refrain]
We’re goin’ for a stroll
(Beyond the great unknown)
The future of rock n’ roll
(For the first time shown)

The light
(Shine)
Oh so fine
(Shine, shine, shine)

The light
(Shone)
Where we’re goin’…
(… beyond the great unknown)

[Bridge]
The unknown!
(Full blown!)
The unknown!
(Great unknown!)

You come to know
(Where we’re goin’)
As we go…
(Time is flowin’)

One more step!
(One more!)
One more beat!
(Encore!)

[Break]
Hey!
(HEY!)

Where ya goin’?
(Where the light’s showin’!)

What’s it about?
(We’ll find out!)
Shout!

Shine
(Shone)

[Instrumental: Extended Rock Groove — Piano, Organ, Saxophone, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Deep Bass, Drums, Percussion]

[Pre-Chorus]
Leave the door
(Leave it wide)
Feel the beat
(Feel inside)

Hear that sound?
(That’s the call)
Come on now…
(Give it your all!)

[Final Refrain]
We’re goin’ for a stroll
(Beyond the great unknown)
The future of rock n’ roll
(For the first time shown)

The light
(Shine)
Oh so fine
(Shine, shine, shine)

The light
(Shone)
Where we’re goin’…
(… beyond the great unknown)

[Outro]
Beyond…
(Beyond!)

The great…
(Shine)
Shone

The light…
(Shine!)
Shone

So bright…
(Shone!)
Shine
(Shine, shine, shone)

[Silence]

From the album “Full Blown“