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bookmark_borderWhat She Hears

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LYRICS
Whisper
Hush, hush
This Her
No lush
Just in case it’s not clear
That is what I hear
Top-off
Pin drop
Crickets
Hiccup
On for years and years
This is what She hears

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Electronic / ExperiMental BeBop
Chords: C Dm / F E Dm / Dm7; 140 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

bookmark_borderThe Country (Red, White, and) Blues

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LYRICS
Wrapped up tight
Quite a sight
In the red, white, and blue
What’s with you
Point-of-view
Blurred in the red, white, and blue
Do we have a clue
What we’re trying to do
Wrapped up in the red, white, and blue

Wrapped up tight
Get it right
For the red, white, and blue
Racial stew
Good for you
Tastin’ the red, white, and blue
Deeds in lieu
Let’s follow through
A present in the…
… for the present
Wrapped up in the red, white, and blue

The-Country-Red-White-and-Blues.mp4

The-Country-Red-White-and-Blues.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Country Blues
Chords: Bb Eb Bb F / Bb Eb F Bb
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

bookmark_borderThis Is Who I Really Am

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LYRICS
This is who I really am
Not a post-forgotten hymn/him
Livin’ alive thrive
For the day
I say
Thrive for the day
Alive!
This is who I really am
Shed the skin
Of the former him/hymn
EEA
Ever evolving acronym
EEA A IM
Ever evolving acronym
All I’m
All I am
Or maybe will be
Or maybe we’ll be

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: Gb9 Eb7 / Bb Ab Gb Ab Bb Db Eb; 80 to 109 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

bookmark_borderToasted And Twisted

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LYRICS
Roughed up, bumped up, toasted, and twisted
Round up, dumped, double fisted
Am I left hear all alone
Praying for the patriotic prone
Home, sweet, home
Save the home of the brave
Save
The home of the brave

Toasted-And-Twisted.mp4

DR0000_3413-Toasted-And-Twisted.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: AM7 E A A7 AM7 E / B7 A AM7 E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

bookmark_borderInside The Bubble

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LYRICS
Living inside the bubble
Myself beside
Living inside
Their bubble
Nothing is normal at all
Hard to call a festival
Inside the bubble
Civilization devastation
Crumbled to rubble
Can anybody hear me mumble… grumble
Outside my bubble?
Can’t sense the real world
There is no talk or told
… just grab hold
Of growing old
Living inside the bubble

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: Em7 E7 / B A G F E; 70 to 89 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

bookmark_borderHairless Primate

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LYRICS
If I had any hair
It would be blowing in the wind
If I had any nerve
It would be strong as steel
Can we feel what is real
Tell me what’s the deal
Can we feel what’s for real?

If I had any faith
Forgiven for all I’ve sinned
If I had any sense
I’d savor (the flavor of) my last meal
Can we feel what is real
Tell me what’s the deal
Can we feel what’s for real?

If I had any balls
I’d tear down these walls
If I had any heart
Destiny and fate I’d seal
Can we feel what is real
Tell me what’s the deal
Can we feel what’s for real?

Hairless-Primate.mp4

DR0000_3410-Hairless-Primate.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: Em / D Am Em / Bm Em
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

bookmark_borderSprung

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LYRICS
Just when I thought I saw everything
Look what they had left
Flood the streets
Let the levy spring
Our final freedom theft
Deft?
Ummm
Free-dumb
Ummm

Mamas and veterans hold back the flood
Over dead bodies and blood
With shock and awe and dropping jaw
I heard a mother say:
“No! Not this way.
No! Not today
Over my dead body.”
No. Nobody
Leave those kids alone
Free and brave
Save our own home
Hey! Lave those kids alone
Over flesh
Over bone
Deft?
Ummm… free-dum
None left.
Not right.
Just deft?
No right.

Sprung-Unplugged.mp4

Sprung-ed.mp4

DR0000_3392-Sprung.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
July 20, 2020: “A group of mothers in Portland has been intervening at demonstrations over the weekend to protect protesters from uniformed federal officers who have been sent to the city to impose “law and order”.
We were gassed for chanting ‘Leave The Kids Alone.’
July 21, 2020: “A Navy Veteran Had a Question for the Feds in Portland. They Beat Him in Response. The veteran said he wanted to ask the officers whether they felt their actions violated the Constitution.

Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: Dm Am / G D7
Unplugged: original take / live digital 1-track stereo / Vocals, Guitar
Recording: digital 11-track stereo / Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

bookmark_borderSunny Afteroon

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Coversong written by Ray Davies
Originally made famous by the Kinks

Capo fifth fret 
     Am                G
The tax man's taken all  my dough
     C            G
And left me in my statley home.
E7                         Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon. 
              G
And I can't sail my yacht,
     C          G
He's taken everything I've got,
E7                           Am
All I've got this sunny afternoon. 
A7                                  D7
Save me, Save me, Save me from this squeeze,
         G                            C   E7
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.    
      Am              D7
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Am                D7    G
Live this life of luxury,  
C            E7        Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon, 
       E7
In the summertime,
       Am                 E7
In the summertime, In the summertime.

    Am                 G
My girlfriends run off with my car
    C                G
And gone back to her ma and pa
E7                               Am
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
         G
Now I'm sitting here,
C             G
Sipping on my ice cold beer,
E7                     Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
A7                             D7
Help me, Help me, Help me sail away,
              G                             C    E7
Well, give me two good reasons why I oughta stay.
      Am                 D7
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly
Am                D7     G
Live this life of luxury,  
C           E7         Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon, 
       E7
In the summertime,
       Am                  E7
In the summertime, In the summertime.
[Chorus 1] Save me, Save me, Save me from this squeeze

Sunny-Afternoon.mp4

230512_2798-Sunny-Afternoon.mp3

DR0000_3391-Sunny-Afernoon.mp3

DR0000_6021-Sunny-Afternoon.mp3 (Unplugged Live on the Lake)

From the album Pandemic

bookmark_borderUnder The Freedom Train

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LYRICS
Oooey gooey was a worm
And a mighty worm was he
He sat upon a railroad track
And a train he did not see,
Oooey Gooey!

Under the freedom train
Outside the station
Just a-cross the tracks
Where the matters
Met the facts
A relationship strain
Under the freedom train
Tagged
Bound and gagged
Found
Bound and gagged
Mothers wept for the swept
Tagged. Bound and gagged.
Under the freedom train
Violent base without a brain
Don’t grasp there’s nothing to gain
Under the freedom train
(Time to train the brain)
Outside the freedom train
When I say outside, I mean they ride…
Under the freedom train

Wall Of Mothers
Wall Of Mothers

ABOUT THE SONG
July 20, 2020: “A group of mothers in Portland has been intervening at demonstrations over the weekend to protect protesters from uniformed federal officers who have been sent to the city to impose “law and order”.
We were gassed for chanting ‘Leave The Kids Alone.’
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: C9 C7; 104 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

bookmark_borderThe Kill (Bury Me)

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Coversong written by Jared Leto originally made famous by 30 Seconds To Mars
Jared Leto described the meaning of the song as, “It’s really about a relationship with yourself. It’s about confronting your fear and confronting the truth about who you are.”

C                     D
What if I wanted to break  
                       Em
Laugh it all off in your face
               Bm
What would you do?
C                     D
What if I fell to the floor
                      Em
Couldn’t take this any…more
               Bm
What would you do?
C              D
Come, Break me down
Bury me, Bury me
Em                 Bm
I am finished With you

C                     D
What if I wanted to fight
                       Em
Beg for the rest of my life
               Bm
What would you do?
C                     D
You say you wanted more
                      Em
What are you waiting for
                Bm
I'm not running from you
C              D
Come, Break me down
Bury me, Bury me
Em                 Bm
I am finished With you
C                D
Look   in   my  eyes   
You’re killing me, killing me
Em               Bm
All I wanted was you

[Bridge]
  C            D      Em
I tried to be someone else
    G                 C
But nothing seemed to change
  D          Em            G        C
I know now, this is who I really am inside
        D        Em
Finally found myself
G              C
Fighting for a chance
  D         Em           C
I know now, this is who I really am
C              D
Come, Break me down
Bury me, Bury me
Em                 Bm
I am finished With you
C                D
Look   in   my  eyes   
You’re killing me, killing me
Em               Bm
All I wanted was you
C                     D
What if I wanted to break  
                       Em
Laugh it all off in your face

The-Kill–Bury-Me.mp4

DR0000_3388-The-Kill.mp3

DR0000_6076-The-Kill.mp3 (Live on the Lake)

4-track recording
From the album Pandemic

bookmark_borderA Better Whatever

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LYRICS
Maybe… just maybe
Maybe it’s wishful thinking
Thinking maybe
But what was I thinking?
Maybe…
That we could get together
“Whatever” could be better
Together
Into the Age:
“On The Same Page”
Maybe, save me
From your free
To say together
Is to say “we”
Touch of a feather
Together
We see we

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Rock
Chords: A Am7 slide to GM7 A / D A / D A E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

bookmark_borderEvo-luv-tion

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LYRICS
It began…
The evolution of man
From the water
To above
While the Earth revolved
Man evolved
Into love
In tune… love
Embrace the human race
We’re not so bad
Aren’t you glad
Problem resolved
We evolved
Into love
In tune… love

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Electronic Prog. Rock
Chords: G C / Dsus4 C G; 140 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

bookmark_borderSpaces

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LYRICS
There’s a space
Between the doors
Does no one care
Any more
There’s no space
Up on the floors
Does someone care
Any more

Every name of the dead
Shall be read
At least,
If you’re name is said
Not the beast
666 fix
777
Gone to heaven

Quite contrary
Fence around a cemetery
People are just dying to get in
The End
Where we begin

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Electronic Rock
Chords: Fsus4 C D C; 148 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

bookmark_borderAbout How Far Out?

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LYRICS
Do you have a minute?
How far is infinite?
Gigantic
Or infinitely minute
Infinitely astute
Deaf, dumb and mute
Moot?

How infinite is infinity?
How far out
Do you need to go
Do you know?
Yes or know… question
Suggestion?
About how far out
Do you need to go
Do you know?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Experimental Rock
Chords: Bb7aug Eb7; 105 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

bookmark_borderCounting Numb-bers

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LYRICS
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Counting numbers
141,151… 141,152
Mounting numbers
Is it any wonder “how come”?

Pile them high
Don’t ask why
Bury them deep
Less their souls to seep

Counting numbers
Mounting numbers

Hare to hide
Pile them wide
Bury them deep
Les their souls to seep

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Counting numbers
141,151… 141,152
Mounting numbers
Is it any wonder “how come”?

ABOUT THE SONG
This song is about the COVID-19 death toll on July 17, 2020 of 141,150 dead.
Recording artist: Speciman (and the Experiments)
Style: Experimental Rock
Chords: FM7(b5) Em; 184 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals