LYRICS
Why don’t you go ahead and choose
After all what do you have to lose?
You’ve been blessed with a human mind
Please be kind… see what you can find
How can you live in indecision
That living’s more like dying
Create a synapse collision
It’ll sure be worth trying
You have to choose not to choose
Eliminating that choice
Living life is paying dues
Might as well raise your voice
What hat are you wearing
Try on your thinking-cap
Likely end up caring
And want to plot the map
LYRICS
Oh what a shame….
What a crying shame!
Now who ya gonna blame?
Oh how so lame
When ya try-ta-be tame
Enough being “same”
Time to pick-up your game
Now know who to blame
Now no “who” to blame
Songwriting in Ambler, PA
Oh what a shame
Have you gone insane
Train your brain
To step-up its game
Change the name
Come, coming, came
Now I’ll be back again
Now I’ll be back begin
LYRICS
When you convey a smile
It travels many a mile
Then compound and compile
Everyone tunes into the dial
And, that’s when the times turn fine
You said, “Keep on playing,
I’ll just listen.”
Thanks for saying
Eyes twinkle and glisten
And, that’s when the times turn fine
Saw her tapping her toe
That’s how I know
Wished she didn’t have to go
Solace… she’ll be back, though
And, that’s when the times turn fine
ABOUT THE SONG
G Em
G Em C D G
C D G
This song was inspired by people showing their appreciation when I play music out on the street. Each verse is about different people’s ways of showing their gratitude. The first verse is about a lady driving by in Ambler, PA. The second and third were written at Marshall Square Park in West Chester, PA.
Written in Ambler, Pennsylvania. Inspired by the rich old ladies with bad haircuts from Blue Bell that wouldn’t give a penny… yet the kids from the poor neighborhood would empty the change out of their pockets.
LYRICS
There’s a big wide world larger than me
Now that’s easy to see
Since we share this consciousness why not requiesce
And go from I to us?
How can I ever be alone
Isn’t Earth all of our home?
If we wanna claim we’re from outer space
And not part of our race
Some sort-a born again alien
Better think again
Isn’t Earth all of our home
How can I ever be alone
Its time to hunker down and then charge in
… much to their chagrin
Get together begin sporting a universal grin
How can we ever be alone
Isn’t Earth all of our home?
Written in Ambler, PA and recorded at Fort Washington State Park in Ft. Washington, Montgomery County, PA. The live version was recorded by Jon at the Jon Sherling Studios in Mount Laural, NJ.
The inspiration came as I sat on a bench in Ambler, PA trying to think of a song to play on stage that night. When I started writing the music on an acoustic guitar, I look up and saw a face smiling back at me. This made me smile. So, I continued with the inspiration knowing the smiling faces would make me smile that night. Then, I stopped to write down some lyrics, and I heard a little voice behind me yell, “More! More! More!” It was a little girl maybe 2-3 years old. She continued chanting until I started playing again. May music bring a smile to our faces.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
Black Dress Jess — Percussion (live in NJ)
Janet Nydick — Percussion (live in NJ)
LYRICS
A lady bug landed on my thumb
The German Shepard couldn’t believe what he heard
Mother Earth wonders, “How come?”
The earthworms slurm, “Absurd!”
An ecosystem phenomenon
I am… am… am… in phenomena
Sprouting, budding, blossoming
Everything
Love to listen to life sing
More birds and bees, please
ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Capo 4
Am D6
Em
Am Em
The song is about what happened to me while sitting on a bench in Ambler, Montgomery County, PA.
LYRICS
Did you ever wonder where the reign goes
When it tumbles
As time fumbles
Who knows?
When the reign falls
It’s rolling on off the hill
It’s rolling on off… still
The king turns to court jester
We sing tunes to support Her
When first is last… and last first
Beggars quench their thirst
In a flood of blood
No surprise… up to your eyes
It’s rolling on off the hill
It’s rolling on off… still
