Tag: folk rock

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

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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_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

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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_borderSound And Light Fight

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LYRICS
First strikes the bolt of lightning
Follows the crack of thunder
Doesn’t it make you wonder
If sound and light are fighting?

Am I fast enough
To pick up my stuff
And get out of the reign
Am I smart enough
To call the bluff
And get our of the reins
(The bridle of the Bible. Amen.)

Come into existence
At the same instant
Yet come to me at a different rate
I guess you had to separate
… from a seed into a plant
(chorus)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: A C C A / A E7 E A / G7 C
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar and Loop Pedal

From the album Testing

bookmark_borderFear Itself

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LYRICS
There is nothing to fear
Why there’s nothing to fear here
Isn’t clear
Even stranger
Is the clear and present danger
Has no manager
Just a fool with a deadly tool
Far out-of-control
As a matter of fact
Off the tracks
Full body roll

After all the virus among us
Has gone viral
For real
In the thickness of the sickness
The President hellbent
Mentally absent
(chorus)

ABOUT THE SONG
Inspired by our mindless President and the coronavirus.
Style: Protest Rock
Chords: F#m B7 / D B7 / D F#m
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Hear Me Out

bookmark_borderCalling You Home

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LYRICS
Despite all my trying
There’s still people dying
Due to “unkind closed mind”
The science denying
Leaves me crying
Has freedom left us dumb… numb?
Is your God calling you home
Crawl into your catacomb
Place pennies on your eyes
Watch “the unwise dies”
Ignorance harbors no borders

Despite my explaining
They’re still complaining
Shut-in and sufferin’
Still fail to see
The reality
Has freedom left us dumb… and numb?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Rock
Chords: Em7 Cdim C Em / Am Em / B7 Em
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

bookmark_borderRealeyes

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LYRICS
Jeopardize with lies
And ties
With the underground
Real eyes realize
Grounded found
Cast the die
(Alas, the die is cast)
Cast the dies
Real eyes realize
Freedom dies
Jeopardize
One size
Fits all
The rise
The fall

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Ambient Dystopia
Chords: G Am Em / Em
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album Hear Me Out

bookmark_borderI’ll Ask You (Fact Check)

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LYRICS
Don’t know when I’ll be back
Going off on a fact-check
That the heck?
So, I’ll ask you
How long to view
For what is true
When there’s no truth
What’s my time worth?

Don’t know when I’ll be back
Going off on a fact-check
That the heck?
Your power to deceive
Your prowess in deceit
For what it’s worth
To speak the truth

Going off on a fact-check
Don’t know when I’ll be back

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Em7 Em / Em C D Em
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar with Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album Hear Me Out

bookmark_borderHammer Of Justice

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LYRICS
The hammer of justice
Is poised above us
And sooner or later
The hammer will fall
After all,
The hammer will fall

Not a juror nor spectator
We’re on trial on the while
The hammer of justice poised above us
And sooner or later
The hammer will fall
After all,
The hammer will fall

Where’s the support
For order in the court
For whom does the gallows’ pole toll
The hammer of justice poised above us
And sooner or later
The hammer will fall
After all,
The hammer will fall

It’s hard to bail
When you have no bail
Looks like we’ll spend the night in jail
With the hammer of justice poised to fall
And sooner or later
The hammer will fall
After all,
The hammer will fall

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Rock
Chords: wide variety of E’s / A D C E / B A E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Polymath

bookmark_borderWar Drums

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LYRICS
Do you hear war drums
Cat n’ dog at it again?
Flash of firing guns
Let the war games begin!
Once cannonballs are flying
Youth rising are dying
Time we end the debate
Over hate
(No debate. End the hate.)
The left and the right
In the middle between their fight
Brings out the fright
They may never see the light
Dropping like flies
Got our rights in their sights
Everyone dies
They say,
“Live to fight another day”

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

From the album The Zone Zone

bookmark_borderCountry Folk

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LYRICS
Losing all respect for the country folk
Living in sin… part of a bad joke
Redneck hate hoping we’ll choke
Oh, Lord, help them see
They need religion more than me
Oh, Lord, show them light
’cause racist bigotry just ain’t right

High hypocrisy the least of the crime
With that laundry list they should be doing time
Redneck hate dissipates too late
Oh, Lord, help them see
They need religion more than me
Oh, Lord, show them light
’cause this ignorance bliss just ain’t right

Every time they shout “U.S.A.”
Someone should show them the way
Redneck hate dissipates too late
(chorus 1)

Losing all respect for the country folk
It’s a sin the fun that they poke
Redneck hate hoping we’ll choke
(chorus 2)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Country Folk
Chords: G# G#m C# / E G#
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album The Zone Zone

bookmark_borderSkew You

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LYRICS
The skew in you
Misconstrue
To narcissistic view
I’m in between in and out
Not sure what you’re talking about
Fear I may hit the floor
If you say any more
No more
Noooo… no more

Someone needs to correct you
’cause you’re talking cuckoo
The narcissistic view
(You, you, you)

I’m in between in and out
Not sure what you’re talking about
Fear I’ll go through the roof
Train-of-thought is too aloof

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

From the album Highly Suspect

bookmark_borderTrade War

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LYRICS
Though the sky is bright and clear
There is something still to fear
Another storm is drawing near
Round up those you hold dear
Send ’em below (or to the rear)
Make it known for all to hear
No one winds an economic war
The rich get poorer…
So do the poor
Trade your trade war
For no more

Look out past the horizon
There’s a hard rain and wind that’s drivin’
In its path weaving leaving none
When all is said and done
(Q) How deep will the loses run?
(A) A total loss and none have won

ABOUT THE SONG
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, Pennsylvania
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: F Ab Bb F / Db F Db C7 F
Recording: digital stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album A kNew Album

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bookmark_borderAs Worm

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LYRICS
Trying to enlist the capitalists
Ain’t that funny when it’s all about money
It’s kinda hard to play that card
When the art of the deal is how to steal
Hope you didn’t forget
The safety net
If their building’s tall
The farther the fall
In the next life
When they come back as worm
Probably learn
How it feels to squirm
Try to fill their greed
With what other people need
No chance they’ll concede
’cause they think they’re in the lead
things will take their natural course
When you exploit your natural resource
It’s obvious, yes, of course
Scenario can’t get worse

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alt. Folk Rock
Chords: Bb Eb F / C F / Bb F C7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album The I-s Are Upon You
The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

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bookmark_borderLies!

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LYRICS
Lies!
Lie upon lie
Lies!
Lies and more lies
Pardon my total surprise
I did not realize
Lies, lies and more lies

Did you see there at it again
I don’t know even where to begin
Lies!
Lie upon lie
Lies!

Just take a look around
The ice is all in meltdown
Sea level rising at a rapid pace
Not sure we can win this race
Though you beg to differ
All you have to offer —
Lies!
Lie upon lie
Lies!
Lies and more lies
Pardon my total surprise
I did not realize
Lies, lies and more lies

Respiratory illness
Amongst the things killing us
Climate change anxiety
Caused by your insanity
And your lies!
Lie upon lie
Lies!
Lies and more lies
Pardon my total surprise
I did not realize
Lies, lies and more lies

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: E A D G E / E B A E
Recording: digital 5-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Drums

From the album The I-s Are Upon You
The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderMixed Breed

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LYRICS
The problem when you’re purebred
Is you’re likely brain dead
Yes, indeed
When you inbreed
(ole’ gene greed)
Sorry to perplex
A tad too complex
Better to mix
Yes, indeed
To be mixed breed
You’ll concede
Go on take a stab
Yes, a lil’ lab
And I’ve found
There’s some hound
When they through a fit
’cause you’ve got some pit
The bit of pit
Call their bull, dog
Who’s the hog?
Yeah, they’re full
Of it

ABOUT THE SONG
Inspired when puppy looked across the way and saw a Trump banner hanging on the neighbors house.
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: F Bb Db F / F Db C7 F
Recording: digital 6-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album Canine Incisors