Tag: folk

bookmark_border* A Carbon Footnote

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LYRICS
A hit or miss
Misfit fit bit
Accompanied
By company
A lil’ under lit
Do what we can
With what we’re given
The basic human
Opinion driven
Until the grave
Shave
Humanity
(a sliver of live-er)
Driven to heaven
Being a being
Human humanitarian
(Sing it again!)
A carbon footnote *
Rote
In repetition
Of trying to be me
At all cost
Lost
Boasts of milk-toast
Fiddling at the fall
… of civilization
The balls of the ball
… castration

Do what we can
With what we’re given
The basic human
Until the grave
Save
Humanity
Driven to heaven
Being a being
Human humanitarian
Sing it again!
Amen
(Quote:
* a carbon footnote)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A D E; 130 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderWay Out

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LYRICS
There’s no going back
Find our way out
No need to re-track
Blind? Feel about….
There’s no going back
Find our way out
Knowledge we lack
Intuitive route
Eventually we’ll see
Light! Darkened bright
Smell the fresh air
Almost there
Getting out of here
Is near
Knock, knock. Who’s there?
Don’t know it
If you don’t care
The aware
Share in all that’s fair

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Dm Em C Dm / Am Em Dm; 160 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderIt Ain’t Over Yet

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LYRICS
Wanna make a bet
It ain’t over yet
They still have got to bring
The fat lady out to sing
Encore
For sure

Cliff hanger can’t wait long
Won’t you play one more song
Encore
Endure

To the grave no regret
Life saved! Not dead yet
Encore
Allure

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: B F# / C# C#sus4 B B7 F# B F#; 132 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderToll Of Self-Control

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LYRICS
If I can get myself
Tryin’ to get myself
Under control
Tryin’ to play myself
Ponder normal
But, here’s the thing
When my spirit takes wing
The bliss she’ll bring
(The kiss of the bliss)

If I give up self-wealth
Maybe I’ll get myself
Under control
Toll of self-control:
Mental health
’cause here’s the thing
When my spirit takes wing
The bliss she’ll bring
(The kiss of the bliss)

If I can get the role
Tryin’ to get the role
Of control
Tryin’ to take and dole
The goal
For here’s the thing
When our spirit takes wing
The bliss we’ll bring
(The kiss of the bliss)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A G A E A E A / D G A / E A; 104 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Among The Living Dead

bookmark_borderMusic (Till We Die)

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LYRICS
Well, what I meant
In the basement
Was meant to permeate
The substrate
Seep from the deep
And clear the air
Up there
From the cellar of my soul
To the seller of my soul
The dues and toll
Of rock n’ roll
At hand garage band
Making music to live by
Last found underground
Making music till we die

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: A D E; 118 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Blown Away

bookmark_borderCutting The Cord

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LYRICS
When I was just a little bitty baby
Trying to learn to be born
I wondered… how… maybe…
I’d ever learn
Now, I’m cutting the cord
My first word
Cutting the cord

I was thinking
Before I learn blinking
Better learn to cut the cord
Gonna hit the ground running
No time for sunning
Now, I’m cutting the cord
My first word
Cutting the cord

Shoot, coming down the chute
Brain compute
Here comes birth on Earth
Umbilical, don’t hold me back
Surgical, my skills lack
So, before I learn blinking
I’m thinking
Cutting the cord
Now, I’m cutting the cord
My first word
Cutting the cord

Don’t want to cry like a baby
But, maybe…
Mama!

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E+g E+f# E E7 / G E
Written and recorded live along Lake Wynonah, PA
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderWe All Bleed

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LYRICS
If all of the states were to secede
Not only in fact, but in deed
Indeed, would there be a union
Or just man-for-man one-on-one
Too late to hide? Better run!

Hatin’ bein’ free
While trying to be
Being free of free
One’s destiny
As tryin’ to be
Being free from free
You’re confusing me

Birds wrestling in the leaves
Trees bending at the knees

If all were to concede we all bleed
Instead of eat the “meet” we would feed
Nourishing our humanity
How we’re meant to do
I’m asking you
Can we be humanity?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk
Chords: D D9 G / Em C D G
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, PA
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

bookmark_borderThe Accounting

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LYRICS
There’s one for me
And, two for you?
Sum and then some
Wonder how come?
There’s one for me
And, two for you
Starting to see
Just how it’ll be
Sum and then some
Wonder how come?
Some sum

Day upon day
Year upon year
Time grows shorter
And so we fear
“Upon a time….”
Or so they say
The last quarter
Is under way
Sum and less some
Wonder how come?
Some sum

Upon “The End”
The rules won’t bend
Then, all shall see
Equal will be
Equal we’ll be
Kingdom has come
Some sum

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk
Chords: Em Am7 Bm
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, PA
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderFrom Up Here

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LYRICS
From up here
I’ve a window on the world
But I won’t look down
(No, I won’t look down)
See people so tiny
Like ants in the plants / in their pants
With too little time to appreciate
Might make ’em late to agitate

From up here
I’ve a window on the world
But I won’t look down
(No, I won’t look down)
Take a cue to form a queue
Wasting time to stand in line
With no appetite to alleviate
Far too hungry to alienate

From up here
I’ve a window on the world
But I won’t look down
(No, I won’t look down)
Hurry from here to get there
Unaware they don’t care
Anticipate they’ve cast their fate
At any rate, won’t deviate

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: C G D C E A / C A; 100 BPM 60’s Rock / 68 BPM increase tempo
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderCome In

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LYRICS
No you can’t come…
No you can’t come in
I hear you puffin’
I hear you huffin’
But, nooooo… you can’t come in
Big, bad beast
Wished he’d ceased
Now my feast?
Come on in!
And, soooo… you can come in
Yes, come right in
No less
Yes
I hear you puffin’
I hear you huffin’
So, yes, come right in

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about finding the “silver lining”
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# D B / C#7 B F#; 128 BPM Heavy Metal
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderNewborn

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LYRICS
The sun’s ray doesn’t fray
Until its spill on the window sill
I believe the sun’s ray rules the day
Then the eve will relieve
In the night stands still
Again turn till torn into the morn
The day born
… a newborn

For now somehow the sun slips beneath
The night takes a bite with darkness’ teeth
At last a vast heavenly sky unveiled
IN the shadow of tomorrow
Never failed
Again turn till torn into the morn
The day born
… a newborn

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Ambient / Progressive Folk
Chords: Esus4 E A7 E / D6 A7 E E7; 100 / 113 BPM Pop Waltz
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderI Like To Groove (Can’t Help Myself)

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LYRICS
It makes me so happy
I start to move
It makes me so happy
I like to groove
Tap my feet
To the sound of the beat
Clap my hands
To the sounds of the bands
Hi-Yo, Silver!
Away! … we go
Cutting rug
Shoulders shrug
Slap my knee
Laugh n’ glee
Happy
My stance takes on a dance
I like to groove
Do you like to groove, too?

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

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderCaped Crusader

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LYRICS
Caped crusader
Man of steel
Can anybody tell me
What’s the real deal
I can’t see
The crime of the century
Maybe all of history
A vast conspiracy
In need of repeal
What’s the deal
… the real deal?

To whom do you cater
Where’s your corporate seal
Can anybody tell me
What’s the real deal
I can’t see
(chorus)

No heroes till later?
Wait for the feel?
Can anybody tell me
What’s the real deal
I can’t see
(chorus)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E G / G A / A G A B7 A G E; 128 BPM Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

bookmark_borderCrossed T

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LYRICS
Who dotted the i / I
And who crossed the t
My t
I mighty no more
Now I
Shall see
What’s in store
Nevermore
Or for sure?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Extemporaneous / Improv
Chords: Am G Am / C B Am; 128 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderFeel A Thing

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LYRICS
I thought you said I wouldn’t hardly…
I thought you said I’d barely…
I thought you said I wouldn’t feel a thing
Then, in you bring the sting
Boggles my mind
Trying to find
Just out of grasp
(Gasp!)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F#sus4 B / F# C# B; 120 BPM House / Trip Hop
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life