bookmark_borderThe Cat And Fishbowl

LYRICS
Fish in a fishbowl
Cat looks on
It won’t be long
Until the goal
Participate
In your fate
Procrastinate
Wait

Dear Mr. Reaper,
Can I call you Grim?
Not much of a sleeper
Mind if I keep goin’?
I gotta dig deeper
Before you dig deeper
Who knows
Maybe I’m a keeper
I surmise
I won’t participate
In my own demise
Not a believer in fate
On to the next sunrise

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive EDM
Chords: Eb Gb Db; 68 BPM Rock Ballad
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Xylophone, Keyboards

From the album Cockamamie

bookmark_borderTimbuktu, Too

LYRICS
If this isn’t is
I don’t know what is is
This is… this is is
From here to Kalamazoo
Everyone, including you
Has got to get through
You do

If this isn’t is
I don’t know what is is
This is… this is is
From here to Mayfair
There and everywhere
Should become aware
And care

If this isn’t is
I don’t know what is is
This is… this is is
From hereto Timbuktu
We all know what to do
Gotta get on through
We do!

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em Em7 Em6 Em Em(b5)
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cockamamie

bookmark_borderThanks To Your Kind

LYRICS
Tic-tac-toe
Three in a row
Here we go
x’s and o’s
Hugs and kisses
Never misses
I’m a winner
Every time
Thanks to your kind

Playcard plans
The game diagram
With arrows,
x’s and o’s
Hugs and kisses
Never misses
I’m a winner
Every time
Thanks to your kind

The love notes
Music and poets
Sign with those
x’s and o’s
Hugs and kisses
Never misses
I’m a winner
Every time
Thanks to your kind

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: D A E / A E A C B7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album Cockamamie

bookmark_borderPropose Suppose

From The Book Of Daneil

The King Who Exalts Himself
Daniel 11:36 “The president will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every head-of-state and will say unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place. 37 He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the one desired by women, nor will he regard any god, but will exalt himself above them all. 38 Instead of them, he will honor a god of walls

Daniel 12 “The End Of Times”

LYRICS
What do you suppose
Is in those?
What do you propose
To do, too?
Who would have choose
Those?
Now it has arose
What to do?

Fancy is the feast
Last Supper. The Beast.
Can you tell me at least?

665 lucky to be alive
Lucky, to be the 1 / one / won
(In slips 666)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# F#m C#7 B F#; 152 BPM Bebop Pop
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cockamamie

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

bookmark_borderIn Vain

LYRICS
Dumbfounded by amazement
Well, how long does this go on?
Well rounded in embarrassment
Tell me where we all went wrong
For how long…
Does this go on?
The shame is in the vain
The pain is in the name
The shame is in…
The pain is in…
The shame and pain within

To the past with harassment
It’s gone on far too long
Just won’t last as establishment
Sing along to the same old song
For how long…
Does this go on?
The shame is in the vain
The pain is in the name
The shame is in…
The pain is in…
The shame and pain within

When you say, “U.S.A.”
You give a way (away a way)
Privileged hearsay
Drive a wedge all the way
For how long…
Does this go on?
The shame is in the vain
The pain is in the name
The shame is in…
The pain is in…
The shame and pain

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E G A / A G E / A C G A; 92 BPM 16 Beat #6
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cockamamie

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

bookmark_borderOminous Obvious

LYRICS
The travesty
Or the tragedy
Is a mystery
Is there amnesty
In your amnesty
No? Not really
It’s obvious
To most of us
Across the U.S.A.
What do you say?
And, you? Obvious, too?
As for me,
I see
It’s starting to show
Through
It’s starting to come true
Through the mystery
Come to be
What we see
We come to be

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive EDM
Chords: F# G A / G A; 82 BPM Analog Pop
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cockamamie

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

bookmark_borderIn’s And Out’s

LYRICS
In the in’s and out’s
Of the in-betweens
Logic is seen
(As obscene?)
Logic is scene
(What do you mean?)
Setting the stage
For the age
Of knowledge
And those that shine
Shine bright
Right
Through the darkness of time
To this space
The light
A little more light
Might
Help you feel fine?
Still on the edge…
On the ledge
Of knowledge

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G#dim E7 E Bm; 122 BPM R$B #2
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cockamamie

bookmark_borderMidst Of The Beast

LYRICS
In the midst of the beast
Who is the most
Who is the least?
Um? Fee fi fo fum
Color me dumb
I guess I’m…
One

Feel the breath on my neck
Bearing down
Introspect
The width
The breadth
Confound
Bearing down
Um? Fee fi fo fum
Color me dumb
I guess I’m…
One
One and the same
The beast! Look out!
The beast within
Look again
I’m him
I can run
But I can’t hide
The beast without
From the beast within
The mirror image
I am…
In the “I am” Age

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Hard Rock / Progressive EDM
Chords: Em7(11) Em Em7 D6 / G Em; 152 BPM Rock Ballad
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cockamamie

bookmark_borderA Bob Marley Heart

LYRICS
Hey, Mack, as a matter-of-fact
Can you spare a piece of gum
If so, I’d love to have some
Hey, Mask, as a matter-of-fact
When you get beneath hair and gum
Our “go”
Is within our sum
And with spirit
Add some
Add some sum toward one
May a Bob Marley heart start
Maybe a Bob Marley heart
To unite a light
The light
Delight
One love
Get together
With delight

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A B A B G / Bm; 100 BPM Funky Pop
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cockamamie

bookmark_borderThe Challenge

LYRICS
When up for the challenge
It is hard to manage
“Way too easy”
I ask
Is a measly task
Any fun for you
I take the challenge
I do!
To be alive
Is the thrill
Of the strive
Same ole’ drill
Quit at five
Still
I’d rather thrive
On the thrill
Of the drive

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: C#m7(11) F#7 C#m C#m9; 84 BPM 16 Beat #4
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cockamamie

bookmark_borderSay What?

Hyper-terrestrial
So What?

MIDI Files I and MIDI Files II

bookmark_borderThe Investi-Gate

LYRICS
What we need
Now
Perhaps
More than ever
Is education
Knowledge
Stimulization
Of wisdom
On our final page
A sage
The End
[sage-like interlude]
If it’s not too late
To procrastinate
For a sage
In the “age 2”
Of too
To too
Too — me and you
2 — me and you
The age
When knowledge
Reckon
Turn the page
A sage
The End

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Dm9 Dm Em F / Dm7; 119 BPM 6/8/Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cockamamie

bookmark_borderDozed In Oz

LYRICS
Z,z,z,z,z,z….
Oz,z,z,z
I’m thinking
Wake-up!
Start blinking
I suppose
You can’t see
With your eyes closed
I suppose
It’s fantasy
With your eyes closed
I’s blink your lids
Try to get hold of our id’s
Open our lids
(Open our I-lids)
And see reality
I’m thinking
Wake-up!
n’ start blinking
Open our I’s
To the rise
Of reality
Realize
Reality
Z,z,z,z,z,z….
Oz,z,z,z
It’s OK, Dorothy… we know
It was just a dream
Dorothy,
Now you see
All is not what it may seem
You’ve dozed
In Oz

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# F#7 D#m7 DM7aug F#; 123 BPM Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cockamamie

bookmark_borderSanctuary Planet

LYRICS
In the sanctuary of humanity
There’s humor
And quite a bit of wit
Amazing swaddling
Open to an open
Embrace
Station to station
Interface
A connectivity
Of authenticity
Heart to heart
A part
Of collectivity
Not a sole soul
Can be found
Not a sole soul
Around
(look around)
When you get down to it
There’s more humor
And quite a bit of wit

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: GM7 D C6; 125 BPM Twist
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

bookmark_borderOn The Ledge

LYRICS
Here we go
But I don’t know
If we know
Which way to go
Did you see
Lemmings running into the sea
Makes them stiff
Buffalo over a cliff
After all
Is our boat afloat
Over a waterfall
Know what I mean
As we’re drifting downstream
Runaway
Train and tracks part ways
Stop my feet
From this dead end street
Oh, now I get it
There’s our exit
Oh, no, we won’t quit
Until we make it
No hesitation
For destination

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A G F G F E / G E; 152 BPM Rock Shuffle
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter