LYRICS
When you find your legs ache
Because you want to shake
For the music to take
You away today
You know…
You can just get the go
Get up and go
Get the go
When your told “break a leg”
It’s for luck they beg
Go ahead and play
Play today away
No piper to pay
You away today
You know…
You can just get the go
Get up and go
Get the go
Written and recorded live in Atlantic City, New Jersey with additional footage from the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ. Inspired by the people dancing to the music while I wrote the song on boardwalk.
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
Where do the good people go… do you know?
If the good life they’ve been livin’
Is full with the goodness of givin’
(Even with the occasional sinnin’)
Ya get into heaven
Pass the pearly gates
I can hardly wait
Where do the bad people go… do you know?
If after all the chances
You choose your dances
By selling your soul to the devil
Well… ya go straight to….
H e double toothpick
While you’re still quick
Don’t take too long
And, be judged as dead
Writing the Lyrics for *In A Fog* at Ocean City, NJ
ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 2
E / A / G
Written and recorded on July 6, 2012 in Ocean City, New Jersey. It was the eighth day of heat wave… even the beach was brutal. Then, at about 5PM, this strange fog started rolling in. As I was writing the music, I could see the eyes of children popping out of the mist. It made me think how great it is that kids don’t live in a fog… with their heads in the clouds.
LYRICS
Have you ever wondered
If there’s anyone who cares
No need to ponder
That’s why I’m making you aware
Thanks for making me aware that you’re there
For now, the time on Earth we share
You don’t need to feel alone
We occupy the same home
As well as, the closest star
Just reach out… I’m there
Written and recorded in Ocean City, New Jersey on July 6, 2012. It is about the feeling you get when you play music for people… especially when you do it for free… just because you care. It is amazing how many people befriend you when make music for them.
ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 4 (Ab)
Hold the D string on 6th fret
Written and recorded on June 14, 2012 after watching my daughter have a bad dream on vacation in Ocean City, New Jersey. The lyrics and recordings were conjured up in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
LYRICS
Why go to where the gray turns black
A place where there is no turning back
Move it on up ’cause the tide’s coming in
A whole new cycle getting ready to begin
The pages blowing in the wind
No time for Man to unwind
Rather make a pact to adapt
Wind-up. Then, we’re apt
To buoy a beginning
Of a brand new happening
Where the hydrogen and oxygen separate
The sea meets the sky
Where the clouds part you can start
To see the light
And, you just might
Put up a fight
For it’s the struggle to survive
That keeps us alive
The lyrics were written on June 13, 2012 while sitting on the beach in Ocean City, New Jersey. The music was written and recorded at the Lower Merion Township Park near King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
LYRICS
Where the sky parts from the see
The ocean waves goodbye
There’s a sigh in the air
A sigh in the error
Why not choose what’s best for humanity
Instead of just for you or me
Overthrow the overlords
Of disparity
With the vision of the Viking
No one is best suited to be king
With the vision of Charlemagne
Try to alleviate suffering and pain
No need to cross an expansive sea
To contemplate the fate of society
No need for flight from the storm
No need for blight, nor for harm
Lyrics to the Song Correction
The ability to sense when fear is near
Allowing you to steer clear of danger
The ability to sense when fair is near
Allowing you to see clearer and stronger
Writing the lyrics began on June 13, 2012 in Ocean City, New Jersey. The music was written in Ambler on June 14. The recordings were made later that day at the Lower Merion Township Park.
LYRICS
There’s no sense complaining (no sense complaining)
About the shape I’m in (the shape I’m in)
As long as, I am bone and skin
It takes no explaining
There’s no denying dieing
Might as well take it all in
See the sea
Hear the here
Be the me
Without fear
There’s no sense complaining (no sense complaining)
About the shape I’m in (the shape I’m in)
As long as, I am bone and skin
It takes no explaining
There’s no denying dieing
Might as well take it all in
Scent of sea breeze
Touch a memory
Forecast a dream
Spirit team
Shore Songwriting
There’s no sense complaining (no sense complaining)
About the shape I’m in (the shape I’m in)
As long as, I am bone and skin
It takes no explaining
There’s no denying dieing
Might as well take it all in
Take a bite
Out of the de-bitch sand which
Will cure your spite
Despite of
Take a bite out of the de=bitch sand which
Stuffed with love
