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Granted Wish

Posted on April 16, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
I’ve been here, and I’ve been there
Been about everywhere
But, it doesn’t get much better than this
Granted wish
It doesn’t get much better than this

I’ve been “woke-up”… been aware
Found loving people that really, really care
No, it doesn’t get much better than this
Granted wish
It doesn’t get much better than this

A just land and place that’s fair
Sure glad to have met you there
Yes, it doesn’t get much better than this
Granted wish
It doesn’t get much better than this

Granted Wish.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Granted Wish is a song about the good fortune of having friends like you. It amazes me that so many of you really care about the world. Thank you.

Style: Folk Rock
Chords: E’s / A G E

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, Pennsylvania.

From the album Gay Church

Momentary Lapse

Posted on April 14, 2017April 14, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
One moment lapses into another
Until the minutes start to take over
Day by day
Goes our way
Minute by minute turns to hours
Better take the time while it’s ours
Day by day
Goes our way
Passing hours turn light to night
As long as there’s tomorrow, our future’s bright
Day by day
Goes our way
Consider me lucky to accumulate years
And Father Time is still in arrears
Day by day
Goes our way
Blessed to outlive our fears
No regrets or tears if “The End” nears

Momentary Lapse.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: F G A / Em A
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Recorded at Marshall Square Park.

From the album Gay Church

That Thrill To Kill

Posted on April 13, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
Deaf and mute
Can no longer compute
Can’t dispute
Can know longer compute
Drop to my knees
Ask Her why
Pray tell, please
The thrill to kill must die

Blind brother
Can no longer see
Unkind other
Can no longer be

See, hear, speak
No malice nor evil
Serve the weak
Can know “longer” well

That Thrill To Kill.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: A Dm / G Dm
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Recorded on a park bench at Everhart Park.

From the album Gay Church

Hot

Posted on April 12, 2017April 18, 2017 by admin

The Hot Song (Video).mp4

Hot.mp3

LYRICS
Got what we sought
Hot, hot, hot
A joke’s hoax or whatnot
Skin is burnin’
Heart is yearnin’
World keeps turnin’… ’round
Turn the temperature down

Look what we brought
Hot, hot, hot
In my trap, you’re caught
Skin is burnin’
Heart is yearnin’
World keeps turnin’… ’round
Turn the temperature down

Well, thanks a lot
Hot, hot, hot
For the lesson taught
Skin is burnin’
Heart is yearnin’
World keeps turnin’… ’round
Turn the temperature down

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about record high temperatures in April.
Climate Change Breaks Multiple Records with Global Impacts

Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: B E / G A E / C E / D E
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

Soul-you-tion

Posted on April 11, 2017April 11, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
What’s the solution
To our institution
The human nation institution of pollution
What’s the solution?
Have we lost control of self-control
Say “it’s close enough for rock and roll”
Destination annihilation
Our species as others’ feces
Suck out our brains
And eat our remains
The toll of our goal

Soul-you-tion Video.mp4

Soul-you-tion.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about killing ourselves with pollution.

Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: D D-f# D-d D-a / C G D / G D
Recording: 1-track digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Recorded at Everhart Park.

From the album Gay Church

Runaround

Posted on April 10, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
Let’s run around
Like we own the town
Let’s make a sound
That’s gonna resound
When the facts are found
In fact, you do
Own this town
In fact, you do
Me, too
We own this town

Feeling under the gun
You don’t have to run
Time you had some fun
We own this town
Me and you
We own this town
We all do
I can see Lenape was here before me
Till we came up with a bogus treaty
No treat for “we”
More like a treat for me
At the cost of society

Runaround.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
The Lenape Indians lived in their village for thousands of years. Then, William Penn came and named their home Penn’s Woods (Pennsylvania). More European settlers came and took over their village and named the town after the indigenous people they drove out — Lenape, PA.

There are no Lenape left in Lenape. There are no Lenape left in Pennsylvania. There are no Lenepe.

Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: E Esus4 / G D E

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

Crossing The Line

Posted on April 10, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
Crossing the line
That’s not the half of it
Did you forget regret?
Crossing the line
While having a fit
Did you forget respect
Bombing babies for bombing babies
Am I blind? I can’t see!
Killing babies hypocrisy
Though the sandbox isn’t mine
I’m drawing the line
When you’re the killing kind
When you’re killing the kind
When you’re crossing the line
It’s not all fine
When it’s you crossing, too

Crossing The Line.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: A A7 A+g A+d / G D A
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE

Serenity Of Serendipity

Posted on April 6, 2017April 6, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
You showing me your hospitality
You’re giving faith in all humanity
Nothing can go wrong
When you’re in the song
It won’t be long

I like your attitude
Love your gratitude
You’re showin’ me
Serenity
Serendipity
The serenity of serendipity

You’re glowing… the (I’ll)luminosity
You’re growing from the generosity
Everything is all right
When of you I write
Carries us through the night

Serenity Of Serendipity Video.mp4

Serenity Of Serendipity.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: E A9 / D A E
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Recorded at Everhart Park.

From the album Gay Church

Blues Away

Posted on April 6, 2017April 6, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
If you’re feelin’ a ‘lil blue
I’ve the remedy just for you
The blues will take your blues away
Bluebird singin’ about a sunny day
Sunny days are on your way

If a black cloud follows you around
Don’t let it ever let it get you down
Ear to the earth and feel the sound
Soon enough your song will be found

If a shadow follows you
Something you can do
To your heart be true
Shine the point-of-view

Blues Away Video.mp4

Blues Away.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: E E7 Bm E A B7 E / C D G / C D E
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Recorded at Everhart Park.

From the album Gay Church

The Air In Heaven

Posted on April 4, 2017April 4, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
I really don’t know
Why ya wanna go so low
Shouldn’t we give high a try
Take my hand and learn to fly
Air thins into heaven… into the heavens
We’re seeing the show
Your reap, your sow
Whoa… oh, oh, oh
I really don’t know
But what the hey, hey!
Let’s give’r a try
Take my hand we’ll learn to fly
The air thins in heaven
Air is thin in heaven
Air is thin
We’re in heaven
Comin’ home again

The Air In Heaven.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Blues / Folk Rock
Chords: E A E / G A E (with a Bo Diddley flare)

Vocals, Guitar, Organ

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

Düsseldorf

Posted on April 4, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
A dude in Düsseldorf wielding and axe
Orlando, Bowling Green and other lax facts
We call these terrorist attacks?
We call these…
Oh, Lord, please
Woods through the trees
Watching hell freeze…
Over
Discover getting closer to over
Try to bend
The End?
Make no mistake
It might break
A machete at the Leuve
Messing with the groove
Bomb the Boston Marathon
The list goes on and on
Sandy Hook we mistook
Virginia Tech… what the heck?
Colorado… we don’t know
South Carolina… na, na, na

Dusseldorf.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about mistaking acts of violence as “terror attacks”.

Dusseldorf axe attack leaves seven people injured
Mar 9, 2017 – One man arrested after what German police say appears to be a random attack at city’s main train station.

Kellyanne Conway cites ‘Bowling Green massacre’
Feb 3, 2017 – 2, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway defended President Trump’s travel ban with inaccurate claims of a “Bowling Green massacre,”

Feb 3, 2017 – PARIS — French soldiers opened fire on a man wielding a machete who shouted “Allahu akbar” as he attacked them near the Louvre museum

Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: E E7 / A G E / A G A G A G E

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

Enough Blue

Posted on April 4, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
Partly cloudy
Just enough blue
Let’s the sun through
A pretty day in the city
A great day in America
The children sing, “La, la, la”
A warm breeze
Turns thoughts like these
Into life’s keys
A glimpse of you
In the rearview
Are you coming to?
A pretty day in the city
A great day in America
The children sing, “La, la, la”

Enough Blue.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Children’s Music / Folk Rock
Chords: C A / C G A

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

Karma Comeback

Posted on March 30, 2017 by admin

Karma Comeback.mp3

LYRICS
Rock through glass
Come to pass
Gonna kick ya in the ass
Imagine that…
Karma comeback

Tell a lie
Don’t know why
Gonna haunt you till you die
Imagine that…
Karma comeback

Make a threat
Better bet
Gonna end in regret
Imagine that…
Karma comeback

Jaw jabber
Backstabber
Wanna be a cadaver?
(No! I wanna continue on life’s endeavor)
Imagine that…
Karma comeback

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: E Em7 / D A D A D A E

Vocals, Guitar, Organ, Piano

Written in West Chester, PA about the corners of Gay and Church Streets.

From the album Gay Church

Loom Boom

Posted on March 29, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
Loom BOOM!
What was it that you wanted?
Make room
Egos are over flaunted
The lowering of the boom
Can happen none to soon
The more I realize
The less the surprise

Loom BOOM! What is it you want to do?
Got broom… is it time to clean the zoo?
Loom BOOM! Where is it you want to go?
Zoom zoom… round and round if you don’t know
Loom BOOM! Who is it you want to see?
Soul groom… what it is that I can be
Loom BOOM! When is it you want to start?
Doom boom… let’s blow if up with our heart

Loom Boom.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: E A D G / G D A

A song about dropping love bombs… looming till it turns to booming.

Vocals, Guitar, Organ

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

Permit To Carry

Posted on March 26, 2017March 29, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
I got a permit to carry my axe
Now going out and have some attacks
Allowed to sing and dance some, too
Now the question is, “How about you?”
Got your permit?
We’ll get lit!
Got your permit?
Let’s get lit!
Got your permit?
Come get lit!
Got your permit?
Get you permit
You better make it quick

Do some magic that’s really slick
Rabbit from a hat… or slight-of-hand trick
I might recite while fire juggling
Thespian, asked again, “Are you acting?”

I might read what I write
Then play it right into the night
Draw with chalk on the sidewalk
Now I’ve a permit, they can’t balk
Got your permit?
We’ll get lit!
Got your permit
Let’s get lit!
Got your permit?
Get you permit
You better make it quick

Permit To Carry (Video).mp4

Permit To Carry / West Chester, Pennsylvania.mp3

Permit To Carry Live.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about an unconstitutional law that makes performance art a crime in West Chester, Pennsylvania. You must have a permit to do any of the following:
acting, singing, playing musical instruments, pantomime, juggling, magic, dancing, reading, puppetry, sidewalk art (working with non-permanent, water-soluble media, i.e., chalk, pastels, or watercolors directly on the pavement), and reciting.

The West Chester “Footloose” Ordinance

Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: E A B7
Vocals, Guitar
Alternative version includes electric piano and electric slide guitar
Written and recorded West Chester, Pennsylvania
From the album Gay Church

Alternative Version