Tag: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderAt the Pearly Gates

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LYRICS
One waits
At the pearly gates
The weight
The baggage of age
I can’t bear the wait
I can’t bear the weight
A voice is heard:
“You want the word?”

Can’t wait
Open up the gate
The age —
All the world’s a stage
Open up the gate
I can’t bear the wait
I can’t bear the weight

A voice is heard:
“You want the word?
You wan to know…
… if the answer is no?”

No, I don’t want to know
Prefer to procrastinate
And wait with all my weight

DR0000_7475-At-the-Pearly-Gates.mp3

Chords: A C C A / F G A / A Asus4; 116 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderYour Destiny

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LYRICS
Do you know if there’s a place I can go
To cure what ails me
It’s called “your destiny”
Perils of your destiny

You bet the farm
Doing no harm?
Lord, cure what ails me
It’s called “your destiny”

When it comes to the plant

You said, “Damn it! God damn it!”
“F” the habitat
What do you think of that
Live with it!

Live with it? I hope not to die…
… I….

DR0000_7472-Your-Destiny.mp3

A song about choosing climate change.
Chords: E A Bm E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderThe Essence

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LYRICS
The collision of our galaxies
Is something that I did not foresee
Didn’t have the luxury
To be omniscient
To be…
The big bang event
To be omniscient
To be…
Omnipresent
To be omniscient
To be…
The essence

The fusion of our closest star
Then plant your life, would seem bizarre
I couldn’t have thought so far
To be omniscient
To be…
The big bang event
To be omniscient
To be…
Omnipresent
To be omniscient
To be…
The essence

Spinning in the light
Turning day to night
What brilliant insight
To be omniscient
To be…
The big bang event
To be omniscient
To be…
Omnipresent
To be omniscient
To be…
The essence

ABOUT THE SONG
Drop D tuning
Chords: D Em7 / C Em7 D / Em7(9)
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderWalk in the Dark

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LYRICS
Do you ant to take a walk in the dark?
We could go park in the park
Undo the innuendo
Steaming up the window
As we address getting undressed

We could explore the great outdoors
Go to third base maybe more
Undo the innuendo
Steaming up the window
As we address getting undressed

Face-to-face in a necking race
Neck-to-neck leather and lace
Undo the innuendo
Steaming up the window
As we address getting undressed

Go down till you find what’s up
Get up…
Till you find what’s going down
Undo the innuendo
Steaming up the window
As we address getting undressed

DR0000_7442-Walk-in-the-Dark.mp3

Chords: G7 D / Em A7 D
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderMeteorological Extreme

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LYRICS
Meteorological extreme
Did you bring the Bayou with you?
Baton Rouge
Paying dues
Caught your swampy blues
Do you know what I mean?
Meteorological extreme
Seems illogical
(Meteorological)
Now, its come this way
Arrived in PA
Just the other day
Na, na, na, Louisiana
Geez Louis… iana, na, na, na

A song about global warming and extreme weather events.
Chords: Em Em7 / Am Em Bm Am Em; 126 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Slide Guitar, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderCaptured in a Dream

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LYRICS
Moving pictures crisp and clean
Flowing motion first time seen
Watching motion float downstream
Vibrant colors fill the scene
Captured in a dream

An odd plot… what does it mean
Rogue rook captured queen
Teaching baby time to wean
Waking up to her silent scream
Captured in a dream

Keeping one eye open
So that I can see
Sleeping while coping
With what comes after me
… what’s after me?

Chords: E Bm / F G E / F# G / F# F E; 176 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_border1 Mississippit

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LYRICS
The surprised don’t hiccup much
Hold my breath, start counting
I suppose the dead arose?
The tides of time are turning

1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi
3 Mississippi… one more
5 Mississippi, 6 Mississippi
7 went to heaven
Praying “can we save one more?”

DR0000_7417-1-Mississippit.mp3

Chords: E E9 E / A E A B7 E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderWhat You Do

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LYRICS
Standards are dropping
As the need’s popping
Mouths are calling
Morals falling
Understand
(All over the land)
Comprehend
(To understand)
What you do
Can get us through

Jaws are dropping
As the greed’s popping
Mouths are pleading
Spirits bleeding
Understand
(All over the land)
Comprehend
(To understand)
What you do
Can get us through

People dropping
Hearts are stopping
Mouths are crying
Stop our dying
Understand
(All over the land)
Comprehend
(To understand)
What you do
Can get us through\

Chords: G E / E Eb D D Eb E; 123 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderThis Kid

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LYRICS
You can place your wager
You can place your bet
This kid…
Doesn’t want to go to bed yet
This kid….

This kid wants to stay up some more
This kid… like I said before
This kid doesn’t want to go to bed yet

This kid did win your wager
This kid did win your bet
’cause this kid…
… hasn’t gone to bed yet

I don’t want to go to bed yet!

Chords: D A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderDamn-souls in Distress

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LYRICS
Let’s rise to the occasion
Give it all we’ve got
A heart led invasion
Give it all! Why not?
White knights into the light
Do goods do as they should

Damn-souls in distress
Third planet address
Oh, Lord, overlords
Unpleasant to peasants
White knights into the light
Do goods do as they should
A heart led invasion
Give it all! Why not?

Chords: Gm Bb / Dm Bb; 121 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderTake Me Anywhere

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LYRICS
Just to be fair
It’s up in the air
Garden affair
Take me anywhere
Though the clock is ticking
Will I know when it ends?
Should try some time stretching
To see if it bends

Does anyone car
It’s up in the air
Be done I swear
Take me anywhere
Though the clock is ticking
Will I know when it ends?
Should try some time stretching
To see if it bends

Oh, no, to bear
“It’s up in the air”
In search of rare
Take me anywhere
Though the clock is ticking
Will I know when it ends?
Should try some time stretching
To see if it bends

Chords: F# D#7 / D#sus4 C#6; 164 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderThrone of Thorn

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LYRICS
I don’t know if I should sit down there
’cause I can’t tell if it’s an empty chair
Sittin’ on a throne of thorn
Waitin’ for reborn

I don’t know if we should break some bread
’cause I can’t tell if you’re already fed
Sittin’ on a throne of thorn
Waitin’ for reborn

I don’t know…
Can we raise the dead?
’cause I can’t tell who made this bed
Sittin’ on a throne of thorn
Waitin’ for reborn

DR0000_7393-Throne-of-Thorn.mp3

Chords: Bb Eb Bb Bb Fm Bb / Db Ab Bb Db Eb Bb
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderMillions of Colors

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Fall Colors
LYRICS
Millions of colors
Millions of colors
Millions of colors
The pupil of iris
Teaches us focus
So, eye can see clearly
So, I can see clearly
So, we can clearly see

Millions of colors
Foundation’s pillars
Millions of colors
The pupil of iris
Teaches us focus
So, eye can see clearly
So, I can see clearly
So, we can clearly see

Millions of colors
Dullest’s killer
Millions of colors
The mind’s miller
Millions of colors
The pupil of iris
Teaches us focus
So, eye can see clearly
So, I can see clearly
So, we can clearly see

The numbers in colors
Spectrum continuum
The millions of colors
As though I’m living in a prism
… I’m living in a prism

Chords: Em Em7 / C D Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Organ
Written and recorded live on a digital 8-track at Lake Wynonah, PA

From the album: Rawhide Underwear
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderThe Superhero in You

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LYRICS
She’ll put up a fight
Till we get things right
Put an end to blight
She puts up a fight
Papier-mâché parliament
Thinks there’s no harm in it
Leave it to government
Their/they’re too late to solve it
We’re all in need
Of the superhero in you
Hear the earth plead
You’ll find it in you

Fat cat politicians
Poor savior magicians
It’s their positions
Requiring morticians
We’re all in need
Of the superhero in you
Hear the earth plead
You’ll find it in you

She’ll put up a fight
Till we get things right
Put an end to blight
She puts up a fight
If we could all transfer more of her

A song about Greta Thunberg, the G20, COP26, and The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment.

Chords: Gdim Cm / Cm G7 / F Cm; 62 BPM and 122 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next