Tag: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderBarnum and Bailey Style

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LYRICS
Said with such confidence
It’s hard to know
If there is evidence
Or just a show
Barnum and Bailey style
Walk this way a while
Barnum and Bailey style
Later crocodile

Is it reality
Or just a con
Hold tight your money
Or it’ll be gone
Barnum and Bailey style
Walk this way a while
Barnum and Bailey style
Later crocodile

Too good to be true
Buyer beware
Take it all from you
Learning to bare
Barnum and Bailey style
Walk this way a while
Barnum and Bailey style
Later crocodile

Chords: Em A / A C A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderA Little Bit

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LYRICS
Off just a little bit
No, please don’t make it quit
Off just a little bit
Solo
A different drummer
That makes a different beat
Natural forerunner
wings on the feet

Off just a little bit
Actually quite fond of it
Off just a little bit
To know
A different drummer
That makes a different beat
Natural forerunner
wings on the feet

Off just a little bit
Doesn’t quite deserve it
Off just a little bit
You know
Off just a little bit
Depends how you measure it
Off just a little bit
You know
A different drummer
That makes a different beat
Natural forerunner
wings on the feet

Chords: Dsus4 D9 / F D; 80 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderOut of the Gas

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LYRICS
Out of the gas
We pulled together
To make it last
Through cosmic weather
Went on… time passed
Stardust formed mass

The enormity
Due to gravity
Pulled together
Negating never
Went on… time passed
Stardust formed mass

Went on… time passed
Stardust formed mass

Shining face
Upon the surface
With a touch of friction
To hold me in

Chords: F# F#sus4 F# F#9 / D#m G#7 F#; 152 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Organ, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

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

bookmark_borderGood Fortune

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LYRICS
Suspended in disbelief
Good fortune… feel relief
Cold hearted turns kind
A load off my mind
See what Cupid did?
Suspended in disbelief
Good fortune… feel relief
Sight when I was blind
Love the ties that bind
Light the shadows hid
Suspended in disbelief
Good fortune… feel relief
Love, once hard to find
No longer left behind
Feel what cupid did
Suspended in disbelief
Good fortune… feel relief

DR0000_7373-Good-Fortune.mp3

Chords: E E7sus4 / A7 C6 B7 E7sus4 E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderGot a… Get a….

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LYRICS
In the thick of it
Up to the neck
Got a grip on it
Dealt a full deck
Got a grip on it
(Got a… get a….)
If the fear of butter fingers
… lingers
To be clear
You need fear no longer
… stronger
Got a grip
Got a grip on it
Got a… get a…
Grip on it

Chords: Em Em7 Em7(11) Esus4 / Em G / Bb Am G / Em7; 66 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderFor the Record

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LYRICS
If this was 1972
I’d know exactly what to do
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping
Nudge the needle
A ridge or two
That’s exactly what I’d do
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping

When it was ’84
Sill could fix it one time more
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping
Before becoming legend
Before becoming lore
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping
Nudge the needle
A ridge or two
That’s exactly what I’d do
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping

But in this next millennium
They don’t know who I am
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping
In this modern day
They don’t know when I say
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping
Nudge the needle
A ridge or two
That’s exactly what we should do
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping
In this modern day
They don’t know when I say
The final vinyl

Chords: E E7 Em7 Em E / A C D A / E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderThe Nearest Star

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LYRICS
No matter where you are
You’re really that far
From the nearest star
Pick up your head
Take a step back
We’re really not that far
From the nearest star

Now, I’m starting to see
We share distance equally
From the nearest star
Pick up your head
Take a step back
We’re really not that far
From the nearest star

Guess it’s not so bizarre
Down to earth… we are
Under the same sun
… the same one
Pick up your head
(No need to dread)
Take a step back
(Nothing we lack)
We’re really not that far
From the nearest star

Are you sure I’m not a little further away?
You look a little closer….

Chords: B D / F# / D F#; 128 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_borderPositive Narrative

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LYRICS
Indirect
None-the-less
In your face
Redirect
More-or-less
Face-to-face
Outer space….
Introspective
Narrative
Retrospective
Positive

Indirect
None-the-less
In your face
Redirect
More-or-less
Face-to-face
Outer space….
An elective
Prerogative
A suggestive
Positive

Chords: E C D / D E / C A or A C / C E; 120 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

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

bookmark_borderI Will

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LYRICS
Caught in the web of anxiety?
Caught in the ebb of intensity?
Look! You’re standing, still
Say, “I will”

Stuck in a rut… standing still?
Punch to the gut… same ole drill?
Find it in you to come through
Say, “I will”

Finding it tough to pull through?
Not sure the best thing to do?
Beat anxiety with simplicity
Say, “I will!”

Chords: F Fm / D E F; 80 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_borderWhat Have We Hear?

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LYRICS
My good friend
What have we here?
They say The End
Is drawing near
What have we hear?

Tell me please
What have we here?
A release
And, please be clear
What have we here?
And, please be clear

My good friend
Let’s hold life dear
Before The End
Arrives here
That’s when we’ll hear
Just to be clear
We’re out of here

DR0000_7349-What-Have-We-Hear.mp3

Chords: E / G D A E / G F# F E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderChill

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LYRICS
Sitting there
Chill in the air
Bumping headlong into skin
Goose bumps become aware
The twilight
Between the night
Is shrinking
Day is done
Watch the sun
It’s sinking

Before the rays slip away
Shimmer glimmer to I
To say God had her way
Revealing the wonders of why
The twilight
Between the night
Is shrinking
Day is done
Watch the sun
It’s sinking

Chords: D A / C G D
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Kurzweil Piano
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, PA

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

bookmark_borderWe Can Work Things Out

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LYRICS
Hold on a minute
Don’t throw a fit
We can work things out
We can work things out
Hold on a minute
Don’t throw a fit
No need to scream and shout
We can work things out
Everything will be alright
We’ll get through the darkest night
See things through to the light
Everything will be alright
(It’ll be alright)

Wait just a minute
Hold on a bit
We can work things out
We can work things out
Wait just a minute
Hold on a bit
Hear what it’s about
Here’s what it’s about
Everything will be alright
We’ll get through the darkest night
See things through to the light
Everything will be alright
(It’ll be alright)

Chords: F / C Bb F / Bb Db F
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Organ, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderIt Only Hurts When I Laugh

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LYRICS
It only hurts when I laugh
The sacrificial calf
On the fire, pouring gas
Better act… and act fast
Is it too soon
For howling at the moon
Open the gate
Why hesitate?

It only hurts when I laugh
People think I may be daft
Pot calls the kettle black
Quite a blow… taken back
Is it too soon
For howling at the moon
Open the gate
Why hesitate?

It only hurts when I laugh
That ain’t all… only half
Bringing on a test of will
Half-empty… can I fill?
Is it too soon
For howling at the moon
Open the gate
Why hesitate?

Chords: Dm C C Dm / Am Bdim C Dm
Instrumentation: Vocals, Organ (112 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderShaken Champagne

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LYRICS
A tight wound spring
A touchy thing
A tight wound spring
Apt to snap!
Does to learn the lesson
Depend on me?
A mere suggestion
Might help me to see

Shaken champagne
Ready to pop
No pain, no gain
Better get the mop
Does to learn the lesson
Depend on me?
A mere suggestion
Might help me to see

Lit powder keg
Ready to blow
Square hole, round peg
It’s good to know
Does to learn the lesson
Depend on me?
A mere suggestion
Might help me to see

Chords: A Am7 A D A Am7 Em A / G A / C E A
Parts II and III: A Am7 / EM A / C E A; 83 and 90 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards
Written and recorded live

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

bookmark_borderThe Last Think You Think Of

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LYRICS
Usually start at the beginning
Walking endlessly about
Figuring they’ll be extra innings
There’ll be plenty of time, no doubt
The End is the last thing you think of
Will it be too late for love?

Fall out of bed into the same routine
Forgot to find out “what does life mean?”
Knowing there’s always tomorrow
Plenty of time to reverse sorrow
The End is the last thing you think of
Will it be too late for love?

Day after day turns into years
Begin realizing your fears
Take a deep breath, let out a sigh
Begin to realize… everyone dies
The End is the last thing you think of
Will it be too late for love?

… will it be too late to love?

Chords: C A / A C D / D C A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Keyboards (70 BPM)
Written and recorded live

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