Tag: This Is Next

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_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_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_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_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

bookmark_borderHere It Comes

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LYRICS
Here it comes…
… there it goes
Wanted it oh so bad
Don’t let it leave ya feelin’ sad
Anticipation
Exasperation
Wanted it oh so bad
Not as good as we had

Here it comes…
… there it goes
Started to get to know
Easy come… easy go
Exciting surprise
Let down by-and-by
Starting to get to know
Road that’s high… road that’s low

Here it comes…
… there it goes
Coming to recognize
Me, me, me’s n’ I, I, I’s
Come time to let go
Get the hing to go, go, go
Coming to realize
To live life before it dies

Chords: A B C C D E / A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards
Written and recorded live

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

bookmark_borderMeteor Show

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LYRICS
Didn’t know
Tail in tow
It’s a meteor show
Watch ’em go
See the glow
It’s a meteor show
In the anatomy of astronomy
There’s a strange asymmetry to the geometry
Takes the sixth sense to see

Meteor
Headed toward
Mother Earth
Meteor
Hurlin’ toward
For what it’s worth
It’s a meteor show
In the anatomy of astronomy
There’s a strange asymmetry to the geometry
Takes the sixth sense to see

Chords: E G / E G E / C D C D E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards
Written and recorded live

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

bookmark_borderUnder the Thick

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LYRICS
Try to be nimble
Try to be quick
Try to get out from under the think
Try to be humble
Not such a dick
Try to get out from under the think
Embedded
Midst of think headed
Embedded
In the land of the dreaded
Look to see
Breaking free

Try to be agile
Little less fragile
Try to get out from under the think
Take the best pick
Not in the clique
Try to get out from under the think
Embedded
Midst of think headed
Embedded
In the land of the dreaded
Look to see
Breaking free

Chords: E G Am C D / D E A C
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards
Written and recorded live

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

bookmark_borderOne or Too

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LYRICS
One or too ought to do
Might take more than a few
But one or too ought to do
Sold soul for a heart that’ true
Now the payment’s come due

One or too ought to do
Might take more than a few
But one or too ought to do
Sold soul for a shot at the blues
Now the payment’s come due

One or too ought to do
Might take more than a few
But one or too ought to do
Sold soul at the crossroads… to who?
Now the payment’s come due

One or too ought to do
Might take more than a few
But one or too ought to do
Sold soul for a heart that’ true
Now the payment’s come due
How many lives for you?
One or too ought to do
How many lives for you?
One or too ought to do
One or too ought to do

Chords: Am Am7 D7 Am Am7 / Em Am
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderPhotosynthesis

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LYRICS
When the sun hits the skin
… soaks in
Let the photosynthesis
… begin
I can see the light
Shining in you
Your glow growing bright
Warm inner view

As the rays find their way
… get in
Let the photosynthesis
… begin
I can see the light
Shining in you
Your glow growing bright
Warm inner view

Out from behind a cloud
… again
The photosynthesis
… is

Chords: C D / G C D
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitars, Kurzweil Piano
Written and recorded live at Lake Wynonah on a digital 8-track

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