Category: Speciman

bookmark_borderOne Day at a Time?

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LYRICS
I’m thinking of taking it
One day at a time
’cause I’m…
Taking them as they come
And if I could have more than one
I’m all in… (I’m thinkin’)

I’m thinking of taking it
One day at a time
’cause I’m…
Taking them as they come
And if I could have more than one
I’m all in… (I’m thinkin’)
Give me two or even a few
I’ll come through

I’m thinking of taking it
One day at a time
’cause I’m…
Taking them as they come
And if I could have more than one
I’m all in… (I’m thinkin’)
Give me two or even a few
I’ll come through
If it were up to me
I’d start with three
Just to see

Chords: Db / Bb Db; 84 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 1-track

bookmark_borderWhen the Levee Broke

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LYRICS
Hey you
Snap to
It’s time to get up
Got to move
Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe know
Make no mistake
When the levee breaks
You’ve got to move
The levee broke today
We have no place to stay
Mountain man left his home
Weep and moan

Hey you
Snap to
It’s time to get up
Got to move
Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe know
Make no mistake
When the levee breaks
You’ve got to move
The levee broke
Mama you got to move
Ain’t no joke
The levee broke
Behooves to move

All last night
I ran from the levee and moaned
Mean ole levee mowed down my home
All last night
You can cry with all your might
Won’t do you no good… only running could

Chords: Em Em7 D D Em Em7 / C D Em; 70 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 4-track

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderThe End of the Ending

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LYRICS
The last thing will be the first thing
The start of something new
The ending of the ending
As beginning I never knew
… how time flew
The best of the best
Just keeps getting better
Book, chapter, verse
Down to the letter
The reality of living history
Now you’ve told your story
That story has been told
That story has grown old
(End of age… turn the page)

The next thing will be a new thing
In time the future passed
the ending of the ending
We knew it couldn’t last
… time went past
The best of the best
Just keeps getting better
Book, chapter, verse
Down to the letter
The reality of living history
Now you’ve told your story
That story has been told
That story has grown old
(End of age… turn the page)

Chords: Eb Db Eb / F Bb C F / F Eb / Bb Db Eb; 114 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 4-track

bookmark_borderAbout Tomorrow

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LYRICS
What do you think about tomorrow
Will it bring laughter or sorrow?
Well I suppose what you chose
Was to choose
Uplifting blue
(Uplifting news)

Now that tomorrow’s today
Would you say things will go our way?
Well I suppose what you chose
Was to choose
Uplifting blue
(Uplifting news)

Sure enough today fades to yesterday
How well did your dreams voice your choice?
Well I suppose what you chose
Was to choose
Uplifting blue
(Uplifting news)

Chords: G D A E / B7 E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards (Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 1-track

bookmark_borderUp to Me

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LYRICS
How can your right all be wrong
If you’d listen to yourself
It wouldn’t take long
Go figure?

How could you leave what is left
Pity party for the sorry soul’s theft
Grave… dig your?

Must be up to me
What I want to see
The me I want to be
Now I know to leave it to you
We’d be through

Chords: Esus4 E’s Dsus4 D’s / C Em / Am G C D; 62 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 1-track

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderThe Look in Your Eye

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LYRICS
The look in your eye
As you look to the sky
Do you see the light of day
Or did the light decay?
Are you O.K.?
Say what’s your sight
Will everything be alright
Say what’s your sight
Do you see the night?

The look in your eye
As you look to the sea
Do you spy a low tide
Or the tide forever high
Please tell me
Say what’s your sight
Will everything be alright
Say what’s your sight
Do you see the height?

The look in your eye
As if you’re going to cry
Tears of delight or fright
Insight into your foresight
… is it do or die?
Say what’s your sight
Will everything be alright
Say what’s your sight
Do you see the light?

Chords: Em D A Em / C Em / C D Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 1 and 4-tracks

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderResolve

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LYRICS
Sorry…
Didn’t mean to take you by surprise
Didn’t realize you were on the other side
Not clear where I should go from here
I’m in a state of shock
Probably best to take stock
Resolve
Dissolve
Can from cannot
Resolve
Will not done till
Free that will, baby
Don’t say maybe
Free that will, man
You know you can
Free that will

Sorry…
Didn’t mean to startle you
As did you to me, too
Don’t know what to do now
It’s new not to know
Wish I knew
I’m in shock
Probably best to take stock
Resolve
Dissolve
Can from cannot
Resolve
Will not done till
Free that will, baby
Don’t say maybe
Free that will, man
You know you can
Not done till
Free that will

Chords: E F G / G D A / E A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 1-track

bookmark_borderCO (Carbon Monoxide)

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LYRICS
Carbon monoxide
Seeping inside
Nowhere to hide
In my hide reside
How will I know if I’m in peril
Number of crow in the murder
How far to go… over the barrel
Spend your life as a cat herder

Did you leave the gas on
With no pilot light?
Could you believe no put-on
We just might ignite
How will I know if I’m in peril
Number of crow in the murder
How far to go… over the barrel
Spend your life as a cat herder

On an island
The tide keeps rising
Start to wonder…
Going under?
How will I know if I’m in peril
Number of crow in the murder
How far to go… over the barrel
Spend your life as a cat herder

Chords: Em / A G Em / D C B; 60 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 1-track

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderQuick Draw

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LYRICS
Right in the middle
In the thick of it
No fiddle-diddle
He was might quick
Fastest draw
I ever saw
Don’t think
I could’ve blinked
On the brink

Not much more than a blur
No more
Never saw anything like it
Before
Fastest draw
I ever saw
Don’t think
I could’ve blinked
On the brink

Up to The End
To the very last
Never did bend
Re-defined fast
Fastest draw
I ever saw
Don’t think
I could’ve blinked
On the brink\

Chords: G E / B E / G A E / A G E; 128 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 4-track

bookmark_borderTangled

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LYRICS
In a tangle
How to handle
In a bind
How to wrangle
In a tangle
Lost his mind
They said
He lost his head
They say
He’s not O.K.
In fact, you might
Say, “He’s not quite right.”

Wants to wrestle
Hard to handle
Bats belfried
Blow the whistle
Stop the scandal
Set them free
They said
He lost his head
They say
He’s not O.K.
In fact, you might
Say, “He’s not quite right.”

Can’t applaud an act of God
As the loon
Where will you be next time you see
Howling moon
They said
He lost his head
They say
He’s not O.K.
In fact, you might
Say, “He’s not quite right.”

Riff: c c# e c# c c# e c# a# c#
Chords: C#mM7 C7 / C Cm / C F G C; 100 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 1-track

bookmark_borderSend My Love

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LYRICS
No water down below
The water that’s above
So far refused to flow
Please send my love
No doubt a drought within
But once the rains begin
You’ll be a deluge refugee

No water down below
The water that’s above
So far refused to flow
Please send my love
With the turn of the tide
Among water reside
We’ll be the deluge refugee

No water down below
The water that’s above
So far refused to flow
Please send my love
What once was parched and dry
Now reigned by the sky
See we are deluge refugees

Riff 1: f# a F# a a# c#
Riff 2: f# c# d# a# c# g# a# f# (descending for two octaves)
Chords: F#m F / C# F# / B F# / B D# F#; 72 to 108 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 1-track

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderShades of Gray

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LYRICS
If you’re seeing only shades of gray
Maybe today is your day?
Here’s a hue for you
The least I can do
Painting with a palette that runs deep
Primarily primaries start to seep
The colors flow
Come to know

Know it’s not all black and white
Maybe today set it right?
Here’s a hue for you
The least you can do
Painting with a palette that runs deep
Primarily primaries start to seep
The colors flow
Come to know

If your fray day turns black
Maybe “we” have what “you” lack
Here’s a hue for you
The least we can do
Painting with a palette that runs deep
Primarily primaries start to seep
The colors flow
Come to know

Riff: f a f a f a f a Em
Chords: F Em / C D Em / F E / Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 2-track

bookmark_borderAs the Crow Flies

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LYRICS
Took the path the crow flies
By then I knew
Path of least resistance
Realized in an instant
Appreciate the ride
Alleviate the inside

Out of the cuckoo’s nest flew
Could’ve been me… could’ve been you
Path of most resilience
Realized in an instant
Appreciate the ride
Alleviate the inside

Up in smoke through the flue
Ashes to ashes… dust, too
Circle of life comes due
To the heart be true
Appreciate the ride
Alleviate the inside

Chords: Em Em7(11) A / D C Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 1-track

bookmark_borderFast Forward

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LYRICS
Press pause ’til you can catch up
Fast forward to get in-time
Out of step
Out of mind
Wind blows in one hear
Out the other hear
Toys in the attic gather to cheer
Hip hip hooray! You’re here
Let’s hear you say “Oh, dear!”

Wait until the big buildup
Her climax is at it’s prime
Tongue has leapt in a bind
Wind blows in one hear
Out the other hear
Toys in the attic gather to cheer
Hip hip hooray! You’re here
Let’s hear you say “Oh, dear!”

Now your energy is all pent-up
To waste it all would be a crime
Inner depth of your mind
Wind blows in one hear
Out the other hear
Toys in the attic gather to cheer
Hip hip hooray! You’re here
Let’s hear you say “Oh, dear!”

Chords: Em D / G A D / G D / G D G A; 122 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 4-track

bookmark_borderDreaming in Color

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LYRICS
Chasing after your dreams
Made as easy as it seems
An easy scene for you
To make your dreams come true
Take your black and white
Just add some color
All will be alright
Left with just enough wonder
Wonder of surprise
Wonder to realize

Chasing after your dreams
Made as easy as it seems
An easy scene for you
To make your dreams come true
Take paint by numbers
Between lines color
To life from slumber
Left with just enough wonder
Wonder of surprise
Wonder to realize

Chasing after your dreams
Made as easy as it seems
An easy scene for you
To make your dreams come true
Take a drab outlook
Add attitude color
Author of your book
Will a sequel follow?
Wonder of surprise
Wonder to realize

Chords: A E D A / A E E A / C D A / C E A; 102 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 4-track