LYRICS
French police warn about scary clowns
Earlier this month in the US, there were several reports of scary clowns in California, Florida …
In France, police say groups are organising online to track down the clowns and they’re taking the matter very seriously. “Anyone, aggressive clowns or clown hunters, found in possession of a weapon in a public place will be arrested and can be held in police custody,” said a police statement. They’ve urged the public to stop spreading rumours online and have issued information on how to send an alert about an aggressive clown.
— BBC
Aggressive clown or clown hunter
You’re going down
Stumble blunder
Be the brunt of the clown
In France, the latest dance
Werewolves Of London
London Bridge undone
Falling down
The brunt of the clown
London bridge is falling down
My fair lady
That clown looks shady
I ain’t clowin’ around
Commanded by God to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy against it “for their great wickedness is come up before me,” Jonah instead seeks to flee from “the presence of the Lord” by going to Jaffa and sailing to Tarshish, which, geographically, is in the opposite direction. A huge storm arises and the sailors, realizing this is no ordinary storm, cast lots and discover that Jonah is to blame. Jonah admits this and states that if he is thrown overboard, the storm will cease. The sailors try to dump as much cargo as possible before giving up, but feel forced to throw him overboard, at which point the sea calms. The sailors then offer sacrifices to God. Jonah is miraculously saved by being swallowed by a large fish where he spends three days and three nights. While in the great fish, Jonah prays to God in his affliction and commits to thanksgiving and to paying what he has vowed. God commands the fish to spew Jonah out.
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C C9 CM7
130 Beats Per Minute / 16 Beat
Written and recorded in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Quoted in all Religions Of The Book
Jonah, Jonas or Younis (Hebrew: יוֹנָה, Modern Yona Tiberian Yônā ; dove; Arabic: يونس Yūnus, Yūnis or يونان Yūnān ; Latin: Ionas) is the name given in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC. He is the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah, famous for being swallowed by a fish or a whale, depending on translation. The Biblical story of Jonah is repeated, with a few notable differences, in the Qur’an.
The King James Version of the Bible translates the words of the angels differently from modern versions, using the words “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” (where the word “men” is used generically to mean “people” or “human beings”). Most Christmas carols reflect this older translation, with It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, for example, using the words “Peace on the earth, good will to men, / From Heaven’s all gracious King.”
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — majors over minors with a dash of diminished
C Cm D Dm E Em F Fm Adim F#dim C7dim
150Beats Per Minute / Dance Pop
Written and recorded on “Light over Dark” / Diwali night in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Diwali also known as Deepavali and the “festival of lights”, is an ancient Hindu festival celebrated in autumn every year. The festival spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, and hope over despair. The festival preparations and rituals typically extend over a five day period, but the main festival night of Diwali coincides with the darkest, new moon night of the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika. In the Gregorian calendar, Diwali night falls between mid-October and mid-November.
LYRICS
[prelude]
Hit the buttons
Twist the dials
Turn the knobs
But, but, but
Pushing buttons
[intro]
Live from KingArthur.com
Got the microphone
Keyboards and synthesizers
(What’s the difference you tell me)
We got ourselves some mixers… and effects…. and some recording
Ya… and a little light… just in case you want to….
But most importantly for this song called, “Pushing buttons”
We have buttons
Pushing buttons
[song]
Twisting knobs
Pushing Buttons
Turn a couple dials
Trying to create the smiles
Contagious to all of us
The Smiles
Pushing buttons
Yeah, pushing buttons
Just pushing buttons
Pushing buttons
Twisting knobs
Trying to make the heart throb
Turning dials
Creating smiles
Pushing buttons
Push
Hugh
Ya gotta push… huh!
If you want something to happen
Then….
Push the button
Yeah, push the button
and turn the dial
and twist the knobs
and make the heart throb
and dials turn the smiles
if it’s hurtin’
soothin’
pushin’
the botton
go ahead
push
push for all of us
push for all of us
Genesis 19 New International Version (NIV)
Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed
19 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.”
“No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom — both young and old — surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
6 Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him 7 and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
9 “Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
10 But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door. 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door.
12 The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here… sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, 13 because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.”
14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.”
16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them. 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”
18 But Lot said to them, “No, my lords, please! 19 Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die. 20 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it… it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”
21 He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. 22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.)
23 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. 24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens. 25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities, and also the vegetation in the land. 26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the Lord. 28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
29 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords/Tempo — Dm BbM7 131 Beats Per Minute / Digital Rock (based on Sodom and Gomorrah)
Written and recorded in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.
LYRICS
If we could sound some sort-of siren
An alarm for attention
To the general population
“General Population reporting for duty, Sir.
From my naivety you may infer!”
If we could sound some sort-of siren
An alarm for attention
To the general population
Not on my leg using your urine
Not through some giant money siphon
More like firin’ up the horizon
The enlighten siren
Sirens of silence
Falling on deaf ears
Sirens of silence
Playing out our fears
If we could sound some sort-of siren
An alarm for attention
To the general population
Not the ice that’s crashing into the sea
Not the smog foggin’ up what I see
Not ozone in the wind a blowin’
Not ebola in the gut growin’
You’d think these would all make a fine sign
Nooooo… we pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
We’re taking the free trial of denial for certain
Sirens of silence
Falling on deaf ears
Sirens of silence
Playing out our fears
Calm Before The Storm in the Studio
LYRICS
Just calm your ass down?
Calm YOUR ass down
Don’t-cha think it’s be better
If we were all the class clown?
Calm your ass down
Sorrows? Let ’em drown
180 degrees on the frown
Let it be shown you’ve grown
Won’t let this opportunity be blown
Be the driver… know where you’re goin’
LYRICS
How could this be?
I can’t believe what I see
Must be some sort-of Ebola outbreak
Hemorrhaging from every orifice
Suffice to say
Don’t know how much I can take
Disturbing in every way
I can’t believe what I see
I am bleeding from my I’s
War, poverty, disease… no more please
Oh my goodness, dear
I fear what it is I hear
Must be some sort-of Ebola outbreak
Hemorrhaging from every orifice
Suffice to say
Don’t know how much I can take
Disturbing in every way
I can’t believe what I hear
It’s the politicians that I fear
War, poverty, disease… no more please
This social disease is beat
I’ve gotta get off my seat
Must be some sort-of Ebola outbreak
Hemorrhaging from every orifice
Suffice to say
Don’t know how much I can take
Disturbing in every way
I can’t let these events pass
I am bleeding from my…
But,
[The elected orifice officials chime in “but, but, but”]
War, poverty, disease… no more please
LYRICS
Should I go over there and ask her to dance
Take that chance?
Don’t want to come off as some jerk that wants to twerk
Why? I don’t want to be that guy
Want to be next to you in shinning armor
(Maybe even arm in arm… or….)
Should I take a chance and ask her to dance?
Not gonna hassle by asking to hustle
Not even to do the bump
(Might be going to far if we bump rumps)
Should I take a chance and ask her to dance?
Should I go over there and say do you care…
To dance
Would don’t need to slow dance
We don’t need to go that far
We can just get into our own space
And understand at most… just hold a hand
Should I take that chance
Go over there and ask her to dance
“Do you care to dance
I thought I saw you cast a glance
Would you care to dance?”
Should I go over there
(Instead of sitting here with a blank stare)
LYRICS
Is it now?
Is it… now?
Because…
Somehow
I seem to be
Diss…
Disoriented
Because of the scent
I relent
Because… the reality
It can’t be Earth
There’s no humanity
The wrong birth
No humans at all
Neanderthal
Is that all?
Neanderthal
After all
Are they all Neanderthal?
(Overcome the fear with seer)
For a treat
Eat meat
Are they all asleep
Neanderthal
Creep
While you sleep
Creep
(Overcome the fear with seer)
It’s like prehistoric
The mortal sick
Prehistoric
Environmental sick
(Overcome the fear with seer)
Most prehistoric
The solution
Institution?
Prehistoric
Devolution
(Overcome the fear with seer)
I sense
A rinse
So we can get our sense
And know how to flow
Overcome the fear with seer
Written and recorded live in West Chester, PA. A live improv dedicated to the Spirit of youth. Inspired by the kids on the corner. Thanks for giving the tips. (It’s suggested to wear headphones.)
Breakdown
Written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson
Made famous by The Alan Parsons Project
A G
I break down, in the middle and lose my thread,
F A
no one can understand a word that I say
G
When I break down, just a little and lose my head,
F A
nothing I try to do can work the same way
Dm
Any time it happens, I get over it,
C A
with a little help from all my friends
Dm
Anybody else could see what's wrong with me,
C A
but they walk away and just pretend
G
When I break down
A G A 2x
A G
I break down, in the middle and lose my thread,
F A
no one can understand a word that I say
G
When I break down, just a little and lose my head,
F A
nothing I try to do can work the same way
Dm
Where are all the friends who used to talk to me,
C A
all they ever told me was good news
Dm
People that I've never seen are kind to me,
C A
is it any wonder I'm confused?
G
When I break down, when I break down
Am
Freedom, freedom, we will not obey
G Am
Freedom, freedom, take the wall away
Take the wall away
Am
Freedom, freedom, we will not obey
G Am
Freedom, freedom, take the wall away
Where are all my friends?
I'm so confused
Take the wall away
Take the wall away
Won't somebody help me?
