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bookmark_borderNo Brainer

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LYRICS
Have you heard of “no brainer”
This no brainer is a strainer
Scratchin’ my head
Over what he said
Living in delusion
Lively up yourself, don’t be no dread now
Beating on a horse already dead now
Seems to be a lack of marrow
’cause the cavity is too narrow
Solid bone from ear-to-ear
Lack of gray matter I do fear

No Brainer.mp3

No Brainer Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A C A / D G A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderHell Or High Water

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LYRICS
Come it hell
Because, well
In high water
What’s the matter
If you’re nailed down
You’re going to drown

Wading in… into the flood
Covered by… covered by mud
Better run around
Hatches battened down

When the water’s on the rise
Puts perspective on your size
Soaking in it… up to my eyes

Seems like all will dishevel
Now that we’re past flood level
Come high water
Come it hell

Hell Or High Water.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em D / D Eb Em / C D Em
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderSuperman

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LYRICS
Do you hear what I hear?
What we need here
… is a superman
More powerful than a loco’s motive
Able to stop a speeding bull$hit
I hear what we need here is a superman
Up, up and away
Here we go
What do you say
Do you know?
Nothing to fear
Grasp the cape of superman
Someway, somehow
What we need now
… is a superman
Look up in the sky
No need to ask why
Not fowl nor fuselage
At large
… superman

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Am Em Am / D Am
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderOrnithology

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LYRICS
An amazing thing
To hear her sing
Giving choice
Wisdom wealth
With a voice
Yet no mouth
It comes out
… comes about
Travelin’ in time
Through space
Weaving sublime
Queen Anne’s lace

A beautiful thing
Listen to her sing
A soulful “nice”
Heartfelt stealth
With a voice
Yet no mouth
It comes out
… comes about
Travelin’ in time
Through space
Weaving sublime
Queen Anne’s lace

A lovely thing
Sing anything
Picture poise
Nature’s health
With a voice
Yet no mouth
It comes out
… comes about
Travelin’ in time
Through space
Weaving sublime
Queen Anne’s lace

With a voice
Yet no mouth
It comes out
… comes about

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E7 E / A D G / D G / D G A / A C E / E C A D G; 99 BPM Digi-rock Beat
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderSpace Tripping

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LYRICS
Pack up your O2 and gravity
If you want to come with me
’cause where we’re going
There is no trace
Steadfast in the vast
Depths of space

Matador, open the door
Take the bull by the horns
Less your entrails they adorn
Will we ever, ever learn?

Bring along friction and relativity
Alien diction for clarity
’cause where we’re going
There is no trace
Steadfast in the vast
Depths of space

Hoping that one of us is genius
Alas, this giant rocket science
And where we’re going there is no race
Steadfast in the vast
Depths of space

Space Tripping.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: C G / Am Em / Em Am
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderRed Sky

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LYRICS
Red sky in the evening
Wailers’ delight
Red sky in the morning
Give wailers a fright
Learning to heed warning
She’s telling you, “Here’s a clue!”
Natural forecast is coming on fast
She’s telling you, “Here’s a clue!”
Natural forecast is coming at last

Red sky in the morning
Wailers take warning
Red sky at night
Give wailers delight
She’s telling you, “Here’s a clue!”
Natural forecast is coming on fast
She’s telling you, “Hear’s a clue!”
Natural forecast is coming at last

Red Sky.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Country Folk
Chords: C G / C G D A C E A / D A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, Pennsylvania on the 2018 summer solstice.
Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderRunning Low

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LYRICS
Can you run to the store
And get some more?
Wouldn’t you know
Supplies run low
Don’t want to cry
Thinking I’ll die
The depth and breadth
Of starving to death

Look at the shelves
There’s nothing there
Open the cupboard
Completely bare
Go to the pantry
There’s nothing to see
From country to city
Somebody feed me?

Cornucopia spilling
Yet, somehow less filling
Cup runneth over
Yet, I’m left sober

Running Low.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Country Folk
Chords: F# C# / F# A / F# A B F#
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, PA on the summer solstice. (2018)
Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderWANTED: Space Force Commander

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The Space Force Marching Band
The Space Force Marching Band

Apply within… er, a… without

Would you like to command the Space Force?
Of course,
The forces at play in space
Poof! Gone without a trace
Zero gravity. Are you getting me?
Any notion of an object in motion
Lack-of-friction diction?
As a matter of fact,
Who ya gonna attack?
And, who’s got your back
Depending which way you face
In space
[space interlude]
(Warning! Warning!)
International space station
Encroaching are location
Poof! Gone without a trace
The forces at play in space

Join the Space Force Band
Join the Space Force Band

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Space
Chords: Dm G; 120 BPM U.S. March
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

4D Music

bookmark_borderIt’s So Hot….

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LYRICS
’cause when I try
To see the sky
It’s so hot
I see why not
If I don’t die
I’ll surely fry
And If I try
To tear and cry
It’s so hot
I see why not
If I try n’ cry
The ducts run dry
Wade into shade
The heat won’t fade
It’s so hot
I see why not
Inside the oven
There’s no escapin’
Like six of one
Or half a dozen
It’s all the same
When the heat’s insance
Sizzlin’ I am
Sizzlin’
I’m sizzlin’

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em C G D / A D
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderNo Restraint

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LYRICS
Re, re, re, re, restraint
Wears thin
When I see you
Wearing that skin
The skin you’re in
I’d like to see that again
Love? … or something akin
Rub on passionate
Participate
In appreciate
The love… or something akin
Taking off kid gloves
Spilling my guts
Please don’t think I’m nuts
When I look within
The passion
The person
Love… or something akin
Then again… our offspring is our kin?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: Gadd9 A7sus4; 158 BPM Heavy Metal
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderDays Are Numbered?

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LYRICS
You are right
Great insight
“If you count your days,
They are numbered…
They are “numb”-bered
Is there quality
Or just quantity
Due da due da ditty itty dumb ditty itty itty
Do da do da ditty itty dumb ditty itty itty
Are your days numb-bered
Or are there ways you’d rathered
Why collect regret
When we can select?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: Ebm7 Gb Gb6; 156 BPM Slow Rock
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderThe Great Unknown

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LYRICS
Is there any place you own
Out in the great unknown?
Did you happen to save a cave
A quasi-hermit habitat
Or some place such as that?
Further out than under a bridge
Yet/Left undiscovered by the kids
A higher path than on the ridge
Yet/Left undercover without lids
Gone reeling/realing through the ceiling
Far, far away yet at home
Far, far away the great unknown
Can you ever be alone with yourself
Ask the elf on the shelf
Can you ever be alone with yourself?
Ah, the great unknown
If you ask me
How can that be
I guess me, myself and I are we
Alone in the great unknown

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: BbM7 Bb Dm GbM7; 110 BPM Rave
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderTake Me To The River

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Coversong originally made famous by Al Green and then the Talking heads
Written by Al Green / Mabon “Teenie” Hodges

E7                                              D   A
I don't know why I love you like I do
After all the changes you been putting me through
You took my money and my cigarettes
I haven’t seen the worst of it                                                 
C                         G            D         A  A7      
I wanna know, can you tell me why won’t you stay
                E7       D A          E7                    D A  
Take me to the river,           Drop me in the water 
E7                     D A            E7                    D A  
Take me to the river.                   Dip me in the water     Washing me down
E7                     D A  
Washing me down

I don't know why you treated me so bad
Think about the  things we could have had
Love is emotion that I can't forget
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
C                         G            D         A  A7
Oh wanna know, can you tell me I'd love to stay

chorus
Push me to the river.                   Dip me in the water     Washing me down
E7              C#m            A              C#m          A                D              
Washing me      Hold me Love me Please me  tease me     Til I Can’t Til I Can’t
[Solo] 

I don't know why I love you like I do
After the changes you put me through
The sixteen candles burn on my wall
Then tell me who is the biggest fool of them all
Oh wanna know, can you tell me I'd love to stay      
[Chorus]

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Classic Rock
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Tempo: various including 104 BPM, 120 BPM 8 Beat
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderI 8 It!

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LYRICS
You 1/won it
I 2/too it
You be it
I’m for it
You 5 it
I 6 it
You 7 it
I 8/ate it
Damn straight
I ate it
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
One man’s gunk, another’s à la mode

I want it
You, too, it?
I’ll be it
You for it?
I 5 it
You 6 it
I 7 it
You 8/ate it
Sounds great
You ate it
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
One man’s gunk, another’s à la mode

I 8 It.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: E7 E / A B/B7 A E
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, Pennsylvania.
Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderFly, Dragonfly, Fly

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LYRICS
With that look
You’d think you’d spook
On a hook
You’re a prehistoric dish
For a post-modern fish
Can you imagine this:
Swimming around
Submerged in a lake
What nature serves
Is grateful intake
Fly, dragonfly, fly
Fly, fly, fly
You’re about to die
In case you missed it
Survival of the fit

With that look
Who’d think you’d cook
Off the hook
Homo sapien’s dish
Is the postmortem fish
Can you imagine this?
I sure can
From frying pan
Into man

Fly, Dragonfly, Fly.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: D G C D / D-d D A7
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, Pennsylvania after watching a dragonfly moult, emerge and fly away.
Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow