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bookmark_borderMan’s Plan

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LYRICS
So, this is Man
The plan: destiny
This is Man
In all his glory
Oh, my God! What have we done
When all is said and done
No “one” won
When all’s said and done
Going to turn up the heat
’til the feet
Can’t outrun defeat
Hellbent, won’t relent
Surprise! Want to realize
Our demise
Everybody think — extinct
In a blink
Of an eye
In the wink
Of an I

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em Em7 D6 / B A D6 Em/E; 68 BPM Rock Ballad
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

bookmark_borderFinger Lickin’

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LYRICS
For just a sample
It’s finger lickin’ good
Sure hope there’s ample
To do what we should
Scoff, when the shine wears off
Whine, when we’re out of time
No! For a change something strange
Let’s take this sample recipe
And see what can be
If it’s that friggin’ good
Let it be said
We did what we could
When put to bed
We would do what we should
Less dumb… fingers with opposing thumb
Lickin’ good

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# F#m C#sus4; 120 BPM Rock #2
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

bookmark_borderScrew It!

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LYRICS
Drill it into me
Screw it
It’s killin’ me
Don’t let it be taken for granted
No matter how ranted and slanted
Freedom is not free
At any rate, I best appreciate
You don’t need to drill it in
I am listenin’
Won’t let kt hold me down
I knew it
Screw it!
Thick as concrete
I repeat
Thick as concrete
I repeat
You don’t need to drill it into me
I control my own destiny

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Industrial Folk
Chords: C#sus4 C# F#sus4 F# G#sus4 G#; 106 Soul Shuffle
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Industrial Noize Pollution Album “Floored“

bookmark_borderMerry Me?

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LYRICS
Oh, yeah, just a little wound-up
How ’bout some more
Oh, yeah, just look where you wound-up
Need I say more?
Oh, yeah, glad that I found out
Less stress no doubt
Oh yeah, get a little wound-up
And then some more
The dog’s in the dog house
What “quite as a mouse”?
Found out wound-up is where I want to be
Will you merry me?

Capture a glimpse of civilization
A bit too late for procrastination
Maybe you better sweat it a bit
Before we all take a hit
The dog’s in the dog house
What “quite as a mouse”?
Found out wound-up is where I want to be
Will you merry me?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E A B7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo at Lake Wynonah, PA.
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

bookmark_borderLucky Day

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LYRICS
Stray right this way
For today
Is your lucky day
Gifted
Your dark cloud… lifted
Alive!
To live to see another day
Alive!
To live to be another day
Arrive on the scene
Scene 1 of the play
Relax
Haven’t missed the climax
Lights on
Curtains yet to be drawn
Alive!
To live to see another day
Alive!
To live to be another day
Arrive!
On the scene of the play
Arrive!
On the seen…
Scene 1 of the play

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F G A G B A; 128 BPM Polka Oberkrainer
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

bookmark_borderGrin Again

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LYRICS
Bear a grin
Just the medicine
Whatever’s ailin’
Relief begin
Remedy within
No need to bleed it out
Doubt that’s what this is about
Bear a grin
Medicine
For thin-skin
Laughter the cure-all
Now you know who to call
Cough up the grin within
Be the save-your
Doctor some humor
I need a fix
In part, due to broken heart
Have wound. Need licks.
Fix….

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em G Em Dm Em / G F G F G F Em; 180 BPM Country Waltz
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

bookmark_borderIrony Butterfly

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LYRICS
Irony butterfly
In flight of blue sky
I wonder why
The blight didn’t die?
None too soon
From cocoon
Metamorphosized
Feel realized
Float like a butterfly
Sting life — a be
Beauty
Reflecting light
I see
Irony butterfly
In flight of blue sky
Beauty out of pity
Is to deity
(Oh, my God!)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Bdim F / F G A F G D / F D; 224 BPM Gypsy Swing
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

bookmark_borderWe’re Blur

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LYRICS
What if it all were
Just a blur
A mere smear
In the atmosphere
Music as fabric
For the tapestry
Of said,
Space-time continuum
I see through to you
As we weave
The tapestry
Us wed
With you I am
Soul’s blood bled
Said,
Space-time continuum
Void of vacuum
I am

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Cm G Fm; 164 BPM Entrance
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

bookmark_borderWhence Do You Hail?

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LYRICS
Far, far away
Far, far a way
From whence I hail?
An ancient and dusty tale / trail
Rather reveal
What’s in store
Reveal the deal
If there’s more
From whence I hail
… too much detail
I’ve come to know
“Come to the show”
Try to survive
To be alive
You choose your path
Wrath… or baptismal bath
You choose destiny
For your mortality
Your relevancy
In eternity
Far, far away
Far, far a way

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: C G F / F Em Dm C; 78 BPM 8 Beat Soft
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

bookmark_borderThis Little Fish

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LYRICS
This little fish
In the school…
… is…
(Little fish don’t be a fool)
Fishes
This fish is
Swimming in the sea
… of love
Tranquility
Sublimely
(I’m me)
Undertow
From the rainbow
Above
In the undertow
To know
This little fish…
… is.

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# D#sus4; 102 BPM Piano Ballad
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

bookmark_borderA Fine Shine

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LYRICS
Troubling times
Trolls and mimes
Don’t let some scary clown
Be the one to take you down
Deliver delight into the twilight
Of man
(If I can!)
Collective conscious (ness)
The light in us
Time to redefine a fine shine
Time for the brightest lights
Ignite (Ignite)
Among billions
The shines combine
And I find I’m…
We’re more than minions
The billions
For a fine shine combine

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G D E / B A G D E; 67 BPM Jazz Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album 365 And A Quarter

bookmark_borderWherefore Art Thou

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LYRICS
Sloppy or nearly
Close to perfection
Art not thou art?
Our creation
Wherefore art thou, art
Be you the tile in style
The style in the tile
… the missing peace
Hand still grease pencil
Trace
… the missing place
Still, hand, still
Release
… the missing piece
Cut to the groove
Remove
The missing piece
Perfect fit
Is it
Sloppy or nearly art
… isn’t this where we’d start?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Industrial Folk
Chords: F# E F F#; 118 BPM Hard Rock
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Power Tools

From the Industrial Noize Pollution Album “Floored“

bookmark_borderFuel To The Fire

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LYRICS
Adding fuel to the fire
Energy transformed
(You’re getting warm)
To make time transpire
To awake time… transpire
How much “would”
Would a dumb-#uck chuck
If a dumb-chuck could
How much “would”
Would a would-chuck chuck
How much fire will transpire
See the reality of the energy
Burn in front of me
And yes it does reside
Inside
Of me

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Industrial Folk
Chords: A7 E / Am E7; 68 BPM 16 Beat Ballad #2
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Chainsaw, Wood Stove

From the Industrial Noize Pollution Album “Floored“

bookmark_borderMixitup

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LYRICS
Mix it up
You say the same thing, same thing
Buttercup
Mix it up
You know I love you, baby, maybe
Mixitup
Fix it up
Take it out
Walk it about
Walk it out
Mix it up
Up, up, up

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Industrial Folk
Chords: A D E A / C A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Power Drill and Mixer

From the Industrial Noize Pollution Album “Floored“

bookmark_borderIf’s And Can Be’s

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LYRICS
When there was
“Could have been”
Then,
There was when
Now, only
If and can be
From see to shining see
Out from under
The overlord
Just short
Of overboard
Shy to the sky
Out from under
The shadow
No more know knowledgology no
Now, only
If’s and can be’s
Can my mind’s-eye foresee
Come to be

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Industrial Folk
Chords: Dm Em / F C Dm Em; 85 BPM Handbag
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Hammer, Pry Bar, Mud, Trowel

From the Industrial Noize Pollution Album “Floored“