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bookmark_borderIn Plain View

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LYRICS
What lengths to go to to find you
When you’re already there
Right out in front in plain view
So far, yet oh so near
Pinch me to see if I can see

What lengths to go to to find you
To see if you see me
Right out in front in plain view
So far, yet not nearly
Pinch me to see if I can see

When lengths are more behind you
When you’ve already passed
Still out in front in plain view
Before I fade to past
Pinch me to see if I can see

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords: C9 Csus4 C / C9 C / F G
Recording: digital 4-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (102 BPM)

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderMeteorological Extreme

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LYRICS
Meteorological extreme
Did you bring the Bayou with you?
Baton Rouge
Paying dues
Caught your swampy blues
Do you know what I mean?
Meteorological extreme
Seems illogical
(Meteorological)
Now, its come this way
Arrived in PA
Just the other day
Na, na, na, Louisiana
Geez Louis… iana, na, na, na

A song about global warming and extreme weather events.
Chords: Em Em7 / Am Em Bm Am Em; 126 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Slide Guitar, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderChristmas Approaching

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LYRICS
Christmas approaching
Christmas approaching
Will I remember Merry Gentlemen
Too late for Tiny Tim…
… on the way to heaven
Take a piece of earth
Or give peace on Earth?
Consider human’s worth
And the meaning of birth

Christmas approaching
Christmas approaching
Well past September
The leaves have fallen
Can’t forget again
To help the appalling
Take a piece of earth
Or give peace on Earth?
Consider human’s worth
And the meaning of birth

Christmas approaching
Christmas approaching
Feeling the part
Of the Grinch That Stole Christmas
Alas,
With added Scrooge Attitude
Take a piece of earth
Or give peace on Earth?
Consider human’s worth
And the meaning of birth

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords: Am Asus4 Am9 / Em Am / C Am
Riffs: c d e b a / a b c c b a
Recording: digital 8-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers (107 BPM)

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderThe Reindeer

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LYRICS
A real life red nosed reindeer
with Santa Claus in tow
A story I hold dear to me
The story… do you know?
On now:
Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen
But after all
Can you recall….
A real life red nosed reindeer
with Santa Claus in tow
A story I hold dear to me
The story… do you know?

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords: Bb D / D E F / F C / C D Bb
Recording: digital 6-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (98 BPM)

From the Christmas 2021 album of music Spirit of Christmas

bookmark_borderWhat You Do

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LYRICS
Standards are dropping
As the need’s popping
Mouths are calling
Morals falling
Understand
(All over the land)
Comprehend
(To understand)
What you do
Can get us through

Jaws are dropping
As the greed’s popping
Mouths are pleading
Spirits bleeding
Understand
(All over the land)
Comprehend
(To understand)
What you do
Can get us through

People dropping
Hearts are stopping
Mouths are crying
Stop our dying
Understand
(All over the land)
Comprehend
(To understand)
What you do
Can get us through\

Chords: G E / E Eb D D Eb E; 123 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_borderThis Kid

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LYRICS
You can place your wager
You can place your bet
This kid…
Doesn’t want to go to bed yet
This kid….

This kid wants to stay up some more
This kid… like I said before
This kid doesn’t want to go to bed yet

This kid did win your wager
This kid did win your bet
’cause this kid…
… hasn’t gone to bed yet

I don’t want to go to bed yet!

Chords: D A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

bookmark_borderDamn-souls in Distress

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LYRICS
Let’s rise to the occasion
Give it all we’ve got
A heart led invasion
Give it all! Why not?
White knights into the light
Do goods do as they should

Damn-souls in distress
Third planet address
Oh, Lord, overlords
Unpleasant to peasants
White knights into the light
Do goods do as they should
A heart led invasion
Give it all! Why not?

Chords: Gm Bb / Dm Bb; 121 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_borderTake Me Anywhere

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LYRICS
Just to be fair
It’s up in the air
Garden affair
Take me anywhere
Though the clock is ticking
Will I know when it ends?
Should try some time stretching
To see if it bends

Does anyone car
It’s up in the air
Be done I swear
Take me anywhere
Though the clock is ticking
Will I know when it ends?
Should try some time stretching
To see if it bends

Oh, no, to bear
“It’s up in the air”
In search of rare
Take me anywhere
Though the clock is ticking
Will I know when it ends?
Should try some time stretching
To see if it bends

Chords: F# D#7 / D#sus4 C#6; 164 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

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

bookmark_borderMillions of Colors

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Fall Colors
LYRICS
Millions of colors
Millions of colors
Millions of colors
The pupil of iris
Teaches us focus
So, eye can see clearly
So, I can see clearly
So, we can clearly see

Millions of colors
Foundation’s pillars
Millions of colors
The pupil of iris
Teaches us focus
So, eye can see clearly
So, I can see clearly
So, we can clearly see

Millions of colors
Dullest’s killer
Millions of colors
The mind’s miller
Millions of colors
The pupil of iris
Teaches us focus
So, eye can see clearly
So, I can see clearly
So, we can clearly see

The numbers in colors
Spectrum continuum
The millions of colors
As though I’m living in a prism
… I’m living in a prism

Chords: Em Em7 / C D Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Organ
Written and recorded live on a digital 8-track at Lake Wynonah, PA

From the album: Rawhide Underwear
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderBarnum and Bailey Style

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LYRICS
Said with such confidence
It’s hard to know
If there is evidence
Or just a show
Barnum and Bailey style
Walk this way a while
Barnum and Bailey style
Later crocodile

Is it reality
Or just a con
Hold tight your money
Or it’ll be gone
Barnum and Bailey style
Walk this way a while
Barnum and Bailey style
Later crocodile

Too good to be true
Buyer beware
Take it all from you
Learning to bare
Barnum and Bailey style
Walk this way a while
Barnum and Bailey style
Later crocodile

Chords: Em A / A C A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Underwear

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_borderFor the Record

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LYRICS
If this was 1972
I’d know exactly what to do
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping
Nudge the needle
A ridge or two
That’s exactly what I’d do
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping

When it was ’84
Sill could fix it one time more
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping
Before becoming legend
Before becoming lore
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping
Nudge the needle
A ridge or two
That’s exactly what I’d do
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping

But in this next millennium
They don’t know who I am
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping
In this modern day
They don’t know when I say
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping
Nudge the needle
A ridge or two
That’s exactly what we should do
The record’s skipping
The record’s skipping
In this modern day
They don’t know when I say
The final vinyl

Chords: E E7 Em7 Em E / A C D A / E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
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