bookmark_borderBugging Out

LYRICS
Nothing seems to bug those bugs
They come when they want to
Go where they not, too
Confounded pests are sure a pest
They come when they want to
Go where they not, too
I hope they don’t get mad
Makes me a little sad
But, I have to put my foot down
Squash their dreams in this karma round

Nothing seems to bug those bugs
They come when they want to
Go where they not, too
Confounded pests are sure a pest
They come when they want to
Go where they not, too
No need to get even
If you’re going to heaven
But, if you’re going down
Squash their dreams in this karma round

Bugging Out.mp4 (Video)

Bugging Out.mp3

Chords: D Am F Am / C D Am / C Em Am
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide for Dogs

bookmark_borderLost in Plain View

LYRICS
Lost in plain view
Not a clue
Of what to do
Lost in plain view
Not a clue
Of what to do
Plain as the nose on my face
Yet, time I can not trace
Better find my place in this place
With grace

Lost in plain view
Not a clue
Of what to do
Lost in plain view
Not a clue
Of what to do
Plain and simple solution
Yet, I can’t grasp the notion
Better hope that locomotion’s
The potion
(… into the wind with caution!)

Lost in Plain View.mp4 (Video)

Chords: G D C G / Em Am D G
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards, Electric Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide for Dogs

bookmark_borderLet Him Go

LYRICS
Let him run
Let him run
He’s just out having some fun
Let him know
Let him go
Let the course have it’s run
There’s not a whole lot you can do
When even you gives up on you
So when you’re ready to give it a chance
Come on back for a little romance

Let Him Go Part I,mp4

Let Him Go Interlude .mp4

Let Him Go Part III.mp3

Chords: F#m B7 / E7 B7 C# F#m
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Loop Pedal, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide for Dogs

bookmark_borderOut of the House

LYRICS
Maybe I fell like shaking it
Baby
Since I got our of the house
Maybe we should shake it loose
Baby
No why’s, if’s, nor how’s
At all the balls in the fancy halls
Shaking paint off the walls
Taunt the debutantes and their fancy pants
Throwing fits, tizzied rancid rants

Maybe I fell like shaking it
Baby
Since I got our of the house
Maybe we should shake it loose
Baby
No why’s, if’s, nor how’s
Whether I’m in a stadium
Or just hanging out about
Do quite well at raising hell
W3e’ll put you under our spell

Out of the House Part I .mp4 (Video)

Out of the House Interlude.mp4

Out-of-the-House-Part-III.mp3

Chords: Em B C Rm / G Rm
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Loop Pedal, Electric Guitar, Piano
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide for Dogs

bookmark_borderIt Starts

LYRICS
The bigger they are
The harder they fall
Guess it doesn’t matter
After all

All that we think
Right from the start
Quick as a blink
It starts from the heart

It Starts Interlude.mp4 (Video)

It Starts,mp3

Chords: D A C E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Loop Pedal, Electric Guitar, Keyboards
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide for Dogs

bookmark_borderFound Out About

LYRICS
Found out about
And, I’m freaking out
They say our days are numbered
Counting down so fast
To the fact time can’t last

Found it bizarre
Didn’t think we’d go that far
They say our days are numbered
Counting down so fast
To the fact time can’t last

Found the secret
The more you give, the more you get
They say our days are numbered
Counting down so fast
To the fact time can’t last

Found my calling
Got ass, I’m hauling
They say our days are numbered
Counting down so fast
To the fact time can’t last

Found Out About.mp4 (Guitar Loop Video)

Chords: G E / D A G E / D A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, loop Pedal, Piano
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide for Dogs

bookmark_borderGive It

LYRICS
Going to give it the best that I can
Making to give into the past tense
Gave until the grave
Given again and again
Livin’ and breathin’ conceiving who I am
And how to be turns out in me

Going to give it all that I can
Making to give make a little more sense
Gave until the grave
Given again and again
Livin’ and breathin’ conceiving who I am
And how what’s in me turns out to be

Give-It.mp4 (Video)

DR0000_6917-Give-It.mp3

Chords: Em G D Am / Em A7 / Em G D A7 / A7 D
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide for Dogs

bookmark_borderThe Frontier

LYRICS
Shamokin Falls recalls
Daniel Boone and his cap of coon
Trying to get a lease on peace
Indians and pioneers
Trying to steer all their fears
The length of the Susquahanna
The width of the broad and muddy
An anthropology study
Bringing singing to brotherly love
(Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)

The Schuykill and the Delaware
Find a way to float there
Bearing a piece of peace
Indians and pioneers
Trying to steer the final frontier
The length of the Susquahanna
The width of the broad and muddy
An anthropology study
Bringing singing to brotherly love
(Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)

The Frontier.mp4

The Frontier.mp3

Chords: Am C E Am / C D Am / C E Am / D Am
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide for Dogs

bookmark_borderLet me Think about It

LYRICS
Let me think about it
At least a little bit
’cause there’s a lot at stake
Let me consider it
Before the head-on hit
Put the foot on the break
Avoid tragedy
My strategy
Avoid tragedy

Did you think about it
At least a little bit
There’s no room for mistake
Did you consider it
Did you give up and quit
Put the foot on the break
Avoid tragedy
My strategy
Avoid tragedy

Let-me-Think-about-It .mp4

Let-me-Think-about-It.mp3

Chords: Am D Am / Em Am
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide for Dogs

bookmark_borderTime Traveler

LYRICS
Didn’t you see it coming
Did it sneak up on you
Can’t stop time from running
The future’s coming through
Time traveler
At least while I’m a live
Time traveler
The least waste to survive

I didn’t see it coming
It snuck up on me
Can’t stop time from running
But at least it’s for free
Time traveler
At least while I’m a live
Time traveler
The least waste to survive

Didn’t se see it coming
Did it sneak up on us
Can’t stop time from running
With a fit and a fuss
Time traveler
At least while I’m a live
Time traveler
The least waste to survive

Time-Traveler.mp4

Time Traveler .mp3

Time Traveler Instrumental.mp3

Chords: E A / C A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Written and recorded live on a digital 6-track


From the album: Rawhide for Dogs

bookmark_borderMindful

LYRICS
I don’t want to be careful
All frigid with the fragile
Like a bull in a china shop
The plan is going to drop
Free the spirit
Dream we’re near it
Bring on the merit

I don’t mind being mindful
Let thought out-of-control
Like a bull in a china shop
The plan is going to drop
Free the spirit
Dream we’re near it
Bring on the merit

I don’t wait to procrastinate
To elate
Up the rate
Like a bull in a china shop
The plan is going to drop
Free the spirit
Dream we’re near it
Bring on the merit

Chords: E jam / C D G / E Em7
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ
Written and recorded live to digital 8-track

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderOut in Front

LYRICS
When out in front
Don’t look back
The liter’s runt
Leader of the pack
Crank it up
Goin’ gets tough
Not enough
Through the rough

When out in front
Don’t look back
The liter’s runt
Leader of the pack
Take it down
Just the beat
Turn around
To complete

Chords: E11 E E7 E / G A G A G A G E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ
Written and recorded live to digital 8-track

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderStates of Matter

LYRICS
Solid, liquid, gas
The state of affairs I’m in
Is changing fast
Future, present past,
The time we’re living in
Is changing fast
We can change the way
If we want to
We can make the day
To something new
(Give us something to do
So we know what they knew)

Solid, liquid, gas
The state of matter we’re in
Is changing fast
Future, present past,
The time we’re living in
Turning to past
We can change the way
If we want to
We can make the day
To something new

Chords: D6 Em / G D6 Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar
Written and recorded live

From the album: Booster

bookmark_borderFronts Confront

LYRICS
Overhead the fronts confront
Overheard North wind’s whisper
Mother Nature’s sister
A cold affront
Well, they don’t make winters
Like they use to
Ole Jack Front can barely do dew
Going to mess the fall feeling
Since the temperature’s gone reeling
Overhead the fronts confront
Overheard North wind’s whisper
Mother Nature’s sister
A cold affront

A song about climate change and extreme weather events.

Chords: B E# / E B C#7 F#
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Alesis Vortex Controller and Ableton Software
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah on a digital 6-track

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer