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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
LYRICS
Indirect
None-the-less
In your face
Redirect
More-or-less
Face-to-face
Outer space….
Introspective
Narrative
Retrospective
Positive
Indirect
None-the-less
In your face
Redirect
More-or-less
Face-to-face
Outer space….
An elective
Prerogative
A suggestive
Positive
Chords: E C D / D E / C A or A C / C E; 120 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live
From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next
LYRICS
Caught in the web of anxiety?
Caught in the ebb of intensity?
Look! You’re standing, still
Say, “I will”
Stuck in a rut… standing still?
Punch to the gut… same ole drill?
Find it in you to come through
Say, “I will”
Finding it tough to pull through?
Not sure the best thing to do?
Beat anxiety with simplicity
Say, “I will!”
Chords: F Fm / D E F; 80 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live
From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next
LYRICS
Sitting there
Chill in the air
Bumping headlong into skin
Goose bumps become aware
The twilight
Between the night
Is shrinking
Day is done
Watch the sun
It’s sinking
Before the rays slip away
Shimmer glimmer to I
To say God had her way
Revealing the wonders of why
The twilight
Between the night
Is shrinking
Day is done
Watch the sun
It’s sinking
Chords: D A / C G D
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Kurzweil Piano
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, PA
From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next
LYRICS
It only hurts when I laugh
The sacrificial calf
On the fire, pouring gas
Better act… and act fast
Is it too soon
For howling at the moon
Open the gate
Why hesitate?
It only hurts when I laugh
People think I may be daft
Pot calls the kettle black
Quite a blow… taken back
Is it too soon
For howling at the moon
Open the gate
Why hesitate?
It only hurts when I laugh
That ain’t all… only half
Bringing on a test of will
Half-empty… can I fill?
Is it too soon
For howling at the moon
Open the gate
Why hesitate?
Chords: Dm C C Dm / Am Bdim C Dm
Instrumentation: Vocals, Organ (112 BPM)
Written and recorded live
From the album: Rawhide Underwear
LYRICS
A tight wound spring
A touchy thing
A tight wound spring
Apt to snap!
Does to learn the lesson
Depend on me?
A mere suggestion
Might help me to see
Shaken champagne
Ready to pop
No pain, no gain
Better get the mop
Does to learn the lesson
Depend on me?
A mere suggestion
Might help me to see
Lit powder keg
Ready to blow
Square hole, round peg
It’s good to know
Does to learn the lesson
Depend on me?
A mere suggestion
Might help me to see
Chords: A Am7 A D A Am7 Em A / G A / C E A
Parts II and III: A Am7 / EM A / C E A; 83 and 90 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards
Written and recorded live
From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next
LYRICS
Usually start at the beginning
Walking endlessly about
Figuring they’ll be extra innings
There’ll be plenty of time, no doubt
The End is the last thing you think of
Will it be too late for love?
Fall out of bed into the same routine
Forgot to find out “what does life mean?”
Knowing there’s always tomorrow
Plenty of time to reverse sorrow
The End is the last thing you think of
Will it be too late for love?
Day after day turns into years
Begin realizing your fears
Take a deep breath, let out a sigh
Begin to realize… everyone dies
The End is the last thing you think of
Will it be too late for love?
… will it be too late to love?
Chords: C A / A C D / D C A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Keyboards (70 BPM)
Written and recorded live
From the album: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next