bookmark_borderSnowballed

LYRICS
It all started at the beginning
Well, not all
Just the first thing
Then, the ball
Was rolling
A snowball in freefall
Down the side
On the slide
Of the mountain
Picking up mass
Rather fast
And, yes, indeed
Picking up speed
Mass passes masses amasses
Quantum momentum

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Christmas Music / Winter / Holiday Songs
Chords: Bb C D BbM7 Bb9 D7 D7aug; 63 BPM picking up speed
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Christmas 2019 album of music Advent

bookmark_borderSolution Solution

LYRICS
Will you find the answer
What are you looking for?
No, mam. Yes, sir.
Dig deeper for more
Submerge in the solution
Solution
In your time
The riddle… the rhyme
On the verge
Submerge
Into the solution solution
Pre or post hallucination
Into a success vortex
Whirling solution solution

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Dm C Dm7 C7; 109 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Highly Suspect

bookmark_borderSun Day

LYRICS
Could be the last day
We see the sun this way
The seasons are changing
And so’s the sky
In the eye
And, so am I

Could be the first day
We see the sun this way
The times are changing
No need to wonder why
In the eye
And, so am I

Could be the next day
A new star will shine this way
The age is changing
Tomorrow try
In the eye
And, so am I

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Christmas Alternative Rock
Chords: D C / Em A; 110 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Christmas 2019 album of music Advent

bookmark_borderSlight Slice of Delight

LYRICS
Should the known dead end
Be just around the corner
Maybe a better way is found
BY circling around
Can’t go over
Can’t go under
There’s no wonder
To discover
Might as well stray
From the wrong way
At the end of the tunnel
There’s a light
Forego the pummel
Stay to the right
Head toward the light
Delight
Slight slice of delight

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Eb Db Eb / Bb Db Gb Eb; 155 BPM Pop Bossa Nova
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Highly Suspect

bookmark_borderGet Back Home

LYRICS
From time-to-time
… like to get out and roam
Be the main character of a poem
Because… it sure feels good to get back home

Life on the road
… there’s nothing you own
Surrounded by people
Yet, feel all alone
It sure feels good to get back home

Living on borrowed time
… life’s on loan
Too many days away
Will make you moan
It sure feels good to get back home

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Rock
Chords: F Bb F / Db Eb F
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Highly Suspect

bookmark_borderSkew You

LYRICS
The skew in you
Misconstrue
To narcissistic view
I’m in between in and out
Not sure what you’re talking about
Fear I may hit the floor
If you say any more
No more
Noooo… no more

Someone needs to correct you
’cause you’re talking cuckoo
The narcissistic view
(You, you, you)

I’m in between in and out
Not sure what you’re talking about
Fear I’ll go through the roof
Train-of-thought is too aloof

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Rock
Chords: A A7 / Em G D / A D Ab A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Highly Suspect

bookmark_borderListen Lessen

LYRICS
Lessen the listen
Or… lesson “the listen”?
Alright, if you’re that uptight
Insanity of anxiety
Doesn’t strike home with me
But, I’ll lend an ear
So, I can see
You hear: “There’s reason to fear”
It smells of something wrong
A bad taste… lingers too long
Too much touch
Left more than a footprint
My carbon stint
Is that right
(Left a stench)
Have I lost sight?
Listen to the knows
The knows knows

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Am7 Em7 Am7(11); 176 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Highly Suspect

bookmark_borderGo Down

LYRICS
Do you want me to go down there?
Guess I’d better take enough air
Their bomb scare
Bobmshell-hell-ter
Afraid
Air-raid
Dumb blonde bomb
Chemical weapons
Of mass destruction
My life depends
On resurrection
Bombshell hell, well
Can’t stand the smell
Not feeling well
No place to dwell

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: G F# F E / A7sus4 E Em(13)
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Highly Suspect

bookmark_borderFoot In Mouth Disease

LYRICS
Do this? Do that?
As a matter of fact
Why don’t I act?
If spew and spew
Is all I do
Where will it get you?
I see…
I am the dilemma…
In me

What tit for tat
Engage in spat
Why don’t I act?
If spew and spew
Is all I do
Where will it get you?
I see…
I am the dilemma…
In me

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Gm C / D C B; 116 BPM Soul
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Highly Suspect

bookmark_borderFor The Best

LYRICS
Will you ever forget
All you regret
If your heart will let
Your mind will rest
So, don’t you think it’s best
To free yourself from fret

Will you ever relent
You’ve over spent
If your heart will lend
your mind will mend
So, don’t you think it’s best
Love yourself like the rest

Sure am glad to be free
From the misery
Where there’s love to be found
I’ll let it surround
I know it’s for the best
If peace of mind is the quest

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: B E G A / D C A / D C E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Highly Suspect

bookmark_borderA Hard Back Novel

LYRICS
How novel…
Novel
A tail telltale tell-it-all
Novel…
How novel
The bounce pronounced tells it all
Novel…
How novel
Do you have a minute to talk
A story about your walk
Novel…
How novel
Page 1 starts where you take a stance
The plot thickens when you start to dance
Climax comes when you take off your pants
A tail
A telltale tail
Tell-it-all novel
The way it talks the talk
When I see you walk your walk
A tell-it-all novel
Half fact… half friction

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: F#7sus4 F# / A B F# / B C#7 F#
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Highly Suspect

bookmark_borderWhat Is Up?

LYRICS
What is up? Are we all gullible
Naive
What is up? Are we all liable
Retrieve
Can’t plead insane
And still remain
Is it too late now?
Believe (You’ve got to believe)

What is up? Are we all ignorant
Numb n’ dumb
What is up? Are we all arrogant
Dumb n’ numb
Is it too late now?
Believe (You’ve got to believe)
Relieve

What is up? Caught in a row
Fight delight
What is up? Forgot how?
Light insight
Is it too late now?
Believe (You’ve got to believe)
Relieve
Receive

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: E A G E / E’s
Recording: digital 6-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Xylophone, Melodica

From the album Highly Suspect

bookmark_border(We’ve) Got The Power

LYRICS
Who has the pow!
Who has the power, now?
The lights are dimming
Glow goes sour
Who has the power?

Who has the pow!
Who has the power, now?

The air is chilling
In the corner, cower
Who has the power?

Who has the pow!
Who has the power, now?

Clock isn’t blinking
For another hour
Who has the power?

Who has the pow!
Who has the power, now?

Bath water is freezing
Must forego a shower
Who has the power?

Who has the pow!
Who has the power, now?

Set the juice loose
Blackout on track
Tail/tale end: caboose
We’ve got the pow!
We’ve got the power, now!

ABOUT THE SONG
Recorded during the power outage of October 17, 2019
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: G A G / C E A
Recording: digital 6-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Xylophone

From the album Highly Suspect

bookmark_borderGet Up!

LYRICS
When I fall on my butt
I get up and try it again
No “if, and, nor no but”
Persistence till conquerin’
Until gain with no pain
Never retreat
Just repeat… re, re, re, p, p, p, eat

Get it right the first time
Then, I’m free to keep movin’
Go with the reason, flow with the rhyme
Slip right in to the lovin’

When I fall into the Zen
Want that feeling again and again
Then, it feels like heaven
’cause I’m not one for practicin’

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: E A D G E / F# F E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Highly Suspect

bookmark_borderTime Well Spent?

LYRICS
Who knows where the time goes
But it’s gone, it’s went, it’s spent
Living on borrowed… living on lent
Skip the foes, the woes, the lows
The hands keep on spinning
The world goes round and round
The herd keeps on thinning
Argh… we all fall down

The clock keeps on tickin’
Hoping more can be found
The plot start thicken
Argh… we all fall down

Father Time is aging
On a train homeward bound
The river Styx is raging
Argh… we all fall

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alt. Folk Rock
Chords: G Bb / F C Bb G / C G
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Highly Suspect