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bookmark_borderBlack Whole

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Grind Until Ground
LYRICS
Push all the meat into the funnel
Put it all
Push it hard
Trim the lard
Turn the handle round
Pound for pound
Grind until ground
A mind found?
I mean
There’s no ghost in the machine
Across the horizon
Making the scene
More than a zillion
Yet, none to be seen
You know… show me the soul
You no… no soul… not a sole
Sole soul hole
Black whole

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: C# E / G E; 100 BPM Groove Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderWe All Bleed

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LYRICS
If all of the states were to secede
Not only in fact, but in deed
Indeed, would there be a union
Or just man-for-man one-on-one
Too late to hide? Better run!

Hatin’ bein’ free
While trying to be
Being free of free
One’s destiny
As tryin’ to be
Being free from free
You’re confusing me

Birds wrestling in the leaves
Trees bending at the knees

If all were to concede we all bleed
Instead of eat the “meet” we would feed
Nourishing our humanity
How we’re meant to do
I’m asking you
Can we be humanity?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk
Chords: D D9 G / Em C D G
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, PA
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

bookmark_borderThe Accounting

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LYRICS
There’s one for me
And, two for you?
Sum and then some
Wonder how come?
There’s one for me
And, two for you
Starting to see
Just how it’ll be
Sum and then some
Wonder how come?
Some sum

Day upon day
Year upon year
Time grows shorter
And so we fear
“Upon a time….”
Or so they say
The last quarter
Is under way
Sum and less some
Wonder how come?
Some sum

Upon “The End”
The rules won’t bend
Then, all shall see
Equal will be
Equal we’ll be
Kingdom has come
Some sum

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk
Chords: Em Am7 Bm
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, PA
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderJust So Glad

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LYRICS
Just so glad
I’m just so glad
(Oh, so! Glad!)
Beyond sad
Beyond mad
I’m just so glad
Forgot had
Blanked bad
I’m just so glad
History clad
Laid too rad
Moved to glad
I’m just so glad
Steadfast past
Laid to rest
For the best
I’m just so glad

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: F#m F#m9 / C#sus4 C#; 163 BPM Twist
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderFrom Up Here

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LYRICS
From up here
I’ve a window on the world
But I won’t look down
(No, I won’t look down)
See people so tiny
Like ants in the plants / in their pants
With too little time to appreciate
Might make ’em late to agitate

From up here
I’ve a window on the world
But I won’t look down
(No, I won’t look down)
Take a cue to form a queue
Wasting time to stand in line
With no appetite to alleviate
Far too hungry to alienate

From up here
I’ve a window on the world
But I won’t look down
(No, I won’t look down)
Hurry from here to get there
Unaware they don’t care
Anticipate they’ve cast their fate
At any rate, won’t deviate

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: C G D C E A / C A; 100 BPM 60’s Rock / 68 BPM increase tempo
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderCome In

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LYRICS
No you can’t come…
No you can’t come in
I hear you puffin’
I hear you huffin’
But, nooooo… you can’t come in
Big, bad beast
Wished he’d ceased
Now my feast?
Come on in!
And, soooo… you can come in
Yes, come right in
No less
Yes
I hear you puffin’
I hear you huffin’
So, yes, come right in

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about finding the “silver lining”
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F# D B / C#7 B F#; 128 BPM Heavy Metal
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderMy Mind

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LYRICS
Just can’t make up my mind
(Which bed I should be sleepin’ in)
Just can’t… mind won’t
Tryin’ to find
A piece of mind
Keeping doubt from creepin’ in
Such a bind
Don’t wanna fall behind
Never mind
Mental grind
Landmine
You know
It’s gonna blow

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E F F#m A B7; 132 BPM Heavy Metal
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderNewborn

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LYRICS
The sun’s ray doesn’t fray
Until its spill on the window sill
I believe the sun’s ray rules the day
Then the eve will relieve
In the night stands still
Again turn till torn into the morn
The day born
… a newborn

For now somehow the sun slips beneath
The night takes a bite with darkness’ teeth
At last a vast heavenly sky unveiled
IN the shadow of tomorrow
Never failed
Again turn till torn into the morn
The day born
… a newborn

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Ambient / Progressive Folk
Chords: Esus4 E A7 E / D6 A7 E E7; 100 / 113 BPM Pop Waltz
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderI Like To Groove (Can’t Help Myself)

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LYRICS
It makes me so happy
I start to move
It makes me so happy
I like to groove
Tap my feet
To the sound of the beat
Clap my hands
To the sounds of the bands
Hi-Yo, Silver!
Away! … we go
Cutting rug
Shoulders shrug
Slap my knee
Laugh n’ glee
Happy
My stance takes on a dance
I like to groove
Do you like to groove, too?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Children Dance / Progressive Folk
Chords: A G / D E A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderJust Got Back

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LYRICS
Just got back into town
Can’t find my way ’round
Where ever I am bound
Can’t be found
All alone… at home

I can see I’m all alone
In a sea of people
Prone to a complex scene
In a soul so simple
Can you relate to the fate
Do you know what I mean?

I thought it was just a minute
If not, only a mere moment
But, oh, how things have changed
Everything’s been rearranged
Not familiar with the strange
Do you know what I meant?
… near a mere moment
(chorus)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A C A C B7 Em Em7 Em7(11) Em13
Written at the corner of High and Market Streets in West Chester, PA
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderBottom Thump

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LYRICS
I’m thinking one thing
Yet, when I sing
The thing I’m thinking
Doesn’t sink in
Am I sinking…
Or just swept in the flow
Downstream I go
Am I sinking…
Swept into the flow
I don’t know
Head above water or below
Relax.
The facts.
Love to float above
In the flow

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em7 C D Em7; 125 BPM Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderCaped Crusader

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LYRICS
Caped crusader
Man of steel
Can anybody tell me
What’s the real deal
I can’t see
The crime of the century
Maybe all of history
A vast conspiracy
In need of repeal
What’s the deal
… the real deal?

To whom do you cater
Where’s your corporate seal
Can anybody tell me
What’s the real deal
I can’t see
(chorus)

No heroes till later?
Wait for the feel?
Can anybody tell me
What’s the real deal
I can’t see
(chorus)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: E G / G A / A G A B7 A G E; 128 BPM Rock
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

bookmark_borderCrossed T

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LYRICS
Who dotted the i / I
And who crossed the t
My t
I mighty no more
Now I
Shall see
What’s in store
Nevermore
Or for sure?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Extemporaneous / Improv
Chords: Am G Am / C B Am; 128 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderSealed Lips

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LYRICS
I can hardly think of anything to say
(Try as I may)
Next to nothing
On the way
To zilch
Just a pinch
More than something
(Not a hole lot
A whole lot)
When I have nothing to say
My lips are sealed
Now, is not that time
Thus, I yield
To a word or too
Or to too many
Perhaps I’ve said plenty?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Hard Rock
Chords: G6(9) Esus4 Em Em7; 164 BPM Rock n’ Roll
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life

bookmark_borderBy And By

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LYRICS
Do you feel that something’s got a grip
On your heart the tug thug mugs a rip
No matter how hard you try to pry
Stuck in time feeling by and by (bye n’ bye)
Eventually you will see
You’ll see

Before long you’ll be free you’ll see
Right the wrong, justify till you’ll be
The harder you apply try and try
The you’ll gain wing to fly
Eventually you will see
You’ll see

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Electronic / EDM
Chords: Fsus4 Fm / C7 Fm / Fm7(11) Fm7 F Fm; 112 BPM Funk Fusion
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Life After Life