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bookmark_borderPermit Permitted

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LYRICS
Minimum wage, drinking age
Paragraph 1a), first page
It’s a…
Mixed-up bureaucracy betwixt hypocrisy
Fix is in conspiracy
So, corrupt I can see
(From see to slithering see)

Busking permit, speed limit
Paragraph 1a), original edit
Mixed-up bureaucracy betwixt hypocrisy
Fix is in conspiracy
So, corrupt I can see

Do not enter, do not loiter
Paragraph 1a) to the letter
Mixed-up bureaucracy betwixt hypocrisy
Fix is in conspiracy
So, corrupt I can see
Indeed,
You need a permit to read the permit to read, indeed.

Cross at the green, not in-between*
*see the small print… do you know what I mean?
Mixed-up bureaucracy betwixt hypocrisy
Fix is in conspiracy
So, corrupt I can see

Law can’t bend, won’t amend
Signed, sealed, send… The End

Permit Permitted.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about West Chester’s Busking Permit which outlaws reading without a permit. How are you suppose to read the permit application?

Style: Alternative Protest Folk Rock
Chords: (guitar just g#) E / Mix 5 or more chords (A G E D landing on E)
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderPro-found

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LYRICS
Why so sad? Why so mad?
Have you found
You can’t fit the square in the round
Profound!
All this time would’ve had
Been being glad
Have you found: round goes into round
Profound!
A scary clown thinks he’s running this town
Though fool as he might can’t bring us down
And try as he might to start a fight…
We’re feeling alright… we’re out-of-sight
Yeah, we’re pro-found
(Find being kind beings being kind)
We’ll leave the square there
’cause we’ve found round in round
Well, leave that behind behind
Come ’round to round in round

Pro-Found.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA it is about the owner of Penn’s Table Restaurant.

Style: Alt. Folk Rock
Chords: E / G A E / A E A B7
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album The End Game

bookmark_borderSong And Dance

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LYRICS
Feel your superiority staring down on me
“Like whatever”
The rarity of your hilarity total insincerity
Defeat conceit

Bring on humility in humanity
Bring on humanity to this calamity
Humor elixir for social tumor
Song and dance can be our cure
… maybe our savior
… may be our “save your”

At your core, there’s strength in dignity
In the store of you humanity
Your loyalty to honesty
Is redeeming decency

Dancing free
Dreaming merrily

Song And Dance.mp3

Song And Dance Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: C+Bb Em+Bb Am / Em C Am / Am A / D G A
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_border… and, the Horse You Road in on….

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LYRICS
You can’t hide on the horse you ride….

Having trouble understanding
Where you’re landing
Instead of body commanding
You’re demanding
Pick up the pieces
Out inner peaces
Humanity thesis
You can take control
Of your human role / roll
The goal of your soul

Having trouble understanding
Where you’re landing
Instead of mind controlling
A mind of trolling
[chorus]

Having trouble understanding
Where you’re landing
Instead of spirit… endear it
… no one near it!
[chorus]

… and, the Horse You Road in on…. (video).mp4

… and, the Horse You Road in on…..mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about heroin addiction. A street-name for heroin is “horse“. Up through the 1940’s, heroin and other opiates were given to race horses. In equines, heroin is a powerful central nervous system stimulant. The horse thinks it is dying and goes into a “flight response”.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E6 E / E G A / AM7 A
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Live stereo and video recorded at Everhart Park.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderStride

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LYRICS
Come on!
Just as a matter of fact
There’s plenty of room in the back
Take a ride for whatever you lack
Gettin’ the knack

Afford to climb on board
In stride, along for the ride

If you want to get the message blunt
There’s plenty of room up front
Take a ride for whatever you want
Roadtrip jaunt

If you want to climb on to the roof
Join the other professors aloof
Transcend with a woosh and a POOF!
Transcendental mental
Going transcendental mental
Next stop transcendental mental

Stride Video.mp4

Stride.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E A D G / G A / C D E
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Live stereo and video recorded at Everhart Park.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderDo You Believe in God

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LYRICS
Excuse me Mister
Do you believe in God
Excuse me Madam
I find your question odd
Contemplating
The virtues of “why not?”
“Sure” the answer
Quickly came to thought
Why not give it a thought
Why not?

Excuse me God
Do you find it odd
The world of MadMan
Votes for “God damn”
Contemplating
The virtues of “why not?”
I thought, “Heaven…
Can not be bought”
Why not give it a thought
Why not?

Do You Believe In God.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
While writing this song, a lady came up and asked, “Do you believe in God?”

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: A Em G A G / G F# A / A C Em A
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Record at Marshall Square Park.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderBetting The Farm

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LYRICS
Why do we want to make it so we twist and bleed
It’s getting harder and harder to breathe
The day has dawned “beyond so long”
Come to know “you reap, you soooo(-ed)”
Guilt in silence… not even a peep?
Is what we reap “playin’ for keeps”
Did you bet there’s no harm
Betting the farm?

Why have we made hate our destiny
Why have we made hate our legacy
The day has dawned “beyond so long”
Come to know I’m my own worst foe
Now, we’re in too deep
Playing for keep

Made a habit of destroying habitation
A destruction nation in self-annihilation
The day has dawned… so long beyond
We’re all “coming home”, I reckoned
Coming ’round the bend to…
The End

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment after three days of ozone poisoning and record heat.

Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: A C A G / D A G (g f# a)
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Market and High Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Recorded at Marshall Square Park.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderOpt In For Optimism

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LYRICS
Under the loom of doom
There is gloom
Where you come to know
About the shadow
I crawled out long ago
In sight of the light
(Insight of the light)
At the end of the tunnel… our birth canal
I am optimism
I hope you hope
I am with optimism
Together we cope
Optimism, I’m comin’

Why generate a dark cloud
Self-suppression… crying out loud!
Don’t hesitate to rise about
Over-lords reigning down love
I am optimism
I hope you hope
I am with optimism
Together we cope
Optimism, I’m comin’

Opt In For Optimism.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: Am Em Em+c / Am C E Am Am-e
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Recorded at Everhart Park.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderVehicle Of Choice

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LYRICS
It’s your call
After all, it’s your ball
On the downfall
Going to take it all?
Earth – our great bus
Traveling through the universe
Do you want to get on with the rest of us?

You decide
How far and wide
(How long to ride?)
It’s your choice
Will you raise your voice
Earth – our cosmic train
Wanna get off or wanna remain
Don’t want to fail… don’t want to derail
What the heck? No train wreck!

{interlude}

Earth – meant our movement
How will we spend every moment
Let’s set sail toward prevail
And the ending of a happy fairy tale
(… and they lived happily ever after.)

Vehicle Of Choice.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E E7 E7 E / E A B7 E
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Recorded at Everhart Park.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderTimes: Self-evident

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LYRICS
How will we ever know
If we don’t… 1,2,3… go!
We’re in the presence
Of all the evidence
We’re in the present
Times: self-evident

How will we ever know
If we don’t… 1,2,3… go!
We’re here to represent
Goodwill is our intent
With Earth as residence
Nature’s natural presents

How will we ever know
If we don’t… 1,2,3… go!
Emerged in all of it
Submerged just a bit
The light is being lit
Won’t yield! Never quit

Times: Self-evident.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: C F G C G7 C / C G
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderOut-Rage-Us Love / Feel Like Making Love

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LYRICS
We’ll know when o begin
As stars fall from heaven
We’ll know when the time arrives
A ratio of dies to lives
When the judgement comes due
That’s when we’ll follow through
Courageous love
Contagious love
Out-rage-us love
We’ll know just what to do
Good God! Let’s make love

In reality, making love with our deity
Take Her by the hand
Understand
Making love
Imagine, in Her image
A birth passage
Above creativity love
Less forsaking… more love making
I feel like making love with you

Reprise: Feel Like Making Love (Bad Company)

Out Rage Us Love / Feel Like Making Love.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Country Rock
Chords: D G G D / C G D
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Recorded at Everhart Park.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderEye-dea

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LYRICS
A light bulb went on in my head
Thinking over what was said
I do believe, my dear
We’ll come up with an idea
Let’s get together
Discuss what’s forever
The levity of our brevity
Vs. our boundless energy

A spark to light up the night
Spark the dark… make it bright
I do believe, my dear
We’ll come up with an idea

The biggest deal since the wheel
They said better than sliced bread
See what the though brought
Giving birth to peace on Earth
I think before you blink
I think we all can think
I do believe, my dear
We’ll come up with an idea
Let’s get together
Discuss what’s forever
The levity of our brevity
Vs. our boundless energy

Eye-dea.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: A G A Em-b / D E A
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Recorded at Everhart Park.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderWhat Is Ours?

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LYRICS
An eye for an eye… a tooth for a tooth
You call that telling the truth
An I for an I… in revenge we cry
Until death! We’re all going to die

Love from Venus, wars from Mars
The consequence of battle scars
The more we forget, the more we regret
Might as well get up and get at it

Love from us, ours is yours
The consequence of open doors
The more we explore, the more “will” / we’ll endure
We can see much is still in store

Love from Venus, wars from Mars
Earthlings, what is ours?
The more we protect, the more we project
A legacy they’ll never forget

What Is Ours? .mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Prog. Rock
Chords: B C / G D C / G D G
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderThe Ghost In Me

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LYRICS
You know that I’m right here for you
You know that I’ll always be
When 6 feet of dirt cover my view
Make the most of the ghost in me

When my ashes turn to dust, you must
Know in my soul you can trust (a must)
When my body no longer can be
Make the most of the ghost in me

When I kick the bucket
Don’t say “#uck it!”
Don’t need “I’s”/eyes for me to see
Make the most of the ghost in me

We can be happily
Everafter
No last chapter
Everafter
We can be
Eternity

The Ghost In Me.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: E G A / A G E / C F C E
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Recorded at Everhart Park.

From the album Gay Church

bookmark_borderBand Of Angels

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LYRICS
Hear the guitar playing
Message it’s relaying
Get together clap your hands
Everyone understands

Universal language
We all can engage
Get together sing out loud
Forming an angelic cloud

Descending from heaven
Rising up again
Get together we’re a band
Playing throughout the land

Universal language
Carry’s no baggage
Come on let the music play
Melody carries us away

Band Of Angels.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Folk Rock
Chords: D C G
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA. Recorded at Everhart Park.

From the album Gay Church