United States of America – ExperiMental Music

Hear to Fix It

Posted on May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
This is a door I never knew exists
The sign says exit
I know for sure I’ll forever resist
We’re here to fix it
The sun may be setting on the rest
Who knows? Maybe it’s for the best
But we’ve stood the test
We’re hear to fix it
Standing fast we won’t quit

This is a floor I’ve never been to before
The sign says Penthouse
Glad to see there’s forever more
The elephant’s mouse
The sun may be setting on the rest
Who knows? Maybe it’s for the best
But we’ve stood the test
We’re hear to fix it
Standing fast we won’t quit

This is a stage I’ve always wanted to play
I’m feeling blessed
This is the age… we’re living in the day
Who would’ve guessed?
The sun may be setting on the rest
Who knows? Maybe it’s for the best
But we’ve stood the test
We’re hear to fix it
Standing fast we won’t quit

Chords: F Ab / Eb Bb Ab F / Ab G F
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album: Double Mutant Strain
Instrumentals: Variant

House Of Cards

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
After all, ohhhh so tall
House of cards starts to fall
All the king’s horses and all king’s men
Couldn’t put the charlatan together again

Stacked them up way too tall
House of cards starts to fall
All the king’s horses and all king’s men
Couldn’t put the charlatan together again

Populace made the call
House of cards going to fall
All the king’s horses and all king’s men
Couldn’t put the charlatan together again

Watch him cry. Watch him ball
House of cards fall, fall, fall
All the king’s horses and all king’s men
Couldn’t put the charlatan together again

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Am Am9 Asus4 / Em Am
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album In the Petri Dish
Instrumentals: Simply Complex

Mob Rule

Posted on January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 by admin

LYRICS
Ransacked the hearts of the humane
Pitchforks, their signs of hate… explain?

An unruly, ugly mob
Enough to make my head throb
This is more than ugly jokes
It’s dropped eggs… they’re broken yokes
Scrambled
Strained on the brain
Combine ignorance and insane
Save us from ourselves
From the depth we delve

An unruly, ugly mob
Enough to make my head throb
Ransacked the hearts of the humane
Pitchforks, their signs of hate… explain?
This is more than ugly jokes
It’s dropped eggs… they’re broken yokes
Scrambled
Strained on the brain
Combine malice and criminally insane
Save us from ourselves
From the depth we delve

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: Bdim Dm / Am C Bdim; 110 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album In the Petri Dish
Instrumentals: Simply Complex

Quit It!

Posted on December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 by admin

LYRICS
Can you believe
He just wont’ quit
Can you believe
Complete bull$hit
I guess That’s just part
Of the part and parcel
The kit and kaboodle
Throwin’ fit
Purple Crayon doodle
The Yank-ee doodle
Ain’t so dandy
Caging kids
And offering candy
The insanity
By-gone rarity
Into the padded cell?
Oh, well
All’s well

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: EmM7 Em / Bb C D; 133 to 95 to 136 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album De-developed
Instrumentals: Ghosting

The Country (Red, White, and) Blues

Posted on July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 by admin

LYRICS
Wrapped up tight
Quite a sight
In the red, white, and blue
What’s with you
Point-of-view
Blurred in the red, white, and blue
Do we have a clue
What we’re trying to do
Wrapped up in the red, white, and blue

Wrapped up tight
Get it right
For the red, white, and blue
Racial stew
Good for you
Tastin’ the red, white, and blue
Deeds in lieu
Let’s follow through
A present in the…
… for the present
Wrapped up in the red, white, and blue

The-Country-Red-White-and-Blues.mp4

The-Country-Red-White-and-Blues.mp3

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

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

Toasted And Twisted

Posted on July 24, 2020July 25, 2020 by admin

LYRICS
Roughed up, bumped up, toasted, and twisted
Round up, dumped, double fisted
Am I left hear all alone
Praying for the patriotic prone
Home, sweet, home
Save the home of the brave
Save
The home of the brave

Toasted-And-Twisted.mp4

DR0000_3413-Toasted-And-Twisted.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: AM7 E A A7 AM7 E / B7 A AM7 E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

Sprung

Posted on July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 by admin

LYRICS
Just when I thought I saw everything
Look what they had left
Flood the streets
Let the levy spring
Our final freedom theft
Deft?
Ummm
Free-dumb
Ummm

Mamas and veterans hold back the flood
Over dead bodies and blood
With shock and awe and dropping jaw
I heard a mother say:
“No! Not this way.
No! Not today
Over my dead body.”
No. Nobody
Leave those kids alone
Free and brave
Save our own home
Hey! Lave those kids alone
Over flesh
Over bone
Deft?
Ummm… free-dum
None left.
Not right.
Just deft?
No right.

Sprung-Unplugged.mp4

Sprung-ed.mp4

DR0000_3392-Sprung.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
July 20, 2020: “A group of mothers in Portland has been intervening at demonstrations over the weekend to protect protesters from uniformed federal officers who have been sent to the city to impose “law and order”.
We were gassed for chanting ‘Leave The Kids Alone.’
July 21, 2020: “A Navy Veteran Had a Question for the Feds in Portland. They Beat Him in Response. The veteran said he wanted to ask the officers whether they felt their actions violated the Constitution.

Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: Dm Am / G D7
Unplugged: original take / live digital 1-track stereo / Vocals, Guitar
Recording: digital 11-track stereo / Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

Under The Freedom Train

Posted on July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 by admin

LYRICS
Oooey gooey was a worm
And a mighty worm was he
He sat upon a railroad track
And a train he did not see,
Oooey Gooey!

Under the freedom train
Outside the station
Just a-cross the tracks
Where the matters
Met the facts
A relationship strain
Under the freedom train
Tagged
Bound and gagged
Found
Bound and gagged
Mothers wept for the swept
Tagged. Bound and gagged.
Under the freedom train
Violent base without a brain
Don’t grasp there’s nothing to gain
Under the freedom train
(Time to train the brain)
Outside the freedom train
When I say outside, I mean they ride…
Under the freedom train

ABOUT THE SONG
July 20, 2020: “A group of mothers in Portland has been intervening at demonstrations over the weekend to protect protesters from uniformed federal officers who have been sent to the city to impose “law and order”.
We were gassed for chanting ‘Leave The Kids Alone.’
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: C9 C7; 104 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

The Kill (Bury Me)

Posted on July 21, 2020May 23, 2021 by admin

Coversong written by Jared Leto originally made famous by 30 Seconds To Mars
Jared Leto described the meaning of the song as, “It’s really about a relationship with yourself. It’s about confronting your fear and confronting the truth about who you are.”

C                     D
What if I wanted to break  
                       Em
Laugh it all off in your face
               Bm
What would you do?
C                     D
What if I fell to the floor
                      Em
Couldn’t take this any…more
               Bm
What would you do?
C              D
Come, Break me down
Bury me, Bury me
Em                 Bm
I am finished With you

C                     D
What if I wanted to fight
                       Em
Beg for the rest of my life
               Bm
What would you do?
C                     D
You say you wanted more
                      Em
What are you waiting for
                Bm
I'm not running from you
C              D
Come, Break me down
Bury me, Bury me
Em                 Bm
I am finished With you
C                D
Look   in   my  eyes   
You’re killing me, killing me
Em               Bm
All I wanted was you

[Bridge]
  C            D      Em
I tried to be someone else
    G                 C
But nothing seemed to change
  D          Em            G        C
I know now, this is who I really am inside
        D        Em
Finally found myself
G              C
Fighting for a chance
  D         Em           C
I know now, this is who I really am
C              D
Come, Break me down
Bury me, Bury me
Em                 Bm
I am finished With you
C                D
Look   in   my  eyes   
You’re killing me, killing me
Em               Bm
All I wanted was you
C                     D
What if I wanted to break  
                       Em
Laugh it all off in your face

The-Kill–Bury-Me.mp4

DR0000_3388-The-Kill.mp3

DR0000_6076-The-Kill.mp3 (Live on the Lake)

4-track recording
From the album Pandemic

Afghanistan

Posted on June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 by admin

LYRICS
Did we land in Afghanistan?

What happened to the land of the free
If you ask me
We need to save
The home of the brave
I do not understand…
Did we land in Afghanistan?

Is anybody really sure
Definitely not in Kansas anymore
That includes Toto, too
Not to mention me and you
Did we land in Afghanistan?

Ruled by a one man Taliban
Out to rape every man
Time to ban the President
Since he doesn’t represent
Did we land in Afghanistan?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Rock
Chords: B A G D E / Em Em7(11) Em7; 156 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album The 2nd Wave
Instrumentals

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

Living it Up in America

Posted on June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 by admin

LYRICS
What do you make of it?
The human habitat (bull$hit)
And all that (bad habit)
Looks like they’re losing ground
All around
Save the sinking ship
Going to drown
Going down
Down
Down
Down
Living it up in America
Volatility of humanity
In a pandemic society
Protest: they riot and loot
Garnishing and licking boot
Ha, ha
Ahh… living it up in America

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Rock
Chords: A Am7 / E D A / Am7 A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitars and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album COVID-EO

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

Malfeasance

Posted on June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 by admin

LYRICS
All the malfeasance
Humanitarian treasons
Decadence residence
Resonates in hate
Dredge the pledge
… of allegiance
All the wrong doing
Humanity travesty
To hell we’re going
A political catastrophe
From sea to declining see
See?!?!?!

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Hard Rock
Chords: F# G A B / C A B; 130 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album COVID-EO

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

First Light

Posted on March 26, 2020 by admin

LYRICS
On their last leg
The blight of the plague
Brought on my their own
On climate change
Innards rearrange
Supper’s blown
Tunnel’s first light
Comes into sight
Much to our delight

On their knees… beg!
The plight of the plague
Brought on by their own
Oh very strange
Elect and derange
Crown and a throne
Tunnel’s first light
Comes into sight
Much to our delight

On our best leg
In flight of the plague
Out grown our own
Explore new range
Out of the grange
In the wind… blowin’
Tunnel’s first light
Comes into sight
Much to our delight

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Rock
Chords: Em Bdim Am Em / C B C B Em
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album COVID-EO

Sound And Light Fight

Posted on March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 by admin

LYRICS
First strikes the bolt of lightning
Follows the crack of thunder
Doesn’t it make you wonder
If sound and light are fighting?

Am I fast enough
To pick up my stuff
And get out of the reign
Am I smart enough
To call the bluff
And get our of the reins
(The bridle of the Bible. Amen.)

Come into existence
At the same instant
Yet come to me at a different rate
I guess you had to separate
… from a seed into a plant
(chorus)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Rock
Chords: A C C A / A E7 E A / G7 C
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar and Loop Pedal

From the album Testing

Fear Itself

Posted on March 4, 2020 by admin

LYRICS
There is nothing to fear
Why there’s nothing to fear here
Isn’t clear
Even stranger
Is the clear and present danger
Has no manager
Just a fool with a deadly tool
Far out-of-control
As a matter of fact
Off the tracks
Full body roll

After all the virus among us
Has gone viral
For real
In the thickness of the sickness
The President hellbent
Mentally absent
(chorus)

ABOUT THE SONG
Inspired by our mindless President and the coronavirus.
Style: Protest Rock
Chords: F#m B7 / D B7 / D F#m
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Hear Me Out