These are
VERY rough
cut MP3's from a single track recording system so the quality sucks but I'm hopeful you
will get
the feel for some of what I have been creating. I will be doing my best to get
some better recordings done one of these years :). At the bottom you will
find lyrics.
Written in the summer of
2000 although it should have more of an Elvis style voice twang to it this
is the best I could do on a one track recording off of a laptop.
This is my latest piece and is for
our great nation, the troops and their family members. It's a boot stomper even though
I am not your average country type. The least we can do is support our
troops that really don't want to be there.
Written in 2004
for the soldiers and family members of Operation Anaconda and Operation
Iraqi Freedom and those serving in our armed forces. It has a Pink Floyd
style to it and I will warn you, it is a little bit sad.
This is just a
peaceful music piece that is a spin off of world as one. I wanted to
create a soft acoustical version of the original song for an eventual
relaxation CD I hope to produce later in the year.
Written and composed in
mid to late 2003 after finding a theory that stated heaven was on earth. And
no, I am not some evangelistic bible thumper! LOL Think "Holistic goodness"
Believe!
This song is a
surf tune spin off which I composed in March 2004 and did so for my
daughter and surfer girl Jessica. It is a very rough cut but will have to
do for now. :)
This song is attributed to veterans, especially those forgotten and/or
who are alone and isolated. I composed it many years ago and in 2003 wrote the
lyrics and finished it off in 2004.
Written and composed in
the 1980's this song was one of those high school garage band songs we
played at parties. I wrote it while being between two bands of which were
called Castle Rock and Hit & Run.
The music to
this song I wrote in the 1980's and the lyrics originally were written by
my long time friend Mike Spencer. The original name of the song was called
"White Laced Underwear" however I made several adjustments to
the lyrics and the tune as a whole and changed the name entirely to Make
my Day.
For Those Who Greet the Positive Day
Do what you can with what you have,
and you'll go far with who you are.
And don't look back at a negative past
For the past is never, long to last
And the future holds a better way
For those who greet the positive day
They'll be times when you slow to a crawl
And deep nights when you'd rather bail
But happiness is not in always failing
Rather rising above every time you fail
the future holds a better way
For those who greet the positive day
Head Strong Stead strong is the way to be
and live your life as you are free
to do so and be so you shall see
is all we can ever, ask to be
the future holds a better way
For those who greet the positive day
We Can Believe
We live and we love, we push and we shove,
and we spend our days searching.
From above and beyond, we ride on wings long,
with mothers soft nurturing.
Can we believe, we can believe.
We gnaw and we claw, through the times
and the strife,
seeking out healthier life.
Where natures in a race, with the time and the space,
yet it cuts like a knife.
Can we believe, we can believe.
There's days that we've wronged, and the
times that we've songed,
we've got to come together.
We conceive and intrigue, then leave and retrieve,
there's something in forever.
Can we believe, we can believe.
REPEAT
My True Love
Dreamy days, no matter the place, without a doubt it's you and I.
The world's our stage, our smiles they face, with a love so great we
needn't try.
CHORUS:
Well I'm going to love you like the
heavens above you're my true love.
My true love.
Sunshiny hair and sparkling eyes, you are
the match for me.
With a breath to spare, in tune with our sighs, we certainly were meant
to be.
CHORUS:
Well I'm going to love you like the
heavens above you're my true love.
My true love.
Rainy days, the clouds they'll lend, plentiful
to make us feel blue.
But then is the time, and the time is then, for staying strong will see
us through.
CHORUS:
Well I'm going to love you like the
heavens above you're my true love.
My true love.
Gentle is the Warrior
Welcome peaceful warrior
on the fight to freedoms end,
on a march to free other countries,
where we may even lose a friend.
And all the world's a watch,
upon our every march,
Gentle is the warrior.
The bullets mortars whizzing,
where will the next ones land.
As politicians pissing,
when will they just shake hands?
And all the while we fight,
terrible's the sight,
even for the gentle warrior.
Then there is the family,
at home they sit and wait.
For hope and peace and sanity,
God, please grant them faith.
On their perch they sit,
God damned if they'll quit.
Gentle is the warrior.
World
as One Imagine
a world, a world as one
Where all good works, set us free
Could you believe, and can we become
that world of one, where its not just about you or me
Envision
beliefs, where there are no walls
Where hugs replace, God awful falls
Where faces smile, and smiles do call
Upon a dream of fun, a simple sum, a world as one
Creation
exists, within our grips
Whether fast or slow, with hearts in the know
wearing our souls, upon our lips
we'll never know, if we don't grow, a world as one
Tell
me it's true, together we'll find
Peace of mind, and a history to come
a past so rich, and oh so kind
together
let's dig, one by one, a world as one.
Sgt. Alone
Protect her and
savor her, the colors run deep
With red, white and blue they streak
But battles come and go so fast
and for the masses, memories don't seem to last.
CHORUS 1
So come tell me, of your worries,
wearied warrior, full of stories
Through all that's shown, and all that's known
Cold as stone, is Sgt Alone.
Sgt. Alone,
been here before
On my own, don't want it no more
can ya hear me, can ya feel me
or have you already walked out the door.
CHORUS 2
Forget me not,
my veteran friend
for this aint the beginning, nor the end
of memories and hardships I must lend
of stories forgotten, we still seem to send.
CHORUS 3
Remember this
our precious populous
that some of us return so damn shameful
but our pride allows nothing to topple us
we just ask for a simple thank you.
CHORUS
4
And when we get to Heaven,
to St. Peter we will tell,
Just another soldier reporting Sir,
I've done my time in hell.
We're the U.S.A. In trying to find a way to make all feel proud
And on my journey, not to be loud
One things for sure, and surely it's been
Is that our pride comes from deep, deep from within.
It begins within yourself, within you and you and you,
And carries on through, the red white and blue,
But most importantly has been what I've found,
IS that it's contagious, and it's going around!
So Come Alive and realize, We are here to stay,
We aint no Rome, We aint no Greece, we're the USA!!
Whether you live in Iraq, or in the far east,
It makes no difference, we're out for peace,
And if you're not treating your people good,
we've got something coming to your neighborhood.
We are no more or less, than any other,
We treat with and respect our fellow brother,
And value each others beliefs and religions,
And if you don't like it, you'll be our next mission!
So Come Alive and realize, We are here to stay,
We aint no Rome, We aint no Greece, we're the USA!!
If you ask our warriors, they tell the same story,
They'd rather be at home with family -n- ole glory,
But instead they sacrifice in all that we see them,
In the fight for Love, Peace and Freedom.
So don't give no shit to our people in uniform,
Or else you might feel the wrath of freedom,
Yeah, that's right, until you walk in their boots,
It is best to do your best to support your troops.
So Come Alive and realize, We are here to stay,
We aint no Rome, We aint no Greece, we're the USA!!
