Mystery . . .

. . . okay, it's a little corny.  It was stuck in my head so I looked up the lyrics. It is fun to hear (and see) some of this old stuff-don't you think?




AH! SWEET MYSTERY OF LIFE
Victor Herbert (m) / Rida Johnson Young (l) )


Ah! Sweet mystery of life, at last I've found thee
Ah! at last I know the secret of it all
All the longing, seeking, striving, waiting, yearning
The idle hopes and joy and burning tears that fall.

For 'tis love and love alone the world is seeking
And 'tis love and love alone I’ve waited for
And my heart has heard the answer to its calling
For it is love that rules for evermore.

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The Moon . . .

. . . in June and sweet perfume
Have been used in a million love songs
But it doesn't belong in a song about you
Many is the time I want to tell you that I love you
I tried so hard to write it down in oh so many different ways
But feeling is the easy part
The telling is hard
Words don't mean anything until you try to
Speak from inside of your heart

We'll be together
We'll be together
We'll be together for a very long time


I can't remember the rest of the lyrics and was too lazy to consult the archives, but the music is here for you to hear.  I purposely began this song with a corny cliche when I started writing and marketing pop songs and was told by all the 'songwriting experts' to avoid corny cliches.  


A Very Long Time
©1998 Raymond M. Jozwiak




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OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4
(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD)

My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:

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Life . . .

. . . is a musical.


That's what I used to tell my kids when something occurred that reminded me of a song.  Like one would complain about rainy weather, to which I would respond with a musical 'Here comes the sun. . . doo 'n doo doo. . . ' Or a younger one might be pestering his older sibling, a situation in which I would offer comfort to the older by singing, 'Mama said there'd be days like this. . .'  Well, you get the picture.

Now mind you I'm not really a very big fan of the typical Broadway musical where characters frequently break into corny songs in the middle of the 'action.' Some are, of course, more appealing to me than others depending upon the composer, the subject matter etc.  And I've even been told that some of my original music reminds various people of show-tunes, an observation to which I do NOT object.  There are only 12 notes in our western musical system you know.

But back to life. . . waiting for one of life's most mundane, and to some even one of life's most feared experiences, my six-month dental checkup, its (life, that is) musical connection revisits me in all its unadulterated truth.  My dentist is also, in fact, a musician. . .

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