Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Listen . . .

 


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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Comparison . . .

. . . or NOT
 
Courtesy of either Todd Walker, Ron Goad or Pam Jozwiak

The original, stripped-down, bare-bones, solo piano version of Spencer's Mambo (which can be considered a sequel to yesterday's post or stands quite ably on its own), a tune from my first album 'Chromatose' from 2003




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Monday, July 11, 2022

Shaping . . .


This tune, 'Spencer's Mambo' (technically not a mambo, but an homage nonetheless) appears on my very first album 'Chromatose' as a solo, piano instrumental. My family was the inspiration for much of the music in that collection. With the potential unleashed by Logic Pro X, I am able to realize more vivid productions of some of the music. One example of that is this full-realized version of 'Spencer's Mambo' clearly capitalizing on so much of the music that came before me and helped shape my own creations. 






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Sunday, July 10, 2022

Can It Go On? . . .

 

What’s in a name?
Words are just words.
Such compromise,
Faithless was she.
Deceitfulness; treachery,
Breeching a trust; perfidious.
No way to know 
Well in advance,
Now it’s all clear,
Reaped what she sowed.
Had to go.

Dishonor waits 
On perfidy.
Rising above 
Your misery.
False man forgets worldliness.
Minus or plus; perfidious.
Cowards and fools 
Hiding beneath lies.
Accusat’ry,
In you just like me,
Will not die.

Duplicity; two-facedness,
Untrustworthiness confuses me.
Such perfidy.

Disloyalty,
Baseless intrigue,
Can it go on 
Indefinitely?
Perfidy.




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Saturday, July 9, 2022

Understand . . .

 

Speaking your mind can be both blessing and curse. 
Doing, you’ll find, is honest but still it hurts. 
But over time you can adjust.
Conscience or no, all doubt will disburse.

I don’t understand there are subtleties. 
I don’t understand more than black and white.
I only see right and only see wrong.
There is only weak. There is only strong.
I can’t comprehend things like empathy,
How to put myself in somebody’s place.
I never considered such things. 
No ‘R’, ‘O’, or ‘I’ could it bring,
So uncomplicated to think of myself, only myself.

Can’t toe the line, cannot learn anything new.
Back in my past, no one expected me to.
One thing I knew, I’m one of few
That could not lose. That’s compulsory.

What a mistake placing our trust 
In one so damaged inside.
So much at stake. See them, see us.
Confusion obscured his lies.




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Friday, July 8, 2022

Bitter . . .

 
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. . . end

You never want to have to hear a word from me again.
Never want to have to see my face at your door.
If there's so much as the mention of my name,
You can feel an uncontrollable fit of pain.
I'm the one
That you said
You would love
Til the bitter end.

This must really be,
This must really be the end.
Nothing could be fitter.
This must really be,
This must really be the end.
Make no mistake it's bitter.

You never want us to be seen again in public places.
Can't explain it to another friend how it goes.
You say there's torment that you feel inside from many things.
I can tell you that I still don't know what that means.
Long ago,
We were friends,
Far removed
From this bitter end.

There's no candy coating
To make it go down easier.
Not so simple to digest.
No bright colors and no
Exotic flavors sweetening.
What you see is what you get.

You never want to have to hear a word from me again.
Never want to have to see my face at your door.
If there's so much as the mention of my name,
You can feel an uncontrollable fit of pain.
With one fell
Swoop, you sent
Me [direct] 
To the bitter end.


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Thursday, July 7, 2022

Thinking . . .

 

Sailing on an emerald sea.
Advertisements and color photographs
Don’t mean that much to me.
Poolside cocktails; 
Love in the sand. 
It’s like a dream that just came true.
I just don’t know how much that I can stand.
Many temptations are swimming round my head. 
So many places that you’d think I’d like to be instead but . . . 

I’m always thinking of you.
I hope you think of me too.
I only want to be where you are.

Riding to the Wellington Club.
I’d have a driver and he’d take me there.
I’d just sit back and put my two feet up.
Money doesn’t measure the man.
All you can do is spend it; spend again.
It only goes so far. You can’t pretend. 
Many times over I’ve seen it slip away.
I’d like to live that life sometime
But baby not today. Cause . . . 

I get a feeling when I’m with you
That nothing else captures the same way.
You know it’s true.

If you see the pyramids rise
Above the desert sand into the sky,
A greater sight you just won’t realize. 
River fights its way to the sea.
Worthy opponents just can’t hinder it.
It always gets to where it wants to be.
Just like the river, I see my destiny.
It’s right there in your very eyes
Each time you look at me and . . . 

 

Thinking

from the newly-released album GRAINS



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