An Avian Soul Original Copyright 2023

Still The Wind Blows

Missed the last train out of town
Wasted days hanging around
Put some roots down on stony ground
Now the wind blows you around

Loved a girl once some time ago
She took you home just for show
Too young to care then, or too dumb to know
Now the wind blows you around

Cleaning house yesterday
Fell on your knees to pray
‘There’s got to be a better way...’
Still the wind blows you around
Still the wind blows you around

Still The Wind Blows

An Avian Soul original Copyright 2023

Simple As They Come

Simple as they come
Strangers think him dumb
Some say he’s a bum
Simple as they come

Cowboy chords and an old guitar
He used to play at the Brighton Bar
It’s all gone now, history
Lives on in local memories

Merchants cut down all the trees
In favor of the current seas
They run their lines from pole to pole
So they can walk the world they stole from men…

Who were simple as they come
Anything but dumb
They placed their trust in the heart of man but did not see
the hidden hand

Simple as they come 
A better day will come
Perhaps only for some
Simple as they come

Simple As They Come

An Avian Soul original Copyright 2023

You Said

You said it all happened in my head
Spent all your days turning gold back into lead
You said it all happened just the way you said

No rhyme or reason
That’s what you said
Just the passing seasons, then one day you are dead
No rhyme or reason
That’s what you said

Open mind perceives, willing heart receiving
What a fool believes can sometimes be deceiving
Open mind perceives, willing heart receiving
What a fool believes…

Never really heard a single word you said
Your serpent tongue always preaching to the dead
Never really heard a single word that you said

Open mind perceives, willing heart receiving
What a fool believes can sometimes be deceiving
Open mind perceives, willing heart receiving
What a fool believes

You said it all happened in my head

You Said

An Avian Soul original Copyright 2020

Sitting Around Just Looking Up At The Sky

Sitting around just looking up at the sky
Bird on a wing and a breeze is passing by
Early morning sunlight in my eyes
Dog laying at my feet is satisfied
Tall grass in the meadow blowing in the wind
Red breasted robin tilts his head, he’s listening

Somewhere in the distance I hear a song
Blackbird in the garden sings along
Feeling deep within is growing strong
Everything is right and nothing’s wrong
Thinking about the ground I’m standing on
Exactly where you are is where you belong

Sitting around just looking up at the sky

Sitting Around Just Looking Up At The Sky

An Avian Soul original Copyright 2020

In The Forest Of Your Mind

In the forest of your mind your thoughts too close together
Worry is a waste of time and leads to stormy weather
In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed can see better
Secrets hidden out of sight, numbers become letters
Separating wrong from right we unearth buried treasure
Out of darkness into light, wealth beyond measure

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Changed the strings on my Takamine; first time in well over a year! Played this song, and Helene loved it, and said so repeatedly. Figured those new strings were sounding just right, and figured I’d capture that sound on the old iPad.   Background noises are Helene in the kitchen; I actually love that those sounds are there; music to my ears…

In The Forest Of Your Mind

Coolest C

Heavy Acoustic Country/Folk - heavy on account of the lyrics and subject matter...

The Curse

I don't trust happiness
Never did, never will
 Drifting around in loneliness with nothing to do
and time to kill
Standing here at the bottom of these stairs
Waiting on an answer to these prayers

The sun sometimes is shining, the sky some days is blue
I hear there's a silver lining in those clouds as they blow through
But you'll never see me smiling, even when I look at you
You just might catch me crying sometimes that's all a man
can do

The rain that falls on everyone came down hard upon this house
Left it in ruins, now the wind blows right through it
and the lights have all gone out
Fortune frowns upon me it seems, all day long
It's been that way I heard them say since the day that I was born

Now I don't believe in anything, don't count on anyone
The curse laid upon me has been a weight on me
When I'm dead will it be gone?



The Curse

Hiding

Acoustic singer/songwriter folksy sort of declaration if impending independence...

Leaving Babylon Acoustic Version

Based on a typical blues, with a strange Avian Soul twist... written - I thought - about my father, who I never really knew, and was a drinker. Turns out it was my story too! I was drinking when i wrote it, and didn't sober up for another couple of years. ANYWAY, here ya go...

Down At The Bottom

I wrote the lyric while walking the dog... here's what it led to!

The Cheater's Lament

An Avian Soul original Copyright 2022

Look At Me (Who Do You See?)

Look at me, who do you see
Just another man with another plan
Check out the shoes I’m wearing, why is everybody staring?
Well past the point of caring
I’m on my way 
Too easily amused, so easily confused
Can’t seem to win but losing comes naturally

Looking at you I thought I saw a fool
Always skipping school, making your own rules
Learning how to stand, working with your hands
Now that you’re a man I see you had a better plan
Not so easily amused, even harder to confuse
Born to win even when you lose so naturally

Look at me, who do you see?

Look At Me (Who Do You See?)

An Avian Soul original Copyright 2023

Wandering a lonely world
Searching for a perfect girl 
Dreaming of her hand in mine
Love her til the end of time

Graceful without even trying
Smiling even when she’s crying
Never once a harsh word spoken
Never will a heart be broken

A shadow dancing on the wall
Spirit drifting down the hall
Figment of a memory
A reason for the melody (I’m singing)

Wandering a lonely world
Searching for a perfect girl

Perfect Girl

An Avian Soul original Copyright 2025

Every day you wake
Every choice you make
Every step you take
Shapes the days to come

The bed on which you lie
The splinter in your eye
In seasons long gone by
Seeds were sown, now they’ve grown

A silent telephone
An aching in your bones
Your friends like birds have flown
And left you all alone

Beneath a stubborn sky
You sit and wonder why
Breathe a heavy sigh
As sunset bleeds into night

Still you cling to hope
A strong and sturdy rope
To pull you up the slope
And find yourself again…

in a friend.

To Find Yourself Again (In A Friend)

An Avian Soul Original Copyright 2015

Hiding

She sits by the river and paints what she sees
So many colors here that I have ever seen
These eyes never notice the hue in the wind
She smiles when she sees me and says ‘Hey! Where have you 
been?’

Hiding…

She never rests easy, that isn’t her way
There’s always something better to see, do or to say
I seek the silence and the songs hidden within
She smiles when she hears them and says ‘Hey! Where have you been…?

Hiding

Where are you rushing to?
What are you running from?
Some days there’s nothing to do
You should get something done

We’re sitting together inside by the fire
We can hear the wind blowing outside on this cold, wintery night
She rests her head on me and lets out a sigh
‘I’m glad you’re here with me, though I can’t say why…

I’m hiding…’

An Avian Soul original Copyright 2025

Bury me beneath the apple tree
Near the Rose Of Sharon where the grass grows green
Bury me beneath the apple tree
That I may sleep and rest in peace
Near the Apple tree

Don’t cry for me, darling don’t you weep
For all the memories that you may keep
Don’t cry for me, no don’t you weep
That I may rest, that I may sleep
Near the apple tree

Bury me beneath the apple tree
Near the Rose Of Sharon where the grass grows green
Bury me beneath the apple tree
That I may sleep and rest in peace
Near the apple tree

Near The Apple Tree

An Avian Soul Original Copyright 2015

Thunder, Lightning And Wind

Thunder, lightning and wind
Summer storm is rolling in
Starting over once again, letting go a life of sin
Heard the kingdom lies within
Well, that's where I will begin
Into darkness shine a light, separate what's wrong from right

Open heart, open mind

Choose to leave the past behind
Letting go of thoughts unkind
Learning to read all these signs
As you seek so shall you find

Open heart, open mind

Teach these eyes to see
Tell this tongue what to speak
Show me how to be
You said the truth would set me free
Give me ears to hear
And a voice so loud and clear
Let me know when You are near
Show me how love conquers fear

Thunder, lightning and wind
Blowing through here once again

VTDemo

Thunder, Lightning And Wind

An Avian Soul Original Copyright 2017

Hey there old friend tell me how have you been?
It's been some time since I've seen you around this town
This town needs ten men more like you
You need to know we all know it's true

Half of the man I thought I would be is half of the man
that I used to be
In the golden old days when you walked these streets
and all the young poets would come here you speak
and sing

Nobody knows when their story will end
I pray that someday I'll see you again
I'll play guitar and you'll work the pen
Bass and drums will be played by old friends
And you'll speak and sing

May17

The Monk Of Brighton Ave

An Avian Soul Original Copyright 2017

Searching for a reason to believe is like
searching for a desert beneath the sea
The heaven you've been seeking, just out of reach

The treasure you've been keeping chains you to the ground
Walking like you're sleeping, stumbling around
Don't know whose dream your dreaming, yet you hear the sound
of angels singing... Glory Be

Eternal heart still bleeding... can you hear the beat
The healing you've been needing is walking down your street
The very air you're breathing, the water you drink
Angels singing... Glory Be

Angels Singing

An Avian Soul Original Copyright 2017

The garden outside the temple not quite a heaven yet
Seeker playing music, trying not to forget
Something he can't quite remember

Cricket stops to listen, a sparrow builds a nest
Dewdrops on leaves that glisten as morning takes a breath

Tending Garden

An Avian Soul Original Copyright 2017  An ode of sorts to a sort of hero...

The dark side of the moon
Whether outside or in the room of your mind
Diamonds come a dime a dozen these days
And all who shine are crazy
Doesn't seem to make much difference now

The lunatic was always on the grass
Something in the water, something in his past
Could not blot it out, thought it wouldn't last
Tried to twist and shout, earned a little cash
Never did become comfortably numb

In the stream of consciousness now, all things revealed
Songs arriving, leaving like clouds
Flowers in a field
More perfect than any stone dug from the ground
Feel so lucky to ever have heard the sound
Never to become comfortably numb

All Who Shine Are Crazy

An Avian Soul Original Copyright 2015 This version recorded June 2017
Dustin Sebes sat in on 2nd acoustic guitar.  Dustin plays in Sister Ancestor, and KSSH; both have content here on Soundcloud

So Lucky So Long

Up every morning just before the dawn
He says there's so much to do before the daylight's gone
Doesn't need a watch to figure the time
He can reckon the hour by where the sun hangs in the sky
Water for the horses, milk from the cows
If something's broke he'll fix it, he always knows how
Always something doing come rain or come shine
If you need a favor he'll find the time

Old man whaddya recommend, can you teach a city boy
how to live off the land?
If we were neighbors I could be your friend
Show me how to live like an old fashioned man

Stoic and silent but he ain't shy, when he shakes your hand
he looks you right in the eye
Doesn't like to promise but he'll stand by his word
Walks away from gossip doesn't follow the herd
(Chorus)
Doesn't sleep much but he snores when he does
Married thirty years now and he's still in love
Wakes up every morning just before the dawn
Says 'I never thought that I would be so lucky for so long...'

aviansoul (aka The Dusty Old Buzzard)

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