An acoustic rock ballady type thing - demo.
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Draw me the shape of my life
And let me colour it in
Caught on the edge of a knife
Wearing my favourite grin
There’s no point in worry, tears or regrets
It’s a toss of a coin, please place your bets

Give me the chance to be free
And I’ll be ‘round at your door
Show me an endless sea
And I’ll sail back for more
There’s no point in worry, tears or regrets
If love’s there to be taken, c'mon then let’s

Let’s take all our chances, let’s strive for our goals
You see age just enhances, let’s love ‘til we’re old
There’s a world there before us
And behind’s a wolf pack
But they’ll just ignore us
If we don’t look back

Show me that time doesn’t pass
And I’ll forget all my dreams
We all know that life doesn’t last
It’s shorter than it ever seems
(So) there’s no point in worry, tears or regrets
The here and the now is as good as it gets.

As Good As It Gets (demo, lyrics)

All songs by R. Estrin, Locked In Music, BMI, except as noted  

Rick Estrin Vocals, Harmonica  
Kid Andersen Guitar, Bass on 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10, Tubular Bell on 2, ARP Soloist on 12 
Lorenzo Farrell Organ, Bass on 6, Wurlitzer on 7 
Derrick “D’mar” Martin Drums, Percussion  
with 
Jerry Jemmott Bass on 1, 2, 5, 9, 11 and 12 
Sons Of The Soul Revivers (James, Walter, and Dwayne Morgan) Background Vocals on 1, 2, 4 and 12 
Quique Gomez Maracas and Animal Noises on 3 
Lisa Leuschner Andersen Background Vocals on 12 
Charlie Musselwhite, Marty Dodson, Bob Welsh, Boopsy Callinz Voices on 12  

Produced, recorded, and mixed at Greaseland, USA™ by Kid Andersen 
Mastered by Collin Jordan and Bruce Iglauer at The Boiler Room
 Photos by Steve Jennings 
Design by Kevin Niemiec  

www.rickestrin.com

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Chorus 
I hate people who smoke
I hope they all fucking choke
They smell worse than old rope
I hate people who smoke 

They take away my clean air
And fill it with cancer & despair
They seem to think people like their stink
If only they would stop and think 

Throwing their detritus everywhere
Butts and packets all over the floor
They're the worst litter bugs of all
Their selfish addiction, street cleaners affliction. 

Chorus 

Eating a meal outside is a chore
As smokers light up, upwind from us all
Notice how they hold their smelly stick away
From their OWN face and make others pay 

They have a filter, we passive smokers don't
They made it more toxic as a result
Cos smokers complained the filter took away
The previous high they had had all day 

Chorus 

Wasting their money on their filthy addiction
The only silver lining is
They'll die before their pension 

Giving their children, partners and friends
A toxic legacy
We'll all get cancer in the end

Chorus 

Indoor smoking bans were great
Greatly reduced the hospital rates
But smokers still light up at bus stops and doorways
Their wretched smoke still permeates always 

Tobacco companies laugh at smokers
They say the young and stupid
Are receptive to these jokers
"They have a right to give themselves cancer"
And tough shit to the non smokers who endure it with no answers 

One day when I am king
I'll line all the smokers up.
And shoot the fucking lot 
Cos I hate smokers a lot

Chorus


369. i hate people who smoke (harding).mp3

Heart Break Blues

Hey… The angle of the sun is getting higher in the sky, and is also melting the snow. The rabbits, deer and various birds that frequent the yard are happy about that. I am as well. I was surprised to see several robins that had overwintered here. Usually they hightail it when the autumn chill sets in. That makes for some strange and sad truths about climate. I cleaned out the growing containers in the small greenhouse, and will plant them with all sorts of salad greens, from seed I grew and saved. This year’s planting will be a couple weeks earlier than usual. It is still too cold outside to do much beside snow shoveling, and there is over a foot of snow on the ground, from recent storms. It is almost mud season though, where the snow melts and mud abounds. In some places here, it is best not to travel along certain roads as the mud, known as ‘gumbo’ here, sticks to everything like glue. Once, I was walking and the mud built up on the soles of my boots, as I was uplifted off the ground by a couple inches. OK… this song. Not really a ‘song’. More of a moment of exploration. A lot of distorted overdrive. And some new ideas I stumbled upon on slide guitar, while recording. All of which is a great way to make peace with the world, as it is today. It seems I tend to make ‘noise’ in those sad moments of personal reckonings. And lucky for you and your ears you get to listen to it. Maybe not though, huh? Always a pleasure, having you drop by, Mark

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