Traditional hymn "On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand" ("My Hope is Built") in a minor key. Music ©1972 EJ Blomberg & JL Nelson. Joe: harmonies; Jon: guitar, mando, vocal; Nat: bass, conga. Recorded 2005, Four Mile Canyon, Boulder, Colorado.

Solid Rock

Science is great but it can't explain love.
Written for the FAWM 2014 challenge. Guitar & harmonies by Nick. 
©2014 EJ Blomberg & JLNelson

Fool Number 14 (FAWM 2014)

© 2013 E. J. Blomberg & J. L. Nelson. BMI

Written by Joe Blomberg and Jon Nelson
All instruments: J. L. Nelson
BGVs: Alena Nelson, Nick Hogben

LYRICS
Gonna go get a haircut
Waste part of my day
Gonna look a lot better
Or so people say
But I've got this suspicion
It don't work that way
Gonna go get a haircut
Waste part of my day

Gonna go buy a new shirt
Waste money I've made
They say I'll look better
If I wear the right shade
But I've got this suspicion
The colors will fade
Going go buy a new shirt
Waste money I've made

CHORUS
I need some living water, Looking for living water,
Listening for water flowing, flowing sweet and cold
I need some living water, I’m thirsty for living water
Just want some living water: a life that’s never old

Gonna go do some jogging
Gonna get real tired
They say that when you can't breathe
That's when you get inspired
But I've got this suspicion
That's not how I'm wired
Gonna go do some jogging
Gonna get real tired

Master Cuts

Your gospel needs a little blues
Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose

Your gospel needs a little blues
If your heart's in the game you're gonna get a bruise

(Bridge)
We all want it easy 
but none of get to choose
Your life may be great but 
that's not the good news

Your gospel needs a little blues
Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose
Your gospel eneds a little blues.

©2025 E. J. Blomberg & J. L. Nelson. BMI

Your Gospel Needs a Little Blues (FAWM 2025)

I wear cold wrapped around me
My blanket, my shield
I keep yesterday buried
My treasure, my field
I will pray for a snow storm
My safety, my sun
I believe in the winter
No bullet, no gun

I see snow fall on sidewalks 
My shovel, my salt
I am warm when it’s freezing
My feeling, my vault
I wrap family around me
My daughter, my son
I believe in the winter
No bullet, no gun

I am glad for the silence in a short winter day
No children with pistols will come out to play
I am glad for the silence of a long winter night
No children will die in the frozen moonlight

I feel temperatures rising
My summer, my fears
I see hoodies on corners
My city, my tears
I miss winter streets, empty
My safety, my  sun
I believe in the winter
No bullet, no gun

©2025 E. J. Blomberg & J. L. Nelson. BMI

I Believe in the Winter (FAWM 2025)

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