I adore the organ and singing.  What a great song. Discovery of the day. Both thumbs up 👍🏻

Great song, great collaboration! Love that organ tone!!

Well looks like Iam late. But I love to hear you two !!! Luv the guitar and vox !!!

Your guitar always teaches us that most important thing when playing the guitar is not technique but passion!

I'll Never Learn (2019-2024)

I'll never learn
if you don't tell me 
what I'm doing wrong
(what I'm doing wrong)
I'll never grow
if you don't show me
where I'm not yet strong
(where I'm not yet strong).

Been so long reclusive
no-one taught me human math
I've been sweating
on life's footpath 
used to odors
so I've never
felt the need to take a bath
silence is the foe
of my rational mind
show me all my faults
don't let me be so blind. 

I'll never learn...

Tell me if I'm distant
and I'll kiss you on your nose
please awake me
from the shadows
of my dreaming
and I'll beg forgiveness
with chocolate and a rose
you should know that I'm
still an ignorant kid
learning how to act
in a relationship.

I'll never learn...

I was not expecting you to be polite
I wished to hear uprightness
to learn to do things right.
But now that you are gone
in the mirror a puzzled face
asks me in a quiz
did you forget the embrace?
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Music & Lyrics & Arrangement: Janne S
Vocals: Synthesizer V JUN (lead & backing), Asterian-Saros-Kevin (backing)

I'll Never Learn

Written by Janice Merritt & ray cochrane
Vocal recording, engineering & production Bud Merritt.
BIAB drums, organ, piano & baritone solo.
Vocals & vocal arrangements by Janice.
Lyrics:
When I asked my Mamma 
why we moved here anyway.
Mama simply looked at me
Wasn't much to say:
Well, honey, your daddy
Your daddy he wanted to.
See, in those times, 
those cultural climes.
That is all we knew. 

When I questioned granny
As I was want to do.
Granny'd turn and smiled at me
Like she always used to:
Well, baby, your grandaddy
It's what he wanted to do.
See, in my day, 
Only men had their say.
& That was all we knew. 

When I asked my daughter
What she proposed to do.
She turned her face and smiled at me
Like she always knew:
Well, mumma, any man I take
Will do what we agree to do.
See, this new day, 
I will have my say.
& he'll believe in me too. 
Merritt/cochrane

All We Knew by Merritt & cochrane

Midnight Murmurs
© 2024 J. Merritt, B. Merritt & P. Fulham
Janice Merritt: vocal, lyric, mix and arrangement
Bud Merritt: lyric, arrangement, mix, mastering & photo
Peter Fulham: guitar, arrangement & mix
Thanks to Peter and www.pgmusic.com

MIDNIGHT MURMURS

I knew our time together had taken a bad turn
You kept saying quit worrying it’s all right
Uncertainty was slowly wearing me down
Then my whole life changed late one night

I heard you whisper her name in your sleep
In every breath I could feel your lies and schemes 
The truth cut deep into my heart and soul 
Midnight murmurs were invading my dreams
      
You’d promised me you were through with her
But you were dreaming of her embrace
Her name lingered in the darkness of night
I laid awake with tears running down my face

I’m not gonna  play second fiddle to her
My sleep talking lover you better beware
One last thing I’ll do for you is pack your bags  
I'm breaking free of your midnight affair

Too many times I heard your lies and schemes 
But no more midnight murmurs invade my dreams

Midnight Murmurs

Woke up in the Hotel Earle
Shadows on the walls 
Cigarette smoke on the curtains
But they had long since gone
The West 4th subway rolls
The streets unending flow
The city’s relentless tempo
An undercurrent below

Oh New York
Another place and time
Mixed in the rhythm
Mixed in the rhyme
Oh sweet dream
Where the walls comes alive
Smoke and guitars
Tales from 305

Graffiti's bold confessions 
A poets silent arc
Rainy sidewalk reflections
Poetry in the dark
Diamonds in the alleys
A Lettera 22
Rusty keys and words
All tangled up in blue

Oh New York
Another place and time
Mixed in the rhythm
Mixed in the rhyme
Oh sweet dream
Where the walls comes alive
Smoke and guitars
Tales from 305
Smoke and guitars
Tales from 305
Tales from 305

ROOM 305

Public Domain Song - Arranged by Robert S. Dean

I said see 
See see rider
Oh see what you have done
I said see 
See see rider
Oh see what you have done
Well you made me love you
And now, now now a loving man has gone
When I say

Well I’m going
Going away baby
And I won’t be back till fall
Well I’m going
Going away baby
And I won’t be back till fall
If I find me a good girl
I won’t won’t won’t be back at all
When I say

I said see 
See see rider
Oh see what you have done
I said see 
See see rider
Oh see what you have done
Well you made me love you
And now, now now a loving man has gone
When I say

Well I’m going
Going away baby
And I won’t be back till fall
Well I’m going
Going away baby
And I won’t be back till fall
If I find me a good girl
I won’t won’t won’t be back at all
When I say

SEE SEE RIDER

I was somewhere north of Scranton
Heard the Lawdy, Lawdy Blues
Miss Ida Cox was coming down
So I put the car on steady cruise

I was heading for the New York line
And the sky was bending low
All these songs playing soft tonight
On the fallout radio

I see the lights of old Elmira
Coming in off Route 86
The music still surrounds me
I see this town has hit the skids

I saw a street angel in the darkness
And the rain was falling slow
She was zoned out and tuned in
On the fallout radio

Don’t know where the music came from
Don’t know how it found my dial
Like a shot from a cosmic cannon
And it rolled on for 100 miles
On the fallout radio 
On the fallout radio 
On the fallout radio  
On the fallout radio 
On the fallout radio

Fallout Radio

Dutch song in key of E, tempo 110, 130924

Under the Dutch lyrics you'll find the English translation.

Ik zag hem
(c) HWBerkhout, 090924 

Op zolder lagen foto's uit mijn jeugd
in een schoenendoos 
Ze waren al lang niet meer bekeken
Hij stond er al een hele poos

Ik pakte er eentje uit, 
en zag mijn vader samen met mij 
Hij droeg mij op zijn arm en keek trots 
Ik heel blij

Refrein
Ik bleef ernaar kijken
Begreep niet goed, waarom ik dit deed
Misschien door zijn houding, of de mijne?
Of wat ik daar nog van weet

Die tijd is al zo lang voorbij
Herinneringen vergaan
Ik ging naar buiten. Er liepen mensen
Één was blijven staan

Refrein
Ik bleef naar hem kijken
Begreep niet goed waarom ik dit deed
Misschien door zijn houding, iets van vroeger,
of wat ik daar nog van weet

Solo

Opeens zag ik het!
Of droomde ik het maar?
Want hij is al jaren dood
En toch stond ie daar!

Ik schrok ervan
Riep toen "Wacht, ik kom eraan"!
Het klonk een beetje hard,
Want iedereen keek me aan

Refrein
Ik rende op hem af, vol verwachting
Met een glimlach keek hij mij aan
Maar opeens was alles weg
En ik bleek op mijn zolder te staan

Verbijsterd keek ik rond
Zag die foto liggen, daar op de grond
Oh, ik voelde me raar, en ook wat weemoedig misschien? 
Ik had mijn vader gezien, mijn vader gezien

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English

I saw him
(c) HWBerkhout, 090924

In the attic lay photos from my youth
in a shoebox
They hadn't been looked at in a long time
It had been there for quite a while

I took one out,
and saw my father together with me
He carried me in his arms and looked proud
I, very happy

Chorus
I kept looking at it
Didn’t really understand why I was doing this
Maybe because of his posture, or mine?
Or what I still remember of it

That time is so long gone
Memories fade
I went outside. 
People were walking
One had stopped

Chorus
I kept looking at him
Didn’t really understand why I was doing this
Maybe because of his posture, something from the past,
or what I still remember of it

Solo

Suddenly I saw it!
Or was I just dreaming?
Because he's been dead for years
And yet, there he stood!

I was startled
Then called out, "Wait, I'm coming!"
It sounded a bit loud,
Because everyone looked at me

Chorus
I ran towards him, full of expectation
With a smile, he looked at me
But suddenly everything was gone
And I found myself standing in the attic

Stunned, I looked around
Saw that photo lying there, on the ground
Oh, I felt strange, and maybe a bit nostalgic?
I had seen my father, seen my father

Ik zag hem -NL-

Rayna & VOWR 800 AM out of Newfoundland were kind enough to include me with a great roster of artists on the August 12th show. Thanks so much!

VOWR 800 AM - Robert S. Dean Soundbite August 12th 2024

Here's a little something about childhood toys, imagination and dreams…

I heard that old Geronimo 
Went looking for a friend
He had a pipe full of peace
In the wind around the bend
He was looking for a sign 
Or a star in the sky
No wagon trains in sight
On this clear and moonlit night

So ride on Johnny West
Ride on through the night
Put up old Thunderbolt
Just before first light
Lay your head down easy
So many miles to go
No scuffs on your hat
Nothing that would show

Geronimo kept moving
Through the valleys and the plains
Memories of battles
Echoed in his veins
He thought about the people
And the land they called home
With every step he took
He felt the spirit in his bones

So ride on Johnny West
Ride on through the night
Put up old Thunderbolt
Just before first light
Lay your head down easy
So many miles to go
No scuffs on your hat
Nothing that would show

The spirits whispered softly
In the rustling of the leaves
They told tales of honor
Under burned out ancient trees
Johnny felt their presence
In the silence of the night
He knew his path was sacred
As he held his reins tight

Geronimo found solace
In the calm of Johnny’s eyes
A silent understanding
Beneath those endless skies
Together they would journey
Through echoes of the past
Across dreams of their fathers
And the long shadows they cast

So ride on Johnny West
Ride on through the night
Put up old Thunderbolt
Just before first light
Lay your head down easy
So many miles to go
No scuffs on your hat
Nothing that would show

Johnny & Geronimo

Here’s an old song of mine written in the mid/late 70s, but never recorded. I figured I would finally get this one tracked. I asked my friend Joliz to provide some backup and she provided a beautiful Joan Baez-esque vocal.

These brownstone girls they’re one of a kind
They give you their numbers but hold back their time
You can disappear in the stories they find
When they stare you down well don’t loose your mind
What a way to break on through in Mapleton

The summer days heat up the Brooklyn nights
But the streets are cold when the love’s not right
They’ll dance with you under dim street lights
When the morning breaks they fall out of sight
What a way to get so lost in Prospect Park

They’ll take you down to the Gowanus side
Where the water’s dark and the secrets hide
They’ll whisper so sweet in a summer stride
But when autumn comes they will slip and slide
What a way to lose yourself on Fourth Avenue
What a way to say goodbye to brownstone girls

Brownstone Girls (featuring Joliz)

Probably the last song for this year from Chris and myself. Hope everyone has a great holiday, and see you next year!

How deep the river runs (2018, Christiane Spruit)

V1) Fall so deep
into the silence
while I am falling asleep , to the sound and the beat of my heart
I fall so deep
hearing the sirens
trying to find my way back home, into my dreams

V2)At rivers deep
I sit down for crying
I am begging the water to come, taking my tears
between the truth and lies
trying to raise against the tide
how deep the river runs

Chorus:
Run run river run
in the old familiar ways
in the hope for me to stay
and in hope for a better day
run run run and I know the time will come
finding my way back home 
no matter how deep the river runs

V3) I fall so deep
into the silence
while I am falling asleep , to the sound and the beat of my heart
At rivers deep
I sit down for crying
I am begging the water to come, and take my tears

Chorus

outro vamp: how deep the river runs

How deep the river runs /featuring Chris Spruit

We ran out of space here years ago. New music is on ReverbNation, here: https://www.reverbnation.com/blueattitudemusic
Blue Attitude is:
Christiane Spruit: Lyrics, vocals, and Keyboards
Marty Straub: Lyrics, vocals, and Bass
Dave Bell: Guitars, Drums,  Production

How deep the river runs /featuring Chris Spruit

Blue Attitude

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