Don't Know What It Is

A song about someone who struggles with infidelity and wins.  

Dave Bell of Blue Attitude plays guitar.  I played bass and sang.

I Know It's Wrong

A song about the reluctance to call it quits.  Dave Bell (Blue Attitude) played guitar and Dan Simmons (firesong) played organ and added the BGVs.  I played bass and sang.

How Can I Say Goodbye

Seems as I age I care so little for so much and so much for so little,  This song is about all the things I didn't do, all the accomplishments I didn't achieve.  Yet all the friends I've had and all the love I've known overshadows any regret.  

Dave Bell of Blue Atitude played guitar.  I played bass and sang.

I Knew What It's Like

Perhaps we were never kicked out of Eden; we just lost the ability to recognize it.

Dave Bell of Blue Atitude played guitar. I played bass and sang.

Walking In The Garden

© 2023 J. Merritt, B. Merritt & P. Fulham
Janice Merritt: vocals, melody & arrangement
Peter Fulham: guitar, arrangement & mix
Bud Merritt: lyric, arrangement, mix & mastering
Thanks to PG Music (www.pgmusic.com)

THE OLDER I GET THE LESS I GET IT

V1
The right says the left are all wusses 
The left says the right is heartless
Blue tie man says the climate's changing 
Red tie man says no, they're all lying

CHORUS
you can get lonely in the middle ground
it’s a desert that can bury your spirit
Strip away the labels, are we so different
I reckon the older I get the less I get it

V2
The doc says eat this diet and live to 90
Next doc says no I'd never make it to 50
I read on the net buy gold and never worry
Then my broker says you'll go broke in a hurry

CHORUS

Solo

V3
Buy local organic, save the small farmer
No, save your money it's not the answer
Talking head says a pipeline'll cause a spill
but the other one just says drill baby drill

CHORUS

Outro solo

Tag vocal
A wise friend told me to be like grass, I said oh please
He said keep firm roots but let your blades sway in the breeze

The Older I Get The Less I Get It

In a valley in the magical country of Enchancia there is a village called Mystic Crossroads.  In Mystic Crossroads there is a bridge. When a Dwarf walks it they return to where they started.  They call it The Bridge to Nowhere.  When an elf walks it and they play their magical flute a door opens and allows the elf to enter another realm, the realm of Mystical Elfland. 

I am playing the Swam Bansuri via my wind controller and Band-in-a-Box is supplying the balance of the tracks.

The Bridge To Nowhere

Comments were made about my Bridge to Nowhere that Dwarfs would fight with the Elfs because they could not enter the Mystical Elfland. Well that fight did happen and all but one Elf made it to safety. This is the song they played at that Elf's funeral.

I am playing the double bass via my keyboard controller and the viola and alto choir via my breath controller.  Band in a Box is supplying the balance of the tracks.

An Elf Funeral

Just me having a little fun.
Via my keyboard controller and breath controller I am playing the Swam Tenor Sax and the Swam Flute Barocco.  Band-in-a-Box is playing the rest of the tracks.

Smooth Motion

This is the first of two instrumental versions of a song I wrote in 1981, the subtitle "Night Turns Into Gold" coming from the song's lyrics. The "V2: Gentle Lovelight" (also from the lyrics) was posted first on 29th September 2023 as I was waiting to create a better video for the "V1"; plus a rough rhythm track was used as the soundtrack for my "Waoist Adages #78 to #111" video on 10th February 2023.
YouTube Link:
https://youtu.be/ceT97JUxAYU

Aurora V1: Night Turns Into Gold

Hometown Refugee
Janice: vocal & melody
Peter: guitar
Bud: production/mix/mastering/lyric
Thanks to Peter and PG Music
https://www.janiceandbud.com

you can’t go back girl it’s a dead end
don’t know why the hell I ever tried
maybe I dreamed of the invitation 
or it’s another memory that lied

should’ve headed on never slowed down
now I’m a refugee in my home town 

my old friends have become strangers
they’ve grown cold, dark, bitter
i see them circling their wagons
trolling me to pull that trigger

should’ve headed on never slowed down
now I’m a refugee in my home town 

a courthouse clock with the wrong time 
store windows reflect ghosts of past 
parking meters stand like rusty sentinels 
nothing lasts  nothing lasts 

should’ve headed on never slowed down
now I’m a refugee in my home town

Aurora V1: Night Turns Into Gold

Chay Tana aka =wAo= band

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