Mix Original F P M 2022 02 04

Little Red Harmonica
Music and Lyrics by Mike Krath

Many years ago,
When one of our sons was born,
The doctor told us your boy is very sick,
He’d live three to four years at most,
And when he turned five, we were so happy,
Maybe there was a chance after all,
And on that birthday I gave him a little red harmonica,
You may be weak, I told him, not able to do much but lie around, but with this you can play anywhere you are. 
Now go ahead, make something of yourself. 
Let’s hear some sweet music. 
And he smiled and took the little red harmonica in his hands. 
I’m gonna learn how to play this, daddy,
I’m gonna learn how to make a heavenly sound. 
I laughed. I bet you will, son. I bet you will. 

And for the next year,
He played the best he could,
Here and there, to anyone who’d listen,
To his brothers and sisters, to the neighbors, the cats, the dogs, even the pigs.
He loved that harmonica,
It never left his little hand all day, 
Not even to eat (to an extent)
And he had it with him by his side until he went to bed,
But on his sixth birthday, the music stopped. And we had to take him to the hospital. 
And there he begged me in a weak voice, daddy, please don’t let them take away my harmonica. I want to practice, I want to keep practicing. If I’m gonna die and be buried, don’t let me buried without it. 
And I promised. 
And when his 6-year-old body was lying in the coffin, the little red harmonica lay in his hands. 

Now the years have passed,
And we’ve moved on with our lives,
And I try not to think too much of my son,
But from time to time 
I have someone from our old town
Tell me that when they visited the graveyard. 
They swore they could hear a muffled sound
Of someone practicing a harmonica. 
And I start to think again of my little boy.  
I start to think of him day and night. 

In the great redemption story,
I know I’ll see him again,
I know I’ll see him and we’ll be standing side by side. 
And in my mind I see him with his little red harmonica,
And him saying,
You want to see me play it, daddy, you wanna?
And I say, of course, Let’s hear what you’ve learned all these many years. 

And I see him lift it and play a heavenly sound,
A sound that lights up my heart,
And I can’t believe it,
And I grab and squeeze him tight,
What joy is this? What joy are you giving?
And he laughs. 
Do you like it, daddy, do you?
Do I like it? I love it!
And I hug him again,
And then weep on his shoulder,
I’ve missed him so much. 
And I hear him say, don’t cry, daddy, this is heaven now. There are no tears. 
I know. But I’m crying tears of joy. 
And I hug him like I’ve never hugged him before. 
I hug my little boy with his little red harmonica like I’ve never have before.


Set-Up:
DAW: Reason 12

Analog Instrument:
C-Harmonica

Keyboard Instruments:
Folk Fiddle - Keyswitch - Insanity Samples
Appassionata Strings - Spitfire
Hanz Zimmer Strings - Spitfire
Voices - Barbary Solo Glide AH TF - Soundpaint
Solo Boy Legacy and Legato Sections - VOXOS
Originals - Felt Piano - Spitfire

Little Red Harmonica

A short piece for solo violin and piano. Written as a Lenten Lament.

Lament For Violin in C# Minor

Whirl is the fifth album by the Dragonsail Puppets.

sneaking away with the dogs at bay
Ducking away from what you did today
I don't care what slides before my eyes
Your companion beast doesn't ask why

There's a time to live - a time to die
A time to nuzzle and a time to fly
There's a time to laugh - a time to cry
Why?
You ask why, you ask why
How many times will you ask why?

They point out your peccadillo on the street
And now you need recovery
Your angels swoop to save you, your devils take      the blame
To your companion beast it all smells the same

There's a time for love and a time for flight
A time for day and a time for night
You wonder why my strength is my delight
Your companion beast has the second sight

There's a time to live - a time to die
A time to nuzzle and a time to fly
There's a time to laugh - a time to cry
Why?
You ask why, you ask why
How many times will you ask why?

I may be seeking a little tranquility
I may overanalyze what lies before me
I may be haunted by reflection from the cradle to the grave
But you companion beasts, you're too subject to the crave

You know Odysseus was given a bag of winds
Stitched up tight till it was discovered by his friends
They thought it was full of treasure, so they opened it and it blew
When I hear this story, dog, I sure do think of you

There's a time to live - a time to die
But there's a time to plan - to prolong your span
There's a time to laugh- a time to cry
Why?
You ask why, you ask why
I'll confide your ignorance has an up-side

Sneaking away but you'll never be gone
From the mind that tells you of right and wrong
I don't care what demons get released
Your companion beast knows just enough to be at peace

Up-side Up-side Up-side

Companion Beast

Kiss & Cry

World News Blues

Not Missing Your Cold Heart

Uplifted

Super stoked to be working with this awesome artist - Ja Klair (https://soundcloud.com/ja-clair) on our first collab - Intravenous.

Ja Klair - vocal, lyrics 
Electrometis - backing track, master mix

[barz]

blast off; im off da shih; jus kidin
itz so fun; feeling like ah

wat da..... ; sudden shift
Mura-saki-bara; 100 percent in-tegration
suicide will; their biggist win
suicide mentality; ay birdz story
surpazz limits; 2 see furthur beyond
plus ultra; Akashi; kakashi
999 tat dat on mai whip
9 tailz chakra mode style

ninja with d scarlet eyez
ninja always on edge; aim keep watch
surpazz no one; only ai
sure everyone haz thoughts
on d subject raite

itz decided; liquer gets me sloppy
makes me mumble @ timez

with ount ay shadow of ay doubt
in d darkness im scheming ay plot

i remember d days
where all ai saw waz drudgery

********************************************************

[part 2]
lost so many timez
you'd think i'd come back an amateur
u ev-er been in yo' zone
though out of place
i have like wha waz da
so many timez actually; like deja vu
stupih fewl got duped
thinking there can only be one; fuk d@

dang pac when u loose empathy
4 yo vroz; rip still though

we gotta go..... soon
as..... mai nights..... ai end with ay.....

my maind ah prysm
such ay pain 2 get out # hive
why mai G's be in prison
oh yea; 4 buying # wrong advice

could of been ay criminal
master consultant; zelv sabotajed
way 2 many taimz; 4got who ai waz

such bold claims; THey quick 2 lambaste
professor Navigator Moriarty

oh-oo; oh-know
yea sed boredom keep me up @ nait
stellar weed fo' d appitite
release slash

**********************************************

[part 3]
dear mai fair lady; mai fair madey

u were mai fairy tell
when ai pursued d; of coarse
you would of chose 2 run away; no?

did d not deem me fit; worty ready

or was it jus ay test
2 examine my passion; stamina

lizin close am ai headin'
towards ay path of damnation
or salvation redemtion

shout out xxxtentation

n-lighten d many 'manos
chico'z vagoz D wonder who dey b

they ay hostage of they own word world word

r-i-p m&m

i keep eye on thy patternz

though some times i get.....
bored & observe

amaze mai zelv

lets play zombie dummy who
can read between # lines

ded meledies; x-istancial tunes
what i v hearing

uh i-v me;
heroine; whats # reazon

Intravenous

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