Monday Playlist week of 10/11/2021

Try not to dwell on the tough times.  So many good things in  life
to reflect on -- a good woman, birth of my babies, them growing up
and moving on, friends and family for support.  Ah, keep your
heart on fire!

My Heart's On Fire  (Original)

Words & Music: Pravinand Maharaj

You wear your winter coat of pure cashmere wool
I'm in the valley low, you're up on the hill
An icy light is tracing steps to my door
Don't know how much more of this I can endure

We live to fight to die for something you believe
And when it's over you'll give a victory speech
But I'm no martyr I'll not go gently into the night
My blood may dry but I wont give up the fight

* And you can beat me to submission in these cold, cold hours
Make for me decisions from your ivory towers
But don't you know for everyone there comes a time
Out there lies tomorrow waiting across the line

They say the heart of man is wicked above all things
And sometimes heaven is a place for peasant dreams
You've forgotten what is mine and yours and God's
You want it all you say no matter what the cost

But I am everywhere since Abel I've been killed
And you are many like Legion always will
You make and break, mend and bend every rule
But for my children's sake I never was your tool

*

Across The Line

Dan Blackard says.  I was thinking of what to write for this track while sitting in the parking lot at 4:30 in the morning. When for no particular reason visions of my youth and things I vaguely remember started to just flash into my mind. I almost just let the thoughts go. But, some of the memories seemed vivid. The commercials, tv shows and many of the things that, for only the briefest of times, meant a great deal to me.  And then I realized that my head was actually telling me that this was the song. Or, it's more than possible that I was half asleep😆.

Lyrics;
There's the doggy in the window
There's a red balloon
And hey diddle diddle
The cow that jumped over the moon

There's the marbles and jacks
Cartoon mouse and cat
And toys from the days
From when Santa got fat

And I can still find
In the back of my mind
All of the things
This kid left behind

Some crayons and books
Not to read, just for looks
And the big cookie jar
from where all the cookies were took

An old piggy bank
Plastic soldiers and tank
A box of Mr. Bubbles
In the tub where my submarine sank

And I can still find
In the back of my mind
All of the things
This kid left behind

Gumby and Pokey
Ranger hat from Smokey
The old hot wheels cars
A book of Sneetches with stars on thars
Big Tonka truck
The old rubber duck
Let go of my eggos
watch out for the legos.

And I can still find
In the back of my mind
All of those things
This kid left behind

What This Kid Left Behind

Track 6 from the album 'Malevolent Energy.'

Full album:
https://outstation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics: 

Shadows from the future
Darkening the sky
Demons ride together
Evil passing by

Following your footsteps
The turbulence of time
Brings together all the magick conjuring a sign

And through the curse of ages
Until the end of time
Plough the fields of anguish
Fall between the lines

You’re on the point of quietus
When charnel things decay
Bring together all the magick start without delay


Following your footsteps
The turbulence of time
Brings together all the magick conjuring a sign

No more demons dancing
No more cosmic chants
No more howls at midnight
Fire your demons into space

There is no tinge of sadness
There is no penitence
There is no sense of sorrow
Fire your demons into space

You’re on the point of quietus
When charnel things decay
Bring together all the magick start without delay

Fire your demons
Into space where they belong
They won’t haunt you
Anymore
Fire your demons
Into space where they belong
They won’t haunt you
Anymore

Malevolent Energy

Fire Your Demons Into Space

I live in Montreal West and the radio station in my kitchen is tuned 24/7 to Radio Station K103.7 located on the Kahnawake Indian Reservation.  One day a song by Garland Jeffreys was playing and my poetic juices started flowing. This song was the end result. Hope you enjoy.


                                                  Dominique Is Stoned


                                                       
As Dominique looks out his window
a song comes on the radio
it’s Garland Jeffreys singing to some senorita
saying something about the CIA.
Well it’s three o’clock in the afternoon
and he’s trying to write a tune
about what the Master said
when He turned stones into bread.
But between the words and the smiles
tears flow every once in a while
for he knows that the Masters’ chains
are the slaves’ master - it’s all a game. 

And Dominique 
Dominique                                      
is stoned 
stoned 
stoned
stoned.

Dominique does his best to understand
why the dealers get the upper hand
but he knows that hope turns to crime
in the ghetto even the shadows rhyme
as the children play in the lions den
all in the name of money rubles and yen
and on Sunday it’s “In God We Trust
thank you Jesus for dying for us.”
But between the nightmares and the dreams
his hopes and schemes like diamonds gleam
for he knows that when push comes to shove
we all need someone to love.

And Dominique
is stoned  
stoned 
stoned
stoned. 

 
Dominique spends most his free time
trying to change water into wine
and watching the changes of the colours
he’d like to touch a guru - even a saviour
meet the King of Kings - the Queen of Queens
before the curtains draw the final scene
and the crowd yells crucify - crucify
another false one - he must die
but between the visions and burning bushes
uppers and downers and hip-hop rushes
he knows the day - the day will come
when everyone will touch The Sun.

And Dominique
Dominique 
is stoned
stoned 
stoned 
stoned
stoned
stoned.
 



Dominique Is Stoned

Original 2014

Many thanks to Rory Tosh for creating the Mississippi Delta Blues track. Love his vocal, slide guitar and harp and the trip back in time to the Mississippi Delta. Hope you enjoy the track and please listen to Rory's music at Textosh on soundcloud.

Delta Blues (Lyrics by Tony - Featuring Rory Tosh - Textosh) Original

I was trying to find Rusty....I'm not going down there..Who's that way off in the distance??? Tried to get a ole skool feel on this and get back to some root's!! Not sure if I pulled it off but I'm not walking up the rail to find out if I passed!!! THANK's!!!! LOL I think you get the drift of were I was heading or trying for.........:)))))

Wrong Turn

Old Country Songs (Original Remix)

Musicians
 Stephen Peragallo electric and classical guitar
 Paul Buono guitar/mandolin
 Dr.Daniel Lewis steel guitar/dobro
 Jim Cabral piano/keyboard
 Jim Hadley bass
 Joe Hadley drums
 Gudula Urban cello
 Brain Silber violin/viola
Josh McAlexander vocals / acoustic guitar / harmonica

Background vocals
 Amy Hamm
 Annette Bednez
 Jim Hadley
 Jim Cabral
 Paul Buono

Produced by; Paul Buono and Jim Cabral
Song / traditional

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Collaboration - Bravei Brasil and Riff Beach......... Lyrics in English and Portuguese (per Bravei) Below
"Don't Want To Be Here Without You ©" - Original - 2016 - Original 
Big Beat Beach - 3B Records & Production
Music & Production by Bravei (Brasil) 
Lyrics, Vocals - Riff Beach
Oh, Yeah!
Well, The Sun Comes Up
And, the Sun Goes Down
And......I'm Tired of Walking
The Streets of this Old Town
Haven't Seen You Around
Maybe I'll check at The Lost and Found
Oh Yeah, but, there's one thing
And I know it's True
Cuz', Baby, I ain't going Nowhere......
Without You
No, I ain't going nowhere 
Without You.....Yeah
That's Alright
Oh, Yeah, It's OK
Listen to what I say now
To what I say......
Cuz' The Sun Comes Up
And the Sun Goes Down
Said I'm Tired of Walking 
Around this Crazy Old Town
But, there's One Thing
And I know It's True
I don't want to be here 
Without You
No.... Without You
I Don't want to be here
Baby, Without You!
(REPEAT LAST LINES)
Portuguese  Translated Lyrics
Oh sim!
Bem, o sol nasce
E, o sol se põe
E ...... Estou cansado de andar
As ruas desta cidade velha
não te vi por aqui
Talvez eu vou encontra-te em achados e perdidos
Oh Sim, mas, há uma coisa
E eu sei que é verdade
Cuz, Bebê, eu não estou indo a lugar nenhum ......
Sem você
Não, eu não vou a lugar nenhum
Sem Você ..... Sim
Tudo bem
Oh, Sim, é OK
Ouça o que eu digo agora
Para o que eu digo......
Porque "o sol nasce
E o sol se põe
Disse que estou cansado de andar
Em torno desta cidade louca e Velha
Mas, há uma coisa
E eu sei que é verdade
Eu não quero estar aqui
Sem você
Não .... Sem Você
Eu não quero estar aqui
Bebê, sem você!

(Repete últimas linhas)

Don't Want To Be Here Without You ©

This is the second Cohen song that I have covered, and will always return to his songs for they have much to teach us. He is one of my earliest influences.
My tribute to this true poet.
Vocals, guitar - Lizzie Taypen
Cover Artwork - Lizzie Pentland

Everybody Knows ( Leonard Cohen)

Old Swimmer And Me - (Original Song)

Written and Performed by: Michael Duffy

Song about a dog and his owner. As a kid I played allot down by the old Cart river with my dog, good times. Hope you enjoy the song ;)


Lyrics: Old Swimmer And Me

I got an old dog and I call him swimmer
Found him by the old cart river
Stuffed in a sack and left out for dead
Took him home and gave him a bed

Old Swimmer and Me

One ear up and the other down
He’s a peculiar looking hound
Loves to run and jump and play
Stays by my side most night and day

Old Swimmer and Me

He’s always out in the garden digging
Shoe chewing, butt sniffing and ball licking 
He barks from morning light right into the dark
I swear that old dog would hear a mouse fart

Old Swimmer and Me

He rides shotgun with me up in the truck
Stinky old hound covered in muck
Playing the fool and chasing cats and cars
Come feeding time ya never have to look far

Old Swimmer and Me

He hates the postman and eats all my mail
Welcomes me home with a waggling tale
I can’t stay mad at him for longer than a day
He just likes to do things in his own crazy way

Old Swimmer and Me

Tilting his head at something that I said
Likes to lay around all day in the shed
Sticks his old black nose in my face in the morning
Takes up half the bed with his twisting and turning

Old Swimmer and Me

I guess we two are just one in the same
Left out for dead until someone kind came
Given a home, food and some country lovin
If it wasn’t for old swimmer hell I would have nothing

Old Swimmer and Me

Swimmer passed away just last year
He took his last breath and I shed a tear
I laid him to rest down by the old cart river
Around about the spot where I named him swimmer

Old Swimmer and Me
Old Swimmer and Me
My old pal
Old Swimmer and Me

Available on cdbaby.com, iTunes, Spotify, Tidal, Amazon MP3, Google music store and most digital distribution partners.

By Michael Duffy
Singer/Songwriter
Co.Donegal Ireland

Old Swimmer and Me - Single

Old Swimmer and Me - (Original Song)(c)

Night Traveler

Tribute to Gunsmoke...the longest running Western TV Show In the US.

The Gun Fight - Lyrics by Tony Harris - Music & Vocal Production by Shoemansky - Original 2012

DOWN BY THE SEA - Re-Mastered Aug 2020
Written, Performed & Produced by Andrew Borderick
Copyright 2019 AB Music All righte reserved.
Mastered by Soundcloud Aug 2020

IF I WAS A BIRD
I COULD FLY THE WORLD
OR LIVE DOWN BY THE SEA
WHERE THE WIND IS FREE

I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
I'LL MESS YOUR HAIR
WE'LL FIND A TREE
LIVE UP THERE AND SEE
THE WORLD BELOW

IF I WAS A FISH
I COULD SWIM THE SEA
I WOULD DIVE SO DEEP
SO NO ONE CATCH'S ME

I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
I'LL MESS YOUR HAIR
WE'LL FIND A PLACE
AND LIVE OUR LIVE'S AWAY
FROM WHAT'S UP THERE
(break)
IF I WAS A CAT
I WOULD CLIMB THE TREE
OR CATCH YOU BY THE SEA
IT'S JUST A PART OF ME

I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
I'LL MESS YOUR HAIR
DOWN BY THE SEA
A PLACE FOR YOU AND ME
WE LIVE BETWEEN,
I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
I'LL MESS YOUR HAIR
DOWN BY THE SEA
A PLACE FOR YOU AND ME
WE LIVE BETWEEN

2018 PRO TOOLS

Down by the Sea

DOWN BY THE SEA

SEND THE RAIN  - A Song of Prayer.  If you or someone you love are in a drought: Emotional, physical, mental, financial or just need rain, this song is for you.  SEND THE RAIN YOUTUBE Videos: : https://youtu.be/0aFLE0XnU58
https://youtu.be/a2yYBqmogEA
Stephen Wallace covers SEND THE RAIN https://youtu.be/Hm4krdZOGo8
(Lyrics Below)
©1994 Songwriter- Beth Williams
From the 1997 ONE EMPTY CHAIR Album

SEND THE RAIN – A Prayer
words & music by Beth Williams

The crops are in the field Lord, under your Son
In the stillness I have labored, to get my work done
Oooooh….Send the rain….ooooh…Send the rain

I pull my hat down to shade my eyes, I watch & wait
for the burning air to disappear, and the sky to break
Oooooh….Send the rain….ooooh…Send the rain

Bridge

Oh this drought makes me weary, time leaves me less wise
Oh this drought makes me weary, look down you’ll still see my eyes

Though the night falls, no relief at all, my hope remains
In the shadow of the hand that holds cool, cool rain
Oooooh….Send the rain….ooooh…Send the rain

Send The Rain - Beth Williams

Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good - Don Williams (vocal cover)

Tom was kind enough to post up this open collaboration and I couldn't resist a chance to add some harp.  Check out more of Tom's extraordinary blues guitar at his Tom Adams Aka Tytlblues page.  
https://soundcloud.com/user-342548892
Hope you enjoy! Stay Safe and Stay Well!

The Thrill Will Return with Tom Adams (Guitar) and David Skellenger (Blues Harp)

My Frist Track for the new album. Mixing with my new high end equipment. A song of reflection about the early music festival scene near San Francisco  where I grew up.

Freedom Free Love Free To Be Heard by GLEN GRANTHEM
Play it like you use to play it when you were young
Tearing up a fret board until you reached number one
Spend those days on the green lost in the crowd
Shoulder to shoulder as the band rocks out
Singing songs about peace and love and Smoking grass as guitars strum

Day after day the music was life 
Turntables spin all through the night
One hand on a pipe carved out of stone
All your friends felt right at home
With both hands in the air and Every face wore long hair
Viet Nam was miles away  Every song had its place
Solo
The sixties were like no other time in our life
Draft cards ,Protests , Equal rights
We were coming of age to save the world
Freedom , Free Love , Free To Be Heard
Singing songs about peace and love Smoking grass as Guitars Strum
With Both hands in the air 
Singing Songs About Peace and Love.....

Freedom , Free Love , Free To Be Heard ( Original ) with Lyrics

There's no running from the blue these days, probably get shot at the border the way things are going.  Here we are, hitching a ride with the Maestro Keton again, having a bash at singing the blues.  Be well. https://soundcloud.com/keitblues

I have heard rumours and I think they might be true,
all about a friend of mine who was stealing time from you.
etc
I bought myself a ticket for a trip around the world,
was I looking for that inner light, was I looking for a girl..etc

I've slept on beaches and I've danced beneath the stars,
dreaming a thousand dreams in a thousand different bars etc

Running  from the Blue. ( Keiton-steve killingbeck) Collab.

Love country, folk, rock, gospel, blues and 60's style rock/pop music. I also post a Monday Playlist each week. My main page is Tony's Lyrics https://soundcloud.com/tonyslyrics

Monday Playlist week of 10/11/2021

Country/Folk/Rock/Blues/Gospel - Monday Playlist