What a great song.  We had a lot of fun doing this one.  Performed by Red Rose Cotillion at Zeta Psi Fraternity, State College, PA.  December 1980
Jerry Getz: vocals/percussion; Jamie Thompson: guitar/vocals; David Young: guitar; Roger Schultz: bass; Ron Karp: drums; Jim Greene: sound

103 Come Together

For You by Angus & Julia Stone

IF WE WERE BLIND
you see the lines above your eyes
furrows buried deep, the price of pride
oh, if we all were blind
i’ll bet we wouldn’t mind
about the color of our skin
or the color of our eyes

you see those dreamers across the sea
you see them sinking there,
they say for you and me
oh if we all were kind
i’ll bet we’d find the time
to beat our swords into ploughshares
and our hatred into love, 
the kind that binds forevermore
oh, it makes me wish that we were blind			   

you see the lines across the sky
vapor trails light the end of time
o if we all were wise
i bet we’d realize
that we are better off as one
beat our hatred into love, a love that binds
a love, a love that blinds forevermore
oh, it makes me wish that we were blind
(c) 2007 & 2014 / dly


if we were blind

a cover of one of our favorite songs ... john prine's "hello in there" ... please don't just stop and stare ... <3 

hello in there ...

... so, another 4-track jam Budd Kelly and I put together back in the day ... imagine the dodah man trucking on top of a big cartoon world, spinning and melting as he goes ... 

Sunlight Through The Bamboo Curtain

Recorded in 1983 at Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
-> Arrangement and production by Tom Ketterer
-> DLY: Vocals, guitars, and owl
-> Budd Kelly: Harmony vocal ~
-> Strings & horns by Berklee volunteers (? on their names)


Running Free
(Words & music © 1981 by David L. Young)
Fall 1981 / State College, PA

you dread the day you wake up lonely
and find i've gone away
like an icy rainstorm
on a dreary winter day
it's not a matter of time
it's only a drop of eternity
and you're the lonely survivor, baby
can you capture another dream?
it's just another occasion
when a screech owl calls your name
it's just another tombstone
on a hillside in the rain
another grain of stardust running free
oh, a spirit running free

when i finally rest my soul
i pray you'll bury me
in a southern forest
underneath a cherry tree
and skip the formal coffin
let my bones go naturally
when the screech owl calls my name
let me go but say a prayer for me
it's just another occasion
when a sculptor carves your name
it's just another tombstone
on a hillside in the rain
another grain of stardust running free
oh, a spirit running free

it's just another occasion
when the Sculptor calls your name
it's just another epitaph
to record a pilgrim's fame
another grain of stardust running free
oh, a spirit running free
oh, a spirit running free


Running Free

We are disgusted, concerned, and motivated ... it's hard to imagine this happening in our country, but reality is brutal. 

Poison in the Well

you dread the day you wake up lonely
and find i've gone away
like an icy rainstorm
on a dreary winter day
it's not a matter of time
it's only a drop of eternity
and you're the lonely survivor, baby
can you capture another dream?
it's just another occasion
when a screech owl calls your name
it's just another tombstone
on a hillside in the rain
another grain of stardust running free
oh, a spirit running free

when i finally rest my soul
i pray you'll bury me
in a southern forest
underneath a cherry tree
and skip the formal coffin
let my bones go naturally
when the screech owl calls my name
let me go but say a prayer for me
it's just another occasion
when a sculptor carves your name
it's just another tombstone
on a hillside in the rain
another grain of stardust running free
oh, a spirit running free

it's just another occasion
when the Sculptor calls your name
it's just another epitaph
to record a pilgrim's fame
another grain of stardust running free
oh, a spirit running free
oh, a spirit running free

running free

George W Bush invaded Iraq in 2003, after already invading and taking control of Afghanistan (to get the 911 bad guys). We are still there, and it appears that the current POTUS may escalate things again.  Is it any wonder that these folks hate us?

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Beyond the Western Wall

you scan the fields from the western wall
from ivory towers in the sun
see a billion eyes gazing back at you
pleading from the ashes of the fall
the ashes of the fall
beyond the western wall

see the boys and girls as they board the planes
kissing their lovers one more time
see countless sad eyes that search the sky
watering the roses on the ground
o, there’s water all around
blood crying from the ground

you stand and shake your fist at demons
the demons [devils] of your fear
we stand and shake our heads in silence
can you feel the silent rage
will you wake up to the call
or will you hide behind the western wall?

eyes, eyes of mediocrity [our hypocrisy]  … 
eyes weary searching cross the sea
they scan the crowds for every mother’s son
who call their mothers from their dreams
oh, they dream right where they fall
beyond the western wall
yes they dream right where they fall
beyond the western wall

Beyond the Western Wall

another song that is quite poignant at this point in history ... 

wake of the pilgrim
*******************
when you were young life was new
trusting, you walked in the truth
and God shed His grace on thee
sweet land of liberty
your fathers ruled
but they bent their knees
& let freedom, freedom ring

weary, you soon closed your eyes
silently, truth slept and died
the home of the free & brave
was transformed into a grave
your vision failed
as your banner waved
let freedom, freedom ring

& faith is the key to life
the only way to understand
to every man let freedom ring
from sea to sea
and let it begin with me

say, can you see any light
shine through this perilous night?
the land where my father died
is practicing suicide
pray for a wake of the Pilgrim's pride
let freedom, freedom ring

land where my fathers died
land of the Pilgrim's pride
now let it ring from every mountainside
let freedom, freedom ring

12 Wake Of The Pilgrim

Here's a version of Eyes of Age that Jamie Thompson, Budd Kelly, and I recorded in 1984 in Santa Cruz, CA.

Eyes of Age
(Words & music © 2017 by David L. Young)

step into my world, you'll see
a color coated fantasy
arise, open up my eyes for me
let it show
let it flow from this sinful illusion
i know you'll take the time
to open my heart
and change my mind

take me through the day
you've got the laughter and the smiles
to light the Way
after all you gave to me
can it be?
could it be that i lost my sorrow
and left it far behind
when you opened my heart
and changed my mind?

i'd love to linger in this phase
but you're takin' it all away...

"welcome to the eyes of age
your innocence is written in your face"
help me turn the page i see
let it say
"let me stay where i know you need me"
you know i know you're kind
you've opened my heart
and changed my mind

i'd love to linger in this phase

"welcome to the world of Love!"

dly1999

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