Produced, Composed and Arranged by Sullivan and Ruizzoidman https://soundcloud.com/ruizzoidman21centurions https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo
Guitars, Piano, Bass: Ruizzoidman
Lyrics: Darren Sullivan (Ruizzoidman translator)
Vocals: Sullivan and Ruizzoidman

Lyrics:
Hey, I was hoping all day, anyway you want, I was green, I’m sorry, for being, this way

Sneaking around, blessed ground, once it was, for me. 
pleasure of the world, blessed ground , I shall walk with thee

"Esperaba todo el día para ser como quieres. Tenía celos. Lo siento por ser así."

Hey, I was hoping all day, anyway you want, I was green , I’m sorry, for being, this way

On the radar , bristling down coming around
Maybe later, bubbling boil toil and trouble
Porous crater, simmering now melting crown
Making pay dirt, exploding sound erupting ground.

Bring in the floating bills
Bring in the frozen lock
Bring in the callous frills
Bring in the broken clock
Bring the jury and judge
Bring in the final gasp
Bring in the resentful grudge
Bring in the ghosts from the past

Sneaking, around, blessed ground, once it was for me.
pleasure of the world, blessed ground , I shall walk with thee 

"Esperaba todo el día para ser como quieres. Tenía celos. Lo siento por ser así."

Hey, I was hoping all day, anyway you want, I was green , I’m sorry, for being, this way

Witches's Brew

Witches' Brew (with RUIZZOIDMAN)

This is a love song to my family. This is the second track off of my new album due out Summer Solstice June 20th, 2021. 

Garden's full of love Water Can but the dirt won't grow
Never had the patience forever and relations to show
Frozen cracked ground like the marble slab kept in tow
Never had a seeder sever but the green won't grow
But the sky's so high
Towers over you
Byzantine so Byzantine so blue
Never had a reason, never had a reason to grow
Maybe you're the reason, the reason my garden grows
Maybe you're the reason, the reason my garden grows
Never had a reason, never had a reason to grow
Maybe you're the reason, the reason my garden grows
Maybe you're the reason, the reason my garden grows
Never had a reason, never had a reason to grow
Counting all the reasons seasons come and go
Creating all the reasons dreaming of the undertow
Growing up strong with a richness of its own
Maybe you're the reason, the reason my garden grows
Maybe you're the reason, the reason my garden grows
Maybe you're the reason, the reason my garden grows
Maybe you're the reason, the reason my garden grows
Maybe you're the reason, the reason my garden grows

The Garden Song

Just had reconstructive knee surgery and have had some time rehabilitating to practice my piano and vocal work. Thanks for listening.

Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence won't you come out to play
Dear Prudence open up your eyes
Dear Prudence see the sunny skies
The wind is low the birds will sing
That you are part of everything
Dear Prudence won't you open up your eyes?
Look around round
Look around round round
Look around
Dear Prudence let me see you smile
Dear Prudence like a little child
The clouds will be a daisy chain
So let me see you smile again
Dear Prudence won't you let me see you smile?
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence won't you come out to play

Dear Prudence (Beatles Cover)

I've always been deeply moved by this song. I saw Neil Young play this on piano in Eugene Oregon 1999. 

Aurora borealis
The icy sky at night
Paddles cut the water
In a long and hurried flight
From the white man
to the fields of green
And the homeland
we've never seen.

They killed us in our tepee
And they cut our women down
They might have left some babies
Cryin' on the ground
But the firesticks
and the wagons come
And the night falls
on the setting sun.

They massacred the buffalo
Kitty corner from the bank
The taxis run across my feet
And my eyes have turned to blanks
In my little box
at the top of the stairs
With my Indian rug
and a pipe to share.

I wish a was a trapper
I would give thousand pelts
To sleep with Pocahontas
And find out how she felt
In the mornin'
on the fields of green
In the homeland
we've never seen.

And maybe Marlon Brando
Will be there by the fire
We'll sit and talk of Hollywood
And the good things there for hire
And the Astrodome
and the first tepee
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Pocahontas.

Pocahontas (Neil Young Cover)

Charlie Watts was one classy drummer. 

Hey let him follow you down
Way underground wind and he's bound
Bound to follow you down
Just a dead beat right off the street
Bound to follow you down
Well the ballrooms and smelly bordellos
And dressing rooms filled with parasites
On stage the band has got problems
They're a bag of nerves on first nights
He ain't tied down to no home town
Yeah, and he thought he was wreckless
You think he's bad, he thinks you're mad
Yeah, and the guitar player gets restless
And his coat is torn and frayed
It's seen much better days
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away
Let it steal your heart away
And his coat is torn and frayed
It's seen much better days
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away
Joe's got a cough, sounds kind a rough
Yeah, and the codeine to fix it
Doctor prescribes, drug store supplies
Who's gonna help him to kick it
And his coat is torn and frayed
It's seen much better days
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away
Let it steal your heart away
And his coat is torn and frayed
It's seen much better days
Just as long as the guitar plays
Just as long as the guitar plays
Just as long as the guitar plays
Just as long as the guitar plays

Torn and Frayed (Rolling Stones Cover)

Opening track to my most recent album "Cautious Walking" As always thanks for your support.

Check out the Halloween video I made to this song from old Disney animation. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFw7SFepWIQ

Lyrics:
Cruising down the alley way, escaping from the town
Brushing off the cob webs and heading westward bound

Before the attraction of constant interaction
Desperation leads you
To margin all rations
Remembering to cash in
The 39 lashes
The 39 lashes

They placed you on the ground, and cursed at the crown
Had patience for the multitude and all that they had found. 
There really was no option, time to fold the cards down
Blazing in the hot sun the time was not too far
Getting ready for a trip to that lonely Black Star. 
Blazing in the hot sun the time was not too far
Getting ready for a trip to that lonely Black Star …..yeahhh

She parked to the side of the road
And took the call inside
Pressed a random text that knew the call -    had been cut short. 
Maybe it was time before and time before that
Maybe it had ran its course like a useless old map             …… 
Stopped from the running for/ got so tired and so sore
Manning up the Manchild
Manning up the Manchild
Stopped from the running for/ got so tired and so sore
Manning up the Manchild
Manning up the Manchild 

Blazing in the hot sun the time was not too far
Getting ready for a trip to that lonely Black Star. 
Blazing in the hot sun the time was not too far

Cautious Walking

Manning Up the Manchild

This is the title track off of my newest album of work. You can click this link and it will take you to a landing page for the album 
https://push.fm/fl/cq8njiru
Also here is a video to the track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMlBUw2h53k
Hope everyone has a kick ass New Year full of hope joy and peace.

Why are you leaving so soon
Haven’t you had a good time too?
So why did-you -refuse?

Heading down- the wrong way trail
Given up the smokes to the garbage pail
They hammered- in the last nail

Breathing out like we do
You’d think we’d care- more about you
admiring the way you grew

Everybody calls when they’re having trouble
Venus flytrap/stuck in molasses
Cautious walking
Cautious walking

Peeking around the corner in fear
Morning dew like a mourning tear
Cautious walking
Cautious Walking

Never been down to the sacred ground
Gearing up now for the weight the pounds
Of souls and cheers
Of souls and cheers
Holding  hands with you 
My lovely dear
My lovely dear

We were   bothering the rain gods
Born alive in sprouting pods
Posing in a wedding gown
Remembering our small town
Basil was up and growing
Toddlers were nurturing
And taking in and learning
 Like a vacuous sponge
Like a waterspout of love

Of souls and cheers
Of souls and cheers
Holding hands with you 
My lovely dear
My lovely dear

Anything more than what you can give?
Could have been more but you just can't share
Could have been more but you just can't feel but sad.

12/24/21

Lyrics:
Floating down, through the clouds
Memories come rushing up to meet me now
But in the space between the heavens
And the corner of some foreign field
I had a dream
I had a dream
Goodbye Max, goodbye Ma
After the service, when you're walking slowly to the car
And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air
You hear the tolling bell and touch the silk in your lapel
And as the teardrops rise to meet the comfort of the band
You take her frail hand
And hold on to the dream
A place to stay, enough to eat
Somewhere, old heroes shuffle safely down the street
Where you can speak out loud about your doubts and fears
And what's more, no one ever disappears
You never hear their standard issue kicking in your door
You can relax on both sides of the tracks
And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control
And everyone has recourse to the law
And no one kills the children anymore
No one kills the children anymore
Night after night, going 'round and 'round my brain
His dream is driving me insane
In the corner of some foreign field
The gunner sleeps tonight
What's done is done
We cannot just write off his final scene
Take heed of the dream
Take heed

The Gunner's Dream (Pink Floyd Cover)

Excited to go see Dead and Co. play this weekend. This song has some of the most beautiful lyrics. It's about the American Beatnik (Merry Prankster) Neil Cassidy. He served as the model for the character Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's  1957 version of "On the Road" 
.
Lyrics:
I have seen where the wolf has slept by the silver stream
I can tell by the mark he left, you were in his dream
Ah child of countless trees
Ah child of boundless seas
What you are, and what you're meant to be
Speaks his name, though you were born to me
Born to me
Cassidy
Lost now on the country miles in his Cadillac
I can tell by the way you smile, he is rolling back
Come wash the nighttime clean
Come grow the scorched ground green
Blow the horn, and tap the tambourine
Close the gap of the dark years in between
You and me
Cassidy
Quick beats in an icy heart
Catch colt draws a coffin cart
There he goes and now here she starts
Hear her cry
Flight of the seabirds
Scattered like lost words
Wield to the storm and fly
Fare thee well now
Let your life proceed by it's own design
Nothing to tell now
Let the words be yours, I'm done with mine
Fare thee well now
Let your life proceed by it's own design
Nothing to tell now
Let the words be yours, I'm done with mine
Fare thee well now
Let your life proceed by it's own design
Nothing to tell now
Let the words be yours, I'm done with mine
I'm done with mine
Flight of the seabirds
Scattered like lost words
Wield to the storm and fly
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Robert Weir / John Barlow

1981

Cassidy (Barlow and Weir)

Samples:
The Tapiola Children’s Choir (Sallinen 1974)
Ella Fitzgerald scatting (1969)
Kate Rusby My Young Man (1968)

It’s our rule
You must breathe a new star home. 

My young man wears a frown
With his eyes all closed and his head bowed down,
My young man never sleeps
And in my arms I help my young man through the day.
A young girl no more am I
My young man never sleeps
My young man never sleeps

It's Our Rule

Take me now, baby, here as I am
Hold me close, try and understand
Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe
Love is a banquet on which we feed
Come on now, try and understand
The way I feel under your command
Take my hand, as the sun descends
They can't hurt you now
Can't hurt you now
Can't hurt you now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Have I doubt, baby, when I'm alone
Love is a ring on the telephone
Love is an angel, disguised as lust
Here in our bed 'til the morning comes
Come on now, try and understand
The way I feel under your command
Take my hand, as the sun descends
They can't hurt you now
Can't hurt you now
Can't hurt you now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
With love we sleep, with doubt the vicious circle turns, and burns
Without you, I cannot live, forgive the yearning burning
I believe in love too real to feel, take me now, take me now, take me now
Come on now, try and understand
The way I feel under your command
Take my hand, as the sun descends
They can't hurt you now
Can't hurt you now
Can't hurt you now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers

Because the Night (Springsteen and Smith)

Lyrics and Vocals https://soundcloud.com/specialececilia
Music and back up vocals: Darren Sullivan

UNIVERSAL LOVE

LOVE ISN'T ONLY FOR ONE
ISN'T ONLY SENTIMENTAL
LOVE CAN BE FAMILIAL
FRIENDLY, UNIVERSAL...

LOVE IS A GIFT FROM ABOVE
LOVE IS A FEEL DEEP WITHIN
LOVE I ADORE
LOVE IS THE SCORE...

Peace and Joy and friends in love... 
Increase the chance of the Morning Dove. ( Darren Sullivan)

LET's COME THE DOVE...LET's COME THE DOVE...

LOVE IS THE FIRST LAW
LOVE YOUR BROTHERS & SISTERS
LOVE YOUR NEIRGHBOURGs AS YOURSELVES
LOVE IS UNIVERSAL...
UNIVERSAL LOVE...UNIVERSAL LOVE ...
UNIVERSAL LOVE WILL BRING PEACE
WILL BRING JOY...

Peace and Joy and friends in love...

LET's COME THE DOVE...LET's COME THE DOVE...

IF LOVE WILL BE IN EVERYMAN HEART
THERE WILL BE PEACE ,JOY & EQUAL RIGHTS

MY SOUNDS UTOPIC 
BUT COULD BE REALISTIC
(LOVE COULD CONQUER ALL) 
LOVE COULD SAVE THE EARTH
& MAKE THE WORLD BETTER...

UNIVERSAL LOVE by Special Cecilia & Darren Sullivan

Caught you on the run
But you got it done
Laughter all along
Dancing on the lawn
Pressed against your chest
You just can’t forget
The stars before the dawn
The meadows full of
 fawns
Loving arms so warm
Before it came the
Sun……….
Tempting the way he held thee unto the most dangerous cliffs
Tired of knowing what the hell he was bracing for
Under tables whispers sold
they were liars and such bores…..  
Torn away
He was told
Better ways
He was sold
Just latchkey kid 
Sold to the highest bid
Almost died of SIDS
He knew what he did
All alone for long
He didn’t get along
Cause no one really cared
About his
 welfare
No one was there
No one to
 share
Blinking eyes through 
A shaded window
Sundown slow
He got ready to battle 
Awake ---all night long
He wrote down his song
Promised to be
 gone
By the morning call
He ran away from all
Tearing down his walls

Just  latchkey kid
He knows what he did
Took all the blame
Treated it like a game
Just latchkey kid 
Sold to the highest bid
Almost died of SIDS
He knew what he did

Latchkey Kid (Free Video to song in Comments Section)

Waiting all day in the saddle
Waiting all day but it just didn’t matter
Chances were dim my clothes in tatters
Stepped to the bar and waved my pesos
Ordered drinks for all my amigos
Storied rider
Make it finer
Dance the fire
Feast the  horizon
Waiting all day in the saddle
Waiting all day but it just didn’t matter
Chances were dim/ my clothes in tatters
Stepped to the bar and waved my pesos
Ordered drinks for all of my amigos
Storied rider
Make it finer
Dance the fire
Feast the horizon
Waiting all day/ in the saddle
Waiting all day but it just didn’t matter
Chances were dim /my clothes in tatters
Stepped to the bar and waved my pesos
Ordered drinks for all of my amigos
Riding along
Riding alone
Storied rider
Make it finer
Fire risin’
Feast the horizon
Rise on! repeat

Feast The Horizon

The wolf never pulled the car over- when I had to go. 
He told me it was a sign of a man- who could hold
His piss as long as he can. 
Then the wolf said, “Please don’t go, care for me,
Until I am gone.
I know, I was so wrong, but now I need
 you to care for me. 
Pathetic in the way- the hypocrites make their mark
Every living moment- they say one thing do another. 
Then the wolf said, “Please don’t go, care for me,
Until I am gone. 
I know, I was so wrong, but now I need
you to care for me. 
A circle is perfect in the way-
It comes around back on itself
And whether you know it for sure
The life you lived is the one you burn. 
Then the wolf said, “Please don’t go, care for me,
Until I am gone. 
I know, I was so wrong, but now I need
you to care for me. 
Then the wolf said, “Please don’t go, care for me,
Until I am gone.
Until I am gone.
Until I am gone.
Until I am gone.

Until I Am Gone

I used to depend
On letters to send
Pulling it over opening the door 
Feeling so sick I was begging for more
Champion player got a matchmaker
Too many meetings
Too much hustle
Gave me the plague
And a chronic ulcer
Too many favorites
Playing the game
Got mixed up in a fairy tale
Flame
Sun wouldn’t rise
Every time/ I tried to rely
On pilgrims and players
atomic soothsayers
Adjusted my faders
The family caters
I never really wanted to try
Forever really tempted to cry
Shouting out above the wind
Bending all the rules to begin
Better in the mannerly way
Holding up a dozen to sway
The millionaire in spotted ties
ratio-charted  pies
Blazers hit the street at the raucous time
Many in the way had crossed the borderline
Of cruelty and hatred and still got clean
As the weak ones were tackled by the mean machine
Some would have a Séance
Some would hide their trademarks
Knowing their investments
nurtured resentments
So you see my little chickens
You’re the one on display
And the fox with shiny ribbons
Is trying to steal the game
Every single second that you come to complain
Another little chick has just  taken your place

Faders

Needed to roundup
Corralling the sheep
Bet it on a lie
That you never could keep
Business in the way
That you held your day
Crimson sunset matters
When you break.

Gentle Ben would run around
Crying tears for the caves he found
Been in lumber lost in town
Jealous tourists dumbfound

Little boy claimed he owned a knife
Making him dangerous with his life
Fire alarms were set at noon
Making us stare back at you

No I don’t want another try

No I’m not like you
You feather weight
But I ‘ve been to school
Guarded by  gates
Teflon in the sense 
That you know your match
Looking for that itch you never can scratch.

Crimson Sunset Matters

Video to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpMupuy-MY4&feature=youtu.be


"Down in the Willow Garden", also known as "Rose Connelly" is a traditional Appalachian murder ballad about a man facing the gallows for the murder of his lover: he gave her poisoned wine, stabbed her, and threw her in a river. It originated in the 19th century, probably in Ireland, before becoming established in the United States. The lyrics greatly vary among earlier versions, but professional recordings have stabilized the song in a cut-down form. First professionally recorded in 1927, it was made popular by Charlie Monroe's 1947 version, and it has been recorded dozens of times since then.

Down in the willow garden where me and my love did meet
There we sat a-courting my love fell off to sleep
I had a bottle of burgundy wine which my true love did not know
And there I poisoned that dear little girl down by the banks below
I drew my saber through her which was a bloody knife
I threw her in the river which was an awful sight
My father often told me that money would set me free
If I would murder that dear little miss whose name was Rose Connelly
Now he sits by his old cabin door a wiping his tear-brimmed eyes
Mourning for his only son out on the scaffold high
My race is run beneath the sun the devil is waiting for me
For I did murder that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly

Down in the Willow Garden (Traditional)

I waved my hand at the sun
I said goodbye my son
And teetered on the edge of an elusive dream

Pan’s flute made the head case
Dynamic in all of its needs
Breathing to the beat of repeating banjo
Never know when to delete

 But you said you said
You know that you said
That you wrestled with the dead
Came to see that nothing it seems was truly 
Meant for me to believe 

At the time I wanted to lay down by your side
And to drink from the spirit of ages from a glass full of wine   

I walked down
And I roamed through the sages
Truly unbound 
And you held my hand
Lightly stepping on the sand
Navigating the channels
changing the channels

 We were caught in a fire of bedlam and caught in a trap
 I was tossed and searched for the breakers to turn on the map
I should have known you’d leave for dead like an old Sleestak.
Johnny broke and went to tatters that Monday.

Wrestling with the Dead

This is the opening track off That Old Time Americana Vol 2. It's a cover of a tune by the band Ween that hails out of New Hope, Pennsylvania. They recorded it much slower, but I was searching for a more western sound. I recommend listening to their version which lists on their album entitled The Mollusk.

Cold blows the wind over my true love
Cold blows the drops of rain
I never had but one true love
And in Camville he was slain
I'll do as much for my true love as any young girl may
I'll sit and weep down by his grave for twelve month and one day
But when twelve months were come and gone
This young man he arose
What makes you weep down by my grave
I can't take my repose
One kiss, one kiss of your lily white lips, one kiss is all I crave
One kiss, one kiss of your lily white lips and return back to your grave
My lips they are as cold as my clay
My breath is heavy and strong
If thou was to kiss my lily white lips
Thy days would not be long
Oh don't you remember the garden grove where we used to walk
Pluck the finest flower of them all, twill wither to a stalk
Go fetch me a nun from the dungeon deep
And water from a stone
And white milk from a maiden's breast,
That babe ere never known
Go dig me a grave both long, wide and deep as quickly as you may
I'll lie down in it and take one sleep for twelve month and one day
Cold blows the wind over my true love
Cold blows the drops of rain
I never had but one true love
And in Camville he was slain
I'll do as much for my true love as any young girl may
I'll sit and weep down by his grave for twelve month and one day

Cold Blows the Wind (Ween Cover)

I always loved this song and feel it embodies a true definition of Americanah music. The Grateful Dead were a tremendous inspiration on me musically, lyrically, and emotionally. These lyrics always remind me that everyone is truly redeemable. 

Old man down
Way down, down, down by the docks of the city
Blind and dirty
Asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee
I got no dime but I got some time to hear his story
My name is August West, and I love my Pearly Baker best more than my wine
More than my wine 
More than my maker, though he's no friend of mine
Everyone said
I'd come to no good, I knew I would Pearly, believe them
Half of my life 
I spent doin' time for some other fucker's crime
The other half found me stumbling 'round drunk on Burgundy wine
But I'll get back on my feet again someday
The good Lord willin'
If He says I may
I know that the life I'm livin's no good
I'll get a new start, live the life I should
I'll get up and fly away, 
I'll get up and fly away, fly away
Pearly's been true
True to me, true to my dyin' day he said
I said to him
I said to him, "I'm sure she's been"
I said to him, "I'm sure she's been true to you"
I got up and wandered
Wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just hang around
I've got a girl
Named Bonnie Lee, I know that girl's been true to me
I know she's been, I'm sure she's been true to me

Wharf Rat (Garcia and Hunter)

This is the opening track off of That Old Time Americana, Volume 2 out now on Spotify and other platforms.  I try to blend some folk and electronic music together in this one. This song is about having hope through the most dire of situations and the internal battle between our cynical mindset and our optimistic one. The epilogue was built by improvisation on the original guitar track.

King Sunshine (with epilogue)

I've been a longtime admirer of Janine Levinson's work on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson. I thought immediately thought that this song would be a fine fit for us to do together. I had only heard it randomly played on Spotify about three weeks ago, but really dug the bittersweet cynicism of the lyrics and the fine melody to boot. Janine's vocal work on this is incredible. She was such an awesome person to work with and get to know.

Lyrics:
you think I'll run not walk to you
why would I want to talk to you?
I want you crawling back to me, 
down on your knees yeah
like an appendectomy
sans anesthesia 

you think you can leave the past behind
you must be out of your mind
you think you can simply press rewind
you must be out of your mind, son
you must be out of your mind. 

you want what you turned off, turned on
you called it sunset, now it's dawn
you can't go 'round just saying stuff
because it's pretty
and I no longer drink enough
to think you're witty

you think you can leave the past behind
you must be out of your mind
you think you can simply press rewind
you must be out of your mind, son
you must be out of your mind. 

you want to kindle that old flame
I don't remember your real name
it must be something scandalous, 
lurks in your shallows
if you needed santa claus 
to buy your gallows 

you think you can leave the past behind
you must be out of your mind
you think you can simply press rewind
you must be out of your mind, son
you must be out of your mind. 

you must be out of your mind, son
you must be out of your mind.

You Must Be Out of Your Mind (Magnetic Fields Cover)with Janine Levinson

This is a song I wrote while being inspired by working with Janine https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson . I was trying to write songs with her vocals in mind, but she always created such nuanced harmonies that often went well beyond my expectations. This is a song I wrote about being stuck at home, and that I shouldn't forget or take for granted its meaning and value. I love writing songs about defining "home", because the perception of it seems to always be in flux. My perception of home was quite different growing up than it is now. Lastly, a home is place everyone deserves. If you have the inclination, I would love to hear what are some of your favorite songs about the meaning of home if you comment of this song. Again, please admire Janine's fine work on this tune.

Lyrics:
Waiting on a train
Won’t go anywhere until I’m home

Mother was alive
Wouldn’t go anywhere until I was home

Brother won’t you sleep 
Sleep so soundly 
When you’re home

Father always said
The bed’s always better when you sleep at home

I know the Way
I know the Way
 To get back home

In the rain
And Through the snow
When in pain
And you can’t seem to grow

Down that road
A whisper in the wind
You’re not as bad
Or a failure where you been
Love is all we got
But sometimes it’s all it takes
Even when you have the shakes. 

In the rain
And Through the snow
When in pain
And you can’t seem to grow

I know the Way
I know the Way
To get back home

Waiting on a train
Won’t go anywhere until I’m home

Mother was alive
Wouldn’t go anywhere until I was home

Brother won’t you sleep 
Sleep so soundly 
When you’re home

Father always said
The bed’s always better when you sleep at home

In the rain
And Through the snow
When in pain
And you can’t seem to grow
In the rain

I know the Way
I know the Way
To get back home

Last Train Home (with Janine Levinson)

This is the third song Janine Levinson https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson and I recorded in this week's sessions. I was pretty stoked on her vocal arrangement. This song is about small family farms that go into foreclosure because of climate change or are bullied out of existence by larger agricultural businesses. Remember,  buy local from farmer's markets if you have one in your area. The veggies taste better too.

Lyrics:
Measured by the treason with a crop grown out of season left to crows 
Measured by the treason of a crop without a season what’s to show? 
Heaven couldn’t cover all the seasons with its reasons and the many others had to go to waste
Farmers and their daughters and the Mothers of invention tried to cover all the bills without   any intervention

Never would there ever be a ghostly apparition in the snow
And the wrestling of the tides and the moon shining bright upon the shores
And together through the storm as the family implores “we just can’t take it anymore!  ” 
Poverty abounds like a second hand plow, desperately paving the way. 

Looking in their eyes, sadness he despised all alone
Desolate rain packing up everything he owns
Moments he was craven acting all stiff and brazen on the phone
Patting little creatures wasn’t sure if he could fake his tone

Everything’s on loan
Factory sold
Big Ag won
Little guy was done

Cutting out expenses and building up defenses with new lows
Cursing at suspensions and fixing broken fences with a backhoes  
Heaven couldn’t cover all the seasons with its reasons and the many others had to go to waste
Farmers and their daughters and the Mothers of invention tried to cover all the bills without   any intervention
        
Looking in their eyes, sadness he despised all alone
Desolate rain packing up everything he owns
Moments he was craven acting all stiff and brazen on the phone
Patting little creatures wasn’t sure if he could fake his tone

Everything’s on loan
Factory sold
Big Ag won
Little guy was done

Measured by the treason with a crop grown out of season left to crows 
Measured by the treason of a crop without a season what’s to show? 
Heaven couldn’t cover all the seasons with its reasons and the many others had to go to waste
Farmers and their daughters and the Mothers of invention tried to cover all the bills without   any intervention 

Everything’s on loan
Factory sold

Factory Sold (with Janine Levinson)

This is a song off of Volume 2 of That Old Time Americana which you can listen to in its entirety on Spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/170Dmo9QlaMn62XbwR7Q5s?si=jrKd5mR8QWOU8_aiY-o9lg

This song is about people that hold extreme biases against the lifestyles of other groups of people. The lyrics delve into the isolation and hypocrisy that breeds these biases generationally. There are detrimental costs associated with this thinking.

Lyrics:
Reasoned away the prodigy lying about responsibility breathing down my sweaty neck loading aces in the deck
day light was never there
patience was never shared
bone dry like a lonely dawn
sparking life within in a yawn
time out to hesitate
pleasure to ride and fluctuate
Don't you know the prairie life breeds fear and loathing and lack of spice
scared of your shadow some ghostly matter
voting to deny others human rights
Daddy's a liar but Grandpa's dead
They hated each other for the anger they fed
Breaking away is what the young all do
But eventually they will come back to you.
day light was never there
patience was never shared
bone dry like a lonely dawn
sparking life within in a yawn
time out to hesitate
pleasure to ride and fluctuate
Should we rise or sit back and wait
while the dumbass teacher demonstrates
Moving off to another state
never able to self-deprecate
seriously though you have to stop
before we have to call the cops
Many have said you aren't our kind
staying up late and mixing wine
Been all day wasn't kind
Waiting for the call to say it's fine.

The Prarie Life

Always loved this tune so much. I struggle with reaching some of the keys that Wilson and Pierce hit, but I am having a lot of fun. My cousin used to blast this song when I was a kid. 

HELP! The devil's in my car.
HELP! The devil's in my car.
HELP! The devil's in my car.
Ho, devil's in my car, whoa please
PLEASE! Leave me alone!

We're really tearin' tar.
We're goin' 90 miles an hour.
Ho! He's drivin' me crazy.
He's drivin' me to Hell now.

He's pointing his pitchfork at me.
He's in the front seat of my car!
He's taking over!
Oo, he ripped my upholstry.
He's at the wheel,
HELP! The devil's in my car.
HELP! He's drivin' too far.

(scream!) Ooooooh!

Whoooa!

I can't lock the door,
I can't put on my safety belt.
There's nothing for me to do but yell HELP!
Devil's in my car!
I'm goin' to Hell in my old Chevrolet,
I don't know which way.
Oh, HELP! Devil's in my car!
Yeah, yeah. He's gone too far.
I won't see ya tomorrow.
I won't see ya anymore.
He's got his cloven hoof on the clutch.
Oh! Ow! I'm sitting on his tail.

Oh-Ohh, I don't wanna go to Hell.
(I don't wanna go to the devil.)
He's in my car, in my car, in my car.

Ohhhh-waaaaahhh!

The radio gives me static,
there's nothing on my CB.
Oh, HELP! the devil's in my car.
Oh, he's in my car. He's in my car.
The devil's in my car.
We're turning off the road.
Oh! Where ya taking me devil?
Oh! He's grinning door to door.
He's got his cloven hoof on the clutch.
HELP ME!
Oh, I don't wanna go to Hell.
(I don't wanna go to the devil.)
He's in my car.

Freeway to Hell.
We're burning up the road.
Freeway to Hell. (Right through the tollbooth)
We're burning up the road.
Freeway to Hell. (Right through the guardrail)
We're burning up the road.
Freeway to Hell. (Across the median)
We're burning up the road.
Freeway to Hell. (Would you slow down?)
We're burning up the road.

I've got the devil juice in my CARburater!
I've got the devil in my cigarette lighter.
I don't need no battery (I got the devil in my car).
In my car. In my car-oh!
In my car
In my car
In my car
In my car
In my car

Devil in My Car (B-52s)

This is the opening track of my newest release "Channel to Change" due out in the middle of January on music platforms. As always, thanks for your support. 

Lyrics
Decent wage it never rang, rings around your head
Wisdom glossed and lustful drops left holding up the bed
Rings and magic for little Rosey
Pockets full of Posies

All fall down
All fall down

Always tried to make the contact
Reflected in the mirrors of days
Dancing graceless in the vein
Shameless in its game
 While the scores for more
And tempted taste texted me in a haze.
More than that a mysterious cat
Came by to stake its claim

All fall down
All fall down

Down to this I knew it would be
sedated in a trance
Nestled soft like mama’s milk and tender 
With a glance
 Side step problems
And their Goblins
To laugh it up at the dance. 
 Measured thought and pillow talk
Makes room for romance.  

Reveler of Days
Reveler of Days 

Decent wage it never rang, rings around your head
Wisdom glossed and lustful drops left holding up the bed
Rings and magic for little Rosey
Pockets full of Posies
Rings and magic for little Rosey
Pockets full of Posies

All fall down
All fall sown

All Fall Down

The title of this song makes reference to the first woman ever executed for witchcraft in Sweden late 1500s.

video to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__yRXLYsZyI

Lyrics
You never knew it
You never saw it
You never conjured spells

They were entranced in
All the voices
That carried on your love

But tempted by the
 fear and worship
You cast a wide eyed stare
Over the minions
And their wanting
But gave away your share

Lasses Birgitta


Everybody’s waiting waiting waiting
Trying to shake the flakes
 Everybody’s fighting lying loving
Trying to trap the snakes
Holding up your head today
Helping out the other side
Maybe you got taken taken taken
taken for a ride
Maybe you got taken taken taken
taken for a ride 
Maybe you got taken taken taken
taken for a ride


And the con men
 looks for a rube
 and names him aa a    friend
And the friend
 looks for an enemy
 To help them find a fool. 
And the fool begs
 for forgiveness
From being treated so cruel
For forgiveness for forgiveness 
It is the golden rule
For forgiveness for forgiveness 
It is the golden rule
For forgiveness for forgiveness 
It is the golden rule
  
Lasses Birgitta

Lasses Birgitta

I once went to see this band live with a friend of mine. I liked the band very much and was excited to watch them play. After they finished their first number, I applauded, whistled, hooted and hollered in appreciation. I was hushed by many members of the crowd.  I had never heard of such a thing. My friend became livid at being told what to do at a concert by the crowd, but we followed the rules of engagement, as it were. What a strange experience. Regardless, this song has always been close to my heart and having been stuck at home so long now,  I have grown accustomed to searching the night sky. 


Late at night gazing out into the late at night
I see deep in the world 'til I open my eyes
Every day brakes screech outside my window
Those crashing cars never seem to collide
Sometimes when I'm staring out my window
Catch the stars and watch as they go by
I've been getting messages from outer space
They spiral like a finger in the sky
It blows my mind
Every day I'm drawn to my window
I can hear it if I open my eyes
Sometimes flashing lights seem so familiar
I know I've seen them circling me at night
I've been sending signals into outer space
They spiral like a finger in the sky
It blows my mind
Every day the restlessness takes over me
I can see it as I'm closing my eyes
I've been sending signals into outer space
They spiral like a finger in the sky
Sometimes when I'm staring out my window
Catch the stars and watch as they go by
I've been getting messages from outer space
They spiral like a finger in the sky
Like a finger in the sky
Like a finger in the sky
Like a finger in the sky
Like a finger in the sky
Like a finger in the sky
Like a finger in the sky
Like a finger in the sky
Like a finger in the sky
Like a finger in the sky

Deeper Into Movies (Yo La Tengo cover)

"The Littoral Drift" is a new project of 12 original tracks featuring the live drums of Josh Dylan Peters https://soundcloud.com/jdylanp and one track produced by and performed with Jimmy Nik https://soundcloud.com/james-l-more. This album is set to be released July 25th, 2022. I'm very excited to share it this Summer of 2022. 
CHECK IT OUT!  "CAUTIOUS WALKING" 
On All Streaming Platforms. Here's a landing page:
https://push.fm/fl/cq8njiru

Thanks for the kindness and support.

Darren Sullivan

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