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Bix Bixler Vocals, Lyrics, Melody, recorded in Mesa Arizona. Music Tracks Composed, arranged, mastered Frans Beelaard Recorded in Modesto, Ca.  Featuring Godin Acoustic Guitar solo. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano. Gibson L5 Electric Guitar Rhythm. String Quartet, Viola, 1st & 2nd Violins, Cello, Bowed Acoustic Bass. Trap Drum set. Percussion, Triangle, Ago go bells. Tambourine.

Still Kickin'

You are so beautiful

15-year-old Andriy recounts to CNN's John Berman the moment his family was forced from their home at gunpoint in Chernihiv, Ukraine, and the attack that claimed his mother's life. 

V1
right
It ain't right
It ain't right
It ain't right

When fifteen year old ripped from his life
When his towns on fire and his mother just died
It ain't right
It ain't right

you see
It's strange
That just a week before
Andriy was playing guitar with family
dark night
Dark night
He just want play his guitar now
And get through this dark night

Ch
And he just wanna go home
And he just wanna go home
And rebuild a city

{post ch}

V3
He's the same age as my son
to see what he has been through.
it is just,
heart breaking
He said
I was supposed to be playing with my band at a concert…
instead I am here.
heart breaking
heart breaking
And I wanna go home
And I wanna go home

{instr}

Ch
And he just wanna go home
And he just wanna go home
And rebuild a city

Bridge
And want you to know that my mother was a beautiful woman
And want you to know that my mother was a beautiful friend

Ch
And I wanna go home
And I wanna go home
Heart breaking

Outro
And I wanna go home
And I wanna go home
Heart breaking
And I wanna go home
And I wanna go home


Watch the music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELX1Rf6t4cM

The situation in Ukraine is heartbreaking and incomprehensible……it ain't right.

I saw one specific example (of many) in a news article that really got to me about the effects of this senseless war on ordinary people.  People just trying to live their ordinary human lives in peace, coming from towns probably similar to the one you or I may have grown up in.  Instead, they are ripped from this existence because a psychopath decides he needs to acquire a new piece of dirt and a bigger crown.  He will level cities and mow down innocent people to get it.  

I recently watched a news feature covering a shell shocked 15 year old boy who had lost his mother in an awful attack.  He was still obviously stunned and coping.  Towards the end of the interview it became clear that one of his coping mechanisms was just wanting to play his guitar for awhile to get through the dark nights ahead….to hold on to a strand of something normal.  This hit me quite hard as it is probably a characteristic I too would have fallen back on as coping mechanism (a keyboard in my case)

 The other powerful thing that came through was his un-questioned determination to still go back and rebuild the city one day. This seemed to be just a given.  This was going to happen. This steadfast resolve and heroism in the Ukrainian people in general is moving and inspiring and probably has a lot to do with what they went through and achieved in the 2013/2014 timeframe when they ousted a Putin placed dictator the first time.  The Netflix documentary called Winter on Fire captures this struggle for independence very well.  They will not give up this hard won independence easily.

This all influenced my latest song creation.  

Thank You for your courage Andriy and I wish you strength, resilience and resolve to keep moving forward.  This song is dedicated to you and your family.

V/r
Dave

David Husted is a singer/songwriter from Maryland. He creates original music on a regular basis for you.

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Andriy

Safe Corridor

i tried to write a love song and this is what i ended up with.......close enough......thanks for having a listen

I´m just trying to show you something
You don’t want to know
I´m hiding all my guarded secrets
You already know
As if I stupid man would not comprehend
you go down to my plain 
Tell me it is plain to see
Your crying´s all about me

You say we’re goin´ down slow
And you have always known
We´re goin´ down slow
That´s the way things go

Drunk, lost and lonely, 
Melancholic beyond words,
Angry till you’re trembling,
And feeling unready for love,
You go out in a wild romantic gesture 
To a beautiful woman    
You fake a smile and a sober expression
And all in the name of love and pain.

You say we’re goin´ down slow
And you have always known
We´re goin´ down slow
That´s the way things go

You wonder ´bout all these contradictions 
All these trials and confusions inside
But with a splendid displacement
You will let them hide.

You say we’re goin´ down slow
And you have always known
We´re goin´ down slow
That´s the way things go

Goin´down slow

hah - feat Emily Coy

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'Another False Flag' is a Fusion track. With the world currently in a state of chaos, the old saying of: 'Think the best, but prepare for the worst' came to mind. So this is me thinking the best and hopefully we can all stay on that track, knowing that 'Another False Flag' could happen at any moment and being prepared for it.

Another False Flag

When you’re just so pissed off, you wish a motherfucker would just die!

Never Drive That Way Again

I was raised where the red clay stains your boots,
Where your mama says “work hard,” daddy says “tell the truth.”
Got a backbone built from Sundays and a heart that don’t shake,
You can try to knock me down—Lord knows, I won’t break.

Every fight, every fall, carved a fire in my soul,
And the louder the world gets, the stronger I stand tall.

’Cause I was raised on grit and glory,
Faith and family tell my story.
You can push me, you can test me—
But you’ll never, ever bend me.
Yeah, I’m rock-solid, battle-ready,
Storms roll in but I stay steady.
I was raised on grit and glory—
Ain’t nobody gonna take that from me.

Grandma’s bible on the table, daddy’s wisdom in my bones,
A little wild, a little stubborn, but I know where I belong.
I got roots that hold me strong when the world tries pulling me loose—
I’m the guy who stands his ground, yeah, I got nothing to prove.

Let the lightning strike down, let the hard wind blow—
I’m unshaken, unafraid, watch me rise through the smoke.

’Cause I was raised on grit and glory,
Faith and family tell my story.
You can push me, you can test me—
But you’ll never, ever bend me.
Yeah, I’m rock-solid, battle-ready,
Storms roll in but I stay steady.
I was raised on grit and glory—
Ain’t nobody gonna take that from me.

Oh, you can swing your punches—
I won’t fall, I won’t fold.
My faith is my fortress,
My heart’s made of gold.

’Cause I was raised on grit and glory,
Faith and family tell my story.
You can push me, you can test me—
But you’ll never, ever bend me.
Yeah, I’m rock-solid, battle-ready,
Storms roll in but I stay steady.
I was raised on grit and glory—
Ain’t nobody gonna take that from me.

Yeah, I’m unbreakable, baby.


Grit and Glory

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Dave