wow, everyone I've listened to so far is bringing the production up many notches and yours is no exception. Really love this, Don. It is dreamy and surrealistic but down to earth as well. Very cool!

Loving that guitar tone, definiteky gwtting some of that big sky country feel. And at its heart you’ve got a really solid ballad.., almost getting Police vibes from the chordal structure and synth choices. Very uplifting!

Love that guitar part at the opening and the refrain of it throughout. Love it resides behind the rest of the mix. Very dreamlike.

Wow, Don!  What a lush and rich production.  Beautiful chord changes.  Powerful dynamics. I definitely got some Police vibes.

such a beautiful and emotional beginning..

I like how the "lift" and "chorus" take a different direction chord and groove wise. Really gives the song energy and motion

Man, that chorus feels groovy and like I should just slip it on and lounge in it for a while.

oh, interesting chord change there! I did your guitar tone!

cool slow groove here, love the way the bridge feeds into the chorus, before I expected it, and yet perfectly where it belongs..

Like Iron Man
Music and Words by Mark Magram

When I'm in a rut, minimal motivation
Reasonable ex-perimentation
In a world I don't usually Live in
Sometimes its just the thing that I'd been needin
Stir it in my coffee with a little bit of cinnamon
Sit back, take a sip, talk a lot of shit again
Spit a word salad in the mic and try to turn it into
Something with a little bit of wiggle for the back side

(ch)
Put on my suit all systems go
Take to the skies look down below
I'm like iron man, indestructible
My suit is made from my lyrical flow

Overall, on the whole, telling truths, never lies
Hazel eyes five foot eleven weighing 205
In the game, on the field, feed me the ball coach
Missed a couple practices but I'll give you my all though
keep on running like the energizer bunny it's funny
Like Philadelphia I'm always sunny
I'm breaking down rhymes into line after line
Pondering the ways Im gonna spit them on time

(ch)
Put on my suit all systems go
Take to the skies look down below
I'm like iron man, indestructible
My suit is made from my lyrical flow
--
Can't see the man inside
My hands just shooting fire
Mess with me it's suicide
I'm iron man when I'm spitting rhymes

Can't get to my rig cuz I'm out of town
So instead I'm gonna write a bunch of lyrics down
And try to redirect some creativity
into lyrics laced with poetry
and then, put them on a slammin beat
  See what shakes out from the tree
And if you hear the sound of my words within ear shot
Here's a little trick in case you're running into writers block
Lay down a back beat maybe even beat box
Dip a little toe into the genre of hip hop
Its been going strong since the sugar hill gang
All the way to Kendrick, eminem and wu tang
And once you get going if you feel the rhymes flowing
Stand tall let your confidence start showing
Use Simile and metaphorical comparison
To command their attention
Like, I'm like Clark Kent changing in the phone booth
I got a diamond Rolex, I wear Armani suits
Top shelf, world class ain't no one above me
All the haters gonna hate but all the ladies love me
I drive a lambo, I got a mega yacht
And none of that is true but you don't know the shit I ain't got

(ch)

It's not tall tales, more like simple affirmation
Creating visions in your mind and finding motivation
Coronate yourself as king in your own little world.... and speak it into being
If you feel it while you deal it let it flow some more
Before you know it you're a poet and you're settling a score
With the part of you that tries to hold you back
And thats the part that gets crushed in a hip hop track

(ch)

Like Iron Man

SWU F22 W1 - Wait

Wait for the sun to fade, for the hours to pass, for the leaves to turn
Wait for the winter moon, for the distant stars to slowly burn
If all that I have to do is be patient
as long as I know that you will still be mine
If all you need is just a little time, baby I can wait, I can wait

Wait til the mountains high crumble down oh and turn to dust
Wait for the hardest steel to give its heart away to rust
If all that I have to do is be patient
as long as I know that you will still be mine
If all you need is just a little time, baby I can wait
baby I can wait, oh baby I can wait, I can wait

When the wind is rising and you're miles from the shore
When the waves are crashing down and you're waiting out the storm
If you need me I will be there, I will be right by your side
and if you need a little space, if you need a little time
baby I can wait, I can wait, baby I can wait, I can wait, baby I can wait

Wait

Waiting Out The Storm
Music 'n Music by Don Mercer & Ana Bee

- Intro - 

Verse 1 - 

All the time that you spend - all the time you’re alone
All the waiting around - all the scrolling your phone
I found a reason to live - found a reason to score
Found a place we can be - found a place like before

Lift - 

And then I look in your eyes - I see that - all that imaginations free

Chorus - 

Not so fast with your evacuation - you’re waiting out the storm
Never get tired of the fascination - of waiting out the storm

Verse 2 -

We shouldn’t even be here
We shoulda been long gone
If did everything right
How’d it turn out so wrong

Now it’s starting to rain
Yeah it’ starting to pour
But it’ll be all right
Just list before  

Lift - 

And then I look in your eyes - I see that - all that imagination free

Chorus - 

Not so fast with your evacuation you’re waiting out the storm
Never get tired of the fascination - of waiting out the storm

Bridge - 

Chorus x 2 -

Not so fast with your evacuation you’re waiting out the storm
Never get tired of the fascination - of waiting out the storm

Not so fast with your evacuation you’re waiting out the storm
Never get tired of the fascination - of waiting out the storm

- Outro -

SWU 2022 Fall Week 1 Waiting Out The Storm - Don Mercer and Ana Bee

Summer Girl

If my girl seems to be a little bit shy, well she’s just playing it cool until its warm outside
cuz she’s my summer girl

and I know she’s working on a little plan to turn the radio on and lay around in the sand
cuz she’s my summer girl

you don’t know how long I have waited and begged the sun to come out soon
I nearly cried in January, when I saw how long it was til June

but now the temperature is starting to rise, and I can’t tell if it’s the heat or the look in her eyes
but she’s my summer girl

you don’t know how long I have waited and begged the sun to come around soon
I nearly cried in January, when I saw how long it was til June

oh no I might be running out of time, and I don’t want to waste a single solitary second of sunshine 
with my summer girl

Summer Girl

Week 2 - Homecooking Love (Running Out Of Time)

A Change in the Air



I saw an Old Tree that showed me how to reach for the sky

It was adorned orange and red

Caught in a cold breeze it told me the reason why

All of its leaves would soon be dead




When you are forlorn

You needn’t mourn when the losses begin

You will be reborn on the cusp of Autumn Winds 




Now theres a change in the air

The moment will come you must shed all you know

Leaving your soul bare

To prepare for winters snow

A Change In The Air

SWU Week 6
If I Could
11/16/2022 12:00:00 

Tried to keep an open mind
When it was misty on the borderline
Made a promise in an empty room
Now everything’s coming unglued

If I could see through you
I’d stand a chance with you
Waiting for something that might not come true
I know its a long shot and maybe a bad thought
I’m led to believe you’re only a dream

They lead you to expect
You’ve got the making’s of a pro
It’s much too good to be true
You can’t draw blood from a stone

If I could see through you
I stand a chance with you
Waiting for something that might not come true
I know its a long shot and maybe a bad thought
I’m led to believe you’re only a dream

It’s a slim chance
A long shot
It might work
Maybe a sure thing
I don’t know
It might not

06 SWU Fall 22

Limbo Land
Music and Words by Mark Magram (2022)

(v1)
I think I feel a certain way
but thats just how I feel today

tomorrow I could find out more
and change my mind from what it was before

never sure if what I feel
is just emotion or really real

I could be wrong I could be right
somehow I showed up to a fight

(v2)
not sure which side I should take
I'm half asleep and half awake

channel one shows one clear view
until you turn to channel two

one will show it to your eyes
the other claims your eyes will lie

you have to pick a side they say
so I ask "why?" and walk away

(bridge)

I like to live in limbo land
where facts conflict and shift like sand

where you dont have to claim the truth
and wait and see is fine to do

where opinions are not mandatory
when you cant know the entire story

where no one says to take up arms
and go to war for false alarms

(v3)
so I bow out and stand aside
in limbo land I will reside

in times like these, there is no truth
agendas reign and cause disputes

I lay my weapons on the floor
I will not play your games of war

no more

SWU 2022 Fall Week 1 Waiting Out The Storm - Don Mercer and Ana Bee

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