Songs Record Labels Should Hear

edro: words and music, arrangement, protection…err, production. Me & spellcheck
The Drunken Munchkins: performance

You’ve become a hater
 in a time that needs more love
A bad miscalculator
Don’t know what you’re thinkin’ of

You’ve become that man yelling
 hey get off my lawn
If I didn’t know you better
I’d swear you’re Satan’s spawn

You used to be a friend of everyone you met
Even though you’ve changed
That’s something I won’t forget

You see half the world
as engaged in some outlandish plot
Perhaps you should move to Colorado
and mellow out on legal pot

I’d offer you a cup of tea
Not sure in this case it'd help
I think you’ve had too much tea already
How about a good stiff belt?

You used to be a friend of everyone you met
Even though you’ve changed
That's something I won't forget

You’ve become a hater
 in a time that needs more love
A bad miscalculator
Don’t know what you’re thinkin’ of

You always fear about where we’re being led
But seriously my friend
I think you need to take your meds

You used to be a friend of everyone you met
Even though you’ve changed
That’s something I don’t forget

Yes, the world’s a hard place
Of that we’re reminded every day
But some days I wish you’d stop this madness
and just come out and play

You used to be a friend of everyone you met
Even though you’ve changed
That’s something
That’s something
That’s something
 I won't forget

The Hater

lyrics: John Eagle and edro
Production and arrangement: edro
Performed by the Drunken Munch Kins

If you're not into this
I guess I'd understand it
You don't have to say another thing
I know all about it

You'll be gone and I will stay
Or we could do it the other way

I'll be on my way
I won't steal another second of your day
Maybe it's time
Maybe, maybe there's something else for both of us to find

Baby there's got to be
Another way that we could see
We didn't blaze a path
For us to walk apart
Maybe we'll just say

I'll be on my way
Just like any other day
Maybe it's time
Maybe, there's something else for both of us to find

I'll be on my way
I won't steal another second of your day
Maybe it's time
Maybe there's something else for both of us to find

I'll be gone and you will stay
We could do it the other way

I'll be on my way
I won't steal another second from your day

You'll be gone and I will stay
Or maybe we could do it the other way

I'll be on my way
I won't steal another second of your day
Maybe, maybe it's time
Maybe there's something else for both of us to find

Decision Time

Perdido Key: between Pensacola, Fl and Mobile, AL on the Gulf of Mexico with white sandy beaches.

Lyrics: John Eagle
edro: music and arrangement
You say rum and sun don’t mix
I guess it depends on your fix
But I like it better than beer
So, it’s Nelson’s Blood for me
Lost on Perdido Key
Staying in the shade and lee

One thing leads to another
And if I had my druthers
I’d stay here forever and a day
Just watch the scudding clouds
The surf not so loud
Least Terns skittering like ballet

Chorus
I’m lost in Perdido
Capsized my Sea-Do
And having one hell of a time
If I find myself out
And don’t discover the route
It’ll all turn out just fine

Happenstance is relevant
When you mix rum and sun
It leads to serendipity
Without regard to antiquity
And oh boy!
Are we having fun

But then you wake up
Baked as a red drum
Cursing like a pirate on shore leave
But Perdido Key still shimmers
And the blue waters glimmer
It’s here you come to believe

Chorus
I’m lost in Perdido
Capsized my Sea-Do
And having one hell of a time
If I find myself out
And don’t discover the route
It’ll all turn out just fine
It’ll all turn out just fine

Lost In Perdido (lyrics John Eagle)

Lyrics: John Eagle
Music director: edro

I’ve won some
And I’ve lost some
I guess everybody has
I’m surprised how often
I get left holding the bag
But one thing I know
About this girl of mine

Chorus
She’s a sure thing
Pulls on my heart string
She’s my everything
She’s really something

I have fallen hard
Got it bad from the start
Thought I had it all figured out
Nobody knows better than me
There’s always gonna be some doubt

Chorus
She’s a sure thing
Pulls on my heart strings
She’s my everything
She’s really something

I’ve been stung many  times
Been in the dark
When the sun don’t shine
What I know and finally found
Just as sure as the rain falls down
This girl of mine
Is a sure thing
Pulls on my heart string
She's little Miss Everything
Oh, she’s something

Sure Thing

lyrics: John Eagle
Production and arrangement: edro

It was one of those nights that we had back then
The music staying with us
Long after the band had packed and gone
We stood by the river to wait for the dawn

We were quiet at first, listening to the night
The Vermillion passing in silent right
The moment filled our ears
And we started to dance

Chorus
We danced in wind, blown in from the bay
And I started singing Marina Del Rey
You laughed and you covered your face
Said…everybody wants to sing like George Strait

The old Vermillion ranged by the sleepy walk
And we leaned on the railing to catch a breath
Sitting out the song that wasn’t playing
Our hearts beating in our chest
Yes, it hardly seems a memory at all

That’s just like this old love song
What a time it was, now it’s gone
The slow Vermillion loved us that day
It couldn’t have happened any other way
Couldn’t have happened any other way
Couldn’t have happened any other way

Couldn't Have Happened Any Other Way

Well, there is a Dawn that lives with winter. Imagine that and you're on your way. 
https://soundcloud.com/edro-1/in-dawns-winter-reprise
Eagle: lyrics
edro: music

In Dawn’s winter
Where the snow is like a shroud
The sky is one big cloud
The window a portrait
Hanging on the wall

In Dawn’s winter
The couch and the shawl
Bring the warmth
The TV but a drone
In her cozy little home

Chorus
Snow, snow everywhere
Oh to see the forsythia there
Snowflakes, snowflakes
Fill the air
And all the trees
Dressed so bare

In Dawn’s winter
Gracie’s curled by the hearth
Happy to be free of the snow
No postman today
For her pomp and show

In Dawn’s winter
The book’s opened wide
And all the words today
Nestle themselves
Beside the café au lait

Chorus
Snow, snow everywhere
Oh to see the forsythia there
Snowflakes, snowflakes
Fill the air
And all the trees
Dressed so bare
And all of this…
In Dawn’s winter…
In Dawn’s winter…

In Dawn's Winter

Lyrics: John Eagle

It’s raining buckets up in the hills
But you’re not seeing my point at all
We’re not here just standing still
Life is a breeze across the field
Come with me let’s keep it real

Oh Angie girl I wanna see the farm
With you in a dress all sunny and warm
Take my hand, let’s leave this place
We’re running out of time and space

La la la

Wo wo wo

whatever

So don’t let the grass grow under our feet
The time is now to leave this town
The rains are coming I can see the mist
The wind is blowing cold and brisk

Oh Angie girl can’t you see my tears
The road is waiting to calm our fears
Oh Angie girl I wanna see the farm
With you in a dress all sunny and warm
Take my hand, let’s leave this place
We’re running out of time and space
Oh Angie girl I wanna see the farm
Oh Angie girl, there’s a place that’s warm
Oh Angie girl let’s go to the farm

La la la

Wo wo wo

Angie Girl

Lyrics: John Eagle

In Dawn’s winter
Where the snow is like a shroud
The sky is one big cloud
The window a portrait
Hanging on the wall

In Dawn’s winter
The couch and the shawl
Bring the warmth
The TV but a drone
In her cozy little home

Chorus
Snow, snow everywhere
Oh to see the forsythia there
Snowflakes, snowflakes
Fill the air
And all the trees
Dressed so bare

In Dawn’s winter
Gracie’s curled by the hearth
Happy to be free of the snow
No postman today
For her pomp and show

In Dawn’s winter
The book’s opened wide
And all the words today
Nestle themselves
Beside the café au lait

Chorus
Snow, snow everywhere
Oh to see the forsythia there
Snowflakes, snowflakes
Fill the air
And all the trees
Dressed so bare
And all of this…
In Dawn’s winter…
In Dawn’s winter…

In Dawn's Winter reprise

Writing and composition kudos to John Eagle and Thomas Kaltenbach. Arrangement and production edro.

I saw you, ‘cross a crowded room
The music played inside my head
It was just a glance, a spark of warmth
But I can’t remember what I said
It was something clever, of this I am sure

We were yards apart yet next to each other
It was cold sometime late in December
The tinsel sparkled just like your eyes
They were the deepest blue, if I remember
Oh yes, deep sea blue, of this I am sure

And then we started walking
Such synergy brought us face to face
Was it the music playing?
Amid the noise of a crowded place
The music played for us, of this I am sure

We felt alone inside a great mass
Then heard the music in our ears
And so danced across the floor
As if we had done it for years
It all captured us, of this I am sure

There we were, a globe among the stars
Two lonely hearts in a meeting of chances
Empty spaces meeting, we fell in the void
Finding ourselves between all the dances
We knew who we were, of this I am sure
Of this I am sure
Oh yes, of this I am sure

Of This I Am Sure

Lyrics: John Eagle
Music: edro

There are things I can’t forget
Others I try not to suppose
When we were together
We were falling apart
And that’s just the way it goes

Sometimes we have all the answers
Knowing the question
Gets you halfway there
So maybe it’s best
We try not to care

Chorus
So darlin’
Wherever you are
I hope you’re doing fine
I’m just stacking time
Somewhere just like you
Perhaps somewhat more blue
Trying not to lose my mind
My hope remains
One day somewhere
In a crowded place

We’ll find each other
And if that’s the case
I’ll be looking at you
And darlin, if I’m right
About who I am
Maybe you’ll see me
In a different kind of light

Chorus
So darlin’
Wherever you are
I hope you’re doing fine
I’m just stacking time
Somewhere just like you
Perhaps somewhat more blue
Trying not to lose my mind 
My hope remains somewhere
In a crowded place

So Darlin

Lyrics: John Eagle

The view outside my window
It’s as stark as it can be
There’s bleakness to the woods
Not a patch of green I see

Winter is having its way
With thoughtful reverie
If only the sun would shine
The birds would sing to me

It’s a down, brown day
The sky is charcoal gray
I wish the sun would shine
And chase these blues away

How I long for the warmth
Of summer’s bluebird days
The north wind blew its breath
And gave the sky its gray

I think I need a cup of joe
In my cozy little place
Bring some warmth to my bones
But the cold you can’t erase

I hate to be this bleak
Not my usual way
Circumstances call for me
To let this slip away
Because it’s a down, brown day
The sky is charcoal gray
I wish the sun would shine
And chase these blues away
Chase these blues away

Down Brown Day

Lyrics: John Eagle

It’s lonely out tonight
The sky is black with rain
I’m waiting for the morning
Cuz I can’t stand the pain
It’s deep inside me
And I know you feel it too
Why can’t we try again
Somewhere new

You’re out tonight
I feel it in my bones
Hopefully somewhere
Not all alone
And I am trying to hold on
To something we had
Let’s stay together
Before it’s all gone

Chorus
My Charlotte
You’re raining on my parade
I thought one day
We would be together
I’m trying to understand
How we got this way
I’m not over you
Honey I just can’t help it
I’m all alone and blue

So I’m standing outside
My tears mixed with rain
Trying to find a handle
On what’s the blame
You were once my girl
The center of my world
And now we’re drifting
And I can’t ease the pain

Oh Charlotte
Give me something
To give us hope
Don’t leave me standing
All alone and blue
I don’t have the answers
I’m just wanting you

Chorus
Oh My Charlotte
You’re raining on my parade
I thought one day
We would be together
I’m trying to understand
How we got this way
I’m not over you
Honey I just can’t help it
I’m all alone and blue

My Charlotte

Lyrics: John Eagle

Nostalgia is a river
That can sweep you away
Lost in the past
No beacon to show the way
I wanted to remember
How it was back then
Then got stuck in reverse
With no destination or friend

I found you now
But I never could back then
Though I travelled far
And seen wild places
All the lonely faces
You see when your gone
Gone so very far

Bridge
And you’re far away
But I can see you still
I think that it’s true
I always will
I will always remember
You swinging the rope
Under the cottonwood tree

Chorus
You’re living in my dreams
As always, you know
But I’m swimming up stream
You’re well aware
The current is strong
But I don’t care

A back pocket of memories
Are holding me back
Yet, somehow I’m floating
Like clouds in the sky
Bucking the warm winds
That come over time
A grim face forward
And squinting my eyes

I’ve got a few tricks
Still up my sleeve
Keep an eye on the Times
There may be a reprieve
This buckboard is bound
For some smoother roads
These ruts are a drag
On retaining my goals

Bridge
And you’re far away
But I can see you still
I think that it’s true
I always will
I will always remember
You swinging the rope
Under the cottonwood tree

Chorus
You’re living in my dreams
As always, you know
But I’m swimming up stream
You’re well aware
The current is strong
But I don’t care

I want to be a firetruck
Or any such thing
As long as it carries you
Back to the rope swing
And out of the past
Where my journey begins
Again and again
Again and again

Under the Cottonwood Tree

We like to listen too.  @imre-lodbrog @lammbone @johnny-minstrel, Woody Guthrie, the crew on Sundays at Franz and Nancy’s. Then John turns on his radar and ups the dial on stream of consciousness  and tunes in the spirit of the troubadours. 

We were once lions and wolves
I don’t know what happened to us
We’re pretty far down the food chain
A 1934 Henry Ford with an oil leak
That Clyde Barrow wouldn’t kick the tires on
It’s got an oil slick the size of Rhode Island
Sounds like drunken Scotsman from the highlands
 
What do ya say, Joe, give it a go
 
Listen man, I’ll tell you the truth
I know times are changing
And the oyster that once was the world
Has turned into a giggling little girl
With curly pig tails and a big sucker
With rosy-red lips in a pucker
Tell me Joe, would I lie to you
 
What do ya say Joe, give it a go
 
It’s the internet, you say ,and all those wires
And all the towers rising up like spires
A global village being raised by an idiot
His mouth hanging under a spigot
A grin as wide as the Golden Gate
You getting all this Joe, what I say
Capitalism!, that’s the only way
 
What do you say Joe, give it a go
 
Listen Joe, I can go on all night like this
Don’t even have to take a break to piss
You remember London after the blitz?
It will take some rebuilding to look like this
You think I’m kidding, then take a look
We’re the Walls of Jericho, fragile yet giddy
With no bedroom mirror to view the pity
 
What do you say Joe, give it a go
What do you say Joe, give it a go

What Do You Say, Joe?

A night like this 
With the moonlight 
Bright and mysterious 
You listen closely 
To hear its music 
 
The faintest sound 
Of a train horn looms 
Sounding thin and distant 
Gives the impression of time 
And all the dark space 
 
I hear the song of the night 
In a whispered refrain 
Just a melody of quiet 
In a voice like soft rain 
Hear the night’s song 
Tender and sweet 
Hear the night’s song 
In a moonlight retreat 
 
A ship on the river 
Evokes a low drone 
A musical bassline 
Silently pushing home 
The river falls astern 
 
The cricket’s arpeggios 
Fill the last movement 
And you fall in a trance 
Two owls echo 
Across the expanse 
 
I hear the song of the night 
In a whispered refrain 
Just a melody of quiet 
In a voice like soft rain 
Hear the night’s song 
Tender and sweet 
Hear the night’s song 
In a moonlight retreat 

Music and the Night

I know there’ve been some times 
Times when I’ve lost my mind 
Or times when you lost yours 
And somehow we’ve managed 
To stay the course 
 
Could we be better 
Stand on a bigger stage? 
Just how is that gonna happen 
When I can’t act my age 
 
You’re laughing now 
Because I called myself out 
 
Chorus 
Just when you think I’m gone 
I’ll come back again 
Just when you think we’re through 
I’ll come back to you 
 
Sometimes you would scream out at the stars 
Or rage about the way people drove their cars 
Or the time I tossed my golfing clubs 
Watched them sink from the bridge above 
 
We laughed about those things then 
Why can’t it be like this again? 
Even so… 
 
Chorus 
Just when you think I’m gone 
I’ll come back again 
Just when you think we’re through 
I’ll come back to you 
I’ll come back to you 
 
Come on baby, can’t you see 
I’m crazy ‘bout you 
And you're crazy ‘bout me 
 
… just when you think I’m gone 
I’ll come back again 
Just when you think we’re through 
I’ll come back to you 
I’ll come back to you 
Yes, I’ll come back to you

Love Never Fails

 I met Davis in New Orleans near the levee. He and John go back a long way. with real stories to tell. John tells this one.  

Another leaf blew from the tree
And I’m not sure why
And I don’t know why
Another leaf blew from the tree
And I’m not sure why
And I don’t know why

It was a gusty wind
As each life is
Or can be
I’m sure you know

The wind blows late in life
It comes over the hills
And shakes the trees
We all see this

Hang on to the great limb
Spread strong and wide
Huddled leaves shaking
Clattering in the wind

And when the gale ends
A sigh of relief
Live to fight another day
Purloined like a thief

Davis

There are other versions. This is just me and my guitar, which is the title of a great Batdorf and Rodney song btw,
https://soundcloud.com/little-eddie-the-eagle/back-to-you-ravens-holiday-edro-eagle

I know there’ve been some times
Times when I’ve lost my mind
Or times when you lost yours
And somehow we’ve managed
To stay the course

Could we be better
Stand on a bigger stage?
Just how is that gonna happen
When I can’t act my age

You’re laughing now
Because I called myself out

Chorus
Just when you think I’m gone
I’ll come back again
Just when you think we’re through
I’ll come back to you

Sometimes you would scream out at the stars
Or rage about the way people drove their cars
Or the time I tossed my golfing clubs
Watched them sink from the bridge above

We laughed about those things then
Why can’t it be like this again?
Even so…

Chorus
Just when you think I’m gone
I’ll come back again
Just when you think we’re through
I’ll come back to you
I’ll come back to you

Come on baby, can’t you see
I’m crazy ‘bout you
And you're crazy ‘bout me

… just when you think I’m gone
I’ll come back again
Just when you think we’re through
I’ll come back to you
I’ll come back to you
Yes, I’ll come back to you

Back To You solo (Lyrics: John Eagle)

Hi. I'm Ed. First off, thanks for listening. 

You might notice a link below to a blog site John Eagle and I started to add a new dimension to the stories we tell. 

Once I played in a band that had two Elvises (Elvi) and adopted the pseudonym edro as a cover.  

Mostly it is me playing guitar, keyboards, mandolin, and whatever else makes sense for a song. Most of the songs are original with a few live. The originals are written and performed by edro. I have been fortunate lately to be involved with some collaborations with some real fine folks.

The intro was written when I first joined SoundCloud. While I collaborate with many fine folks, John Eagle and I have written hundreds of songs together. We are working pretty hard writing good songs these days.