Steadfastness in turbulent times, both a virtue and an art form! Thanks for the mention!

killer lyrics...sly delivery...tuneful playing...this is a real song...John Prine is smiling

Songs Record Labels Should Hear

Under Them Neons

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
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

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

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

Blue

Giving Up On You

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?

Gabe Garcia - Country Looks Good On You

Hindsight 2020, Vol. 3: Angelina

Alibis

 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

Ain't In It For My Health

I Know A Place

Echoes of Your Laugh

This track is written with the many mothers and wives that breaks an arm to keep the family and the tradition Christmas traditions alive and a holy place to share and care for each other. 

I Love You

A Heartfelt love song that Comes straight from the Heart

Comes Straight From The Heart

my love for the open road runs deep adventures await new people to meet highways glisten crease flow let's see where this road will go.

Open Road Heart

Heartache Medication

Love Her Like She's Leaving

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.

What Do You Say, Joe?

edro

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