Track 6 from the album "B Sides, Alternates and Other Songs" ......... a collection of 10 songs written or recorded during the making of my "For the Stars" album in 2019 but didn't make the album.......releasing one song monthly thru October 2020!

"Take a Stand" is a song about inequality and injustice in my country. It is another true "B" side. It was finished and ready to go for my last album but I had already decided on two other songs that were "political" in nature and didn't think a third one was needed. 

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B Sides, Alternates and Other Songs

Take a Stand

I've been playing this song for years, solo and with my band. It's about the pain of getting up and going to work on a cold, rainy day. It definitely has a Beatles feel to it, I admit...

If you liked this one then please feel free to check out the accompanying video: https://youtu.be/9XjM0VO-QO8

WORDS AND MUSIC BY ROBERT GRAY

When I wake up all I want to do is scream.
I rub my eyes, fall down the stairs and out into the street.
I’m sick and tired and it’s not halfway through the week.
Stick my face in the morning news and drift back off to sleep.

All I want to do is lay all day and be with you.
Life’s too short to do all of the things they want you to.

The coffee’s cold, the bus is late, there’s toothpaste on my shoes.
The old man in the raincoat stinks of stale sweat and booze.
I want to die; I’ve got the weekday morning blues.
Wish that I could say that I’ve got nothing left to lose.

All I want to do is lay all day and be with you.
Life’s too short to do all of the things they want you to.

The Bed Song (solo acoustic)

Throw It Away (Embodiment EP 2020)

Adagio

Adagio (The Zeropoint Projects Remix)

Someday Somewhere

The Fall

Losing Light

Traditional Blues in G.
All musical instruments - LeoMReznik.

Traditional Blues in G

Naked Eye Astronomy 
(Words and Music by David Stephenson 2020)

If I ever really lost you, I would have had to find you
But the haystack hid the needle
And the needle moved around and around
From town to town

The approach, the collision, the after-parting
Seemed over before it even started
From my position it seemed to last a long, long time
A long, long time

The convergence of our orbits
There's proof it really happened
From nosey neighbors and naked-eye astronomers

Boil it down to the brain stem
Neuropathy, a friction
Were the sparkles a mere  figment
An illusion, pure fiction
Pure fiction 

The convergence of our orbits
There's proof it really happened
From nosey neighbors and naked-eye astronomers

They say it was over, before it even started
They say it was over, before it even started

Naked Eye Astronomer

It's Christmas soon .. .not a usual Christmas coming up... Maybe not everyone will gather with loved ones ..However let's share the joy of this unique time of the year ..with fun and hope ...I thought the authentic swinging style so well carried in its time by Django Reinhardt and Duke Ellington would fit in these times so well ...
..hope you enjoy this one made with hope for better times ...my humble and sincere way ... All the best Steph

Christmas Blues

Downtempo | ambient | chill |  music with occasional surreal and psychedelic undertones.

Adagio (The Zeropoint Projects Remix)

Empty Sea