O du fröhliche (Trad. Weihnachtslied, trad. Christmas Song)

A simple, rather loose, jazz ensemble, and a simple message.
It seems as though the social and political turbulence is much like trying to paddle your own canoe - it's going to get rough and it will feel as though hope is lost, but don't stop and don't despair. Hope Floats.

The song was originally intended as a relationship muse, where two people are supposed to be paddling, together, in the same direction, but the boat keeps turning 'round and 'round. It takes courage to realize you can only control your own paddle and how you use it. It can be overwhelming and daunting, at times, and you may be inclined to abandon ship: don't.

Uploaded one week into the Trump 2.0 Administration

Lyrics:

I got my paddle in the water, 
I'm paddling with all I've got
The bow is sinking slowly, 
Glanced off a rock.
And i'm startin' to sink down into the water
Losin' myself in the current,
Goin' down, down, goin' down,
Lord help me I'm goin', goin' ,goin',  down

(instrumental break)

I got a bucket in the water
I'm bailin' but it's not enough, no.
The water's slowly risin'
And I'm runnin' out of luck.
And I'm startin' to sink down into the water
Losin' myself in the current
Goin' down, down, goin' down,
Lord help me, I'm goin', goin' down,
I'm goin' down.

Jazz Collaborations

I've Got My Paddle in the Water

Daydream in Cerulean

Rotten to the Core

HEROES - ΗΡΩΕΣ

©Hans-Michael Albers 

lyrics Google translation:

No one can remember how it all began.
No one knew exactly who she was – that wasn't the point.
It wasn't her eyes, it wasn't her face.
It wasn't her dreamy gaze either – no, none of that was it.

But there was something that captivated everyone, and she bore it with pain.
For she didn't know what adorned her so, and it broke her heart.

Yet she was the queen of all.
And she danced her sorrow.
Everyone saw her and dreamed forever.
Only of this dress.
This snow-white dress.
Her snow-white dress.

She was there like a miracle; it touched everyone.
Everyone thought what was happening only affected them.

While she only danced and thought it was hopeless.
That someone would just notice her once, she wished so much.

Yet she was the queen of all.
And she danced her Suffering
Everyone saw her and dreamed forever
Only of this dress
This snow-white dress
Her snow-white dress

How she came, how she saw, how she conquered,
remained simply denied to her
And the less she noticed it
The more she became so desired

Yet she was the queen of all
And she danced her sorrow
Everyone saw her and dreamed forever
Only of this dress
This snow-white dress
Her snow-white dress

Yet she was the queen of all
And she danced her sorrow
Everyone saw her and dreamed forever
Only of this dress
This snow-white dress
Her snow-white dress

Schneeweißes Kleid

2023. 
Lyrics:
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Ramplonon

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Hummmings (Lemon Ride Remix)

I’m crashing into people and I don’t know what to do when 
I find myself absolved of all the thoughts of what I’m doing
I pause to take a look at how you're shook and were mistaken 
When you thought I had the pride inside that could be taken
Decapitate your state of mind your ignorance is blatant
My patience for your language  has me hating all your faces 
I’m going through the paces when my rhetoric defaces 
Replaces any sense of self or thoughts of all your greatness

Break me down to pieces with your apathetic thesis  
I'm eating Reese’s pieces while you're allergic to peanuts 
I bang so much vagina while you only see a penis 
And you're dreaming if you think your close to even being what you're seeing

Breath in all your air 
Now hold your fucking breathe 
Don’t say a word 
Until your fucking death
Don’t say a word 
Until there's nothing left
No brain left to function
And no beat left in your chest 

I take comfort your discomfort will not come for many months 
And if if it doesn't it’s because of all the love that really wasn’t  
And when your fleeting smile widens to a gaping  hole
I will cast away your bliss as merely ignorance you hold
Questioning me 
Lecturing me 
Mentioning me 
Pestering me
All you can see is the jester in me 
And the pain as it flames and festers in me

Don't say a word

Windmills

Only very slightly evil hippy of the old tradition.
1 guy, strat, Yamaha acoustic. iPad. substances.
I’m no Conway Twitty. 😕
Listening pleasure proportionate to cannabis intake.

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James Geer