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This is an album of songs that are primarily country, but there is a mix of styles made from my lyric poetry.

Anthem For My Dreamers

Part Of Me (Ver. 2)

Carrying On (Alt Version)

My Old Home Town (Pop Version)

Part of Me (Ver. 1)

Father-Daughter Wedding Dance

This is a song made from a lyric poem about the poetry that I write and my hope that it will lift people up.

The Poet’s Lament

The MendiCats is a fictitious a cappella group that I created to do versions of my songs originally written for other genres. I love a cappella is.

The MendiCats – Let’s Get It Back

This is another song by my fictional a cappella group The MendiCats. It sung in a reggae version and it’s made from lyrics written by me for another genre.

The MendiCats – This New Day (reggae version)

This is an album of songs made from lyric poetry that I've written for other genres. I created the fictional a cappella group "The Mendicats" as an avatar for a cappella songs.  The name comes from mendicants, which were religious pilgrims spreading "the word".  

The Mendicats - Going to Let His Words (A cappella)

The Man In The Arena

This is a lyric poem made into a spirited blue grass tune that I wrote for people to play when their spirits need lifting!

Let’s Live Large Today!

A poem about being raised by an anxious parent

Careful, Careful, Careful (Country)

This is a song inspired by a curious passage in the Bible.
I find it so very strange and confusing
How is a man supposed to live a simple life?
Should we hold fast onto others
Or let time wield its sacred knife?

My instinct is to hold on tight
To keep every bond intact
I need to have others all around me
So someone always has my back

But I consider the words of the savior 
Who said he came not to bring peace, but a sword

[Matthew 10:34]
To cut free his followers’ spirits
Even from their most adored

I may not ever understand this
It seems so very far at odds
With the values we were raised with
To see those above us as our gods

I know as we grow life changes
No one really remains on high
But is it absolutely necessary
For these attachments to disappear and die

I know I’ll think about these things
All of my remaining living days
I want my soul to remain on fire
But I love love’s comfortable ways

Love's Comfortable Ways

A song by Pink Lady Soul based on the transcript of the Youtube "Charlie Bit Me" that has had over 900 million views in its original and autotuned versions.

Charlie Bit Me (Pink Lady Soul-Long Form)

Anthem For My Dreams (Deep House Hooley)

A Man With Mountains To Move (Deep House Alt. Ver.)

A lyric poem influenced by T.S. Eliot's poem Little Gidding

Coming Home (Final)

Chris Brown ft. Tyga - Girl You Loud (Fan of a Fan Album)

Girl You Loud (sped up) - Chris Brown ft. Tyga

A song about a girl who had me under her spell for a while.

There Was Something About That Girl (K-Pop)

This is a song about trips with our mother to the place she loved best in the world, how it lifted our young spirits, how we took her back there when she passed, and how our spirits continue to be lifted and inspired by her memory.

Heaven's Lake

This is a song about my father, a Harvard Business School graduate who soon found himself serving as an officer in the Pacific.  He was a rock.

Dad Worked In The Trenches

Jeremih - Don't Tell Em Ft The Game , Drake & French Montana

I post multiple versions of songs made from my lyric poems in different genres so those interested can follow the evolution of lyrics through their iterations in various genres.  I aspire to write lyric poetry to touch people, either to make them happy, or to touch their sadness and let them know they are not alone.

There Was Something About That Girl (K-Pop)

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