Here I am, sitting in the playground
hanging out with my friends on the swings
some people say that I look like a grown-up
I'm always doing childish things

and I wanna know why, I gotta live a lie
to be an adult
 to be a grown up
to be an adult
 why should I grow up

I'm living somewhere in my childhood memories
childhood memories
child hood
don't wanna grow up .....to be an adult
why should I grow up.... to be an adult

Now I'm sitting in my sandbox
hanging out doing boyish little things
I gave my girl a new umbrella
she gave to me a plastic ring

and I wanna know why, I gotta live a lie
to be an adult
 to be a grown up
to be an adult
 why should I grow up

I'm living somewhere in my childhood memories
childhood memories
child hood
don't wanna grow up .....to be an adult
why should I grow up.... to be an adult

We're in the playground
We're in the playground
We're in the playground
with our.. childhood memories
childhood memories
child hood
don't wanna grow up .....to be an adult
why should I grow up.... to be an adult

in the playground

Can't Let Go- Best of Section 

Playground

Written and recorded in early 80's after a trip to Morocco

TV In Tangiers

Written after watching the Lord of the rings trilogy many years ago, A live recording at CafeDekcuf on Rideau Street in Ottawa circa 2004 ish.. that band incarnation was short-lived, and the song was never recorded or played after that gig.

Shire Live at Cafe Dekcuf Short For My Space

Written in the early 80's around Ronald Reagan space defense initiative,

Star Wars 'Live'

That time in youth in northern clime when snow appeared and kids got a "snow-day" and we would find each other and collect each other and out footsteps would move from 2 to 4 to 6 as we found our way to a friends place where we would all hang out without adults, and play records and talk and get to feel what it might be like to be a grown up, and then shuffle off home before they parent(s) got home...

Fresh Fallen Snow (Ist sketch 4-track tape)

a song about how important it is to be brave, to risk speaking your truth when it comes to experiencing the incredible pull of feelings of love that have virtually no basis in anything substantial, yet they are undeniable.
This is how it was for Cara and I. Unlike anything I had ever experienced.

Winds Of Love 1st Sketch on 4-track tape

Slingshot Teddy Bears... (recording from during the writing of it)

Verse
same thing everyday give and take away it's what they do
it's a game they play cryptic masquerade it's what they do

Chorus
there'll be no tomorrows nothing left to borrow and nothing left to say
set the record straight don't hesitate they'll take it all away

Bridge
slingshot teddy bears, flying through the air we shout out for truth
to them we might look strange while we cry for change and I ask what's the use?

Chorus
there'll be no tomorrows nothing left to borrow and nothing left to say
set the record straight don't deviate they’ll gonna take it all away

Verse
it's why we try so hard, why we go so far we just want to have a say
so don't you hesitate cuz they’ll retaliate (you know)they'll take it all away

Chorus
there'll be no tomorrows nothing left to borrow and nothing left to say
set the record straight don't hesitate you know there's nothing left to lose

Slingshot Teddybears (The only version I have at the moment)

In a meadow, deep in the woods                          I had a feeling           it was good
Life is smiling,  comin my way
That someone,                  Ya Someone                 Oh Someone           
like you                   might come my way
Someone like you might come my way  
   
Lying still staring up at the sky          No reason, don’t know why            
Something feels good inside
Cuz someone                   Ya Someone             Oh Someone           
like you           might come my way
Someone like you might come my way

There are no books to tell you why 
Love just appears by your side
makes you feel warm inside
And that’s how you know, you know it’s right  

Instrumental…. 

In a meadow, deep in the woods           I had a feeling           it was good
Life is smiling,  comin my way
my someone,              Ya Someone               Oh Someone           
like you           came my way
Someone like you came home to stay
Ya someone like you came my way
Someone………….  Like you……..came my way

19 Someone Like You Take 2 (writing session)

A little folk tune on the climate emergency, 1st take, in the writing moment... but I have decided to keep it simple and raw, and I will go into the studio and record it, but it will be pretty much as it is...maybe a little lead lick, super simple, and an acoustic flat-top bass line just to make it how we will play it in our little trio

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