Naval Gazing

For Lynn. Original music and lyrics. 3/2014


Come And Go Blues (Original Composition/Live Acoustic)

A nod to humanity's suffering around the globe. Eight years ago Putin sent his thugs to Syria to help the murderous Assad regime.  Together they killed and displaced tens of thousands of people. 
Now he is doing the same in Ukraine. 
This murderer and his cronies must be stopped!  

Words/ music/ production/performance: Udi Arouh

Mighty Spirit

Mighty Spirit up in heaven
sitting high up on your throne
won’t you show us some affection
from the rootstalk to the bone
won’t you save us for the ages
keep the children safe and strong
fill the night with sacred fire
meet our struggle with a song
won’t you look out for your people
they’ve been cast away for so long
won’t you take away the sadness
of a broken heart
all alone

Mighty Spirit stand beside me
tell me all I need to know
give me strength in times of danger
guide me through the ebbs and flows
and the winding road to freedom
is a lonely one, an unknown 
and there’s nothing here but madness
and a broken heart
all alone

07/2014 (C)

Mighty Spirit  (Original Composition)

As autobiographical a song as it gets..
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Be Myself
Dust blown and ragged
a blood lit sun is hanging low
in the restless evening shadows
I could see a pair of eyes
like a fading apparition 
she stepped up and touched my hand
"I can show you where your demons hide" 
I swear I heard her say

the fires in the distance
cast sheets of flames into the night
the air was thick with embers
it made my blood run dry
I felt an urge to run  
but I didn't dare try 
now my world is gone
there is no right or wrong

oh baby i'm not lying
I had to save myself
I'm not lying
I had lose my faith 
I'm not lying
l had to slip away  
slip away
  slip away
     slip away...

When I was a young boy 
I'd cut out of school
and run wild on the 
hot gleaming  sand 
I’d travel for miles 
with no purpose in mind  
just to make out the lay of the land
there was nothing to gain
there was nothing to lose
there was no one prove me wrong
but the salt in the wind
put the tears in my eyes
and sent running back home

I might have been a farmer
crushing rocks into the night
l might have been a soldier
caught in a firefight
but here I stand alone
by the railroad track
and my world is gone 
there is no right or wrong

oh baby i'm not lying
I had to save myself
I'm not lying
I had lose my faith 
I'm not lying
l had to slip away  
slip away
   slip away
         slip away...
all my life
they tried to clip my wings
all my life
I had to hide my dreams
all my life
I tried to be myself
be myself
   be myself....
       be myself...
         be myself...

© 10/2014  }U{

Be Myself (Original Composition)

Wrecking Ball 

I thought I had a secret place
where I could run and hide
a place where I could lay my head
and cuddle up inside
instead I’m right here staring out
across this great divide
and I’m just barely hanging on..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
I've seen the mighty heavens 
and there's no turning back ..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
I hear the angels crying as I tumble down  
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
yeah, yeah
Lord I need to lay my body down


I found a way to live a life
without an axe to grind
the faces in the picture frame
they rarely cross my mind
but why you had to leave me here
and treat me so unkind 
this I will never ever understand..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
I'm walking to the edge 
and there's no one to pull me back..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
glorious light, I know you see it all..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
I'm gonna close my eyes 
and let you take me there..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
yeah, yeah
Lord I need to lay my body down

break 

I wish I had a quiet moment 
to live my life again 
I'd gather up the lonely pieces 
and leave out all the pain
I'd try to right the wrongs I've done
and never fall for love
ah but I know that can't be done 
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
I might as well be living in 
a dreamed up world.. 
(hold on to the wrecking ball) 
I'm gonna spend my money
on a diamond ring..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
I gotta a mighty fine woman 
she makes me feel so good..
(hold on to the wrecking ball)
yeah, yeah…
Lord I know I’m gonna fall in love again..
you know she makes me feel so good..

Credits: Udi Arouh {C} 11/2016

Wrecking Ball (Original Composition)

Hurricane Sally
she takes your mind where it don't belong
queen of the Valley
calls her daddy on the telephone
mischief and heartache 
night after night she's out to make a scene  
mugshots and fast breaks
it's all she can do is keep it in between 
she puts the barrel to her head
and asks me for the magazine
 
Hurricane Sally
just one more pill will help you ease the pain
deep in the alley
all that hurt will come around again
a simple transaction
show me the money and I'll make you mine
you need a distraction
away from the lonely bitter hard time
you used to give it all you had
but now you crossed a fine, fine line

Hurricane Sally...

Hurricane Sally (Live Acoustic)

One of my fav songs ever, covered here with a twist..

easy to slip

Easy To Slip (Live Acoustic) -Lowell George tribute

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