Like A Whiff Of Seattle

Verse]
In the desert's hush where shadows creep
A cactus stands tall no need to weep
With spines like armor it guards its soul
Underneath the stars it feels whole

[Chorus]
Oh cactus king of the barren land
You thrive where no one understands
Through scorching sun and freezing night
You hold your ground in the fight

[Verse 2]
A lizard darts by to steal some shade
Beneath your arms a haven made
Your roots run deep in the sandy sea
A lesson in strength for you and me

[Chorus]
Oh cactus king of the barren land
You thrive where no one understands
Through scorching sun and freezing night
You hold your ground in the fight

[Bridge]
When rain does fall your flowers bloom
A splash of color in endless gloom
Your thorns they speak of trials endured
A silent story raw and pure

[Chorus]
Oh cactus king of the barren land
You thrive where no one understands
Through scorching sun and freezing night
You hold your ground in the fight

Cactus King (feat. Lenny O’Connor). Lyrics in description

[Verse 1]
First met you on the courthouse steps
You had a ticket for a car that was borrowed
You said "Take me to the firemen's ball
They'll forget about it by tomorrow"

[Verse 2]
We danced and you introduced me as your husband
It was just a little white lie
But I loved it
You said
"Let's go make it a little more true"
And we took off in a hurry
We got hitched and got it over
While the wedding bells were still ringin' in my ears

[Chorus]
Tell me
Girl
What was wrong with me?
Was it my taste in music or the way I kissed you?
Or the hours and hours that I spent with you in bed?
Was it something that I said?
Was it the way I held your hand
When you introduced me as your husband?
Why a girl wanna leave such a smart and gentle man?

[Verse 3]
You brought me to your parents' house
You said
"Just play along for the weekend"
They had their questions and their doubts
But by the end
They were believing

[Verse 4]
We had fun
We put on a good show
I guess some people just get off on pretending
I could tell that your daddy didn't like me much
So I left
'cause it seemed like the right thing
It was just the one time
But I know how much it meant to you
And I hope I didn't mess it up too bad

[Chorus]
Tell me
Girl
What was wrong with me?
Was it my taste in music or the way I kissed you?
Or the hours and hours that I spent with you in bed?
Was it something that I said?
Was it the way I held your hand
When you introduced me as your husband?
Why a girl wanna leave such a smart and gentle man?

Why me ?  Lyrics in description

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Lyrics

Intro – Spoken/half-sung, atmospheric]
Yeah, they trim the trees,
They rake the fire away.
Build fences strong,
But can’t outrun the laws today.

[Verse 1]
Juan’s got a scar that runs ear to chin,
Said it came from Sonora, not from sin.
He brings his boy on Sundays, just to play
Near the pool he’ll never swim in anyway.

[Verse 2]
Mowin’ lawns under redwood shade,
Hands in dirt while the rich get paid.
Sings to the birds in broken slang—
Every word feels like a chain that hangs.

[Verse 3]
They came last night in unmarked vans,
Took three men like they weren’t even men.
Left their tools in the morning dew,
Leaf blowers still, boots filled with truth.

Verse – Chicano’s Voice]
I send my pay to a border town,
Where mamá lights candles when the sun goes down.
My name’s not ‘hey’ or ‘you in the hat
I got stories, but no time for that.


[Bridge – whispered, rising tension]
Is this freedom, is this fear?
Do we only welcome those we mirror?
My friend cries but hides his face—
Guilt’s a shadow you can’t erase.

[Final Chorus – crescendo, all-out delivery]
They build your world and vanish in the smoke,
Names unspoken, dreams that broke.
You walk on marble, they crawl through flames,
Still you can’t even learn their names.
No green card, no last call—
But they stood taller than us all.

Eucalyptus Blues

Under copyright 
Lyrics

I walk the streets but no one sees
The face behind the flashbulb freeze
They cheer my name it cuts like glass
A fragile mask I can't surpass

[Chorus]
The spotlight burns it blinds my soul
A shining weight that takes its toll
I scream for peace it echoes thin
Fame's a game you never win

[Verse 2]
The mirror shows a stranger's eyes
A haunted glare beneath the guise
The crowd adores but they don't know
The cracks beneath the golden glow

[Chorus]
The spotlight burns it blinds my soul
A shining weight that takes its toll
I scream for peace it echoes thin
Fame's a game you never win

[Bridge]
I traded dreams for fleeting fame
But lost myself inside the flame
The echoes fade the crowd moves on
But I remain when they are gone

[Chorus]
The spotlight burns it blinds my soul
A shining weight that takes its toll
I scream for peace it echoes thin
Fame's a game you never win

Infamous Fame.   Lyrics in description

Song copyrighted 
Lyrics

Verse 1
He lost his job in a company slide
They said, “we’re downsizing,” and smiled while he died
Mortgage unpaid, then she walked out the door
Now he sleeps with the rats near the grocery store

Verse 2
There’s a girl in the alley with eyes like fire
Numbed out on fentanyl, dressed in barbed wire
She talks to ghosts and sings in the rain
Used to dance ballet before the veins gave way

Verse 3
And the suits pass by with their collars tight

Averted gazes in the neon light
They clutch their phones like holy charms
Afraid to see themselves without their arms

Chorus
We’re just a few steps down,
From the edge of town
Where the cold don’t care
And the snow comes down
When your world caves in
And there’s no way out
You’re just a face in the crowd
Just a few steps down

Bridge
What do you do when the fire’s gone black
When the world don’t wait and it won’t look back
Do you shiver alone in the subway’s hum
Or curse the sun when the morning comes

Chorus
We’re just a few steps down,
From the edge of town
Where the cold don’t care
And the snow comes down
When your pride gives way
To a cardboard crown

Outro
And the Strat still wails like a midnight train
While he fades like steam in the winter rain
One more name that no one says aloud
Just a few steps down…
Just a few steps down…

Just a few steps down

Song and lyrics Intro . Heavily copyrighted

She had a laugh that lit the morning.
Now there’s silence in her room.
They say love can turn to madness…
But this — this was doom.

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Verse 1

She covered bruises with a smile
Said, “He just drinks too much sometimes”
The neighbors turned their eyes away
As she rehearsed her careful lines

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Verse 2

He said, “If I can’t have you, then no one will”
Possession twisted into pain
She ran, but shadows always chase
Now her name’s a candle in the rain

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Chorus (powerful, rising with full grunge band)

Dark days, dark hearts
No more silence, no more scars
She was light, she was fire
Now she’s ashes and a choir
Dark days… and we’re still blind.

Bridge

Raised with sisters, taught to care
How did we end up drowning here?
Where men confuse love with control
And no one fights to save her soul 

Outro

We rage, we scream, we burn the night
This ends today, we rise, we fight!

Dark Days,Girls.  With lyrics in description

#Mariposa #Merced Valley. #El Capitan #Half Dôme



Copyrighted Vesuvius 2025
Lyrics
Dust on the dash, pine in the air
One winding road, we’re almost there
The river hums, the sky turns gold
In this wild cathedral, carved and old

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Verse 1
Left Mariposa at the break of day
Coffee warm, maps tucked away
The Merced sings beside our ride
Chasing the dawn, side by side

The granite walls begin to rise
Ghosts of giants in the morning light
A thousand feet, straight into blue
I swear the mountains watched us too

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Verse 2
El Capitan stands calm and proud
A silent sermon, not too loud
Ropes like veins across its face
Every climber leaves a trace

We pulled over just to feel
The sacred hush, the towering steel
It’s not the words, it’s how you breathe
When nature whispers: “don’t you leave”


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Verse 3
Then Half Dome crowned the end of day
Like some old god who lost his way
A silver helm in sunset fire
Calling hearts and feet and wire

You turned to me and softly said
“If heaven’s real, it must be red
Like these rocks in fading light—
Let’s come back here when we’ve made things right”


Outro

From Mariposa to Yosemite
We found more than we hoped to see
A road, a song, a sky so wide
And love that rides the mountainside

From Mariposa to Yosemite.  Lyrics in description

#Tamalpais #MuirWoods #Stinson Beach #Point Reyes #lighthouse #Green Gulch Farm Zen Center #gardening

Lyrics .copyrighted Vesuvius Inc.
Woke to the hush of an open sky
In the garden where the shadows lie
Hands in the soil, breath like the tide
Let the noise fall off, let the world subside

Verse 2
Steps in the zendo, soft on the floor
The bell rings once, and I’m wanting no more
Muir Woods whispers in tall green rows
Even silence has somewhere it goes

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Chorus 1
Stillness is louder than I ever knew
And the self fades gently into view
Nothing to prove, nothing to chase
Just fog on the hills, and the wind on my face

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Verse 3
Stinson lies low like a thought in the sand
While the lighthouse holds the edge of the land
Foghorns cry for the ships at sea
Each one a call that passes through me

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Bridge
No answers come, but the asking is peace
The tide pulls back, and I find release
Not in the future, not in the past
But here in the breath that I hold at last

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Chorus 2
Stillness is louder than I ever knew
And the redwoods know what I’m passing through
Nothing to fix, nothing to be
Just sky and salt, and the wide, wide sea

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Outro
And I walk back down the garden row
With everything I need, and nothing to show
The silence at Green Gulch, deep and wide
Still growing inside

Silence at the Green Gulch Farm

The true story of my first and unique groupie. Lyrics copyrighted by Vesuvius Inc
#groupie #devoted #fan

Lillibeth Lilly in her vintage coat
She wrote my name on a crumpled note
Front row queen with a tambourine
Her smile sharper than a guillotine

[Chorus]
Lillibeth Lilly
Oh you thrill me
You’re my first and only
It’s kinda silly
Lillibeth Lilly
Heart so frilly
You’re the song I hum when it gets chilly

[Verse 2]
She’s got a notebook full of crooked stars
A playlist made of air guitars
Her lipstick shade is Rebel Red
Sings my lyrics louder than I ever said

[Prechorus]
Oh
The way she sways
Steals the days
Turns the grays to gold bouquets

[Chorus]
Lillibeth Lilly
Oh you thrill me
You’re my first and only
It’s kinda silly
Lillibeth Lilly
Heart so frilly
You’re the song I hum when it gets chilly

[Bridge]
When the lights go low and the curtains close
She’s the echo in my prose
A melody I’ll never lose
The reason I’ll always choose

Lillibeth Lilly Classic

Lyrics, Music.  Vesuvius 2025

White villages climb  
the mountain side  
Whispers of jasmine  
the night is wide  

Cobblestones glowing  
in fading light  
Echoes of guitars  
through falling night  

Verse 2  
Ronda stands bold  
where eagles fly  
Stone bridges crossing  
the endless sky  

Mijas in silence  
with candles that gleam  
Holds every secret  
holds every dream  

Pre-Chorus  
Shadows dancing  
fire’s embrace  
Footsteps striking  
timeless grace  

Chorus  
Andalusia  
burning gold  
Stories rising  
fierce and old  
Through the singing  
I can hear  
A thousand years  
still living here  

Instrumental Break 
 

Verse 3  
Olive trees sway  
crimson dusk  
Wind carries smoke  
with sacred musk  

Moonlight silver  
Alhambra walls  
A nightingale sings  
as darkness calls  

Bridge  
Clap of hands  
cry of soul  
Duende rising  
takes control  
)  
Andalusia  
burning gold  
Stories rising  
fierce and old  
Through the singing  
I can hear  
A thousand years  
still living here  

Extended Instrumental   


Chorus (big return, with harmonies)  
Andalusia  
burning gold  
Stories rising  
fierce and old  
Through the singing  
I can hear  
A thousand years  
still living here  

Outro 

*Andalusian sky…*

Malaga Andalusia

All songs, -music and lyrics - are copyrighted..
As an author - composer, I like to sing, with my natural voice or slightly transformed with different devices, according to my mood. I also play all kinds of keyboards and a little bit of 6-string guitars, both acoustic and electric.I'm pretty old, but I've still got a fairly wide vocal range, though it's getting lower and lower.
I also have a small home studio called Vesuvius( thx Sufjan Stevens! )
I like to work alone, or with two or three partners, male or female, highly qualified.
And I get some much fun to discover amazing new talents on Soudcloud. That's why I follow more people than I'm followed by. I'm just too curious..

Like A Whiff Of Seattle

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