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What can you do when you lost everything ?

3 Steps Behind

Upon a Spark

Chasing Dreams

Coffee Time

I lost my wheels, I lost my pay.
Home is just a memory now.
My wife's left, turned her back on me.
I'm left with all this slack.

[Verse 2]
Streetlights singing lullabies.
Junkies now my alibis.
People with mental health issues 
are sharing their green pills
The city's heart beats so dead.

[Chorus]
Under the porch where I lay.
Dreams fade in the night.
Holding onto the grey.
Hoping for a spark of light.

[Verse 3]
Emergency hospital ain't no fate.
The tent is too small for us
The sky's the limit.
In this life, I've woken up.

Verse 4
Concrete pillow by my side.
Lonely heart, no place to hide
Cold winds blow but I stand still.
No need now for fentanyl

OUTRO
Whispers of a better day.
Waiting for dawn to find the way.
Even shadows have their call
I'm sure one day a door might just swing.
Bring back the man who'll be king

Mind the Gap       Lyrics in description

Verse]
She's got a sparkle in her step today
Wears the world in a curious array
Messy hair like the winds took a twirl
She's the everyday beauty of an unordinary girl

[Verse 2]
Paint-stained jeans and a secondhand coat
She writes her own story on a wrinkled note
Eyes like secrets that light up the sky
She laughs like she doesn't need a reason why

[Chorus]
Oh unordinary girl you're a masterpiece
Turning little moments into symphonies
Every glance is like a shooting star's pearl
Oh the simple magic of an unordinary girl

[Verse 3]
She hums a tune only she understands
While the whole world trips trying to make plans
She's not a puzzle she's a whole new world
Perfect imperfection unordinary girl

[Bridge]
While others chase diamonds she stops for the rain
Finds art in the chaos beauty in pain
She's a world of her own a meteor's swirl
A fleeting wonder unordinary girl

[Verse 4]
She never walks she dances the street
Her melody plays in her shuffle of feet
She's not in the crowd she's her own swirl
Wondrous and wild unordinary girl

Unordinary girl.   Lyrics in description

First song about iconic and inspiring places around the world.


[Verse 1]
Golden dawn on the southern trail,
Winds are whispering a traveler’s tale.
Through the plains where the guanacos run,
Chasing shadows in the morning sun.

[Verse 2]
Fitz Roy rises like a fiery crown,
Clouds embrace but can’t pull it down.
Rivers carving through the endless stone,
In this land that stands alone.

[Chorus]
Rolling wheels to El Chaltén,
Where the mountains touch the sky.
Every turn, a new horizon,
Wild and free, we’re flying by.

[Verse 3]
Glaciers gleam in the midday light,
Eagles soaring, taking flight.
Frozen air and the open road,
Feel the call, let the engine roar.

[Chorus]
Rolling wheels to El Chaltén,
Where the mountains touch the sky.
Every turn, a new horizon,
Wild and free, we’re flying by.

[Outro]
Leave no footprints, take the view,
Let the journey carry you.
Though we’ll go, we’ll come again,
Back to the road to El Chaltén. [Verse 1]
Golden dawn on the southern trail,
Winds are whispering a traveler’s tale.
Through the plains where the guanacos run,
Chasing shadows in the morning sun.

[Verse 2]
Fitz Roy rises like a fiery crown,
Clouds embrace but can’t pull it down.
Rivers carving through the endless stone,
In this land that stands alone.

[Chorus]
Rolling wheels to El Chaltén,
Where the mountains touch the sky.
Every turn, a new horizon,
Wild and free, we’re flying by.

[Verse 3]
Glaciers gleam in the midday light,
Eagles soaring, taking flight.
Frozen air and the open road,
Feel the call, let the engine roar.

[Chorus]
Rolling wheels to El Chaltén,
Where the mountains touch the sky.
Every turn, a new horizon,
Wild and free, we’re flying by.

[Outro]
Leave no footprints, take the view,
Let the journey carry you.
Though we’ll go, we’ll come again,
Back to the road to El Chaltén.

Patagonia ´s Cathedral.  Lyrics in description

Lyrics

Verse 1)
Golden light through Spanish tiles, whispers in the trees,
Footsteps on the garden path, drifting in the breeze.
Meerkats stand like sentries, digging, darting, free,
Life unfolds in hidden worlds, a kingdom wild and free.

(Verse 2)
Pandas dream in quiet shade, soft as falling snow,
Komodo’s eyes like ancient fire, secrets they bestow.
Flamingos paint the waters pink, a dance of feathered grace,
Echoes of a thousand calls weave stories through this place.

(Bridge)
Every roar, every cry, a song beneath the sun,
Every path a journey starts, but never quite is done.

(Chorus)
Oh, Balboa wild, where the heart still roams,
Through canyons deep and skies unknown.
A world untamed, where wonder grows,
In the city’s soul, the wild still flows.

(Outro)
As twilight falls, the voices fade, but still the echoes call,
A whispered dream, a wild embrace—Balboa’s gift to all Lyrics

Verse 1)
Golden light through Spanish tiles, whispers in the trees,
Footsteps on the garden path, drifting in the breeze.
Meerkats stand like sentries, digging, darting, free,
Life unfolds in hidden worlds, a kingdom wild and free.

(Verse 2)
Pandas dream in quiet shade, soft as falling snow,
Komodo’s eyes like ancient fire, secrets they bestow.
Flamingos paint the waters pink, a dance of feathered grace,
Echoes of a thousand calls weave stories through this place.

(Bridge)
Every roar, every cry, a song beneath the sun,
Every path a journey starts, but never quite is done.

(Chorus)
Oh, Balboa wild, where the heart still roams,
Through canyons deep and skies unknown.
A world untamed, where wonder grows,
In the city’s soul, the wild still flows.

(Outro)
As twilight falls, the voices fade, but still the echoes call,
A whispered dream, a wild embrace—Balboa’s gift to all

Balboa Park.      lyrics in description

I played two versions of this song, which is my personal story between the ages of two and four, at the Basel Zoo in Switzerland.Version 1 has my voice pushed to the extreme thanks to a device I won't advertise.In this version, it's the voice of the 4-year-old child, so happy among his animal friends.
Version 2 is more in line with my usual interpretations.Which one do you like better?The winner will receive a plush meerkat. 


V In the hush before the morning’s call,
where iron gates loom wide and tall,
a child was cradled in the quiet roar,
where beasts and winds forever soar.

(Verse 2)
Meerkats whispered secrets in the sand,
tiny sentinels with knowing hands.
Chimpanzees laughed in the dying light,
taught him wonder, taught him flight.

(Chorus)
He walks where the wild ones dream,
a heartbeat lost in the rushing stream.
Not caged, not tamed, forever free,
a child of the earth, of sky, of sea.

(Verse 3)
Arias sang from feathered throats,
a symphony on air afloat.
Sea lions danced on silver waves,
called his name through ocean caves.

(Chorus)
He walks where the wild ones dream,
a heartbeat lost in the rushing stream.
Not caged, not tamed, forever free,
a child of the earth, of sky, of sea.

(Outro)
And when the stars begin to rise,
he walks the paths with knowing eyes.
Not lost, not found—just running free,
a child of wild eternity. erse 1)
In the hush before the morning’s call,
where iron gates loom wide and tall,
a child was cradled in the quiet roar,
where beasts and winds forever soar.

(Verse 2)
Meerkats whispered secrets in the sand,
tiny sentinels with knowing hands.
Chimpanzees laughed in the dying light,
taught him wonder, taught him flight.

(Verse 3)
Arias sang from feathered throats,
a symphony on air afloat.
Sea lions danced on silver waves,
called his name through ocean caves.

(Bridge)
Not of cage, nor of the street,
his soul was wild, his heart complete.
Between the worlds, yet one the same,
beast and boy, no need for names.

(Outro)
And when the stars begin to rise,
he walks the paths with knowing eyes.
Not lost, not found—just running free,
a child of wild eternity.

Wild child v 2.   Lyrics in description.   Details in Comments

Sometimes, you married a phantom



[Verse]
She’s gone before the morning light
Chasing dreams in frames so tight
I make the bed I brew the tea
While her bright world spins far from me

[Verse 2]
Her laughter echoes in my mind
A fleeting star I’ll never bind
She’s a comet racing through the night
And I’m her ground I hold her flight

[Chorus]
I’m married to the girl who’s never still
Her heart’s a map her soul’s a thrill
Through all her highs through every whirl
I’m married to the girl who shapes the world

[Bridge]
She wears the moon like it’s her crown
Lights up the town then melts it down
She’s the summer breeze I cannot hold
A story written brave and bold

[Verse 3]
The house stays quiet while she roams
It’s filled with echoes when she phones
But I know love’s not tied to place
It’s tethered in the softest space

[Chorus]
I’m married to the girl who loves to run
Her spirit burns just like the sun
And even when she’s oceans away
My heart is where she’ll always stay

The Girl in the Frame.    vox : Suzie Van der Meulen  Lyrics in description

Verse 1:
Out where the pine trees whisper secrets in the breeze,
And the moonlight dances soft through ancient leaves,
There’s a mountain rising high, wrapped in snow and firelight,
Mount Shasta holds her silence through the night.

Verse 2:
They say the Lemurians walk deep beneath the ground,
In crystal halls where time don’t make a sound.
And lights go floatin’ through the trees, no man can understand,
Just stories passed from hand to calloused hand.

Chorus:
Ooh, Mount Shasta, keeper of the skies,
Hidin’ truths behind those icy eyes.
Where the mystics dream and the eagles fly,
There’s a fire burnin’ inside 
Mount Shasta, don’t you ever tell me why.

Verse 3:
I met a drifter on the edge of Evermore,
Said he saw a woman vanish through a door.
He’d been searchin’ for a sign, left his name and past behind,
Now he’s just another shadow in the pines.



Bridge:
Some come seekin’ visions, some come runnin’ scared,
Some just feel the pull and don’t know why they’re there.
But once you see that summit in the glow of breakin’ dawn,
Part of you belongs there when you’re gone.

Final Chorus:
Ooh, Mount Shasta, heart of stone and flame,
Every soul that finds you leaves a name.
Where the sky meets earth and myths remain,
There’s a fire burnin’ quiet in the night.
Mount Shasta, I’m yours and not quite mine

Ghosts of Shasta. lyrics in description

Verse 1)
On a bench that’s seen better days,
Cracked wood and city haze.
People pass like streams of thought,
In outfits carefully—or carelessly—bought.
That guy wears pressure like a suit,
That girl, a storm in leather boots.
I watch them drift, not one looks back,
I blend into the sidewalk cracks.

(Verse 2)
I make up stories just for fun,
Where they work, who they might run from.
One’s an actor, faking fame,
One’s in love but won’t say the name.
No one notices the man in grey,
They scroll, they shout, they walk away.
Then a dog appears, tongue out, half wild—
The only one who sees the child.

(Chorus)
I’m the stillness in their race,
A quiet thought they can’t replace.
Not lost, not loud, not one of them,
I write in air what they condemn.
The world walks on, a tidal wave—
But I won’t beg and I won’t cave.
Just a bark, a smile, a seagull’s curse—
In this small scene, it could be worse.

(Bridge)
I laugh beneath the smear of white,
Like fate just had to dim my light.
The dog wags on with hungry grace,
The only welcome on this face.
He doesn’t care what I have done,
He just wants half of sandwich one.

(Verse 3)
They never see the things I catch—
The life that lives beneath the patch.
I’m just a man, but not asleep—
These sidewalks know the thoughts I keep.
They don’t look up, they never will—
But I’ve learned more from sitting still.

(Strong Outro)
But I am here—I am alive,
Not just waiting to survive.
Let them scroll and pass me by,
I’ve seen the truth in a dog’s eye.
I’m not their ghost, I’m not their shame,
I’ve got no label, mask, or name.
While they forget what life is for—
I’ll stand alone and feel it more

The Watching Game.   Lyrics in description

Lost Keys In The Moonlight

Lyrics
(Intro)
From the northern pines he came,
With books, a coat, and dreams to claim.

(Verse 1)
Left behind the maple skies,
Snowy fields and lullabies.
Stepped aboard a southbound train,
Chasing knowledge) through the rain.
(Verse 2)
Ithaca, in mist and gold,
Stories whispered, centuries old.
Crimson leaves and campus stone,
For the first time, he’s not alone.
Long nights wrapped in candlelight,
Debates and laughter in the quiet night.
Friendship born in study halls,
Love that bloomed by waterfall.
(Bridge)
He found more than just a school—
He found a place where hearts keep full.
L’amitié, l’amour, and coffee steam,
At CTB, he dared to dream.
Outro
Though far from home, he’s not apart—
Cornell carved its name into his heart.
Ithaca, in mist and gold,
Stories whispered, centuries old.
Crimson leaves and campus stone,
For the first time, he’s not alone.
Love that bloomed by waterfall.
Love that bloomed by waterfall.

Ithaca Road

Intro
Beneath the fading April skies,
The bonfire sparks a soft goodbye—
Laughter echoes, bottles raised,
In golden light, the end is praised.

Verse 1
We came as strangers, wide-eyed, worn,
Through winters fierce and summers warm.
Built our minds in halls of stone,
Found a kind of second home.
Now robes are folded, caps set down,
The hill behind us, college town—
We gather here with smoke and flame,
One last night to speak our names.

Verse 2
Grills are glowing, beers in hand,
The lake reflects where we once planned
A thousand futures, wild and wide—
Now they pull us to divide.
There’s joy in every song we sing,
But something soft is shivering—
In Truman’s woods, the stars confess,
We never thought it’d end like this.


Chorus
How do you leave a place that shaped
The soul you never thought you’d make?
With every step, a memory clings—
Of Ithaca, and all it brings.

Outro
So here’s to us, the final cheer,
The last fire of the Ithaca years.
May we find each other, far and wide—
In letters, dreams, or stars at night.

Cornell’s End.    Lyrics in description

A hush fell over sunflower fields,
The sky wept ash where doves once wheeled.
The earth still breathes their silent tread—
The living walk among the dead.
(Verse 1)
They came for us in smoke and steel,
In the dark before the meal,
Mothers torn from each cradle song
With dust of home still in their eyes.
(Verse 2)
A train of ghosts, a thread unspooled,
Each station colder, barely ruled.
But hearts held tight to songs they knew,
And stitched their dreams in exile’s hue.
(Verse 3)
Now in cafés far from Kyiv snow,
She sets her bread, she lets tears flow.
A shawl of rye, a laugh half-spoken—
A soul too proud to stay broken.
(Chorus)
O daughters of the wind, you roam,
With stolen roots and borrowed home.
But every word, each cradle song,
Keeps Ukraine burning, brave and strong.
(Bridge)
She writes in journals folded tight,
By candle’s breath, by winter’s light.
She plants a seed in foreign land—
And sings in tones they’ll understand.
(Second Chorus)
O daughters of the wind, you roam,
With stolen roots and borrowed home.
But every stitch, each evening hymn,
Keeps Ukraine from falling dim.

Slava Ukraini feat.Oksanna Kopenko,vox lyrics indescription

In the shadows of Madrid, they came together—
the lost, the bruised, the brilliant misfits.
Not born criminals, but made by a world
that built walls too high and gave no ladders.

Verse 1

A man with glasses and a mind of fire—
El Profesor—he dreamed a revolution,
not with bullets, but with time, precision,
and a plan twenty years in the making.
To print hope, to mint resistance.
To make noise loud enough
for the forgotten to hear.

Verse 2

Berlin, dressed in fatal elegance,
dancing with death but always in rhythm.
Tokyo, a storm in red,
heartbroken and reckless, born to burn.

MainBridge

Nairobi, fierce and free,
her laughter carrying the dream.
Helsinki, gentle giant,
his heart stitched to a soldier’s frame.
Rio, still chasing the innocence he lost.
Denver, wild laugh masking old scars.
And Stockholm—proof that love
can bloom even in captivity.

Verse 3
Lisbon, the cop turned rebel,
drawn by truth, not lies—
falling not just for the man,
but for the cause,
for Sergio, the Robin Hood of Spain.

Verse 4

They wore masks, not to hide,
but to reveal the face of every soul
the world cast aside.
Dali grinned, red suits burned bright,
and Plan B was always ready.
They weren’t just stealing money—
they were stealing back time,
freedom, and the right to dream.

Outro

For every no one.
For every never.
For every rebel who’s still waiting
for their moment to rise.

“The Plan” (Inspired by La Casa de Papel/ Money Heist).     Lyrics in description

Verse 1
In the dust of broken silence, Gaza breathes a prayer,
From a rooftop under twilight, he finds his station there.
Steel and shadow in his fingers, mission cold and clear,
But the scope reveals a cradle, and a child drawing near.

Verse 2
He remembers little sandals by the front door back at home,
Five young voices on the staircase, where his spirit used to roam.
He left kisses on their foreheads, said he’d guard them through the storm,
But no briefing trains the heartbeat when the target looks so warm.

Chorus
And he sees her—
Running, laughing, hands like wings against the wind,
Not a threat, not a fighter, just a life that might have been.
In his eye, the glass goes misty, in his soul, the trigger stays—
He’s a sniper bound by orders, but a father walks away.

Verse 3
Midnight echoes from the radios, ghosts in every frame,
Coordinates and consequence, but none can speak her name.
He counts no glory in the silence, no honor in the aim,
When the line between the hunter and the hunted feels the same.

Bridge
His scope becomes a mirror—he sees his daughter’s face,
She could be beneath that keffiyeh, lost in some wrong place.
And no war cry, no command chain, no banner in the sky
Can harden what’s been softened by the lullabies gone by.

Final Chorus
So he sees her—
Not an enemy, not a number on a screen,
But a future that might flicker out for someone’s shattered dream.
He won’t speak of it in Tel Aviv, won’t say what he betrayed,
But tonight, a sniper faltered…
And a father walked away.

Through the crosshairs.   Lyrics in description

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Lyrics

In Saira's glow we wander far
Beneath the light of a dreaming star
The yon whispers secrets untold
On Eta's sands where stories unfold

[Verse 2]
King of my weary heart I plea
Guide me through this eternity
Your name
A song in the desert's breath
On Eta's edge
I defy death

[Chorus]
Oh Eta
O where the winds do call
Through the sands of time where shadows fall
Hold my soul in your endless tide
On Eta
O my heart abides

[Verse 3]
In Saira's arms I find my peace
The ceaseless pull
It will never cease
A kingdom born of golden grains
On Eta's shore where love remains

[Bridge]
The yon may shift the stars may fade
But Eta’s throne is where I stayed
A timeless hymn in the desert's glow
On Eta
O forever I go

[Chorus]
Oh Eta
O where the winds do call
Through the sands of time where shadows fall
Hold my soul in your endless tide
On Eta
O my heart abides

Glad I am

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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

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..

Uplifts

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