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Situational Ethic

Anthem

Here's my latest composition with an upright piano. Thank you for listening.

Composition: Julien Apelian
Picture: A part of my daughter's painting !
Recording studio: Audio Colors
October, 10th, 2025

Le temps d'un instant

Who'll Keep You Rich

The Sky Still Knows


She touches your heart when she comes through the door
Changes your life as she crosses the floor
Just for a moment you want to do more
Than watch her dance on by
Make her your friend and you're never alone
Make her your lover and carry her home
Dream her into every dream you have known
And you know the reason why

You’ve got to
Get off your heels
Put on your wheels
Catch her before she runs
She’s the essence of everything wonderful
From Miami to the midnight sun
She’s straight from the heart
State of the art
Undisputed number one
She’s the envy of everything natural
She’s on top of the world
She’s an American girl

Try as you may you can never explain
The feelings you feel when she calls out your name
You try to be cool but you go up in flames
When she looks into your eyes
Get up and tell her now don't be afraid
She's not gonna crumble that's not how she's made
Get on your feet, now is no time to fade
Don't let her pass you by
	
You’ve got to
Get off your heels
Put on your wheels
Catch her before she runs
She’s the essence of everything wonderful
From Miami to the midnight sun
She’s straight from the heart
State of the art
Undisputed number one
She’s the envy of everything natural
She’s on top of the world
She’s an American girl

American Girl

Up on high in the monkey tree
Lives a tribe of ape called Humanity
Who, in this chapter of history
Believe they’re God’s gift to reality

When they were few and far between
When earth was new and soft and green
Before they held sway over everyone’s fate
They were just so-so, not really that great

They rule the roost now
They own the show
They’ve got it all now
They don’t care
And they don’t know
From high on up
In the monkey tree
They proclaim to the world
It's their destiny
High on up
In the monkey tree
High on up
In the monkey tree

Now birds are very territorial
And males are resplendently sartorial
The forest floor is for crawly things
Spidery little legs with buzzy little wings

But
Deep in the roots of the monkey tree
The sins of this world live in memory
Of the fungus folk and their progeny
Of the world as it was and will one day be

They rule the roost now
They own the show
They’ve got it all now
They don’t care
And they don’t know
From high on up
In the monkey tree
They proclaim to the world
It's their destiny
High on up
In the monkey tree
High on up
In the monkey tree


Monkey Tree


I hope we’ll always be 
best friends
I find so much comfort in your company
You listen to me babble
With smiling understanding
Flatter when I need it
And bitch at my demanding

Best friends
Heart and soul companions
When the times get tough
There’ll always be enough
For my best friend
Mmm
My best friend

It’s hard to believe we’ve grown 
so close
Once Stan and Ollie was, now you and me 
And if I burn the skillet
I know you can set it shining
I’ll gave me your overcoat
And you just wore the lining

Best friends
Heart and soul companions
When the day grows dark
I know I’ll find a spark
In my best friend
Oh my
My best friend

Love always was something
I was in and out of constantly
It’s easy to see
How it got the best of me
Now I save the best of me
For my best friend and me

My best friend
Heart and soul companions
In all we share
And there ain’t no one nowhere
Like my best friend
You're my best friend

Moving Day


Here, tonight, I promise I’ll always love you
Here, tonight, you know there will always be
A part of you that’s a part of me too
And no one can take that away
And everybody that sees us
Will look at us and say . . . 

This is our time
When the world is just me and you
This is our time
There will never be
Anyone for me
That loves me like you do
This is our time
That we dreamed about in the past
And we've tried so hard
And we’ve come so far
And here we are at last

Here, tonight, the stars are aligned above us
Here, tonight, they come out to light our way
And all we know lives in the glow
Of love that’s so bright and so strong
And anybody here will tell you
We’re right where we belong

This is our time
When the world is just me and you
This is our time
There will never be
Anyone for me
That loves me like you do
This is our time
That we dreamed about in the past
And we've tried so hard
And we’ve come so far
And here we are at last

Here by your side
I know I can find
A way to make all things right
Here in my heart
Is a love for all time
For day after day, night after night
Yours for the rest of my life

This is our time
When the world is just me and you
This is our time
There will never be
Anyone for me
That loves me like you do
This is our time
That we dreamed about in the past
And we've tried so hard
And we’ve come so far
And here we are at last

This is our time
When the world is just me and you
This is our time
There will never be
Anyone for me
That loves me like you do
This is our time
That we dreamed about in the past
And we]ve tried so hard
And we’ve come so far
And here we are at last
This is our time



Our Time

Written by Philip Cody and Ken Hirsch

In these crazy times
It's good to have a friend
To bring my troubles to
Someone warm and kind
Who understands
And loves me the way you do

You keep coming through for me
You're always here when I need you to be
Day or night, it's good to know
I can count on you and you keep coming through

You never let me down
Lord knows how many times
You've come to save the day
I know when you're around
Some way, somehow
My troubles will fade away

You keep coming through for me
You're always here when I need you to be
Day or night, it's good to know
I can count on you and you keep coming through

I know your love will lift me up
Whenever I get low
And if I lose my way
I know I'll find you there beside me
Everywhere I go

Day or night, it's good to know
I can count on you and you keep coming through

Situational Ethic

Jeff Markham

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