This song is kind of a tongue in cheek autobiographical attempt at conveying the feelings about singing out loud. 🥴

like it’s gonna be ok

Rise up, rise up my love
It’s a brand new day
We ain’t got much, but we got just enough 
Let’s go and make our way

One of these days you’re gonna rise up singin
One of these days just like today
We’ll never change the tide nor the season
But we can be the change we wanna be

You’re all alone
And that’s your fate
But you’re the one whose gonna make the day
Yeah, you’re the one you’re gonna make it great

Rise up, rise up my love
Hey, what’s that song you sing?
About falling down so we can get back up
And sunshine in the rain?

rise up

My brother asked, “So, who’s your audience?”
I’ve played on the streets, open mics and opened for some bands. Since Covid, my boyz have had to listen me trying to work thru GarageBand to get some songs together for sharing. 

My first favorite band was the The Beatles. I thought “Can’t buy me love” was “That’s puppy love.” I played my dad’s Beachboy’s Surf’s Up cassette until the deck finally ate it. Still got his Johnny Cash’s Live at Folsom Prison and Eagle’s Greatest Hits. Mom loved Elvis. Fell in love with U2 at 13. I got AC/DC’s Back in Black and cranked up “Hell’s Bells” early one Christmas morning. My brother turned me on to bands like The Cure, New Order, Bjork and Manchester Orchestra. My sister let me have her Born in the USA album. 

Music makes me happy and sad and mad and humble and all over again. I am continually searching for music that helps me make some sense out of my feelings and emotions. Thru music I feel like I’ve got some sort of control, some sort of connection that unites me with the lonely and the universe. 

I hope my songs inspire an audience to embrace change for the better of the living, with hope and determination.

jef Free