2023

No Valentine 

Key of A | 4:4 | 112-120 BPM | Train Shuffle 

This one is a fictional story of a boy who lost his Dad, older now but still a kid, reflecting on his loss, just old enough to barely remember him, too young to have made enough memories to hold on to, and whose Momma is so heart-broken, she is unable to move past her own sorrow, to be there for the boy, to start a new life.  Desensitized, lost, and full of grief, his father’s memory is fading, making the pain of loss, and his desire to be loved even greater.  The irony is in Momma’s song, how the boy is drawing parallels to his pain while she sings of hers, and they’re so lost they can’t find each other.   

 

Intro 8 Measures 

Verse 1: 8 Measures 

Daddy found dirt when I was 3, [uh huh] 

He didn’t leave much Momma and me [uh huh] 

The rooster crowed and sang his song 

The sun came up and he was gone [uh huh] 

 

Verse 2: 8 Measures (Vocals change on second and fourth verse) 

I climb the oak tree out behind the chicken pen 

To think about my Daddy and what could’ve been. 

It’s getting hard to find memories, no baseball games, or catch for me [uh huh] 

 

Pre-Chorus:  8 Measures 

I wish this hurt would go away but the pains still fresh and here to stay [uh huh] 

 

Chorus: 8 Measures 

(A) Fill me up with Gasoline, (D) it lights the rag when Momma sings 

(G) No chocolate, wine, just tears for me, (A) No Valentines 

Nothing left but rusty dreams, I burn till sleep while Momma sings 

No kisses, hugs, or man to love, No Valentines 

Bridge/Solo?????   

 

Verse 3: 

I walk the train tracks to the sea [uh huh] 

Swear every whistle’s meant for me [uh huh] 

My Daddy’s ashes in a can and I feel like I burned with him [uh huh] 

 

Verse 4: 

Every step one closer to the morning light. 

Every day one closer to the next goodbye 

Nothing left, no memories, no birthday presents, or Christmas tree.  

 ../ 

Pre-Chorus/  

No, I can’t see nothing now but the blood red sun glow through closed eyes. [uh huh 

 

Chorus 

Fill me up with Gasoline, it lights the rag when Momma sings 

No chocolate, wine, just tears for me, No Valentines 

Nothing left but rusty dreams, I burn till sleep while Momma sings 

No kisses, hugs, or man to love, No Valentines

No Valentines

Don’t Unplug Me 

This one is for my kids.  I wanted to create the energy I feel as a father, through time spent with your child, living in a dream, floating along, embracing the time we have, and hoping it will never end:  unplugging is to remove the electricity to steal the energy of a life living with a heart full of love for your children) 

Verse 1:

Long before you could walk, you lift me up, and carried me.  
And now, here at my side, we get to float, above everything  

Pre-Chorus: 
Distant dreams or memories; doesn’t matter to me 
We have all that we need, so don’t let this end  

Chorus
Please don’t unplug me 

Verse 2: 
Well, we walk, and we talk, and you sing your songs to me 
With our heads, so stuck in the clouds, we are balloons, and we ain’t coming down 

Pre-Chorus: 
Distant dreams or memories; doesn’t matter to me 
We have all that we need, so don’t let this end 

Chorus
Please don’t unplug me

Dont Unplug Me

Hold My Beer 

 

Back in high school sitting down by the lake 
Sipping on some cold ones just my buddies and me 
We got a little froggy and decided to jump  
Right off the cliff from the back of my truck 
 
Here, hold my beer is how it all started 
I’ll never forget those times we had, man, we really knew how to party 
Hold my beer 
 
I saw this girl from across the water 
Moon light hanging on her and I had to meet her  
I could barely swim but it didn’t matter 
Took another sip and said  
 
Here, hold my beer is how it all started 
I’ll never forget those times we had, man, we really knew how to party 
Hold my beer, this could be the one  
I may never look back or I could be wrong  
It don’t matter none 
Hold my beer 
 
That summer past and we said goodbye 
And then she looked back and started to cry  
All I needed was one more song  
One last dance before the summer was gone 
 
Here, hold my beer 
She was all I remember and then the moment past, it just couldn’t last but for a moment in time she’s mine 
So hold my beer 
 
Graduation, college, and a full time job 
A night out with the boys and that song came on  
I heard a voice I hadn’t heard in so many years 
And it said to my friends 
 
Here, hold his beer, that’s how it all started. 

I’ll never forget those times we had 
Could she really be standing there  
Hold my beer 
 
 

Ten years later and we’re back at the lake 

It’s me and the boys and it’s getting late 

Come on Dad let’s go for a swim  

Yeah, you know we jumped right in 
 
Here, hold my beer is how it all started 
I’ll never forget those times we had, man, we really knew how to party 
 

Hold my beer, this could be the one  
I may never look back or I could be wrong  
It don’t matter none 
 

Here, hold my beer 
She was all I remember and then the moment passed, it just couldn’t last but for a moment in time she’s mine 
 
Hold my beer, is how it all started. 
I got the love of my life sitting by my side and I’m never gonna say goodbye 
 
Hold my beer

Hold My Beer

Happy Mother’s Day 

Happy Mother’s Day, Happy Mother’s Day, to you, Mom 
Happy Mother’s Day, Happy Mother’s Day, to you, Mom 

You fill my life with wonder, nature, music, and joy. 
You’re amazing. 

You make every day a dream. 

 Happy Mother’s Day 
You’re a miracle. 
I’m so lucky that you’re mine, Mom 

Happy Mother’s Day 
You’re a rainbow. 
You’re the reason that I shine, Mom. 

You make me feel so special, through stories, play, and song 
It’s you, Mom, the reason I’m so strong. 
Happy Mother’s Day 
You’re my hero 
It’s because of you I can fly, Mom 
Happy Mother’s Day 
Happy Mother’s Day, to you, Mom 

When I wake up in the morning, you’re the first thing on my mind. 
All these memories will guide me through my life. 
Happy Mother’s Day, Happy Mother’s Day, to you, Mom 
Happy Mother’s Day, Happy Mother’s Day, to you, Mom

Happy Mothers Day

Wrecking Ball 

She stood tall before the wrecking ball, she barely moved at all, but she was scared 

Run they screamed but she was full of dreams and fear be damned her bravery was true 

We believe in you 
Hope 

Stand your ground she said and look them in the eye, this isn’t how I die, it’s how I live 

For today I meet my end but someday we’ll meet again, and they cannot take the things I will not give 

We will follow you 
Home 

The wrecking ball came down and with the walls she fell, when the dust all cleared, we lay her down to rest.  So, weep at night but smile toward the sky for the stars that burn the brightest burn as fast, and even though she’s gone, her light it still shines on, through the memories and stories of her past  

We’ll remember you 
Gone 

Yes, she stood tall before the wrecking ball, stand your ground she said and look them in the eye 

The wrecking ball came down and with the walls she fell, and even though she’s gone, it’s not goodbye 

For today she met her end but someday we’ll meet again, she taught us how to live in how she died.  

This is not goodbye
Hope, Home, Gone

Wrecking Ball

Bed Of Stone 
Verse 1 
I worked my hands down to the bone, callous, hard, and the skin is gone. 
Sun blisters on my back, scars like a roadmap 
 
Chorus 
But I’m free - Lord don’t you let me go. 
And I sleep - I’m sleeping on a bed of stone. 
 
Verse 2 
Seek and you’ll find in me, just dust and broken dreams 
I live like a vagabond, but I’ve made this earth my home. 
 
Chorus 
And I see - I see so clearly now. 
And I sleep - I’m sleeping on a bed of stone 
 
Verse 2 
The Earth gives me all I need, food, shelter, and the air I breathe. 
I broke away from the plastic cross, unshackled from society. 
 
Chorus 
Yes, I’m free - Lord don’t you let me go. 
And I sleep - I’m sleeping on a bed of stone. 

Verse 3 – Bass Only | Repeat Verse 1 
The lines carved out on my skin; my story is found in them. 
A history of broken man, who learned to live within 
I worked my hands down to the bone, callous, hard, and the skin is gone. 
Sun blisters on my back, scars like a roadmap 

Chorus 
But I see - I see so clearly now. 
And I sleep - I’m sleeping on a bed of stone. 
And I’m free - Lord you can let me go. 
And I’ll sleep – forever on a bed of stone.

Bed Of Stone

Methane Bullet

Yeah we’re all going down
Did it to ourselves
Our greed is choking us out
And then we’re gone
Living a lie just to live in a dream
Until we can’t breathe anymore

You Had a crown on your head
A Crown on your head,
You ain’t wearing the crown anymore x2

Methane Bullet gonna rip you in two
Nothing you can do
We Gone the way of the dinosaurs 🦕 🦖

Our sentients gave us a fear of death, giving birth to an afterlife
All of the nature that we couldn’t explain helped the humans to spread their lies

He Had a crown on his head
A Crown on his head,
He ain’t wearing the crown anymore x2

Methane Bullet gonna rip you in you two
Nothing you can do
We Gone the way of the dinosaurs 🦕 🦖

Yeah, we’re digging our graves
This Earth is wasting away
We Got Plastic flowing through our veins
This human virus, our insatiable thirst, our arrogance is insane

We placed a crown on ours heads
A crown on our heads
We ain’t wearing the crown anymore x2

Methane Bullet gonna rip you in you two
Nothing you can do
We Gone the way of the dinosaurs 🦕 🦖

Bridge
Flat earth babies and republicans
Still screaming that the science is illusion
Climate change deniers and corporate greed
Praying on the middle class to feed their machine
Religious tell you there's a paradise
doubling down on delusional hypocrisies

Maybe once the oceans boil
Maybe with the rising tides
Maybe endless wild fires will help them realize
Maybe once the ice is gone
Maybe cancer in every breathe
Maybe what it takes to save this planet is to be nothing more than animal again

Methane Bullet gonna rip you in you two
Nothing you can do
We Gone the way of the dinosaurs 🦕 🦖

Methane Bullet

This is the first song I ever wrote that I remember..from back in 1994.

Water

Verse 1
Time passes by as slowly as winter today
Too much on my mind and I can’t seem to find my way

Pre-Chorus
It’s never any fun
When you’re the only one

Chorus
You’d kill me if you could but I’m too young to die
You see right through me so I can’t run and hide
Step on a crack and I’m fading away
Okay, ooh, water

Verse 2
Prismed eyes shatter and my nerves are paralyzed with fear
Deep inside my head something snaps and then nothing’s there

Pre-Chorus
I can’t escape this pain
It’s with me every day

Chorus
You’d kill me if you could but I’m too young to die
You see right through me so I can’t run and hide.
Step on a crack and I’m fading away
Okay, ooh, water

Bridge

Verse 3
Time passes by and I spread like ash in the wind
Still life simplified and I find a way to deal with it.

Pre-Chorus
I try to wash away the pain
I’ll never be the same

Chorus
You’d kill me if you could but I’m too young to die
You see right through me so I can’t run and hide
Step on a crack and I’m fading away
Okay, ooh, water

Water

Robot Heart

Wound so tight
Time stands still
Please come back to me
Life’s too small
To Collapse in its wake but You were my everything

This paradise is lost without you and I’m falling down...

My robot heart
It beats for you
I bleed but I’m Holding on
I’m Holding on
I'm holding to you

Lost your light
And here in the dark
Reminded of everything
And In my mind
This prison of why
A dream of the afterglow

This paradise is lost without you and I’m falling down....

My robot heart it beats for you
I bleed but I’m Holding on
I'm Holding on
I’m holding on to you

Cuts so deep
To wake from a dream
In this bed alone
Your scent on the sheets
Like so many things
Long faded and gone

This paradise is lost without you and I’m falling down....

My robot heart it beats for you
I bleed but I’m Holding on
I'm holding on
I’m holding on to you

Robot Heart

I've walked the world from front to back and seen a million things
I've scraped my knuckles on the map and held on through the waves
I've taped the eyes of monkeys and rode them till they broke
I've burned the leaves of agony and danced naked in their smoke

I feel ok
It's just the feeling that the end is something I can't escape
I feel insane
Then again a normal mind just sounds a bit too tame.

I've lifted chins and broke girls in, been lovestruck and confused
I've played the role of a superstar and was quickly left diffused
I've rolled up on some players and left them picking sides
I've twisted grins with sappy sins that took them for a ride.

I play the game
Took some lumps and rolled the dice, threw down, and walked away
I sometimes stray
It's in my nature to taste the air and conform to its change

Black-eyes simpletons never know what nightmares lay ahead
Temptation gets the best of them and leaves blisters on the bed
Eventually it'll get to me and take me to the edge
I'll run the distance to the wedge and run thin till I'm dead

I live to fade
I waste away and feed the work that's living in my brain
I taste the pain
In the strangers that I pass each day while I walk against the grain

Black Eyed Simpleton

Circle and Serpents 

Verse 1 

He was blinded by life’s dismay. 

His only focus, to survive the day. 

A recipient of a parasite, absent of soul, decency, deceptive fool’s gold. 

Though the circle stays small, approach with caution.  

To avoid the fall as it will test you often. 

Its prize is not your pocket change, instruments, or sterling chain. 

 

Pre-Chorus 

Can you sense past his eyes in the darkness of night? 

The serpent plans a move and waits to strike. 

 

Chorus 

Circle and the Serpent 

Can you see deceit 

Beware the serpent 

Don’t let it inside. 

 

Verse 3 

It will steal what’s closest, leaves its mark on the world. 

A filthy stain, God’s disdain, just a genetic mistake 

A friendship, it seeks, and then it breeds, plants its seed, its intent to forsake. 

 

Verse 4 

Righteousness is not its middle name, an average Joe, how its perceived by the blind. 

A story being told, to unravel, to unwind, just a plot about those it bought and sold without control. 

 

Pre-Chorus 

Can you sense past his eyes in the darkness of night? 

There serpent plans a move and waits to strike. 

 

Chorus 

Circle and the Serpent 

Can you see deceit 

Beware the serpent 

Don’t let it inside.

Can You See Deceit

Written By:  Fuzzy Grubb; Jeremy Brizzi, James Seguin, David Homuth, and Sam Fiorenza.  

Shine

We drove past last night, just to see it shine
Right there for everyone to see and it’s all mine
I felt the soft twist, nerves messing with my mind
Another twenty-four hours and we’ll be under lights

Before tonight, did you know my name?
Shine.  Down on me.

Soft twist turns to nails.  Everything’s sped up.
Some people forget but I can’t figure how.
By the time they draw the curtain, I’ll be ready to play.
Five words live in me – ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE

Before tonight, did you know my name?
Shine.  Down on me.

Sweat displays my ecstasy, every drop like a dream
Living for the hope that you’ll feel the same, that you’ll feel the music in me
I’m alive now, so alive now, step inside and take a ride through my mind.
Take your time, fantasize, step inside, I can feel you shine!

Down on me.
Shine.  Down on me

Did you step inside?  Did you get to unwind?  Did you let it all go and lose yourself in the night?
Did you live the dream?  Did you live it through me?  Did you let it all go?  Did you set yourself free.

Did you get to?  X3 
Shine.  Down on me.

Shine

SHINE (Fuzzy Grubb - 2003)

Why Don’t You Stay?

Verse

What makes us act so strange?
What makes us run away?
We never used to
Tell me what has changed?

We fell down from this cloud
Lay broken on the ground
Our lives turned upside down
Things go away

Chorus

But your sunshine is so bright
And I miss your morning light
I see you, I can’t look away
And I’m begging darling, why don’t you stay?

Verse

Dreams of the early days.
Keep getting in the way.
One of loves mysteries is how it fades



Why do we play these games?
Guess nothing stays the same.
Erase our memories
What’s left to say?


Chorus

But your sunshine is so bright
And I miss your morning light
I see you, I can’t look away
And I’m begging darling, why don’t you stay?

Why Dont You Stay

Verse 1
The morning comes, glad I'm alive
Roll over, feel the light.
Sweet morning dew, cold mountain chill
Above a golden morning sky

Chorus
And on the air, the feeling came
Picked up my head and took it all in
The forest's song, it carries me
Something about the sunrise sets me free
And when I rise
My soul rejoice

Verse 2
Across the hills, a burning fog
Last ember glows and then it's gone
The smell of grass, swimming in the creek.
Swaying with the trees, the sun is holding me.

Chorus
And on the air, the feeling came
Picked up my head and took it all in
The forest's song, it carries me
Something about the sunrise sets me free
And when I rise
My soul rejoice

Verse 3
I watched in awe, horizon rose, across the sky and earth it bled
Such perfect grace, I stood amazed
My shadow stretched and I was humbled again.

Chorus
And on the air, the feeling came
Picked up my head and took it all in
The forest's song, it carries me
Something about the sunrise sets me free
And when I rise
My soul rejoice

Something About Sunrise

I don't feel like a farmer's son
On the road, don't know where I'm going
Want to stay somewhere that I belong but I don't feel like being anyone

And I, I'm barely getting by.

I feel the fear but I don't ever let on
And no one gets inside, not past these yellow skies
I weather day by day, never losing hope
Waiting for someone to love.

Yes I, I'm barely getting by

Trying to shed this cold stormy soul
And I can't live my life by candlelight, not anymore
All these shadows are closing in on me
Cleanse myself, my phobia in the rain

And I, I'm barely getting by.

I don't feel like a farmer's son
I take what people give me and I run
Try to justify this life that I've undone
Have I turned my back on love

Yes I, I'm barely getting by.

Farmer's Son

Capricious Or Copernicus

LoFi Americana with a dash of Indie Alt Rock and Country 

Jeremy Brizzi is a songwriter and musician.  “I do what I can, with what I have, to show you how I feel.  Thanks for listening.”

With more than 300 song left to record and a constant attention to creation, the best is yet to come!  

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