This is a retro, sing-a-long, folk song in the Pete Seeger tradition.  Its musical touchstone is Bob Dylan's "When the Ship Comes In" and also references the late Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer's "Gentle Arms of Eden."  This is written to help in a small way to spread optimism and hope; we can't allow despair to paralyze us from fighting for change.

Thanks to Jefferson Riordan for his great guitar work, harmonies and guidance in recording this song.  

moguladlin@comcast.net

The Hour When the Storm Rolled In

Most people have experienced the anxiety and frustration of being rejected or left out.  It is felt most acutely in the teen years, and by some teens more than others, but does it really ever go away?

Jerry Mogul- music, lyrics and lead vocal
Jefferson Riordan- guitars, bass, drums, back-up vocals
Chris Toppin- back-up vocals

Will I Fit

We live in dangerous times.  Consider this song my modest contribution to the Resistance.

#conman  #changeiscoming  #15wordsthatrhymewithDylan
#awesomeleadacousticbyJR

Jerry Mogul: Lyrics, music, vocal, guitar
Additional lyrics by Bob Dylan from "The Times They Are a' Changin'"
© 1963, 1964 by Warner Bros. Inc.; renewed 1991, 1992 by Special Rider Music
Jefferson Riordan: lead guitar
Chris Toppin: Engineer
Mixed and mastered by Dave Locke
Photo credit: https://www.nwgsd.org/

God Willin'

This is a song of appreciation for the bravery of our front line health care first responders in the battle against COVID-19. It also speaks out against the political failures that have led to so many deaths. I recorded it with my iPhone and it was subsequently edited by Melville Park Studio and mastered by Dave Locke at JP Masters.

She Goes Into the Fire- Lyrics

Sounds of the city, eerily silenced
By a stealthy virus, brutal and violent
Hospital walls, they shudder and groan
From an onslaught of victims who lie so alone
The bodies pile up, the morgues overflow
When it will stop only fools say they know.

CHORUS: She’s a doctor, a nurse, an ER technician
She’s guided by science not partisan positions
She’s scared for her life, but each day she arrives
Exhausted she strives to keep each one alive
She took an oath for a calling that’s higher
She doesn’t blink, she goes into the fire. (2)

Then each night at seven, people come out
They cheer and they sing, they clap and they shout
For the first responders who are changing their shift
To all front line workers, thank you, a gift
Just for that moment the city awakes
Determined to show that its spirit won’t break.

CHORUS: She’s a doctor, a nurse, an ER technician…

They’ve got loans to pay off, their rent is too high
So many of them struggle just to get by
They take care of their kids, their parents too
They’ve got hopes and dreams just like me and you
They’re from here and afar, all religions and race
They’re America’s best, her unadorned grace.

CHORUS: She’s a doctor, a nurse an ER technician…

When this is all over, a reckoning will come
A righteous anger will wash away some
 Who frittered away precious time that was lost
Thousands then died, what a terrible cost
A broken system works just for the few
Years of neglect now the bill has come due.  

CHORUS: She’s a doctor, a nurse, an ER technician…

jerrymogul