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Free with Drums

Life is such a blessing 
So much to give me joy 
But I’m always obsessing 
Makes it hard to enjoy 
Life with all it’s phases 
And the constant state of change  
And the question that it raises:  Is contentment within range? 

Wishing my life away 
Always wanting things to change 
 God forbid they stay the same 
 I’m wishing my life away 

Every day is a transition 
A way to something more
 But I assume the position
 Of always keeping score
 It’s a game I’m losing
 And I know I know I’ll never win  
But still I keep on choosing
 To go back there again 

Wishing my life away 
Always wanting things to change 
 God forbid they stay the same 
 I’m wishing my life away 


CREDITS:

DRUMS  - performed & recorded by Tim Horsley 
 www.TimHorsley.com

BASS  - performed & recorded by Joel Bezaire
www.NashvilleBassWorks.com

ORGAN & WURLITZER  performed & recorded by Steve Peffer  
www.StevePeffer.com

GUITARS & VOCALS  performed & recorded by Joe Gilder  
www.JoeGilderMusic.com


Wishing My Life Away

You might think it’s better
 Than it was a couple hundred years ago 
I think you better take a look
 You don’t think you’d ever 
Do something to ever get yourself that low  
You’ve lived forever by the book
 Where are you from?
 What were you born into? 
Things that have nothing to do with you 

Free, land of the free, home of the brave 
At least that’s what they say
 But if we cross the tracks and see we can’t really be 
 Land of the free, home of the slave
 
You like an easy answer, 
So do I, but like has never been that way 
I think you known that all along 
The problem is much bigger than you think  
Not something you can vote away 
We need to sing a different song 
Stop pointing fingers 
Start reaching out our hands
 Into the mess that we have made 

Free, land of the free, home of the brave 
At least that’s what they say
 But if we cross the tracks and see we can’t really be 
 Land of the free, home of the slave

Can’t take away from all the men and women who gave they’re lives  on the battlefield where the battles real but America’s a battle still 
Built off the backs of Black Brutus, blood-thirsty opportunists bid us to the highest consumer
 Monthly trips on slave ships, bodies shackled to the docks.  Fast forward to present day they try to tell me it’s done stopped
 When they throw us in the slums, miseducate all our young, and they flood us with these drugs and these guns then judge what we become (I’m just saying) 
Let’s be specific if you want statistics. One out of fifteen is imprisoned Coincidence is nonsense. 
 I see the same pattern #blacklivesmatter 
I scream for my people until we’re treated equal

Free, land of the free, home of the brave 
At least that’s what they say
 But if we cross the tracks and see we can’t really be 
 Land of the free, home of the slave


CREDITS:

DRUMS  - performed & recorded by Tim Horsley 
 www.TimHorsley.com

BASS  - performed & recorded by Joel Bezaire
www.NashvilleBassWorks.com

RHODES performed by Jeff Bartsch  
www.thePowerEdit.com

ORGAN  performed & recorded by Steve Peffer  
www.StevePeffer.com

RAP on “Free” written & performed by Low Pro

GUITARS & VOCALS  performed & recorded by Joe Gilder  
www.JoeGilderMusic.com



Free (ft. Low Pro)

Thirty years doing this same old thing
 Always wondering, “Hey, what’s in it for me?”
What’s in it for me?
 Gotta know what’s the ROI 
Gotta know if it’s worth my time
 My time 

Always looking over my shoulder  
Always looking up that ladder 
Never see what’s right in front of me 

I’ve got so much more to give than I could ever take  
I’ve got a mission
 I’ve got so much life to live and not just for my sake
 I’ve got a mission
 I’ve got a mission 

They tell us it’s a zero sum game  
If I want it, I’ve got to take it away  
Take it away 
But the truth was always the same  
If I want it, I’ve got to give it away  
Give it away 

Always looking over my shoulder 
 Always looking up that ladder
 Never see what’s right in front of me 

I’ve got so much more to give than I could ever take 
 I’ve got a mission
 I’ve got so much life to live and not just for my sake 
 I’ve got a mission 
 I’ve got a mission 


Download it here:

www.joegildermusic.com

CREDITS:

DRUMS  - performed & recorded by Tim Horsley 
 www.TimHorsley.com

BASS  - performed & recorded by Joel Bezaire
www.NashvilleBassWorks.com

ORGAN   performed & recorded by Steve Peffer  
www.StevePeffer.com

GUITARS & VOCALS  performed & recorded by Joe Gilder  
www.JoeGilderMusic.com

Mission

I need to stop listening to voices in my head  
They’re onto something 
They’re onto something
 I need to stop hanging onto every word they’ve said  
But they’re onto something  
They’re onto something 

They’re lies 
They’re not something to believe in  
But they’re beautiful... 

I need to find a ceiling; I need to be content
 I’m on something 
I’m on something 
When I chase this feeling, the longing won’t relent 
 I’m on something  
I’m on something 

They’re lies 
They’re not something to believe in 
 But they’re beautiful 
But they’re lies 
They’ll destroy me from within 
 But they’re beautiful... 

There’s a truth in front of me  
I know that it will set me free 

From the lies
They're not something to believe in
 But they’re beautiful 
But they’re lies 
They’ll destroy me from within 
 But they’re beautiful... 


Download it here:

www.joegildermusic.com

CREDITS:

DRUMS  - performed & recorded by Tim Horsley 
 www.TimHorsley.com

BASS  - performed & recorded by Joel Bezaire
www.NashvilleBassWorks.com

ORGAN  performed & recorded by Steve Peffer  
www.StevePeffer.com

GUITARS & VOCALS  performed & recorded by Joe Gilder  
www.JoeGilderMusic.com

Lies

This song was written, recorded, and released in a single day, as a part of a 24-Hour Song Challenge I gave my VIP members

The Chase

I recorded this version of my song "Mission" on a Tascam Portastudio 4-Track Cassette recorder. Actually, only 3 tracks worked. So this recording is 3 tracks, one vocal and two guitars. I sang harmonies while playing the guitar parts. It was super fun. Enjoy!

Joe

Mission (Cassette Version)

Recorded this in an afternoon as a challenge. One of my all-time favorite Christmas Hymns

Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus

This is from my album "Out of Indiana"

Written/performed by Joe Gilder.

Recorded & mixed by Joe Gilder.

joegilder

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