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Mellow Fellow

Apophenia

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RPR09_04

Copyright 2024 Joe Stroffolino

I hold my cards close to my vest
Don’t like to share my political views. 
There’s people out there who poke at me and try to light my fuse
They say we’re in a downward spiral, the world’s spinning out of control
They try to get me fired up, pull me down their rabbit hole

I roll with the punches; I try to do the best I can
The world’s a complicated place and I’m just a simple man
But one thing that I’m a hundred percent certain about
I’m sick and tired all these angry people who like to scream and shout

They say one guys goanna drive us off the cliff, the other one's goanna lead us to the promised land.
And there’s books I have no desire to read, that they say should be banned.
They say it’s bad to be woke, but I’m not even sure what that means
And the reason I’m living paycheck to paycheck is because we have too many drag queens.

I roll with the punches; I try to do the best I can
The world’s a complicated place and I’m just a simple man

All these people trying to shove their views down my throat
I wish I could dig a virtual moat
Encircle myself and live in a cone of silence, that would be nice
I’m not interested in joining a cult
I wish that I had a catapult
So I could take all that stuff they’ve been shoveling and throw it back at them. That would be great.

It took a long time for us to get into this mess
And if you say you have a simple fix
I suspect it’s probably just a bunch of smoke and mirror tricks
Politics is the new religion
But unlike belief in heaven and hell
You don’t need to die to find out if your choices turn out well

Roll With The Punches

There often is no rational reason for the level of hate and extent of death and destruction for most of our self inflicted tragedies. I think if we ask ourselves the simple question that the spider asked me and if we are true to our own selves and not blinded by paranoia/false leaders. then this can stop

lyrics
I woke up in the morning and went to the kitchen like I always do
to get some coffee and some bread to toast
to my fright and surprise
crawling on the floor before my eyes
A big black spider..hairy and awful
heading to the web he had made the night before

without thinking much,I walked over and picked up my foot
to bring down on his head and end his life for good
but to my surprise and shock,the spider turned and looked at me
and said.."Why?? ...is this something your God would do?"

I held my foot in the air,,I didn't know what to do
First I was shocked that a spider was talking to me at all
but mostly, I couldn't answer his question
I couldn't think of a reason and mostly I knew God would not approve of killing something for any reason

So I stepped aside,got my coffee
the spider went to his web for his breakfast
and we both had a great day

so before you raise your fist in anger again
before you hurl another horrible racial slur
before you burn someone,throw a rock or kill someone
be sure you answer the spider's question first

and if you can';t
then don't..do it

the spider's question

Here's another easy, dirty, old strum refreshed somehow in these hot summer days. This used to be a song, but the years have taken the words away and only the initial chords remain in my memory and maybe that of some old friends.

Picture is from Pietro Corrao.

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2024).
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, July 28.

Dirty and easy summertime strum

Just one step further and Amenhotep will save me, or will he yet 
The guardians are grounded, and sleep in the silence of the potion to forget
we all forget 
All the hounds howling in the distance, a dread quartet
Unlock the espagnolette 

Moving windward through the suburbs
Wild flight is my name, the interdictal bane
My weapons here are useless, in this consequence of rumours
As a conjurers legerdemain

With wild crowds throwing missiles, to bring down the government
Tendentious armies take positions in our now encumbered state
Sending messages to morons, 
In the endless dead debate

Amenhotep Will Save Me

Soul Jacker.

Snowfall Over Idaho

LYRICS

You ever been waitin' for a love
A real love all of your life?
Then you saw the one for you
N then you realized
That you want'em
To be there in your arms all of your days?
And then hopin', hopin', prayin', that they feel
That they feel the same way
Ohh,ohh ohh ,ohh ohh ,ohh!

Some other guys might treat you like a goddess
But y'know, I'm not that kind of guy
I'llgive-you, give you, give you all I got, next to God
All the other, other love'll turn to dust!
But our love, yeah our love'll be higher
Be the kind t'last forever, never fade, never fade!
And I'll have you by my side
Walkin' on down the path of life
You're the one, You are, you are!
For my heart!

Was givin' up on love 'til you came into my life
When I saw you mm, that was when I realized
That I, wanna be around you all my days
And I'm hopin', hopin', prayin', that you feel the same way
Ohh,ohh ohh ,ohh ohh ,ohh!

Some other guys might treat you like a goddess
But y'know, I'm not that kind of guy
I'llgive-you, give you, give you all I got, next to God
All the other, other love'll ll turn to dust!
But our love, yeah our love'll be higher
Be the kind t'last forever, never fade, never fade!
And I'll have you by my side
Walkin' on down the path of life
You're the one, You are, you are!
For my heart!

Yeah I'll give you all I got
With all that I am
Even though I'm just a man
I'm lookin' for a shot with
A woman like you an
I'm hopin' you'll give me all of
Who you are too!

Some others might treat you like a goddess
But y'know, I'm not that kind of guy
I'll give-you, give you, give you all I got next to God
All the other, other love'll turn to dust!
But our love, yeah our love'll be higher
Than a kite on the wind in the sky!
Be the kind t'last forever, never fade, never fade!
And I'll have you by my side
Walkin' on down the path of life

You're the one!
You are!

You are!

For my heart!

For My Heart

Songs with a twinge of humor (and some a bit more serious).  
I do not use AI to create my songs. 
https://linktr.ee/joe.stroffolino
Recently I have had the urge to pick up my guitars (Taylor 114ce and Fender Squire) and I have been trying to use more guitar in my songs.  
My go to .vst plug ins are  EZkeys 2, EZ Bass and  EZ drummer 3) and my DAW is Logic Pro 11. 
I welcome your comments and enjoy listening to all the great music on SoundCloud. 
All songs are originals and copyrighted.