Acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals: Khashayar Bavarsad
Bass: Pete West
Acoustic guitar: Jay Phillips
Drums: Alexander Vasev

Khash and Yars - Springtime Verse © 2014
Recorded in Cabinet [22] Ltd, 2013
Cover art by Saeed Ayoubi
Original lyrics by Iman Fani & original music by Khashayar Bavarsad © 2010

Alas, alas
Splendid is the grass,
yet with a heavy heart, through it I pass. 

Beware, beware
Dare not to stare,
in the eyes of ivy and tulip so fair 

Away, away,
from sorrows I sway
and a gentle breeze, reminds me it's today 

All right, all right,
I stand no fight,
when birds sing so loud,
and leaves reach such height. 

In the ocean of the scents,
when harmony ascends,
and beauty beyond beauty surpass, 

I float, I get soaked, I sink,
in the splendor of the grass.

Alas, alas
Splendid is the grass,
yet with a heavy heart, through it I pass. 

Beware, beware
Dare not to stare,
in the eyes of ivy and tulip so fair 

Away, away,
from sorrows I sway
and a gentle breeze, reminds me it's today 

When harmony over harmony ascends,
in the splendor of the grass.
in the splendor of the grass.


Springtime Verse

Acoustic guitar, vocals: Khashayar Bavarsad
Flute: Sepehr Mohaddes
Bass: Pete West
Cello: Rob Chedester
Backup vocals: Nikki Anderson
Electric guitar: Jay Phillips
Drums: Alexander Vasev

Khash and Yars - Only Surviving © 2014
Recorded in Cabinet [22] Ltd, 2013
Cover art by Sam Bavarsad
Original music & lyrics by Khashayar Bavarsad © 2010

When I saw a ragged man smelling a pink flower,
I thought we’re not really living, we’re only surviving.
That street band on the corner plays as people pass them by,
They’re not really listening, they’re only surviving

Everyday, all the way, we’re in a state of denying,
But I can clearly see it, we’re only surviving

When a young girl’s getting wasted in this human jungle,
She’s hardly breathing, she’s only surviving.
If you laugh at the misery of people who are sighing,
You’re not really shining, you’re only surviving
                                            
Everyday, all the way, we’re in a state of denying,
But I can clearly see it, we’re only surviving 

The one who denies a shelter for the white bird of peace,
He’s not really caring, he’s only surviving.
If I can’t make a change in a world full of dying,
I’m not really singing, I’m only surviving

Everyday, all the way, we’re in a state of denying,
But I can clearly see it, we’re only surviving.
 Everyday, all the way, we’re in a state of denying,
But I can clearly see it, we’re only surviving 

Only Surviving

Acoustic guitar, vocals: Khashayar Bavarsad
Flute: Sepehr Mohaddes
Female vocals: Nikki Anderson
Cello: Rob Chedester
Bass: Pete West
Electric guitar: Jay Phillips
Drums: Alexander Vasev

Khash and Yars - Dead Rose © 2015
Recorded in Cabinet [22] Ltd, 2013
Cover art by Kristina Aksarina
Original music & lyrics by Khashayar Bavarsad © 2009

I've just seen a dead rose
As if never been born
Her face was tired and torn
No one knows that yesterday
She was glorious and blown

She said:
I wanna show them my beauty, but I guess I just can’t
I wanna fulfill my duty, tell me how I can?
I wanna look like a red rose, and yet I’m all black
That’s why I’m left here all alone

Life passes slowly
Getting worse than before
People are so numb and bored
I’m gonna change their tomorrow
If I could be reborn

She said:
I wanna show them my beauty, but I guess I just can’t
I wanna fulfill my duty, tell me how I can?
I wanna look like a red rose, and yet I’m all black
That’s why I’m left here all alone

Khash & Yars - Dead Rose

Official SoundCloud page of singer-songwriter Khashayar Bavarsad who records & performs his original songs with more than a little help from his friends.

Members: 
Current: Khashayar Bavarsad (guitar, harmonica, vocals) Sepehr Mohaddes (flute, saxophone, ukelele, backup vocals) 
Shahram Shaghayegh (piano/keyboards/xylophone, backup vocals) 
Arshia Basiri (drums/percussions) 
Glauber Augusto (bass) 

Have beens - and hopefully will bees in the future again :) Casey Irwin (percussion, clarinet) 
Rob Chedester (cello) 
Nikki Anderson (vocals, backup vocals) 
Pete West (bass) 
Frances Ransome (keyboards) 
Kumiko Oshiro (piano/keyboards) 
Taiki Oshiro (guitalele/guitar) 
Rodrigo Cavalcante (guitar, backup vocals) 
Kathryn Erlandson (cello) 
Alexander Vasev (drums) 
Jay Phillips (guitar, backup vocals) 
Chris Lee (percussion)