Oh Sasha

© 1983-2021 Ephraim Feig & Mark Perlin

Oh Sasha, why are you so cruel? 
Oh Sasha, why are you so cruel? 
She calls you on the phone
To get you all alone
You tease her with your bark
You don’t even give a bone
She don’t really want to fight
She just wants you for the night
Sasha!  Why are you so cruel? 

Oh Sasha, how can you be so cool? 
Oh Sasha, how can you be so cool? 
You know that she is waiting
She can’t go on pretending
She sits there by the TV
While you are promenading
She knows that you don’t care
But you got into her hair
Sasha!  Why are you so cruel? 

Oh Sasha, you are such a fool!
Oh Sasha, you are such a fool!
Cause she’s oh so ripe and ready
She’s holding out on Freddy
She’d rather give it all up to you …
She’s yours for the takin’
I believe you are mistaken
Sasha!  Why are you so cruel? 

Oh Sasha, oh Sasha, oh Sasha, 
Why are you so cruel?
Oh Sasha, oh Sasha, oh Sasha, 
Why are you so cruel?

Cause she’s oh so ripe and ready
She’s holding out on Freddy
She’d rather give it all up to you …
She’s yours for the takin’
Don’t leave her sad and achin’
Sasha!  Why are you so cruel?

Oh Sasha

The phrases in the first verse were whirling around in my head as I tried to make an ultimately insignificant decision that consumed me for an hour. This song captures that feeling of having so many options but not know which to take.

"Indecision" © Emily Feder, 2023


A			Amaj7
Thoughts colliding and dividing
A7
Head is spinning
D
While I’m on the couch
Dm		A
15 questions, 30 directions
E		A
Such and such and this and that

A 		Amaj7
Just say yes, it’s not a test
A7				D
The consequence is really not so bad
Dm			A
But is it right or black and white
E 				A
Could it cause a fight, or heart attack

[Chorus]
Dmaj7		A
Not good, bad, right or wrong
Dmaj7		A
It shouldn’t take so long
E		E7
Take a breath, hear the song

[Verse]
A			Amaj7
Want to make the perfect day
A7			D
I can look back and have no regrets
Dm			A
Too much pressure, what’s the measure?
E		A
Any choice will be ok

A	     		Amaj7	
What’s the worst, I can reverse
A7 		D
Or go again another time
Dm			A	
That’s what I have, It’s not so bad
E		A
Probably completely fine

[Chorus]

[Full Verse of ba ba da…]
[End with extra:]
Dm A
Ba ba da
E A
Ba ba da

[Bridge x 2]
Asus A Em
I don’t know what I want
Asus A Em
Ba-da-ba
Asus A Em
Indecision
A Em A
Oh Ah Oh

[Chorus x2 w/solo]
[Verse] ba ba da…
[Bridge]

Indecision

(Don’t Look Back in) Anger

Mark Perlin © 1980

You know that I need you
You know that I really care
I believe you
Next time we’ll both get there

Don’t look back in anger
Lift your head to the next time
Don’t look back in anger
Things are gonna work out fine

Time’s been a traveling
I’ve seen him down road after road
Time’s been unraveling
Half his stitches came unsewed

Don’t look back in anger
Don’t take this world so furiously
Don’t look back in anger
Up ahead there’s still time for me

You needn’t fake it if it really ain’t true
Cause I’m gonna break out the wild beast in you
I’ll overtake you we’re not here to play
I’m gonna shake you till your plastic falls away
You know you make it so hard for me
But I can taste that you’re finally free

Half this world’s been wasted
But there’s still time to take us there

Don’t look back in anger
Lift your head to the next time
Don’t look back in anger
Things are gonna work out fine

Anger

Survivor

Mark Perlin © 2008

The color of my skin, the tresses in her hair
Don't even begin if you have not been there
Who is free of sin when casting stony stares?
They always win by stealing our fair share

You don't understand
Living half a man
Never had a chance
To do the things I can

The child is returning from a most uncivil war
Subjected to atrocities more wicked than before
Meandering through byways of the dispossessed and poor
Stung by the oppression that we've learned how to endure

You don't understand
Living half a man
Never had a chance
To do the things I can

Raise an army, raise your voice, become the surging tide
An equal and opposing force, calamities collide
Free will provokes our destiny, the fates alone decide
The nations are enjoined again to end the genocide

In every living battle of the centuries gone past
Ensuring our survival in the vengeful aftermath
Shaken, shorn and shattered, crucified and gassed
Crying out for freedom as we fall beneath the lash
Give us back our freedom, it's the only thing we ask
Fighting for our freedom, consecrated to the task

You don't understand
Living half a man
Never had a chance
To do the things I can

You don't understand
My people will withstand
Awakening demands
I become the man I am


Survivor

Inspired by the old, great gospel song "Joshua and The Battle of Jericho", this rendition is built on a backing track by Christian Robinson (www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWKxxlAMY0M&t=29s). Enjoy!

Survivor

markperlin

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