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

Threshold

Mark Perlin © 2011

I've been dealt a losing hand
Drawing lines across the sand
Whose meaning I can't understand
Cause mathematics has been banned

Used to think that one and one
Added up to two in sum
Now they say it's all or none
Arithmetic has been undone

Science should let numbers talk
Not let perpetrators walk
Who can count the victims lost
To criminals who've not been caught

Draw a threshold throw away
The evidence from DNA
Release a killer who should stay
In prison till his dying day

I am a public employee
The people pay my salary
Yet I pretend I cannot see
The data right in front of me

The rules are written from on high
I follow them but know not why
Trained to make the numbers lie
As innocents are raped or die

I rather would use TrueAllele®
Interpret DNA for real
Let the evidence reveal
Thugs who slash and shoot and steal

But instead I make believe
Ignoring what I plainly see
Science slips to sorcery
As thresholds make a mockery
Of DNA as it should be



Threshold

(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

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!

Threshold

markperlin

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