Revised my song to an Irish Rock sound.

Gray Hair of Wisdom
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
artwork: hotpot.ai/art-generator
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

I wrote this song for you,
When I was very young,
When the world was a large place,
And its heroes were unsung,
When make-believe was real,
And nothing we did was wrong.
And passion was our guide,
that moved our love along.
Passion was our guide,
that moved our love along.

I wrote this song for you,
When your face was still so young,
When the world had become a smaller place,
And its heroes now undone,
When beliefs were challenged,
To question right from wrong,
Until all that was left was strength
To carry our love along,
All that was left was strength
To carry our love along.

I wrote this song for you,
When I had nothing young to say,
When the world had become old,
And it’s heroes kept at bay,
When darkness now reigned,
To block the midday sun,
But the gray hair of wisdom
Guided our love along,
The gray hair of wisdom,
Guided our love along.

Gray Hair of Wisdom

Another redo of my songs.  When I'm finished with this new exploration, time to go back to grind of composing on my keyboard. 

Just Want to Rest This Head
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
artwork: hotpot.ai/art-generator
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

I’m tired of waking up to read,
About people who used to be,
Who I grew up with 
you see,
And now have started their eternity.
People who’ve made their history,
As brief as that could be.

Here’s to the woman who gave me a chance
To see the beauty of this life's dance.
But now is only a memory,
Of what life was and still should be. 

I see them walking in the street,
The young making their new ends meet,
I once was there, but am still,
Watching it all through our window sill. 

What life was is no longer a thrill,
No longer a thrill.

I’m tired
And just want to rest this head,
Find a place to rest this head 
There’s not much left that can be said,
The light is dimming,
Time to leave. 
And I just want to sleep. 
Just rest my head.

Just Want to Rest This Head

A country version of my original song.  I think country better expresses the singer's lament.

I Saw a Man in the Dark
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

I saw a man in the dark
last night
It wasn’t me,
Couldn’t be,
Shouldn’t be,
Oh no. 

I saw a man give in
to himself
It wasn’t me, 
couldn’t be,
Shouldn’t be
oh no.

Days and days
And months between
And years and years
And no between
And what is left
But solid thoughts
Of wasted opportunities 
And life goes on,
Keeps going on
When I just want to quit

Did I love my children,
their friends,
my spouse,
will my love be
in their memories
when I'm gone?

I saw a man in the dark
last night
It wasn’t me,
Couldn’t be,
Shouldn’t be,
Oh no.

I Saw a Man in the Dark

My wife gave me these lyrics two years ago and asked me to make a song.  Reading the lyrics didn't give me any inspiration so I inputted them into an AI program to see what jumped out.  This is the result.

A Life Worth Living
Lyrics: Veronica Krath
AI generated art, music and vocals by Suno

Lyrics

Jesus gave me a life worth living
Because He's someone worth living for
Jesus gave me a life worth living
And my life needs nothing more

Jesus gave me a heart for giving,
Eyes to see the ones in need.
Want to give all I have for His glory
Because He gave his life for me.

Jesus gave me a life worth living
Because He's someone worth living for
Jesus gave me a life worth living
And my life needs nothing more

Jesus gave me a heart for sharing
Peace and hope when life is hard.
I want to share the news about Jesus
‘Cause Jesus shared the Word of God.

Jesus gave me a life worth living
Because He's someone worth living for
Jesus gave me a life worth living
And my life needs nothing more

Jesus gave me a heart for loving
All His children who I see.
I want to show my love for my Savior
Because my Savior first loved me.

Jesus gave me a life worth living
Because He's someone worth living for
Jesus gave me a life worth living
And my life needs nothing more

Jesus gave me a life worth living
Because He's someone worth living for
Jesus gave me a life worth living
And my life needs nothing more

A Life Worth Living

My first (and last) poem in Italian.

Sono Vampira
Lyrics: Mike Krath
AI generated art, music and vocals by Suno

Lyrics

Sto ascoltando a qualcosa,
ma non riesco ascoltare niente. 
Niente ma il silenzio, 
il silenzio dall'amore perso
quando ero giovane,
quando ho avuto sogni,
quando ho avuto speranze.

Ma adesso, 
il speranza dal mio cuore è solamente sangue. 
Il sangue dolce.

Voglio moderti il collo e succhiare il tuo sangue. 
Voglio moderti il collo e succhiare il tuo sangue. 

Sono vampira.

Sono Vampira

Wrote this some years back as I watched a man go through a divorce.

She's Not Here Right Now 
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

She's not here right now,
I wonder where's she's gone?
I love her so,
I must know where's she's gone.
She can read my mind,
I wonder how she can?
It seems easy,
It's not crazy,
How she can,
She's all that I have,
and all that I want,
I love her so,
This she knows,
but now she's gone,
I thank God for a woman like you,
I thank God for a woman like you,
I thank God for a love that you show,
I thank God for you,
I love her so,
This she knows,
But she's gone.
She's not here right now,
And I wonder where's she's gone,
I love her so,
I just want to know,
Where's she's gone?

She's Not Here Right Now

Music and lyrics: Mike krath 
artificially enhanced using SUNO 

Lyrics

Hey, Hey,
Hey, Hey

The marbles I just got back in my brain,
Have fallen out and rolled away again,
Rolled away again. 

All because you made me mad,
By all you did and said,
You drove me mad again
By all you did and said.

The marbles I just got back in my brain,
Fell out and rolled away, instead.
And now you tell me the sun is shining
To burn away all my gray,

And you stepped on my hands,
Trying to pick myself up,
All in a beautiful disarray. 

Interlude

The marbles I just got back in my brain,
Have fallen out and rolled away again,
Rolled away again. 

Ha-ha, and you're not even sad,
and I'm stark raving mad,
Ha-ha, and you're not even sad,
and I'm stark raving mad,

Ha-ha, you taught me how to laugh again.
And you're not even sad,
And I'm stark raving mad.

The marbles I just got back in my brain,
Have fallen out and rolled away again,
Rolled away again. 
But all in a beautiful disarray,
All in a beautiful disarray.

Rolled Away Again

Revised the original to a harder rock sound.

Need Someone to Talk To
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics


Need someone to talk to,
Someone who hears what I say
Someone who listens when I speak
But who, who?

Not my mother,
She’s too busy,
Not my friends,
Only think of themselves
Not my cat,
She’s too lazy,
Not my father,
He is never around.

Who, who do I go to?
Who, who do I go to?
Who, who do I go to?

Not my priest
He’s not a believer,
Not my brother,
He’s not always there,
Not my dog,
He doesn’t come when I call him,
Not my stylist,
He doesn’t know how to cut hair

Need to lay down
Need to lay down
Need to lay down
Need to lay down
Need to lay down
Need to lay down,
My soul.

Lay it all down
Lay my soul down.
Need to lay it all down
But who?
Who do I talk to?
8 billion people in this world
No one to talk to?
No one?
But…

Not my teacher,
He’s too academic
Not my sister,
She’s never off her phone,
Not my counselor
He doesn’t know my name,
Not my coach
He never lets me play

Oh God,
Who do I call?
Who do I call
When no one listens?

I don’t want my life
To be a high school improv
A high school improv that
Ends in (sound of gunfire)

Listen
Listen when I call
Who started this mess?
I didn’t ask to be here
I didn’t ask to be born

Give me someone to listen
Give me someone who understands me.

Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay my soul down.
Lay it…


(Talk to Jesus)

Need Someone to Talk To

Another revision for a harder rock sound.

Give Me Pain On Bended Knees
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

The toke I take can’t fill my hollow feeling
No matter how strong I hold it against my lungs,
The emptiness endures.
But I laugh it off
Ha ha,
I can’t help it,
I’ve turned my emptiness into joy,
The gun by my pillow a joke
I lift it up and stare into its barrel
I smile at the bullet with my name.
Ha ha.

I fall to my knees,
I ask for pain,
I want trials
For a life of gain,
Bring down pain,
on bended knees
The tokes I take can’t fill
my parched soul,
Bring down pain
quench this thirsty soul

I’m tired of drugs that fry my brain,
Give me a life that keeps me sane.
And someone who knows me,
And helps to hide my shame,
Someone who will free me,
Free me with pain,
with strokes of pain.

Ohhh. Oh. I want to live again,
I want to live again
Just live again,
Please,
I just want to live
Again…

On my knees
With an empty bottle of pills,
I look under my bed for one last thrill,
I find one in the corner and pop it in my till
I fly upright,
face the window
Everything is out of sight
The birds outside are singing out my name,
The plants in my window are doing the same
And the bullet in my gun is rejoicing in its aim,
I’m turning normal now
I’m feeling normal now,
Everything is normal now,
It’s going to be a happy day.
Hap-hap-happy, hap-hap-happy

It’s going to be a happy day.

Give Me Pain on Bended Knees

I wish I had the music composing ability of today's tech when I was in my 20's.

Back
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

I want to go back
I need to go back
I gotta go back,
To when I first started
I need to go back
I want to go back
To the time
I still had youthful ambition

I need to go back
To the time 
When I was just a little boy
And my dad said if you want
To be a musician,
You need to learn to play the piano
I’m not paying for lessons
If you never practice,
And I said I don’t wanna
Then I’m taking away the piano
I don’t care,
And he said you’ll regret it,
But now I regret it 

I want to go back
I need to go back
I gotta go back,
Won’t you join me,
Let’s go back
To the time we had the opportunity. 

I need to go back then when
I need to go back then when
I need to go back then when
Everything was groovy.

Back

Here We Are Once Again
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Well…here we are once again,
Alone in this cafe,
The place we began as friends,
All on a sunny day.
While everyone else sat outside,
Watching the world go by,
We sat and fell in love,
Thanks to the by and by.

Chorus 
Here we are once again,
At the table where it all began,
Eating food and enjoying life,
And with you … my wife.

Verse 2
Do you hear the birds outside
Chirping loudly above?
What was passed down from years ago
When we first confessed our love
Overheard when we were young,
And now repeated from the beaks of doves,
Can you hear them? It’s easy.
They’re all singing our song.

Chorus 
Here we are once again,
At the table where it all began,
Eating food and enjoying life,
And with you … my wife.

Verse 3
Oh…I can’t think of anywhere else,
I’d rather be,
Than with the memories of you and I here,
Having our first cup of tea.
And to cherish this very moment,
With the woman I adore,
Nothing could make me any happier,
Or to want anything more.

Here We Are Once Again

Disclaimer: I'm a cat person.

We Hate All Cats
Song and Lyrics by Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

There are times we think we are dogs,
And then sometimes we know we are,
And we run all around,
And chase neighborhood cats,
And ignore the neighbors who scream they’re calling the cops.

We may not be real dogs, but we are in our minds
We're chasing cats, and having a good time

And we hate all cats,
And try to run them over with our cars,
And throw them high in the air to land in our neighbor’s lawn.
And when the cops arrive, we bark and growl.
For we hate all pigs, and cats, and anything else on the prowl.

We may not be real dogs, but we are in our minds
We're chasing cats, and having a good time.

We Hate All Cats

Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh i must go out with you again i must let go with you again 
you have such lovely,  black hair 
it shines like the moon in a dark cloud 
your eyes your eyes so dark brown. 
you are my baby you are my gee baby
 my little baby 
you are my jah baby 
baby baby
 i must go out with you again i must even see your pretty face again again
 you have such lovely red lips
 and the color of your skin you know so. you know, so...

Oh Baby

Soul revision of my original.

Something's a Hole in My Shoe
Lyrics and Music: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

You may wonder why I’m doing nothing
when you’re not around.
It’s so easy to explain, so easy you see (you see),
You know, it’s simply this, I’m doing nothing because, well (well),
Because you’re simply not here with me (no, no).

And something is nothing when you’re not around.
Something is nothing when you’re not around.
Something is nothing when you’re not around (not around),
And you’re not here right now (no).

Now I know anything is better than something
When you have nothing better to do (we can dig it),
But since you’ve been gone anything is nothing,
And something’s a hole in my shoe,

something’s a hole in my shoe.

Interlude

I can’t find something,
Something to do when you’re not in town (no),
And something is nothing when you’re not around.
And when you’re not here, something is never found (never, no, no),

And something is nothing when you’re not around.
Something is nothing when you’re not around (mercy!),
Something is nothing when you’re not around,
And you’re not here right now (tell me something good).

Interlude

Now I know anything is better than something (something)
When you have nothing better to do
But since you’ve been gone anything is nothing (nothing),
And something’s a hole in my shoe (a hole in my shoe)

something’s a hole in my shoe.
something’s a hole in my shoe.
something’s a hole in my shoe.

Something's a Hole in My Shoe

I found this old song on a cassette recording (via late 80's).  I had written it as a satire for my wife.  I transferred it to mp3 and then used AI to give it a soul/jazz sound. 

It's My Love Bouquet
Lyrics and Music: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

How much do i love you?
How much do i care? (baby)
Go outside to our dying tree,
and see how many leaves have fallen on the ground (count them, if you can)
That's how much i love you,
That's how much i care (oh baby)
By how many leaves have fallen off our dying tree,
scattered on the ground (here and there, everywhere),
It's my love bouquet,
For you, baby,
that's how much i love you (so fine)

Interlude

Snow is falling,
Our tree now has no leaves (so sad)
Can you count the number that have fallen (one)
The number that fell (two)
That's how much I love you (baby)
That's how much I care (so much)
By the number of leaves on the ground (so many)
Scattered here and there (three)
It's my love bouquet (four)
That's how much I love you (oh baby),
By the number of leaves (my love)
It's my love bouquet,
It's my love bouquet,
It's my love bouquet.

It's My Love Bouquet

Nothing We Do Will Last
Lyrics and Music: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

You made my life pain and sorrow,
But soon it will pass,
Nothing we do is forever,
Nothing we do will last.

You left me when I was depressed,
You said you won't be there when I'm dust,
You said you'd be long gone by then,
and you hope I get it in the end.

All our love was always waiting for tomorrow,
Never intended to last,
You deserted me in my sorrow,
You walked out as my past.


You made my life pain and sorrow,
But soon it will pass,
Nothing we do is forever,
Nothing we do will last.

You made my life pain and sorrow,
But soon it will pass,
Nothing we do is forever,
Nothing we do will last.

Nothing We Do Will Last

An A.I. of my original country song. 

It's Easy Doing Country (when your wife's not at home)
Lyrics and Music: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

Now a man started a country song,
And sang it out all strong,
And he played it at the honky-tonks,
And he hummed it all night long,
But nine months later,
His song became undone,
When someone knocked at his door
And handed him a son.

Oh, it was easy (for him) to do country,
And sing it for all to hear,
Then forget all about it,
And keep it in arrears,
But the woman he’d composed with,
wouldn’t let it disappear.
And she added a boy to his chorus,
And that at sixty years!

And she told him flat out:
I really wanted to love you,
Until I found it was a sham
Your country song went out of tune
When I found you were a married man.
You made me think you were solo,
When your duet was at home,
So good luck at being trio,
You, your wife, and son.

Oh, a man started a country song,
And sang it out all strong,
Until he got a baby boy,
And the tune went out all wrong,
Then the whole town got involved,
And sung the parts unsung.
And his wife joined the chorus
And even brought her gun.

It’s easy doing country
When your wife’s not a home
Going down to the honky-tonks
Pretending to be alone
But nine months later
When presented with a son
It’s really hard explaining
 exactly what you’ve done.

It's Easy Doing Country (When Your Wife's Not at Home)

With a Cheap Stone
Lyrics and Music: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

I had a sister
Who died too soon
Sixteen years
What could I do
Announced by my mother
Who’s now dead too
Both died young
What could I do
Harden my heart,
But life broke through.
like a cheap stone
A cheap stone.
Just like a cheap stone.

On and on,
Life goes on,
On and on,
with a heart of stone
On and on,
Life goes on,
But with a cheap stone,
Just a cheap stone.

I’ve had friends,
Who died too soon
twenties, thirties,
What could I do
Announced by my friends
who loved them, too
All died young
What could I do,
Harden my heart,
But life broke through.
like a cheap stone
A cheap stone.
Just like a cheap stone.

Interlude

On and on,
Life goes on,
On and on,
with hearts of stone
On and on,
Life goes on,
But with a cheap stone,
Just a cheap stone.

With a Cheap Stone

Revised original for better vocals

To Mary Jo
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

There's a cemetery on the hill
that contains my next of kin,
and some were fat, and some were thin,
and that’s all I remember of them,
And I walk among their stones without a thought,
On my way to my Mary Jo’s plot.

And I spread a blanket near her stone,
And I lay a red rose down,
Then I sit and talk of our son,
How’s he been doing all year ‘til now.
And I tell her what’s important,
And what she’d needs to hear
And if I miss something,
Oh well, there’s always next year.

And the first year I told her he walked,
As one would expect,
But his first words were mama, not dada,
And he did it to show her respect,
And his second year he was trouble,
And I was glad she wasn’t around,
And in the third I disciplined him in anger,
And I wasn’t very proud.

And his fourth and fifth were happy,
All he did was play
Then he cried going into first grade,
and I really wanted him to stay,
And then on and on through little league,
and up to seventh grade,
and his girlfriends made me sad,
And it made him feel dismayed
But High School I let him go
To choose his path to walk,
But he still asked my advice about life and such
And we had real times of talk.
Then the dreaded day came,
When he asked if he could drive,
And I made a face, but still paid his course
And thank God he’s still alive.

And today I want to tell you,
Our boy graduated this week,
he looked so nice in his cap and gown,
so grown up now,
you'd be so proud,
and he graduated with honors,
He's so smart,
just like you were,
So proud, Mary Jo,
so proud.

Now Mary Jo it’s getting cold up here,
And I need to be heading down,
But I’ll return again next year, my love,
To let you know all our son’s doings above this ground.

There's a cemetery on the hill
that contains our next of kin,
and some were fat, and some were thin,
and that’s what people remember of them,
But a woman who died before her son
could open his eyes to see her,
Has been kept abreast by the man she loved
Of the things her son’s endured.

To Mary Jo

Dance remix of original.

All Over The World
Lyrics and Music: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

All over the world,
All over the world,
People crying,
People dying,
All over this world.

See the mother lying there,
See the crying baby by her side,
What the world fails to give,
The woman never receives,
Though they keep crying and dying,
No one sees.

All over this world,
All over the world,
People crying,
People dying,
All over the world.

All over the world,
All over the world,
People crying,
People dying,
All over the world.

All Over The World

Until the End of Time
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
Artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

Will you dance with me,
Will you dance with me,
Will you go where I go,
Will you be my partner,
If we dance around the world,
Will you dance with me,
Will you dance with me,
Will you follow me,
If we go around the world,
Will you dance with me.

Will you dance with me,
Will you take my hand,
And let me lead you through life,
Will you go with me
Around the world,
Will you go with me,
To all the seas,
Will you dance with me,
Will you dance with me,
And say your are mine,
I’d love to dance with you,
To the end of time,
I’d love to dance with you,
To the end of time.

Until the End of Time

Redo of the original for soul.

My Son's Pill
Lyrics and Music: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

I woke up with another ache,
Took my son’s pill by mistake.

My son’s pill,
What a thrill,
(riser)
Off to a planet
And still there still.
My son’s pill,
What a thrill (whoo-whoo)
Off to a planet
And still there...

Mama will you love me (oh mama)
Now that I’m a druggie (oh mama)
Will you? (will you)
Will you? (mama)

Mama will you leave me (hear me)
Now that I'm not worthy (mama).
Will you? (please)
Will you? (don't leave me)

If I had wings,
I would fly (up, up),
Just need to find (just find),
a higher rise (higher and higher).
If I had wings (oh yeah),
I would soar (up and up),
Across sugar fields to a candy shore (and I'd stay there too).

Interlude

I came down with another ache,
Gave me an excuse for another mistake.

My Son's Pill

A bubblegum embelished version on how I found my wife.

To That Time
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO
Mastered with Ozone 11

Lyrics

You invited me to your 16th birthday,
I showed up with albums in my hand
No one was dancing,
So I started up the first dance.
And we danced all night,
beneath the stars and a moon above,
And before your party was over,
we both knew we had fallen in love.

Interlude

But somehow we drifted,
And I was left alone in my life,
Just with your pictures
To remind me,
You could’ve been my wife.
When I was thirty,
When life was over and I wanted to be left alone,
You called me up,
And I didn’t want to hang up the phone.

And while I was talking, I looked outside,
and saw the stars and a moon above,
And I remembered your 16th birthday,
To that time we both had fallen in love.

Interlude

Seven months later, we tied the knot,
and picked up from where we first begun.
and from time to time we look back,
To that time we both fell in love.
When the stars were shining,
And there was a moon above,
On your 16th birthday ,
To that time we fell in love.
On your 16th birthday ,
To that time we fell in love.
On your 16th birthday ,
To that time we fell in love.

To That Time

Composed this a few years back based on a nightmare I had while living overseas - a day after a huge earthquake had caused my bed to go up and down as if in a fun house.

Be My Earthquake
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO
Mastered with Ozone 11

Lyrics

Everyone needs an earthquake
Everyone needs an earthquake
to move them back and forth
back and…
for a dream,
just a dream
a dream where things
are not real.

In my dream, I saw water fill the streets,
and I was standing knee deep,
And cobras moved
back and forth.
Ready to strike,
And I was frozen with fear (frozen in fear)

Interlude

And my mask was missing (shame on you),
And I grabbed my shirt to cover my mouth (you better!).
Please, I prayed, don’t let anyone see me (no, no).
I went through a hotel lobby,
and everyone was looking (security!),
But I kept my face covered
with my shirt (we're calling the police)
And I finally made it home
Just in time for the building
to sway back and forth (shake it, baby).

We all need an earthquake (up and down),
All need an earthquake (all around)
To make us go back and forth (back and forth, back and forth).
Oh baby, be my dream,
be my...
earth...
quake (baby, oh baby, oh baby).


Outro

Be My Earthquake

Removed my first version and converted to bubblegum to add to a future album of more upbeat music.

No More Goodbyes Again
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO
Mixed using Ozone 11

Lyrics

Let's try again,
Let's try again, 
I don't want to ever
say goodbye again,
No, no,
no more goodbyes again,
No, no,
no more goodbyes again,

It's time we move on as friends,
Time for that to end,
Our love between us means,
No more goodbyes again,
That time is gone,
When we were only friends,
Now love has put that to an end.
No more, goodbyes again

Interlude

Our love has made us,
No longer friends,
More than friends,
no more goodbyes again.
no more goodbyes again.
no more goodbyes again.

No More Goodbyes Again

In the original, I sang the vocals and then used AI to change my vocals to a woman singing.  In this iteration, I again used AI to create a younger male singer. I wrote this song reflecting on the death of a spouse.

Watch in Silence
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

You're gone again,
Not apart,
But you know the feeling.

When you ever die,
Will I be able to turn the TV off,
And watch in silence.

You know, 
When you're not with me,
I can't stand the silence,
I keep the TV on,
Always on.

Oh babe,

When the time comes,
And the TV dies,
Will I ever be strong,
To turn it back on,
And watch in silence.

Will I ever feel comfortable,
By myself,
In a house filled with memories,
And silence.

Silence,
Silence,
Silence.

Interlude

Silence,
Silence,
Silence

Watch in Silence

I Hear Bagpipes
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
DAW: Reason
Mix: Ozone 11

Lyrics

I hear bagpipes,
On this still night,
I hear them at this moment,
Can you hear them?

I hear bagpipes,
On this starry night,
I hear them in the shadows,
Can you hear them?

Chorus
I hear them playing,
From over the hill,
Coming for me,
then coming for you
Can you hear them, my friend,
Can you hear them?

Interlude

I hear bagpipes,
On this moonless night,
I hear them in the darkness,
Can you hear them?

I hear bagpipes,
On this quiet night,
I hear them from my future,
Can you hear them?

Chorus

Outro

I Hear Bagpipes

My Sunday Posting.  Another track for my bubblegum album.

I'm Here For Someone
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

I'm not here for you,
I'm not here for me,
I'm here for someone,
Someone you can't see,
Na na na na na (x4)

I'm not here for a him,
I'm not here for a her,
I'm here for a someone,
A someone who endures.
Na na na na na (x4)

I'm not here for that,
I'm not here for this,
I'm here for that someone,
That someone who is bliss,
Na na na na na (x4)

I'm Here for Someone

Bubblegum version of the original.

Let's Go Back
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

I want to go back
I need to go back
I gotta go back,
To when I first started
I need to go back
I want to go back
To the time
I still had youthful ambition

I need to go back
To the time
When I was just a little boy
And my dad said if you want
To be a musician,
You need to learn to play the piano
I’m not paying for lessons
If you never practice,
And I said I don’t wanna
Then I’m taking away the piano
I don’t care,
And he said you’ll regret it,
But now I regret it

I want to go back
I need to go back
I gotta go back,
Won’t you join me,
Let’s go back
To the time we had the opportunity.

I need to go back then when
I need to go back then when
I need to go back then when
Everything was groovy.

Let's Go Back

Bubblegum version of my original.

Those Were Wonderful Dreams
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

I once had a dream,
A dream, you know,
Where we held each other close,
And never let one another go
I had a dream
Where we’d be side by side
And maybe, by chance,
One day you’d be my bride.
Some dreams,
they just come and go,
big ones, small ones,
Even the ones we hold on to so
They grow old, they become trivial,
but some can’t let go.
From something mundane
To something glorious.
That’s what those dreams are for,
That’s what those dreams are for,
The dreams we had when young
When were both reaching for the stars,
Those were wonderful dreams,
Those were wonderful dreams,
And then the day came,
When you let your dreams be mine,
And you stood and held my hand,
And you said I’ll never leave you behind.
And if there are dreams,
you can’t seem to impress,
I’ll take those dreams,
And I’ll give them my best.
Dreams come and go
But one dream was meant to be so,
Dreams come and go
But one dream was meant to be so,
You never left that dream behind,
You never let that dream to die,
When you promised to follow me to the ends of the earth and back,
You became my dream,
My only dream I’d never lack,
You are, you always will be, the embodiment of that dream,
You are my dream.

Those Were Wonderful Dreams

Bubblegum version of my original

I'm Singing Old Love Songs
Song and Lyrics by Mike Krath

Lyrics:

I'm singing old love songs,
cause I'm old, old,
About our love,
that really wasn't that long ago,
About the birds and the bees,
That are really the same so,
Not much has changed,
but the reflection of our faces, oh.

I'm singing old love songs,
About our love so,
It's gone on so long,
It's still new, oh,
I'm singing about you,
About the love we had when young,
It still is true, so,
The love,
that we have between us,
Still is young,
I'm singing old love songs,
that really don't feel so old.

I'm singing old love songs,
cause I'm old, old,
about the love we dreamed when young,
that came true, so,
But the love,
The love you gave me so,
still is young,
never grows old,
I'm singing old love songs,
that really don't feel so old.

Your love never grows old.

I'm Singing Old Love Songs

Bubblegum version of my original

How Nice to Keep Me Amused
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Two women,
Two views,
They live on my street,
And to me amuse.

The first regurgitates her opinions for all of us who lose
A shallow wisdom poured out like deep,
To awaken the souls of those who sleep.
An understanding drawn as from a pail,
But in reality just her thimble that covers her nail.

Two women
Two views
How nice,
To keep me amused.

The second is the one who drinks from lighter things.
Then pours out her opinions, when asked, with haughty sings,
Her ideas are spilled at inappropriate times,
And she disdains suggestions to help keep her in line.
Her wisdom consists of sugar with tea,
And if challenged, how great a piece of her cake would be.

On my street these women,
Never grow old,
their mannerisms are such,
they’ll always be told.
And no matter what they say,
Or what they claim on the block.
Does it matter to them,
That food and clothes,
Should be our lot,
For these two women,
I think not.

How Nice to Keep Me Amused

Pure bubblegum schlock. First track on my future bubblegum album.  

Bubblegum Dreams
Mike Krath

Lyrics

Candy-colored skies above the town
Spinning like a carousel round and round
Every step we take feels light as air
In this sweet world we don't have a care

Bubblegum dreams sticky and bright
Popping like stars in the velvet night
We chew on love till it’s soft and sweet
Dancing to the rhythm with bubblegum feet

Lollipop shadows on the concrete street
Whistling tunes with a sugary beat
The jukebox sings as the neon glows
This bubblegum world is the life we chose

Bubblegum dreams sticky and bright
Popping like stars in the velvet night
We chew on love till it’s soft and sweet
Dancing to the rhythm with bubblegum feet

[Bridge]
Oh the horns play loud and the organ hums
Guitars strum fast as the bassline drums
We're the boys who bring the candy to life
In a bubblegum beat we'll cut through strife

Bubblegum dreams sticky and bright
Popping like stars in the velvet night
We chew on love till it’s soft and sweet
Dancing to the rhythm with bubblegum feet

Bubblegum Dreams

Originally wrote this during Covid to put that mask back on.

Put That Love Back On
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

My ex wasn't very loving,
When she yelled at her neighbors,
At the neighborhood kids,
when i saw her  yelling from the window
and if it was anyone else
 it wouldn't matter
 if she wasn't the one i let get away
 i know she still loves me
 doesn't want me to see it
 she said her love was a joke
 not some dumb hope
 i know she didn't mean it 
but now look there she goes
 she doesn't want to come back
 and admit she was wrong
 now she just wants to die alone
 how can she act like no one
cares , 
even the ones who love her
so she's kinda arrogant, kinda stuck up
she needs to get over herself
 and put that love back on
 put that love back on
Put that love back on
Put that love back on,
Put that love back on
Put that love back on.

Put That Love Back On

Rich but Poor
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

I'm arrogant,
and conceited like you Babe,
Like your father,
Rich but poor,
Clothes tattered but in smooth suede.

I'm advantageous,
And rob those like you do Babe,
Like your mother,
Shrewd with greed,
Stealing but with loving hate.

Nothing's true,
Nothing's a lie,
We're so loaded,
Everything's right.
Nothing stands  in our way,
Nothing ever makes us cry.

I'm satiated,
and devour money like you Babe,
Like your family,
Full but weak,
Standing tall but not in shape.

Money, money, money,
Rain it down on us,
money, money, money,
Open those umbrellas
Catch those lusts.

Nothing's true,
Nothing's a lie,
We're so loaded,
Everything's right.
Nothing stands  in our way,
Nothing ever makes us cry.

Rich but Poor

Pure bubblegum shlock.

Queen of Gasping
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Gasping, gasping (x10)

One moment,
Let me catch my breath,
And I'll walk with you,
Once again,
You've knocked the wind,
out of me,
And I can't walk when I can't breathe.

You're truly the queen,
the queen of gasping,
I've no choice,
In your passing,
But to bow and start...

Gasping, gasping (x10)

You should be arrrested,
Locked in a place,
Where there's no key.
And I can't see your face,
Just to breathe again,
and stop...

Gasping, gasping (x10)

Stop please,
Stop, please,
stop being the queen,
The queen of gasping.

Gasping, gasping (x20)
Gasping, gasping

Queen of Gasping

Taken from 1 Chronicles 29:10-13. Revamped the original to how I would sing it in church.

Give Praises
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Yours, O Lord,
Is the greatness,
And the power,
And the glory.
Indeed everything that is in the
heavens and the earth,
is yours, O Lord.
Let everything that has breath,
Give praises to your holy name.
 
Yours, O Lord,
Is the dominion,
And the victory,
And the majesty.

Both riches and honor 
come from you , Lord,
And you rule over all.

In your  hand is power and might,
And it lies in your hand,
to strengthen everyone.

Oh Lord, Oh Lord,
Hear us,
Hear our praise,
Hear our praises in your heavens,
We praise you,
We praise you,
We praise your glorious name.

Give Praises

If My Dad Was Still Alive
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

If my dad was still alive,
Would he be the same,
No change,
Same resoluteness,
Same organizational skill.

If he was still alive,
Would he know my name, 
No change,
Same abiding his time?
Same observations?

If my dad was still alive,
Would he want to spend time with me?
Would he want to talk with me again.
Even if only observed interest in my life, my children, my wife.

Do I miss him? (x10)

You bet.

If My Dad Was Still Alive

I’m a keyboardist who unfortunately has developed arthritis in my hands so I’m not as accurate as I used to be.

But needless to say, my main tool for composing is still a keyboard or the keys of my MacBook Pro.

I find writing lyrics to be the easiest first task.  From there the music follows.

My son recently introduced me to A.I. and taught me how to do covers of my previously released music. While this is fun to see how your original music sounds in different styles and voices, I can see how it can stifle creativity.  Plus you can’t go on concert with an A.I. cover.  A.I. basically relegates you to a song-writer, but not a performer.

I don’t see any problems using A.I. as a tool.  It’s here to stay.  But recommend proving yourself first as a  composer and/or lyricist before using it.  Plus, in my mind,  it’s more fun to come up with your own works first even leaving out canned loops when you do it.

I've lived more than a quarter of my life overseas (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan). Each country gave me an appreciation for different types of music plus probably why I get bored easily in sticking with one genre or another.

Mike Krath

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