Alternative Reality   ©2025

It used to be alternative facts
Ignore the truth – just relax
Forget the corrupt media, believe what we say
You’ll all be better off this way

Now things aren’t looking so good
You can’t afford gas, can’t afford food
Just got laid off from your government job
You’re all set to join the bitter angry mob

It’s an alternative reality
Nothing’s the same as it appears to be
It’s an alternative reality
You voted to give up your right to be free

You believed them when they warned you’re going to lose your fun
And they’re going to take away all your guns
All the empty promises to help the average guy
It’s too late now to question why

It’s an alternative reality
Nothing’s the same as it appears to be
It’s an alternative reality
You voted to give up your right to be free

Is this madness
So much sadness
There’s no return to the past
When you were sure…. of the future

It’s an alternative reality
Nothing’s the same as it appears to be
It’s an alternative reality
You voted to give up your right to be free

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Everything’ll Be Fine   © 2025

For too many years
They’ve ruled with fear
Outlawing rock and roll
Taken people away
And the instruments they played
Showing nothing but total control

It never seemed fair
But they didn’t care
At the way they ruined lives
But there were secret plans
Players forming bands
Waiting for the right day to arrive

Have to wait just a little longer
The movement’s getting stronger
In a short while
Everything’ll be fine

We’re doing our part
Making music from our hearts
Getting better as we play
Waiting for the sign
That it’s the right time
It’s going to be a beautiful day

Have to wait just a little longer
The movement’s getting stronger
In a short while
Everything’ll be fine

Everything’ll be fine……

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Hawk   © 2025

Caught in the eye
Under an ominous sky
No hiding darkened thoughts
The pain of sharp claws
Not a moment to pause
Legs and stomach tied up in knots

What must it be like to fly
To see everything from on high
The whole world under your wings
To be lost in the wind as it sings

Why is it shocking
The hawk is watching
There is no privacy today
Someone’s coming for you
Little you can do
No hope in running away

What must it be like to fly
To see everything from on high
The whole world under your wings
To be lost in the wind as it sings

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Never Done Anything  © 2025

I don’t think I’m ready for this
Even though we’ve all been waiting for this day
What if I freeze up on stage
Forget what to sing, what to play

Never done anything like this before

(Riley)
Billy – remember you’re not alone
I’m here and so are all the guys
Together we are The Revolution
Our band is heading for the sky

Never done anything like this before…


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Unknown   © 2025

Time to pack up and move on
the need for change grows strong
added to the story of my heart
that's why I need to depart

Don't know where to go next
wherever fate directs
the Earth is mine to roam
everywhere is my home

Wandering      place to place
no house  to call home
embracing the unknown

Alone and being free
some see it with envy
content to be alone
to travel and to roam

Don't know where to go next
wherever fate directs
the Earth is mine to roam
everywhere is my home

Wandering      place to place
no house  to call home
embracing the unknown

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Echo of Yesterday  © 2025 Michael J Birch

I hear a sound far away
A lonely cry at the end of the day
Don’t know what it may mean
Memories of forgotten dreams

An echo of yesterday
Who knows where or when
An echo of yesterday
Returning again and again

Darkness takes away our sight
All we have are the sounds of the night
Don’t know what we hear
Memories of childhood fears

An echo of yesterday
Who knows where or when
An echo of yesterday
Returning again and again

Are we only an echo
Someone ele’s dreams or memories
How can we know?

An echo of yesterday
Who knows where or when
An echo of yesterday
Returning again and again

Echo of Yesterday  SAWC 1

Echo of Yesterday  © 2025 Michael J Birch

I hear a sound from far away
A lonely cry at the end of the day
Don’t know what it may mean
Memories of forgotten dreams

An echo of yesterday
Who knows where or when
An echo of yesterday
Returning again and again

Darkness takes away everything in sight
All we have are the sounds of the night
Don’t know what it is we may hear
Memories of childhood fears

An echo of yesterday
Who knows where or when
An echo of yesterday
Returning again and again

Are we only an echo
Someone else’s dreams or memories
How can we know?

An echo of yesterday
Who knows where or when
An echo of yesterday
Returning again and again

Echo of Yesterday SAWC 1+

Together Again Reprise   ©2025 Michael J Birch

(Billy)
Dad, is that really you?
It’s been so long, didn’t think it could be true
Mom, is that really you?
It’s been so long, couldn’t hope it could be true
So many dreams through the years
And now you’re finally here

Together, together again
The way it was meant to be
Together, together again
At last we’re free to be … together again

(Billy’s father)
Billy, yes it’s me, my son
We always knew this day would come
(Billy’s mother)
Billy, it’s really me, my son
We always believed this day would come

So many dreams through the years
And now you’re finally here

Together, together again
The way it was meant to be
Together, together again
At last we’re free to be … together again

No longer locked away
No more afraid to play
Rock and roll is the way
Everything’s going to be okay

Together, together again
The way it was meant to be
Together, together again
At last we’re free to be … together again

…  together again
The way it was meant to be
Together, together again
At last we’re free to be … together again

Together Again Reprise SAWC 2

Another Rainy Saturday    ©2025 Michael J Birch

Wake up, no alarm
Hey, the weekend’s here
Only good things ahead
And I know they’re getting near
Doesn’t matter that the skies are grey
We’re going to be together today

Another rainy Saturday
Doesn’t matter ‘cause I’m with you
It’s another rainy Saturday
Rain doesn’t matter ‘cause I’m with you

Put on our rain boots
Go for a walk outside
Stay in and watch a movie
Snuggle by the fireside
Everything we do is going to be fun
Together we’ll change the rain to sun

Another rainy Saturday
Doesn’t matter ‘cause I’m with you
It’s another rainy Saturday
Rain doesn’t matter ‘cause I’m with you

The rain keeps on falling
We can hear the sun calling

Another rainy Saturday
Doesn’t matter ‘cause I’m with you
It’s another rainy Saturday
Rain doesn’t matter ‘cause I’m with you
It’s another rainy Saturday
Doesn’t matter ‘cause I’m with you
It’s another rainy Saturday
Rain doesn’t matter ‘cause I’m with you

Another Rainy Saturday SAWC 3

Apache Lake    © Michael Birch 2025

She came to him one clear night
Under the strawberry moon’s light
Walking barefoot along the still water
He knew she was Gaia’s daughter

She had everything he needed
Nothing he could take
On the shore of Apache Lake

For a night, time slowed down
They flew high with feet still on the ground
Counting the stars in the sky above
Never a need to talk about love

He had everything she needed
Nothing she could take
On the shore of Apache Lake

It was never a dream
Always real
Destined to end no matter how they might feel
It was always a legend
To last through the ages
A story penned on faded pages, on faded pages

They had everything they needed
Nothing they could take
On the shore of Apache Lake

On the shore of Apache Lake
On the shore of Apache Lake


MikeBirch

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