Trying to compete against mainstream pop computer music with original music...is like trying to towel dry a river...

My Own Version (Short Version)

There's hope everyday as I watch all the children play
No matter what you say the world moves in mysterious ways
One thing that I know I'll never ever let you go
Because all these memories hold me to reality

I pray in silence that this world of violence
will heed fair warning in the light of a sea that's storming

Forever mourning your love

There's strength in change even when things seem the same
Because life seems so strange when everybody acts so insane
One thing I know that's true I'll always feel loved by you
Sometimes that's all I need to hold me to reality

Because I pray in silence to this world of violence
To heed fair warning in the light of a sea that's storming

Forever mourning your love

I look and see these footprints following me
And they let me know that I never ever walk alone
And you know it's true I'm shining in the light of you
Sometimes it's what we need to stay strong as a family

We pray in silence to this world of violence
To heed fair warning in the light of a sea that's storming

Forever mourning your love

Forever Mourning

Another car on the train tracks
So everybody can ride
And good luck to the one man
At the front of the line
Trying to bring a little hope back
To the heart and the mind
But how're we really gonna do that
If we spend all our time

Shuckin' and jivin' backseat drivin'
Pullin' at the break switch burnin' up time
Blame it on the left side, blame it on the right
The engine's on fire with the wheels locked tight
Cuz
This train's got a one track mind to make money
It don't really wanna take its time to make money

It feels just like a race track
And everybody's on line
Yeah I read it on your FaceCrack
And I saw the replies
They were talkin 'bout a new thang
And how we'd all be just fine
But how're we really gonna do that
If we spend all our time

Shuckin' and jivin' backseat drivin'
Pullin' at the break switch burnin' up time
Blame it on the left side, blame it on the right
The engine's on fire with the wheels locked tight
Cuz
This train's got a one track mind to make money
It don't really wanna take its time to make money

So get your car on the train track
So little Sally can ride
And good luck to the one man
At the front of the line
He's tryin' to bring a little hope back
To the heart and the mind
But how are we gonna really do that
If we spend all our time

Shuckin' and jivin' backseat drivin'
Pullin' at the break switch burnin' up time
Blame it on the left side, blame it on the right
The engine's on fire with the wheels locked tight
Cuz

This train's got a one track mind to make money
It don't really wanna take its time to make money
This train's gotta one track mind to make money
And nobody wanna to take their time to make money

words and music by Musashi Lethridge

One Track Mind (To Make Money)

Raise your hand if you think you're a narcissist 
Typing all the hype in text like a pessimist 
Raise your hand if you celebrate unity 
By saying education is a privileged opportunity 
Keep your hands up waving to the sarcasm 
Hold 'em high like you just had an eargasm 
Thumbs up to the technical ability 
Spreading through the internet with media velocity

Or 
Throw 'em down and jump around the idiots 
Who don't know the definition of a hypocrite 
Spinnin' round like a one legged house cat 
Runnin' through the maze of a modern day rat trap

(Red light green light that's what Simon Says 
But know one ever knows who the hell Simon IS...)

Raise your hand if you question authority 
And never double check the answer in reality 
Raise your hand to all the fiction playwrights 
Gathering your thoughts like lemmings by the cliff side 
Raise 'em up to the memory of memories 
Sitting in the files of your media library 
Hold 'em up but don't drop your cel phone 
While you snap another pic of you all alone

Or 
Throw it down and drive with the idiots 
Who don't know the definition of a hypocrite 
Spinnin' round like a one legged house cat 
Runnin' through the maze of a modern day rat trap

Red light green light that's what Simon said...

Raise your hand if you think you're a narcissist 
But your not too sure of what the meaning is 
Raise your hand if you celebrate unity 
Saying education is a privileged opportunity 
Keep your hands up wave to the sarcasm 
Hold 'em high like you just had a braingasm 
Thumbs up to the technical ability 
Spreading through the world with media velocity

But 
Calm down while you drive with the idiots 
Who don't know the definition of a hypocrite 
Spinnin' round like a one legged house cat 
Runnin' through the maze of a modern day rat trap

Red light green light that's what Simon said...

Words and music by Musashi Lethridge

REDLIGHT GREENLIGHT( That's what Simon Says)

Sometimes it seems like the whole world's watching
Everybody's watching the money and clock
Some days it seems like I've just been sleeping
But I wasn't just sleeping my mind starts creeping

And I sit back and sigh and realize
Guilty of day time dreaming again
A little day time dreaming again

Some days it seems there's too much production
You need words to function out there
Conjunction junction I swear
And most days it seems like everybody's rushing
The whole world's rushing all around in a fuss

And I sit back and sigh and realize
Guilty of day time dreaming again
A little day time dreaming again

And oh I know the world is going mad
Money makes you yearn for things bad
We take for granted things we've always had
And we're throwing away our days so fast

Most days it seems like the whole world's stressing
Everybody's stressing in this mess we're in 
And that's when it feels like I've just been sleeping
But I wasn't just sleeping and my mind starts creeping again

And I sit back and sigh and wish I
Could get back to day time dreaming again

A little day time dreaming...

A brand new generation 
A technological sensation 
Enriched in education 
Ready to change the situation 
They're not that hung up on discretion 
In fact they're always on a mission 
To teach us all a little lesson 
Without the use of ammunition

I'm talking 'bout the one thing 
That you seem to forget 
Until it's too late and you're filled with regret 
Until you look back on that decision you made 
In a state of suspicion 
I'm talking 'bout that one thing 
That you seem to forget 
Until it's too late and you're filled with regret 
And then you think about the way you behave 
In a state of suspicion

Everybody's looking straight down 
As I'm walking through my own town 
Nobody wants to make a single sound 
Unless they're already talking on the phone 
You know exactly what I'm sayin' now
But you don't ever seem to talk about it 
You hold your purse as if it's over crowded 
But there aint no one else but me around

I'm talking 'bout the one thing 
That you seem to forget 
Until it's too late and you're filled with regret 
Until you look back on that decision you made 
In a state of suspicion 
I'm talking 'bout that one thing 
That you seem to forget 
Until it's too late and you're filled with regret 
And then you think about the way you behave 
In a state of suspicion

Words and music by Musashi Lethridge

State Of Suspicion

Adorned in robes and cloaks and daggers 
Drunk on wine they speak and stagger 
Etched in stone to hide their swagger 
All these ghosts of future hackers

Hear the moans and the groans 
About a story we all know 
Sticks and stones and Roman bones 
All together like dominoes falling 
Is that history calling?

United by the soldiers bravery 
For kings to dine and food so savory 
To build a nation on greed and slavery 
Sounds familiar strange and crazy

Hear the moans and the groans 
About a story we all know 
Sticks and stones and Roman bones 
All together like dominoes falling 
Is that history calling?

Adorned in robes and cloaks and daggers 
Drunk on wine they speak and stagger 
Etched in stone to hide their swagger 
All these ghosts of future hackers

Hear the moans and the groans 
About a story we all know 
Sticks and stones and Roman bones 
All together like dominoes falling

Ya better heed warning 
(Moans and groans of Roman bones) 
About the dominoes falling

Words and Music by Musashi Lethridge

Roman Bones

Hey what the hell are you doing there?
Are you trying to manifest destiny?
Like a pawn on a chessboard now
In the hands of your so -called queen

But it has caught our attention now
We see you walkin' with that TV screen
Aint no time for intervention now
But there is something that you need to see

The rich are gettin' richer
And the poor keep on suffering
It's a theater of politics
Controlled like a puppet, but the puppet aint got no strings

I know they'd still be ignoring y'all
If it weren't for this emergency
But them guards that they're deploying now
They aint payed to think of what it means
They got a rope made of blood-red tape
And they love to just let it swing
They got you hangin' like Pinnochio
So they can blame you for falling in the streets

That's how the rich keep dividing up
All the poor for the conquering
In this theater of politics
That's controlled like a puppet, but the puppet aint got no strings

They got me gazing at the satellites
That they hook to your TV screen
And when you turn it on and watch tonight
You can see for yourself what I mean
But you still loot and run around
But it don't change a god damn thing
If you really want to hit 'em hard
We got to stand up in unity

Because the rich keep dividing up
All the poor for the conquering
It's just a theater of politics
That's controlled like a puppet, but the puppet aint got no strings





No Strings

Who are you to tell us how to live and breed
All you do is criticize everything you see
We know the truth is sitting there between right and wrong
The sky is blue, but lord knows it won't be for long

And we're just sick and tired of how you divide and conquer
And then you hide all the truth behind that wall we built you
Oh we're just sick and tired of how you divide and conquer
And then you hide all the truth behind that wall we built you
But it's coming down 
Or it's going down...

Who are we the ones who tried to let you know
About your greed, but you refuse to let it go
Merrily you live your life just like a dream
Reality has come to wake you suddenly

Cuz we're just sick and tired of how you divide and conquer
And then you hide all the truth behind that wall we built you
Oh we're just sick and tired of how you divide and conquer
And then you hide all the truth behind that wall we built you
But it's coming down 
Or it's going down...

Who are you to tell us how to live and breed
All you do is criticize everything you see
I know the truth is sitting there between right and wrong
The sky is blue, but lord knows it won't be for long

And we're just sick and tired of how you divide and conquer
And then you hide all the truth behind that wall we built you
Oh we're just sick and tired of how you divide and conquer
And then you hide all the truth behind that wall we built you
But it's coming down 
Or it's going down...

It's Goin' Down

It's not the fact you don't hear me or that we don't get along
Maybe we don't speak that clearly maybe our conscience is gone
Maybe this voice sounds familiar
Cuz it's been with us since the day we were born

Did all that sense in your head find a new place to go?
It should be common knowledge but I'm not sure what we know
We need some sense in our heads to tell us what's right from wrong
We're gonna need it when this modern convenience is gone

You've got a brand new opinion that you have found on the screen
You can't control your suspicion you don't know what to believe

And if this voice sounds familiar
Then you might understand exactly what I mean

Did all that sense in your head find a new place to go?
It should be common knowledge but I'm not sure what we know
We need some sense in our heads to tell us what's right from wrong
We're gonna need it when this modern convenience is gone

We've got so many distractions we might need blinders to see
We synchronize our reactions with all this technology
And if this voice sounds familiar
Then you might understand exactly what I mean

Did all that sense in your head find a new place to go?
It should be common knowledge but I'm not sure what we know
We need some sense in our heads to tell us what's right from wrong
We're gonna need it when this modern convenience is gone


Common Sense

Oak Town Stomp

Ocean Breeze Under Moonlight Sway

I Just Can't Stand It

Dear 1%,

You don't feel the world's gonna changed
But your own children look at you strange
And you'll decide that it's time to share
When monkeys fly from your derriere 

But when the curtain has ripped away
And we see how you act each day
You try to cover up the truth some way
As you hide from the words we say

Piece by piece to make a brick load
The 1 percent lease is starting to fold
The war drum beats for political gold
To turn our streets into  yellow brick roads
   
But when the curtain has ripped away
And we see how you act each day
You try to cover up the truth some way
And you hide from the words we say

But we won't wait for you to come around
We got ways to make it turn around
The walls you've made are gonna tumble down
And all will shake to the rumbling sound

When we bring it on down
And turn it around
With a rumbling sound
Cuz we won't wait for you to come around 

You don't feel a world that has changed
But your own children look at you strange
And you'll decide that it's time to care
When monkeys fly from your derriere 

But we won't wait for you to come around
We got ways to make it turn around
The walls you've made are gonna tumble down
And all will shake to the rumbling sound

When we bring it on down
And turn it around
With a rumbling sound
Cuz we won't wait for you to come around 

For you to come around
We won't wait for you to come around


WE WON'T WAIT (For You To Come Around)

Wake up wake up wake up 
You better wake up wake up

Is it just fantasy 
That your own family 
Is living in luxury 
Blinded by apathy

You better wake up wake up wake up 
You better wake up wake up

So you got married now 
To live a good life somehow 
But you don't want to look around 
Everybody's talking about you

They say... 
You're just sleeping with the enemy 
You might be dreaming your reality 
Oh yeah!

You better wake up wake up wake up 
You better wake up wake up 
Cuz it's a shake up shake up shake up 
It's a shake up shake up

You say you just don't know 
About the things you're told 
You say the only way to go 
Is gettin' with a C.E.O.

They say your just sleeping with the enemy 
You might be dreaming your reality 
Oh Yeah! 
Your just sleeping with the enemy 
You might be dreaming your reality

Sleeping With The Enemy

My 70's/80's polyester butterfly collar groove/soul version of a Specials tune

Racist Friend

Chicken & Waffles
Recorded live April 23rd & 30th, 1995 at Blake's on Telegraph

MIguel Barrera- Drums
John Bednarz - Percussion
Stephen Bradley - Trumpet
TimCrawford - Alto Sax
John Gibson - Trumpet
Jude Gold - Guitar
Ryan Green - MC/Vocals
Les Harris - Tenor Sax
Jeff Hobbes Tenor Sax
Musashi "Moose" Lethridge - Bass
Ces One - MC/Vocals
Christian Powell - Guitar

Chicken & Waffles (Live)

Upswing

Did ya know about the murder and raping going on right now? 
 Did ya know all the money you're making was never yours some how?  
Did ya know every word that you said is in a government file?  
DId ya know most things in your head don't ever make you smile?

There's 7 billion opinions about a million problems  
How can you listen to them all and still have time to solve them?  
All this anxiety is telling me it's over crowded  
Yeah I'm aware that all you wanna do is talk about it...
  
And some how everything will change right now

Did ya know about 3rd world children suffering in war? 
 Did ya know that the soldiers don't know what they're fighting for?  
Did ya know that we can feed the hungry if we change the laws?  
Did ya know that I'm broke as hell living in America?

There's 7 billion opinions about a million problems 
 How can you listen to them all and still have time to solve them?  
All this anxiety is telling me it's over crowded  
Yeah I'm aware that all you wanna do is talk about it... 

 And some how everything will change right now  
As long as I'm aware some how  It's all just gonna change right now

(Blah Blah Blah) Yeah I'm Aware

(What the hell is that? 
Oh No! The neighbors gardener...)

Hey Mr. gas leaf blower man
Why do you turn it up as loud as you can 
and wake from my sleep 
I just can't believe how much 
I wanna take that thing from your hands


Mister Gas Leaf Blower Man

Your just a self service man with nothing to gain
But satisfaction as you dish out your pain
In a direction that will hurt someone else
So you can turn and run away from your self

Hard times come too easy
Thin line starts to fade
All the lies are so deceiving
As they try to push the truth away

Some have tried to give fair warning
And some have tried to heal the pain
But some will only look for others
To hold accountable for all the blame

Your just a self service man with nothing to gain
But satisfaction as you dish out your pain
In a direction that will hurt someone else
So you can turn and run away from your self

You raise your opinion
Just to bring people down
Can't take the competition
Unless you're standing on the highest ground

Some have tried to give fair warning
And some have tried to heal the pain
But some will only look for others
To hold accountable for all the blame

Your just a self service man with nothing to gain
But satisfaction as you dish out your pain
In a direction that will hurt someone else
So you can turn and run away from your self

Self Service Man

For every mood...there's a million songs...

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