Passing Through
© 2021 Leon Sewell, Peter Fulham & Janice Merritt
Janice: vocals/melody/arrangement
Leon: lyric/arrangement
Peter: guitars/mandolin/arrangement
Bud: mix/mastering/RealTracks/RealDrums/photo
Thanks to www.pgmusic.com

He was a lonely traveller, she met him with a smile
Helped him to forget his troubles for a little while 
Ten thousand miles or more away from his home
Saw the welcome in her eyes, no longer felt alone
	Chorus
	Beware the man who’s passing through   Don’t give your heart away
	Counting on that man to stay  Beware the man who’s passing through

She’d loved and lost before, her friends said oh tread carefully
Dear friends please worry not, I’m certain that he cares for me
When I look into his eyes, I’m sure that love is what I see
Her friends said be that as it may, we beg you to go carefully
	Repeat Chorus

When the winter chills arrived, he dreamed of other latitudes
Her kisses lost their power to chase away his winter blues
I feel the time has come for me to take the road once more
My smile won’t fail, won’t let him see a single teardrop fall

  Bridge
  I’ll pretend I took him lightly    He won’t know I’ll miss him nightly
  Like ships that passed I’ll leave him thinking  He won’t know my heart is sinking   
  Let him think that I will soon forget   Oh, let him think that I will soon forget

	Repeat Chorus

Passing Through

N-Dispirited Revolution

R-Earning Solitary

Not Like You

Lost For Words (Instrumental)

Molch-Take a seat

Dr. Sleep

First track of a forthcoming album called "Sweet songs for Winter", full of sassy, naughty and hot tracks for the cold days.
Lyrics:
I sprawl across the sheets, half-dreaming,  
Comfy socks on, the fan’s soft humming.  
Old t-shirt pulled-up, a beat in my veins,  
My fingers trace where heat remains.  

The gold through half-drawn blinds,  
a lazy dance of lust and time.  
My breath is slow, my thoughts adrift,  
a sigh escapes—A pleasure’s gift.  

(Chorus)
I love this lazy afternoon gooning
On my old T-shirt your smell lingers
Girl, thinking of you, I can’t stop edging,
I love the caress of my slick fingers

The mattress dips where shadows play,  
My body sweaty, my attention astray.  
I stretch long, a cat’s slow grace,  
While my fingers follow the trace.  

The air is thick with summer’s weight,  
My scented skin alive, my moves innate.  
I linger gently where the desire grows,  
a dampness that the pleasure follows.  

(Chorus)
I love this lazy afternoon gooning
On my old T-shirt your smell lingers
Girl, thinking of you, I can’t stop edging,
I love the caress of my slick fingers


No rush, no want, just warmth and light,  
Afternoon dissolves,  orgasm takes flight.
My socks still on, my thoughts askew,  
I drift where pleasure hums its tune.  

And when the dusk begins to creep,  
I stir but doesn’t leave the heat.  
The bed still holds me, loose and sweet,  
a gooning day—my bliss complete.

Lazy afternoon

Here for your enjoyment is the second Happy Chocolatier track. Thank you all your kind support.

The Happy Chocolatier

The Happy Chocolatier Mo. 02

The Happy Chocolatier No. 02

Remember

There’s a thin frost on Alexanderplatz 
Where we once hid from the rain 
I walked past the Dschungel last night    
Under a lavender sky
You’d have laughed at the sight of me 
In this long gray overcoat 
Counting marks and memories 
Till my breath became a ghost

Down along Karl-Marx-Allee
The cafés are half-alive
I lingered over bitter coffee
Just to feel the time go by
There’s a girl with a clarinet
Playing “Silent Night” off-key
And I think of the way you’d tune your strings
Before you played for me

I crossed the Oberbaumbrücke
As the snow began to fall
The lights along the water
Felt like a slow winter waltz
I left a note at KaDeWe 
Where the lights fall soft and blue
It just said “I almost stayed”
But I knew this too would pass

Now the trains run through midnight
Like an old and faithful friend
And I’m trying not to miss you
But it’s the season I guess
It feels like an afterthought
Like a letter never sent
So I pull up my collar
And let another season in
Christmas in Berlin

Christmas In Berlin (with Joliz)

We enjoy writing and producing Americana songs.  Janice's 2018 Americana album All Over The Map, her 2020 blues album Am I Blue Enough and her 2023 blues album Deep In The Domain are streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon,  Youtube and other platforms.  We appreciate you checking them out!

Passing Through

Janice & Bud Merritt