Janice you remind me of Mumma Cass, lovely

©  2015 Janice and Bud Merritt (remix 2017)

Ever get tired of those prescription drug ads and their litany of side effects?  That inspired this tune.  A big thanks to Tom Adams for playing lead guitar.  

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Side effects

I get side effects from you baby yes I do
Yeah they come from hanging round you
Maybe I should have read your label cause
When you're away they make me blue

I get side effects every time you walk by
They always make me feel oh so high 
Maybe I should have read your label cause
My heart flutters when you catch my eye

I get side effects when I'm in your arms
They come on quick and set off my alarms
Maybe I should have read your label cause
I get dizzy when you turn on your charms

I get side effects when you call me sweetheart
when you say I'm yours they always start
Maybe I should have read your label cause
They run my temperature right off the chart 

Come on baby give me some side effects

Side Effects

80s style rock/shred mess around track. Most of the solos and the main riff in this were originally ideas I wrote back around 2009/2010.
This was only supposed to be around 3 minutes long but whatever lol.
Most of the song was recorded on my fender strat.
All rights reserved

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Logic Pro, Fender Tone Master, Gibson ES-355, Roland Fantom X8

Elsewhere

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Dance Of The Excited Mongoose

DAW version with medley USA ending...

I'm a year early 🤷🏽‍♀️


The Founding Fathers

(Soon) 250 Years since founded
George invented honesty and on hearts he pounded
A deity this military man
Found independence for declaration

Where are the mothers?
Your Lionesses...
To a country of men the truth confesses

You stuck with George
Man of many tooth
First president for country that found youth
He led convention for constitution
You learned he didn't lie
Begin fake institution

Where are the mothers?
Your Lionesses...
To a country of men the truth confesses

Let's stick to the cronies
Vice 1 makes Potus
Revolution not televised
Bring the lawyer as lotus
From the board of war to man on top
John Adams shut you up
No sedition let rot

Where are the mothers?
Your Lionesses...
To a country of men the truth confesses

We are cruising with cronyism
Vice 2 moves to lead
Man of 600 slaves became voice of your seed
Author of independence forever on page
The smooth Thomas Jefferson slave loving sage

Where are the mothers?
Your Lionesses...
To a country of men the truth confesses

To.Madison, James
Well, He broke the Vice!
And championed well needed bill of rights
Unified colonies
To seperation of powers
Small liberations with left leaning vowers

Where are the mothers?
Your Lionesses...
To a country of men the truth confesses

Benjamin Franklin
Good saver of slaves
Good saver just after his fortune was made
Alexander Hamilton! Slave trade, just for family
Not a great look... Our image is gravity

Where are the mothers?
Your Lionesses...
To a country of men the truth confesses

John Jay got bank
Now, be gone with salvery
Don't worry boys
Slow abolition be savoury
The federalist papers
Written wide rights
Seven founding fathers are clear in our sights

And where are the mothers?
Still to this day
This country of me 
Chauvanism made way
Where is your lotus
Real truth for your POTUS
It's cavemen of Congress
Ever country dishonest

Happy quarter millennia day
Let's find that truthful USA
Happy quarter millennia day
Let's find that truthful USA



Thoughts....
This is why I thought it was so important for Kamala to beat Orange Sith. America from my point of view and considering it's very short history has a lot of societal poison to transcend. Much of the xenophobic elements are being purposely reignited by the clown and Kamala for me could have helped empower women in America like never before. Because of the US's positive or negative influence around the world, any policy bullshit in my head could not have been the main decision. US politics is fucked until proportional representation is brought in and the electrical college and jerrymandering is got rid of. The system is designed to be corrupted by special interests like no other country on the planet. Now is the moment to really pay attention because the right wing have a chance, the funds and now that Orange Sith is removing the built in seperation of powers that have a clear line between law enforcement and politicians (this is GONE now... Not will go .. It's GONE...) America is dangerously close to an unremovable autocratic regime. It's hard to believe but it's unfolding before our very eyes and some of the 77 million people that got everyone here need to really go for a soul search in this pea heads opinion. We have Guinness though and popcorn so we'll watch from over here. I do love America though and hope this period of widespread ignorance will burn out soon and change for the better of everyone! 🫶🏿🪶🇺🇸🧬🎶🔆

I know I make fun of the founding father... Whatever but the fact is even though they were in the slave trade business and yes that's relative to the time... Their ethics and morals were unquestionably founded in unity more so then the current ego maniac that got voted in... News sources are too polarized for most Americans to see this properly so really not sure what the answer is. Time for the Dems to stop being pussies or you're all fucked for a while 🫶🏽🇺🇸🪶🧬

The Founding Fathers

You see that guy in the gucci suit
The one with the Rolex
The one walking into the high-rise like he owns the whole damn block

He got a secret
He still checks his bank balance a dozen times a day
Still gets that little knot in his stomach everytime the phone rings
Still remembers the taste of instant noodles and the feel of a secondhand coat in a bitter wind

He ain’t no different to me

I see that girl on the corner, all torn jeans and defiant eyeliner
She’s got a story, too
A story of late nights and empty bottles and a phone that never rings with the right name
She got a tattoo of a bird on her wrist, a tiny thing
It’s not about freedom
It’s about being grounded
It’s about a cage she can’t fly out of

She ain’t different to me

We all got our ghosts
Our regrets
Our silent prayers whispered into the pillow at 3am
We’re all holding our breath, waiting for the other shoe to drop.
The CEO, the janitor
The influencer with a million likes, the kid with no friends
We’re all just trying to get by, trying to make sense of the noise

We put on these masks
The tough guy
The pretty one
The smart one
The one who has it all figured out
But peel back the layers and what do you find
The same raw, vulnerable heart
The same fear of not being enough

So next time you look at someone and think
“I could never be them” 
or
“They could never understand me”
take a moment
Look closer
Past the clothes
Past the car
Past the curated feed

You’lll see it
The flicker of doubt in their eyes
The tremor in their hand when they think no one’s looking
The way they stare at the ceiling, wondering where it all went wrong, or where it’s all going to go

And you’ll know.  They’re just like you. and me.

They ain’t no different.  Not one bit

Are We All The Same

Nous sommes heureux de vous offrir une nouvelle facette de notre répertoire pop-rock. Cette chanson alliant sensibilité et puissance vous emmène dans l’atmosphère singulière du rêve avec le réveil d’un douloureux souvenir refoulé. Au travers de sa musique, ses paroles et son interprétation, nous avons souhaité éveiller des émotions et sensations fortes à ceux qui l'écouteront... Notre clip que vous que vous pouvez découvrir sur notre chaîne YouTube @legroupemorning reflète pleinement l’atmosphère onirique qui se dégage de la chanson, dans laquelle nous vous invitons à vous laisser transporter…

Tout me revient

A Spark of Light is what I seek every day.  It is a moment of hope, revelation, peace, love, and joy.  Music speaks to me in this way.  I invite you to listen and feel the spark!

A Spark of Light

This was the demo vocal I sent to the lads for perusal. Full finished track below and connect with all involved easily if you wish 🫡🎶🧬


Listen to I Feel the Same as You {Feel the whole crew here}, a playlist by The Beautiful Dark on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/UsgigHJii9XxtgtdU1

I Feel the same as you (Live Vocal Demo) [Eclectic Collective]

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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!

Side Effects

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