Faster

On My Way To Prog

This is one of my 'lounge series' acoustic thingies.  A simple one-take song/story for voice and piano.

Listen

Listen, I want to tell you, I respect you, I admire you
Listen, I want to open up, enfold you with my heart
You’re looking closed up, I’m feeling shut down, is there no place we can meet?
I’ve lost the shape now, words have vanished, think I’m talking in my sleep

And you’re not even listening, no you never even heard
Now you drown me out, shut me down, I’m bewildered and I’m hurt

Listen, I want to tell you, what’s the point in carrying on?
Listen, I’m giving up now, just can’t take this pain of losing
You’re looking closed up, I’m feeling shut down, is there no place we can meet?
I’ve lost the shape now, words have vanished, think I’m crying in my sleep

And you’re not even listening, no you never even heard
Now you drown me out, shut me down, I’m bewildered and I’m hurt

Listen, I need to tell you, how I love you deep inside
Listen, goddamn you listen, it’s no use, you run and hide
Been building walls up so long now, you’ve walled yourself away
If I come too close, you’re cornered and you toss my love away

Then I notice that you’re crying, in a small and subtle way
But there’s no way in to hold you, so I have to walk away
And I realise your pain now, the parts of me you heard
had to drown me out, had to knock me down, you couldn’t bear my words

And it’s all over now, the phone keeps ringing
and there’s really nothing left for us to say
it’s all over now, I watch you as you turn and walk away

Listen...

A past lover keeps showing up in my dreams and reminding me of my failures.
From my new LP " Low Profile". My best tracks from 2023. Thanks for listening!

Lyrics:
I get my melancholy straight from the IV drip
A Xanax, a red eyed flight on the sky ship
That's when you appeared
I'd been gorging myself on 
Televised violence
It's like synconized swimming
You were grinning while the plane was rapidly descending
(You smiled all the way down)
The atmosphere was colorless
Odorless
Void of all surface and all texture
I'm reveling in my psychosis
You reminded me I never finished my
Junkyard magnum opus
You still show up in my dreams

We were entering into 
An impressionist painted landscape
With a language that we just didn't understand
You reminded me that I'm a big believer
In blindly believing
And I need to start drinking in
A little bit more in what I'm seeing
We're like suburban dadaist
Coming in, out of the rain
My mind was racing
Like those 808 beats
There all the same
Well, that's the way the Goddamn wheel rolls
You headed off into the night
You never told me to change the angle of the light
You still show up in my dreams

"You never even had it even when you had it your hands,"
You've got to bring it right down
To where the sideways ends in the light
I'm digging down deep
I'm digging down slow
I'm striking oil 
Or the fires down below
You still show up in my dreams

You Still Show Up In My Dreams

io in musica

Siesta etrusca

My memories of distant shores and a beautiful sea... With age, memories become more acute and gradually become the main ones in life...Theme and performance - LeoMReznik   (DADGAD tune)

Faraway shore

I heard this by Sierra Ferrel and just love it by her. I had no clue it was co-written by Ray Charles. This is a casual version in my friends, Jack Beck, house. We just enjoy getting together and doing sone songs on the fly that we mention, look up and give it a whirl. Jack is on guitar, and a much better picker than I am. He will be glad to tell you! HA! I know the truth when I hear it!  Anyway, we just have a good time playing music and singing. He has a back yard full of chickens, so it seemed fitting to do this song. We wondered about the meaning, if it was about a Mom who blew the coop and the family was a wondering where she went. The pic I took of Jack serenading his chickens, Ha!  Yep, we kinda country. :)

Hey Me Hey Momma/ Cover/ Susi & Jack Beck

My Own Light 150 BPM

Written and recorded to 8 track tape then mixed straight onto cd around 2009.

The drum percussion sound, because I didnt have a kit back then, was created by using crusty old paint brushes on a textured vinyl album cover. If I recall, it was the Eagles greatest hits. Where theres a will, theres a way.......

Silence And The Dark

Midnight Dance 
[Verse]
City lights glow in the night
Taxi cab ready for the flight
Hop inside buckle up tight
Take me somewhere feels so right

[Verse 2]
Driver grins takes the wheel
Music pumping let's make a deal
Got no coins only vibes to feel
In this ride it's all surreal

Chorus]
Sexy taxi no no no no no
Through the streets we go go go go go
Feel the rhythm flow flow flow flow flow
In the city glow glow glow glow glow

[Verse 3]
Windows down breeze in my hair
Turning corners without a care
People stare but I don't mind
In this ride leave it all behind

Bridge]
Sun comes up night fades away
But our ride keeps making waves
Memories that forever stay
On this trip I'll never stray

[Chorus]
Sexy taxi no no no no no
Through the streets we go go go go go
Feel the rhythm flow flow flow flow flow
In the city glow glow glow glow glow

Sexi Taxi Dance 💥

Feelings, Emotions, Sorrows, Regrets (Cover)-2

Well hello,
If you have popped over from my main and current music page Mr Cagey, (Link below), then thank you very muchly. Or, if you just bumped into me by accident, no worries, why not have a listen anyway.
Here you will find some of my older recordings made between 1987 and 2012. They were all recorded using an 8 track Adat tape recorder through a Seck 12 8 2 analogue mixer, except Number One which was on a Fostex Model 80 tape machine. No mastering, just mixed straight to a stand alone Philips cd recorder.(Number One mixed straight to cassette)
I really appreciate you taking the time to visit and lend an ear to my old stuff. Please feel free to comment and share if you wish.

Silence And The Dark

Mr C's 8 Track Oldies