Hey, you just popped up. These are nice. More staccato on the baba.

Little edits are always a hassle.. I like the tracks of Pennington too

Mad Hatter was remixed and remastered on 11 January 2025
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In 1972 I was heading towards South America via Mexico and other parts of Central America. I knew that certain hairstyles were frowned upon at various borders. Rather than doing anything drastic, like cutting my hair, I purchase a $15 dollar short hair wig and wore it for my passport photo. 

That wig hat served me well across a number of borders.

I actually wrote the song before I ever crossed one of those borders. At least I think so. I know I wrote it while I was travelling on my own somewhere between the US border and Silvia, Columbia. I had plenty of time in cheap hotel rooms along the way.

I like to think that this song says something about the experience of being a traveller on the road to who knows where. I'm not sure what that might be, but it feels very familiar. It takes me back.

Verse 1:
Looking for hat that comes from south of the border
He needs very big one so it must be made to order
All we really know is that he's from a northern nation
Where he took off his sombrero and he left it in the station

Chorus:
But it’s all right
It doesn’t matter
Been a long night
For the mad hatter

Verse 2:
Morning takes his head and hides it in the corner
But that can’t conceal the fact that he’s been heading for the border
So he takes a couple pills just to prove he’s not a purist
Puts a wig hat on his head so he looks just like a tourist

Chorus:
But it’s all right
It doesn’t matter
Been a long night
For the mad hatter

Verse 3:
Paradise is just a place he touches on the run
The loving and the living give him strength for moving on
The world’s out there waiting but it always strikes him funny
When he ends up in some hell hole and he’s just run out of money

Chorus:
But it’s all right
It doesn’t matter
Been a long night
For the mad hatter


Verse 4:
Can’t tell you bout his future, can’t tell you bout his past
Sometimes he says he’s happy and hopes that it’ll last
More often in the night in his hotel all alone
He wonders what he’s doing why he hasn’t got a home

Chorus:
But it’s all right
It doesn’t matter
Been a long night
For the mad hatter

Mad Hatter

Verse 1
In the silence of the morning light,
I feel the echoes of a distant night,
Shadows of the past are closing in,
Whispering the tales of where I’ve been.

Pre-Chorus
I’ve been running from the memories,
Caught in a storm of old reveries,
But now the sun is breaking through,
Showing me a path that’s new.

Chorus
Oh, the ghosts of yesterday,
They try to haunt me, but I won’t stay,
I’m finding out just who I am,
Breaking free from where I began.

Verse 2
Every step I take, a battle won,
Facing fears and never on the run,
Learning to let go and to forgive,
Discovering the life I want to live.

Pre-Chorus
I’ve been bound by chains of history,
Lost in a maze of old memories,
But now the dawn is shining bright,
Guiding me into the light.

Chorus
Oh, the ghosts of yesterday,
They try to haunt me, but I won’t stay,
I’m finding out just who I am,
Breaking free from where I began.

Bridge
In the quiet, I can hear my heart,
Beating strong, a brand new start,
Every tear and every scar,
A reminder of how far,
I’ve come to see,
The person I’m meant to be.

Chorus
Oh, the ghosts of yesterday,
They try to haunt me, but I won’t stay,
I’m finding out just who I am,
Breaking free from where I began.

Outro
In the silence of the morning light,
I feel the echoes of a future bright,
Shadows of the past, they fade away,
I’m living for tomorrow, not yesterday.

Chasing Nightfalls

Ghost of yesterday

Satellite, I see you flying through the sky.
Can you tell me why you've gotta get so high?
I have never seen such motion all my life.
Satellite, you shine your light and pass on by.

Satellite, what is the purpose of your being?
I can't comprehend the sights that you have seen.
I have no idea what they have got in store.
Satellite, they always seem to want some more.

Straight lines cross the sky.
The stars are left behind.
The grandeur of the moon.
Is crossed by you so soon.
I love you, satellite.

Satellite, I stand here staring from the ground.
While you watch us up in space, recording sound.
Satellite, who sent you up to spy on me?
You were only supposed to help us become free.

Satellite, a glowing tin can full of war.
Falling sideways past the earth outside my door.
Are you filling up on data from ruskies?
Satellite, one day you'll bring us to our knees.

Soaring cross sun-rays.
You transmit through the haze.
A howl up to the moon.
It's crossed by you so soon.
I love you, satellite. (x4)

Satellite

Himno que compuse para el 25 aniversario (1978-2003) del colegio Mamés Esperabé de Ejea de los Caballeros (Aragón, España) a petición del profesor Francisco Asín. El texto lo escribieron los profesores y los alumnos del centro.

Para escuchar la versión instrumental  https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/el-mames-esperabe

El Mamés Esperabé

Estribillo

Así es, así es, el Mamés Esperabé (bis)
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Nuestro cole es estupendo
lo queremos de verdad.
Hacemos grandes amigos
y venimos a estudiar.

Un veintitrés de febrero
comenzaste a caminar.
Ilusiones, fantasías,
se crearon a la par. 

Estribillo

Alumnos, padres y profes
formamos un gran equipo.
Entre todos conseguimos
un cole grande y unido.

Aprender para vivir,
caminar para llegar,
avanzar para alcanzar
y una meta conseguir.

Estribillo.

EL MA-MÉS ES-PE-RA-BÉ (a 4 voces)

Mamés Esperabé

Chorus

That's right, that's right, Mamés Esperabé (repeat)
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Our school is great
we really love it.
We make great friends
and we come to study.

On February 23rd
you started walking.
Illusions, fantasies,
were created at the same time.

Chorus

Students, parents and teachers
form a great team.
Together we achieve
a big and united school.

Learning to live,
walking to arrive,
advancing to reach
and a goal to achieve.

Chorus.

EL MA-MÉS ES-PE-RA-BÉ (4 voices)

El Mamés Esperabé (Feat. MV)

Para escuchar la versión original https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/os-invito-a-pensar-version-original-ver-texto

Para escuchar la versión preparada para cantar https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/os-invito-a-pensar-ver-texto

OS INVITO A PENSAR

Soy un hombre de los muchos
que se quejan de su suerte;
de esa “dama” y sus caprichos
que rara vez viene a verme.

Sin embargo, veo otras gentes
sin ninguna preocupación;
eso al menos me parece,
aunque, tal vez, sea una visión.

Pero hoy estando pensando
he visto al fin la realidad
y sin querer me he convencido
de que no me puedo quejar.

Hoy, amigos, os invito a pensar
y conmigo quiero que analicéis
si, a veces, no es injusto ese pesar
producido por la inconformidad.

Si la envidia os arrastra al rencor
yo os ruego que a vuestro lado miréis
para que os percatéis del error
pues tu hermano se encuentra aún peor.

Estribillo

Decidme si no es la verdad
que nos quejamos de vicio:
estemos en cualquier sitio
siempre pedimos ¡más y más!

Decidme si no es la verdad
que al ver sufrir al prójimo
sentimos que el egoísmo 
tergiversa la realidad

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No os pido que aprendáis la lección
que en sí encierra ese tópico refrán
que habla de tontos y de consolación
pues comprendo que no es la solución.


Sólo quiero que escuchéis mi canción:
con su texto y total sinceridad
estudiéis vuestra postura y situación
y entonces ¡sacad la conclusión! 

Estribillo

I INVITE YOU TO THINK

I am one of the many men
who complain about their fate;
about that “lady” and her whims
who rarely comes to see me.

However, I see other people
without any concern;
at least that is what it seems to me,
although, perhaps, it is a vision.

But today, thinking
I have finally seen the reality
and without wanting to, I have convinced myself
that I cannot complain.

Today, friends, I invite you to think
and with me I want you to analyze
if, at times, this sorrow
produced by discontent is not unfair.

If envy drags you to resentment
I beg you to look at your side
so that you realize the error
because your brother is even worse off.

Chorus

Tell me if it is not the truth
that we complain out of vice:
wherever we are
we always ask for more and more!

Tell me if it isn't true
that when we see others suffer
we feel that selfishness
distorts reality

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I'm not asking you to learn the lesson
that is contained in that cliché saying
that speaks of fools and consolation
because I understand that it is not the solution.

I just want you to listen to my song:
with its lyrics and total sincerity
study your position and situation
and then draw the conclusion!

Chorus

OS INVITO A PENSAR (I INVITE YOU TO THINK)

New version mixed and mastered by Mariosyjp. Many Thanks.
Check him out here https://soundcloud.com/mariosyjp 

Lyrics

Whilst seeking out light in the dark.
You whispered and put out your spark.
Supposedly seeking out truth.
You wandered in amongst the brutes.

Oh, Ozymandias you are.
But you didn't fall very far.
The never ending stretch of sands,
And every bit flows through your hands.

You wanted to beat me.
You wanted to see what I've got.
Not a lot.
Oh, you howled at the sight of the moon.
You wanted to be me.
You wanted to temper the shock.
Took your shot.
By the light of the blood orange moon.
 
You sought out the secret too soon.
The dog star the arriving in June.
You barely remembered the tune.
you drank up your fill of the Moon.

A beutiful, terrible mind.
Beware spake the sign of the sign.
Your arrow is shot fallingdown.
You'll never escape from this town.

You wanted to be me.
You wanted to see what I've got.
Not a lot.
Did it all by the light of the moon.
You wanted to beat me.
You wanted to see what I'm not.
Took a shot.
By the light of the blood orange moon.

Blood Orange Moon [Mariosyjp Remaster]

🌙 Salvatore and Elena – A song of longing, fate, and love left unfulfilled. Inspired by Cinema Paradiso, this Northern Sky track captures the ache of waiting, the dreams of what could be, and the bittersweet pull of a love that lingers beyond time. Ethereal melodies and cinematic emotion weave together to tell the story of hearts that always seem to just miss each other. Will love find its way, or will it remain a dream?

🎶 Listen now and drift into the romance of Salvatore and Elena.

Written and Performed by Northern Sky

Salvatore And Elena

Electric*Feel* is an electro synth-wave style track, with a pounding beat and octave shifting bassline. Atmospheric pads and synths, backed by subtle guitar and vocal samples, give this track an introspective, retro 80's, cinematic feel.

Electric*Feel*

Para escuchar la versión original  https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/por-que-version-original-ver-texto

Para escuchar la versión instrumental  https://soundcloud.com/juan-fco-bueno/por-que-ver-texto

¿Por qué?

Madre hoy te quiero pedir
una explicación por favor
a que yo no sea feliz
a que en mi vida falte amor.

Hija, lo que tengo te doy,
no me queda ya más que dar
dime tu problema, mi amor, 
que muy pronto se arreglará.

Madre, un vacío siento en mí
cuando me hago esta pregunta
que nunca tiene respuesta
y que me aleja más de ti.
 
¿Por qué yo no pude llamar 
papá como las demás niñas
y oír sobre sus rodillas
elogios propios de la edad?

¿Por qué yo no pude aprender
el bien de sus santos consejos,
sentir la emoción de sus besos
y hacerme a su lado mujer?

Hija, ven aquí y siéntate,
ahora te lo voy a explicar:
ya eres toda una mujer
y creo que comprenderás.

Cuando yo tenía tu edad
locamente me enamoré
de un hombre bueno y cabal
que quería hacerme su mujer.

Fruto de este amor viniste tú,
pero había intereses:
ellos se creían reyes
y yo no era sangre azul.

¿Por qué? Este es el porqué
de que ayer quedase en el barro,
de que tú me mires con reparo.
postura que logro entender.

¿Por qué? Este es el porqué
de que hoy no tengas un padre
de que te sepa a poco tu madre
y que siempre pensando estés.

Deja, no te esfuerces ya más
pues comprendo tu situación
y acato el final fatal
que destrozó tu corazón.

Pero no comprendo, mamá,
la postura de ese señor,
que me dices que era cabal
y después te abandonó.

Hija, esta vida es así:
el dinero y las herencias
son “la madre de la ciencia”
en este mundo tan ruin.

Why?

Mother, today I want to ask you
for an explanation, please
for why I am not happy
for why there is no love in my life.

Daughter, I give you what I have,
I have nothing left to give
tell me your problem, my love,
which will soon be fixed.

Mother, I feel an emptiness in me
when I ask myself this question
that never has an answer
and that distances me further from you.

Why couldn't I call
Dad like other girls
and hear on his knees
the praises appropriate to my age?

Why couldn't I learn
the good of his holy advice,
feel the emotion of his kisses
and become a woman at his side?

Daughter, come here and sit down,
now I will explain it to you:
you are already a woman
and I think you will understand.

When I was your age
I fell madly in love
with a good and honest man
who wanted to make me his woman.

You came as a result of this love,
but there were interests:
they thought they were kings
and I was not blue-blooded.

Why? This is why
yesterday I was left in the mud,
why you look at me with misgivings.
A position I can understand.

Why? This is why
you don't have a father today
why your mother doesn't suit you
and why you're always thinking.

Leave me alone, don't try any harder
because I understand your situation
and I accept the fatal end
that destroyed your heart.

But I don't understand, mom,
the position of that man,
who you tell me was honest
and then abandoned you.

My daughter, this is life:
money and inheritances
are "the mother of science"
in this vile world.

¿POR QUÉ? WHY?

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Stream now and let the magic of Paris unfold.

Written and Performed by Northern Sky 

See You In Paris

‘Dark Skies’ vocal remix, now featuring the vocal talents of Brizzybadazz, a multi-skilled, lyrical wizard, based in Newark, US :

https://linktr.ee/Brizzybadazz

With an increased tempo, and the addition of Brizzy’s hauntingly raw and emotive vocals, this dark, brooding track will stay with you, long after the last note is played out…

Dark Skies (ft. Brizzybadazz) - Vocal Remix

Northern Sky is a Detroit/London-based collaborative formed in 2021, crafting ethereal music that blends dreamy soundscapes with cinematic depth. Their music strikes a delicate balance between melody, emotion, and magic, influenced by timeless artists like Nick Drake and Norah Jones, as well as modern acts such as Beach House and The National.

At the heart of Northern Sky is Rose White, whose voice, like a soft breeze at twilight, guides the band’s sound with transcendent beauty. Supported by Eric Stajda, Dan Kendall, Steve Baker, and Andrea Di Fiore—who weave intricate layers of guitar, bass, drums, piano, synth, cello, and violin—the band creates soundscapes that are both fragile and infinite.

Northern Sky’s songs are vignettes, like postcards from distant places, carrying echoes of fleeting yet eternal memories. Tracks like "Paper Flowers," "Swimming in the Rain," and "Aurora" explore love, loss, and the bittersweet passage of time. Their music reflects the profound beauty found in life’s quietest moments, drawing inspiration from films that capture the magic in the everyday—Cinema Paradiso, Stolen Kisses, Sleepless Night in Paris, and Before Sunrise.

Northern Sky invites listeners to step into a world where music is not just heard, but felt deeply, offering a soundtrack for introspection, inspiration, and everything in between.

See You In Paris

Northern Sky

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