Oh, city lights
Would you give me time 
to wipe my tears and my crime

I guess i'm too small
to let them stream down with pride
and I got nowhere to hide

If the shame and the sorrow
are the price to be paid
I’m a sinner for life
till I’m laid

But before you condemn me
Know that I’m just a man
Whose heart can’t be tamed
So are his dreams

Oh, city lights
You blind me sometimes
And tears fall without a clue

I don’t know anymore
if I'm really in pain
or I’m just lost in you again

Arranged by @changseop0619
Art Work by Stephen Magsig @smagsig

City Lights (Demo)

This song was written by Harriet Wheeler & David Gavurin and originally released as the first single by The Sundays in 1989.

Give me a story and give me a bed
Give me possessions
Oh love, luck, and money, they go to my head like wildfire
It's good to have something to live for, you'll find
Live for tomorrow
Live for a job and a perfect behind, high time

England my country, the home of the free
Such miserable weather
But England's as happy as England can be
Why cry?

And did you know desire's a terrible thing
The worst that I can find
And did you know desire's a terrible thing
But I rely on mine

England my country, the home of the free
Such miserable weather
But England's as happy as England can be
Why cry?

And did you know desire's a terrible thing
The worst that I can find
And did you know desire's a terrible thing
But I rely on mine
Did you know desire's a terrible thing
It makes the world go blind
But if desire, desire's a terrible thing
You know that I really don't mind

And it's my life
And it's my life
And though I can't be sure what I want any more
It will come to me later
Well, it's my life
And it's my life
And though I can't be sure if I want any more
It will come to me later


Can't Be Sure

MAINE 2025 SATURDAY AFTERNOON ISLAND PARTY JAMS

This year on Saturday we started a jam early around the cold ash pit by the clubhouse. You can’t imagine the ear to ear smile on the face of this old sound man, hearing the music you’re about to hear, through my headphones, doing the thing I most love to do, surrounded by my dear friends of as much as 30 years, and their children and children’s children, singing and playing this extraordinary music. We’re doing this, not in a studio, but in the middle of a party, so  anything can happen, but, every once in a while, everything works out perfect.

This music was recorded in August 2025, on an island in the middle of a big lake in Northwest Maine, where we’ve been gathering, thanks to the Loons, for decades. Many of these friends, musicians, and singers from Maine and from all over the country and abroad, hadn’t seen each other, much less played with each other, for at least a year. It’s all improvisation, Jams, not Performances, with no prior Rehearsals or Song Lists, so this is as real as it gets.

This album is arranged in the actual order in which the music was played, minus the many out-takes, but, when it’s all done, it seems I couldn’t have thought of a better order. The music is all acoustic Americana, though it ranges all over the place, from Bluegrass to Jazz to Folk to Country to Rock to Reggae, (and this album also includes Musical Comedy) but it really works as an organic album, and that’s big for people like me, who still appreciate albums.

Sounds best, like you’re right on that island in Maine partying with us, when played on a good stereo with two separated speakers, left and right, or on a headset, or, one of my favorites, on a car stereo, so that this stereo recording will actually sound three-dimensional. You can hear the location of each instrument and singer. More than ever before, I was able to immerse myself (and my stereo pair of mics) into the belly of the music, literally surrounded by the musicians, the instruments, voices, and harmonies, so that, if you listen in true stereo, I can take you right in there with me.

On some songs, there’s a little too much chatter, but when you’re actually at a campfire, and people are talking, laughing, and partying, you filter that out, and the only thing you hear is the music. Crank it up, and let your imagination take you there, and enjoy. It’ll surprise you.

Recorded, edited, and mastered by
Mike Berliner, aka Mikethemikeman


08 Miss Ohio

love song

phone rec, banjo at the kitchen table

some phone flute too 

(an old cover)

sylvia

Lyrics 


Bring me back to all your memories
Behind the ocean
I could feel your sorrow 
Dont close your mind to all your stories
Behind the ocean
 I could see ur shadows
When everything goes wrong
Oh dont drift away
Please dont
When you need to be strong
Oh dont turn away
Please dont
Oh We 'll never get lost

lost (iPhone demo)

i never meant
to say goodbye 
i guess it's the end 

you weren't scared
of the light 
just played pretend 

i know that you
wont be alone 
but just know im scared 

for i know you 
wont be at home 
you're no longer there 

so what do i do
when im
living on my own 

all this while
ive just been
treating you like home 

why did you keep it
a secret 
you know that's a sin 

if you just told me 
the truth 
death will not win 

i know 
you want me to live 
but i wanna die 

coz you were my reason to breathe 
you were my life 

-

lyrics: oolfs
performed by: oolfs & auggy
arranged by: oolfs & Benny's
mixing: oolfs

you were my.

this short song is made in 2017.
I decided to upload the most of my unreleased songs as demo version.
because my project files were gone by error, so hard to rework.
hope you enjoy.

[ lyric ]
아무생각 없이 찾고 있어
someone I’m just wondering who has scent

that confine me like a forest
헤매임을 멈추지못해
get worned out 방황할수록
want some rest, tree 그늘아래

낯선 이곳 벗어나고싶어
the exit of my wandering it’s to a hart

that confine me like a forest
헤매임을 멈추지못해
get worned out 방황할수록
want some rest, tree 그늘아래

and always you can’t find
Forest forest forest forest
You’re like a forest

forrest

[ lyric ]
Quit my job and ate cheery
And make golden my feelin
on this side I am not a fool anymore *2

and ate cherry ya
wake up in the monday morning all are busy
but I’m here rolling in my bed
um just in time I want to sing alone
*DND* I’ll have my own time

don’t wanna waste
my youth my energe
언제부턴가 자유란 없었지
나 눈치보기 싫어 생각 하나를 할때도
you know it is impossible to make it errbody likes
and I won't do that

Quit my job and ate cheery
And make golden my feelin
on this side I am not a fool anymore


//


Quit my job and ate cheery
일을 그만두곤 체리를 먹었어

And make golden my feelin 
그리고 내 기분을 황금빛으로 물들여

on this side I am not a fool anymore *2
이 쪽에선 난 더이상 바보가 아니야

and ate cherry ya
그래 체리를 먹었어

wake up in the monday morning all are busy
월요일 아침에 일어났고 모두가 바빠

but I’m here    rolling in my bed
근데 난 여기 침대에서 뒹굴거리네

um just in time I want to sing alone
마침 잘됐어 혼자 노래를 부르고 싶었는데

*DND* I’ll have my own time
*방해금지* 나만의 시간을 가질 거야

don’t wanna waste 
낭비하기 싫거든

my youth my energe
내 젊음과 에너지를

언제부턴가 자유란 없었지
나 눈치보기 싫어 생각 하나를 할때도

you know it is impossible
to make it errbody likes
너도 알잖아 모두가 좋아하게 만들 순 없단 걸

and I won't do that
그리고 난 그렇게 안 할 거야


Quit my job and ate cheery
일을 그만두곤 체리를 먹었어

And make golden my feelin 
그리고 내 기분을 황금빛으로 물들여

on this side I am not a fool anymore *2
이 쪽에선 난 더이상 바보가 아니야