Beautiful song, JuliAnn, and a nice production.  I remember hearing you play this on guitar when you first wrote it.  Wonderful.

Wow, beautiful Julie! And great instrumentation with it.

Verse 1:   There's an age-old adage so true:
"Good health is wasted on the youth."
The young and strong, they've got no sense,
no confidence or experience.

And when you're old, you know it all.
With time on your hands, should be having a ball,
but your doctor visits are 3 times a week
and you have to get eight hours of sleep.

chorus:  Oh, the young are so restless,
with energy and heart,
but I'll take my Peaceful Old Life,
with wisdom to impart.
Peaceful Old Life
Peaceful Old Life

Verse 2:  Youthful looks are pleasing and nice,
but vanity can be a nasty vice.
If their bodies aren't lithe and lean,
they suffer from low self-esteem.

While older folks may not exercise,
they can take pride in their wrinkled eyes,
preferring to have their nose in a book,
'cause nobody really cares how they look.


Verse 3:    As a young one, I was so worried about
how to do it right, so it'd all turn out.
An unfinished sentence, a big question mark,
No contentment or joy in my story arc.

Now I've made all my choices, I've walked down the road.
My struggle's behind me, my story is told.
It's peace and stability all of my days.
I'll ride it out now, the rest of the way.

Peaceful Old Life (demo)

Kristine / words & music by gregory antoniono ©2023 libbyworld songs

vox, backing vox & bass: teresa cowles
strings: kaitlin wolfberg
keys, lead guitar, synth, backing vox: danny mcgough
6 & 12 string electric guitar: gregory antoniono
drums: nick vincent

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Kristine / lyrics


Kristine, don't go there
this flower brings darkness, danger
your sheltering chamber
the dance floor will be
your sanctuary

Kristine, be careful
of one who would choose you, use you
Not to accuse you (but)
allowed he can’t be
in the family

millions of stars above you
you know that they love you
your sorrowful eyes
cerulean skies

Kristine, be wary
the pose he is staging, sadly
this play will end badly
no tragedy
should have him leaving scot-free

millions of stars around you
their love will surround you
your guardians three
the pale trinity

they’re singing ch-changes
they’re singing inverness
they’re singing big star, back of a car

Kristine, forgive me
The song is a simple charm to
assure not alarm you
the grace that you show
a dance that you know

millions of stars burn brightly
they're holding you tightly
as long as they shine
never resign

millions of stars above
you know that they love you

volume 1 2019 - 2023

Kristine / gregory antoniono ©2023 libbyworld songs

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The famous Shaker Hymn recorded on a 1990 Spruce and Walnut McSpadden Mountain Dulcimer on 12/25/2015. I arranged this tune about 30 years ago for the dulcimer.

Simple Gifts - Paul Girard 2015

Original Song by Marion Halliday - inspired by her home state and its struggles with the heroin and meth trade ravaging much of rural America  - from 2017 EP Walking in Tall Grass (recorded with Jane Halliday and Donna Bostock aka Trickster Sister)- more info at www.trickstersister.com

Bullitt County

Come closer, love, you’ve seen my weary face before 
I’ve scaled these walls and I’ve scraped my every finger sore 
Crossed like a shadow on the granite palisade 
Into the garden where the banquet meal was laid 
And it was then, only then, I was shown the door 

Alabaster sky says a heavy snow is bound to fall 
Wish I could fly but I know it wouldn’t help at all
It’s time to ply the trade of falling to my knees
If I’m to find a place to weather out the freeze 
And here I stand as the evening sun is sinking low

	I want a keeper just like you 
	And that’s as much as I can plead 
	I’m gonna learn this pretty tune 
	And I’ll be tugging at your sleeve 
	
I met a saintly man on a bench in the mission yard
He had a Whitman beard stretching out from his face so far 
He said “You’ve got to keep your eye on Father Time”
“He knows you need him but he doesn’t give a dime”

	You’ll be a beggar somebody too 
	Out here tugging someone’s sleeve 
	But there’s one thing you can do
	And that’s as much as I can plead 

Come closer love, let us go in from this awful chill 
Watch an ember fly, flicker brightly then rest so still
It’s getting dark in there - it’s getting hard to see
And all your banquet guests have taken to the street 
Reach out your hand and I’ll see it never goes unfilled…

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13. Song for the Asking (Paul Simon) 2:13 slow, folk
Suggested by my friend, Nick Arietano, for the close of the album, the lyrics perfectly summarize how I feel about Facets of Folk, a labor of love two years in the making.  “This is my song for the asking, ask me and I will play all the love that I hold inside”. With Gathering Time (harmony), Bob Harris (guitar), and Michael G. Ronstadt (cello).

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Song for the Asking

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Lead vocals: Wayne G. Harvey
Lead and rhythm guitars: Mike Jacobs
Bass: Dave Fiebert
Drums: Mike Whalen
Harmony vocals: Jackie Neuman, Dolores Magro, Jessica Graae, Bob Yarbrough, Jeff Busa, George Alexander and Wayne G. Harvey

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