Some songs I wrote with our internet band Boss Hominid.

Ranzero Ft. Boss Hominid

Just in time for Andy Warhol's anniversary on Feb. 22nd. Music by Martin Deemar and Mike Bolwell.  Words by Owen Burgess. Special thanks to Bob Heidrich for his sublime bass playing on this track.   

Becoming Andy

I am the pop artist 	Painting things we all buy
Some people work so hard	I just copy and sign
Will you be my Marilyn	Be blonde and unreal
Or be my Liz Taylor	Dark, cool and surreal

Chorus
I am Andy Warhol	When you come near me
A new Andy Warhol	Be my pop up gallery       
And I’ll be your factory 	I’ll assemble all your dreams
Fine editions of you	Yeah I’m becoming Andy

If you want lots of money	And TMZ Fame
Give me 15 minutes		You  won’t be the same
My canvas was empty		And I withdrew
Now you’re my sacred	Superstar iconic muse

Bridge  
Jackie Candy Holly and Joe 
They all made the scene
Elvis, Edie Sedgwick and Steve McQueen 
They all loved the dream
Let me be your personal Andy Warhol
And you be my personal Bridgette Bardot

Becoming Andy

LEAF ON THE WIND    Music by:  Mike Bolwell   Words by: Owen Burgess
Thanks to Plavakuca, my Croatian Mixmaster (I think I've found my Paul Buckmaster) Many thanks to Chris Ellis for playing bass on this one.

LEAF ON THE WIND
 
Maybe I
Will smoke a cigarette
And maybe I
Will have champagne
Drink a toast to the ghost
That haunts our bed
And one to the breeze
That strips these trees
Until they all look dead
 
Like a Leaf on the wind
Like a Kiss gone astray
Like a song in the night
You’re gone
 
I still see you
In your crimson dress
I still see you
Dancing with me
A heart of desire
For a gypsy king
A flame in the night
Now this dismal dream
Brings me to my knees
 
Like a Leaf on the wind
Like a Kiss gone astray
Like a song in the night
You’re gone
 
Like love without faith
Like a the last uptown train
Like a bird without flight
I’m lost
 
BRIDGE
I’m going through the motions
Getting through the day
Letting seconds slide
Minutes die
And hours slip away
Wondering
If you’ll back this way
 
Like a Leaf on the wind
Like a Kiss gone astray
Like a song in the night
You’re gone
You’re gone
You’re gone
You’re gone
Like a Leaf on the wind
Like a Leaf on the wind
Like a Leaf on the wind

Leaf On The Wind

Matinee Idol   Music by: Mike Bolwell and Martin Deemar, Words by: Mike Bolwell and Owen Burgess. Special thanks to Bob Heidrich on Bass and "Chris Isaak guitar".

Matinee Idol
She’s seldom seen lately, oh, once in a while
The media profile her award winning smile
A penthouse apartment she filled with old dreams
She owns the whole floor and has secret deliveries
Raised on the runways, a fashion house baby
groomed overseas, a finished young lady
In fashion house fashion she ruled the catwalk
Ignoring the rumours, all the asides and talk
A promise of privacy that fell upon deaf ears
Before long your audience knew you'd disappeared
Matinee Idol, barely a footnote
On the Hollywood list of “Whatever happened to”
I used to see you buying pink roses
Late afternoons on The East Side
Your soul dressed in radiance
Just like you still reigned up on the Silver screen
Once you were the goddess
Of power and subtlety
A camera teasing close up, a quintessential beauty
Now time is erasing your name and those scenes
But in my mind’s movie theater I still share your dreams

Mike Bolwell, Martin Deemar and Owen Burgess SOCAN 2017

Matinee Idol

China Haze     Music by: Mike Bolwell    Word by: Owen Burgess    Additional Chasing the Dragon Guitars by: Michael Meredyth
Produced by Mike Bolwell and Plavakuca
China Haze   Words by: Owen Burgess   Music by: Mike Bolwell  2017
I think Brian Eno would be proud of my "noises".

 Lost in a China haze 
Waiting for a break in the weather
Opium dens, a dragon’s maze 
And strangers’ lives thrown together     
 
We both played our parts 
In bit-part actor ways
Found ourselves on the doorstep  
Of slow and gentle pain

Trust me
She breathed
Like smoke 
On lips
Trust me
To reveal  
The heat of our hearts

Trust me 
She breathed
Like smoke 
On lips
Trust me
To reveal
The life of a scar 
 
I needed protection
When neo-Maos came creeping 
Blood-silent on red rooftops
And down blood-busy streets
 
Lies need detection
Just like poetry
While the China haze poured black rain 
Down over me
Down it screams

She said 
It’s only China ways
She said
It’s only China haze
And she wrote it on my tongue
In praise

…Sometimes you will find me 
…Always you will lose me
…And never in a million years
…Will you emerge unchanged
From a China haze
 
Six long nights in the labyrinth 
With diplomats and thieves
Admitting to my foreign name 
And taking all the blame
 
Six long nights in the labyrinth 
And on the seventh one
I left a package at her door
Outside her empty room
Above the bright red floor
Inside an empty mirror
Smiling back at me
 
Then I took her soul and face  
And flew into LA

Trust me
She breathed
Like smoke 
On lips
Trust me
To reveal
One dark lonely star
 
Lost in a China haze
Waiting for a break in the weather
Looking for a girl’s face
Or someone else in Wangfujing
 
Lost in a China haze
Of poetry and meaning
Lost in a China haze
I’m staying lost forever

China Haze

Celebrity News Junkie  
Music by: Mike Bolwell and Michael Meredyth 
Words by: Mike Bolwell
All  "Hollywood Blvd."  guitars by Michael Meredyth of Boss Hominid https://www.facebook.com/Boss-Hominid-1442923065982485/?ref=settings

Celebrity News Junkie

Such a sweet and tender pop star
Discovered when you were only fourteen
Climbed the charts like nobody’s business
A washed up has been at only eighteen

You know more about Selena and The Weekend
Than  about  your very best friend
Don’t you know it’s all a sell  job
The gossip mill will never ever end

Think you know all about me
But where would you be without me
Just another stalkarazzo
Going wherever the stars go
You’re a Celebrity News Junky x 2

Couldn’t wait for the rehab bounce
To give us all your deep confessions
You  begged your boyfriend to make a sex tape
Vanity, petulance, tardiness – a few of your obsessions

I buy every single tabloid printed 
Try to watch every expose show
Don’t want to miss a minute of your downfall
Your trial, your death, you kept us all enthralled

 Bolwell - Meredyth SOCAN 2017

Celebrity News Junkie

DELUSION   Music and Vocals by Mike Bolwell   Words by Owen Burgess and Mike Bolwell,   Castaneda Yaqui Guitars by Michael Meredyth

DELUSION

I took the Red pill – I took the Blue pill
I didn’t want to
I took the Green pill – I took the White pill
Because you said to

What were you doing – The room was moving
I couldn’t find you
My eyes were blinded
But your words persisted
So I listened

You’ve got all the magik tricks
Creating love’s illusions
Erotic spells are all you’re selling
But I’m buying the delusion

You do wonders like Chris Angel
Your secrets understand my hunger
Day and night my search goes on
To fight my terror and feel your wonder

You’ve got all the magik tricks
Creating love’s illusions
Erotic spells are all you’re selling
But I’m buying the delusion

I saw your red eyes – I saw your blue eyes
I didn’t want to
I saw your green eyes – I saw your white eyes
Because you said to

DELUSION

Mick Bolwell: Toronto based Songwriter with over 500 songs filling up my bucket list so far. I started writing in the late 70's for the rock band Mick Slick among others . I have written songs for diverse bands like Freudian Slip, The 68's and Aural Sects. Along the way I wrote spots for radio, 3 musicals for Frolics.ca; a children's black light puppet theatre company, film and television and I collaborate with other musicians on Sony Music's AcidPlanet website, Kompoz.com and Bandlab.com. I have been a member of SOCAN.ca since 1979. I now spend my time working with the internet based band Boss Hominid. Our latest video (see below) can be seen on YouTube, called "Plastic." https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ixhh_KQTPWeV-54eqiblPDppSDefZ0n