Anywhere But Here

A crooner-style Christmas song that may not actually be about Christmas. Listen to find out why...

Everyday Is Christmas - Tim Kierse

This is a collaboration with Ray Cochrane and Oxana M.

Burime /  Bouts-rimes remix

Singing : DJ Lekich, Lyrics : Ray Cochrane, Music : Christian Devienne with Band-in-a-Box

Run but running’s not enough
Not far, no, not time
Life requires sterner stuff
Short, yet sublime
Death’s waiting at the door
But he waits no more

Metaphors of a life
Similes for your strife
Balance upon a knife
Bad sophistry is rife
Death’s waiting at the door
He is what’s in store

Hide but hiding’s not enough
No place, no, no time
Life’s overtures we rebuff
Waste is our crime
Death’s waiting at the door
But he waits no more

He Waits No More

I CAN'T QUIT YOU

been 3 months since i bought smokes
chalk it up to a habit that i broke
i'm still trying to avoid
that pack a day that i enjoyed
and the curse it'll always be

i quit going down to jake's
just imagine the courage and willpower that that takes
i just stopped drinking
i'd got to thinking
it was gonna kill me
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;but i can't quit you
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my drug of choice
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;you give my angels wings
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and my devils voice
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;good or bad
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the best or worst i ever had
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;it don't matter
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'cause no matter what i do
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i can't quit you

you're forever in my veins
an ever repeating refrain
when i hear you call my name
i'm a moth, you're the flame
i don't care if i get burned
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i can't quit you...


harmony: Janice Merritt (https://soundcloud.com/mootsman/sets/sampler)

I Can't Quit You

Warbirds

A rehearsal tape with a bum vocal line at the beginning, but we recover. Written by vocalist Shaun Wilson, although I threw in a few words and changed the chorus/title line from "I will seize the day" to "I won't go away". which I thought was a better fit. I thought it was more defiant and less wanky. A demo was recorded at Rydalmere in Sydney, but this is more powerful. I am on bass and some backing vocals,

Happenstance - I Won't Go Away

Oh those Russians

Sweet  Ukulele

ScottC lead & slide guitar
RayC  rhythm guitars & bass
RobertC vocals
with thanks to Xabarovski Krai for outro vocals

video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1pBQs1PmgI&feature=youtu.be

 
     Dictators` Dance

Napoleon hides his hand in his shirt
Vladimir plotting behind a smirk
Sadam Hussein munching Doritos 
Mussolini chats up Pol Pot and Tito

big it up with gold go mad for marble
a myth size mirror let music sparkle
take your partners in the palace of pain
dictator`s dancing round my brain
coup coup coming for you

Noriega cuts the rug with the CIA
Imelda`s new shoes get in the way
the fuhrer can`t lead if you won`t follow
that Vienneses waltz is hard to swallow

big it up with gold go mad for marble
a myth size mirror let music sparkle
coup coup coming for you
take your partners in the palace of pain
dictator`s dancing round my brain
coup coup coming for you

lifestyles of the kitsch and famous
we are revolting who can blame us
pigs are taking over the farm
up on two legs with style and charm

big it up with gold go mad for marble
a myth size mirror let music sparkle
coup coup coming for you
take your partners in the palace of pain
dictator`s dancing round my brain
coup coup coming for you

Edward 8th or Pinochet
Salazar and Ceaucescu you say
Tito, Assad and Idi Amin  
Gaddafi or Jackson in his day

Duvalier or Kim Jong Un
Stalin, Rhee or Mao ZeDong
Leopold & Nicholas the twos  
DJT and Xiaoping it's true

MBS or Lukashenko
Musharraf and Louise fourteen
Il Papa, Bolkiah and Franco
Bainimarama,now Duterte comes clean



© Robert Cordrey Nov. 2020

Dictators` Dance

Written by Tony & ray
Bob Harris lead guitars
 Anthony Andrulonis vocals
Lyrics
When I remember you  
There’s nothing I can do 
I crawl within my shell, 
I seek the night.
Try to move beyond the past  
 I recall what happened last  
 
You took up half my life 
Managed me with strife
Taught me with pain 
I‘d have to be insane
I won’t go there again
 
There’s no need that you be named 
 It’s enough that I was shamed
You turned your back on me 
I slowly died
Now those memories inform  
A love you would gladly deform
 
You took up half my life 
Uncertainty was rife
Taught me with pain 
From sacred to profane
I won’t go there again
 
Hallowed was your name 
But to you is was a game
The things I’d thought and lived
For far too long
As I could not see a way  
To go up to you and say
 
You took up half my life 
Words cut me like a knife
Taught me with pain 
Won’t open up that vein
I won’t go there again
I won’t go there again

Taught With Strife - Pygmy Beat Extended feat. Bob Harris & Anthony Andrulonis

rayc

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