"Walk The Walk"                                                                                                                   Recorded at "Shut Up And Play Studio", North Hills, California - Vocalist- Alex Nester 

"Grandma walked the walk with mama                                                                             Faithfully                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Singing talkin’ the talk’s quicksand                                                                                   Beneath my feet
                                                                                                                                            
My mama took me by the hand                                                                                                     Led me tenderly 
                                                                                                                                   Singin' shadow don’t cast no shadow                                                                                                                                       Believe you me 

Shadow don’t cast no shadow                                                                                                        It’s a memory of a memory                                                                                                             Girl take my hand                                                                                                                                And walk the walk with me

Held my daughter by the hand                                                                                                          Bid her follow me                                                                                                                             Passed her the key to the Kingdom of Heaven                                                                 Eternity 

Cause’ the shadow don’t cast no shadow                                                                                           It’s a memory of a memory                                                                                                           Come take my hand and walk the walk with me
 
Change the world   plant a seed                                                                                              The scale can tip   with one good deed 
                                                                  
Take my hand and Walk the walk with me...Walk the walk with me                                                                                                  Walk the walk with me...  Walk the Walk with me... Walk the walk with me"
                                                     


Walk The Walk (c) 2013

'Only Dead Birds Are Lying'
By David Powell

(1st verse)
Tensor fields
Scalar waves
Rule these thoughts
Within my soul

Made of gold
These Gods of none
Wishing for
What they can't own...

(1st chorus)
Doves still sing
And I hear their voice
I hope they know
That I am trying

I am what's wrong
They are so right
Only dead birds, are lying.

(2nd verse)
Lucid dreams
Pineal sight
These spirits say
That sleep will come

There is no dark...
Without the light
There is no all
Without the one.

(2nd chorus)
Doves still cry
And I feel their pain
They tell me
Everything is dying

We are what's wrong
We are the blight....
Only dead birds, are lying.

(1st chorus)
Doves still sing
And I hear their voice
I hope they know
That I am trying

I am what's wrong
They are so right
Only dead birds, are lying.

Dead Birds

Music and lyrics by Ryan Wayland
Produced by Emmett Walker 

She dreams in Black and White 
She's got a photo booth smile 
And a Coney Island ring she wears 
to bring up better days

It's a feverish night 
There's no end in sight 
Say goodbye to the present 
The past can stay

She's a smoke ring in the sky 
A mist above the wave 
Not close enough to kiss 
but always close enough to crave

Salt water in my mind 
Heal the wound of time
All those hours spent 
Someone's got to pay

I'll pull my collar high 
Amidst this rainy sky
And say goodbye to the present 
The past can stay

She's a flicker in the moonlight 
A shadow in the sand
Swimming with the coral reef 
and throwing out her hand

She dreams in Black and White 
She's got a photo booth smile 
And a Coney Island ring she wears 
to bring up better days

It's a feverish night 
There's no end in sight 
Say goodbye to the present 
The past can stay

She Dreams in Black and White

 I should a’ been long gone  but I linger                                                                            Lord she’s killing me                                                                                                                                       Got me wrapped round’ her little finger                                           Why can’t she see                                         Four a.m.  she’s at my door again                                           teary eyed                                                                                Another guy burst her bubble                                                           I take her my arms and whisper                                          cry baby cry go on n' cry 
She aught a’ know that I love her                                                                                                                                                      She ain’t my friend                                                                           She aught a’ know  sooner or later                                                          This torture’s gotta’ end   Until then                                                                                                  I don’t ask why                                                                                 I just take her in my arms and whisper                                           cry baby cry go on n' cry    
Until then I take her in my arms and whisper                                              cry go on n’ cry  baby cry  

Go On N Cry   (c) 2012

The rest of your life

Teach us something

Lyrics

Hey, leave me alone
I read the letter you sent
and i can't stand you no more.
I said please, don't even call
If that's what you think of me
Then you don't know me at all

I want you dead

I said hey, what do you need
to leave me the fuck alone
Just let me be
Oh and who, who the fuck are you
To say those things about me
You don't know me and you've got no clue

I want you dead

I Want You (Dead)



   Ryan is originally from Los Angeles, California, a former student of Hollywood’s Musicians Institute in the field of music production, recording  and songwriting. His lyrical style has been influenced by many of the urban street poets and iconoclasts of the early beatnik generation and on up to the 60's and 70's. Summoning up traces of Bukowski, Burroughs, and Waits, Ryan often personifies in his songs characters corrupt, depraved or misunderstood as heard in "The 20th Floor", "Temptation" and even the more satirical "Clean As A Child".  His music has been described as dark, sultry, animated and gritty. Integrating elements of blues, rock, folk, jazz and even surf music, Ryan is always pushing to make sure his listeners are hearing something they haven't heard before.

Credits:

   Among Ryan’s credits are nominations in 7 categories and the title of “Most Creative” writer of the year for 2006 by the Songwriters Showcases of America. He was a featured headliner at the Deland Original Music Festival (the largest original music festival in the Southeastern United States) for 2006 and 2007. 

   Ryan was voted by HotGuitarist.com “Best New Artist of the Year” for 2012. 

   He has composed, produced and engineered music for the Off-Broadway plays, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Dorothy in Oz and Method, all of which were featured in New York City's Roy Arias Theatre. 

   For the month of December, 2013 Ryan was featured on NBT Music Radio, which is an online streaming radio station for independent artists. NBT Music ranked Ryan’s debut album The City Loves You, number 38 in the top 102 best albums of 2013. 

   Ryan was also a featured artist in Music Connection Magazine’s “Best New Artist critique” section April 2014. 

She Dreams in Black and White

Ryan Wayland

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