Sure the water is muddy
Sure the water ain't deep
You can look if you want to but baby I'll concede 'cause
It's only when it's equal or higher does it matter to me
I stole that from a maxim of ol' Friedrich

Inside of some is silver
Others they got the gold
Some they got bronze but baby don't you know that
Inside of most is pyrite - that's the common metal
Don't go panning when you're lonely, that's what your mama told.

Ethics

This is a song about how our beliefs keep us who we are.

Here are the lyrics:

And I know that you've been chained because you think it's been scripted
And the stars above your head end upon the horizon
And I think you've seen enough to be glad you're leaving.

And I know that you've been burned and your wings have been melted
And the brine upon your cheeks also keeps you well grounded
They say walking is the art of falling down

Who We Are

A song I wrote about the people that we love:

I used to have a home but I was never smiling
And although they smiled at me I know that it was trying on them
So out with my melancholy I found a place to rest my head
Now when I think about those memories it was always me smiling at them
Ain't it pretty when you remember the people when you're down
But ain't it sad when you remember you're only happy when they are not around.
Memories fade and that self melts away but the constant between them remains the same.

Home

A song that my 7 year old daughter wrote the lyrics and melody to.

Old Lady

Everything you talked about and everything you'd say
Some people they're just living life while others strategy

I'm always busy remembering what I try to forget
I guess that is the strategy of the rudderless

There used to be a yard stick and there used to be a sound 
That I would measure up against and listen for echoes 

But the sun's too bright in the morning when I wake andI'm tired of this same mistake.

Everything I knew about and everything I'd want 
Some people they can focus and bracket the rest out

Me I got a memory I can't focus it away
I remember how I turned on you when you got in the way

But it's alright I hear you whispering
But you don't know how bad I've been

There's animals
There's light
There's talk about forever
Let's talk about forever
Let's talk about forever tonight 

Boxing Day

Holding You Down

Crazy Glitchy Dave

Downtempo

Song For Mme. Suzanne

I wrote this song for my 5 year old daughter, Sabina. She follows her own path and is not swayed by the crowd or the appeal to authority, history or number. I couldn't be prouder of her.

Here are the lyrics:

I saw you walking and I saw your shoes, I saw the marks that you left from the heal of your boots. And the people that you're leading, they're all following still, but that doesn't mean anything and it won't ever will to me.

You can take the right way, I'll take what is left, and you can tell your friends about it. You can tell them all about how we parted ways but that doesn't change a thing, babe.

Everybody knows what you want and everybody knows you're falling between it. Everybody's got a body to love but not you because you're in love with just leading sheep.

I saw you walking and I saw your shoes, I saw the marks that you left from the heal of your boots. And the people that you're leading, they're all following still, but that doesn't mean anything and it won't ever will to me.

Shawn Stack

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