Your Mix 2

I composed this song many years ago but I updated the tune in 2023. 

Lyrics

I’m sitting here thinking
What are you doing 
I hope you’re doing fine; I do miss you so

That sweet smile you have
Leaves a picture in my mind
All I can do, is just think of you

Everybody needs someone to be close to
Everybody needs someone to confide with
Cause being lonely, never helped nobody, and all I can do s just think of you

When I’m with you
Everything seems so fine
I give you all I have, just give me love in return

I’ll share my love with you
If only you stay near
I really don’t know what I’d do, if some day you were gone

Music and Lyrics by Len Bennati FM Folk Copyright 2023
Production and Mastering by Tom Hanson

Everybody Needs Someone (Remaster)

Einfach ins Blaue fahren, so ganz ohne Stress? Wär mal wieder schön? Ich hab den perfekten Soundtrack dazu - "Trampen und Trödeln"

Trampen und Trödeln

Trampen und Trödeln - Maria Wach

Introduction in English

Many of them were persecuted, oppressed, tortured or even murdered. 
But many of them escaped their perpetrators and potential butchers and emerged even stronger from these struggles for survival. 
And especially at a time when the tyrannical powers are raising their heads again, when a repressive right-wing shift is taking place all over the world, they are more important than ever;
In their unmistakable clarity, their healthy stubbornness, their intuitive knowledge to protect the all-encompassing love and vitality in the world from the destructive forces of fascist systems.
With my song I want to encourage all free spirits to show themselves even more and to go forward. And I want to encourage all listeners of this song to open up more to their own free-spirited side.

Lyrics (for those, who don`t speak German)

Free spirits

They never let themselves be bent
Never let any repression get them down

They have a keen sense
For what is real or just false adornment

They follow their own tracks
They tick according to their own clocks

They are with themselves and yet open-minded
They change and remain true to themselves

Often stand on their head
Don't like to swim with

Every ancient braid
Is sprayed with color
Until it burns out

Free spirits
Are still 
In this land

Free spirits
Not all 
Have they
Banished, Burnt

Free spirits
Have 
Survived the hells
And lay down in the light unbreakable

They dream with their eyes open
Make a thousand mistakes, seem to be no good

Are often still unrecognized, banished from the grill plate
Yet they sparkle beneath the sand  

They are often underestimated
Violated in their dignity
Abandoned in the forest by the mainstream
They wear orchids 
Can see in the dark
Can walk blind on clouds

Are outraged alive
Say out loud what bothers them

Are driven by love
For themselves, the humans and the world

Free spirits
Are still 
In this land

Free spirits
Not all 
Have they
Banished, Burnt

Free spirits
Have 
Survived the hells
And lay down in the light unbreakable
lay down in the light
lay down in the light
Lay
Down
In
The 
Lieght

Deutscher Originaltext:

Freigeister

Sie lassen sich niemals verbiegen
Von keiner Repression unterkriegen

Sie haben ein feines Gespür
Für das was echt ist oder nur falsche Zier

Sie folgen Ihren eigenen Spuren
Sie ticken nach Ihren eigenen Uhren

Sie sind bei sich und doch aufgeschlossen
Sie wandeln sich und bleiben sich treu

Stehen oft auf dem Kopf
Schwimmen ungerne mit

Jeder uralte Zopf
Wird mit Farbe besprüht
Bis er verglüht

Freigeister
Sind noch immer 
In diesem Land

Freigeister
Nicht alle 
Haben sie
Verbannt, Verbrannt

Freigeister
Haben 
Die Hölllen überlebt
Und sich unkaputtbar in das Licht gelegt

Sie träumen mit offenen Augen
Machen tausend Fehler, scheinen nichts zu taugen

Werden oft noch verkannt, vom Grillteller verbannt
Dennoch funkeln sie unter dem Sand  

Gerne werden sie unterschätzt
In ihrer Würde verletzt
Vom Mainstream im Wald ausgesetzt
Sie tragen Orchideen 
Können im Dunkeln sehen
Können auf Wolken blind gehen

Sind lebendig empört
Sagen laut, was sie stört

Sind von Liebe getrieben
Für sich, die Menschheit und die Welt

Freigeister
Sind noch immer 
In diesem Land

Freigeister
Nicht alle 
Haben sie
Verbannt, Verbrannt

Freigeister
Haben 
Die Hölllen überlebt
Und sich unkaputtbar in das Licht gelegt
In das Licht gelegt
In das Licht gelegt
In 
Das
Licht
Gelegt

Freigeister (Free Spirits)

We all got them, some just can’t be seen……………cheers for having a listen


A constant reminder
A memory from afar
Now etched in time
My permanent scars

There’s another side to me
That you don’t really know
But if you look real hard
There’s a story to be told

And if it’s not what you wanna see
You can look away
They’re always gonna be there
My scars are here to stay

They been years in the making
Star of their own show
I can’t ask them to leave
Like me they got nowhere to go

A constant reminder
A memory from afar
Now etched in time
My permanent scars

My Scars

A character study. A Randy Newman (pre-Toy Story) influenced song.
Lyrics:
I get under your skin
Yeah, that's where I begin
With your sister and your friend
I drove a wedge between you
To create walls
That would just let me be
The center of it all
I get under your skin
You're pretty enough
Oh yeah, I've been here all along
I'm an asshole
I'm a son of a bitch
I get under your skin
I'm an asshole
I'm a son of a bitch
I'm a control freak
I'm getting pretty good at this

I was at the playground
I'm on the highway
I'm in your life
I'm into your head
I'm into your mind
I do it all
I leave no fingerprints behind
I'm an asshole
I'm son of a bitch
I'm a control freak
I was born for this!
I'm an asshole
I'm a son of a bitch
I'm a control freak
I was born with this?

( a charming and disarming guitar solo)
(Just like some of the charming and destructive people you probably know)

I'm an asshole
I'm a son of bitch
I'm a control freak
I'm an asshole

Asshole

La mer y était belle chancelante et cruelle
Les bleus gris s’allongent pour des reflets

Evidence, c’est la danse du bord de mer
Enivrante comme le sel au goût amer
Captivante dans les reflux solitaires
La vague est là, comme des bras en l’air

Nous aspire dans les regrets les souvenirs reviennent
Et non plus de   vents mauvais des poussières de haine
Les flots lumineux ne font pas nos peines
Ni nos espoirs déçus ils nous enchainent.

Chorus

Eternelles, sont les vagues dans les veines
Superficielles, libèrent les corps

Toujours le fil de l’eau éclaire
Même les vagues ordinaires
Dans les flots bleus où l’on se perd
Il y a … la mer

La Mer

Much Was Said

Lady of Uncertain Age (Belinda)
lyrics ©Belinda Subraman 
music by Music AI
image by Music AI

On her birthday
She notices
Her friends have gone
Or do not look like themselves

Lady of Uncertain Age
Lady of Uncertain Age

They wear roses
The dead kind humans make
And the whiteness under their black lace
Leaves no one guessing

Lady of Uncertain Age
Lady of Uncertain Age

But she wears herself fifty years younger
On her chest And in her eyes
and in her smile
You can tell
She’s twenty
Inside herself

Lady of Uncertain Age
Lady of Uncertain Age

AI and Me - Vol 2

Lady Of Uncertain Age (Belinda)

[Lyric]

Memories come flooding back to light.
A reel of moments,
scenes replay, In the quiet, tears find their way.

Through the years, we've drifted far,
From the innocence of who we are.
But in the depths of our weary souls,
Echoes of laughter and tears unfold.

Through the haze of time's embrace,
We journey back to that scared place.
In the tears that we shed tonight,
We find the strength to face the light.

Tears fall like rain in the dark,
As we journey back to where we start.
In the scar of what used to be,
We find solace in our memory.

Tears fall like stars in the sky,
As we unravel truths, and we try
To make sense of the path we've trod,
In the echoes of moments, now but a nod.

Faces faded, voices lost,
In the whirlwind of life's exhaust.
Yet in the corners of our mind,

Fragments of the past we find.
In midnight hour,
But in the tears that stain our cheek,
A little solace, gentle and meek.

Through the haze of time's embrace,
We journey back to that scared place.
In the tears that we shed tonight,
We find the strength to face the light.

Tears fall like rain in the dark,
As we journey back to where we start.
In the scar of what used to be,
We find solace in our memory.

Tears fall like stars in the sky,
As we unravel truths, and we try
To make sense of the path we've trod,
In the echoes of moments, now but a nod.

Tears fall like rain in the dark,
As we journey back to where we start.
In the scar of what used to be,
We find solace in our memory.

Tears fall like stars in the sky,
As we unravel truths, and we try
To make sense of the path we've trod,
In the echoes of moments, 

Tears fall like rain in the dark,
As we journey back to where we start.
In the scar of what used to be,
We find solace in our memory.

Tears fall like stars in the sky,
As we unravel truths, and we try
To make sense of the path we've trod,
In the echoes of moments,

So let the tears flow freely now,
As we cherish the past, and we vow
To hold onto memories dear,
For in them, our mind, crystal clear.

Crystal clear memories

Sometimes loving yourself is the love you need the most.

A fractured heart was all I knew
But now I'm finding something new
Left a trail of broken dreams
I carried them, 
carried them, 
carried them through

I'm unafraid of who I am
This mind’s a map, not foreign land
The silence turns to steady streams
It carries me, 
carries me, 
carries me true

I gave all the love I had
For something real, not something sad
Small-town soul with a world to claim
I broke the cycle, rewrote the game

Now I see, now I see
Loving me was the key for me

How many stars have lost their glow?
Letting them go was all I’d known
Saw the dawn 'fore the night was gone
Still I carried, I carried, I carried on

Now I see, now I see
Loving me was the key for me

Now I see, now I see
Loving me was the key for me

I don’t need those chains, I’m free now
Off this ride, I’ll take the lead now

Now I see, now I see
Loving me was the key for me

Now I see, now I see
Loving me was the key for me

Loving Me

Ninety nine air balloons
When the lies come raining down

like every dry season comes the monsoon
All the ugly will perish, the truth will wear the crown

Ninety nine air balloons
The earth will be flat(once again) 
and ships will be crashing down(no more crazy captains)

No one on the helm a cruise to no mans land
No more control, no more rules to bend

Ninety nine air balloons
Your burden is lifted
This curse, on this earth, shifted(Hold on my dear)

Ninety nine air balloons
When the lies come raining down

like every dry season comes the monsoon
All the ugly will perish, the truth will wear the crown

Ninety nine air balloons
So many beautiful colors but colorless
Like music it doesn't discriminate

Ninety nine air balloons
No more borders only free states.

A small nod to the song 
Nena 99 Luftballons (1983)

Lyrics by Amarya Illude

99 Air Balloons

about getting it wrong.... a Will Russell track from the album Ghost.

Trapped Within You

Trapped within You

This an odd pseudo-original song. I set out to write something light and fanciful and came up with lyrics but my musical ideas just weren’t exciting me. So I put it aside. Then I noticed some fellow SoundClouders using AI websites to generate songs from their lyrics. The idea initially was troubling but when I heard some of the outcomes on SC I was intrigued. Playing with a bunch of my archived, forgotten lyrics I had to admit I really liked the music track it created for me on this one, so I decided to create my own vocal tracks and this is it. The music is AI generated on SUNO.com using my general directions, the lyrics and vocals are all me. 

This idea of Artificial Intelligence having any part in musical artistry is troubling, disappointing and vexing but I must admit that it has been a fun way to create instant gratification where you want some help to change directions or salvage discarded pieces. This is the only time I’ve actually utilized the AI results for something I’ve posted publicly, and it may be the last, but this result has inspired me to rework and make it entirely my own for Daniels & Durgy at some future time.

Lyrics:
Rosemary Lavender by Craig Durgy

There at the country fair, how you stole that scene
Rosemary hair, sprig of green
As I passed by, eye to I was consumed
By your lavender, sweet perfume

Blueberry, strawberry, rhubarb pie
Rosemary, lavender sky
No matter where, I’ll be there, close behind
And if God wills, love till we die

When summer winds rise, filling with despair
I close my eyes, and see you there
Passing me by, eye to I simply stare
Into rosemary, lavender air

Blueberry, strawberry, rhubarb pie
Rosemary, lavender sky
No matter where, I’ll be there, close behind
And if God wills, love till we die

And the sun, was undone by your sleepy smile
As the raindrops fell softly, one by one
And they danced on your cheeks for a little while
Till your laughter rekindled the sun

There at the country fair, blue ribbon eyes
And not a care, you hypnotize
And like a rose that grows, you unfold
Into warm summer pleasures untold

Blueberry, strawberry, rhubarb pie
Rosemary, lavender sky
No matter where, I’ll be there, close behind
And if God wills, love till we die
If God wills it, love till we die

Rosemary Lavender

"City of New Orleans" is a country folk song written by Steve Goodman (and first recorded for Goodman's self-titled 1971 album), describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans on the Illinois Central Railroad's City of New Orleans in bittersweet and nostalgic terms.

Goodman got the idea while traveling on the Illinois Central line for a visit to his wife's family. The song has been recorded by numerous artists in the United States, including two major hit versions: first by Arlo Guthrie in 1972, and later by Willie Nelson in 1984. In Europe, the melody has most often been used for original lyrics rather than translations of Goodman's.

An article in the September 2017 issue of Trains magazine chronicles the writing and recording of the song and includes a biographical sketch of Steve Goodman.

While at the Quiet Knight bar in Chicago, Goodman saw Arlo Guthrie, and asked to be allowed to play a song for him. Guthrie grudgingly agreed, on the condition that if Goodman bought him a beer, Guthrie would listen to him play for as long as it took to drink the beer. Goodman played "City of New Orleans", which Guthrie liked enough that he asked to record it. The song was a hit for Guthrie on his 1972 album Hobo's Lullaby, reaching #4 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart and #18 on the Hot 100; it would prove to be Guthrie's only top-40 hit and one of only two he would have on the Hot 100 (the other was a severely shortened and rearranged version of his magnum opus, "Alice's Restaurant", which hit #97). In New Zealand, "City of New Orleans" spent two weeks at number one, charting throughout the winter of 1973.

Guthrie's version of "The City of New Orleans" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2017".             Wikipedia

City of New Orleans- Steve Goodman/Arlo Guthrie

'she'
https://www.instagram.com/one.man.verity.show/reel/DE_JUp-OGc7/

note: another shitty live phone recording

She's sweet. Petite. A tasty treat.
She screams scenes out in her sleep.
And, often, they repeat. 

'I can't take it anymore!
Get off me! Let me off this floor!
Untie me! Open up that door!
Set me free! Give me back control!' 

Weep with me,
for she has seen and been
through some sheeeit.
She's strong, not weak.

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Six new songs from Biggs Dixxon.

Piano and vocals: Biggs Dixxon
Production: Tom Berry @37741600

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