“Just a Boy” is a haunting indie-blues track by Three Photons, crafted in response to a tragic local event. With raw vocals, analog warmth, and soulful instrumentation—including Jeff Roberts on bass and Andrew Borderick on B3 organ—the song captures the ache of senseless loss and the fragility of youth. Mixed with precision and emotional care, it stands as a sonic memorial: intimate, reflective, and deeply human.

A big thank you to Jeff Roberts and Andrew Borderick for playing on....."Just a Boy".

This sad and devastating local story has been on my mind for a long time.... I'm reminded about this tragedy nearly everyday as I run along the Mississippi Blvd and see the memorial. 

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Just A Boy
Written by TJG August-September, 2021


Thank you to Jeff Roberts (@jeff_roberts)for his catchy bass guitar work!
Thank you to Andrew Borderick (@andrew-borderick)for the fantastic B3! 
Thanks to Rene (@para-lia) for feedback on an early draft - always appreciate that. 

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Mix 1: September 23, 2021
Mix 2: November 9, 2021
Thanks to Eddie Cilettie for departing some of his wisdom about mixing ;-)

Verse 1
You move like a summer breeze
There's whistling in the trees
You're always on my mind
You were just a boy
Don't leave me alone

Refrain 1 - instrumental and hum

Verse 2
You know I hate Christmas Eve
It brings me to my knees 
You're always on my mind
You were just a boy
You were just a boy

Refrain
How they took your life
What a senseless crime

Verse 3
You said you were going for a ride
But I didn't say goodbye
You're always on my mind
Don't leave me alone!

Refrain
Well they took your life 
by surprise
Such a senseless crime
Such a senseless crime

Verse4
And After all this time
I can't heal
and baby sometimes I can't feel....

Refrain
Yeah they took your life
Yeah they took your life
Such a senseless crime
Such a senseless crime
How they took your life
How they took your life
Such a senseless crime
Such a senseless crime
How they took your life

outro
You move like the summer breeze
and I hear you whistling in the trees....

Just a boy (ft. Jeff Roberts and Andrew Borderick)

This song is in Spanish - the English translation is under the Spanish lyrics

Music, lyrics and all instruments except drums: Ed
Drums: Mariano Mendez

Quiero Ser Libre (I Want to Be Free)

Quiero ser libre
para sentir, amar, vivir
quiero ser libre
para reir y compartir

Quiero volver
quiero volver
a tocar el cielo con las manos

Dejame estar
dejame estar contigo
vamos a ser amigos

Quiero sentir
quiero vivir
quiero ser libre

Todas esas veces
que me siento atrapado
si me hubiera dado cuenta
que siempre fui libre
siempre fui libre

Si me hubiera dado cuenta
de que nada me detiene
nada me detiene, nada
nada me detiene
nada me detiene, nada

Quiero ser libre
para sentir, amar, vivir
quiero ser libre
para reir y compartir

Quiero volver
quiero volver
a tocar el cielo con las manos 

Quiero salir
quiero seguir
quiero ser libre

Quiero sentir
quiero vivir
quiero ser libre

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

I want to be free
to feel, love, live
I want to be free
to laugh and share

I want to go back
I wanna go back
to touch the sky with my hands

Let me be
let me be with you
we're going to be friends

I want to feel
I want to live
I want to be free

All those times
when I feel trapped
if I would have realized
that I've always been free
I've always been free

If I'd had realized
that nothing stops me
nothing stops me, nothing
nothing stops me
nothing stops me, nothing

I want to be free
to feel, love, live
I wanna be free
to laugh and share

I want to go back
I wanna go back
to touch the sky with my hands

I want to get out
I want to go on
I wanna be free

I want to feel
I want to live
I wanna be free

8/29/2021

Quiero Ser Libre

Bleeper

More beautiful lyrics and vocals courtesy of Special Cecilia.

@spacialcecilia
@specialececilia
@specialceciliacappellas

Don't forget to turn up that bass.

Pic by Geoff Descartes

Published on SC 24 September 2021

Chill Spin

Chill Spin (feat. Special Cecilia)

Trying to get back to a normal after life has been turned upside-down... Friends, I hope you are all doing well!!

shoots & ladders
spying clouds twist into shapes
turning laundry into capes
basement shelf with books and games
baseball cards and halls of fame
a lone balloon floats into the sky
and where it travels the winds decide

how we spent those summer days
selling cups of lemonade
every Sunday come to play
shoots and ladders come what may
and all our dreams drift into the night
spreading up and out of our sight

Sleeping over on my floor
wide awake and laughing more
slowly drifting into sleep
wrapped in hopes we’re going to keep
an errant wish floats into the sky
rising up and is cast aside

how we spent those summer days
selling cups of lemonade
every  Sunday come to play
shoots and ladders come what may
and all our dreams drift into the night
blooming up and out of our sights

how we spent those summer days
selling cups of lemonade
every Sunday come to play
shoots and ladders come what may

I’m climbing up, you’re sliding down
you’re climbing up, I’m sliding down
I’m climbing up, you’re sliding down
you’re climbing up, I’m sliding down
I’m sliding down I’m sliding down I’m sliding down

Shoots & Ladders

Hello my friends this is my new track  I hope you like it
best with headphones

Travel To Nowhere

I-la-rI (Ilari I. Rantala) - Composed, all instruments, vocals, lyrics, field recordings & drum machine programming.
Artwork and produced by I-la-rI.

© 2022 Ilari I. Rantala. All rights reserved.

In the Land of Autumn

SPECIAL CECILIA's INVITATION TO COLLAB

We are one - Special Cecilia

lyrics & vocals: Special Cecilia
1-sound/vocalshredder/arrangement: electroHippie

https://soundcloud.com/user-883466627/we-are-one-vocal-special-cecilia

https://soundcloud.com/specialececilia

oneoneone (Special Cecilia & electroHippie 1 - collab)

church mode improvisatio in Syncroom by Yamaha

Youtube channel  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O8C-alrxs8
Please follow My Youtube channel!!
Piano :Sora
Violin,Pianica:Keigo BP Sano
Synth lead:Mori
SE:Mito
Calm,chill

Enjoy! and follow please!

Kaze To Sora :Violin ,Piano,Syntl  impro. PV(Youtube) Please follow ch!!

Shadows (Falsestart/Aine Parkes)

Songwriter based in Chicago, Illinois.  Contact via email simplecircuitsmusic@yahoo.com or PM.  Thanks for your kind feedback!


Shoots & Ladders

Simple Circuits