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An ode to the ideal.
   Earthy and Ethereal
                           wds&music Gary M. Wollman

Earthy and ethereal
So of this world yet it seems
So unreal

Earthy and ethereal
Held in high esteem
Pas’ the material

Lights you up like a sunbeam
Still holds you as you dream    
Known to float on upstream
You (vow to) recreate the scene

That sweeps above the plane she goes
Taking you where’re she knows

Earthy and ethereal
So of this world yet it seems      
So unreal

Much like some kind of miracle
Keeping secrets  
She’s willing to reveal

                                               Earthy and Ethereal
Love and compassion will always be in fashion
For those who will to see

How she brings two worlds together 
Without clashing is a mystery to me

Living life consciously
Fulfilling her destiny

Seemingly impossible
To keep grounded in the world today

She makes the model of
How to let our better angels have their say
Earthy and ethereal

Earthy and ethereal
So of this world yet it seems
So unreal

Earthy and ethereal
(Always) Held in high esteem
(Soarin’) Pas’ the material

Earthy and ethereal
                                   ©2020 Gary Mitchell Wollman

Earthy And Ethereal

Exploring the many ways we may been been conditioned to follow external appearances  which may lure and lead us real or metaphorically  into danger.

Lyrics
Beautiful Danger
                                                   wds&music gary m wollman

Complaining for years too sick for tears
You keep motorin’ on to escape your own fears

Ricocheting around like a hardball hit for fun
Playing tag on a wager with losers kept on the run

And lovers left undone
Nothing could be stranger
Don’t you agree as
Beautiful danger

Beautiful danger

Life‘s been solid but it ain’t never been sweet
Left livin’ full tribe keeping up with the street
(Barely satisfied to go with just enough to eat)

So unseemly and completely incomplete
Goin’ loggerheads with just about
Most everyone you meet

Yet you’ll never admit your fait accompli
To family or stranger
And you can’t stay away from
Beautiful danger
Beautiful Danger



Beautiful Danger

You can live with the torment or set yourself free
or resist til the very end as proud as one can be

But what’s got under your skin guarantees your defeat
You may distract yourself with danger
Til your match you finally meet
and you’ve been beat

Take the scenic route
No don’t risk all you see
Smell the roses along the road to 
Sweet sanity
So you can leave

Beautiful danger

Quit your trollin’ for trouble
Better do it on the double

Don’t let it stain ya
It’s time to rearrange ya
Gotta get away from

It’ll never sustain ya
Keeps tryin’ to play ya
Beautiful danger                



                                   
                                  ©2020 Gary Mitchell Wollman

Beautiful Danger

For You (It's) Not Impossible) 

Halt the steep decline
Forestall the pain
Help the rivers be
restored again
May they cease to drain
Water desert with the rain

Train our leaders to be sane
Make all false to be true

For you
It’s not impossible to do
For you
the  world could be made anew

Rewrite the details
work the plan fine
get people together
the ethical kind
Hope to the hopeless
A tribute to all mankind

With thoughtfulness through & through one last chance to redo
For you
               
Find the remedy for our nemesis’ sake 
Fulfill the promise genesis makes
The outcome’s good for sure 
No need for crying anymore
We won’t reminisce about the war
in the end love will endure 
and get through

For you
It’s not impossible to do
For you
the  world could be made anew

For you
It’s not impossible to do
For you
the  world could be made anew

                                 ©2012 Gary M. Wollman

For You (It's Not Impossible)

WALK ALONG THE BORDER                1
words and music by GARY WOLLMAN

IT’S OKAY – THE TIME IS RIGHT
YOU CAN HANG – SO HANG ON TIGHT
BUT YOU LOOK ABOUT 
AND IT ALL SEEMS SO WRONG

YOU’VE GOT TO THINK THAT 
        YOU CAN MAKE A GO OF IT
TOO MANY WANNABEES LOSE THEIR WAY 
TO MAKE A SHOW OF IT
DON’T SEEM TO MATTER WHAT’S RIGHT
MORE IMPORTANT TO SEEM   
MIGHTY AND STRONG

AS I WALK ALONG THE BORDER
SENSE THE WORLD’S DISORDER
CAN’T HELP THINKIN' WHY
IT COULDN’T WORK OUT ANY OTHER WAY
AS I WALK ALONG THE BORDER

ALL ON A WALK ALONG THE BORDER
A WALK ALONG THE BORDER

        

SACRIFICE TO SEE BOTH SIDES
RIGHT WHERE THEY MEET ALONG THE BORDERLINE
DOWN MOST ANY ROAD OR STREET
IT’S A CINCH WE’LL AVOID DEFEAT
WHEN WE SEEK TO CROSS THE DIVIDE

PRESENTIN’ WEAPONS DISPLAYED SO PROUD
CONTEMPLATIN’ HEAVEN 
WHILE WE WATCH JUST WHERE WE’RE STEPPIN’
AS WE WALK ALONG THE BORDER

I WALK LONGER – I WALK FARTHER
I DREAM HARDER SORTA
AS I WALK ALONG THE BORDER

SENSE THE WORLD’S DISORDER
CAN’T HELP THINKIN' WHY
IT COULDN’T WORK OUT ANY OTHER WAY
AS I WALK ALONG THE BORDER

BEEN CLIMBIN’ ON VINES
MADE WISE BY DESIGN
DESTINED TO BEHOLD BETTER TIMES

BUT I CAN’T HELP THINKIN’ WHAT COULD BE IN STORE CAN’T TAKE ANYMORE
NUCLEAR WAR – JUNGLES LEFT SCORCHED
MORE DIVORCE – ANOTHER HOSTAGE LOST
TRY AND AMEND THE COST
DO I DARE (ASK FOR MORE OR MERELY) 
LOOK AWAY AND GET MY ASS ON OUT THE DOOR 
DUE TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE LARGER WAR
BECAUSE THE BORDER WE IGNORE?!

WALK – WALK
JUST WHO DO WE EXCUSE?
WALK – WALK
AND JUST WHO DO WE ABUSE?
AS THE DAYS GROW SHORTER

WALK - WALK  IT BEHOOVES US
IT IMPROVES US
HELP US PAY OUR DUES TO US
YOU CAN COME ALONG COME ON COME ON 
WALK ALONG THE BORDER
COME ON WALK ALONG THE BORDER WITH ME                                 

ALL ON A WALK ALONG THE BORDER
                               © 1998 GARY M WOLLMAN
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Walk Along The Border

With You Tonight 
                                                            Words and Music by Gary Wollman

  Set my fire, take me higher
Lead me where I wanna be
 Leave me lonesome, say I've grown some
 But please just let me be
With you, with you tonight
Oh you once meant everything to me 
With you tonight
Words don't come too easily to me

 Cast my role, take my soul
 And I'll be anything 
Name your desire, my love is hired 
What you require's all I ever need to know
  With you tonight
Oh you once meant everything to me
 With you tonight
Words don't come too easily to me   
                                                                               ©2017 Gary Mitchell Wollman

WITH YOU TONIGHT

THE RESPECT I GET                      1
                                     Wds & Music by Gary M. Wollman

I ONLY REFLECT
THE RESPECT I GET

NO DON’T YOU FORGET
I ONLY REFLECT
THE RESPECT THAT I GET


SO DON’T YOU NEGLECT OR DESERT ME
‘CAUSE I’LL STILL BE IN YOUR FACE
ESPECIALLY IF YOU GO OUT OF YOUR WAY
TO HURT ME

DON’T BE PERTURBED B
IT’S THE ENEMY WE’VE MET
WE’RE ALL CAUGHT IN THE NET

DON’T FORGET
I ONLY REFLECT
THE RESPECT I GET 
THE RESPECT THAT I GET



                  THE RESPECT I GET                                     2
                
JUST YOU DON’T TRY AND JERK ME
I’LL FLY LIKE A BUTTERFLY
STING LIKE A BEE
YOU CAN ATTRIBUTE THAT QUOTE TO
NONE OTHER THAN THE... MOHAMMAD ALI
MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEE
I’M NOT ALL THAT
WET
ON THAT YOU CAN BET


BUT I CAN’T ALLOW YOU TO TREAT ME WITH DISRESPECT PEOPLE MUST PROTECT
THEIR VERY ESSENCE WITHOUT REGRET

AND DON’T FORGET
I ONLY REFLECT
THE RESPECT I GET

NO DON’T YOU FORGET
I ONLY REFLECT
THE RESPECT THAT I GET



    
                   THE RESPECT I GET                                     3                  
COMIN’ FROM YOU IT’S SO LONG OVERDUE
THE RESPECT I GET

IT COULD TURN OUT TO BE WATCHA REALLY WANNA SEE
FAR BETTER THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT

WE CAN ILL AFFORD TO BOAST
(WHEN WE CAN) MAKE THE MOST
OF  ANY AWARENESS OF THEE

NATURALLY I ONLY REFLECT THE RESPECT I GET

OBVIOUSLY I  ONLY REFLECT THE RESPECT THAT I GET

YOU’VE GOT TO DO MORE THAN SHOW YOUR CONTEMPT

CAREFULLY WATCH WHO YOU CHOOSE TO RESENT

MAKE A CLEAR CHOICE WHEN YOU RAISE YOUR VOICE
JUST WHO DO YOU REPRESENT? REINVENT

THE RESPECT THAT WE GIVE IS (THE) RESPECT WE GET
SO WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
I’LL GIVE IT TO YOU
GIVE IT BACK TO ME
                                                     ©1998 GARY WOLLMAN

                                 The Respect I Get" points to the rewards for and the seminal and dire need of showing respect for one another in order to begin building trust and then proceeding  with common actions.

The Respect I Get

The Sage Page
Sage's music has presented itself through songs that have accompanied such seminal events as the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the election of Nelson Mandella - ending apartheid in South Africa. His songs continue to question the status quo and aspire towards as well as inspire for the "Greater Good." Selections such as "Love is the Key",What are We Going to do About the Hate" and "The Land of the Brave New Spirit" help set the stage for a more positive world and way of helping to move with individual hope and appropriate resulting actions.
Sagesongs are comprised of music that is intended to awaken us to our highest calling: helping us to understand matters of social significance (violence, racism, media literacy) as well as self-realization. Additionally many songs also deal with traditional subjects such as romantic love and love's many frustrations. All these works are designed to approach life's challenges working through ideals and positivity

For You (It's Not Impossible)

Siren and Sage