“Yesterday It Rained”

And I’m not myself today, 
Yesterday, it rained.

Never felt so out of place, 
Nothing's quite the same.

It’s so hard to understand, 
I can’t even hold your hand.

Have you called your mom today? 
Tell her you’re ok.
Cuz yesterday, it rained.

And the waves they keep on crashing,
I can’t swim,  
I can’t breathe, oh no.
And there's no way to get back there,
And now a kiss can kill.
(No, no no...)

Yesterday, it rained.

And the tv hurts my brain,
The world has gone insane.

I could really use a smile, If only for awhile.

All the colors fade to gray, 
Cuz yesterday, it rained.
Yesterday it rained. 

And the waves keep coming crashing,
I'm gasping, 
I can’t breathe, oh no.
And there's no way to get back there,
And now a kiss can kill.
(No, no no...)

Yesterday, it rained.

And we’re not ourselves today,
Cuz yesterday, it rained.

Yesterday, it rained.
Yesterday, it rained.
Vocals, Keyboard, Drum arrangement - Steve Turner
(Music and lyrics: Steve Turner, 3/28/20)

Yesterday It Rained (demo)

"That's What She Said"

Summer 1993 (she said)
She said “won’t you come with me tonight” 
(She said, she said)

“Let’s go to the show, alright” 
(She said)
VH, Spectrum, pick you up at 5 yeah,
Go for a ride

(She said) “I’m not that kinda girl” with a wink and a smile, yeah.
Got that vibe that I might be 
In heaven tonight, yeah
The look in her eyes, yeah

Ooh la la
(Ooh la la) Don’t remember the show
(Ooh la la) There was so much more
(Ooh la la) It was all a blur
(Ooh la la) Think I’m falling in love, man down

Come on, spend the night with me (she said)
She said what’s it gonna be 
Tonight, yeah (she said she said)

Let’s go crazy, let’s go off (she said)
Sex, electric, in the air tonight yeah 
Out of our minds, yeah…

I’m not the kind to kiss and tell, but my god yeah
Got back to her car and 
Heaven ignited 
Not gonna lie, yeah

(Ooh la la) We were all alone
(Ooh la la) In another world 
(Ooh la la) It was all a blur. 
(Ooh la la) And all I know 
(Ooh la la) I belonged to her 
(Ooh la la) In the morning glow
(Ooh la la) And I wanted more
(Ooh la la) And I’m falling, I’m falling down...

“All you need is love...”

MUSIC/LYRICS: Steve Turner
©2020 Steve Turner Music/What Does The Fox Play Music.
All rights reserved.

Written, performed, recorded, produced, engineered and mixed by Steve Turner at What the Fox Studios, Brigantine, NJ, December 2020

That's What She Said - demo

“After the Fire” 
Music, lyrics by Steve Turner


VERSE 1 
The world is so dark tonight
So tuck your kids in, hold them tight
And wait…
After the fire.
 
Another war for god knows why
There but for the grace go you and I
After the fire.


CHORUS 1
Saying our prayers while the
Bombs in the air turn 
Playgrounds into abattoirs 
 
Rivers of tears and the 
Sum of our fears, there's
Nowhere to hide
After the fire...


VERSE 2 
Who is gonna make it right? 
Superman or Jesus Christ? 
You pray
After the fire.

And heavy is the heart that sees   
The wounded eyes of refugees
Rebuild…
After the fire.


CHORUS 2
Saying your prayers while the
Bombs in the air turn  
Playgrounds into abattoirs 
 
Rivers of tears and the 
Sum of our fears, there’s 
Nowhere to hide, 
After the…

BRIDGE
Fire, after the fire,
Ashes to dust, to dust  
From flesh and blood, the

Fire, after the fire, 
Ashes to dust, to dust   
Thy kingdom come, the

Rivers of tears and the sum of our fears
Living a nightmare 
Is no way to die. 


CODA
The world’s so dark tonight
There but for the grace…

After the fire.
____________________

©2022 Steve Turner Music/What Does the Fox Play Music
Recorded, engineered, mixed and produced by Steve Turner at What the Fox Studios, Brigantine, NJ,  April 2022

Lead and background vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synth, bass and drum arrangement: Steve Turner

After The Fire (demo)

"Beautiful"

I can see in your eyes, a shadow in your heart.
There's a storm inside, it's tearing you apart.

What would you do, if you only knew
The way I see you?

You're beautiful...

Then the emptiness, it hollows out your soul.
And you feel like you're the only one, you're losing all control.

What would you do, if you only knew
The way I see you?

You're beautiful...

Music and lyrics by Steve Turner

Vocals, piano, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Mellotron string quartet arrangement: Steve Turner

Recorded January 27, 2018 at What the Fox Studios, Brigantine, NJ.

© 2018 Steve Turner Music/What Does the Fox Play Music. 
All rights reserved.

(Thanks to Chris Orazi at CAS Music for the string quartet idea!)

Beautiful (demo)

"Johnny"

Johnny, stay for awhile.
I hate goodbyes.

Oh no...
It's there in your eyes.
I guess it's time.

It's 5 am, who's on the phone?
There must be some mistake, it can't be true.

My head is spinning round and round, 
My heart is six feet underground
With you.

(In Loving Memory of John Pennington)

Music and lyrics by Steve Turner

Vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, synth, bass/drum arrangement: Steve Turner

Recorded at What the Fox Studios, Brigantine, NJ, October, 2017.

© 2017, Steve Turner Music/What Does The Fox Play Music
All rights reserved.

Contradictionary

Johnny  (2019 demo)

Instrumental version of "Mary",


Steve Turner:
6 and 12-string acoustic and electric guitars, Piano, Synth, Drum/percussion arrangement.




Recorded Sept. 2017 at What the Fox Studios, Brigantine, NJ. 

All music and instruments  written, arranged, performed, recorded and engineered by Steve Turner.
Copyright 2018 Steve Turner Music/What Does the Fox Play Music. All rights reserved.

"Mary" (demo)

O Holy - Silent Night  2023

Jeff and Steve unplugged demo. Our cover version of "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel. 

01 Solsbury Hill J S Cover

02 Best Day J S Cover

“10,000 Days”

INTRO
Some might say 
Nostalgia’s just 
A refuge for 
The dreamers and 
The fools...

VERSE 1
 Underneath the same moon all these years.
“Where are you tonight?” he wonders, and he dreams. 

PRECHORUS 1
Hippy chick, I see her dancin’ by the river,
Woodstock in the air, and in her eyes.
A shadow moves across her face, she stops and gives a shiver,
She feels something begin to stir inside...

         A child.

CHORUS 1
Slip into the night,
You’ll find me there,
Ten thousand days from now
 I’d wait a million more.

Driftin' with the tide,
You’ve found me here,
Ten thousand days gone by,
No never ever letting go.

VERSE 2 
He hears a baby bird’s song in the morning light.
He wakes up with a start, he can’t believe his eyes.

PRECHORUS 2 
Summer night, the moon reflecting off the river.
Unspoken words that pass between their eyes.
And though the moment fades away, it lingers in his heart forever.
A piece of him is always there with her, that night

       Her child.

CHORUS 2
Slip into the night,
You’ll find me here,
Ten thousand days from now
 I’d wait a million more.

Wake up and I find
You’ve found me here
Ten thousand days gone by
I'm never letting go

SOLO

BRIDGE 
Some might say 
Nostalgia’s just 
A refuge for 
The dreamers and 
The fools.

But all those years
Of wandering 
I’m home at last, 
With you.

CHORUS 
We never said goodbye,
Don’t leave me here.
Ten thousand tears...


Slip into the night, 
You’ll find me there,
Ten thousand days from now,
 I’d wait a million more.

Drifting with the tide, 
You’ve found me there,
Ten thousand days gone by,
I'm never ever letting go.


For Sallie…

(Lyrics, music: Steve Turner)

10,000 Days - demo- 9-4-25.mp3

“Contradictionary”

V1:
You're no messiah
You're just a demagogue
You’re not the golden child
It's all a cheap facade


V2:
We’re at dysfunction junction
I hope you’re satisfied 
I need someone to translate
Help me read between the lies

CH1:

Mary (Mary, quite contrary) 
Read your contradictionary
Yeah yeah (the truth is buried)
In your contradictionary

V3:
Your Rubicon behind you 
Jonestown, Nuremberg ahead 
The Left ain’t right, the Right’s all wrong
Big lies, good god, the truth is dead

CH2:
Mary (Mary, quite contrary) 
Read your contradictionary
Yeah yeah (the truth may vary)
In your contradictionary


BR:
I don't think those 
Words mean what you 
Think they mean
You seem a bit confused.

CH3/4:
Mary (Mary, quite contrary) 
Read your contradictionary
Yeah yeah (the truth is buried)
In your contradictionary

Mary (Mary, quite contrary) 
Read your contradictionary
Yeah yeah (the truth may vary)
In your contradictionary
 
Written, performed, produced and engineered by Steve Turner

Contradictionary (demo)

STOP
V1
History don’t repeat
But sometimes it likes to rhyme 

I did NAZI this coming
Nazi it coming…
The bigger the lie, you know, cuz who needs the truth 
When the dime store messiah is waiting for you 

ROLL ON ONE
Send in the clowns 
(Where will you hide the bodies?)
Horror show is coming to town
(And we’re bleeding out)

STOP 
Before its too late to turn around
A storm is coming the sand is running down
STOP
Before we all burn it to the ground
Clock is ticking there’s nowhere left to run

V2
Fuckin’ round and finding out 
You think it’s a game,
But the devil is only a selfie away…

GO INSANE
In his name
They know not 
What they do
And the dime store messiah
S’been  laughing at you, yeah

ROLL ON ONE
Send in the clowns (Where did you hide the bodies?)
Horror show is coming to town
(And we’re bleeding out)

STOP 
Before its too late to turn around
A storm is coming, the sand is running down
STOP
Before we all burn it to the ground
Clock is ticking, there’s nowhere left to run

Repeat chorus 

Guitar solo

Double chorus coda:
STOP 
Before its too late to turn around
A storm is coming, the sand is running down
STOP
Before we all burn it to the ground
Clock is ticking, there’s nowhere left to run

Stop before it's too late to turn around,
Stop me if you have heard this one before
Stop, for there in disgrace go you and I
A storm is coming, will somebody make it stop?

Music, lyrics by Steve Turner


STOP (2025 demo)

“Since You’re Gone”

Lyrics/music by Steve Turner
12/5/21
                   
Since you’re gone, I’m a mess
And I dont know what to do.                   
Tryin’ to make it through one day at a time                                              
Since you’re gone, I’m adrift, 
I’m in zero gravity              
Since you’re gone, my smile has gone away.

V1                 
Sunny day, stroll the grounds, 
Mr. Squirrel shows us around,                                              
Say hello to Edgar Allan Poe. 

Take a drive, Mason Lane,
Back to where our road began,
There’s quite a zoo awaiting us back home.

Bundle up, telescope,            
And we’ll gaze up at the moon  
Just like we used to do when I was new.

CH1                    
Since you’re gone, Carry on,     
Got my poker face from you (but i)              
Don’t know what to do with all these tears.                   
Since you’re gone, I’m adrift,                               
I’m in zero gravity,                           
Since you’re gone the sunshine’s gone away.

V2                                                           
Play a game, peek-a-boo,                                
Like your ferrets used to do,                        
I think your dog just kicked me off the couch.   
                                       
Have a smoke, make you laugh,                         
All the silly things we did,                                               
Can’t believe we won’t be doing them no more.

BRIDGE
Sister Sallie writes a letter,
I can think of nothing better,
Mister Max just stares and barks at me.

Mother picking up the phone,
Baby bird is flying home to 
Be with me…

CH/coda
Since you’re gone,
Look for me,
Hiding in the lost and found.
Don’t bother coming ‘round,  Cuz I’m not home. 

Since you’re gone, life goes on,
And though I know it’s just a dream…
                                   
Someday you and I will meet again.                                  
One day I will be with you again.     
                            
Someday we will share the moon again. 



Vocals, acoustic guitar: Steve Turner
Produced, engineered, recorded and mixed by Steve Turner at What the Fox Studios, Brigantine, NJ, December 4, 2021.

Music/lyrics by Steve Turner
© 2021, 2024 Steve Turner Music/What Does The Fox Play Music
All rights reserved.

Since You're Gone (demo)

“BTW”

It's been two months since we said goodbye,
I'm not myself today.
I'm running on auto-pilot,
I'd rather just run away.

Can't make sense of the senseless,
I don't even bother to try.
I told you I'd be alright when you'd gone.
...I lied.

Day after day, I'm losing my way,
I feel like I've let you down.
Wish I knew why, I can't even cry
I'm gutted and dead inside.

By the way, I'm falling apart.
I can't fill this hole in my heart.
By the way, if we're counting the scars,
I don't think I'd know where to start.

Forgive me for all the self-pity,
And making this all about me.
I keep waiting for someone to wake me up,
Tell me that it was all a bad dream.

Once upon a time we had time on our side,
I'd give anything for just one more day.
Holding on tight to all the memories and photographs, 
But you know damn well that it's not the same.

Since you've been gone, it's hard to be strong,
I don't want to let you down.
"Life isn't fair." I know, I don't care,
Could somebody stop the world?

By the way, I'm falling apart.
I can't fill this hole in my heart.
By the way, if we're counting the scars,
I don't think I'd know where to start.

(Music and lyrics - Steve Turner © 2019)

BTW (demo)

Rainy Days 1

Guitarist, melody chaser, songwriter, session musician, vocalist and music educator based in the Philadelphia/Jersey Shore area.

Lead guitarist and vocalist for the Big House Band.

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