The production quality is special on this. Miles from the old tascam days like how I started as well. love the harp and the vocals are strong as the seals and croft days pro sound mates. sounded like a fun one to write and play

Thank you so much!  Great mastering, Sam!

A very nice Morry creation...everything sounds great, guys!

Nice chorus, great addition of the guitar lines. The guitar lifts the hooks!

Here we have Jim Sanders and David Carter smashing it on drums and tamborine, Leon Carter with the juicy bass, Dave Toolan with the guitar chops, Jonny Rabbs with the peels of harmonica, and a slice of acoustic guitar and grated vocals from myself! 
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Lyrics

Compost Heap

Take the watercress, that’s past it’s best, and the mouldy old sprouts,
The cabbage and the baggage of disappointments and doubts,
Every surreal ordeal, and the way it made you feel,
chuck it in the bucket with the old potato peel.

Soggy lettuce that upset us, and the unused courgettes,
Got forgotten and went rotten filling us with such regrets
The only way to move on, to forgive and to forget…
is to tear up some old newspapers… mix some dry in with the wet…

Chorus
And throw it on the compost heap

Take the melon seeds and fantasies, and avocado skins,
The fallen leaves and garden weeds, and seven deadly sins,
Put the rhubarb in the garbage, dump the pumpkin in the bin,
Ditch the spinach you didn’t finish, discard the chard you didn’t begin

Dispose of all those promises, sealed with a kiss
Dispense with senseless memories of momentary bliss
Declarations with carnations, guilty pleasures, must away
Recriminations, indignations, wilted flowers have had their day

Chorus
And throw it on the compost heap

Sling the beetroot and the jackfruit and the funky furry grapes
Boot the absolutes and old disputes, like scrapings off your plate.
Fling the incredibly inedible out of date dates
with the mis-haps, misadventures, misdemeanours, and mistakes.

Hurl the curly kale if it’s stale, no more ifs or buts
Get over all your losses, leftovers and off-cuts
top and tail the carrots, hellos and goodbyes
Toss the possibilities that were never realised

Chorus
And throw it on the compost heap

The tit for tat, bitter battles, and diplomatic talks
chitter chatter, it’s organic matter like broccoli stalks!
Like a rancid lime, the time has come for anger and for blame,
To be consigned like putrid pride and slimy lumps of shame

If a failure could derail ya then it’s time to get well shot
bad behaviour, manual labour, and all that bloody rot
Black bananas, psychodramas, and shrivelled up shallots
Gone bad, gone off, gone sad and soft,
Toss the bloody lot

Chorus
And throw it on the compost heap

(… and of course that’s not where the story ends… the compost goes on to feed the soil, feed the new growth the new life)…  hence:

~Mellow reprise~

When you’ve piled it on, all said and done
And the worms have had a munch
And deep within your heap
It’s a mushy fertile mulch

Rich and potent, broken down,
Fully decomposed…
Spread it out or dig it in
Where it’s needed most!

Compost Heap

Black Dark Humor is a sad poem about the routine of life in a big city like São Paulo. A difficult day in the life of an ordinary Paulistano, facing work and dealing with the chaos of the city. A day when the earth stood still.

Black Dark Humor
Close the door, turn off the light;
The dream has just begun...
Another blinding day of heat,
And burning flames...
Last month hasn’t ended yet;
Time is just a shadow...
Through these hazy days, I agonize,
Then beg for mercy...

Have some pity on me;
I’m both devout and crude.
Sentenced to twenty years
In the penitentiary of boredom...
Now and then I try, at last,
To sigh without a thought...
To drown my feelings deep inside,
Then take off and fly.

It’s six o’clock, the morning’s here,
Yet the rooster never crows...
But my stern, responsible self
Shakes me up to rise again.
The bell tolls, I hide the sky,
A sky that bears no light...
The world still turns, yet somehow,
It stopped spinning for me...

Black Dark Humor (Negro Humor Negro)

I wrote this poem for those who are needlessly suffering in the world but especially for the  women, children and the elderly who can be so vulnerable.  I feel that whatever I can do will help others even though I feel helpless and sometimes hopeless. Music makes it bearable.

RiZLiX is a force for the good in the world. His music soothes and is powerful at the same time. Please listen. Then give what you can locally or on a global scale to an organization of integrity. Most of all, be kind and have compassion to those who need it. We're all going through something these days. Remember that.

RiZLiX fine music can be found here:

https://soundcloud.com/rizlix
https://soundcloud.com/rizlixcollabs

Always with You ❤

You will
always be the
light.  for me.
you are. Life.
I see you.
the long distance
between us
does not blind me
from your heart.
Where God lives.
And She has a way
of showing up
out of no where
out from the depths
of bleakness. Stopping.
Your suffering.
It travels from across
the globe again and again.
We see you.
Our collective hearts breaking.
Open. Unseen.
Gifts flowing from the seat of God.
There sitting with you.
without suffering.
Like you
are Majestic. Eternal.
Love sending you love.
Always. And again.

Lady Of Fire Poetry x RiZLiX - Always With You

This is the first and only take, I started strumming the chords and the boys joined in and nailed it. Dave Toolan is playing the bass for a change, Leon Carter is playing guitar, Jonny Rabbs is playing harmonica,Jim Sanders is on the drums and I'm singing.

Original artwork by my good old friend Adam Glover.
~
Lyrics

An eye for an eye
A tooth for tooth
A life for lie
but here’s the truth
You get what you give
And you’ll reap what you sow
So live and let live
It’s time to let go

By taking revenge
you reload the gun
that murdered your father 
and will murder your son
How do you like it?
This merry-go-round
Every generation
fresh blood on the ground

Jerusalem
The City of Peace 
Violent devotion
never to cease
while the scriptures are clear
there’s one Golden Rule
Treat your neighbours
as you’d have them treat you

Forgive Israel
Forgive Palestine
I’ll forgive yours
and you forgive mine
If you want to be safe
don’t intimidate 
Hate begets hate
and grace begets grace

Mitzvah goreret Mitzvah
~

An Eye For An Eye

Not all of us seek the limelight, some of us are camera shy!
https://youtu.be/n42YRoj7vwk


There’s a beach we like to sit on
And look out on the sea
The tamarisk’s our windbreak
And when the sun rolls up her sleeves

Your slip your hand into your pocket
Coz you knows we’re camera shy
With your arm outstretched
You tilt your head
And all you said was ‘smile’

So we smiled for that selfie
Clams happy as can be
There were smiles, smiles, a mile wide
Of you, and Grace, and me

Camera Shy

Greg Hurley: Composition / Arrangement, Lyrics, Vocals, Slide guitar, Guitar, Keys, Bass and Drum programming, mix and mastering
© 2025 Lyrics And Music

Lyrics

Remember that summer by Crystal Lake
Sippin cheap wine, for old times’ sake
You wore that jacket, the one with the tear
Said it was lucky, but I didn’t care

Your words were so sweet, your touch was so kind
But in your eyes I saw, a different mind

We danced in shadows, out of sight
Under the moon’s deceiving light
What felt like love was just a guise
A web of truth mixed with vicious lies

I saw your face on the evening news
Another scandal, another ruse
They called you charming, with such grace
But I know the truth behind that face

I thought I was special, one of a kind
But I was just another, in your line

We danced in shadows, out of sight
Under the moon’s deceiving light
What felt like love was just a guise
A web of truth mixed with vicious lies

Now there’s a new one, young and naive
I tell them stories they’ll believe
Just like you did, so long ago
The cycle turns, the river flows

We danced in shadows, out of sight
Under the moon’s deceiving light
And now I weave my own disguise
A master of  same old vicious lies

Out Of Sight

a great song written by Earl Green and Carl Montgomery..........its been covered a lot, my fav is The Flying Burrito Brothers version.......this one is with the Alters, a bit rough 1st take.....cheers for having a listen....

Six Days On The Road
Earl Green/ Carl Montgomery

Well I pulled out of Pittsburgh rollin' down that Eastern seaboard
I got my diesel wound up and she's a running like never before
There's a speed zone ahead that's all right
I don't see a cop in sight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight

I got me ten forward gears and a George Overdrive
I'm taking little white pills and my eyes are opened wide
I just passed a Jimmy and a White
I been passing everything in sight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight

Well it seems like a month since I kissed my baby goodbye
I could have a lot of women but I'm not alike some other guys
I could find one to hold me tight
But I could never make believe it's all right
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight

I.C.C. is a checking on down the line
Well I'm a little overweight and my log book's 'way behind
But nothing bothers me tonight
I can dodge all the scales all right
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight

Well my rigs a little old but that don't mean she's slow
There's a flame from her stack and that smokes been a blowing black as coal
My home town's coming in sight
If you think I'm happy you're right
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight



6 Days On The Road

Musik & Text: Gabriel
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
OF THE LYRICS CAN BE FOUND HERE:
www.gabriel.land/gabriel-requiem.htm

Requiem

a great song written by Rick Danko and Bob Dylan..........miles of shit have been written about this band......... best to let their music do the talking...........this version is with the Alters...cheers for having a listen

This Wheel’s On Fire 
WRITTEN BY: BOB DYLAN AND RICK DANKO
 If your mem’ry serves you well
 We were goin’ to meet again and wait
 So I’m goin’ to unpack all my things
 And sit before it gets too late
 No man alive will come to you
 With another tale to tell
 But you know that we shall meet again
 If your mem’ry serves you well
 This wheel’s on fire
 Rolling down the road
 Best notify my next of kin
 This wheel shall explode!
 
 If your mem’ry serves you well
 I was goin’ to confiscate your lace
 And wrap it up in a sailor’s knot
 And hide it in your case
 If I knew for sure that it was yours . . .
 But it was oh so hard to tell
 But you knew that we would meet again
 If your mem’ry serves you well
 This wheel’s on fire
 Rolling down the road
 Best notify my next of kin
 This wheel shall explode!
 
 If your mem’ry serves you well
 You’ll remember you’re the one
 That called on me to call on them
 To get you your favors done
 And after ev’ry plan had failed
 And there was nothing more to tell
 You knew that we would meet again
 If your mem’ry served you well
 This wheel’s on fire
 Rolling down the road
 Best notify my next of kin
 This wheel shall explode!
Copyright © 1967 by Dwarf Music; renewed 1995 by Dwarf Music      
 





This Wheel's On Fire  (The Band)

Adjusting your view on aging as you enter the twilight years of life.

Greg Hurley: Composition / Arrangement, Lyrics, Vocals, Lead guitar, Guitar, Keys, Bass and Drum programming, mix and mastering / © 2025 Lyrics And Music 

Lyrics:
Every morning shines, learning to dance with time 

I used to burn like a neon sign, chasing shadows through the night
Now the fuse is short, the spark’s gone dim, but the memories still shine bright
You won’t believe it, I’ll tell you now, once there was a time 
The road was long, but I’m grateful now, for the miles and the winding rhyme

Every morning shines, learning to dance with time

The clock ticks slow, I just let go, I’m learning to let it be
Every move I make, every breath I take, and I’m finally free
You’d hardly recognize me, I’ll confess, there was a day
The climb was steep, but I’m wiser now, for the heights and the price I pay

Every morning shines, learning to dance with time

Dance With Time

Another Morry creation from the basement studio. He's learning the harmonica! 

Image from: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sun-breaks-the-cloud-albert-konig.html

THEN YOU APPEAR

We are two old friends from KY. Posting songs we recorded many years ago on Tascam cassette recorders...and starting to get together to write and record again on a Tasccam DP24 when our dad schedules allow...hopefully we'll have some new ones to post soon.

THEN YOU APPEAR

Owen & Hill

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