Bubblegum version of the original.

Let's Go Back
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

I want to go back
I need to go back
I gotta go back,
To when I first started
I need to go back
I want to go back
To the time
I still had youthful ambition

I need to go back
To the time
When I was just a little boy
And my dad said if you want
To be a musician,
You need to learn to play the piano
I’m not paying for lessons
If you never practice,
And I said I don’t wanna
Then I’m taking away the piano
I don’t care,
And he said you’ll regret it,
But now I regret it

I want to go back
I need to go back
I gotta go back,
Won’t you join me,
Let’s go back
To the time we had the opportunity.

I need to go back then when
I need to go back then when
I need to go back then when
Everything was groovy.

Let's Go Back

Bubblegum version of my original.

Those Were Wonderful Dreams
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

I once had a dream,
A dream, you know,
Where we held each other close,
And never let one another go
I had a dream
Where we’d be side by side
And maybe, by chance,
One day you’d be my bride.
Some dreams,
they just come and go,
big ones, small ones,
Even the ones we hold on to so
They grow old, they become trivial,
but some can’t let go.
From something mundane
To something glorious.
That’s what those dreams are for,
That’s what those dreams are for,
The dreams we had when young
When were both reaching for the stars,
Those were wonderful dreams,
Those were wonderful dreams,
And then the day came,
When you let your dreams be mine,
And you stood and held my hand,
And you said I’ll never leave you behind.
And if there are dreams,
you can’t seem to impress,
I’ll take those dreams,
And I’ll give them my best.
Dreams come and go
But one dream was meant to be so,
Dreams come and go
But one dream was meant to be so,
You never left that dream behind,
You never let that dream to die,
When you promised to follow me to the ends of the earth and back,
You became my dream,
My only dream I’d never lack,
You are, you always will be, the embodiment of that dream,
You are my dream.

Those Were Wonderful Dreams

Bubblegum version of my original

I'm Singing Old Love Songs
Song and Lyrics by Mike Krath

Lyrics:

I'm singing old love songs,
cause I'm old, old,
About our love,
that really wasn't that long ago,
About the birds and the bees,
That are really the same so,
Not much has changed,
but the reflection of our faces, oh.

I'm singing old love songs,
About our love so,
It's gone on so long,
It's still new, oh,
I'm singing about you,
About the love we had when young,
It still is true, so,
The love,
that we have between us,
Still is young,
I'm singing old love songs,
that really don't feel so old.

I'm singing old love songs,
cause I'm old, old,
about the love we dreamed when young,
that came true, so,
But the love,
The love you gave me so,
still is young,
never grows old,
I'm singing old love songs,
that really don't feel so old.

Your love never grows old.

I'm Singing Old Love Songs

Bubblegum version of my original

How Nice to Keep Me Amused
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Two women,
Two views,
They live on my street,
And to me amuse.

The first regurgitates her opinions for all of us who lose
A shallow wisdom poured out like deep,
To awaken the souls of those who sleep.
An understanding drawn as from a pail,
But in reality just her thimble that covers her nail.

Two women
Two views
How nice,
To keep me amused.

The second is the one who drinks from lighter things.
Then pours out her opinions, when asked, with haughty sings,
Her ideas are spilled at inappropriate times,
And she disdains suggestions to help keep her in line.
Her wisdom consists of sugar with tea,
And if challenged, how great a piece of her cake would be.

On my street these women,
Never grow old,
their mannerisms are such,
they’ll always be told.
And no matter what they say,
Or what they claim on the block.
Does it matter to them,
That food and clothes,
Should be our lot,
For these two women,
I think not.

How Nice to Keep Me Amused

Pure bubblegum schlock. First track on my future bubblegum album.  

Bubblegum Dreams
Mike Krath

Lyrics

Candy-colored skies above the town
Spinning like a carousel round and round
Every step we take feels light as air
In this sweet world we don't have a care

Bubblegum dreams sticky and bright
Popping like stars in the velvet night
We chew on love till it’s soft and sweet
Dancing to the rhythm with bubblegum feet

Lollipop shadows on the concrete street
Whistling tunes with a sugary beat
The jukebox sings as the neon glows
This bubblegum world is the life we chose

Bubblegum dreams sticky and bright
Popping like stars in the velvet night
We chew on love till it’s soft and sweet
Dancing to the rhythm with bubblegum feet

[Bridge]
Oh the horns play loud and the organ hums
Guitars strum fast as the bassline drums
We're the boys who bring the candy to life
In a bubblegum beat we'll cut through strife

Bubblegum dreams sticky and bright
Popping like stars in the velvet night
We chew on love till it’s soft and sweet
Dancing to the rhythm with bubblegum feet

Bubblegum Dreams

Originally wrote this during Covid to put that mask back on.

Put That Love Back On
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

My ex wasn't very loving,
When she yelled at her neighbors,
At the neighborhood kids,
when i saw her  yelling from the window
and if it was anyone else
 it wouldn't matter
 if she wasn't the one i let get away
 i know she still loves me
 doesn't want me to see it
 she said her love was a joke
 not some dumb hope
 i know she didn't mean it 
but now look there she goes
 she doesn't want to come back
 and admit she was wrong
 now she just wants to die alone
 how can she act like no one
cares , 
even the ones who love her
so she's kinda arrogant, kinda stuck up
she needs to get over herself
 and put that love back on
 put that love back on
Put that love back on
Put that love back on,
Put that love back on
Put that love back on.

Put That Love Back On

When I finish this track, I will make a trilogy of "OPISOPAC" and release a '2.5 /or/ 3rd' version of this EP. The trilogy EP won't add any new tracks but will probably reinvent them in genres I yet haven't touched, even simple ones like R&B, Avant-Pop, Synth-Pop, and much more in the Pop field. Stay tuned...

OPISOPAC 2.5 (Demo)

production + guitar + mixed = t@ 

https://youtu.be/nzJaMaLyZCg?si=CWZEVvb8KaDzzyrY
MUSIC VIDEO ^^

Lyrics: 

was it last summer we met that melody i'll never forget 
was it last summer we met that melody i'll never forget 

close your eyes it’s a surprise 
go roll the dice 2 steps ahead 
please don’t let it get to your head 

I wanna die (why)i don’t know why  (oh)
constantly in the back of my mind 
i’m feeling right you’re being left 
bury me in jeremy scott when im dead (ay)
when im dead x 2 

can someone hold me before i float away 
can someone hold me like gravity 
i hate space 
escape 2 my fantasy world headphones on and
CD twirls 

was it last summer we met that melody i'll never forget 
was it last summer -

I wanna cry but I don’t know why 
the stars shine bright but never align (align)
crystal tears fall from my eyes 
the cold reality of life has paralysed 
my hopes my dreams my ambitions 
I don’t know what to do kno I’m missing 
apart of me apart of you 
two white doves apart they flew 
bury me in jeremy scott when im dead 
when im dead x 2 

can someone hold me before i float away 
can someone hold me like gravity 
i hate space 
escape 2 my fantasy world headphones on and 
CD twirls ! 

was it last summer we met that melody i'll never forget 
was it last -

was it last summer we met that melody i'll never forget 
was it last summer we met that melody I cannot forget 
was it last summer we met that melody i'll never forget x 2
(I don’t know)

last summer

Give It A Whirl

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Email me at: jenyzz.world@gmail.com

I'm a lyricist with hundreds of copyrighted song lyrics written. I write in different genres. Pop, Country, Surf, Car songs, Love songs, Inspirational, Silly, Sad isolation ones too. ASCAP member. "License To Quill" Looking for any musician/ band  or label that might be interested in working with me to develop any of my songs.

I’m a keyboardist who unfortunately has developed arthritis in my hands so I’m not as accurate as I used to be.

But needless to say, my main tool for composing is still a keyboard or the keys of my MacBook Pro.

I find writing lyrics to be the easiest first task.  From there the music follows.

My son recently introduced me to A.I. and taught me how to do covers of my previously released music. While this is fun to see how your original music sounds in different styles and voices, I can see how it can stifle creativity.  Plus you can’t go on concert with an A.I. cover.  A.I. basically relegates you to a song-writer, but not a performer.

I don’t see any problems using A.I. as a tool.  It’s here to stay.  But recommend proving yourself first as a  composer and/or lyricist before using it.  Plus, in my mind,  it’s more fun to come up with your own works first even leaving out canned loops when you do it.

I've lived more than a quarter of my life overseas (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan). Each country gave me an appreciation for different types of music plus probably why I get bored easily in sticking with one genre or another.

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