Realer Than Real + Soul Soup

PAY THE TOLL VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV6HCbCJdio (powerful, I think)

I want to thank Johnny https://soundcloud.com/johnnymc2 ...(No Killie Fish)
for his patience with this song. He knows the significance of this song to me and also champions those in need. Johnny is one of the most decent (and TALENTED) people I have ever known. (for those of you interested in a video I made for this song, …I provide a link above!!
 
I think it’s a very powerful message we have to all figure a better answer to the problem. I also want to thank Johnny for helping me bring some of my works to a better reality. Hopefully, having this song behind me, I'll be able to focus on some other songs waiting Johnny's magic touch.   
Lyrics
V1. There’s a young man, … standin’, … by the ramp,
to the Pennsylvania Highway.
It’s COLD outside, … Coffee’s Hot,
I reach out to pay the toll.
V2. It’s the downtown I see every day,
every slowed down main street corner.
Cardboard SIGNS, … hobo, … hats,
Not just SONS. … there’s someone’s, … DAUGHTER .
Bridge-1 Pay the tolls … …pay the tolls.
Chorus-1 Does he have a name? A mamma still, … to use it,
Wife, a friend… some family, … or just his thoughts alone.
It’s been a long time, …since there’s been a, … place called home.
Lost his dog, … his car, … Everything he owns.
All he’s got’s, this cardboard sign, and the clothing, on his back.
He’s homeless, hungry, … if it’s not too much to ask, …please pay the toll.
V3. Downtown hobo’s, ….residents
Of Underpass, … Hotels,
ain’t the RICH, … FAMOUS, … they might have been,
Livin’ these, luxury, … streets of hell,
Bridge-2 Pay the tolls, … God gives to the … blessed,
So, pay the toll, … to those with so much less,
Detroit City( to South Chicago, to the Appalachian Ridge,
there’s a broken soul, at every at every wayward bridge, Pay the toll.
Chorus-2 Ain’t saying, … he’s blameless, … how are, … you and I to know?
The whole world’s, … raining down, … on everything he owns.
If he’s got a name, … doesn’t have … a nickel to it.
He’s down to what you see, … and he don’t, … feel that much.
It’s the same, the whole world over, …London Bridges, … down to Seoul.
If you think you got, … a little left, … to spare, …kindly, pay the toll.
There’s a young man standin’ by the ramp,
to the Pennsylvania Highway.
Pay the tolls , … pay the tolls.

PAY THE TOLL by DOUG ROOSSIEN / Produced & Mastered by NO KILLIE FISH

WORLD HUNGER (V1)

WORLD HUNGER (V2)

WORLD HUNGER (V3)

WORLD HUNGER (V4)

YOUTUBE VIDEO......"FIELDS OF QUIET SOIL"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyYHjxPPBgc 
YOUTUBE VIDEO(NEW) ... "POCKETFUL OF LIES "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay9vAZQgmN4

SOMEDAY THE WEIGHT OF THIS YEAR ON MY LIFE WILL BE AN ALBUM FULL OF PAIN,... BUT, RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE I'M CENTRALLY LOCATED IN HELL

1987 WENT TO Nashville for a “short week” Music row to make the big time … wow … nobody listens in lawsuit land in those days. 1988 WENT TO NASHVILLE for 3 days (surely, I would crack this puzzle and become famous …) so many on benches in front of churches. Frustrated, didn’t sing publicly again basically for 25 years. (after all, where would a singer/song writer, make a name for himself in Karaoke land).
2010 discovered open mics (new world begins). WRITING SINCE …a lot! Had someone to produce me in limited acoustic style for a couple years…I think a few were damn good “Fields of Quiet Soil”. Had a lot of offers to write lyrics and/or sing for a lot of other artists here. (but no recording capability …let alone a decent computer for my own. TODAY, THINGS CHANGE …I’m here to make an impact (got 4 new ones under my belt recently) …plus some old ones you will not be disappointed listening to. Welcome old music fans and artists., potential serious collabs.
I’m locked and loaded this time!
FB Doug Roossien

New tracks tagged #WorldHunger