Pete Toigo, bass 
Vocals: Erin Pellnat and Chris Pellnat
Instrumentals: Chris Pellnat 

Better Smile 

Well I've doom scrolled enough 
I'm heading out into the sun 
Gonna smile along with the world 
Like I'm living in a Rom-com 
Like I'm living in a Rom-com 

Did the best I could 
With the headwinds cutting me off 
And though I know I should 
I'm still not giving it up 
I'm still not giving it up 

For what it's worth 
You're only here on earth 
You're only here on earth for a while 
Better smile 

Time to wear the crown 
I forgot I even had 
Got to re-stoke the fire 
Start it all over again 
Start it all over again 

Done some sketchy things 
I know I'm gonna pay 
But I've done some good 
A little more every day 
A little more every day 

For what it's worth 
You're only here on earth 
You're only here on earth for a while 
Better smile

Better Smile

Lyrics: 

A Hand to Hold Forever

A hand to hold forever in this world
A hand to hold forever

A simple question: what do you want?
Shouldn't have to answer with excuses and caveats
I pursued everything and I felt no fear
At the end of the line everything is clear
All I really need is

A hand to hold forever in this world
A hand to hold forever

It was unexpected, out of the blue
Didn't fear rejection - you knew what was true
The world was no longer what it seemed to me
Just a simple gesture was everything to me
All I really need is

A hand to hold forever in this world
A hand to hold forever

The end is coming, I'm gonna disappear
Memories are flooding, some I hold so dear
One surpasses everything, stands outside of time
Feeling the warmth of your loving hand in mine.
Oh I think I found it

A hand to hold forever in this world
A hand to hold forever

Art by Jody Tseng: www.instagram.com/jodytsengart/

Inspired by the VR game, Lone Echo II.

A Hand To Hold Forever

Lyrics:

Hold on Till Dawn

You'll get no answer tonight
Nothing I say would be right
I'm not clear-headed at all
So hold on till dawn

What do you want me to say?
Something to blow you away?
Everything's coming out wrong
So hold on till dawn

Hold on till hold on till dawn
Wait till the darkness is gone
That's when the answer will come
So ask me in the morning in the morning in the morning
You can ask me in the morning in the morning in the morning

I cannot answer you here
There's too much confusion and fear
Wait till everyone is gone
And hold on till dawn

I'm keeping a tenuous peace
Hunkering down with the beast
I know the night will be long
So hold on till dawn

Hold on till hold on till dawn
Wait till the darkness is gone
Ask me in the morning in the morning in the morning
You can ask me in the morning in the morning in the morning

Hold On Till Dawn

The world has gone mad, but the good things of life remain.

Pennies

I know I know I don't want to go
Wandering down that old rabbit hole
I think for sure we've been here before
This is nothing less than civil war

And I still bend down to pick up pennies
Reasons to smile, you don't need many
And I still skip stones
Still balance on the guardrail on that long walk home

I know I know the world has gone mad
We're here to sort the good from the bad
But it takes everything you've got just to survive
It's an accomplishment to be alive

And I still bend down to pick up pennies
Reasons to smile, you don't need many
And I still skip stones
Still balance on the guardrail on that long walk home

I know I know that sometimes it seems
This nightmare is swallowing our dreams
But there is never ever any doubt
we're gonna turn this nightmare inside out

And I still bend down to pick up pennies
Reasons to smile, you don't need many
And I still skip stones
Still balance on the guardrail on that long walk home

Pennies

Lost in Your Eyes 

I’m so lost so lost in your eyes 
I’m just lost so lost in your eyes 

I’m on dangerous ground 
And I don’t want to be found 
Take back your GPS 
Cause there’s no way out of this mess 

I’m so lost so lost in your eyes 
I’m just lost so lost in your eyes 
I’m so lost so lost in your eyes 

It’s like we’re in a dream 
A gigantic cinema screen 
You know that we are the stars 
Of the whole wide universe 

I’m so lost so lost in your eyes 
I’m just lost so lost in your eyes 
I’m so lost so lost in your eyes 

Someone saw my distress 
Threw me a lifeline I guess 
But I don’t need rescuing 
I’m happy to leave everything 

I’m so lost so lost in your eyes 
I’m just lost so lost in your eyes 
I’m so lost so lost in your eyes

Lost In Your Eyes

Dream in Color 

Think fast, faster than you can haul ass 
Away from your deep and dark past 
Silence the voices and ask 
Why don’t you dream in color? 

Breathe deep, deeper than the deepest sleep 
Exhale, the cycle’s complete 
Simple, and so please tell me 
Why don’t you dream in color? 

Why is the sky always gray in your eyes? 
Watercolors bleed from a brush in a glass on the table 
The things you're going to see - I know it sounds corny 
But everything will be a rainbow 

Love true, truer than you’re used to 
Do it because you want to 
Am I the first to ask you 
Why don’t you dream in color? 

And why is the sky always gray in your eyes? 
I’ll redo it all, like changing the cloth on the table 
You'll sit down with me - I know it sounds crazy 
But everything will be a rainbow 

Think fast, faster than you can haul ass 
Away from your deep and dark past 
Won’t you tell me at long last 
Why don’t you dream in color?

Dream in Color

This song was inspired by Irving Berlin's classic 1926 jazz standard, "Blue Skies."   Except "Blue Skies and Happiness" is sort of the other side of the coin - sometimes the outlook is grey skies....

Lyrics:

Blue Skies and Happiness

Blue skies and happiness
Those were your promises
But it’s been raining for days and I’m so sad
Why does it have to be so bad?

Happiness and blue skies
Those were your biggest lies
Everyone told me you’re a prince
The thought of you now just makes me wince

Oh I was blind to all your lies
But now I’m starting to realize
With you it’s all grey skies

Sunshine and crystal streams
Mocking me in my dreams
I wake up to you and my heart sinks
Remembering you’re my everything

Crystal streams and sunshine
Someday they will be mine
But you won’t be there with me no way
No room for you clouds of misery

Oh I was blind to all your lies
But now I’m starting to realize
With you it’s all grey skies

Blue skies and happiness
One thing I must confess:
I never believed that you’re the one
And now I believe that we are done

Blue Skies And Happiness

Stay

Well you’re caught in the wind why don’t you come in?
It won’t be long

Now here comes the rain and I won’t ask again
You can’t go wrong

I’m the daughter of my father and on his behalf I welcome you to stay
This house is mine until the end of time

So stay with me oh yeah
Stay with me 
Stay

Well your head’s full of doubt you can’t figure it out
There’s shelter here

I can’t promise you peace but I’ll know that at least
you’ll be safe my dear

I’m the daughter of my mother and at her behest I’ll kiss your tears away
This love is mine until the end of time

So stay with me oh yeah
Stay with me 
Stay

I’ve been thinking of you and the things that you do and I’m quite smitten
But I’m playing it sly cause I’m feeling twice shy, once bitten

But I am lonely and inclined to be a little reckless here so come on in
This dream is mine until the end of time

So stay with me oh yeah
Stay with me 
Stay

Stay

Forever Kisses

Here then gone another love
All hits are misses
Find the one who's dreaming of
Forever kisses
It's no small thing to be loved
A lifetime is never enough

The world owes me nothing
What I've grabbed
Gradually slips
But all the love I've ever had
Forever kisses
No love is lost in the end
Whether a lover or friend

Forever kisses
Forever kisses
Forever kisses love
Forever kisses love

Sunshine and sandwiches on the beach
Water caressing
As we swam into the deep
Forever kisses
Why can't we stay the same?
Young and beautiful again?

Forever kisses
Forever kisses
Forever kisses love
Forever kisses
Forever kisses
Forever kisses love
Forever kisses love

Forever Kisses - Teeniest

Neighborhood Boys 

It's your bus stop I want to get off 
Find a place where we can talk 
But I'm just watching you walk 
Away from me, you don't even turn 
Unaware I'm carrying this burden 

You leave me alone with the neighborhood boys 
And you don't even care what kind of trouble I'm getting into 
You leave me alone with the neighborhood boys 
And you don't even notice that my heart is always with you 

It's your bus stop, it's your stomping ground 
A place I should never be found 
Better turn this bus around 
But you're incapable of being cruel 
The picture of politeness as you 

You leave me alone with the neighborhood boys 
And you don't even care what kind of trouble I'm getting into 
You leave me alone with the neighborhood boys 
And you don't even notice that my heart is always with you 

It's your bus stop I want to get off 
I'm gathering up my stuff 
I've dreamed of you long enough 
I'm not gonna let you walk away 
I'm determined I will not allow you 

To leave me alone with the neighborhood boys 
And you don't even care what kind of trouble I'm getting into 
You leave me alone with the neighborhood boys 
And you don't even notice that my heart is always with you

Neighborhood Boys

Do it for Dinero

I'm dressed like a rodeo whore
My vest:  like swinging saloon doors
But you see beyond mascara
You know I do it for dinero

I'm down and I don't know the reason
This well is too deep to fathom
I smile while they shoot me full of arrows
You know I do it for dinero

I do everything that I do
I do, I do it for dinero

By now you should really know me
I'm not what you were expecting
I stray from the straight and narrow
You know I do it for dinero

I do everything that I do
I do everything that I do
I do, I do it for dinero

Do It For Dinero

Set Me Up Boys

Set me up boys I'm ready to drink
I don't care what people think
About me and my addictions powering through this life
In spite of my affliction everything's alright

Set me up boys I'm ready for booze
Tell the bartender he can't lose
Because me and my addictions are powering through the night
The cure for my condition might be a good snake bite

Let's drown my wounded dreams
That's what a mercy killing's for
I'll look them in the eye
And gladly wave goodbye
Cause I don't want to dream anymore

Set me up boys I'm ready to drink
The ship we're on is about to sink
And me and my addictions are powering through till the end
A final recognition of who's who's really me friend

Let's drown my wounded dreams
That's what a mercy killing's for
I'll look them in the eye
And gladly wave goodbye
Cause I don't want to dream anymore


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Set Me Up Boys

Duo from New York.

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