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Paul Amlehn - Arrangement, Editing, Mixing, Production
T.S. Eliot - Text
Marlon Brando - Vocal Performance
John Cage - Prepared Piano Composition
Steffen Schleiermacher - Prepared Piano Performance
Francis Ford Coppola - Sound Design for Singing and Field Recordings
David Lynch - Visual Art

Dedicated to the memory of my father Mike Amlehn

The Hollow Men

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

The Sounds

Rambling on my mind

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring up-right Honky Tonk Piano solo. Acoustic Bass Rhythm. Contra Bowed Bass. String Quartet, 1st & 2nd Violins, Viola, Cello. Godin Acoustic Guitar. Trap Drum set. Percussion Tambourine, Ride Cymbal.

Blues on the loose

FWW Piano Blues

Word Order

The World Has Gone Coffee Mad

(Sept 2021)

Techno Tracks

The World Has Gone Coffee Mad

Sirius @uv-Cappuccino - Guitar, Bass, Drums & Production
Marin - Piano, Vocals & Lyrics

A special thanks to Sirius for making this track dance with his lovely
solo.

Open Ticket © - Marin Gale & Ultraviolette Cappuccino

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.

ISRC:  usl4r2211867

A Hand To Hold Forever

12 hours 
You took away my power 

You look good in your grey sweatpants 
That I bought for you second hand 
They had a price tag still stuck on 
They were brand new just like I once was

And it’s hard to sing this line 
But I know you’ll be just fine 

This thought has been emerging for quite some time now 
I’m sorry that you hurt me and that I cried out loud 
In the dark, from the start 
Something missing from your heart 
You were never going to pick me out from the crowd 

You look good with your hair tied up 
That’s when it didn’t matter to you who I was
I was just someone to pass your time 
Were you ever planning on treating me right? 

And it’s hard to see the signs 
And ignore I crossed the line 

This thought has been emerging for quite some time now 
I’m sorry that you hurt me and that I cried out loud 
In the dark, from the start
Something missing from your heart 
You were never going to pick me out from the crowd

But from any crowd I’d find your face 
Even if it was on a random day 
I’d stand before you and tell you it’s not okay 
To treat me the way you did when you were enraged 
Maybe I’m just a stupid girl with some time to waste 
Maybe that’s why you went for me in the first place
Maybe that’s why you decided to stab me with your stake 
I had only known you 12 hours 
You took away my power 

You look good in your grey sweatpants 
But it’s time I see you different than

Grey Sweatpants (Demo)

Live except for the harmonies, which are existentially impossible for Maz to to sing at the same time as the melody.

Everything else was sung, played, recorded and produced in one go, with amps, speakers and mics etc placed around the room in advance to get the sound picture of the folk tale (three sisters and a riddling geezer). There are only two of us!

This is our first Child: Child Ballad 1. Not the 'Cruel Sister' version by Pentangle but the 'happily married' 2013 version by Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer.

There were three sisters in the north
Lay the bend to the bonny broom
And they lived in their mother's house
And you'll beguile a lady soon
There came a man one evening late
Lay the bend to the bonny broom
He came knocking at the gate
And you'll beguile a lady soon

The eldest sister let him
Lay the bend to the bonny broom
And locked the door with a silver pin
And you'll beguile a lady soon
The second sister made his bed
Lay the bend to the bonny broom
And laid soft pillows 'neath his head
And you'll beguile a lady soon
The youngest sister, fair and bright
Lay the bend to the bonny broom
She lay beside him all through the night
And you'll beguile a lady soon

And in the morning, come the day
Lay the bend to the bonny broom
She said "Young man, will you marry me?"
And you'll beguile a lady soon
He said "Yes, I'll marry thee
Lay the bend to the bonny broom
If you can answer this for me:
And you'll beguile a lady soon
The answers to the riddles are: envy, flattery, rumour, regret, love.
from Poachers on the Common (LP), track released July 3, 2021 https://peacocks-tale.bandcamp.com/album/poachers-on-the-common-lp

Riddles Wisely Expounded

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

ISRC:
uscgh1989041

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

ISRC:
uscgh1989044

Stay

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

ISRC: uscgh1989045

Do It For Dinero

Duo from New York.

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