Name: I Will, I Do 7/29/15 by Tim McMullen
Duration: 3 min
Description: Written by Steve Gillette and Tim McMullen. Sung by Mackenzie Wasner and Seth Cook with Chad Cromwell on drums, Mark Polack on bass, Chris Leuzinger on acoustic and electric guitars, Dan Dugmore on steel, and Pete Wasner on piano and synth pad.

Chorus: As the world watched in shock at the lynching
We learned the sad truth of it all
The defense tried to say George’s heart was too big
But they proved the cop's heart was too small

About a week after the conviction of Chauvin, Lawrence O’Donnell (MSNBC) interviewed two of the lead lawyers for the prosecution. I heard them repeat part of the summing up answer to the absurd defense claims that George Floyd died because of an enlarged heart, or drug use, or even the tailpipe exhaust of a car. They said  (paraphrasing) that Floyd died “not because his heart was too big, but because Derek Chauvin’s heart was too small.” Well, this totally knocked me out and I couldn't stop thinking about it. (In retrospect it’s the most memorable summing up in court since “If the glove don’t fit, you must acquit.”)

After this I was only able to sleep in fits and starts until I got out of bed at around 2 am. I then wrote much of the original idea, and got up early the next morning and finished the core of the song. It was refined in the following day or two and tinkered with during the recording process, with a cello part then added.

single, final revised MP3 mix

Hearts (For George Floyd)

I TALK ONLINE 

I keep a close watch on that screen of mine. 
I keep their access open all the time. 
Since I’m on Facebook, friends aren't hard to find. 
Because you're mine, 
I talk online. 

I find it not so very easy to be cute, 
Those endless times when you seem deaf and mute. 
My friends don't know I'm in my birthday suit. 
Because you're mine, I talk online. 

You've got a way to get on someone's nerves. 
You give me cause for regret no one deserves. 
I'd rather chat with flamers, trolls, and pervs. 
Because you're mine, I talk online.

I Talk Online

I'M DONE TALKIN' TO YOU
~ words & music by Grayson Hugh ~


Don't ever trust a thing
to yourself be true
It don't matter what they think
cause they haven't got a clue
try to read my mind
til your brain turns blue
you know I ain't got the time
to explain
so say what you want but
I'm done talkin' to you

The moon it needs no name
when she comes sailing down
me I'm just the same
and I ain't gonna be your clown
you can try to read my mind
try to tell me what to do
but I think you're gonna find
you're wastin' your time
so say what you want but
I'm done talkin' to you

What do you think you're gonna gain?
What are you clingin' to?
Well to me you're just a train
with a noisy whistle
goin' right on through
right on through, right on through

So pack up all your questions
take all your answers, too
go find some eager victim
there must be one or two
try to read my mind
til your brain turn blue
you know I ain't got the time, now
I got better things to do
you'll never read my mind
besides, who asked you?
I ain't playin' your game
am I makin' it plain?
I don't mean to be rude but
I'm done talkin' to you

Go ask Elvis
head down to Washington, D.C.
you might find somethin' there
but you ain't gonna find it here with me
I can tell you that right now
hey, stop talkin' to me
baby, I want you to stop your talkin' to me
I don't need you no more
take it out that door
it's got to stop
stop talkin' to me

© 1995/2024 by River Soul Music/ASCAP


The people who recorded this song of mine were: 
Grayson Hugh: Vocals, Hammond XB-2 organ, Twang Keyboard Bender
Zach Alford: Drums
Cindy Rickmond: Electric Bass
Mick Gaffney: Acoustic Guitar
[Recorded & Mixed by Dave Dale in New York City, 1994]

On Great Blue Heron Creek

I'm Done Talkin' To You

Ove FA

Tribute to Surviving The Wild West (Bob Marley, Kansas, REM, Aloe Blacc vibes)

AMERICA, AMERICA

The Answer Is Us 
A powerful tribute to Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind,” this anthem by Barking Justice Music reimagines the eternal questions of justice, peace, and responsibility in the voice of today’s struggle.

The Answer Is Us echoes through history and lands squarely in the present, with verses that confront silence, division, injustice, and fear.

Each line is a call to conscience. Each chorus reminds us that the wisdom of the past still rings true, but the torch must be carried forward by us.

Through haunting melodies, layered harmonies, and spoken-word defiance, this protest anthem is both a eulogy and a rallying cry.

We are the answer. We are the storm. We are the hope.

🎙️ Written and performed by Barking Justice Music.
🔥 For everyone who will not sit back. Who will not be afraid.

The Answer Is Us

What Have We Become? is a soulful Modern Folk–Gospel anthem that asks the hard questions about who we are and who we’re becoming — as individuals, as neighbors, as a nation. Written with empathy and sincerity, it’s a lament for our fractured trust, our lost connections, and our shrinking capacity for compassion, but it’s also a call to hope and unity.

Built on warm piano, gentle acoustic guitar, and gospel harmonies, the song begins in quiet reflection and rises into a powerful, communal chorus. It’s music for those who believe we can still turn toward each other, still heal what’s broken, and still choose to become something better, together.

#WhatHaveWeBecome #ModernFolkGospel #ProtestAnthem #SoulfulBallad #MusicForChange

What Have We Become

Written by Steve Gillette and Tim McMullen. Sung by Mackenzie Wasner and Seth Cook with Chad Cromwell on drums, Mark Polack on bass, Chris Leuzinger on acoustic and electric guitars, Dan Dugmore on steel, and Pete Wasner on piano and synth pad.

I Will, I Do

I Will, I Do 7/29/15

My Holiday Wish Card This Year! 

Thanks to the wonderful Leslie Barker and my lovely angels' choir, Skylar Ruddell & Jessie Haynes!

May we all find more peace and love in the new year!

GIVE US PEACE (Dona Nobis Pacem)

Backed by Ron Huggins on nylon-string guitar, Michael "Barney" Pilgrim on fiddle, Bob Nichols on electric bass, and Bob Edmundson (sp.) on drums.

The Ramblin Kind & Jam on a Roll

I was asked by my ministers at Unity Church to do a re-make of "We Don't Need Another Hero" from Mad Max,   It was quite the challenge, but I was inspired by so many ordinary people in my life, who faced persecution, loss of work, and violence, to stand up for righteousness.  
Lyrics, and vocal , by John Lee Sanders
We can Be Another Hero
Lyric adaptation by John Lee Sanders © 2000
Original version by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten, Recorded by Tina Turner
We’re believers in science
We search for the truth
We see through the lies that poisoned our youth
We stand in defiance
Of your wars fought in vain
You’ve poisoned our planet 
For profit and gain
And leave the next generation
To ride out this hurricane
Love breaks down any wall
Every link in every chain

We can be another hero
From the better angels guiding hand
Work together with the master plan
And heal this land

They wont break or divide us
Or Kill the dream that’s inside us
‘cause we know that love is stronger than fear
And the greatest generation
That built up a nation
Made up of slaves, immigrants 
and all their blood sweat and tears
From a strong man’s fist, no empathy is found
But remember this, we walk on holy ground

Together we’ll rise above
Heal the planet in pain
Send us a warrior for the light
Let justice fall down like rain

Chorus

I Will, I Do 7/29/15

Tim McMullen

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