Cheery homage to the roadside diner and friendly waitstaff.

Shiny Diner - Retro Harmony

Something Ain't Right Waltz

A song about the need for elderly leaders to step aside for better ideas to be manifested through younger leaders.I remember America,   America!
I remember when they barely ever 
Censored a    single word.
I’ve got a lot of good memories, but
Recent things that I’ve heard
These big Business, funny Business, shell games got me worried. 
I remember America, America!
I remember a time we didn’t need 
so many billionaires 
A billion is a lot of money 
Surely more could be shared
These his big Business funny Business shell games got me scared,         
I woke up this morning.
I woke up this morning.
I said     I woke up this morning,    and that’s good.
I see a future of     intense young residents 
And leaders with prudence   and plain common sense
We will have leaders with deep moral sense
And you can save this song for evidence-- 
I remember America, America!
I remember a time leaders weren’t
Such dangerous clowns
It’s okay to worry.   their ideas got   moldy with age,
They just need to hurry and get off the stage              
I woke up this morning,     I woke up this morning.

I Remember America

So hard to see
In the Gaslight tonight
You are breaking my spirit,
Breaking my heart
Hold me Honey
Before we break apart
Before we break apart
We can get it together
We can take it inside
You have to know whether
Before you decide
Before you decide
Don’t break my spirit,
Don’t tear us apart
Just hold me Honey
Before I break apart
Before I break apart
Don’t turn around
Don’t turn down that way
You know I love you
What else can I say?
So hard to see
So hard to see
Don’t break my spirit,
Don’t tear us apart
Just hold me Honey
Before I break apart
Before I break apart





Gaslight Me

Had a friend who was lost 
in a hole 
so I jumped right in just to boost 
that poor soul
The only way out is to find the upside
Seize the upside, climb up the upside
Where you are, you are

The Upside

One #day I heard you #giggle 
One day I heard you #cry 
Maybe I missed the #signal 
When you passed me by by
Good days you #flirt
Bad Days I’m dirt
Some days I #hurt
Like a lonely #introvert
Some days are sunny  
Some days it #rains
Some days I’m #funny  
Some days I need to meet a #train 
Some days the tracks are bloody 
The sunshine turns it brown 
You will be looking for somebody 
But I’m nowhere around
Some days the road is muddy  
some days it’s cracked and dry.  
Somedays I feel beat up bloody  
Some days I just cry cry 
Some days it’s sunny  
Some days it rains 
Some days I’m funny  
Some days I need to meet a train

Some Days

Love and romance rekindled on the road.
Love is a trip-- a road trip with you, 
Seeing our dreams coming, coming true, 
Wind through the windows,
Blows the music away,    (riff)
Look up, look up-- places to stay…

Mountains are blue,    just like the sky, 
But we won’t be blue,     not you and I, 
The leaves on the trees     are something to see,  
Some blow past you, some blow by me,

First thing this morning,      we got caffeinated, 
We made oatmeal       but only half ate it,
We laughed and laughed and laughed, elated.
This song is dedicated,    
To you.

    I love that look on your face.  
     Let’s find a new place.
So, take a right, - no, a left, - no, a right at the light,
Give me a heads up, 
Turn it up-- turn it down-- turn it up all the way,
Turn around….         nothing to say.   (solo)

Mountains slide by--       behind old graying barns, 
Fences surround--       old lonely farms,
With love on our faces--   we search out new places,
To hold each other,      in each other’s arms. 

Love is a trip-- a road trip with you, 
Seeing our dreams coming, coming true, 
Wind through the windows,
Blows the music away, 
Look up, look up-- places to stay…On just such a wonderful day. 
We hold each other, hold each other, in each other’s arms.

Road Trip Love

Pollution and Climate Change are happening things.

Dare Not Look

A chill lies still-- until it slides down the wall, down the hall...

A Chill Lies Still

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Shiny Diner - Retro Harmony

Tim Dean