Welcome to
The end of the world

This is the road to the end
This is the restaurant at the end
This is the end, this is the end, this is the end

If you came in thinking there’d be a movie with the scenes of your life
There’s no theatre, there’s no film, there’s no reel and, baby, there’s no time

And if you came in wondering exactly what you’d find here my friend
Not to spoil the surprise, but at the end there’s just a lot of end

And as long as you’ve been expecting
There’s no reason it should let you down, it’s always been the end it said it’d be

The commercials said the end
The posters said the end
The tickets said admit one to the end

So I don’t know what you figured you would see when you came steaming around the bend

Welcome to
The end of the world

This is the road to the end
This is the restaurant at the end
This is the end, this is the end, this is the end

The End

In the style of a rebound roll-in-the-hay, this is my first recording after my post-house-move slump. We're all a bit shame-faced about it, but it needed doing.

Based on a couple of quotes from Rumi (which may or may not have required some pumped-up beats), here are the lyrics:
This being human is a guest house
Each morning brings a new arrival

A joy, depression, or a meanness,
Or unexpectedly, a momentary awareness

Welcome every one them
Even crowds of sorrows,
who sweep your out house violently
And strip your things away,
Still, treat each guest honorably,
And entertain each visitor
They may be making space in you
for some new delight

The da-ark thought, the shame, the malice,
MEET them at the door laughing...
Invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
Each one’ s a guide sent from the beyond

Chorus

Today, 
like every other day, 
we wake up empty
and frightened
Don't grab your phone, no
Reach for your guitar

Let the beauty
we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways 
to kneel and kiss the ground.

Guesthouse

When the sunlight hits the water
And all the ripples sparkle gold
You meet with mother nature's daughter 
She's a wonder to behold
You can feel the life arising
As the crickets buzz and jump
And all the earth's awake and thriving
And you can tell the time has come 

Chorus:
And when you know you know you know
You just feel what's there to feel
You're gonna go where you got to go
to dream the dream and make it real
You gotta be what you got to be
When you see her there you see
When you know you know you know

And the spirit's there to guide you
And you've woken up to love
You can feel it there inside you
You just have to open up
And the heat is like a furnace
But the water's cold and sweet
Just to see her makes you nervous
Til your eyes will softly meet

Chorus

M8
That love has finally found its way to you after oh so long
Love has finally come and made you it's own

When you roll down to the river
And you hear those crickets play
When you see the gold light shimmer
Off the crest of every wave
Well if you meet her there you'll feel it
The ancient spell re-cast anew
You say the words and know you mean it
No, no-one teaches it to you  

Chorus

You Know You Know

26-(still catching up on SAW 2021 list)
Saturday night late
1.Last night we watched the tennis 
We cheered Ash Barty home
She held my every childhood dream and never let it go
Our eyes were sore with weeping
All joy came pouring down
This prize was for her keeping
Our hearts adorned her crown

2.We stayed up til the finish
Past 3am at least
We jumped and sang like children
It brought our hearts release
Weve just returned to lockdown
For weeks we must stay in
But none can steal our love for Ash
Nor quench the pride within

3.Twas 40 years of waiting
and watching for the day
Since Evonne in all elegance
Performed a great display
And perfect that another 
Would come and take her place
A shining star of courage
A girl so filled with grace

4.So heres to Ash and Evonne
Heres to childhood dreams
For us back home in Sydney
We toast our london queens
a rare and treasured moment
All glorious and bright
Beneath the milky way we sing 
And celebrate tonight

saturday night up late SAW 26

Week 32 (For me it's week #2)
songaweek.org Theme: No uncertain Terms
r/songaweek Theme: Road Trip

A7           B7
Firing up the engine
on a sunday night
i know where I'm headed
everything's alright

Fm                       E7             A7
There is nothing but the way on my mind
it's the road myself the time and the light

The radio is playing
The best bloc party song
the steering wheel is dancing
fingers tap along

the road marking is glowing
a sign shows I went far
but I don't care bout traveltime
I love it in my car

Fm                       E7             A7
There is nothing but the way on my mind
it's the road myself the time and the light

         D              E7
It's the warm and fiery morning sky
        A7              A7->
that's guarding my goodbye
I am coming please don't wait
I'll take my time


A7           B7
Leaving home is easy
with cuuuriousity
I think the world is waiting
a concrete fantasy

Fm                       E7             A7
There is nothing but the way on my mind
it's the road myself the time and the light

The truck drivers are greeting
Am I now one of them?
I feel like I am flying
smelling gasoline

The towns that I am passing 
have names I can't pronounce
but I don't need coordinates
I am straight southbound

Fm                       E7             A7
There is nothing but the way on my mind
it's the road myself the time and the light

         D              E7
It's the warm and fiery morning sky
        Fm                A7->
that's guarding my goodbye
I am coming please don't wait
I'll take my time

         D              E7
It's the warm and fiery morning sky
        Fm              F#
that's guarding my goodbye
        A7               C
I am coming please don't wait
E7              A
I'll take my time

The Road, Myself, the Time, and the Light

Songaweek Week 34
songaweek.org theme: Shape of your shadow
r/songaweek theme: Reverb

Aren't we peculiar 
Aren't we estranged
Aren't we indifferent
Aren't we unchanged


The look on your face 
The shape of your shadow
A twisted projection of your soul
The gestures you make
The sound of your echo
A twisted projection of your soul


2x
Please tell me 
what you think  and
Please show me
what you got
I'm on the
brink of losing hope

For gooo_ooood


Aren't we audacious
Aren't we afraid
Aren't we imprudent
Aren't we astray

Shape of your shadow

Revisiting some of my band Side Street catalog from 1970s with some new musicians on board - Jarod Fedele on drums and Neal Morse on lead guitar.

Sunstroke

see again
free again
Welcoming the promise of the light
Walk again 
Talk again
Soon the darkness will be far behind

You held my hand and led me through the shadows
I saw the shape of all that is to come
I held my breath to dived into the water ever flowing
To swim into your depths of love 
Nothing   here will be enough

Dream again
Need again
Call among the planets and the stars
Fall again
War again
Shake the cosmic ruins of my heart

You held my hand and led me through the shadows
I saw the shape of all that is to come
I held my breath to dived into the river ever flowing
To swim into your arms of love 
Nothing here will be enough

Steal again
Feel Again
Open up my eyes that blind my shame
Break again
Make amends
Change the way my shadow hides in rain

Oh your arms of love
Welcome all of me
Shatter all the pain
let the rusty chains fall free

shadow shape

I'm a doctor, in a helicopter
If you wanna step to me
You'd better get a little higher than you are
My warmth and knowledge, like morning porridge
This love bomb is gonna tear right through your life like a motorbike

Though my fabulous air ambulance is flying high
There’s evidence that arrogance is rife
This life can take or can leave you like a wife
And so I'm cutting through your butter like a hot knife

Well, I'm the pilot - high-flying skyward
I could let you try it but
You got to get your little fire under my control
Might dent your ego if you’re watching me go
I wouldn't say I'm a hero but
They are a little magnificent, these things I do

Chorus

We’re only heroes - we’re just heroes, that’s all we are
We’re only heroes - only heroes, nothing more
Everyday heroes - only heroes, that’s all we are
That’s why we fly so high and go so far

Air Ambulance

Copyright Erin Wolf 2021
feat. Saoirse

Week 44 - Buy Me A Pink Balloon

Photo credit: Amazon ad (What can I say? Time was short this week. Ope.)

buy me a pink balloon
from a creature in a black lagoon
as the blue bird croons
a song for me and you

even when skies are grey
the golden sun hides away
purple haze or purple rain
i'll sing this song for you

i'll sing, i'll sing
somewhere over the rainbow
we'll find, we'll find
you and i

beneath the big ol' silver moon
orange fire crackles and the loon
cries out its gentle tune
for me and you

as we sit on this green, green grass
see the swooping bats as they pass
brown and big as rats
so glad to share this with you

i'll sing, i'll sing
somewhere over the rainbow
we'll find, we'll find

oh somewhere over the rainbow
we'll find, we'll find
you and i

Somewhere, We'll Find You And I


"Echoes of Abbey Road" - Where timeless classics meet contemporary soul.
Inspired by the legendary studio that birthed some of music's most iconic moments, this track captures the magic of Abbey Road's hallowed halls while carving out its own unique path. It's a sonic journey through decades of musical evolution, honoring the past while boldly stepping into the future.
From the moment the first note hits, you'll hear the reverence for the legends who walked these studio floors, mixed with a fresh perspective that could only come from today's generation. This isn't just another tribute - it's a conversation between eras, a bridge connecting what was to what could be.
The echoes you hear aren't just reverb from famous walls; they're the whispers of musical history calling out to anyone brave enough to listen and add their voice to the eternal song.

Echoes of Abbey Road

The one of the Bremen Town Musicians that everyone forgot.

The Road, Myself, the Time, and the Light

Tim Hantel