Written, performed and recorded by Stephen Scott (BMI) 2021. Using Reaper DAW and MT-PowerDrumKit.

Gliding through the crowd, like a sailboat on a lake
Turning heads, tracing her wake
Fishermen for love, cast shiny lines but she, ignores them all
Electric eyes zoom tight
Hold me in her light
 
Ordinary Guy, they point fingers, criticize
Ordinary Guy, still, I’m the one, who’s on her mind
Still, I’m the one, who makes her smile    

Did I make you wait? she whispers with a grin 
Confident, she’s my ship coming in
Hand in hand, we step into the flow bright lights, motion and sound
Swept nearly from our feet
Only rescued by the beat 

Ordinary Guy, they point fingers, criticize
Ordinary Guy, still, I’m the one, who’s on her mind
Still, I’m the one, who makes her smile

So glad, to know I’ve won, she’s my prize 
Don’t care, what they say, what they feel, behind jealous eyes, eyes, eyes
Ordinary Guy… 

Filled-up with music, time for moving on      
We navigate, the ever-festive throng  
Party-clothes wet, to the skin twin hearts, lift weary legs
Beyond the noise and glare
Into cool morning air

Ordinary Guy, they point fingers, criticize
Ordinary Guy, still, I’m the one, who’s on her mind
Who makes her smile

Stephen Scott: Lead vocal, acoustic guitar, bass, basic piano.
Special thanks to my colleagues at The Songwriting School of LA.

Ordinary Guy

Remake of and old original tune with new music, new lyrics except for a couple of lines.
S. Scott / M. K. © 1981, 2023

When eyes are blinded by illusion, we look, we do not see / Our tangled lifelines, connected seamlessly / Seeds of wisdom, many Masters have tried to sow / Fears of, the unknown, uphold the status quo

Reach out / Got to reach out / Reach out / Humanity Race

When going, through the motions, we walk without aim / Unaware of the right-path, lit by eternal flame / We are only human, on this blue-green gem / Our Hearts keep breaking, touch, touch can heal them

Reach out / Got to reach out / Reach out / Take someone’s hand

Near the edge, spinning our wheels / Stuck on idols, dogmas and deals / In this Drama of Life, each has a role /Equal, parts, make us…, One Heart…, One Soul…

We are all survivors, on this blue-green gem / Our Hearts may be broken, love, love will heal them

Reach out / Got to reach out / Reach out /Hold someone close
Reach out / Got to reach out / Reach out / Humanity Race

Humanity Race

The protector of the earth sheds tears because some human beings are causing life on this planet to slow be destroyed by hatred, greed and violence. She cries, but then too, she has the means to stop it all and cleanse the earth.

KUAN YIN'S TEARS

Live recording with voice and acoustic guitar. In remembrance of the 19 children and 2 teachers whose souls departed on May 24, 2022, and those we have lost before and have continued to lose since in senseless "school shootings". Still, nothing changes! Peace.
Composition and performance by Stephen Scott. BMI, 2023.

LYRICS:
Panic-stricken parents, scramble to the flashing lights
Yellow-bellied “Good guys”, take cover behind their rides
In “fear for their lives”, when, they should engage 
Another “active shooter”, on an insane rampage
Here we go again, we’ve heard it all before

Eighty minutes gone, tactical team makes their move
One vicious burst, one more crimson pool
No matter how, the final story is spun
Uniforms delayed, because “he had a better gun”
Here we go again, we’ve heard it all before

Online manifesto showed, just what he would do
Still, they protest, “nobody knew”
Teased and bullied through his, school-career
No justification for, going “Nuclear”

Bureaucrats, Media, crocodile-tears, empty words
More “thoughts and prayers”, more mental health “research”
 Bodies barely cold, all is blame and deflection
Never “the right time to have that discussion”
Here we go again, we’ve heard it all before

“Goodbye” this morning, was “Goodbye forever”
Pain without solace, pain like a river, pain like a river
Here we go again, we’ve heard it all before

UVALDE - We've Heard It All Before

New version of this song with updated lyrics: National flags as emblems of much more than mere identity.

Double-speak or platitude, in any language, means the same / Talking-head apologist, deflection is your game / New-blood spilled 'over there', 'matter of national security' / 'Mow the grass', beyond the wall, 'defend our boundary'
That Flag, fluttering, heavy on the breeze
That Flag, signifies, people on their knees
Dog-whistles raise the heat, kerosene on raging flames / Shouts of 'country right or wrong', promote your fascist aims / 'Full-spectrum dominance', enhance war-profit machinery / 'Show of force', 'Shock therapy', in the name of sovereignty
That Flag, fluttering, light on the breeze
That Flag, represents, people on their knees
Take it down, take, it, down, Jingoism’s day is done / Billions of cousins, One-family, Mama-Africa’s Children / One World, One Heart, all will be forgiven
It’s not too late, It’s not too late
Those Flags, fluttering, heavy on the breeze
Flags, only continue, shameful history, All Flags…

Composition & performance by Stephen Scott. Lyrics, BMI 2023.

THAT FLAG! 2.0

Written by Philip Cody, Ken Hirsch, And Stephan Oberhoff Arranged and programmed by Stephan Oberhoff. 
Vocals by Michael Coughlin and Gene Reed Date: 20??

The light’s gone out of your heart tonight
It hangs there dark and broken
You sit and stare into cold despair 
With eyes that won’t stay open
Your teardrops tell of  long lost friends
And hopes that have been shattered
You feel so changed, so sad and strange
Aching for a way to still believe it really matters 

In your time of need
I’ll be there for you
Lay down my life
If you want me to
When you can’t go on
I‘ll help you make it through
Any time, anywhere 
I’ll be there for you

The sun comes up on another day
Above this sea of sorrow
And life goes on in the light of dawn
As you and I awake and we make a new tomorrow

In your time of need
I’ll be there for you
Lay down my life
If you want me to
When you can’t go on
I‘ll help you make it through
Any time, anywhere 
I’ll be there for you

And when the rain is falling
I will shelter you
When you don’t know where to turn
Or what to do
I’ll be there . . . there for you

In your time of need
I’ll be there for you
Lay down my life
If you want me to
When you can’t go on
I‘ll help you make it through
Any time, anywhere 
I’ll be there for you

I'll Be There For You

Trini Soca style in Spanish. Composed and performed by Stephen Scott. BMI 2024. Reaper DAW, MT Power Drumkit 2.

Loose translation:
Like a mirage, a lake in the desert / Your image dances just out of my reach
As I struggle to close the gap / I only dig myself deeper into the shifting sand / Early birdsongs, open my eyes / You smile, "How did you sleep my love?" / "I dreamed you were lost, but now I’ve found you."
And 'just like that', all is well

I took a long flight, between two great Americas / I had never been so far from my home / I disembarked at dawn, tired and hungry / In a country where I knew only one human / My first sight was of soldiers with automatic weapons / Then, after passing through customs / I saw your magic eyes, in the crowd
And 'just like that', all was well

Shared experiences / Whether happy or sad / Are the seeds that grow memories / As the years rush by
Those unique stories, written together / Which in quiet moments / Give us opportunities to declare
“Babe, do you remember when?”

You left this morning, for coffee with some friends / It's almost sunset, but you haven’t returned / Although I'm sure that nothing's wrong / I worry when I don't know where you are / I don't need, constant contact, but a quick text / Would take away my insecurity / Now, here it is, “I'm on my way”! / And 'just like that', all is well / And 'just like that', all is well

Y ASI SIN MAS (AND JUST LIKE THAT)

… above the stars 

in the fall of the fall we fall alone 
when we are who we are then we are home 
the mental scars of bizarre have moved along  
when we become part of the unknown  

oh yes we’ve heard it all before 
yeah all the stories have been sold 
and all that’s left can’t be told  
not by the children at the local bars 
or all those preachers with their fancy cars  
 
…all who someday will sleep above the stars 

oh 

© Copyright 2015 kRādär pRoductions. All Rights Reserved.

... above the stars (pART 1)

Days Weeks and Months

Gatos e Lagartos

Lyric-videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPAFMG2vIya7oKdS0anVzSA

Original music & lyrics (BMI). Recent tracks produced* with Reaper DAW and MT Power Drumkit.
Grateful to all who listen / repost any of these tracks.
Thanks to:
- Elizabeth Hangan https://soundcloud.com/user-250379627
- Einstein Brown https://soundcloud.com/denise-einstein-taylor-brown
- Haile Blackman https://soundcloud.com/upstreammusiclive
- Chloë Agnew (Celtic Woman).
- "Ballinger Makes Music"* https://soundcloud.com/johnballinger 'el maestro' producer-musician-engineer, worked with me on the oldest 10 tracks.

"The TallOne / TallBoy / TriniLampost / Flaco" (From Petit Valley, Trinidad, West Indies).
Guitar / Bass player, live or in-studio:
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA: Shangoya, Caribas, Brinkz, Rhythm360 Band, Club 809 Band (backing-band for solo artists such as Baron, John Holt, Owen Gray, Eddie Lovette and others), SafiriSafariYaMuziki, Shalita, Sol X, Maroons, Lakaboomba (featuring Queen Jeanius & Dallas Johnson), Jai Café (Karen Therése), Iya (Eric Heim - RIP), World Citizen, International Reggae All Stars (I-Ras).
DALLAS, TX, USA: Ian Ellis Band (reggae), Swamp Opera (zydeco).
LOS ANGELES, CA, USA: Upstream, Sapadilla, New Caribbean, JR All Stars (rhythm section for various artists including The Mighty Sparrow and Sam Hamilton), CC Company, Panacea Steel band, Nesta Steel Band, Relish Band (Top40 Covers), Michael Grady (Universe Explodes), Flaviya Ke, Chloë Agnew, Kate Steinway, Tyler Moon.
QUITO, ECUADOR: Juan Samaniego & "Biakyo".

Y ASI SIN MAS (AND JUST LIKE THAT)

Stephen J. Scott (trinilamposttunes)