Smiley Face  July 21 mix

The Valuable Friends:

@janinelevinson Electric blanket vocals and additional lyrics
@rick-4-1 7/4 Drums
@phil-mcwalter The other butter lad stuff

I COULD HELP IF YOU WANTED

I could help if you wanted

Don't let me fall into your eyes
Don't let me call your name
Don't let me fall
I don't want to go there
You do it if you want to
I don't feel like going out
I could help if you wanted
[Wash your face]
I guess it's over now...

I could glow if you lit me
And you could melt into my eyes
I'd cup my hands when you were close to me
And I would let you fall
Steady like Sundays and pigeons
And we'll fill the bottles with wishes

Electric Blanket Lucy and The Butter Lad
Electric Blanket Lucy and The Butter Lad

Don't let me fall into your eyes
[Putting wishes in bottles that's all we do]
Don't let me call your name
[Listen really hard]
Don't let me fall
I don't want to go there
[Putting wishes in bottles that's all we do]
You do it if you want to
[Listen really hard]
I don't feel like going out
[Putting wishes in bottles that's all we do]
I could help if you wanted
[Wash your face]
I guess it's over now...

I could help if you wanted
I could help if you wanted

© Phil McWalter & Janine Levinson August 2021

I Could Help If You Wanted

Do you recall when you lost your mind,
When you misplaced your voice within the silence,
Where the fear suppressed your nerve to fight,
Where you casually succumbed to mental violence ?

Do you remember where you left those polished shoes
When you were free to chose to run, walk or creep ?
Did you forget that you still have that path to choose
When they clicked their fingers and told you to sleep ?

They told you to sleep

Come back into the room
Come back into the room
Come back into the room
We need you

Come back into the room
Come back into the room
Come back into the room
We need you

Come back into the room
Come back into the room
Come back into the room
We need you

Come back into the room
Come back into the room
Come back into the room

Do you recall when you lost your mind
And why the fear masked your nerve to fight ?

Back In The Room

Long before September 11, 2001, there was a September 11, 1950; the birthdate of my wife Terry.  This song started out as a very personal musical portrait of her.  Debra became interested in the track after I sent it to her for collaborative consideration.  The result is something very special for the both of us and we hope you too.  In my playing, I address the intimate side of the song and day. In Debra's playing, she addresses the now much larger meaning of the day for our nation and the world. Ultimately I think what we are saying is that 9/11 is profoundly personal. Each of us, if were old enough to remember, know where we were, what we were doing the day the attacks occurred. The attacks also shook the world, world markets, world travel, and any and all sense of security.   Profound sorrow was draped over our country and any nation that called us friend.  "Stay With Me" is another way of saying "hold me close", "we need each other", and as the track picture suggests "forget me not".    A big "thank you" to Debra for lavishing her talent on this very personal song.    More of her beautiful music can be heard @debra_buesking.

Stay With Me (featuring Debra Buesking, piano)

This was made on the occasion of being unexpectedly called back to full time work after some years of delicious semi-retirement.

Why Must We Toil

A song about a dream that takes me away to an Island in the Sun, do you want to hop aboard and lets set sail for better weather and peace.

Johnny

Dream Boat

https://soundcloud.com/billy-korg and myself write together , billy can always trow me a curve ball from time to time here is the new one by us 
LYRICS:-
Peacemongers
Get on your chariot
Peacemongers
And ride it 
Peacemongers
To freedom
Join us 
‘Cause you’re not the only one
This pledge
Is written for everyone
We believe in humanity
We believe in sovereignty
We don’t believe in government
We don’t believe in war
WHERE WE GO ONE WE GO ALL
Peacemongers
Get on your chariot
Peacemongers
And ride it 
Peacemongers
To freedom
Bet they call you crazy
Like they call us 
They call us crazy
‘Cause we are not 
Distorted in trust
It’s them that’s crazy
Peacemongers
Get on your chariot
Peacemongers
And ride it 
Peacemongers
To freedom
We believe in humanity
We believe in sovereignty
We don’t believe in government
We don’t believe in war
Join us 
‘Cause you’re not the only one
This pledge
Is written for everyone
Peacemongers
Get on your chariot
Peacemongers
And ride it 
Peacemongers
To freedom

2022 - Billy Korg & winkandwoo

Peacemongers

Peacemongers - Billy Korg & winkandwoo

Recorded live at home in "studio"

have i lost my mind?
somethings missing that i can't find.
have i lost all of my self-control?
have i lost all of my respect for the world?

have i worn apart,
and lost all the pieces of my broken heart?
in all the pieces, have i lost my soul?
empty choices tend to take their toll.

i tossed my faith in all the confusion.
i told myself that i lost my mind.
i'm 38, i'm an old man, just look at the times.
my analog days have been left behind.

put me back on track.
come tie my shoes and teach me how to act.
i tell myself that i can fix it all.
then i can't get myself up in the morning.

there must be more to this.
day to day, just to exist.
then give me something to make me numb.
better give me something to make me dumb.

i tossed my faith in all the confusion.
i told myself that i lost my mind.
i'm 38, i'm an old man, just look at the times.
my analog days have been left behind.

have i lost my touch?
couldn't tell you, i don't feel much.
my whole body starts to fall asleep,
from all the pressure that's on top of me.

have i lost my sight?
i have, i can't get nothing right.
slowly drifting waiting for the shore.
there's no one working in the lighthouse anymore.

i tossed my faith in all the confusion.
i told myself that i lost my mind.
i'm 38, i'm an old man, just look at the times.
my analog days have been left behind.

Them Days We Left Behind

Sonic Kitchen's open collab offer Hallowed Corruption
Remixing, guitar and bass by Llanpsych
All other instrumentation by Sonic Kitchen
https://soundcloud.com/sonic_kitchen/hallowed-corruption-open-collab-stemsmidi-in-description?in=sonic_kitchen/sets/hallowed-corruption-collabs&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Hallowed Corruption - Sonic Kitchen collab

Out of the Box May 2022
The place where there is no guide

Space

Paralyzed

"The Turtle Project" started out as exactly that, a project, a songwriting project that was born from years of being a musician in many bands, doing countless gigs, naturally gathering experience and inspiration until, one day, I stumbled upon the fact that I could actually put those experiences and many others into words. The composing aspect grew from that into what it is today ...
My way of life .

Back In The Room

the turtle project