Moody, psychedelic original alternative rock song featuring. toy piano and menacing rick-o guitar. ©2020 Michael Ahart (aka Us And The Otters).

Sunny Day LYRICS:
Winding toward a drifting desert…blinding corners from my mind
I can see you hesitating, wondering what it is you’ll find
Gliding forward, days run over, following a shade of red
We will freely bleed together…bind ourselves ‘til we are one
On a sunny, sunny day…oh what a sunny day

Sunny Day

An  #original #rockin roller-coaster ride about feeling the pain, and even anger, when a friend suffers or dies from substance abuse. ©2020 Michael Ahart (aka UATOs) #care #trending 

LYRICS:

Bad Bets			Cigarettes
Happy Pets			Sex
What a Mess!		What’s next for you
Dear?		

Checks			X
Pay your debts		You just get
What everybody else
Gets			

Forget success		Just do your best
Take some of these	You won’t need the rest
I’m right outside my mind

Hands cold			Forehead wet
The “in” set			the "out of it"
No sweat for you, dear

Take a turn			Take a test
What’s right?		What’s wrong?
What’s left?

It’s a hard fall			You don’t have a net
Haven’t you figured it out yet	
I’m right outside my mind

Take a trip from your desperate world and see the clouds outside your door
As you’re rising higher off the ground
See the cows in the fields, they are running around
Feeling cold now your coming down
You want a little more time, just a little more

Now you’re up in the stars and you’re feeling the emptiness
Hoping there is something you can find
If you’re looking for me, I haven’t been up there in a long time
You can find me right outside my mind

Mind’s shot			Body’s bought
Your tail’s caught		There’s not much
Left of you, dear

Lives to lead			Rules to follow
Better wake up now     You won’t tomorrow

You’re tongue’s in hawk  Can’t scream to talk
You better run.             But you can barely walk
I’m right outside my mind

Right Outside My Mind

Traffic Jam

Black Cloud

Without Talk

Good riddance 2020! All-original funky anthem to sing with your friends on New Year's Eve. ©2020 Michael Ahart aka UATOs. (Chorus lyrics are from an old  bandmate's freestyle to an even older song of mine.)

Pull Out Your Cork

Final mix for EP? Another #original from Otter Space complaining about bad behavior (like No Damn Sense or Right Outside My Mind) featuring Hammond B3, bouncy bass and lazy guitars.©2020 Michael Ahart (aka UATOs)

Bitter Pill

I've written really BAD songs but never a really SAD song. Well, here it is – a collaboration with the gifted Ron Swansong based on his inspiring and gorgeous guitar piece. Lyrics & vocals by me, as are drums, double-bass & cello (synth). ©2021 Michael Ahart (aka UATOs) & Ron Swansong. Trending  #1 in Rock on BandLab.com (lyrics below)

LYRICS:

I remember the day you had left your life behind you
On your own and alone, I was your only friend
It breaks my heart to remind you
That even back then, we knew it had to end

You’ve got a path that you’ve got to follow, don’t you?
You can’t let me hold you down to drown in my sorrow
So won’t you…

Keep chasing your dreams / Don’t waste them on me
I’m not your story / I am history

You’ve got a choice, and you’ve got to pick it
The time is now, you better get onto the train
I’d come along, but I can’t afford a ticket
To hang around your neck like a ball and chain

You could be great, you could be famous, couldn’t you?
Or we could go nowhere, and no one else would blame us
But wouldn’t you?

Don’t give up your dreams / Don’t waste them on me
I’m not your story / I am history

Don’t give up your dreams / Don’t waste them on me
I’m not your story / I am history
Forget about me.

Dreams

Songwriter, musician, performer and producer. Mainly a vocals and keys guy, but also play guitar and other string instruments, drums/percussion, and whatever else I can get my hands on. First album (EP) to be released in April 2021 followed by a full-length album hopefully this fall. Love comments/ideas! Why "Us And The Otters?" Where we live in VA's beautiful Northern Neck, it's just us and the otters.

Us and the Otters