Okay, let's take a break from the protest songs and get some dancing in!
A Blues shuffle with your favourite partner.

Swing Me

The Valuable Friends:

@rick-4-1 - Refuge Drums
@janinelevinson - Haven Vocals
@phil-mcwalter - The Other Asylum Stuff

SANCTUARY

I want you
I think I see you everywhere
We want love
We want to see love everywhere
 
Under the sway of thy gentle wings
All the world comes together
 
Old friends, no more these sounds! 
Let us sing more cheerful songs 
More full of joy! 
More full of joy!
Joy, bright spark of divinity, daughter of Elysium 
Fire-inspired we tread thy Sanctuary 
Sanctuary…

Joy!

I want you
I think I see you everywhere
We want love
We want to see love everywhere

Under the sway of thy gentle wings
All the world comes together
 
All you millions, I embrace you 
Well this kiss is for all the world
And you millions, oh I embrace you all
This kiss is for everyone 
All the world…

© Aug 2023 Phil McWalter

Lyrics and music inspired by Friedrich von Schiller's (1759-1805) poem: "A die Freude" [Which also appears in the choral fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony - 'Ode to Joy'.]

Image: The Sanctuary, Avebury, Wiltshire UK. Dates from 2,500BC

"For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought."
from 'The Faerie Queene' Edmund Spenser 1552-1599

Sanctuary

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Stay

Song # 2 of the "Urte Naturala: 12 songs in 2024" series. This song is STRUT-able!! With a flange-y guitar hook along with mixed metaphors I've collected from my dad over the years, this song pretty much wrote itself! My dad's skewed similes have included, but are not limited to "that guys wasn't always the fastest bulb in the west" and "he's as blind as a f#@$ing lemon!" So backing Pop's pearls of wisdom, imagine Ron Wood playing along in your elementary school music class to a post-punk disco beat!



Caught Red Tape Handed

As humans we are constantly assessing our own lives

Seeking, yearning longing for an answer so concise

How can we exist in such a universe so vast

And just how have we come to be with a never-ending past

Well yes, I am available for the soundest of advice

Yes, I do see double, but that helps me to think twice

Now supposing that my ganglia are plagued with residue

Imparting my experience that’s housed in sheer oblivion

Pearls before swine, except after C

It’s as plain as the bell on my face

you’ve opened up a can of ballgames

that’ll give you a taste of your own foot

I think like Billy Spooner*, but I’ve forgotten who he is

The lord’s a shoving leopard, and I hay he preally is

My thoughts are double helixes and they long to be complete

I’d ask you where my shoes are, but they’re right there on my feeeeeeet

It ain’t over ‘til the fat lady gathers moss

an inch in time is bliss

Don’t put all your ducks in a basket

Life just ain’t a bowl of easy street

You look at me askance as if I’ve really lost my wig

I implore you, though to hear me out, cuz this is something big

Time will heal what comes around and lemons can make waste

Opposites before the storm will make you lemonade

All that glitters in a twist, someone woke up on the wrong side of your tongue

Now the cat’s on the other side of the bag

Life’s a bitch when you’re having fun

Don’t cry over spilt silbver linings in time

When this song is nigh, I’ll sleep like a glove

You’re diamond in a storm

All is fair that ends in love and war and love

Caught Red Tape Handed

Music : Janne Hennie & PJ Project
Vocals & lyrics : Janne Hennie

Lyrics:

If you feel tired and can't find any pleasures
Unable to see how things really should be

You need a long break
To heal your heartache
And for Gods sake don't blame yourself
Take a deep breath
A good rest
To regain strength to get through the day

If you don't know how to love
And don't know how to live
If you feel split in two
And have nothing to give

You need a long break
To heal your heartache
And for gods sake don't blame yourself
Take a deep breath
A good rest
To regain strength to get through the day

If family and friends see you as only strong
They may not be aware of
That you struggle all day long

And need a long break
To heal your heartache
And for Gods sake don't blame yourself
Take a deep breath
A good rest
To regain strength, to get through the day..

To be able to help others
You have to help yourself
Don't be ashamed
To stop up and say

That you need a long break
To heal your heartache
And for gods sake don't blame yourself
Take a deep breath
A good rest
To regain strength, to get through the day..

So take a long break
To heal your heartache
And for Gods sake don't blame yourself
Take a deep breath
A good rest
To regain strength to get through the day...

Take A Long Break W/ Janne Hennie

This is a serene and evocative title for an instrumental track. It conjures imagery of a tranquil space filled with Eastern-inspired elements like lush greenery, delicate flowers, and perhaps the soft trickle of water. It suggests a peaceful ambiance, perfect for relaxing or introspective listening.

Sealed Soundscapes

Quiet Oriental Garden

Time And The Distance We Travel

An amazing album that I had the honor of cowriting with my brother Darren Campbell Jenkins and Sandro Friedrich!

These relaxing, organic tracks are musical portraits dedicated to the rivers of the world. Take a romantic gondola ride in Venice accompanied by acoustic guitars and mandolin or unravel the mystique of Scotland following the enchanting call of the bagpipe. Tracks feature intimate, small ensemble arrangements featuring acoustic guitar, bagpipe, bamboo flute, Doumbek, Ney and mandolin among others.

The Shannon River

Iron And Gold

Le fils d'un marin grec qui l'a abandonné au Canada et qui le retrouve vingt ans plus tard à Athènes.

Libre et bohème (2008)

Pierrot Le Grec

Pierrot Le Grec (feat D. Dumoutier, accordeon)

Feel The Fire

Singer-Songwriter

I have played in a few bands, but prefer to do my own thing. My lyrics reflect my views on existence and Spiritualism. The environment is also a recurring theme.
   Thanks for playing a couple of my tracks. Cheers for any likes and comments, which are much appreciated.

Swing Me

Graeme Winton