Lyrics:
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows
And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows
And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows

Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen Cover)

Mr. Monty Banks    ∞(New~Snake~Oil~Mix)∞

Lyrics:
No one can tell you anything babe,
You gotta decide on your own.
No one when can take you from me babe,
You gotta fight and say no.
And from the mouth of babes, it's known.
Especially when the light is shown.
Spinning that yarn all alone,
Someone's gotta clean up when you're gone.
No one can take you from you,
Unless you lett'em have their way.
No one can tell you anything babe,
You gotta decide on your own.
Especially when the light is shown.
And there'll come a time you'll have to throw,
Away all the things you've been told.
Especially when the light is shown.
Especially when the light is shown.

When The Light Is Shown

Lyrics:
I want to tell you a story
'Bout a little man, if I can
A gnome named Grimble Grumble
And little gnomes stay in their homes
Eating, sleeping
Drinking their wine
He wore a scarlet tunic
A blue-green hood, it looked quite good
He had a big adventure
Amidst the grass, fresh air at last
Wining, dining
Biding his time
And then one day
Hooray!
Another way for gnomes to say
Ooh my
Look at the sky, look at the river
Isn't it good?
Look at the sky, look at the river
Isn't it good?
Winding, finding places to go
And then one day
Hooray!
Another way for gnomes to say
Ooh my
Ooh my

The Gnome (Pink Floyd / Syd Barret Cover)

An Orb Brightly Shone

The Eating of Clouds

Obviously, the Beatles. I've listened to all of the Beatles music for many years and this song in particular recently, I became fascinated with. It's all an approximation.

Strawberry Fields Forever (You Know Who Cover)

A Hare Named Holyfield

Friends (Led Zeppelin Cover)

This is an older song idea I never fully finished or recorded, until recently. 
Thanks again to everyone that continues to listen and support. Much love!!!

Mustering Dreams

Lyrics:
Burning up inside the sun,
Flower Child your power's gone.
Hidden hand your deal is done,
Flying words come from the gun,
You hold, so tight.
You grip, such might.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Bring your halo with you when you come.
This isn't the time to come undone, no.
For these are our last hours.
These are our last days.
Bring your wings with you when you come.
This isn't the time to come undone, no.
For these are our last days.
These are our last hours.
Only minutes away.
Just seconds to say.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Hidden hand the deal is done.
Wings burn against the sun.
Did you hear the siren call?
Find out before you fall,
Back down to earth.
You don't want this.
Relive, Same Life, Forget it!

Times Up

Lyrics:
Overthinking, overrun by something you can't see.
Where were you when skies were blue, and I was underneath?
Everyone has got a ton of things you won't believe.
Everybody come on let's be jolly, and thankful that we can be.
Happy here with no more fear and know that we can be.
>>>>>>>>>
Free of worry. 
Only evil scurries when the light shines down.
Remembering to breath in and out. 
I don't mind if you need to take a cue and exit the stage. 
It's just another play.
>>>>>>>>
No more sinking, no more sand, no way to get away.
No one's thinking, but head's are shrinking.
Reduced by things you say.
No one knows just where it goes, I guess we will just wait and see.
Come on down or go around. Give us just what we need.
>>>>>>>>>
Free of worry. 
Only evil scurries when the light shines down.
Remembering to breath in and out. 
I don't mind if you need to take a cue and exit the stage. 
It's just another play.

Another Play

Lyrics:
It's not polite,
Stand there and stare.
Didn't I warn you already?
It's not the light,
Hands down don't fight.
Didn't I warn you already?
Didn't I do you a solid?
And, you think you own me.
It's not A.I.
States won't unite.
Didn't I warn you already?
It's not one side,
Turning the tide.
Didn't I warn you already?
Didn't I do you a solid?
And, you think you owe me.
Think that you do.
Writ and wrought with,
All these lies.
Didn't I warn you?
Already

Didn't I Warn You Already

Lyrics:
There are no regrets,
There is no coded reference.
I hope you find just what you're wanting.
I hope you find just what you need.
You bury deep all the secrets,
All the personal defects.
You think you really want to know.
Not sure if I should let you go.
You think you might just be disowned.
Not sure if you were ever told,
that you hold all the secrets.
Oh babe, don't you know?
You hold all the cards in your hand.
Not pure but your heart will withstand.
The times to come will have you crying.
No need to seek for what is dying.
And, you hold all the secrets.
There is one safe bet,
to realize you're it.
Just realize, 
you have all the secrets.

Secrets

Might as Well

Lyrics:
......................................
Take these little seeds,
Water them please.
Upon the window sill.
Are you still asleep?
Roots need the dark,
Digging down deep.
Soaking up the light,
So we can be leaves.
So... We can believe.
So... We shall be.
💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦
Shaking brittle trees,
In the breeze.
Were once big and strong.
Now they fall with ease.
All of these demands,
Blood red hands,
Grab ahold of life,
Soiling all the land.
☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️
All these evil men,
Selling you sin,
You try to turn the dial,
They control the wind.
🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
Oh so many ways,
Burning through the days,
Harvesting your time,
Leaving you dismayed.
We... Made to lay down.
Sow... All you have now.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Lyrics:
This is it,
Swallow your selfishness.
And with that,
We can pass and want for nothing, at all.
Little ego, names called obsolete.
"Look around open eyes",
the nature speaks.
There's no riddle, 
the ego overthinks.
Out there defining, controlling and labelling.
Making a mountain out of a molehill.
Little ego,
You can't stand in the way.
A mighty river rushes through, you.
Pushing the little ego out of the way.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Weight lifted, clouds parted, light hearted.
So wonderful, elating.
A breath of fresh air.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How is it we filter it out?
All this opportunity, potential...
Consequentially, I'm floating.
Floating downstream.

Foregone

Lyrics:
Of all the things I've been hearing,
Hazy dreams somehow clearing.
I'll just keep doing what I'm doing,
Regardless of your past indiscretions.
Amazing things, not all are seen.
Some are meant to be confusing.
My Darling Little Monster.
Got your claws deep inside the cookie jar.
I can hear you raising the bar.
I can see you, you're not far away.
Might even be, closer than I think.
Might even hide, somewhere inside.
Above it all the piper keeps on playing.
The perfect notes, a songful soothsaying.
Lining up the mice and men are trailing,
Plans of pleasing, meaningful attaining.
Cunning visions blindly led sleepwalking.
Revealing goals, bemused they keep talking.
Much like you My darling little Starling.
Oh the songs you sing. 
Leaving your disease the fruit has fallen down.

My Darling Little Starling

Lyrics:
Adjusting the aim, changing the mind. 🎯
Serving the dream, seeking to find. 🔑
Transmuting views, a genius, the bond. 🪢
Messiah, a muse, divine fools. (fools abscond) 🐟
Swan song release, the pearl and the wave. 🦢
The throng and disease, Wheel of life and nave.(wheel of life) 🎡
The eye of the storm, fighting illusion. 🌀
The shadow of form, the hermit seclusion.🐚
Occlusions that seal, cover the eyes. 🙈
A cycle reveals, a giant surprise. 📡

Divine Fools

It's All Over Now - (Dylan Cover)

This started out as a simple acoustic idea that I recorded a while back and shared with eddyoffline for a collaboration. I sent eddyoffline a few ideas and told him to do whatever he wanted with these and there’s no rush on any of these. Eddyoffline added a sweet bass line to this idea we call “No Rush.” Then eddyoffline asked “TexMex Shaman” to collaborate on this track with us. Having collaborated via the Eclectic Collective on some previous song ideas with Stephen, aka TexMex Shaman, I definitely wanted to get him involved on this idea. Stephen recorded some amazing guitar, added some percussive elements, synth and fx, and Stephen mixed the whole thing! 
Having it all start with an acoustic idea and then hearing the transformations provided by amazingly talented and willing musicians such as eddyoffline and Stephen, well… I’m blown away at the final result and very appreciate for every single opportunity to work with these gentlemen. Thank You guys!!! I love these little projects!

eddyoffline: Bass  
https://on.soundcloud.com/Z6sGbjtVrSUHBbyR8

TexMex Shaman: Lead Electric Guitar, Percussive Elements, FX, Synth, Post Production Mix
https://on.soundcloud.com/AZ7YW1jRGHZeN71MA

cgmaness: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics



"No Rush"
Lyrics:
I don’t know where we went wrong.
Did we ever get off?
As the train moves along,
I’ll sing my railway song.
There’s no time to rush,
Should we get out and push?
No hungry mouths to hush.
I’m done hiding in the woods.
No rush, take your time.
There’s underdogs on the mainline.
No need to heed the signs.
We roll slow on this grind.
No rush, I’ll say it again.
You river rats that cooled my hand.
A blank stare and a grifters grin.
“You’re just bluffing” said the drifter's friend.

No Rush *feat. (eddyoffline & TexMex Shaman)

Split Decisions

Unseen Circus

Lyrics:
Keep yourself busy,
It's all you can do.
Forgive us for turning,
our back on you.
I've cast for a future.
The rains coming down.
Who could surrender underneath these clouds?
Under this sky,
It's always been you and I.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Keep your head steady.
Take in the view.
This we are yearning,
A lack of truth.
Die-cast Heart and Suture.
Pain by the pound.
Do you surrender now?
Wondering why, 
this always is do or die?
It's always been you and I.

ū & ℹ︎

Solace in the Apocalypse

Lyrics:
Coffin nail tooth and bone,
Refurbished lives we rent to own,
Tweedle Dee's Tweedle Clones,
Snow-White witches throwing stones,
Jadis seized everything she's owed.
Pretentious dreams, so grandiose.
Adios, Adios my friend.
You're very close,
So very close to being real.
Painted face mask & clown,
Jaded Joker's smoking out,
Nothing sells finder's fee,
10% spread equally,
a third of that give to me,
sit atop the pyrenees.
Pretentious dreams, so grandiose.
Adios, Adios my friend.
You're very close, 
So very close to being human.....................................
........................................................................................................

Adios

Cast of Characters:

Cgmaness – @user-419254289-15129531 – Chris – bass, guitar, synth, main drums, percussion, composition, production and mix

TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen–  electric sitar

Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – electric guitar

J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ and electric piano

K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken– percussion, additional drums

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 – traditional gourd form body sitar and lap steel

This is a song that I wrote on the drums, bass, and guitar and shared with the collective. I wasn't able to collaborate with the "E-Collective" for some time, so we all enjoyed working together on this. Josh was up first with his lap steel, which he weaves throughout. He also added the sitar at the beginning and the acoustic sitar at the end. Stephen stepped in and added the gnarly electric sitar at the end. JJ also made his presence heard by adding the thrilling organ and electric piano throughout. Ken then augmented the original drums with his own in expert fashion. Last, but not least, Tez added his electric guitar magic to the stew, as well.
These guys are all amazing musicians, producers, artists... and great people to play music with. I thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity to crank out another sweet collaboration with The Eclectic Collective.
TY guys (EC) 🙏❤️

We all hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.

New String Theory (The Eclectic Collective)

Cast of Characters:
 
Cgmaness – @user-419254289-15129531 – Chris – foundational acoustic guitar and seed idea
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ, electric piano, lyrics, and vocals
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – electric guitar
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken– drums and percussion 
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 – four string fretless bass
The Eclectic Collective — composition and mix

 This is the second song in a row that The Eclectic Collective is releasing in as many weeks that was written by Chris. We love working on his songs, and all jumped at the chance to play with this one, as well. He wrote it on an acoustic guitar, onto which he also put some heavy reverb, giving it an ethereal, chordal sound. To that bare bones, Josh fist added his four-string fretless bass to a click track, of all things. Luckily, Ken swooped in soon after and gave it a proper beat with his lively percussion performance.
Once the rhythm section was complete, Tez added his melodic, golden-tone guiar in there. Then, it was JJ's turn. He added not only the piano and synth, but wrote the lyrics and sang it, as well.
This song was actually mixed by the group, as we all added our parts, although Ken did some final adjustments, too.
JJ's lyrics tell the story of the first people to reach Easter Island, millenia ago. The wonder of the journey and the discovery of a new home, while using the materials available to survive. Here are his original lyrics.

Original Lyrics by J.J. Terrell:

Through the eyes of the gentle rain
Monuments raised where the Lapwings stay
All the sand, the hourglass of man sifts here
A traveling band of gypsies in this land appear
Crowd the fire as the night sets in
Listen for tales of enlightenment
Until dawn
The flowered down of a bird so true
Pure as heaven, the chosen few
It's all waiting for the night

"Unabashed" (The Eclectic Collective)

Cover of a Cover
NIN & Adam & The Ants (Physical)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This song "Physical", springing from my youth as well as from MrDjBigHouse youth, was a no brainer to cover. I still have my old NIN "Broken" CD with the Mini-Disc included with this track "Physical" and "Suck". This cover track idea was brought by MrDjBigHouse to collaborate on via guitar and vocals, and maybe bass on my end and of course MrDjBigHouse's fantastic, full DJ mixing and arranging. At any rate, Electra Volcano got involved on some awesome backing vocals & sound bites which enhance this remix of a cover. We hope you enjoy! Which, I'm posting very late... thought it was up already.

Lyrics:
Eat your heart out, Steve
I wanna date you maybe
I wanna take you out
I wanna wine and dine you
Oh, I wanna twist and twist and shout
I want you hard in my arms
So soft on my bed
You get the key to my heart
Oh, when you wear that sweet dress
But you're too physical
Physical to me
You're just too physical
Physical, no, to me
I want your rough house, baby
I want this right in your ear
You let me feel your danger
I let you make this feeling clear here
I want the touch of your charms
The heat of your breath
I wanna say all those things
That would be better unsaid, no
But you're too physical
Physical, to me
You're just too physical, oh
You're too physical for me
You're too physical to me
You're really just too, just too, just
Too really fuck no
Oh, goddamnit!
You're just too physical
You're just too physical
Too fucking physical
No, no, no, no, no, no
Oh, you're too physical
Too, too physical
You're too

So Physical (cover of a cover) MrDjBigHouse, Electra Volcana, cgmaness

These were separate collaborations done with the superb musicianship and taste of Entheogenic Psychonaught, K2 and the Three, Llanpsych, & cgmaness. Several mixes were created that combined the individual ideas we had at the time. So, finally, 'twas decided to post this mix which is a light remix with a couple new elements. We, I... HOPE you enjoy!

Knock Around

Over Easy / And the Slithy Toves (The Eclectic Collective)

Lyrics:
A mystery to me,
is how you move,
through the flames,
so easily, it seems.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A mystery to you,
is how you move,
through the flames,
so easily, it seems.

It Seems

I'm an Artist and Musician. I love experimenting, collaborating and pulling from a vast array of influences. Thanks for listening!

cgmaness

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