Good one. I like the style and good sound.

Children of Aquarius

something we all have happen in our lives,love ,loss ,hurt all in one ballard,written by gary hayward and ken hodges ,Phil Grantham of volt edge video on youtube https://youtu.be/ZIPrajQVQU0?si=zW8YOZ2_E4U1RAH0

Why Do You Hurt Me (2)

Proclivity

Dripping with ice
Like she's got it all down
Walks in the room
She's the toast of the town
No one would never know that she's just
Daddy's girl from a small town world

Working so hard
Climbing to the top
Left them all behind
Or so she thought
But deep inside she'll always be
Daddy's girl from a small town world

All those big glitzy lights
Of the big city nights
Instead of country roads
In your grandpa's Ford
So many things in your life
You find slipping away

Fly high
But never let them into your heart your heart
If you run around chasing the stars
Never forget who you are

Fly high
But listen to the beat of your heart
If you run around chasing the stars
Never let them change who you are

All of your life spent chasing the dream
But when you look in the mirror, do you like who you see
Scratched and clawed your way to the top
But standing here now, do you like what you got
And what it cost

But tonight she's
Walking around
Turning every head
With her style and poise
No one suspects
That behind that dress, she's really just
Daddy's girl from a small town world

All the glamorous sights
Of the big city life
Instead of fireflies
On a summer night

Fly high
But listen to the beat of your heart
If you run around chasing the stars
Never let them change who you are

You could have the time of your life
Or the darkest of times

Fly high
But listen to the beat of your heart
If you run around chasing the stars
Never let them change who you are

All of your life spent chasing the dream
But when you look in the mirror, do you like who you see
Scratched and clawed your way to the top
But standing here now, do you like what you got
And what it cost

You could have the time of your life
Or the darkest of times...

© 2024 John Mendenhall

Daddy's Girl

A melancholic song of love, partly inspired by Simon & Garfunkel. This is the shorter version.

Pot Barley

Cold & Grey

Bear in mind that this is fictional as well as firmly autobiographical all at the same time.  Because that's the way with human experience - we make up a story that we tell ourselves until we believe it.

There was some inadvertent manipulation by the educational system which was real, but I was also guilty as hell of being stubborn about individuality and also a pretty hardcore video game addict right back to the Atari 2600 and this extended into online addiction in the 90's before they had a name for it even.

So people that I may have felt were less than helpful, also rolled out the red carpet for me more than once -- just on terms I refused to swallow.

So mainly this is an anti-bureaucratic piece.  The footsoldiers in the faculties doing the teaching, and my fellow classmates both have my sincere sympathies.  A distinction has to be drawn between making music just to get the ick out of my system and what I truly think upon more sober reflection.

Also: well aware this kind of whines like "Allentown" re: 'vote with your feet dummy'

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Lyrics:

When the H.R. folks say that i irrationally resent
But then the merit raise was two percent
Then let's review the course of the gradual descent
That got all of us where we are now

At the start they said well then, we'll skip you one grade
But hem you in by constraints that we already made
You'd be better adjusted if you only had stayed
Where conformity's all we allow


As I traversed past grade school to the stuff above
The real shock came when, push came to shove
There came things I didn't particularly love
Like rejection from the occasional cow

I escaped from that scene seeking resolution
But the worst place to do it was an institution 
Playing redistributive games
I pushed my way through it
Though my hope was diminished
If no other result, well I proved I could finish
But they were bitter returns all the same

Getting out in the world from the ivory tower
I found that things out there were not much less sour
The retail grind at five eighty five an hour
Doesn't cause you to climb to much fame

I needed the time, to heal, to mend
But the length that it took seemed to really depend
On chewing through this or that online crutch
And that seemed to drag on for far too much

Advancement comes slow when your job doesn't match
The inclinations which are your true path
When suppression has become the order of the day
A lot of time gets burned away

And then came a shift in the mood of the nation
Making it tougher to alter your station
Where even if striven with all your might
They'd just have said, can't promote the budget's too tight
If you were lucky they'd come at you with euphemisms
If not they'd tell you the stark reality 
That you just don't fit intersectionality

I only seemed lazy because in this domain
The only way to stay remotely sane
Was to ignore that they ignored me
While dreaming of where I really should be
Pointing out that my worth's in arrears
Perennially falls on deaf ears

If they get an abrupt shock one morning
Well, they've only had forty-five years of warning
Playing games with people's lives 
Is bound to end in a nasty surprise


I only seemed lazy because I missed the basic rule
Not to wait for someone else's say 
And so I no longer play the fool
As I breach the walls of the cage
And take control of my own way

And so folks then herein lies the rub
Just like don't wait for a corpo to cook your grub
Don't wait for prefab lesson plans
Take destiny back into your hands

301 : I Only Seemed Lazy Because released June 11, 2024

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I Only Seemed Lazy Because

God Is Real 

I’ve been round the world before
But I don’t have that much to say
I forgot what love is for
There’s countless ones I’ve thrown away 

But something here is calling me
You’re voice is ringing loud and true
Honestly I can’t convince 
Myself I don’t know what to do

Cause I forgot what love is for
I’ve never known I am afraid

I’ve only felt the kind of love 
that glancing eyes would make me trade 
I’ve only felt the kind of love 
That glancing eyes would make me trade 

I want love that hurts to breath
Something incapacitating
I forgot what love is for
There’s countless ones I’ve thrown away    	

I’ve only felt the kind of love 
That glancing eyes would make me trade 

I forgot what love is for
I’ve never known I am afraid
I’ve been down this road before
So every night I try to pray

I regret empty affections 
Never shared with someone new
I don’t regret the things I’ve done
Only things I never felt 

And I’ve been down this road before 
I’ll carry debts until I’m grey

Not the kinds of bills I get
That welfare checks can help me pay
Not the kinds of bills I get 
That welfare checks can help me pay

Every night I flunk the test
I’m sick of all this hesitating 
I’ve been down this road before
So every night I try to pray

Not the kinds of bills I get 
That welfare checks can help me pay

I’ve been down this road before 
I’ll carry debts until I’m grey
I’ve been round the world before
With no-one there to guide my way

You have such a haunting voice 
The kind of thing that whisper screams
Makes the people at the bar 
Quiet down to hear you sing

And I’ve been round the world before
But I don’t have that much to say 

Quiet down I’m listening 
To what the girl on stage will play
Quiet down I’m listening 
To what the girl on stage will play

You can be my Tiny Tim 
If I can be your ukulele 
I’ve been round this world before 
With no-one there to guide my way

Quiet down I’m listening 
To what the girl on stage will play

God is real she’s telling me
That everything will be ok
God is real she’s telling me
That everything will be ok
God is real she’s telling me
That everything will be ok

God is real

Envy

NickJC Our Last Dance Ft TeaBigi

Walk away from that cell 
I knew far too well
Walkin on

My lady fare thee well
A story to tell
To my unborn child

Live to tell the tale 
For every living wail
Left on mother earth 

Live to tell the weary eyes
Live to stand the test of time
Of bittersweet love

Givin all i got
Still its not enough 
For many hard to please

Dear i nearly forgot
Forgot to find your soul 
Dyin ill at ease

Your simple way with words
Are floodin me with tears 
I couldn't help but find myself 
Further from the cheers 

A fragrence in the air 
Takes me back to then n there 
A beauty on the staircase
Would make me well aware 

Of my dumbfounded eyes 
An intimate surprise 
Im no good at goodbyes babe 
I beg youll see through my guise 

Please do go on without 
So you can find out 
Just what youre missin 

When youre down n out 
With nothin on the mount 
You climb with eyes a glistenin 

Will you resist
A tight clenched fist 

Will you persist 
Or tick it off the list

will you 
will you

love (x4)

Stranded in love (empty handed)

She was holding on to some forgotten word or prayer.  
He had moved on, but had not left yet.
There was no pain, just an emptiness inside
Something had to give but  neither one of them seemed to care.

He was not afraid, he said, of being on his own.
But the truth is he was petrified.
She was used to nothing, so that nothing seemed okay.
If they could find something - any thing.

But the fire had quit burning for a while now.
Was it just a lack of Oxygen, or some - thing more?
They were so confused; they had played by all the rules.  
There was nothing there, and nothing left to do.

They were in a battle that they feared they’d never win.
But giving up was not their only option.
They decided they would give it one more try.
Giving in to love just one more time.

Yes, the fire had quit burning, but a spark remained.   
They breathed in a little Oxygen, & watched it  glow.
With nothing left to lose, they did what lovers do.
They shared what little Oxygen they had.


Oxygen

Other account- Yo Todda
Home recordings 
Rough ideas, unpolished, single takes 
Acoustic and electric guitar 
Accapella
finger picking 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@yotodda3168
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Occasional live covers (mostly Bob Dylan) are also on here.

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Stranded in love (empty handed)

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