Ballad with more than a touch of melancholy. (Scroll Down for Lyric)  One of my favorite lyrics CW has given me for one of my tunes.  My scratch lyric was “I Don’t Know”.  What an improvement!!  
The solo was played with an e-bow for the guitar geeks out there.  
I expect to evolve the piece with remixes.  So any and all feedback deeply appreciated and will be honestly considered.

Lyric below:

I’ve waited so long for you to turn my way
Standing aside (x2)
And now that you’re here I wonder if you will stay
Could you have lied (x2)

I have my answer
For Today (x3)

A walk in the dusk, the air is still, warm, and dry
You reappear (x2)

I have my answer
For Today (x3)

Winter will come and everything seems to die
Will you still be here (x2)

I have my answer
For Today (x3)

For Today

Lyrics:  CW Mullins with some Fogey tweaks
Music: Fogey

When my tongue trips as I search for words
When I crash and just veg all day
And the park has gone to the birds
It's more than a clue it's a giveaway

When you notice the clothes I choose
When you smile as I make my play
When my heart breaks but doesn't bruise
Should I take it as more than a giveaway

Hey, where can I hide my feelings for you 
Though I have tried they won’t stay inside
I know less is more
but out they all pour onto the floor
They’re such a giveaway

In a time and place TBD
We will come face to face somehow
Then the right words will come you’ll see
I’d give it away if the time were now

Now I notice you hang around
A little more each and every day
So I wonder if what I've found
Is more than a clue it's a giveaway 

Hey, where can I hide my feelings for you 
Though I have tried they won’t stay inside
I know less is more
but out they all pour onto the floor
They’re such a giveaway

Here is my offer on tape
Nighttime will hide our escape
Let’s run while the city’s asleep
This giveaway is for keeps 

Hey I’ve noticed when you come 'round
You kick your shoes off, as if to stay
That's when I know that what I've found
Is more than a clue it's a giveaway

Giveaway

Lyrics -- CW
Music -- Fogey

IN THESE TIMES

Don’t look at the time
It won’t tell you anything you need to know
It’s dark out there and the clock hands move so slow

Keep this thought in mind
Everyone who’s ever lived has to deal
With the world as is and sometimes it can get too real

In these times our patience gets tested
Our will could fail
It never gets rested
In these times we’ve lost sight of what is right

Hold to this belief
We’re the only ones on whom we can depend
We have to be there for each other up until the end

Catch a ray of sun
Wait for the clouds to break and light to fall to earth
In a darkening world there’s nothing else of greater worth

In these times we’ve seen the best bleeding
Look around, the worst are succeeding
Now’s the time to hold tight to what’s right

Every where we go we feel trapped
There’s no place left that’s unmapped
So we crawl back inside and find a place to hide

In these times our patience gets tested
Our will could fail
It never gets rested
In these times we’ve lost sight of what is right

In these times we’ve seen the best bleeding
Look around, the worst are succeeding
Now’s the time to hold tight to what’s right

In These Times

Serendipity (Little Bit)
Music: Fogey		Words: CW and Fogey

THE LITTLE BIT OF TIME THAT’S ON OUR HANDS 
COULD GET TOSSED AND NOT BE MISSED
THAT LITTLE BIT OF TIME COULD BE OUR CHANCE 
TO GET LOST AND THEN GET KISSED
JUST LIKE MOTHERS EVERYWHERE TELL THEIR CHILDREN
Things HAPPEN all FOR A REASON
THAT LITTLE BIT OF SMILE YOU GAVE ME
COULD BE THE BIT OF SMILE THAT SAVES ME

THAT LITTLE BIT OF LUCK PROVIDED US
THE TIME AND PLACE TO CHAT
THAT LITTLE BIT OF LUCK INVITED US
TO MAKE IT SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT
THERE’S A MILLION REASONS I CAN COME UP WITH
TO STOP FOR A MOMENT AND THINK
BUT HERE WE ARE IN THE THICK OF IT
AND I CAN’T EVEN THINK A LITTLE BIT

FACED WITH SOME IDLE HOURS AND
A BIT OF CHILLY WEATHER
IT’S GOOD TO BE TOGETHER 
WHEN THE COLD TAKES HOLD

A LITTLE BIT OF ICE BEGINS TO THAW
YOUR LAUGHTER MAKES IT MELT
THEN THE CLOUDS START TO WITHDRAW
THE SUN COMING OUT CAN BE FELT
SO MANY OTHERS MIGHT HAVE MISSED THE CHANCE TO FIND
WHAT STARTS with  THE TINIEST SPARK
THE FIRE THAT’S IN OUR HEARTS BEGINS TO GLOW
BECAUSE WE TOOK THE CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW
A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE

Serendipidity (A Little Bit)

REVOLVING DOORS

Music:  Fogey   Words:  Fogey and CW Mullins

Round and round we go
How to stop, we don’t know 

My love language is not yours
We pass each other through revolving doors

Our lives are so intertwined
But we can’t read each other’s mind

Good intentions pave the floors
We pass each other through revolving doors

Stuck in a hall of mirrors we reflect back our fears
Seeking our way out along the track of our tears

Pushing in pushes out
No-one yields in the roundabout

Around the circle feel the force
We pass each other through revolving doors

Revolving Doors

TIME U KNEW
Words and Music: CW Mullins
(Instrumental Break composed / arranged by Fogey)

Load Vocal:  CW
Produced, arranged, and performed by Fogey

THE WIND BLEW BACK THE WORDS HE HURLED
HE CURSED HIMSELF AND NOT THE WORLD
BUT THAT’S JUST HOW THESE THINGS GO

SCARED MAN, HE HATES HIS FEAR
DON’T STAND ALL THAT NEAR
SAD FOOL, HE SET A TASK
POSING QUESTIONS HE SHOULDN’T ASK

LET’S GO FOR A WALK
AND HAVE US A TALK
IT’S TIME YOU KNEW THE TRUTH

THE SCREAM SHE HEARD CAME FROM INSIDE
SHE HELD HER EARS AND TRIED TO HIDE
BUT SHE ONLY FOUND HERSELF

STAND UP ON YOUR TWO FEET
WALK OUT ONTO THE STREET
YOU’RE FREE TO GO YOUR WAY
IT’S ALWAYS BETTER TO GO TODAY

LET’S GO FOR A WALK
AND HAVE US A TALK
IT’S TIME YOU KNEW THE TRUTH

MOVE ON YOU’RE NOT THAT STUCK
YOU NEEDED DIRECTION, YOU’RE IN LUCK

THE PAST IS THE PAST
YOU’RE READY AT LAST
LET’S GO FOR A WALK
AND HAVE US A TALK
IT’S TIME YOU KNEW THE TRUTH

It's Time You Knew The Truth

WAITING GAME

Words:  Fogey and CW
Music:  Fogey

My ride is just outside
I’ve got a flight to catch tonight
The timing’s getting tight
I’ll soon be someplace new
While all the changes fall on you

We’ll be so far apart
I’m feeling so much resistance
At the thought of all that distance
I will be back again
But how hard will it be ’til then

I could play beat the clock but now I know
That game is rigged so best let go

It’s a waiting game		
        It’s not our choice to play
	but we all get caught up in it
A waiting game		
        Our reasons why are not the same
It’s a waiting game		
         And to our great dismay, 		
        There’s no way we can win it
	It’s just another endless round in the waiting game

Your face on video
Is such a welcome distraction
But not real satisfaction
Trying to reach out through
The screen is all I want to do

I know I must abide
With minutes fill up the hours
Count on ritual’s powers
Keep all the thoughts at bay 
Of being back face to face

If I play watch the clock the seconds lag
Stay in the now so time won’t drag

In a waiting game		
           I did not choose to play 
	   ‘cause I can never win
In a waiting game		
           I’m caught up in it all the same
In a waiting game		
           And to my great dismay 
	   I know I must begin 
	   Another endless round stuck in a waiting game
	   Another endless round… .

Waiting Game

All That Glitters
Words: Fogey and CW		Music: Fogey
Mixing: Jack Holston

All that glitters may not be gold
But the allure of something shiny never seems to get old

I should know better than to fall
For the lure of something skin deep like a siren’s call

Initial Attraction and short-term satisfaction
May not be a winning recipe
Subtler charms and welcoming arms are for me

A queen and her drama should raise an alarm, ha
That Ego’s a glutton that brain is unbuttoned
Better beware son danger lurks there son
Here’s the story that is seldom told
All that glitter soon gets really old
A true heart is true gold

I felt so special when she smiled
And slyly glanced then my heart danced just like a wild child

Some time later she smiled again
But this time it was for somebody else so it begins 

Don’t take the plunge she’s an attention sponge,
It’s agreed, her wandering’s guaranteed
Smiles that are earned and not merely learned are for me 

A queen and her drama should raise an alarm, ha
That Ego’s a glutton that brain is unbuttoned
Better beware son danger lurks there son
Here’s the story that is seldom told
All that glitter soon gets really old
A true heart is true gold

(Let this be told)                                 All that glitters may not be gold     
(A true heart is true gold)                  All that glitter soon gets old

All That Glitters

Any Day Will Do
Words: CW and Fogey		Music: Fogey

Hey Now
If there’s any answer to the question
I won’t hear it through the storm of your suggestion
Let the wind blow us away

Oh why
Can’t we simply say it’s the beginning
If the error’s past then stopping here is sinning
It’s ourselves that we betray
If we don’t get on our way
We just have to choose the day

So let’s say when, oh
Any day will do
And if it’s now then
That’s what I want, too
And let’s begin, oh
Any day will do

Say when
We can find ourselves when we find a direction
It isn’t such a distant recollection
We once knew where we were

Oh, yes
We don’t have to lie to go on living
That’s the great reward that comes after forgiving
You know our love can still endure
Yes, love can still endure 
I’ve never been more sure

So let’s say when, oh
Any day will do
And if it’s now then
That’s what I want, too
And let’s begin, oh
Any day will do

No
Any day will do
And if it’s now then
That’s what I want, too
And let’s begin, oh
Any day will do

Any Day Will Do

Let's Live Our Lives

Words:  CW Mullins and Fogey	
Music: Fogey

Let’s go out dancing
Though we’re both clumsy
We’ll laugh at others laughing at us 
Let them see we’re happy
Lets live our lives

Let’s head to Vegas
Put on our best wear
We’ll just stay vague as 
to what happens there
We don’t care to share
How we live our lives

Caught in a holding pattern
Bored in a limbo state
The pilot mumbles
There’s no open gate
We have to wait

But now we’re home free 
Out on the wild range
Shower the road off
And get all dressed up for a change 
then stay in
Yes let’s be wise
How we live our lives

Caught in a holding pattern 
Bored in a limbo state
Weatherman grumbles
Storms for six days straight
Take shelter and wait 

Let’s bundle up
Enjoy the fire
And sip a toddy or two
Let’s snuggle up 
And then conspire
To do what we best do

Let’s order pizza
With extra cheese please
You pick the toppings but anchovies 
Are not for me.  
If you insist, just maybe

We can just ignore the jibes
It’s our choice how we live our lives

Live Our Lives 2024 remix

In These Times

Words: CW Mullins
Music: Fogey   

Mixed by Jack Holston

Don’t look at the time
It won’t tell you anything you need to know
It’s dark out there and the clock hands move so slow

Keep this thought in mind
Everyone who’s ever lived has to deal
With the world as is and sometimes it can get too real

In these times our patience gets tested
Our will could fail
It never gets rested
In These times we’ve lost sight of what is right

Hold to this belief
We’re the only ones on whom we can depend
We have to be there for each other up until the end

Catch a ray of sun
Wait for the clouds to break and light to fall to earth
In a darkening world there’s nothing else of greater worth

In these times we’ve seen the best bleeding
Look around, the worst are succeeding
Now’s the time to hold tight to what’s right

Every where we go we feel trapped
There’s no place left that’s unmapped
So we crawl back inside and find a place to hide

In these times our patience gets tested
Our will could fail
It never gets rested
In these times We’ve lost sight of what is right

In these times we’ve seen the best bleeding
Look around, the worst are succeeding
Now’s the time to hold tight to what’s right

In These Times (2024 Remix)

THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM
Words: CW Mullins and Fogey	
Music: Fogey
   
CHILDREN OUTSIDE PLAY IN THE SUN
A BUMP LEAVES A BRUISE, BUT IT'S ALL IN FUN
THE BRUISE LEAVES A MARK, BUT IT'S ALL IN FUN
WHILE INSIDE, YEAH INSIDE

IT'S VAGUE COMPLAINTS AND DISTRACTED AIRS (FROM THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM)
IT’S DISREGARD AND FEIGNED CARES (FROM THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM)

A PROMISE CRUSHED BEFORE IT CAN BLOOM
BY THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM

LABRADOR LEAVES FOR HIS FAVORITE SPOT
AWAY FROM THE NOISE, YEAH HE DOES THIS A LOT
AWAY WITH HIS TOYS IS HIS FAVORITE SPOT
SAME TODAY AS ALWAYS

IT'S NERVOUS LAUGHS AND HEAVY SIGHS (FROM THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM)
CONVENIENT TRUTHS AND OFF-WHITE LIES (FROM THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM)

AND GUESS WHO JUST RODE IN ON A BROOM
CHECK THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM

AND THE KIDS IN THE YARD ARE ACTING SO GROWN UP
SUDDEN RAGE AND HURTFUL LAUGHTER
NOW WHO IN THE WORLD COULD THEY POSSIBLY MODEL THAT AFTER?

THE TV LEFT ON ENDLESSLY BLARES
SOME STOP TO WATCH AS THEY CLIMB Up THE STAIRS
OTHER EYES FOLLOW WITH VACANT STARES
PLAY STUPID GAMES WIN STUPID GAINS

IT'S VAGUE REPLIES, DISTRACTED AIRS (FROM THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM)
VENGEFUL PLOTS, AND SHUFFLED PAIRS  (OF THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM)

LET'S HAVE MUSIC FOR THE DANCE WITH DOOM
AMONG THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM
YEAH THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM
WHO ARE THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM?

Adults In The Room

GOING WITH ME

Words: CW Mullins and Fogey
Music: Fogey

HERE’S THE DEAL
JUST A NOTION
I KNOW PLACES YOU OUGHT TO SEE
GOT THE WHEEL
FORWARD MOTION
HOW ABOUT YOU GOING WITH ME

ON THE ROAD
OUT OF NOWHERE
LET A HOT WIND SLAP US AROUND
WE CAN STOP
YOU CAN SAY WHERE
ANY PLACE THAT WANTS TO BE FOUND

DESTINED TO REACH A SPOT IN THE SUN
WHY HANG BACK HERE? YOU’LL HAVE MORE FUN
GOING WITH ME

TAKE THE WHEEL
SET US IN MOTION
I’LL SIT BACK MAYBE MOO AT A COW
HERE’S THE DEAL
ANOTHER NOTION
HOW ABOUT YOU TAKE ME NOW?

DESTINED TO REACH A SPOT IN THE SUN
WHY HANG BACK HERE? YOU’LL HAVE MORE FUN

YOU CHOOSE THE ROUTE
I’LL GAS THE CAR
THIS POINT’S NOT MOOT
BABY, HOW FAR?

DROP THE TOP AND
PUT ON SOME LOTION
YOU LOOK GOOD BUT I NEED A TAN
TOGETHER WE CAN
CAUSE A COMMOTION
SPREADING JOY ALL OVER THE LAND

DESTINED TO REACH A SPOT IN THE SUN
WHY HANG BACK HERE? YOU’LL HAVE MORE FUN

DESTINED TO REACH A SPOT IN THE SUN
WHY HANG BACK HERE? YOU’LL HAVE MORE FUN
GOING WITH ME

Going With Me

Who Has The Time

Words:  CW and Fogey
Music:  Fogey

How did everything get so damn urgent
Don’t apocalyptic horsemen take a break?
I can’t keep up with the news
No spare brain cells to lose
Trying to sort what’s real from what is fake

Who has the time
Someone stole mine
I’d go hunt down the thief
But then who has the time

When did everyone get so damn righteous 
Unable to forget much less forgive
In my glass house, all alone
Sitting on a pile of stones 
Can’t tell someone else how they should live 

[Repeat Chorus]

[BRIDGE]

Time is the only thing
We have in the end
It can’t be saved and it’s
Easy to misspend

[Chorus]

OUTRO

Does anybody know who has the time
Losing track is such a crime
If you don’t care you must have time to spare
Who has that kind of time

Who Has The Time

TURN OUT THE LIGHTS

Words and Music:  Fogey

Cool desert scene
Feels like a dream
But why so few stars
And so many cars

Turn out the lights
I want to see the sights
When they’re shining bright
They black out the night

Here’s where we are
Taking things too far
Doing all we can to outshine the stars
Turn out the lights and get out of your cars

Mankind claims dominion
But there’s another opinion
We’d better back down
From nature's smack down   

Turn out the lights
I want to see the sights
When they’re shining bright
They black out the night

Here’s where we are
Taking things too far
Doing all we can to outshine the stars
Turn out the lights and get out …

The sons of Icarus
Are living among us
They still fly too high
As they fill the sky

Turn out the lights
I want to see the sights
When they’re shining bright
They black out the night

Here’s where we are
Taking things too far
Doing all we can to outshine the stars
Turn out the lights and get out of your cars

Turn Out The Lights Demo

As timely now as when lyric originally written (2016).  

WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

Words: CW Mullins and Fogey		
Music:  Fogey  

NOTHING ELSE SEEMED TO WORK
OTHER PLANS ALL FELL THROUGH
OPTIONS ALL EXHAUSTED
EXCEPT A MISERABLE FEW
SO THAT CHOICE WE’D REJECTED
SET BACK THEN NEGLECTED
MAYBE ITS TIME HAS COME ALONG 
AFTER ALL WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

[Chorus]
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?  WE ASK IN A SONG
DISGRACE AND DISASTER, THE END COMING FASTER
IF IT DOESN’T KILL US IT’LL MAKE US ALL STRONG
WHAT COULD GO WRONG? WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

GOLDEN LADS AND LADIES
THE BRIGHTEST AND THE BEST
SOMEHOW THEY ALL FAILED US
THOUGH THEY’D PASSED EVERY TEST
BUT THAT GOOF OFF WE’D SCORNED
ABOUT WHOM WE WERE WARNED
MAYBE HIS TIME HAS COME ALONG

[Chorus]

HOW DID WE END  UP GETTING BACKED INTO A CORNER
AFTER PAINTING THE FLOOR BROWN?
HE’S GOT THE PERFECT SOLUTION
JUST BURN THE WHOLE THING DOWN 

IT’S TIME TO START OVER
WE CAN RESET THE CLOCK
WITH A HARD HEADED LEADER
YEAH A BRAIN LIKE A ROCK
SO WITHOUT MUCH REFLECTION
WE’LL MAKE OUR SELECTION
HIT THE ALARM AND BANG A GONG
BECAUSE, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

[Chorus]

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? WHAT COULD GO WRONG? WHAT COULD GO?
WHAT COULD GO WRONG? WHAT COULD GO WRONG? WHAT COULD GO?
WHAT COULD GO WRONG? WHAT COULD GO WRONG? WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

What Could Go Wrong

Words and Music by CW
Arranged and Performed by Fogey
Lead vocal from CW
From 1988

LYRIC:

ON THE WAY TO 21
SOME PROVE BRIGHT, SOME PROVE DUMB
LITTLE JOHNNY ROCKING HORSE 
PROVED HIMSELF TO BE WAY OFF COURSE
ON HIS HOBBY HORSE
RIDING ALL OVER TOWN
ALL OVER TOWN

THAT BAD BOY. BAD BOY, BAD BOY BAD
ONE HAND RIDE ON BARE HIDE
BAD BOY, BAD BOY BAD
SPENT ALL THAT HE HAD BANKED
NOW HE’S GOING TO GET SPANKED THAT BAD BOY BAD

FAITHFUL PAL AND TRUSTED FRIEND
WHEN WILL YOU SEE HIM AGAIN?
MAYBE WHEN THE ICE AGE STARTS
IN THE LAND NO ONE EVER CHARTS
IN THE FROZEN HEARTS OF LITTLE BOYS
AND LITTLE JOYS, LITTLE JOYS

BAD BOY, BAD BOY, BAD BOY BAD
EVERY NIGHT.  IS IT RIGHT?
BAD BOY, BAD BOY BAD
PLAYED WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE NAPPED
NOW HE’S GOING TO GET SLAPPED THAT BAD BOY BAD

EVERYBODY WANTS SO MUCH AND THEN A LITTLE MORE
EVERYBODY’S GOT A WORD THAT YOU’VE HEARD BEFORE
EVERYBODY WANTS SO MUCH

HERE HE IS AT 35
HE’S JUST HERE, JUST ALIVE
BUT IN THE ATTIC UP THE STAIRS
IS THE FRIEND WHO EASES WORLDLY CARES
HE RIDES WHEN HE DARES
FAMILY’S AROUND, SO NOT A SOUND
NOT A SOUND

BAD BOY, BAD BOY BAD, BAD BOY BAD
HOPALONG GET ALONG
BAD BOY, BAD BOY BAD
FLY ACROSS THE WILD PLAINS
AND DON’T PULL BACK ON THE REINS, YOU BAD BOY BAD

Bad Boy

If you're into modern rock bands like Black Keys, Royal Blood, Nothing But Thieves, and Biffy Clyro, then the music from this closet rocker could be for you.
For older influences, you might detect some  Finn Brothers in various configurations (Split Enz, Crowded House, Neil and Tim solo and together), Brian Wilson, Grateful Dead, John McLaughlin, Gomez, Radiohead, Steven Wilson, Bowie, and a bunch of others I’m forgetting at the moment.
In general, I play all the instruments, do all the arrangements, and do the heavy lifting on the vocals.
I tend to love music that rewards repeated listening rather than ear candy. That’s the spirit in which I hope you'll listen to this music.
I do both solo projects and collaborations with brother, who is on Soundcloud and Spotify as CW Mullins.  
CW pulled Fogey back into making music with a bunch of songs he had written and wanted to get recorded.  Collaboration started in 1983.  CW has carried the load on lyric writing, writes a lot of songs that Fogey performs and arranges, and Fogey writes music for some of CW’s lyrics.

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