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

Forgotten Lies

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)

MIX/MASTER: Woods Studio

NOTE: This tune came to me three days after the news of Burt Bacharach's passing. I dedicate the song to the great man's memory. 

LYRIC
Why watch the clock 
Count hours by the minute
I may be wrong but for right now
We have to live in the present
Let’s let the sky show us how

It has the signposts giving us guidance
And even if at times they hide  
We know they’re there inside or out

Good morning, good night
And that’s not to slight
A good afternoon
Twenty four hours of
Shining upon our love 
Are the sun and moon

Sometimes the times are some of the best
And sometimes they’re best forgotten
Who knows what this the day has got in store
  
Good evening, good day 
And may I just say
We work hard at fun
Climb in and out of bed
While always overhead
The moon and sun

Awake, asleep and so in love
Our besties hang above
Reality it seems  
Is a galaxy of dreams

All day and night
As gravity pulls us
Toward the core of [our] existence
What’s the use trying to fight it
That wouldn’t make any sense at all

Good morrow my dear
At last it’s here
Not a minute too soon
And not a minute late
For us to celebrate
With the sun and moon

Good morning, good night
la di da da
Hang loose, sleep tight
la di da da
Just stay in sight
Day and night, endlessly  
For me you’ll always be the sun…and moon

The Sun And Moon

Sad Soundwaves To Think About How Much You Miss The One You Spent So Long Trying To Forget.

Invisible Wounds

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

2024 remix by Jack Holston

LYRIC
There’s no longer doubt
Time is running out
And it looks it’s in a hurry
Where it’s got to go
I don’t need to know
I’m not even going to worry
Let some future me
Stick around to see
Exactly what was all the fuss
With the mess that is us
yessiree
I’ll just leave it be
For some future me

Don’t ask me to think
I’ve got me a drink
And a hammock hung in the shade
I am now clocked out
My whole day’s blocked out
And I face my present unafraid
Tell some future me
How things ought to be
If I’m still around to hear
I’ll lend you all an ear
Honey bee
No charge, it’s all free
Thank some future me

At one time I’d gladly join you
For the common good
Now I’d only disappoint you
But ask a future me, maybe he would
If he could

Lucky future me
Just might live to see
An end at last to all the fuss
With the mess that is us
Glory be
We have to wait and see
I’m sure he’ll agree
That lucky future me

Future Me

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

Closet rocker for lo these many years.  Write, arrange, produce.  Play guitar, bass, and keys.  Sing.  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 carries load on lyric writing, writes a lot of songs that Fogey performs and arranges, and Fogey writes music for some of CW’s lyrics.  Range is acoustic to hard rock, almost metal.  
If your roots are in classic rock but updated to contemporary influences, you’re in the right spot.  I hope. 😂😂
You might detect some influences from the 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, 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 do my own engineering and mixing.  All hints, tips, and critiques on that end deeply appreciated.
We tend to love music that grows on you more than ear worms, so that’s the spirit in which we’d like people to listen to this music.

Live Our Lives 2024 remix

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