Artist: https://soundcloud.com/cwmullins
Mixed and Mastered by Woods Studio
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CW Mullins

Track mixed and mastered by Woods Studio

Cornered by your loving hand
I cannot use the exit I had planned
I have tried, but every path is blocked
Where’s the key and why are all the doors locked?

I stay up and sleep in a chair
When I wake, someone’s waiting there
In the past I’d find myself alone
Wash my face and walk out in the sun
No debt to anyone
My life - my own

Cornered
I’m cornered

Once I could chose to take a call
And never knew where my next steps would fall
At the time, I called that being free
Now I think I have always known
I couldn’t stay alone
I’d finally have to be

Cornered
I’m cornered

Senso

Cornered

UPDATED VERSION as of Nov 28 2022
MIX/MASTER - WOODS STUDIO

Master of dumb and expert at stupid
I took the boy’s bow and put an arrow in Cupid
Now who’d ever be my valentine?
We had a good run then both decided to pack it in
I’ve been thinking about unpacking us again

Yeah if it’s a bad idea
A silly or even sad idea
A psychic might know but I am not a seer
If I have had another bad idea

Well yes I have blundered once or twice
And that is probably putting it nice
Think flower memorials along the road to love
Should you drive by one of the places where once we'd meet
Would you pull over if you saw me on the street? 

So if it’s ok with you
Maybe we start anew
I can’t always be ruled by my greatest fear
That I have had another bad idea

Who’s keeping score?
‘cuz I’ve got more

Knowing my luck I'll get myself stuck in life's quicksand
Could you wade in and give a guy a hand?

Even if it’s a bad idea
The worst that I’ve had idea
I’ll pick up anytime that you might call
It wont be a bad idea after all

Make me glad
Say it's not a bad idea

Sexagenarian Vol III

Bad Idea

MIX-MASTER - WOODS STUDIO
BACKUP VOCALS - FOG CITY FOGEY


At a time and a place
So ill defined
I get lost inside my own foggy mind

Dusky doubt, cloudy thoughts
A blanket of gray
The sun is exhausted
It goes home for the day/gives up for today
But then there’s that bright smile….

Who better, who better
Than you to come clear the air
Who better, who better
Than the one close at hand and yet beyond compare

Former friends, an ex or two
Might gather someday
I’ll make myself scarce
They’ll have plenty to say

On a bridge, down below
The water flows
It takes the past with it
I don’t care where it goes
From here I’ll need a guide 

Who better? Who better?
Any destination will do
Who better, who better
I only ask that I end up there with you
(All I ask is I end up there with you)

Be here with me
Through the days to come
I know you’ll be
My better half and then some

Empty suits 
Airless room
I’m bored with the board
My mind drifts away
And I may well have snored
Could a hero broke me free

Who better? Who better?
With or without a cape
Who better? Who better?
To plan and lead our escape

Any destination will do
if I’m with you

Who Better

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LEAD GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS: Fog City Fogey
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LYRIC

Far along the beaten path
No end in sight 
What supplies we have are poor and running low
We’ve so far to go

Some split off
We’ve seen their camps
Maps they study by weakening lamps
The light will die out and then
They’ll join us again

We march on
It’s our purpose
 We march on
We endure thus we survive
And that’s our true goal
Stay alive

In the distance mountains loom
The darkening skies mean winter soon
We’ll find an old tree down
Build a fire to gather round
But not a shelter
We’ve lost that skill
Our arms are weak
As is our will
Besides we don’t have time
There are mountains we must climb

We march on
Tired but trudging
We march on
No use judging
Why we do
It’s just another day
to get through

Elders tell of a homeland
Their own elders told them of and
Maybe it’s all true
Who knows what they knew
But maybe it’s all true

The trail is lost
We’re on our own 
Our courage sapped
Our fear has grown
We can’t give into dread
Salvation lies ahead

So we march on….

Sexagenarian III

We March On

MIX/MASTER: WOODS STUDIO
HARMONY VOCAL: FOG CITY FOGEY

A question from the dawn of time
Why are we here
Where's reason and rhyme 
Many have pondered
And ages passed
Still that question’s asked

I don’t know is my only answer
It doesn’t mean much to me
All I hear is pretentious banter
I'm content for it to be
An unsolved mystery

Scientists have a theory or two
They look at facts and then review
I march straight ahead with no recall
When I trip why do I fall?

I don’t know will be my one answer
And if God himself should ask me
I’d say “I do the best that I can, sir”
And I’m content to be
An unsolved mystery

While others
Probe deep and wide
I skim the surface
It’s a smoother ride

So I pause to reflect
The briefest pause
It’s brief because
Well as I said, because

I don’t know if there’s any answer
I doubt that one would satisfy
Stop the dance and you’re not a dancer
Is there any need to ask why?

So keep the music playing
Kick your feet lustily
You know you’re only delaying
What is meant to be
As life remains 
Life remains
An unsolved mystery

Unsolved Mystery

MIX/MASTER: WOODS STUDIO

Here again
How long’s it been
Since I was down this way
It’s gone upscale now
Yet somehow
I liked it more in our day

The diner’s gone
Cleaners moved on
Burnt coffee's sold on every block
I had a spare key
But now I can’t see
On which door I would knock

Oo oo oo oo oo
That was our rendezvous
A studio in an older building
Barely room for two
In our rendezvous

Home from work
Quick change of shirt
Heard your message on my machine
I could shower there
You didn’t seem to care
It was no sentimental scene

Oo oo oo oo oo
There at our rendezvous
The world wouldn't know we’d gone missing
For an hour or two
In our rendezvous

That last day
Little to say
I returned the spare key
Thought I’d never be back here
But I would learn there’s
No escape from memory
For me

Oo oo oo oo oo
Leaving our rendezvous
I wonder if you ever walked this street
Trying to bring in view
Our rendezvous

Our Rendezvous

MIX-MASTER: Woods Studio (link under bio)

LYRIC (scroll to bottom for deleted verse 😸)

Familiar walk, familiar style
I know that laugh, I’ve seen that smile
It all comes back though 
It’s been a while
Yes I’m well, and you?

I think I heard from an old friend
You had a love
Oh did that end?
Well all hearts break
And most will mend

Full circle from the day we met
Full circle as if I’d forget
I won’t go dumb now
That we have come full circle

Well heidi ho and la di da
So on so forth
and blah blah blah
You jump off first
from the seesaw….

Full circle rolls into dawn 
Full circle comes to rest upon 
Our lonely hearts now
That we’ve gone full circle

I saw the writing on the wall
I thought I recognized that scrawl
A happy face to dot the I's
In your goodbye

The ups and downs can make one reel
The road will twist so grip the wheel
Just try to keep an even keel

Full circle to the perfect spot
Full circle from here we’ve got
To plan a new route
Leave all the fuss out
Now we’ve been brought full circle

DELETED VERSE

Have you seen X?
I just saw Y
I try to hide
If Z comes by
The whole truth is
That’s half a lie
Here we both sigh

Full Circle

Mix/Master: WOODS STUDIO

LYRIC

In happier days
I can’t remember when
But happier days
Than those we’re living in
You could enjoy the delusion 
Progress would bless our lives

Now here we are
Bitten by the bytes
And all of this awfulness thrives
 
A man of my years' seen things
He knows what tomorrow brings
Is another today
To piddle away
And though disillusion stings
A man of my years still sings his heart out

My last birthday wish
I asked to be ignored
But granting me this
The world could not afford
It had to be firing off rockets
Singing a children’s song off key
You see
A man of my years is done
Pretending he’s having fun 
If he feels it he laughs
If not he asks
Would it bother anyone 
If a man of my years should run and hide
While a shred of pride remains 

A slice of cake I’ll handle
Please don’t light that candle
My age in the icing
Is that meant to be a nice thing?
You tell me to blow now
But I will not
I have got to go now

I promise you this
I’ll make no promises
You’ll say I just did
But that’s not what this is
I’m merely aware of my standing
I’ve got to get off my feet

There’s kids on the lawn
I could shout at them
Instead I just yawn and repeat

A man of my years sits back
with a cold drink and salty snack
His work is long done
He’s had enough fun
Now he wants to relax
After laughter and tears
All the hurrahs and jeers
I’m a man of my years!

A Man Of My Years

MIX/MASTER: Woods Studio

NOTE: In 2023 San Diego (I'm in north county) endured the coldest (coolest?) winter since 1935, according to the news. In that context I think it is understandable why I was inspired to write this song! 

LYRIC

Throw off this gray cloud cover
It’s the wrong kind of chill
Would I trade this day for another?
If it’s warmer, you know I will
Maybe a song would scatter
The low skies hovering still

Sun shower
Spray your rays on me
You already leave us every 12 hours
And we need your light to see
Sun shower
Spray your rays on me

Giant that charged creation
Thank you for that life spark
The green earth in rotation 
Not always a walk in the park
That giant will burn out one day
Leaving us in the dark

Sun shower
Shoot your rays my way
All year long I want summer hours
Even on the longest day
Sun shower
Scatter the haze
Splatter your glaze 
Shoot your rays my way

I’m out here on the chaise lounge
Greased and ready to tan

Sun shower 
Rain down razzmatazz
I know you have it in your power
You colossal ball of gas
Oh Sun shower 
Come on buttercup
I'm all buttered up
Sun shower!
Sun shower!

Sun Shower

MIX/MASTER: Woods Studio

NOTE: I had the start of the tune when a songwriters group I sometimes joined announced a "game" of writing a song to a certain title. I started a lyric for "Safe Space" and then discovered the contest title name was actually "Sacred Space"! 🥴 Anyway I wasn't able to join the "game" so I just decided to stick with my original inspiration. 

LYRIC
It takes nerve
To face a world so scary
We deserve 
A break every now and then 
Cancel all plans and then -  stay in
We reserve
The right to have a safe space

Yes safe and sound
It’s our place
We searched and found
A safe space
Our home ground

When you’re beat
Too tired to take the world on
Well my sweet
No need for subterfuge
Even a small refuge - looms huge
We retreat
To shelter in our safe space

A safety zone
A safe space
Address unknown
We lay low
And mute the phone
We’ll manage on our own
In a safe space alone

Let me say
It’s not total seclusion 
We foray
When the pantry’s running bare
For wine and cheese we will dare - out there
So we pay 
Then rush back to our safe space

A cool cocoon
We embrace
Like a honeymoon
Our safe space
None too soon

A safe space
As it was before
A safe space
And forever more
A safe space

Sexagenarian Vol. IV

Safe Space

MIX/MASTER: Woods Studio

NOTE: The key line - "One butterfly can fill the sky" - just sort of came out of my mouth while singing to a new tune I'd come up with. I view my lyric as my way of trying to understand myself exactly what that means!

LYRIC
Child in a garden
Mother isn’t far
One hand holds a net 
One, an insect jar
A flash of color flying
The softest flap of wings
The net will capture
The jar will trap there
Beautiful things

One butterfly can fill the entire sky
When seen by a child’s eye
Don’t ask how
Don’t ask why
One butterfly can fill the sky

We too had a garden
Thought of it as home
But we broke the house rules
Kicked out, we had to roam
We tried to recreate it
With every skill that’s ours
We still need wild things
Buzzing and dancing in the flowers

One butterfly can fill the entire sky
Just look with a child’s eye
You’ll know how
You’ll see why
One butterfly 
Wonder and awe
Filling us all…. and the sky

Child back in garden
Gives the lid a pull
The creature sent free
The jar now empty
The child’s heart full

One butterfly will fill the entire sky
We look with a child’s eye 
And know how
And see why
One butterfly will fill the sky

Sexagenarian Volume IV

One Butterfly

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

MIX/MASTER: Woods Studio

NOTE: I came up with this song, music and lyric, a few days after a cat of ours, over 10 years old, went out for his evening look around, and never came home. I consider that relevant to the lyric, but maybe only I would...just trying to deal with the realities of existence...

LYRIC
Hey my friend potato bug
Crawling from a hole I dug
if you thought me a threat at all
You’d roll yourself into a ball

I’m happy for you
Go do what you do 
And I’ll just smile
Go on, do what you do
No need to be
Happy for me

Tiny bird with a hungry maw
Potato bug never saw
You swoop down to snag a meal
Well that’s life, we know the deal

I’m happy for you
A bit jealous too
Great things, those wings
Yeah do what you do
No need to be
Happy for me

My lost love that never was
I think of you, as one does
A bitter man might scorn and scoff
But I assume you’re better off
So why be blue
I’m happy for you

Old black dog with the gray muzzle
Sidle over here and let’s nuzzle
Your best days may lay behind
but the sun is out so pay no mind

I’m happy for you
Each day is still new
don’t fail to wag tail
Go on, do what you do
From what I see
You’re happy for me 

Ah,  I’m happy it’s true
Think what we went through
We got lost, muddled along
Got a few things right, others wrong
If you see yourself in this song
I’m happy for you

I'm Happy For You

MIX/MASTER: Woods Studio

NOTE: I don't hold myself to any strict "historical accuracy" in my lyrics. There may be one person in my distant past I had in mind as I wrote this. Or not...

LYRIC

Sir
I called you sir
It was a different time
And that's just how things were

Role
You played your role
And it was quite a fine performance
I was so naive
It’s hard now to believe
I never saw through you, ‘sir’

Gone 
That world is gone
For both the worse and better, maybe
It's moved on

Sir
Did you ever let your guard down
And let the truth slip through
Was there a real ‘you’
Or were just a man I knew as ‘sir’

Now
The world of now
I wonder if it would astound you
Frighten and confound you
But could it be inside
You would feel some pride
At how it could be
If you lived to see 
A world somewhat free for you, sir

CW Mullins You Should Know Better

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