The Truth

you can listen to it here

I like to write and record at the same time. The songs have an energy to them that is hard to re-create on subsequent recording attempts.I've included a verse that is not in the recording just because... If I ever get around to re-recording this song, it might make it into the final mix. Max sings with me...and he'll be on the final mix too.

(because) songs will be written
and poems must be read
listen very closely
to the words unsaid

tired of the pretense
weary of it all
here's the truth

put me on a bookshelf
six feet high
stare out the window
watching the planes
I gave up wanting
to fix anything

windows close
when you walk into the room
what you don't know
will never hurt you

put me on a bookshelf
six feet high
stare out the window
watching the planes
I gave up wanting
to fix anything

Ich bin die Vorkenntnis

you can listen to it here

Philip K. Dick wrote a novel entitled "The World Jones Made" about a world leader who had limited precognitive abilities.

I could see the future
but only out a year or so
from my will to power
all too soon the end was near

how to I begin again?
with these feet of clay
each step crumbles and breaks
and the rain washes away

have I sown the wind
to reap this whirlwind?

now I'm underground
with my lovely bride
no world to win and ash in my mouth
I'm left wondering "why?"

Gully Foyle

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this was inspired by alfred bester's sci-fi epic, stars my destination. john plays bass.

from room to room I float
gathering canisters of air
I have not lost all hope
vorga saw my flare

it's all behind me
what I wanted
it will never be

they're drifting past me
now why would that be?
vorga! I'll kill you filthy

moira, I love you but it was never meant to be
I won't live on this rock--I can't be a part of your community

they inked my face with a tiger's mask
called me "nomad" no, they never asked
secrets I keep, others I won't mention
but my name's Gully Foyle
and the stars my destination

working fast now
trying to get it to spin
I'm a man on a mission
with a spaceship to kill
and a world to win

it's all behind me
what I wanted
it will never be

My Robot Girl Friend

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my daughter sings background--she had just come home from a sleepover and wasn't really into it...

my robot girlfriend
makes all my decisions
she never lets me
come to any harm

my robot girlfriend
laughs when i'm not funny
smiles when she sees me
in her eyes i can do no wrong

my robot girlfriend
seems to be happy
she never wonders
what life would be without me

my robot girlfriend
sits in the corner
i shut her down yesterday
because she's not you