We Don't Need So Many Humans On This Planet

 This is a fun li'l ditty about how humans are overpopulating the earth and are destroying it, as a result. I was trying to make the vocals sound like a really bad version of Phish, but they ended up sounding like the Muppets, instead. I guess that's okay, though.

Oh, yeah, the bridge is a resomething. Revisitation? Rebar? Rehash? What's the name for it? A reprise, that's it. The bridge is a reprise of a song I did about a year ago, I think it was. It fit there, yeah.

The Typepad site that hosts the other little player thingy is continuing to malfunction, because I was able to upload the song, but now it doesn't play. Crikey. But here it is, just in case it starts working again:

We Don't Need So Many Humans On This Planet

The lyrics are:

We don't need so many humans on this planet

People have too many kids, and they get into all you things
This is what the humans did: to the Earth, destruction sings
We destroyed the living room of the earth, that is our house
And we're bringing our own doom: We're like an abusive spouse

We looked to the mountains, mountains in your eyes
The trees that died are mounting, and the mountain cried

We don't need so many humans on this planet

The Girl with the Silver Rings Cliffhanger

The Girl with the Silver Rings Chopped Up

 This is the next song in the fucked up relationship album. The girl is getting ready to tell her story...the story she doesn't feel comfortable telling in front of her yucky boyfriend. But she's in such a state of shock that she can't tell it yet. But she's getting ready to tell it.

The lyrics are:

The girl with the silver rings, the girl with the silver rings
Her story might be long
So, bear with me as I tell the story of the girl with the silver rings

I think I am in shock
And I don't know what to say
I think I am in shock
It's been a really, really weird day

I plum don't know what to say, I plum don't know what to say
It make take another song for me to say it all the way

I will tell you what just happened - just imagine something big
I don't think you'll be a glad friend - no I think you'll flip your wig
And I can tell you that I am feeling like I'm upside down
Yes, I frowned, I'm turned around, and my jaw has just hit the ground

I don't know what to say, but I know that one thing's clear
It has been a fucked up day, so I think I'll have a beer

I think I'm really fucked up

I Just Wanna Sleep Forever

I Wanna Sleep Forever - Mix 1

 I got the hook for this song after I smoked some, and I realized it could be interpreted as something really dark. So I made it about wanting to live in the land of dreams, cuz I've always found dreams to be homey.

The lyrics are:

I just wanna sleep forever

I want to stay in the land of dreams
But I know reality says I can't stay

I want to stay in the land of dreams
But I know reality isn't that way
Ever since I was a kid, dreams felt more normal
to me than real life, which is boring
And the places in the dreams are homey
to me, maybe that's why get stoned
Cuz the mental states when I smoke pot
Alter my thoughts quite a lot, I kid you not
To make me feel like I am dreaming again
Take me back there, weed - you are my friend

I want to stay in the dream of the long road to the pizza place
I want to stay in the dream of my old college dorm it puts a smile on my face

I just wanna sleep forever

I wanna sleep forever

The Mix 2 one is with the vocals I originally recorded, which I found to be problematic, but upon further reflection, I'm realizing both sets of vocals suck. 

I Just Wanna Sleep Forever - Mix 2

 

Sadness Hangs in the Air

Sadness Hangs in the Air

 I was tryin' to write a song about a great sadness that hangs in the air over the entire earth. I'm trying to go for a ghosty sound, but this is more of a just plain ole country song. That's okay, though, cuz maybe someday that ghosty sound'll come to me.

The Girl/Man With The Silver Rings

Silver Rings -Mix 2

 Here's the next song in the fucked up relationship album; it's based on an actual song I wrote 24 years ago. But the original one didn't have a country-ish vibe or rap in it. I guess the only similarity is the chorus, now that I think of it. 

The lyrics are:

She was searching all her life
But nothing ever felt quite right

Till she found

The man with the silver rings

He was worshipping in the Church of the Silver Light
And he was searching all his life

For the

Girl with the silver rings
The girl with the silver rings

She likes silver much better than gold and he said he'd been told
That some witches don't like to wear gold cuz it makes their hearts cold
And they both like silver, and it is more than a silver lining
And it is a surely a sign that together they will be just fine
It's more than a coincidence, and it feels like it is fate
That they ended up together, and now they can hardly wait
For the day that they get married and they will have their silver rings
On their fingers until the day they die - it's the bestest thing

They were searching all their lives
And they know it is alright

Cuz they found

The man with the silver rings
The girl with the silver rings

The time has come and now they're in Heaven
Thanking their lucky stars
And now they're in Heaven

They both have silver rings

Halloween Song

Halloween Song

Backwards Halloween Song - Mix 2

 I realized I've done songs for most of the major holidays I celebrate, but I hadn't done a Halloween one yet. I did the same thing as yesterday, but slightly different. Instead of singing the whole thing backwards and then turning it around, I sing it forwards and then backwards; then I turn the whole thing around.

The lyrics are:

It's Hallween
It's the dark time of the year
It's Halloween
And I'll make one thing clear

I want to be a witch when I grow up

Zeert Uth Vyess Eew Nack/ Can We Save The Trees?

Zeert Uth Vyess Eew Nack

 

Can We Save The Trees

 I tried doing this thing where I wrote a song and then I sang the lyrics backwards. Then I turned it around so you could hear a weird song with the actual lyrics. It was an experiment. 

The lyrics (of the turned around version) are:

Can we save the trees?

People keep killing them
Soon they will be gone
Let's stop killing them
So I wrote this song

Can we save the trees?

Bring the forests back
If they go away
I'll be a sad sack
Let's let the trees stay

When the trees are gone, humans will have nothing to breathe
No more oxygen will be here, and we'll start to wheeze
Not to mention all the animals and plants that they
Shelter with their leafy branches - let's let the trees stay

Can we save the trees?

If you, yourself want to save somewhere close to 4000 oak trees, here's a petition for you to sign:

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-dana-reserve-development-as-currently-designed

 

Just to Hear Him Breathe (He's Old)

 

Just To Hear Him Breathe (He's Old)

Just to Hear Him Breathe (He's Old) - Mix 3

Just to Hear Him Breathe (He's Old) - Mix 5

 This is the next song in the fucked up relationship album, which is a chopped up version of the previous song. In this song, the narrator discusses concerns about the relationship that she doesn't feel like she can share with her old-guy boyfriend. She's all worried about him being so old that he's guaranteed to die first, and she'll be a widow. 

Just a funny side-note: I'm now a year older than the ex-boyfriend was that I'm singing about as being so old. Ha ha ha, wow, that's weird.

The lyrics are:

What if he dies? He's a real old guy
I do not know how many years of life he has in him

He might die in the middle of the night and I won't know that he died
Because I'm a few hundred miles away from him, from him

Breathe

What if he dies? He's a really old guy
He might die in the middle of the night because he is so old

Because he is so old

I have some concerns because of
I have some concerns because of

His oldness

He's older than dirt, and I must conclude
He'll die before me - that is not fun, dude
I'm guaranteed to be just a widow
But I won't throw this relationship out the window

I want to be assured that he will not die
I know it is absurd, but I think I'll cry

If I cannot have him close to me
When he dies, my tears will fill the sea

So, I will stay close to him just to hear him breathe

Breathe

2022 is a Bad Year for Music

2022 is a Bad Year for Music

Okay, yeah, I didn't want the sun to set on the crappy vocal performance in the last song without following it up with another song, whose vocal performance, far from being perfect, isn't has horrifically awful as the last one was.

Sleep Deprivation

Sleep Deprivation

Okay, I'm really not happy at all with the vocal performance on this one, and I'm not sure about the song, itself. Sleep deprivation, apparently, is really bad for one's singing voice. I guess that's why this song sucks so much - all that sleep deprivation made my voice sound like crap and poop and pee.

Just to Hear You Breathe

 

Just to Hear You Breathe

Just to hear you breathe alternative mix

Just to hear you breath 4th mix

This is the next song in the fucked up relationship album. It's actually based on a song that I attempted to write while in that fucked up relationship. See, it was a long distance relationship and the boyfriend told me that it'll be wonderful to be together because when you wake up and hear your partner breathing next to you, it's a wonderful thing cuz you know they're alright. I never recorded the song this was based on cuz it wasn't very good. I'm not sure how much this sounds like that song cuz I'm going from memory.

The lyrics are:

I'm far away from you – I'm far away from you

I wish we lived in the same area

But you're far away from me, now

I want to be close to you, just to hear you breathe

Brea – e e e e eathe, brea – e e eathe
Brea – e e e e eathe, brea – e e eathe

I wish that you could fall asleep next to me
And I would be all reassured by the

Fact that I can have you next to me
Maybe some day you'll be close to me – me

I want to be close to you, just to hear you breathe

Brea – e e e e eathe, brea – e e eathe
Brea – e e e e eathe, brea – e e eathe

He is amazing – he is a prince, man
And if he stays with me, that's great, since I'm a fan
Of his benevolence and his wisdom
But he is far away and I miss him
Yes, it's a long distance relation-
Ship, and it is causing frustration
In me, because I want to hear him
Breathing next to me after the lights are dim

Brea – e e e e eathe, brea – e e eathe
Brea – e e e e eathe, brea – e e eathe

Sadder Than Death

Sadder Than Death

I went to Los Angeles and Pasadena and South Pasadena this week to tie up some loose ends from when I moved from there. Geez, man, it felt like no time had passed, even though I hadn't been there in 2 months. Driving around there, I felt like I could just go home to my old apartment and hang out there with my cats. Dang, man, I'm sad. I'm sadder than death cuz I miss that place so bad. But the friend I stayed with down there said I can come on down any time, so that's good. At least I can tool around in my old stomping grounds every few months or so.

The picture is a picture I took of a picture I took of Pasadena City Hall. Google very kindly offered to make a canvas print for me, and I said, yes.

 

30 Minutes Catcauphony with Guitar

 

Damn, my typepad account seems to have gone toes up, and I can't play any of the music I uploaded onto it on this site. That includes my 30 minutes catcauphony which I've been using with my Bose Quiet Comfort earbuds to block out the screaming kids next door to me. So, I'm putting it on my Podomatic platform thingy, so I can play it. Damn you, typepad, damn you! In any event, feel free to download this 30 minute stretch of cat noise if you wanna block out the sound of screaming kids. Again, it seems to work best with Bose Quiet Comfort earbuds.