32 Degrees of Freedom

old/young big/small male/female poor/rich happy/sad tall/short solid/liquid

This is a fanfare for Chikoppi's request at forum It plays about 16 seconds. There is a 2 second lead-in and 2 second lead-out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At Feter's request, I created a full song based on this fanfare: Unfettered

another fantasy live performance for MacJams Woodstock 08

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Peace Will Prevail i'm flying away into your arms into the sun we open our eyes here at the farm we see we are one this is a new day the sounding alarm that peace has begun we're reaching the skies the world will disarm we're gonna be one peace will prevail don't you know that peace will prevail (c) 2008 Bill Grundmann

This is about dreaming of freedom -- Mary Jane

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Sunday -- I'm sick and tired I'm stuck in the mud -- and I'm mired Sunday -- I'm sick and tired I'm stuck in the mud -- and I'm mired Someday -- I'll be a free bird I'll sing to the sky -- I will be heard When I am with you I'm full of energy -- I can do anything When I am with you I can take on the world -- I can do anything When I am with you I can be your dream girl -- I will do everything When I am with you I'm full of energy -- I can do anything Sunday -- I'm sick and tired I'm stuck in the mud -- and I'm mired Someday -- I'll be a free bird I'll sing to the sky -- I will be heard

i don't care

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The Apathy Song ask me if i care no ask me if i care no ask me if i care no i don't really care ~~~~ don't you care buddy? don't you give a darn? don't you care sonny? ain't you riled up? don't you give a hoot? don't you care? aren't you fed up? you're a yella belly. don't you care buddy? you mad as a wet hen? where's your gumption? don't you care sonny? don't you care? (c) 2008 Bill Grundmann

one rainy day

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This Old Cup the handle on this cup is old it looks old the plating is worn off there's small dents and scrapes not just on the handle but all over the surface of the cup it looks old and worn out but there are no holes in this cup it still holds water just fine so why should it be replaced? it's still functional... still in service. this old cup (c)2008 Bill Grundmann

tapping the mains

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horizon i'm lookin down from this tower i see our town i hear the power the wind is singing through the wires electric humming that never tires the sky is very clear it's hypnotizin' why did i climb up here? to see the horizon it's getting dark the red light is flashin' i've left my mark in my own fashion it's time to climb back down descend the rungs again to touch the ground to complete what i've begun the sky is very clear it's hypnotizin' why did i climb up here? to see my horizon (c) 2008 Bill Grundmann

you can never tell what might happen no i tu love

thoughts about spring

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Vernal Equinox recently i opened my eyes from a long hibernation lolling lazily on my raft again floating out from below a blue glacier anticipating warmer waters, and golden skies ecologies and geologies slip by on left and right melt-off propels me into the promise of the delta on a whim, i try to send a thought-wave your way but the shimmering reflections show you will not hear seven by seven times i've rolled down this growing river the rapids toss my thoughts and tumble my convictions the times of my failures flood onto the deck yet the enormous cloudless sky above inspires me a new day and i still haven't forgotten when you and i shared this stream, laughing, planning our next landfall it seemed eternal, yet it was not but the memory endures and beaching as the first day closes, reality fades exhausted and drifting off to sleep my thoughts review the swells and the rocks and the rapids in my slumber i deny my fear, i dare the river i continue my journey almost effortlessly and through it all i hold tight i hold tight to the first time i saw the southern cross adrift in the current but still i feel safe knowing i can rely on you in the new spring flood i feel a new rush in my veins i'm back at the helm i'm the navigator i'm the captain and everything is possible again (c) 2008 Bill Grundmann

see original: http://www.macjams.com/song/42206 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ideas can kill. Ideas can kill a mode of behavior, and allow a new way of thinking to begin. Ideas can be a rebirth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is entirely a work of fiction.

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He left a comment -- on my song A proposition -- all along I almost laughed -- and then I sighed I typed a LOL -- and I let it slide My mind was poisoned -- by that thought My brain is poisoned -- by the thought I thought I knew -- all along But what I knew -- it was totally wrong He fed me poison -- in my brain A proposition -- quite insane I started laughing -- I couldn't stop Dead in my tracks -- by the very thought (c) 2008 Bill Grundmann

Say Goodbye

i arrived home yesterday to the drone of leaf blowers and chain saws the tone hovered steadily at the same pitch angelic melodies quickly flooded my mind one of those rare moments of pure beauty i knew instantly i had to record it before it was gone

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once in a while within a galaxy a single star explodes and it outshines all the other stars in the universe