Laminar Flow

some "smokey" tunes

The recent lunar eclipse made me do it.

lyrics:

Lunar Eclipse when the night begins to fold its arms and the chill in the air has its way i'm getting anxious to know if you're ready to go but i'm hoping you will stay when the moon hides its face it's dark maroon in outer space if you think it's begun in just a wink it's all undone alley cat you follow me so where you at? why can't i see? every night you're on your feet the same old sight a different street when the night unfolds its hidden charms and the chill in the air melts way when the warm breezes blow and we're getting to know the lights across the bay and the starlight shimmers in your eyes with the milky way lighting the way i suspect all this time you've been reading my mind there's nothing left to say (c)2008 Bill Grundmann

see original: http://www.macjams.com/song/42173

lyrics:

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

blinded by the sun on the snowfields in front of the capitol building

This song is for the MJ Covers Challenge. I decided to do a cover of michael2's original version of Everyone Relies on Time. This song is also a collaboration. Many thanks to SmokeyVW for singing the backup vocals and helping with the choir. I had so much fun helping him on the MJ Coffee House Challenge song Meanwhile The Replicators I'm glad he could return the favor. I changed the key, changed it to 5/4 (I adore 5/4), emphasized the "to heal" idea, and changed the repetitions a bit. I also reused some elements from michael2's original song, changed the bridge a little, and closed up by referring to "i passed your house ... again" to stress the obsession and dissociation in the lyrics. And a big nod to michael2 and Bud for reviewing my early versions. -- Mary Jane

lyrics:

Everyone Relies on Time by michael2 half a mile from here i saw your car half a mile from here i passed your house again it's too early to tell if i've gone queer it's too late to say that i feel weird today it's always today everyone relies on time everyone relies on time to heal how can i be sure that we're both here how can you be sure that now's the time it's too early to tell if i've gone queer it's too late to say that i feel weird today it's always today everyone relies on time everyone relies on time to heal everyone relies on time everyone relies on time i passed your house again

whilst lounging

Inspired by onesweetworld's acappella Rain Rain

Another fantasy live performance. I'm on 12-string and doing the reciting. Mary Jane (MyFakeIdentity) helps out with vocals and tenor guitar. This was originally published as a poem here: http://bill.kats22.com/writing/mu/replicators.html ~~~~~~~~ sound effects used in this song: 0105coffeehouse.wav (http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=46310) By sagetyrtle (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=43834)

lyrics:

Meanwhile The Replicators it's as perfect and cold as a crystal yet we've only begun our ideation meanwhile the replicators take note of the recursive cycle of the latest creation in the spring a time to regain our emerald bearings as the sprouting spill their seed over the land the spiraling seasons each unlike any other look at your chronometer look at your heart look at your life look at your plan meanwhile the replicators have invaded our planet in a room in the twilight the old watchmaker rechecks the crystal face snaps close the solid case of his latest creation it's a pocket watch unlike any other interlocking gears with a precise movement and emerald bearings and in its way if we could see it explains it all crystal clear how it is that we are here but the daylight is failing the watchmaker is blind he stumbles in the fall he drops the timepiece before he can hand us the thing flailing hands the case bursts open spilling all over the floor out of control it's all come undone the spring is spiraling meanwhile the replicators have invaded our planet nothing can stop them they fight tooth and nail this new way of seeing they cannot accept this new way of being but hold your thoughts close to your heart try to appreciate the crystalline way the emerald leaves of order will once again emerge from snowblind chaos give it time as our flailing hands keep moving in circles day after day meanwhile the replicators have invaded our planet nothing can stop them as they continually evolve and we will eventually begin to believe it we are they (c)2005 by Bill Grundmann

Smile -- Mary Jane

lyrics:

Smile For Me Now I take your hand And we walk By the stream Reach for the sky Touch a star Touch my face Stop asking how Simply smile Carry on Trails in the sand As we talk Of our dream Stop asking why Who we are What's our place Smile for me now In a while We'll be gone Smile for me now In a while We'll be gone (c)2008 Bill Grundmann