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1. |
Steady
03:55
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Wake up love a fire's burning in the sky.
You can see it even with your sleepy eyes.
I'm in love with you. Soon you'll love me too.
"Steady as she goes" we got just one more mile.
You know better than to fight the ocean winds.
The longer it takes, the sooner you can begin.
Hold on tight we're going for a little ride.
Let your spirit come and go with the tide.
Love you like I do, it's easy to get through.
There will never be another perfect storm.
Let the rain fall down. Let the wind push you around.
You've got everything that you could want.
Just remember keep it close to your heart.
Don't be such a fool and throw it all away.
Love will come so you better be ready.
I said love's gonna come and blow you all away.
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the vine
05:14
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written and recorded by dama, 2023
video of performance at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDpzzcSefZI
Well we're here, and then we're gone
It's not a matter of right or wrong
Don't you know you can see me any time you like
I don't care if it's day or night
But I got one thing to say
when you go don't turn out the light
Well we're haulin' way down the line
and we're runnin' outta time
and those of you know me think you know me well
and those of you don't, child, you can go to hell
'cause I got one way of doin' it, yeah, that's doin' it well
All of my life I been thinkin just one thing
How can we get together and make the world we love sing?
So much misery when will we learn how to shine?
Come a day when we're smiling'
we can finally drink of the vine
Well we both had such a real good time
makin' plans in our own minds
but you never bothered to let me know
that I was a puppet, just part of the show
and then one day you cut the strings and let me go
Oh little woman, don't ya love me no more?
Here as I stand beggin' at your door
for so long have I waited for such a fine red wine
but the finish was too bitter
i guess i'm goin' back to the vine.
Well we're here, and then we're gone
It's not a matter of right or wrong
Don't you know you can see me any time you like
It doesn't matter if it's day or night
But I got one thing to say
when you go don't turn out the light
don't turn out the light
don't turn out the light
yeah, c'mon leave your light on, light on, light on baby right on
let it shine
let it shine
yeah, don't turn out the light
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3. |
On Your Own
05:47
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I don't need anyone to tell me it's right
I can never be wrong.
I had opened the door to the rest of my life
when I let you inside.
It's a long road ahead when you don't know the way
and it's leading you on.
And the older I get I can finally see
just why everything's wrong.
No you won't gain control of the game you are in
you will just realize
it's a game and you know you can never win
you've got only to try.
Everybody's crazy,
everybody's wrong.
I got the solution darling,
let's all just get along.
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4. |
Every Day
04:20
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"Money," people say, "you can't live without"
every day.
Look at them, how they cry.
If you take away their money they will die.
Power, as you know,
once it gets to you, don't let go.
Presidents and Premiers,
well we give it to them then we disappear.
My love is for real.
It grows stronger. I can feel.
It won't let me down even if I try,
'caus it knows when I am true, and when I lie.
Politics have no shame like religion does.
We're all to blame.
But the world is small, fits in my mind.
If you think about it, this is what you'll find.
Years slip away by the hour every day.
You can get'em back if you pray,
but you'll waste them all again in the same way,
every day.
copy and paste for video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpKGoCTfJrU
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5. |
Can't Hide
09:11
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work in progress - a spur-of-the-moment, one-off, ad-libbed improv of piano and voice with a few sounds added later.
I got a feeling. Something inside.
I gotta find some of these lines.
Too many feelings, to keep it inside
there's gotta be a little struggle once in awhile.
Gotta live, cuz the world never ends.
I'm gonna see you're never alone as we roll on ahead.
I gotta feeling I can't hide. Something inside me.
Don't act surprised when the world won't let you
go your own way.
But if you want the world, oh, well okay.
I got a feeling I can't hide no, no, no now baby
I got a feeling, something inside me now.
When the world won't let you be, I'm gonna be on your side.
And if you want it to be, it's gonna be alright.
Oh yes it'll be alright starting today.
Oh yes indeed you've got to say what you've got to say.
It's gonna be alright now girl,
don't you never believe what they say to me.
Cuz when you want it to be, the world's on your side.
Bon apetit! It's gonna be your life.
Alright!
...better get ready....here it comes.....gotta keep moving....
.....yeah.....ooooohhhhhhhhhh yeah, alright.....
and I'm gonna feel like I should tonight.
Cuz it's my life baby. Don't take it away.
I got a feeling, somewhere inside.
Don't go lookin for a reason now, to feel alright little child, no!
If you got the world on your side you can do anything.
If you want it against you, well, you better run and hide.
They got the feeling. I will say that it's true.
Everybody's got the feelin, feelin like I'm feelin too.
But if you give not holding back,
you're gonna feel alright, yes you are
and if you give that money back
you're gonna be alright. yeah yeah
I got a feeling, I just can't hide.
I got a feelin baby, yeah, I can't believe I have.
Baby I'll steal a kiss for you when I die.
Maybe it'll still be everything that you ever dreamed it would be.
....oooooohhh yeah......ooooohhhh yeah...
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6. |
The Old Man
07:54
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I know a great place
up in the mountains I go.
There ain't nothin you don't know,
until you hit the brick wall.
The old man is viewing me
as I am viewing him too.
I'll take my woman there.
She's the only one in the world
who doesn't need a reason
to want to be there
with me,
alright.
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7. |
My Love
03:14
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I don't know where we came from
and I don't know where we're going.
One thing that I do know
is where we are right now.
Some people believe that
when we die we move on.
Might be they're mistaken,
and we move on when we're born.
Tell me how's a soul born.
Tell me where does it come from?
Why should I believe you
when you say it's gonna be alright,
and we haven't lost the fight,
and we'll make it through the night my love?
I don't know how I love you
and that is how I know
I cannot let you go
or I will never know
my love
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8. |
The Day is Young
05:14
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work in progress
I'm so happy I could cry
I'm so happy I could die
but I sure don't miss my life
cuz I held my head way up high
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9. |
Purpose
06:36
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written and recorded by dama, 2020
video of performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT3HeRD2QMc
Oh tell me teacher, why am I here?
Woah mother, what makes me dear?
What in the world am I trying to save?
Why am I thirsty? What do I crave?
What am I thinking? What can I say?
Just give me purpose. Reason to stay.
Oh tell me lover, why do we fight?
Woah brother, please shed some light.
I don't know why we can't get it right.
Sleep through the daytime, rush through the night.
In the beginning, everything's right.
But when it's over, it's all gone wrong.
I'm still alive, but that only goes so far.
There's nothing I can do 'bout the way things are.
So I'll just go on like I do, oh yeah.
Oh tell me Jesus, are you my friend?
Woah Mary, is this the end?
Open your door, I'm comin in.
Can't wait no longer. It's just a sin.
I know it's early, but I'm on time.
And if you see me, don't turn away.
I know, I know yesterday is gone.
But just for now, carry on, oh yeah.
Until a time comes just for me and you.
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10. |
mend
06:20
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a little improv / ad lib
.....baby i been thinking bout you ever since you left... i cant do without you... song in the air is nothin without you... baby i been thinkin about you... i wish that i had not done what i did but i did it... i know how you feel but baby, i cant do without you... come on back to me.....
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Adam James Buffalo, New York
pianist
singer
songwriter
composer
guitarist
artist
trembling optimist
philoso-rock-on-teur
"There are a million reasons not to go to war. If you can't think of one reason not to, then you shouldn't. If you can, then you wouldn't."
dama.
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