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Alone Together
03:02
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you don't see me but I'm here
I am close I am near
we are never far apart
Alone together from the start
we are strong full of love
like the lion and the dove
from the sky to the earth
we are water we are dirt
now it seems we're all the same
rich, sick, pretty, plain
wandering down two roads
Heavy hearts heavy loads
no more do we have a choice
waste and greed strained our voice
silence lay throughout the lands
our future in each other's hands
You don't see me but I'm here
I whisper softly in your ear
we are never far apart
Alone together from the start
I accept you
except you
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Music, vocals, arrangement
by Cathryn Beeks
Lyrics by Alfred Howard
I'll Wait And Watch With You
(Quarantine song 24)
Every grey hair is telling a story
Not every story is one I should hear
Some are of time and salt water and glory
Some are of stresses and worries and fear
Another year down and another page turning
I’ve written my chapters on calendar days
We went from reading so quickly to burning
Books always get us through winter‘a malaise
And I’m running less and less
All but gone and caught my breath
You can’t outrun what’s coming next
I’ll wait and watch with you instead
I’ll wait and watch with you instead
You never know how the years will mistreat you
When the news comes like a bullet barrage
If you find love they can never defeat you
And the wind through the trees is a gentle massage
And I’m running less and less
All but gone and caught my breath
You can’t outrun what’s coming next
I’ll wait and watch with you instead
I’ll wait and watch with you instead
The white hairs once whispering through the black charcoal
Give them some time and the whispers will shout
Life is just looking for light in the darkness
It’s easy to pass once you figure this out
And I’m running less and less
All but gone and caught my breath
You can’t outrun what’s coming next
I’ll wait and watch with you instead
I’ll wait and watch with you instead
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3. |
Shadows
04:06
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Ive been hanging out, been staying in
making some art, missing my friends
watching the numbers
reading the signs
thinking how lucky
we've been all this time
I know we have a long way to go
it won't be easy but we're gonna make it I know
I've been adjusting
trying everything new
being so grateful
I'm stuck here with you
realiztions just slowing down
time to reflect time to look around
this is all new
nobody knows what to do
we're finding ut what really matters
shining a light on the shadows
I have been frightened
I've been confusd
don't know what is right
don't know what to do
but i'm getting stronger
I'm starting to see
what happens next is
depends on me
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4. |
Tears In Your Eyes
04:00
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TEARS IN YOUR EYES
(songwriter club title prompt)
Cathryn Beeks
5 20 20
cry cry cry
all night long
cry so much
wrote you this song
you might cry
yourself to death
cry so hard
can't catch your breath
cry cry cry
all you do is cry
all day long
deep into the night
no one knows
what makes you sad
no one cares
that's too bad
look to me for direction
I see my reflection
I see my disguise
in the tears in your eyes
drowning in saline
moaning and wailing
nobody cares
about what you are feeling
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5. |
Everything Is Free
04:16
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6. |
If It Takes Blood
04:03
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Another song challenge from the weekly Songwriters Club, the theme was BLOOD.
If It Takes Blood
Cathryn Beeks 5/27/20
change change in your brain
reach down deep and find your pain
stand up do what's right
we are ready for the fight
you got the world on a string
think everybody owes you everything
you're always right we must be wrong
I guess it must be where you're from
what are you looking at?
say what you want do what you do
think what you will but here’s the truth
your kind is finally fading away
there’s more like us around these days
Peaceful are my people
but we will fight strong is our tribe
Peaceful are my people
there will be love if it takes blood
where did you learn what you believe
can you change can’t you see
we’ll keep fighting while we sing
watch evolution do her thing
where are you hiding?
what was will never be again
we’re waking up all my friends
no longer will we look away
change is here these are new days
hate and ignorance are dying
no more will you hear us crying
you will feel the end of days
if you do not change your ways
you can not hide
mother earth is still the queen
stronger than she's ever been
we were meant to live in peace
until that day we will not cease
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7. |
This Time
05:39
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8. |
We Are
04:20
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written on 6/2/20 for the Songwriter's Club to the prompt "wilderness"
WE ARE
(out of the wilderness)
by Cathryn Beeks
6/2/20
are you done
are you ashamed
are you tired of playing the game?
'cause we are
are you offended
are you incensed
are you making plans with all your friends?
'cause we are
are you against it
are you enraged
are you releasing it out of the cage?
cause we are
We are tired and we are sick
we're gonna change all of this
Got problems we must fix
we're coming out of the wilderness
are you ready
are you willing
are you finished ignoring the killing?
'cause we are
are you with us
are you involved
are you ready to problem solve?
'cause we are
are you black
are you white
are you ready to join the fight?
'cause we are
We are tired and we are sick
we're gonna change all of this
Got problems we must fix
we're coming out of the wilderness
are you in
are you able
are you ready to come to the table?
'cause we are
are you rich
are you poor
are you ready to settle the score?
'cause we are
are you mad
or full of love
are you ready to rise above?
'cause we are
We are tired and we are sick
we're gonna change all of this
Got problems we must fix
we're coming out of the wilderness
are you ready
are you willing
are you finished ignoring the killing?
'cause we are
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by Al Howard
Sometimes I Wonder
words by Alfred Howard
melody and beats by Cathryn Beeks
The weatherman said rain
Sometimes the news is true
Spring is still elusive
Black sky always blooming
How’s it feel on you
We’ve been walking back
Another about face
Rewinding through the seasons
For no other reason
Than to find our place
Sometimes I wonder
Sometimes I wonder
Time is no longer thin
So I’ve been listening
To the dead radio station
Of a neighbor’s conversation
About the price of sin
A yellow rose in bloom
But that was yesterday
So let’s rearrange the petals
Into a sun that settles
Restless souls away
Sometimes I wonder
Sometimes the thunder shakes
Sometimes we fall
Sometimes we break
Sometimes I wonder
If it’s too heavy
But we always
Left the weight
There’s a mockingbird
Owns these city streets
Loudest after midnight
When the black is blinding
I think it might be me
So make your joyful noise
Against the darkest wall
Add your whisper to the chorus
In another burning forest
Just before the fall
Sometimes I wonder
Sometimes the thunder shakes
Sometimes we fall
Sometimes we break
Sometimes I wonder
If it’s too heavy
But we always
Left the weight
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10. |
All We Have Is Time
03:36
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Another song for The Game. This time I used Terry Beardslee's lyrics and added some beats, a ukulele solo (harhar) and, of course, the vibroslap. Recorded at 1/2 Fast Studio in Lucerne Valley, CA
There Are Two Roads
My sweetheart warms any cold December
Yesterday is filled with bright days
that I remember
My heart burns
Like a stoked wood stove
without attention it grows cold
Rubies and emeralds and other stones
All that glitters is not gold
Beauty of a red thorn rose
Like love can be difficult to hold
Ahead of me
there are two roads
I know one is safe
and will lead me home
The other no idea
where it goes
Ahead of me
there are two roads
Because of you warm amazing stranger
It’s a Fourth of July sky
filled with firecrackers
Lighted sky turns quickly pitch dark
As thoughts run towards my sweetheart
Rubies and emeralds and other stones
All that glitters is not gold
Beauty of a red thorn rose
Like love can be difficult to hold
Ahead of me
there are two roads
I know one is safe
and will lead me home
The other no idea
where it goes
Rubies and emeralds and other stones
All that glitters is not gold
Beauty of a red thorn rose
There are two roads
Copyright © Terry R. Beardslee, 2019
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12. |
Unbroken Horse
04:18
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written by Cathryn Beeks
recorded at 1/2 Fast Studio
programmed drums
ukulele
keyboards
Lucerne Valley, CA
6/9/20
Get me outa here
this space between my ears
so dark and scary
can anybody can anyone hear me
feel like I'm stuck inside
no place in here to hide
it's almost every other day
sometimes I feel ok
I know I'm not alone
but it won't let me go
unbroken horse I'm riding
runaway car I'm driving
I wasn't always this way
I used to be ok
once I was in control
but now I never know
I feel so alone
but it won't let me go
unbroken horse I'm riding
runaway car I'm driving
Shake it off
it's all in your head
Feel so alone
but it won't let me go
unbroken horse I'm riding
runaway car I'm driving
what the fuck is wrong with me
I'm trying everything
I want to feel the light
I want to feel alright
I know I'm not alone
but it won't let me go
unbroken horse I'm riding
runaway car I'm driving
Shake it off
it's all in your head
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