Ballad of Bobbie Rose

2006 06 19 Ballad of Bobbie Rose (1.9 MB, 2:10)

Have you ever seen a girl named Bobbie Rose?
You’d remember her if you did
She had eyes like blue hair and a tongue like a nose
That’s probably why she always kept her face hid

When she was younger she would look at the sky
And say someday I’m gonna live up there
But what she never seemed to realize
You can’t build a house on the air

One day I fell in love with Bobbie Rose
My greatest joy also my greatest regret
I never made her happy I suppose
But the way she made me feel I’ll never forget

Bobbie Rose
Bobbie Rose
Bobbie Rose
You live in the sky

Mucus Monday

2006 06 18 Mucus Monday (1.95 MB, 2:08)

Mucus Monday got me on a roll
never know where I’m gonna be
Can you tell me where’s the
nearest disco?

Soul starvation never lettin me go
do you know what it’s like to be me
can you tell me where’s the
nearest disco?

do you
think about the man who’s
ahead of it all, do you
know what he’s got to
offer

do you
think about the man who is
underneath of it all, cause he’s
scheming, and he’s
dreaming just like
you

How can you know these things?

2006 06 17 Know these things (1.09 MB, 1:19)

I was always trying find validation somehow
I would try to find it on the road
I knew what I wanted did I want it enough?
Was it tough to get going when the going got rough?
Did I deserve to have these things at all?

How can you know these things unless you
think about it all the time
how can you know these things at all?
how can you know these things unless you
think about it all the time you
think about it all the time

"Nov 3 song"

2004 11 03 Nov 3 song (571 KB, 0:47)

How could you do this to us?
It can only get worse from here
How could you do this to us?
Feeding lies upon our fear
How could you do this?


Jeff

"Make up your own mind (You've got to free your mind to be free) parts 1, 2 and 3"

2004 11 02 Make up your own mind (You've got to free your mind to be free) parts 1, 2 and 3 (1.4 MB, 2:00)

Jeff

"Dead bodyguards"

2004 11 01 Dead bodyguards (2.5 MB, 3:31)

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"Almost midnight"

2004 10 31 Almost midnight (1.8 MB, 2:36)

Jeff

2004 10 30 Be my girl

This is just a rough demo, this song was written for Minervan pop star Brad Gentry. Stay tuned to www.progressions.org and he and his fellow celebrities just might show up in the Anton/Sage Mysteries...

2004 10 30 Be my girl (1 MB, 1:30)

Your eyes met mine across the room
We knew that it was meant to be
But when something told me to talk to you
Why didn’t it tell you to talk to me

That’s just one of the things that kept us apart
We both had to feel it calling from deep inside our hearts

If you’ll be my girl
If you’ll be my girl
If you’ll be my girl
We can make up for the time we spend together

Jeff

"Tools of a lesser God"

...Don't ask me. When I make an instrumental, it usually gets its title from the first thing to come to my head when I save the file.

2004 10 29 Tools of a lesser God (1.5 MB, 2:09)

Jeff

"Noodle park"

2004 10 28 Noodle park (864 KB, 1:11)

Jeff

"Tomorrow comes as a great big surprise"

2004 10 27 Tomorrow comes as a great big surprise (1.4 MB, 2:01)

There’s one thing you must realize when you open your eyes
Tomorrow comes as a great big surprise
No matter how you’ve planned it when you’ve said your goodbyes
Tomorrow comes as a great big surprise

Why’re you leaving me
Here to be lonely
I wish you would stay and not go
We could be happy
I could make you see
I wish you would stay and not go

Jeff

"Sympathetic ear"

2004 10 26 Sympathetic ear (879 KB, 1:13)

Now I just realized I’ve got a sympathetic ear
That doesn’t mean I want you here
to cuddle up next to me and whisper in my ear
That doesn’t mean I want you here

I think of all the people when I lie awake at night
Something tells me that just ain’t right
We’ve got to change the system got to put up a fight
Something tells me that just ain’t right

Jeff

"One Two Three"

2004 10 25 One Two Three (1.4 MB, 1:59)

I can’t really say what I’m thinking about because the
way that you leave me just turns me cold out and you
got a little wiggle and you got a little walk and the
way that you grab right ahold of my shock and my
awe my God when you do what you do the way you
do what you do I want to do it to you so you can
feel a little bit of what you give to me and you can
feel it up inside you when it’s setting you free to be

you to be me to be what you need I’m gonna
set it loose inside you at the count of three because
one’s for the one girl made for me I got to
thank the holy heavens now for letting me see
her two’s for the nice pair when we come together gonna
let her call me Daddy now forever and ever and
more for the four play five we’ve alive six and seven
for the licking when she’s giving me heaven and wait—

That would be eight nine ten now I
know we missed a number better count em again

Jeff

"All those years ago"

This is a little Italian-themed number. No words, just a little dinner music. Now I feel like having some Fetuccini Alfredo from Cafe Centosette.

2004 10 24 All those years ago (1.3 MB, 1:52)

Jeff

"Best bodega in town"

The bodega on the corner right next to my apartment closed today. They were emptying out the shelves. It's weird because I've been buying there since I moved onto this block around six years ago--it never occurred to me that bodegas could close!

Still, there's three total on this block alone (two now, actually) so I can see how it can happen. I wouldn't say it really WAS the "best bodega in town", but that's how the song came out. I left out the verse on how they overcharge for 40's of Coke.

2004 10 23 Best bodega in town (800 KB, 1:06)

The streets are empty cold and bare
And sad to walk around
The people mourn the passing of the
best bodega in town

The Coke machines have been unplugged and
all the children died
The patrons bowed their empty heads and
all the flowers cried

Please come back
Please come back
Please come back
We need you deli

The Coke machines have been unplugged and
all the flowers died
Every patron bowed their head and
all the children cried

Jeff

"DJ's lament"

2004 10 22 DJ's lament (1.6 MB, 2:20)

No lyrics again, just a little something I whipped up in ACID tonight.

Jeff

"About tomorrow"

2004 10 21 About tomorrow (1.3 MB, 1:53)

I know it’s cold outside tonight
But let me hold you tight
So that you forget
About tomorrow

The wind will blow, the rain will fall
Someone you don’t like will call
Forget
About tomorrow

Jeff

"Beautiful"

2004 10 20 Beautiful (1.2 MB, 1:47)

Do you find me beautiful she said
What could I say when you ask me that
I said

Like a Will De Kooning or a
Basquiat then she got upset
Oh well

You’re a modern masterpiece of
Grace and charm and furiosity
When I see your face you make expressions
That are so abstract to me

Jeff

"Your night of nights"

2004 10 19 Your night of nights (1.4 MB, 2:00)

No lyrics for this one, just beats and samples.

Jeff

"Fatboy Slim Isn't Good Anymore"

2004 10 18 Fatboy Slim isn't good anymore (2.4 MB, 3:18)

Fatboy Slim isn't good anymore
Where did he go?
Where did he go?

Fatboy Slim isn't good anymore
Where did he go?
Where did he go?

Right about now
The funk soul brother
Right about now
The funk soul brother
Right about now
The funk soul brother

Jeff

"The Superfantastic Magic Man"

2004 10 17 The Superfantastic Magic Man (1.5 MB, 2:10)

It’s a sensation
I’m here to give you the word
Around the nation
Or have you already heard

About the Superfantastic Magic Man and his Electrical Flying Band
They’re bringing the get down to your town as they travel across this land
And start to play

Jeff

"Rainy day song"

2004 10 16 Rainy day song (653 KB, 0:54)

I’m here to relax and bide my time
Nothing to do
I think I’ll sit and watch the rain fall down

It’s a simple poetry of thoughts around me now
Nothing to say
I think I’ll listen to the tune flow now

This is a rainy day song
Because I’ve got a lot of things to
Do when the sun comes out,
Things to say to you so we can work it out now

I hope the rain lasts all day long
‘cause I don’t know what to
do when the sun comes out,
‘cause I know that we’re through if we don’t work it out now

Jeff

"Hardly think about her"

2004 10 15 Hardly think about her (1 MB, 1:30)

I see
Your smile
I’m not supposed to be thinking about you
It’s been
A while
(You’d say) I’m not supposed to be drinking without you

You know
I need you
So howcome you’re not here with me
I know
I promised
That I would keep these thoughts to myself

She’s so sweet that I can hardly think about her
So I wrote her this song
She’s so sweet that I can hardly think about her
‘cept I do it all day long

Jeff

"Things to say when you meet your girlfriend's family"

2004 10 14 Things to say when you meet your girldfriend's family.mp3 (841 KB, 1:10)

Whoa yeah

Jeff

"Close my eyes"

I was working on an electric guitar part for this one, but I'll need to replace some cables before I can do that.

2004 10 13 Close my eyes (521 KB, 0:43)

Hey!

Why does it hurt to close my eyes
What are the things I see
Why does it hurt to think about the
Things you do to me


Why does it keep you locked inside
Don't you want to be free
What are the things you think about
When you think about me

Around me now

2004 10 12 Around me now (1.2 MB, 2:07)

I thought I threw you away already but you’re
Back at my door
You want to come in and play now baby but I
Don’t need you anymore

When I woke up beside you baby now I
Couldn’t think anymore
If you can tell me just one thing baby then I
Won’t hurt you anymore

Why should I keep you around me now
I know we had our fun but now it’s done
If I should let you stay around me now
You’d need to learn to breathe again you’d need to learn to feel again
You’d need to learn to live your life without you

Jeff

Toothpick Joe Has Killed Again

2004 10 11 Toothpick Joe Has Killed Again (1.2 MB, 1:45)

Pyramids of Mars

2004 10 10 Pyramids of Mars (1.2 MB, 1:46)

I couldn’t find you
No matter how hard I tried
I couldn’t change your mind
No matter how hard I cried

And so I waited far too long
Before I realized you’re gone
I lost you to the Pyramids of Mars

The red sky shone down
It cast a light on your face
You seemed at home here
You seemed at peace in this place

And so I waited for the stars
That once I tried to see as ours
I lost you to the Pyramids of Mars

Jeff

Violent years

2004 10 09 Violent years (885 KB, 1:15)

I’ve got a need for certain promises that
You’ve got to make to me
I wouldn’t want to be in your shoes
If you’re not straight with me
Because I’ve got a sinister urge and
It lives between my ears

These are the violent years

I’ve seen the way you’re looking at me
You’ve got to pray for me
I wouldn’t want to be in my shoes
If you’re away from me
Because I’ve got a sinister urge
Every time that you’re near

These are the violent years

Jeff

Grudge against you

2004 10 08 Grudge against you (669 KB, 0:56)

She’s got a grudge against you
You know that it’s true
She’s got a grudge against you
No matter what you do

She’s got a grudge against your Mama and your sister too
She’s got a crush on you, a crush on you
A grudge against your Mama and your sister too
She’s got a grudge against you

Jeff

Spoonfed

2004 10 07 Spoonfed (830 KB, 1:10)

You say
You’d talk to me but you’re too shy now
You say
You’d like to leave but you’re too high now
You say
Whatever comes into your precious mind
Wasting all my precious time

Spoon fed
There’s nothing here that really matters
Spoon fed
You don’t think you could get much fatter
Soon dead
With nothing left behind but precious lines
Why were we wasting all the precious times

Jeff

A new day, a new song

Here's something fun. I'm writing and recording a new song each day. Nothing complicated, just simple 4-track style recordings and spontaneous compositions.

I've done it in the past and it's a lot of fun. I decided that now I'll be publishing them each day on the web.

I'll include the lyrics to each song as I post them.

Jeff