Re: [LAU] Packet In's new song about Jack

Bengt Gördén wrote: Thanks for the kind words Bengan. I'm glad you derived some enjoyment from our work. I'm attaching a file of lyrics for this year's RPM09 as well as RPM08 to songs I contributed, including some that never got done. I'll also post this in the /user_frank directory of our project repository. I never found enough time to get either my vocals or my guitar parts right. I struggle with singing in making it sound like a singer's voice rather than someone crooning in the shower! Part of my problem was sitting down in front of a microphone rather than standing up, dancing around, and getting in the "spirit" of a performance. That's me on Candle, Eca's chorus, Freedom, Jack, Soft, and Took. Again, really appreciate your song-by-song comments. Frank Venus in the dark of my night shines her light down on me and I'm struck with the glory of what she will once again be in the cold morning air feel her warmth deep inside as I stare at the sky and I wonder how many have cried my eyes are blinded fingers can't move I call out her name but no sound can ever get through I awaken to find I'd been lost in a dream and I turn to the window and see all that I had just seen - - - - - Saturn ring around the roses you're so full of poses princess will awaken to see her breath get taken beauty for the ages could fill a hundred pages atmospheric madness circles of pure gladness ring around the roses you're so full of poses you're so full of poses - - - - - Pluto So far away so cold you stay light is just less black along your endless track and no one's there to find you or in the void to bind you to pass the time behind you as madmen redefined you so far away so cold you stay light is just less black along your endless track you're out beyond the limit but sometimes you're within it if forces should diminish you'd vanish in a minute so far away so cold you stay light is just less black along your endless track - - - - - Summer's Sorrow Earth calling Skylab It looks like you're dropping Losing your orbit a bit more each day Don't give up hoping We're starting a rescue It might take a while so just hang on and pray Such a summer of sorrow Those days back in July All eyes had turned sykward hoping to see While the team at the launch pad All pounded with pencils Confident answers would soon set them free Hello Earth it's Captain Tom We hope your plans are moving on The air up here is getting thin The cold of space is creeping in How could this happen In seventy nine With all of our science and all of our tools Should we have known That one day we would need To reach up and help and not stand here like fools Hello Tom it's Ground Control Our rescue plans are on a roll We'll be blasting off real soon And we'll be coming up for you On the tenth of July Just one day remained The rocket was launched to a cheer from the crowd As it rose like an eagle On it's mission of mercy It suddenly faltered, fell back to the ground Hey, Tom there's a problem We just tried our rescue You kow that praying we've asked you to do Our new plan will ask everyone to join you Hey, Hello there Earth This is your old friend Tom We understand, roger wilco you know Give all of our love to our wives and our families I may talk to you later but I've got to go - - - - - Rainbow Such a precious gift it seemed She cast her smile down on me And it lifted me so high There was no higher I could be While some nameless angels sang Let it be let it be Then the days went by like minutes And the weeks dried up like wine That some porter left behind Till that night the rain came down Hot as tears hot as mine The moon burned through The storm and the clouds And with its lifeless empty smile Shined a broken rainbow on the ground Love sometimes comes And sometimes goes A warm wind blows And then turns cold Don't try to tell It never shows Just wrap yourself in hardness And forget the rainbow's gold Such a precious gift it seemed She cast her smile down on me And it lifted me so high There was no higher I could be While some fallen angels cried It won't be, it won't be And Then the moon burned through The storm and the clouds And with its lifeless empty smile Shined a broken rainbow on the ground - - - - - Crystal Eyes She had crystal eyes Saw all that was true Saw through all their lies Crystal eyes She saw light in the dark Saw through every disguise She was born on a day With no sun in the sky They could not understand Didn't bother to try While they all turned away She just lay there and cried Crystal eyes She held answers right there In the palm of her hand They just pushed her away She was too much to stand Crystal eyes She had crystal eyes Looked deep in their hearts Looked beyond their surprise Crystal eyes Just a soul out of time With a gift they despised She left on a day With no sun in the sky No one bothered to say Or to wonder just why Took her love from the world Left the pain in their sighs Crystal eyes All her friends backed away They could not understand What she wanted to say What she held in her hands Crystal eyes... - - - - - Yes It Does Beauty is as beauty does Close your eyes and see All the beauty that surrounds you Kindness is as kindness does Open up your heart and let The warmth that's here astound you Don't you hide yourself away And stay up on that shelf It takes more than one to play Just reach out to someone else Wonder is as wonder does Dreams just won't survive In a place where there's no madness Love just is what love just does Spread your love like sunshine Across a beach that's endless Islands in a sea of time Suspended in the darkness Situated but sublime Aware that all is oneness - - - - - Candle Against The Wind It was a night, so dark a night that it took, away the light like a sponge does to water And that ceaseless, breathless wind not blowing out, or blowing in I felt that if it didn't end I would smother Like a candle Shining small Against the wind How can we keep hoping? Like a candle Standing tall Against the wind We've got to keep on going Got to keep on going... There was no one, I could see And there was no one, to see me No sense of one Or of the other Searched my medicines, and my spells For a charm, that might dispel To Lift me from this hell And I found the candle Against that wind, and against that dark There was just, the smallest spark To impress the candle's mark Upon the madness Like a candle Shining small Against the wind How can we keep hoping? Like a candle Standing tall Against the wind We've got to keep on going. Like a candle Shining small Against the wind How can we keep hoping? Like a candle Standing tall Against the wind We've got to keep on going. Got to keep on going... - - - - - Soft Hearted Woman Early in the morning She brings me breakfast in my bed Rubs my weary shoulders All to ease my aching head She's a soft hearted woman Trying to drive the devil Out of me Yeah she's a soft hearted woman Lover's just as tough as she can be I came home after midnight Dragged myself right up the stairs She just wakes up with a smile It's as if she doesn't care She's a soft hearted woman Trying to drive the demons Out of me Yeah she's a soft hearted woman Lover's just as tough as she can be She's soft, she's tough She's kind, she's rough She's cool, when I screw up She's just a great big angry bear Squeezed in a pretty little cup I gotta think about that for a while solo Early in the morning She brings me breakfast in my bed Rubs my weary shoulders All to ease my aching head She's a soft hearted woman Trying to drive the devil Out of me Yeah she's a soft hearted woman Lover's just as tough as she can be She's soft she's tough She's kind she's rough She's coolwhen I screw up She's just a great big angry bear Squeezed in a pretty little cup - - - - - So Hot Tonight The Chillout Band is so hot tonight They're up somewhere in the sky beyond the moon tonight These boys are doing it right The Chillout Band is so hot tonight Now I may be wrong And I may be right Just don't let me know Until I've chilled right through the night Uh huh, the Chillout Band is so hot tonight. 12 bar solo break Now don't you look into the light Heh it's really far too bright But you can feel and it won't bite And you'll be smiling with delight Aw, the Chillout Band is so hot tonight The Chillout Band is on fire tonight Everyone is a star tonight The Internet is buzzing With all those bits and all those bites The Chillout Band is on fire tonight Now I may be wrong And I may be right Just don't let me know Until I've chilled right through the night Oh Yeah, the Chillout Band is on fire tonight 12 bar solo break Now don't you look into the light Heh it's really far too bright But you can feel and it won't bite And you'll be smiling with delight Aw, the Chillout Band is so hot tonight The Chillout Band is too too tight tonight The fans are swimming in delight tonight They always let it all hang out The Chillout Band is too too tight tonight Now I may be wrong And I may be right Just don't let me know Until I've chilled right through the night Oh man, the Chillout Band is too too tight tonight Oh yeah, The Chillout Band is just on fire tonight Uh huh, The Chillout Band is simply hot tonight - - - - - Once More I see you found your way inside I Thought the door was chained and tied There must be something that you need You didn't come here just to bleed Take off your mask Sit right down No need to ask I'll play the clown Once more... That last affair was all too rich We had those lines we tried to switch So smooth and easy in our roles That we dug deep to climb that hole You're back here On hallowed ground Must feel queer To come around Once more... - - - - - This Time This time would you listen All I need's a little ear You just could hold what I am missing How we might go on from here All the hate, all those battles Could you maybe lend a hand Ten thousand years of evolution Has led us back where we began We could end this all right now We could make it work somehow You've just got to love your brother It's the natural thing to do You know you've got the same mother And we've got so much to lose We could find a better way We can't carry on this way Uhh huh Love your brother Even if he don't love you You might slide toward one another The place where you're both heading to - - - - - Freedom Freedom (aah aah) Freedom (in us and of us) We have Freedom to create Freedom to share Freedom to build upon What's already there We have Freedom to choose The tools that we need Freedom to build new ones And how we would proceed We are all Free to give All Free to take Free to get it right Free to make mistakes We are all Free to dream All free to muse Free to someday win Free to someday lose Freedom Freedom Feel Free to join in Or go it all alone To blend in with the crowd Or stand there all alone Feel Free to go Wherever you please Free to speak out loud On any topic that you see You are Free to look inside And see how something's made Free to make it yours Or pass it on my way Freedom to reach out Freedom to hold back Free to be responsible For your every act. Freedom Freedom - - - - - Took A Step Took a step, On the way to where you are. Just a step, And I never got too far. Ah ah It just didn't seem clear, What we're trying to do. I Had this strange fear, I was hanging on you. That if we picked it up, And we took it from there, It might last for a turn, And we'd soon be nowhere. Turn around Took a look, And I saw you standing there. Touched your hand, And you vanished in the air. Ah ah We were running around, Falling flat on the ground, Can't quite figure it out, Or make sense of that sound. We've been filled with this thing For so long that it seems It's soaked into our thoughts And bumped into our dreams. Turn around and solo Took a step, On the way to where you are. Just a step, And I never got too far. Ah ah It just didn't seem clear, What we're trying to do. I Had this strange fear, I was hanging on you. That if we picked it up, And we took it from there, It might last for a turn, And we'd soon be nowhere. Turn around and out - - - - - Dreamt Funk 4 Teyssibro This music in a dream Came to me in a rush a swirl of thoughts and feelings of helplessness and such Thoughts about my friend What he's going through of how much I should help but how little I can do So Teyssi mi amigo this Funk is just for you from one heart to another hope its spirit can get through. It's packed with hope and motion and sent to lift you up with promises of healing poured from a loving cup. - - - - -