Song A Day

  1. i don’t remember if i did or i didn’t 
    i can’t recall if it was or it wasn’t
    i can’t recollect if i should or i shouldn’t
    i forget if it is or it isn’t

    i’ve got no memory of the place or the time
    i won’t have dreams about the how and the why
    i have misplaced the who and the what
    i’m missing the details

    i’m not sure it matters just what i saw
    it makes no difference the things that i smelled
    who cares about what i touched
    who knows what i heard

  2. I drive a slow and wary train
    one that makes a lot of stops
    the passengers are nervous
    they fiddle with their props
    they’ve decided not to move
    but to sit and watch the crops
    pass silent gold
    if my train had a wish
    he’d wish that he were longer
    that the will to explore new places
    was strong and getting stronger
    that his curiosity
    didn’t feel so wrong or
    that he didn’t feel so old

    up and down the train yard
    everybody says
    the days on the other side
    are the better days
    but i don’t know
    i think i’ll go my route
    and see if i find out

    in poughkipsee we took a bum
    in queens we got a king
    it’s all the same to me
    it doesn’t mean a thing
    if you’ve got the strength to stand
    you’ve got the heart to sing
    with a voice proud or meek
    there’s a missing link in ohai
    and a track unlaid in Dale
    i’ll ride down to the ocean
    and in the belly of a whale
    i’ll take this train to hell 
    and i’ll bring it back rail by rail
    i’d do it even though i’m weak

  3. Song A Day #432.  “In The Rain”

  4. Song A Day #431.  “ISM”.

    Another one on the spot!

  5. Song A Day #430.  “Barn Owl”

    Made up on the spot.

  6. Song A Day #429.  “Juice An Onion”

    my immune system s shot
    i feel another cold coming on
    ready or not
    so i’m gonna juice an onion some ginger and garlic
    and try to kill this bug before it makes me sick

  7. Song A Day 428.  “Ben and Jerry’s”

    From my home state of Vermont!!

  8. Song A Day #427.  “Those Gaming Guys”

    they’re not gaming spies
    they’re not gaming flies
    they’re not gaming pies
    they’re the gaming guys
    they’re the gaming guys

    they tell no gaming lies
    they wear no game disguise
    but they are gaming wise
    they’re the gaming guys
    they’re the gaming guys

  9. Song A Day #426.  “The Big Thaw with Groupon”

    winter is leaving
    springtime’s on it’s way
    now’s the time for fun fun fun
    now is the time to play

    rock cliimbing
    sky diving tennis golf
    boat tours
    street fairs and paintball
    manicure pedicure
    put your sandals on
    we’re going to the beach with groupon

    you can find someone to help you clean your house
    or to landscape your yard
    car washes and boot camps
    to help your abs get hard

    whale watching outdoor dining
    biking and walking tours for real!
    you can even rent a Segway
    groupon’s got all the best deals

  10. Song A Day #425.  “How is The World Different?  Because of You”

    his and all song a day songs available for download at: www.jonathanmannmusic.com

    humanity multitudinous
    and it inspires awe
    full of sadness and full of goodness
    we struggle to do our best through it all
    there is difference
    there is sameness
    but each voice a voice whether it boom or squeak
    and though we were all born and parent’s named us
    but in the lives we lead we are unique
    in a world ever changing
    sometimes we hide from what is strange
    but we can shape the rearranging
    thus becoming the only constant change

    how is the world different? Because of you.

  11. Song A Day #424.  “Lonesome Valley”

  12. Song A Day #423.  “The Wonders of the Mighty Powerstrip”

    The plugged-in devices in your house may seem like innocent inanimate objects, but they’re actually evil creatures, sucking more and more energy, causing global warming and costing you lost of money. In this song, I reveal the simple but effective tool of their demise. The mighty powerstrip.

  13. Song A Day #422.  “Don’t/Just Give It Away”

    This song and all other song a day songs can be downloaded at:
    www.jonathanmannmusic.com

    Don’t just give it away
    Just give it away

    mouth to mouth
    eye to eye
    can you see me?

    when i went on my merry way
    and i saw the beach in sand
    i thought i saw the will of god
    i saw what he had planned

  14. Song A Day #421.  “Double Take”

    Download this song or any song a day song from www.rockcookiebottom.com

    my love lay slain by a snake in a field
    and i vowed to bring her back by any strength that i wield
    no mere death won’t stop me for my love is pure and hot
    and beside my music my love is all i got

    so i set out to locate those tunnels leading deep
    and i came upon the river styx where the boatman earns his keep
    and even as he barred my way with staff and coin and ring
    i brought up my ukulele and i started to sing

    finally i came to the land of the dead
    and i saw the face that all men do dread
    and the face it spoke with words so cold and bleak
    that i felt that i was dying even as i heard him speak

    abandon hope all ye that enter here
    though love be your purpose you live not without fear
    my heart has never known love and so i will not let her go
    not for you orfeo

    oh good king you think you know everything
    but it’s love that binds the world and makes it whole
    you words move me not nor your song, i see your thought
    my heart will not be moved
    as is your goal
    i’d gladly give my life for hers as the world without her lives in a curse
    i’d die so she can keep her beauty in the world
    your precious life you’d give so that the one you love may live
    my sleeping heart is shaken life a banner fresh unfurled

    the two of you may go
    but this doom i do decree
    you may turn around only once
    to make sure she’s following
    but if you should turn a second time
    then your quest will be undone
    she’ll remain with me
    and you’ll go back to the sun

    and that’s the story of how i lost the woman that i love twice
    the first time by no fault of my own and the second time by my own vice
    for in the darkness and the shadow
    my thoughts began to quake
    and before i know what had happened
    i did a double take

  15. Song A Day #420.  “Ringtone for Eóin Fay.”

    This song and all song a day songs available for download at www.jonathanmannmusic.com

    my name is Eóin Fay
    i’m from sudbUry
    i’m a grammar nazi
    and i’m afraid of zombies
    i’m a nerd
    i’m addicted to sushi
    i love beer and have lots of tattoos
    and i’m irish and proud of it
    i’m an ass man
    not a boob man
    i’m afraid of: earwigs!

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