Song A Day

i don’t remember if i did or i didn’t i can’t...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:28:35 -0800

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

I drive a slow and wary trainone that makes a lot of stopsthe...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:22:40 -0800

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

Song A Day #432. “In The Rain”

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:29:14 -0800

Song A Day #432. “In The Rain”

Song A Day #431. “ISM”. Another one on the spot!

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:55:36 -0800

Song A Day #431. “ISM”.

Another one on the spot!

Song A Day #430. “Barn Owl” Made up on the spot.

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:51:24 -0800

Song A Day #430. “Barn Owl”

Made up on the spot.

Song A Day #429. “Juice An Onion” my immune system...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:01:04 -0800

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

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

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:23:38 -0800

Song A Day 428. “Ben and Jerry’s”

From my home state of Vermont!!

Song A Day #427. “Those Gaming Guys” they’re...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:50:00 -0800

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

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

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:56:25 -0800

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

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

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:31:44 -0800

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.

Song A Day #424. “Lonesome Valley”

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:11:45 -0800

Song A Day #424. “Lonesome Valley”

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

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:56:48 -0800

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.

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

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:03:03 -0800

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

This song and all other song a day songs can be downloaded at:
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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

Song A Day #421. “Double Take” Download this song...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:48:35 -0800

Song A Day #421. “Double Take”

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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

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

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:40:00 -0800

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!

Song A Day #419. “The Robin Hood Tax” This song and...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:07:26 -0800

Song A Day #419. “The Robin Hood Tax”

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

have you heard this joke? it’s funny.
about a system out of whack
how the banks all took our money
and we’re trying to get it back
trying to get it back
but the banks all drag their heels
just like we knew they would
it’s time that we got real
it’s time for Robin Hood

It’s the Robin Hood tax
Do the Robin Hood dance
Also known as the Financial Transaction Tax
Some people call it FTT for short

all over the world
hundreds of thousands of times a day
financial assets are traded
the robinhood tax, taxes these trades

like stocks, bonds and foreign exchange
traded both physically and as derivatives
options, forwards, futures and swaps
we’re talking speculative banking
so it won’t effect you or me

it’s the Robin Hood tax
do the Robin Hood dance
make the Robin Hood face
yeah

the rate of the tax would be
between .5% and .005%
and implemented globally
would raise 400 billion every year

Song A Day #418. “Fuck You...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:27:57 -0800

Song A Day #418. “Fuck You Day”

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it’s a day lost in time
it’s not that it’s a shame or crime
but you lose the day
and the day gives way to
bullshit and stuff
as if you didn’t already have enough
things to do
the day makes you
angry

fuck you day

Song A Day #416. “Can’t Fly.” contribution...

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:04:10 -0800

Song A Day #416. “Can’t Fly.”

contribution complicated by the inner critic hating all
and more
offering the only thing i sing as chickens beat their wings and still
do not fly
don’t fly
chickens don’t fly
chickens don’t fly
mr. mystery is replicating all around me as i pick
up my guitar
the rock he brings to her as proof is proof enough but still
he can’t fly
can’t fly
penguins don’t fly
opening between the best and worst of times the time has nothing
to say
burying beneath the sand a head of fear and shame and gutless guilt
she can’t fly
ostrich can’t fly
contribution complicated by the inner critic hating all
and more
wheels turn among the song of children playing in the park the sky
look up in the sky
humans can fly

Song A Day #417. “I Kind of Want an IPad.” I kind...

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:35:04 -0800

Song A Day #417. “I Kind of Want an IPad.”

I kind of want an iPad I kind of want one really bad Let’s just say that I’d be glad To get one as a birthday present If I don’t get one I’ll be kind of sad Less than pissed but just a little mad I kind of want an iPad But I don’t know why I do i don’t know why i do i wasn’t that impressed at the debut But my thoughts and feelings are kind of screwed when it comes to apple products i don’t know what i’d use it for but just knowing it was there in a drawer it’s the idea of it that i adore i resist but know i’ve lost it

Song A Day #415. ”This Much I Know.” oh i found out...

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:46:33 -0800

Song A Day #415. ”This Much I Know.”

oh i found out the thing i love the most i have to leave behind
oh no one ever tells you that you’re on your own when you die
some people try to take it with them when they go
they don’t know
some people cling like static to a balloon
but they are fools

oh you can’t force the well to give you water when the rain hasn’t come
oh you can’t make it rain or change your nature even if you cut off your opposable thumbs

some people they try and push it but the river goes
where the river goes
human beings have too much going on inside them oh
this much i know

i’m going where the wind blows free
i’m going where i can be me