"THE 'DOUBLE N' STORY...SOME LYRICS FOR A SUNNY DAY!"

Hi Friends!

I had intended to post something which acknowledges yesterday's passing of Dick Clark.

Unfortunately I am short of time today...meeting a good friend in Tribeca this evening and I want to get out and enjoy the magnificent April weather (especially because the forecast isn't so wonderful for the next few days). My comment on the sad news will therefore have to wait a little while longer. In the meantime, I thought some kind of musical post would be appropriate and so today I include some of the lyrics of the songs that can be found on the CD "Double N". "Boomer" oriented social commentary - and my own special brand of "fractured" love songs...enjoy! :-) Stevenn

note: all songs (c) by Stevenn Beck

EPIC TIME

where has it gone

the hope we all share

where has it gone

the dreams we all dared

where has it gone the burden we all bared

and how did that epic time slip away?

why have we lost

all that we did endure

why have we lost

motives that once were pure

why do we sit and wait here

so safe and secure

and how did that epic time slip away?

time used to be so easy to define

but now they've all confused my mind

the pieces they have failed to fall

we just can't penetrate their wall

we struggled so hard

but rarely did we gain

maybe now we've come to expect

that killing rain

it seems to have gone for good

that's what they say

and how did that epic time slip away?

UNDERGROUND MODE

once upon a time you took me by the hand

led me down the path to no man's land

we were so young having fun

trying everything once or twice

looking for ways to have a good time

steal a kiss in the alley by the five and dime

we were alright flying high

into the nite it was fine

but out there on the docks I get a big chill

my blood runs cold my heart is still

seems like they all appeared one day

on an empty shore thirty years to the day

cry me a river full of mistakes

call me a dreamer out on the make

above the fray safe in underground mode

well I never thought it would end up this way

thousands of clones not a soul to their names

on the move looking good

for who know who or why

just a lifetime ago

we all laughed in the sun

thought we were different

thought we were one

the generation who would save it for good

we were only fooling

down in the cavern someone hits on my friend

her eyes showed desire she moved closer again

she asked what he did and he said who he was

she turned on her heels disappeared in a rush

give me a reason of a proper defense

don't blame for sitting alone on the fence

above the fray safe in underground mode

someone rapped on my door with his baseball bat

cried "leave! I'll break your head if you ever come back!"

I dropped to the floor the intruder burst in

it was my best friend with an evil grin

leave me to wander alone in the street

keep me suspended at the point of release

above the fray safe in underground mode

now listen to the music being played in the streets

all sounds the same it puts me to sleep

wasn't there a time when we listened to the words

for meaning?

I can't understand why you and I

can't drop all pretension at the wink of an eye

and exist as ourselves

in the ego less fringes of the universe

once more I pushed through the crowd at jack's back yard

everyone I knew they were laughing so hard

I peered through the smoke and offered my hand

they looked right through me like I was some other man

ain't no tomorrows ain't no yesterday

keep all your sorrows just give me today

above the fray safe in underground mode

above the fray safe in underground mode

DO THE RIGHT THING

troops on the front line desperate for a lifeline

fighting a war without cover of air

captain holds it together, requests a plan that's better

only to be told do the best that he can.

now the emperoress without clothes on

can't seem to get it on now

she's locked into her agenda refuses to hear

it doesn't seem to matter her decisions are disaster

when she's stripped naked there's nothing there

but you've got to the do the right thing, do the right thing

do the right thing now

morale is declining fatalities are climbing

captain reports to his executive staff

they don't seem to listen

in fact they have a vision

of promotions if they keep it to themselves

the fighters start to suffer as everyone wonders

why leaders only fight for the expedient cause

replacements aren't coming cause the politician's running

it isn't good for business if the voters are lost

(chorus)

but you've got to do the right thing, do the right thing

do the right thing now

you've got to do the right thing, baby do the right thing

step up to the plate and take your bow

now the boss' right-hand flunky the charming mr. flunky

does everything he can to make himself look good

his subordinates are ruthless while his boss remains clueless

and the captains of the war are being battered and bruised

the soldiers doing battle are told they have to handle

all of the problems being thrown their way

the lack of ammunition can't be a prohibition

they better get it done they've got to find some way

(chorus)

now the crisis is approaching the structure is imploding

the captain disappears cause he wouldn't play ball

his conscience wouldn't let hime be used by their ambition

the safety of his troops was his primary call

and the emperoress without clothes on is guaranteed to sleep on

cause no one tells her what's going on

the numbers they are lying cause the troops continue dying

and somehow mr. lucky is never around

(chorus)

THINGS ON YOUR MIND

the day will dawn in the morning light

the sun will rise shining bright

the dusk will be in its flight

places and faces that you could name

keep moving in and through your brain

but you know it ain't gonna be the same

(chorus)

but in another time it all could change

events might discover a different range

there ain't no way to draw the lines

when you think about the things on your mind

the people keep following behind you

don't think they're ever gonna find you

still they're setting their traps just to blind you

the people that keep following you

any links between you and god

along the way you might disregard

it ain't too easy it ain't too hard

when you sever your ties with god

(chorus)

and the certain one you're looking for

cause disappointments and the hope they mar

you just wind up in a certain bar

instead of with the one you're looking for

and the deep remains across the sky

the winds may blow but never die

if you think you win you only lie

while the blue remains across the sky

(chorus)

LISTENING TO MYSELF

does it make you baby does it make you

isn't it a thrill for you to do me cruelly?

everybody has the urge to beat up on their neighbors

find their weakest point and push until they break

(chorus)

and I'm doing what I can

not gonna follow someone else's plan

I'm being the best that I can

by listening to myself

isn't it true we all want to make it sometime

isn't it true nothing's between your eyes

is there any feeling for the fool who is trying

make yourself a star with a wicked line

(chorus)

when we're all dust it'll be irrelevant

take your best shot if you want it that bad

i stand tall a survivor of my lifetime

nothing can harm me more than that

do you feel it baby do you feel it

isn't it a weapon you can't control

is there any reason for a man with a mission

achieve his destiny by destroying souls

(chorus)