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Produced by Peter R.J. Deyell & Richard Schweitzer
for "tindog music & stuff"
Random Magic Track List & lyrics
All the Lies You Whisper - 4:36
Something We Share - 5:44
My Father's Arms - 4:29
Mary Ann - 4:51 *
The Princess - 4:00 *
We'll Fly Tonight - 3:03 *
Horse - 5:30
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Random Magic (feat. Brandon Scott - 4:55
My Tesla Went to Tulsa (without me) - 4:30
Can I Rely On You (for love) - 3:56
Love to Love - 3:39
Pulling Together, Apart
(for Covid, with enmity) - 4:10
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* written by Leland Dan Schweitzer
ALL THE LIES YOU WHISPER
by Richard Schweitzer
When we practice to deceive,
it is ourselves who first believe, and through our eyes
our lies perceived,
and even truth rings naïve.
Streetlights glowing in the darkness
like a thousand lonely islands in a dark and empty sea
And the stars are blotted out of sight
by tears that stay within the eyes
It’s like a warning from my conscience
like an amber light at cross-roads
is it blindness that endangers me
How I wish you weren’t so distant
I could hear you, I could touch your mind
Never talk out loud when you’re alone
You’ll never reach another ear, the words will rise and disappear
Without a trace, and you’ll still be alone
(With all the lies you whisper)
With all the lies you whisper
(With all the lies you whisper)
…all the lies
Little ears that listen in the stillness
like a million angry poets, waiting patiently for lines to use
All the lies you whisper to your pillow
in the night seep into your eyes
I’ll bet you never felt their presence
like a cancer in your memory
was it apathy that blinded you
How I wish you could have seen me
I was there beside you all the time
Never talk out loud when you’re alone
You’ll never reach another ear, the words will rise and disappear
Without a trace, and you’ll still be alone
Never talk out loud when you’re alone
You’ll never reach another ear, the words will rise and disappear
Without a trace, and you’ll still be alone
(With all the lies you whisper)
With all the lies you whisper
(With all the lies you whisper)
…all the lies
SOMETHING WE SHARE
by Richard Schweitzer
Something we share - time. But, is it running out or poised to tick over into a new beginning? That's a decision we also share.
Sometimes we differ, though often agree
Vast worlds of existence between you and me
Tied close together by things we both like
At arm's length
In the space between
We meet eye to eye
The sky isn't blue, unless we decide
We can't find each other so maybe don't hide
Comprehension in common is rare but still real
One mutual heart
It's there to grasp
And tear an incorruptible seal
Each waking moment trying to find
Feelings we both are aware of
We cling to reactions that guide us along
Looking for something we share
Something we share
Breathable air
Ground we can trust, not compare
Heartbeats in sync that bridge the divide
As we're looking for something we share
Always looking for something we share
Something we share (Sometimes we differ, though often agree)
Desperate dare (Vast worlds of existence)
Uncommonly rare (between you and me)
Too frightened for prayer
(Tied close together by things we both like)
Too lost to care (At arm's length, in the space between)
Blind to the glare (In the space between we meet eye to eye)
Neither here (we swear) we swear
Nor there (beware) beware
To err, to err
Is something we share
Social agreements held close to heart
Divisive and frightening, keep us apart
In search of those moments, intention aligns
To draw us
In neutral space
To unite irreconcilable minds
Something we share
Breathable air
Ground we can trust, not compare
Heartbeats in sync that bridge the divide
As we're looking for something we share
Always looking for something we share
MY FATHER'S ARMS
By Richard Schweitzer
Inspired by my father and mother, sometime between Mother's Day and Father's Day, 2021
My sainted mother loved him even through her pain
And with his strong arms and through her love
they saved my world time and time again
The comfort of their voices is just a dream when I'm awake
Each year a little dimmer
Fading wisdom that remains for me to take
And when they seem so far away
Lost in time's shifting sands
In my need I am reminded
Just how much of them I am
They left me all that I am when they left me
And when I find myself reaching out, I see
My father's arms
Right there in front of me
I see them with my mother's eyes
My father's arms
It's my mother's tears I feel every time I cry
And the pain I watched them suffer through
supports me when I feel it in my life
I am upheld by all the times they said that they were proud
I'd sing to them where 'ere they are
If only I could sing that loud
I'd surely bring them back if I could
For a chance to love them better, and I know I would
I know that it's impossible, but possible to dream
And dreaming never did an old child harm
I can still feel them around me
As I reach out and see
That they seem so far away
Lost in time's shifting sands
In my need I am reminded
Just how much of them I am
They left me all that I am when they left me
And when I find myself reaching out, I see
My father's arms
Right there in front of me
I see them with my mother's eyes
My father's arms
Stretched out in front of me
With my mother's eyes I see that I have
My father's arms (My father’s arms)
Oh, and my mother’s eyes (My father’s arms)
And my father’s arms
MARY ANN
by Leland Dan Schweitzer
Part of my continuing effort to
preserve my brother's music with
my own versions.
We've only just met and it's time so soon to leave
It feels so much like runnin' out after all you gave to me
But the road is singin' siren songs, it pulls me far away
If life is kind perhaps our love will flower some other day
If I gave you all I'd like to give, all I feel I owe
I don't think I'd get very far, I'd never hit the road
I don't think I can really say... but girl, I think you know
And though you don't quite understand you accept my need to go
Mary Ann, I wish that I could be the man I know you need
Mary Ann, I wish that I could see a future for you and me
But years of restless wandering have left their mark on me
And if our roads should meet again
I’ll thank you then for loving me
I suppose I could tell you something kind
like I'd send for you someday
But a part of me is not so blind, and it won't work out that way
We've been gentle lovers, and fast, if odd-matched friends
Staying bears the risk of never finding love again
Well, I won't be less than honest though that may be less than kind
And I won’t make empty promises
though such might ease your mind
Well, I don't know how to thank you and I'm not sure how I feel
but I need to tell you somehow, it's been so sweet and real
Mary Ann, I wish that I could be the man I know you need
Mary Ann, I wish that I could see a future for you and me
But years of restless wandering have left their mark on me
And if our roads should meet again
I’ll thank you then, for loving me
Mary Ann
THE PRINCESS
by Leland Dan Schweitzer
Part of my continuing effort to preserve my brother's music with
my own versions.
I remember people’s faces
Long gone friends and long lost places
Memories that never faded and touch me still today
I remember stories told
Adventures, treasures, hidden gold
That all the years have seen grow old
But never goes away
A princess gives a toad a kiss
He turns into a handsome prince
Ah but, anymore it seems like this just works the other way
All the stories read before we slept are...
Promises life never kept
But deep inside there’s something left or I could never say
Are you the princess I’ve been looking for?
Do you believe in happily ever after anymore?
Is the girl who dreamed her prince would come
Still hoping in her heart for one?
Is there room for magic anymore?
Are you the princess I’ve been looking for?
I know my armor’s not that bright
I can’t find dragon one to fight
My charger’s blue instead of white, it needs work any way
I’m really not a prince I know, until a princess tells me so
Believes in me with all her soul and makes me feel that way
Your father may not be a king
But that doesn’t mean a thing
Real love changes everything if you’ll believe it come what may
And I want a chance to see you shine
To touch the princess there inside you
And keep the promise all our childhood stories ever made
Are you the princess I’ve been looking for?
Do you believe in happily ever after anymore?
Is the girl who dreamed her prince would come
Still hoping in her heart for one?
Is there room for magic anymore?
Are you the princess I’ve been looking for?
WE'LL FLY TONIGHT
by Leland Dan Schweitzer
Part of my continuing effort to
preserve my brother's music with
my own versions.
We’ll fly tonight
With just the moonlight for a guide
Our own two wheels, the air we ride
The time is right
And we’ll fly tonight
We’ll turn our faces to the wind
The road is singing once again
I hear the call
Open road and open sky
The company we keep
All the countryside is still
And all the noise seems fast asleep
So the world spins by
And resting I can hear the willows weep
Then turn into the wind again
To see what we can see
And we’ll fly tonight
A dream of motion through the air
Your arms to let me know you’re there
And feel it too
Ooo, and we’ll fly tonight
And know that living is no dream
With life and death so close it seems to light the night
Aah, and we’ll fly tonight
Open road and open sky
The company we keep
All the countryside is still
And all the noise seems fast asleep
So the world spins by
And resting I can hear the willows weep
Then turn into the wind again
To see what we can see
And we’ll fly tonight
With just the moonlight for a guide
Our own two wheels, the air we ride
The time is right
Ahh, we’ll fly tonight
We’ll fly tonight
RANDOM MAGIC
(feat. Brandon Scott)
by Richard Schweitzer
Thanks to Brandon Scott for
the magic inspiration and the yelling at his phone to be the "magician" in the song.
Never pick a magician's pocket
A conundrum is all that you will find
A card that doesn't play
A coin that doesn't spend
A bit of empty space to lose your mind
If you filch the valise of a wizard
The risk is you will leave yourself exposed
To a fanciful idea
Or a kink in your beliefs
A challenge to your cozy predisposed
Sometimes we're victims of magic consequence
Even fate can lose control
Out of thin air random acts of magic
Luck and serendipity occur
The source of wonder misdirected by a glance
Magic is just a circumstance of chance
If you blow the skirt up of a witch
That dark garden of secrets is a fright
A varicose vulgarity
That stupefies credulity
No spell could bring you comfort from the sight
Never try to out-sorce- a sorcerer
That's standing line-of-fire for a hex
They'll twist your very fate
And startle your repose
A practiced plot to puzzle and perplex
Sometimes we're victims of magic consequence
Even fate can lose control
Out of thin air random acts of magic
Luck and serendipity occur
The source of wonder misdirected by a glance
Magic is just a circumstance of chance
If you think you can oversee a seer
Don't believe a thing your eyes reveal
The fabric of reality
Is cunning and untrustworthy
Nothing it conveys or conceals
Is anything less than random acts of magic
Magician:
(Step right this way, the magic starts)
(If my beautiful assistant will step into the box)
(An illusion to shock the senses) (Nothing up my sleeve)
(Take that out of my pocket and be amazed)
(Look! There’s a coin behind your ear)
(And the elephant is gone!) (Hocus pocus) (Sim Sala Bim!) (Shazam)
(Don’t blink or you’ll miss the magic moment) (Abracadabra, poof!)
Sometimes we're victims of magic consequence
Even fate can lose control
Out of thin air random acts of magic
Luck and serendipity occur
The source of wonder misdirected by a glance
Magic is just a circumstance of chance (Magic)
(Magic) (Abracadabra, poof!)
MY TESLA WENT TO TULSA (without me)
By Richard Schweitzer
Inspired by an idea and a title by Frank Quirk. Thanx, Frank!
I don't know what I did that was so wrong.
That dancing girl meant nothing, and it didn't last for long
My darlin' always begged me to be honest, that’s a trap
She packed up her bags, walked out the door and that was that
So what? I'm only human, and I was drunk
It may've been on purpose she left panties in my truck
My true and faithful hound liked my darlin' more than me
They drove off together, locked the house and took the key
I ran to the garage to chase them down
But where I park my car, there was nothing to be found
I pulled up the app on my smarty pants phone
And on it was a message got me cryin' all alone
This is me, you piece of shit, I'm your Tesla
How could you have hurt that girl that left ya?
And I know you liked your truck the best
So I'll be on the road all by myself
That's how I found out
My Tesla went to Tulsa, without me
And I don't even know nobody there
I'd Uber up to Oklahoma, but it's just no use
It returned itself to the dealer in Catoosa
I just got a refund in a text
And my Tesla went to Tulsa, without me
My next ride is gonna be a stupid car
One that can’t tell all of cyber-space right where you are
Won’t send no-ti-fi-cations when it’s broke or out of fuel
And won’t make E-judgements ‘bout what or who I choose to do
I guess I gotta change all my locks
The ones my darlin’ bought talk to my phone and to my watch
They turn my lights and TV on, and used to start my car
And let my Darlin’ know when I was headed to the bar
Now I know why the life I loved is gone, long gone
And that text will remind me why I was so damned wrong
Cuz I shared it via Bluetooth to a ‘lectronic picture frame
Sits by my bed and buzzes to remind me of my shame
This is me, you piece of shit, I'm your Tesla
How could you have hurt that girl that left ya?
And I know you liked your truck the best
So I'll be on the road all by myself
Yeah, that's how I found out
My Tesla went to Tulsa, without me
And I don't even know nobody there
I'd Uber up to Oklahoma, but it's just no use
It returned itself to that dealer in Catoosa
I just got a refund in a text
And my Tesla went to Tulsa, without me
(Heh-heh, drove there all by itself, no snack or nature breaks.
Made it on just one charge.
Darlin’ maybe I’da kept ya, if I lasted like my Tesla)
​
I just got a refund in a text.
And my Tesla went to Tulsa, without me
CAN I RELY ON YOU (for love)
by Richard Schweitzer
If love was as reliable as coffee and you were my barista...
I was runnin’ like a runaway, champing at the bit
To make damned sure that I made it
Like a car without brakes, runnin’ all the lights
I just knew I’d stall if I waited
No matter where you go, or what you try to do
You’re always there after the one who made it there before you
Can I rely on you for love
I’m gonna need it when my heart gives up
I know I’m askin’ too much
But when the curtain finally falls
I’m gonna need the strength of your touch
Can I rely on you, for love
I was swinging for the parking lot, callin’ on a bluff
Trying to get a foot in a door
I could take it on the chin, cause I knew that at the limit
I could handle just a little bit more
No matter what you do, or where you try to go
You’re either too low on the list
Or they’re telling you you’re runnin’ too slow
Can I rely on you for love
I’m gonna need it when my heart gives up
I know I’m askin’ too much
But when the curtain finally falls
I’m gonna need the strength of your touch
Can I rely on you, for love
Can I rely on you, for love
Can I rely on you, for love
Can I rely on you, for love
Can I rely on you, for love
Always reaching for the high notes, trying to sell a ticket
I needed all eyes on me
Savoring the pain, waving off the critics
The finish line was all I could see
No matter who you want to be, or who you think you are
You’re never living up to how high you set your own bar
Can I rely on you for love
I’m gonna need it when my heart gives up
I know I’m askin’ too much
But when the curtain finally falls
I’m gonna need the strength of your touch
Can I rely on you
Can I rely on you, for love
LOVE TO LOVE
by Richard Schweitzer
You didn’t set me free, didn’t show me where the door was
All you did was let me know the door was there
I’m the one who turned the handle
And let the fresh air in
And now I’ve got some truth I’d like to bare
You set your sights a little high and when I try to see your goal
The sun’s too bright, and hurts my eyes
Are you sure you aren’t getting burned
It’s a well-known fact of life
That you can’t see the stars until you’ve seen the light
And lose the fight and realize what you’ve learned
Ooo, don’t turn to me again, it’s much too late for recompense
You let it finally slip right through the crack
It’s a sad estate when you can’t love the one you’d love to love
It’s even worse to know you’ll never get it back
I don’t know where I’ll go, the road leads in two directions
And I can’t see eye to eye with either one
It’s true, I am a loner
And we never should have started
I’m just sorry that it’s me who has to run
You set your sights a little high and when I try to see your goal
The sun’s too bright and hurts my eyes
Are you sure you aren’t getting burned
It’s a well-known fact of life
That you can’t see the stars until you’ve seen the light
And lose the fight and realize what you’ve learned
It’s a well-known fact of life
That you can’t see the stars until you’ve seen the light
And lose the fight and realize you’ve been burned
I don't know where I'll go,
the road leads in two directions. And I can't see eye to eye with either one.
PULLING TOGETHER, APART
(for Covid, with enmity)
by Richard Schweitzer
The parenthetical title says it all, I think.
I wrote this in the midst of the first lockdown in March of 2020 and
originally released it to social media that same month.
Differences notwithstanding
Things are as they are
The world has gotten so demanding
Just waking up is so bizarre
The sun still rises each morning
And we search for something we share
Even if it's just a warning
There has to be the space to care
It's not a game, but it's a game we have to play
But there are many winners, you will see
I promise this
I'll stay in for you, stay in for me
Pulling out all the stops
Pulling for you and I
To rise above and be pulling, pulling our share
We can't stand hand to hand
But we can still be heart to heart
Pulling together, apart
One thing remains of who we are
The promise of who we can be
I think we'll learn to love the scar
If we dig in our heels, clench a lonely fist
Open our eyes, set our gaze on the prize and choose to see
It's not a game, but it's a game we have to play
but there many winners, you will see
I promise this
I'll stay in for you, stay in for me
Pulling out all the stops
Pulling for you and I
To rise above and be pulling, pulling our share
We can't stand hand to hand
But we can still be heart to heart
Pulling together, apart
Pulling together, apart
HORSE
by Richard Schweitzer
This is empathy writing, I'm really not a horse person. I was inspired listening to someone describe what riding was to them, and it evoked for me similar feelings to riding a motorcycle, which is why
I placed it next to We'll Fly Tonight in
this album.
Without a word you know how I’m feeling
Under sun and sky we run as one
The freedom of the wind is ours to ride
You may carry me, but I’m running by your side, in my mind
Out of need I live and deal in chaos
But always in my heart I’m on the trail
I sense your hesitation when I’m angry, or I’m tense
And you take me to a place where living makes some sense
And I’m fine
How could I get through this life my feet locked to the earth?
Only on your back do I feel sure
Reason reins me in so I can breathe
Solace with a friend, strong enough to bear my pain
Ever running, ever willing, ever free
(Ever free) (Ever running) (Ever free) (Ever willing)
Dark obsessing, cold and deep
Wild thoughts pressing, swell and leap
Fast companion, stout and smooth
Cantered plea, wingless flew
Prance and poise
Scattered pressures
Sanguine noise
Together is a place I can be
Fear abandoned, musk and mane
Harbored longings, hooves of flame
Joy unshackled, sense and fret
Unencumbered, froth and sweat
Need and power
Swelling rhythm
Fleeting hour
Together… together
Clouded fears blown away, all but forgotten
If only for the moment that we run
A sharing of needs, a fellowship of two
And we flee together as if speed alone can outrun the world
How could I get through this life my feet locked to the earth?
Only on your back do I feel sure
Reason reins me in so I can breathe
Solace with a friend, strong enough to bear my pain
Ever running, ever willing, ever free
(Ever free) (Ever running) (Ever free) (Ever willing)
Without a word you know how I’m feeling
(Ever running) (Ever willing)
Under sun and sky we run as one
(Ever running) (Ever willing)
The freedom of the wind is ours to ride (Ever running)
Ever free
(Ever willing) (Ever running)
(Ever running) (Ever willing)
(Ever willing) (Ever running)
(Ever running) (Ever willing)
(Ever willing) Ever free