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A Musical Menagerie (from the lockdown era)

by Steven P Robinson

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1.
I've Got A Feeling 04:10
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Pick me up, Don't leave me on the ground. I've been out of sorts, But always play the clown. It's hard for me to let go, It's hard for me to hang on, It's hard for me too know, Which one I should act upon. I've got a feeling, I've got a feeling, Is it just déjà vu? Or could it be something new? I've got a feeling, I've got a feeling, Is it déjà vu? Or could it be something new? Pick me up, I need a helping hand. I forgot what it's like, To be on the mend. It's hard for me to reach out, It's hard for me to hold back, It's hard for me to see the sun, When my blue skies are turning black. I've got a feeling, I've got a feeling, Is it just déjà vu? Or could it be something new? I've got a feeling, I've got a feeling, Is it déjà vu? Or could it be something new?
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At My Door 03:26
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I hear you knockin' at my door, But you're not welcome anymore. I get the feeling you think I'm out of time, But I'm not ready to put things aside. Inhibitions lowered, your guard is down, You could easily become talk of the town. Patiently you try to get through, But theres no answers coming to you. We make believe it's the only way we feel, There's nothings left to do when reality gets real. I hear you knockin' at my door, But it's much fainter than it was before. I hear you shuffling in the corridor, So uncertain, so unsure. We make believe it's the only way we feel, There's nothings left to do when reality gets real.
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Lost In The Ether 03:50
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An uncertain smile, graced your face for a while, now it’s lost in the ether, A brush with romance, never gave it a chance, now it’s lost in the ether. Everything seems so temporary to me, to me, It’s hard to find meaning in things so fleeting to me, for me. Another lover, comes to darken your corner, now they’re lost in the ether, A sincere apology, never meant to be, oh how that’s lost in the ether. Everything seems so temporary to me, to me, It’s hard to find meaning in things so fleeting to me, for me. A moment in time, is it ever really mine? There is so much longing to do before were gone and through. I’m clutching at strands that are slipping through my hands, I have such little control, it’s all I’ve ever known. A last note is played, I exit the stage, now I’m lost in the ether.
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Instrumental#1 (Luminosity) 03:39
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Open Book 05:17
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The candle burns, flame sways like it's so unsure, You give me a glance more knowing than it was before. The room seems small, the walls are they closing in? The hours pass and my argument is wearing thin. I've got something I've been meaning to say to you, We all have secrets we bestow on only a few, I've got something I've been meaning to tell to you, I'm an open book, for you to view, only for you to view. Wildflower grows, this house is in such disrepair, Statues on the lawn, worn down, so neglect of care. Wind chimes sound, how they seem to come from everywhere, Be still my heart, be careful to be quick to share. I've got something I've been meaning to say to you, We all have secrets we bestow on only a few, I've got something I've been meaning to tell to you, I'm an open book, for you to view, only for you to view.
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Pain 05:09
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Pain, I'll always be friends with pain, We're one and the same, I'll never leave it's clutches again. Respite, I tried to make friends with respite, It said oh not tonight, The timing wasn't right. Mercy, I tried to make friends with mercy, She said we'll have to see, I felt she spoke insincerely. Happiness, I tried to rekindle things with happiness, It said I wasn't missed, I'm no longer on its list. Joy, what do I do to bring back joy? Joy acted kind of coy, Hadn't seen me since I was a boy. Comforting arms, I tried to receive love from comforting arms, But those arms had their qualms, I raised all their alarms. Yet pain, will always be my friend, We're married 'til the end, There's nothing left to transcend.
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I Don't Know 03:16
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I dunno if I should follow my heart, I dunno what wisdom it imparts, I dunno if I should starve my brain, I dunno if I should feed it again. I dunno why my body aches, I dunno why my body forsakes, I dunno where my thoughts escape, I dunno how to learn from mistakes. I don't know what I'm saying half the time, I don't know the words I'm trying to find, I don't know what I'm doing most of the time, I don't know how to return to a simple state of mind. I dunno what I was aiming for, I dunno why it fell short, I dunno the bind you're in, I dunno how to get under your skin, I dunno who taught you that, I dunno how you learned it so fast, I dunno how it came to pass, I dunno why it couldn't last. I don't know what I'm saying half the time, I don't know the words I'm trying to find, I don't know what I'm doing most of the time, I don't know how to return to a simple state of mind.
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Instrumental#2 (Rainy Days) 01:32
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Instrumental#3 (Outro) 02:30
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A collection or hodgepodge if you will of new songs, loose ideas and ditties recorded during the pandemic! Lost In The Ether was previously released but that orphan needed a permanent home so found it here.

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released August 4, 2020

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Steven P Robinson Chicago, Illinois

Originally from England, now residing in Chicago, I'm a singer-songwriter operating under the not too imaginative nom de plume Steven P. Robinson. Once described in some strange backhanded compliment as 'The King of Oxfam Folk' by now defunct music website Angry Ape for my beg, borrow, steal attitude to songwriting, I create mainly lo-fi tunes that I release as EP's. ... more

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