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Grace, You Amaze Me

Kristine called 440.ten.dril last week to ask me to write a song about her grandmother, Grace. In her voicemail she directed me to a tribute that she had written on her blog, a drop in the bucket. The tribute begins with a quote from the book of proverbs. Here's a part of it below...

"Her children arise and call her blessed." --Proverbs 31:28

At age 103, she is clearly something special. But we knew she was special long before she reached a milestone age. No one can make biscuits like Grandmama or hug like Grandmama  or smell as yummy as Grandmama. Her name, Grace, suits her perfectly, because it is with grace that she handles everyone and everything that comes her way, including my grandfather's longtime battle with Parkinson's Disease. I will never forget the strength she showed during those difficult years. (He died in 1990.)

She has four grandchildren, and while we have always felt we were the center of her world (if we wanted it, Grandmama stopped at nothing to give it to us), as the years have gone by, she has become the center of ours. She is the sun that we orbit around. 

Grace is clearly and amazing person, and I was so happy to have an opportunity to write a song for her and her family.

You can listen to the song here.

Practical Songs For Everyday Use

Our new record: Practical Songs For Everyday Use, hot off the presses!

These 12 songs are about practical everyday rituals, from the first moments of waking to the last moments of drifting off to sleep. The songs are designed to draw your awareness to the present moment so that you might take note of its many particulars, and appreciate what is most important. 

I hope you remember these songs, and that they will help you orient yourself in real time. I hope you can whistle them, or whisper them, or hum them to yourself. I hope they will help you be mindful of the small miracles you encounter everyday as you go about your business. 

The digital download includes a 15 page PDF file with artwork, liner notes, lyrics, chords and even sheet music. 

Enjoy! :-)

Video Cat!

My Wurlitzer 200a with the top off.

My Wurlitzer 200a, looking good.

OK, now the presence boost is ON!

Vote For Gino

What is your song idea? * I need a campaign jingle. I'm running for president of my law school class and need something that will be catchy and stick in my classmates' heads and will have them vote for me. Maybe talk about how I'll plan good parties, will represent evening students, would be the first filipino president (jokingly), will have a pretty first lady, etc. Feel free to be as funny and as catchy as you'd like. Describe your song in one word * Catchy

"my love does wander by my side..."

Bandcamp politely informs me that I'm small-time.

Gatlinburg Tennessee

What is your song idea? * My friends Lisa and Dan are to be wed this month! They are non-secretly eloping in the mountains of Ghatlinbug, TN. They love each other. They want babies. They just bought a house that is lovely. They also just got a dog named Zoe who is lovely, but destroys things when they're at work because she misses them. Lisa's a Steelers fan, Dan's a Browns fan. They are da bomb. Describe your song in one word * wiggly

Why aren't you writing songs???

Social Interruption

What is your song idea? * My friend & I are looking for an rocking ballad-type tune for our online radio show/podcast, Social Interruption with Schmidt & Hof. The show is about everything and nothing. Sports, politics, technology, music, movies, celebrities, beer, geeky stuff, whatever comes to mind. It's almost like morning radio with no censorship. We're based out of Philadelphia and record live weekly and encourage people to call in join in on the fun. Describe your song in one word * Amped!

Fear Is A Blanket

I have another poem that might make a nice song. So, if you want, feel free to use it. i know that / these girls are laughing at me / but what's this guy staring at? / i know my roommate is poisoning the tea / and I know that / the doorman has a key to my room / but why's security pointing with the bat? / i know new york will kill me soon / fear's a drenched blanket / encasing me: heavy and tight / a flexible casket / tucked in I'm shivering through the night / i know that / while I'm having my breakfast bagel / someone's senselessly dying in combat / and someone's mutilated on the torturer's table / and i know that / i'll unravel tier after tier / the ever-present threat / that i'm fleeing like a haunted deer / fear's a drenched blanket / encasing me: heavy and tight / a flexible casket / tucked in I'm shivering through the night / but then again... / i know that / there's a place at the sea / and i know that / you're in this world with me / yes, you're in this world, too / walking lightly through the darkest ravines / yet, i don't know what to do / yet, i don't know what it means / fear's an impervious shroud / enwrapping me: opaque and tight / a light annihilating cloud / burying me in my own ever-lasting night. / Description: paranoid/wallowing in self-pity

Closer Of A Difference

What's your song idea? * Okay, here's the idea for a song (keep in mind this is all silly) The "Band Name" is called: Whisper of Busey. How would the song "Closer of a Difference" sound. I would love to hear what you come up with with such vague info.

Let's All Drown Out The Ice Cream Truck

What is your song idea? * I have been plagued by my neighborhood ice cream truck song (no, not the one with all the triplets... this one is worse. Google "chicago ice cream truck song" if you must, but you've been warned) and I'm looking for something to drown it out with. Please help me, wiggly tendrils! (also, don't move to Berkeley! We'll miss you!) Describe your song in one word * ice(crea)mare

Sad Songs For Cell Phones (Volume 1)

Hello music lovers,

The Wiggly Tendrils are proud to present our latest release, "Sad Songs For Cell Phones." It includes 10 short songs and 3 instrumental interludes recorded over the past 3 years using the internal microphone of my iPhone 3Gs:

1. Sad Songs For Cell Phones 02:20
2. The Barista And The Morning Stars 03:45
3. A Song Before Bed 01:34
4. Transition One 00:55
5. The Actuary's Tale 02:45
6. Song For A Winter Night 01:14
7. Transition Two 00:44
8. The Best Of All Worlds 01:49
9. Approaching The Unknowable 03:35
10. Transition Three 00:40
11. Hymn For Lost Wages 01:20
12. Red Letter Year 02:11
13. Song For Not Quitting 01:37

You can stream the album for free or download it for $5 from our bandcamp page. When you download the album, you'll receive a 12 page .pdf file with artwork, lyrics and discussion of the writing and recording process.

Enjoy, and thankyou for supporting us!

Blessed Are The Builders

one two ready go...

oh i know that you were made
because you have a belly button
and if it's true your made
well then you must be made for something

for the keyboards that you play
for the crayons and the brushes
you've made each one a place
in the world you've built around us

but your bodies weren't made to last forever
and your hearts are not perpetual machines
but you choose to love each day
because it's how we're made
and love is what survives us when we leave

and the best thing that you've made
so far is a decision
to stand up here today
you and your officiant

and first the match was made
and then the band of silver
and now the vows exchanged
oh blessed are the builders

for their bodies weren't made to last forever
and their hearts are not perpetual machines
but they choose to love each day because that's how they're made
and love is what survives us when we leave

oh let's choose to love each day
because that's how we're made
and love is what survives us when we leave

Bunches Of Bananas

What is your song idea? *
We were married Aug 5 We met in 1999 doing a play called Christmas Comes to Detroit Louie We were 15 turning 16 we are now 27 his bday is Dec 15 mine Dec 8 1983 he loves tools, building things, and music. He built a photo booth for the wedding. I love to read and nap. He wore a kilt for the wedding. our 1st kiss and proposal were at Penn's Landing. He knows me better than I know myself and keeps me calm and grounded when everything is going wrong and is happy for me when things go right. I have blue eyes he has green. We both went to catholic single sex high schools. He is an amazing cook. He listens when you speak and thinks out his answers first. He lets me tell him stories over and over. He is wonderful with children and will be an amazing father. He is smart and seeks knowledge in all fields. He is loyal. It took 11years to get married but it was worth the wait. The wedding was the happiest day of my life. We were both crying from joy and laughing the entire ceremony. We did a handfasting ceremony I wrote cause we wanted something special. I want the song to be about our love. We have been through a lot together with ourselves as a couple and with our families but we made it through because we were together. We like to do puzzles together. He likes to take the opposite point just to antagonize me sometimes. He works with his hands so they are callused a strong. He has an infectious laugh and smile. He is the only person to make me feel comfortable enough to be silent. I love him whole bunches of bananas

Describe your song in one word *
LOVE



I love you whole bunches of bananas
the above remains true when we're "grandpa" and "grandma"
oh love of my life won't you please come step with me inside
of this photobooth

because i love you whole boxes of puzzles
when you state the opposing view just to make me befuddled
and you keep me calm when everything is going wrong
i confide in you

1999
we met through a play
we were just 15
but it was worth the wait

because i love you whole bunches of bananas
the above remains true when you're grandpa to my grandma
oh love of my life, i have never been the silent type...
but i'm comfortable with
i'm just comfortable with you
like a bunch of yellow fruit

Have A Chemical Birthday

What is your song idea? *
sorry that I'm requesting a song again in a short period, but I thought it would be a nice birthday gift for a friend :). She's having her birthday oon the 13th of August. She LOVES :) chemistry and physics (I know, it's weird :D) and musicals... and if you could, please include 'black panther' in the song somehow... inside joke :).

Describe your song in one word *
song-just-for-her



i hope you have a chemical birthday
if mendeleev were here he would say
i hope you have a chemical birthday
and like the s-orbital is a pair
your chemical friends will be there

i hope you have a physical birthday
i hope you shout things like F = MA
i hope you have a physical birthday
and like forces all come in pairs
your physical friends will be there

you and all your science friends will say things i don't understand
like something about black panthers and tycho brahe's nose
it's a physics thing i suppose...

i hope you have a chemical birthday
if mendeleev were here he would say
i hope you have a chemical birthday
and like the s-orbital is a pair
your chemical friends will be there

UPDATED: We're moving! Back August 19th.

We're moving The Wiggly Tendrils headquarters from Philadelphia, PA to Berkeley CA! See you in August!

UPDATE: D and I arrived safely. We have no internet, poor cell coverage and the weather is beautiful. at&t is scheduled to come out on the 18th to install our DSL. we'll be back in full force once we're plugged in again.

Lauren and Allison's Fantabulous Adventure

epic poetry as it was intended to be read

PART ONE

What is your song idea?
Many sparky stars, shinning in the night, aloe lotion, sun, teddy bears, and peanut butter crackers

describe your song in one word
heavy

many sparkly stars
shining in the night
aloe lotion sun
teddy bears and
peanut bites

PART TWO

What is your song idea?
While Lauren and Allison go on an adventure they run into the Muppets. Kermit the Frog invites them to cook with the Swedish Chef while they sing Mahna Mahna. Animal comes bursting into the kitchen with purple costumes that make us fly. We go to hug Kermit but Mrs. Piggy beats us upside the head. Gonzo the Great rushes us to the hospital. Unfourtunetally, Bunsen and Beaker are our doctors. Beaker accidentally blows up half of the hospital. Statler and Waldorf are neer by. They come rushing to save Lauren and Ally and we live happily ever after! The End :)

describe your song in one word
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

it's a muppet adventure with lauren and allison
the sweedish chef and kermet will sing with them
in the kitchen with animal bursting in
purple costumes make them lighter than hydrogen
and mrs piggy starts to beat them upside the head
the great gonzo puts them in the hospital bed
Bunsen and beaker are posing as the MD's
they blow up, waldorf and statler save lauren and ally

PART3

What is your song idea?
Sugar Free Gummy Bears wearing purple bikinis decide that they want to go tubing. They pack up their navy blue Volvo Station Wagon and hitch the boat on top of the car. The first Gummy Bear jumps on the tube and they begin to sail away. Out of the corner of his eye, the Gummy Bear seas a shark. He tries to yell to the other Gummy Bear but it is no use. He can not be heard. The shark ends up swimming away and they all live happily ever after... Untill they start driving home and crash. Thats all.

describe your song in one word
squishy :)

PART4

What is your song idea?
Once apon a time where were three beautilful girls who went on a quest for MEN. All they had with them was a Spongebob tin Lunchbox, their amazing good looks, and BUBBLE WRAP!. As they went on their quest, they found many men along the beaches, swamps, rainforrests, in space, and everywehere else. After five minutes of searching, they began to lose hope untill they went to Minnesota. There they found three amazing MEN. They shared their intrest in Disney movies and songs and BUBBLE WRAP!. Lauren, the cute and sensitive one, asked them if they would marry us. The three MEN agreed!. The first MAN, Geromino, took Laurens hand in marrige. Allison, the cute and funny one, married Andrew Bladder. Katherine, the cute and smart one, married Alex B. After they married them the sereneded us with the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight". They played the guitar, their vocal chords, impressed us with their talent to lumberjack, and caught us an alligator. We had fallen head over heals inlove with them untill we woke up and found out it was all a dream. That's all for now folks!

describe your song in one word
fantabulous

once upon a time
on a quest for men
all they had was bubble wrap
spongebob and a lunch box tin
the suitors did recite
"can you feel the love tonight"
they were so impressed until
they realize they were fictional

Sophie is Old (but she's still got 8 of 9 lives)

#videocat standing in for Sophie

What is your song idea?
A song for this girl who i like whole lot, and she really likes one tree hill and shes a really amazing girl. im sorta lookin for something like bluesy, but with like a messy sound to it, somethin like that, i mean you guys seem to have a very cool sound and even if its not bluesy it will still be awesome, thanks a bunch:) oh! ALSO, it would be cool if you mentioned her cat sophie, cuz shes really cute but shes gettin old and her best years are now behind her :/ i know you guys wont dissapoint! thanks a bundle :)

describe your song in one word
inviting, happy



here's a song for the girl i like
watches one tree hill at night
little Sophie by her side
Sophie is old but she's still got 8 of 9 lives

people say that Sophie is old
she's gonna buy the pine bungalow
Sophie knows but she don't mind because
listen close i'll tell you why
Sophie is old but she's still got 8 of 9 lives

here's a song for the girl i like
watches one tree hill at night
her cat is old but she don't mind
Sophie is old but she's still got 8 of 9 lives

Sophie is old but she's still got 8 of 9 lives

Like Tiffany Glasses

Hopes and dreams are somewhat like some kind of translucent, colored glasses

What is your song idea? *
(sorry for the potential grammar mistakes, I'm not a native speaker :D)

Hopes and dreams are somewhat like some kind of transculent, colored glasses like Tiffany glasses... they have all kinds of colors and shades-sometimes lightly, but still, and they glisten ethereally, when the sun shines a ray on them.
But sometimes they explode, usually because of a ruthless inner thrust, and the little glass pieces are falling down in slow motion in front of our eyes, slowly and gradually losing their wonderful, unique colors and turning into some dull grey. Then we fall on our knees, then lie on the ground, and powerlessly, but still, we are looking, scavenging for little pieces that may have a slight, dim light of color in them frantically and lunatically. This dream, this ambition seemed like rebirth and the chance of a lifetime, again, like the others, and it fell into lifeless pieces agauin. Luck is rotating like a wheel, they say. So we sigh, gain some strength... first we get on our knees again... because we just can't give up. After some agony, we start to look for some pieces with some faint color or sheen in them, now with a bit clearer, fresher eye... to construct a new hope and dream again, from it. Because we're hopeful. And we can still go on and believe that it's THAT one. .. and we still hope that it isn't going to shatter like the other ones in the past.

Describe your song in one word *
hope-seeking

West Philly Misses You

The cats here have all turned blue...

What is your song idea? *
i'm so glad you have this online form! i've been meaning to make a request.

recently i've been missing west philly. specifically west philly saturdays in the summer that involve clark park, wandering around the neighborhood, porch sales (and finding stuff you sold at a porch sale 2 years ago). maybe hunting for the leftover cherries. and petting all the cats who live on hazel. (i don't miss the giant roaches on the sidewalk)

Describe your song in one word *
homesick

Inspire us with a Photo! *
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kissesnfishes/148258333/



you miss west philadelphia
and west philly misses you
clark park has grown lugubrious
and the cats here have all turned blue
the porch sale where you sold your stuff
is hoping that you'll move
back to west philadelphia
and come home soon

you miss west philadelphia
and west philly misses you
all those cherries that you love
they're in the pits and homesick its true
the giant roaches are doing fine
in fact they're much improved
but the rest of west philadelphia
is depressed, and homesick for you...

Robot And The Octopus (Inspired by LaRu)

See More Handmade Wearable Art From LaRu: http://www.etsy.com/shop/LaRu#

What is your song idea?
I recently bought an awesome belt buckle with a picture of a robot hugging an octopus on it. i would like a song detailing their forbidden and ultimately doomed love.

Picture here: http://www.etsy.com/transaction/45200798

describe your song in one word
Roboctolove



The robot would clean the lab all day
The neatest piles of the cleanest slides
And the beakers were all put in their place
Counting down the nanoseconds till he'd clean the aquarium

The octopus would do her best to catch his eye
Changing colors into binary numbers
With her suction cup array
Using their secret language to plot and plan their schemes

"I love you, Octopus!"
"I love you, Robot!"

The octopus wanted to return to the sea
The plan was simple: steal some solar panels,
A submarine and a car to escape
Drive to the ocean for a life beneath the waves

"I love you, Octopus!"
"I love you, Robot!"

Late one rainy night, when the scientists were asleep
The android and the cephalopod broke the locks and then hotwired a jeep

"I love you, Octopus!"
"I love you, Robot!"

Get Down With The Legion of Doom

What is your song idea?
Lately I have been really stuck on songs that contain instructions for doing a dance, ranging from something with really specific lyrics like "The Time Warp" to something pretty vague like "The Hustle," but I haven't found any dance instruction songs that are about things that are close to my heart, such as superheros or cupcakes. Could you guys make a superhero or cupcake dance instruction song?

describe your song in one word
hot



if you like to party
and don't like to follow rules
then take a romp through slaughter swamp
and get down with the legion of doom

lex luther brings the cupcakes
black manta brings the drinks
brainiac does the robot in back
'cause he don't care what the other cats think

bizarro he'll be twisting
giganta dances with wonder woman
captain cold he'll be dropping it low
and black manta will be doing the swim

gorilla grodd does the monkey
cheetah does the catwalk cross the room
brainiac does the robot in back
when he gets down with the legion of doom

if you like to party
and don't like to follow rules
listen up and i'll teach you the steps
and we'll get down with the legion of doom

step to the left the kick then punch
retreat to the back make a dodge then a duck
quarter turn to the right smoke bomb kaboom
you just got down with the legion of doom

The Flying Dutchman

What is your song idea? *
Could you please write a song for the verses below. Thanks.

en passant my attention was captured:/
magnificently emerging from amidst the orchids,/
idly eclipsing all the crowd around,/
lovely earthbound bird in its academic cage. /
you did not know that I was enraptured. /

embayed in my memory's remotest sea: /
me and my treasure roamed alongside,/
i yearningly held on to that easeful reverie,/
like the doomed Dutchman waiting for your annual return./
you - alas - did not have a remembrance of me./

eventually, my awkward cacology spoken in dismay:/
mercifully you bent your head on its slender neck,/
if only l could have formed something with those worn out words,/
limning how painfully beautiful you are to me./
you averted your eyes and flew away./

Describe your song in one word *
sad/ironic



en passant
my attention was captured
you did not
know that I was enraptured.

embayed
in my memory's remotest sea
you - alas -
did not have a remembrance of me.

magnificently
emerging from amidst the orchids,
idly
eclipsing all the crowd around,
lovely
earthbound bird in its academic cage.

eventually,
my awkward cacology spoken in dismay
you averted
your eyes and flew away

magnificently
emerging from amidst the orchids,
idly
eclipsing all the crowd around,
lovely
earthbound bird you averted
your eyes and flew away

Wondergirl

What is your song idea?
You wrote a song about our son Jack and we love it! Would TW Tendrils to sing one about our daughter, Audrey? :)

Audrey Leah Joy is a tiny girl full of sweetness and wonder. A contrast of beauty and intelligence, she is ever-curious and absolutely gorgeous. She is equally adept at crying as she is at smiling. Her eyes are the color of the sea and her laugh makes everyone smile. She loves her binky, her brother Jacky, and playing outside, especially racing down the slide. When Audrey is around, its impossible to be unhappy. She just might be the most hilarious & sassy almost-three-year-old the world has ever seen :)

Thank you!

describe your song in one word
Beautiful Contradiction



Audrey Leah Joy is beautiful
and she's so intelligent
she's a wonder-girl
all sweetness and peppermint

she's outside jacky and her on the slide binky in tow
it's impossible to be unhappy when she is happy and she is the happiest sassiest wonder-girl i'll ever know

Audrey Leah Joy is curious
her eyes the shade of the sea
and she's gorgeous
and a contradiction beneath

she's outside jacky and her on the slide binky in tow
it's impossible to be unhappy when she is happy and she is the happiest sassiest wonder-girl
i'll ever know

Nanapolooza

What is your song idea?
Nana is turning 90 in June and so we are having a nanapalooza. This will be her birthday song.

She met Daddy Pat in a bar in Mexico. They lived in Texas, Miami, New York City, London, and Hong Kong. She used to be a pretty big partier too with wild dresses and lots of drinking, before her christian stage. And she raised two complete sets of kids, waiting for the second pair until the first pair had left home. She used to bake homeade bread all the time until one time at a party when a fellow was talking about how much he loves homemade bread and misses it because his wife only bought storebought and Daddy Pat didn't brag on Nana and she never made homeade again.
She travelled all over the world with Daddy Pat since he was an international pilot. they owned an antique store called the green lantern when he retired.

Nana used to be obsessed with her hairdo so when traveling she would wear a plastic shower cap in some public places ie, taxi cabs or bus tours , so the wind wouldn't mess it up... it was very funny AND funny looking i am sure, especially in Israel, Thailand, Greece just to name a few.

Nana's mother was lots of fun and would go out and dance in the rain and be silly but had a hard time getting around as a result of having had polio as a child. She had a big cast iron skillet and would cook the biscuits in it followed by the bacon or sausage followed by the eggs for a one pan meal. Nana's parents were divorced and she used to plan to be home from a visit to her dad before the next childsupport payment was due in case he wouldn't send it otherwise and her mom had no other income.

Nana's grandparents lived on a farm in rural texas and were really sweet and loving and jolly. Nana used to swim in the cow tank there and walk barefoot down the dusty road to her friend's house. Her mom and dad almost got re-married after they were divorced but her stepmother got pregnant right as he was about to leave her. Her father owned a ford dealership in Texas. Her brother Bill was a baker. One time when we had a watermelon but no knife at a rest stop Nana broke open the watermelon with a great heave onto a cement bench and we just dug it out with our fingers.

Her dream house that she and Daddy Pat built on the river had a mexican feel with a courtyard and tile roofs. They used to go out on a houseboat and then later a pontoon boat. She had a beautiful fish pond there and paths through the bamboo and tons of flowers everywhere. You could watch the sun set over the Sebastion river.

describe your song in one word
Sweet



She was wild in the past
She and her Daddy Pat
But she 90 now
So let's sing it loud

ba ba ba ba
nanapalooza

Nana used to make used to make homemade bread
Until one day when a fellow said

How he loves bread homemade
Daddy Pat didn't brag
So she cut him off
Showed him who's the boss
Nana's the boss

ba ba ba ba
nanapalooza

her dream house she and daddy pat built
with the mexican style tile roof
they used to own a little house boat
with all the beautiful fish and bamboo
bamboo
nanapaloo
nanapalooza

Her antique store was called green lantern
Her hair looked great and she knew it mattered

So she wore shower caps
when she took taxi cabs
and went traveling
the pacific ring
oh let's all sing

ba ba ba ba
nanapalooza

Humphrey was a hippopotamus

What is your song idea?
A song about hippo named Humphrey.

describe your song in one word
Humphrey



Humphrey was a hippopotamus
weighed as much as a lot of us
because he was a hippopotamus

Puppy Love

What is your song idea?
My Yellow Labrador, Chopper, is the source of love and joy in my life. I adore your songs and would LOVE it if you could create a song about puppy love :) I have an adorable photo of him if you need it for inspiration ;)

By the way...I refer to him as a puppy but he turns 13 years old this August. I feel that I need to make the most out of the time we have together.

describe your song in one word
Chopper



it's puppy love
chopper dear
when you wag your tail
each time you scratch your ear

it's puppy love
my labrador
i adore you
i'm so greatful you are here

13 years you've grown a little older
but still i'm only thinking of

your golden scruff
the way you "ruff"
thank you for telling me i'm always good enough
for your puppy love

He Does The Trick

What is your song idea?
On July 15, 2011, I will marry my best friend and the love of my life. We are high school sweethearts and have been together almost 9 years. We have so much fun together and just love to laugh and be goofy. We have never lived together and we just bought a house. We are so excited to embark on our new adventure as newlyweds and finally get to live together. I am a hopeless romantic, and he is a complete gentleman who always opens my car door for me even after 8.5 years! :o) I feel so lucky to have found such amazing love so early on in life. I can't wait to grow old with him. We will be that old couple who sits next to one another in the same booth at a restaurant. :o) I call him 'baby' and he calls me 'babe'.

describe your song in one word
sweethearts



my sweetheart my sweetheart doesn't need to write a poem
because the way he treats me lets me know he loves me so
he's a perfect gentleman i'm a hopeless romantic
when he opens up the door for me for me that does the trick

my sweetheart is goofy and he makes me laugh out loud
and when we're newly married we are moving to a house
and when we're old he'll take my coat and then we will both sit
on the same side of the booth to eat and for me that does the trick

for me that does the trick
oh for me that does the trick
he's a perfect gentleman and i'm a hopeless romantic

and for me that does the trick
for me he does the trick
if you ask me what is love i simply answer this

that for me he does the trick
for me he does the trick
he's a perfect gentleman and i'm a hopeless romantic

Go Coco

What is your song idea?
Cocobean is a tiny girl with brilliant red hair. 2 years old and weighing in at a mere 20 pounds. She's a spitfire, though. All seeing, all knowing. She is the fly on the wall. Unassuming at times, but constantly observing, showing no indication that she understands until it's her time to show us. She does things her way. She wouldn't wait for us to get to the hospital before she was born and she doesn't wait for us to decide that it's time to put on "shirt-pants" or "go bye-bye". We are and always will be her constant support, but also her heaviest anchor. Go, Coco, go.

describe your song in one word
Go.



coco is a girl just a tiny lass
curls the color of a lobster back
she don't stop when she's made up her mind so don't even ask
just say go coco go coco go coco

she's like the fly walking up the wall
composite eye seeing all
we won't know that she's made up her mind till she tells us so
but then it's go coco go coco go coco

in a hurry since the day she was born
racing mom to the hospital ward
racing mom to the hospital ward
coco put the pedal down to the floor

her parentals are her constant support
coco puts the pedal down to the floor
i said it once, i said it once and i'll say it once more
i'll say go coco go coco go coco

i'll say go coco go coco go coco

Hipacrit

What is your song idea?
well, my boyfreind is a hipacrit. he always tells me not to do stuff but he does it, like he wont call me when im with his freins ut when hes with hid he expects me to call, and were on and off all the time cuz i say one little thing and he blows up about it but he says bad stuff to me all the time but i always take him back and give him chances but he doesnt gve me any. he always blows up my phone with texts and calls in like 20 min's. but if i text him a few times he freaks out on me, i always try to stay calm and not get mad over stuff with him but he makes it so hard cuz he lies so much and he always thinks im doing stuff with other guys when im not and its just so stupid but i cant help but stay with him cuz i love hi even though all my freind sdont like him and they tell me i can do better but its my life and i gotta learn my lesson on my own i guess haha but anyways i would like a song to share with my freinds that describes my hipacri tical boyfreind please(: -btw- sorry bout my miss spelled wrds(;

describe your song in one word
hipacrit



i am my own destiny
(i'm thinking for the rhythm)
hypocrite, hypocrite, you are just a hypocrite
hypocrite, hypocrite, you are just a hypocrite
hypocrite, hypocrite, you are just a hypocrite
hypocrite, hypocrite, you are just a hypocrite
hypocrite, hypocrite, being with me is not a right
hypocrite, its a privilege

My Paintbrush and I

What is your song idea?
In the magic of the night, awake when everyone else sleeps...I paint. I create. My heart is young, my art is fantasy, my older self lends it's wisdom without worrying about grey hair or eating too many carbs. I get lost in a world of mermaids and unicorns....find happiness in a place of pens, brushes, paint tubes and canvas....trade my crows feet in for wings of imagination, exchange my age spots for smears of paint...

There is magic in that liquid, like the waters of the fountain of youth...it re-energizes my spirit and masks the weariness that creeps into my bones...

I dare not succomb to the soft sounds of sleep in the air...for there will be plenty of time to slumber when I can no longer hold a paintbrush...and the Muse no longer whispers to me in the stillness...

describe your song in one word
Escape



each sleepless night my paintbrush and i
greet each muse as she come
as she come one by one

for my heart is young and my soul is old
my imagination fills with unicorns and mermaids wondrous to behold

and i greet each muse as she come
my paint brush and i each sleepless night one by one

i've learned happiness is filled with bristly tips
and were i to slumber i would be remiss, i'd be remiss

for i greet each muse as she come
my paintbrush and i each sleepless night one by one
my paintbrush and i each sleepless night one by one

We'll All Turn Into Unicorns

What is your song idea?
Narwhals wearing sombreros come to school because they want to watch movies with Ally and Sophie. They find out that the world is going to end in 3 days so they must turn everyone into a narwhal by spearing them. Then everyone becomes unicorns of the sea. They play with Arial, the little mermaid, and the song ends swimmingly.

describe your song in one word
Magical



narwhals in sombreros
walking straight and narrow
always watching movies
with alley and sohpie

soon the world is ending
in three days time its pending
lets turn into narwhals
it won't be all that awful

we'll all become unicorns and play all day in the sea
and we'll all become unicorns untill the song ends swimmingly

Jacky Moon

What is your song idea?

This song is about our son, Jacky Moon. He's adorable and wild and is on a mission to destroy the house. He is super curious and equally sweet but he won't let you know about that part. He has a mop of dark brown hair, big brown eyes, chubby cheeks and a wide grin. He runs fast and shouts a lot :) He's also the cutest baby in the world. Left unattended he could potentially destroy the universe. He's one part superhero, one part villain, one part baby. His story must be told.

describe your song in one word
Beautiful destruction



jacky moon you are the wildest child
next to you the terrible twos seem mild
yes they do oh jacky moon

jacky moon you are made of quickness
and vroom the sound of your infant engines
oh vroom oh jacky moon

little jacky moon always tries to raise the roof
such a brave little man such a villainous papoose

jacky moon did your mop of brown hair
just consume the two eye balls i found there
peekaboo i see you jacky moon

Japanese makes no sense to me

I can feel your heart
I can feel your soul
and though we're apart
it's like we're close

Japanese makes no sense to me

but I can feel your heart
I can feel your soul
though I'm in the dark
it's like I know

Japanese makes no sense to me

so I just feel your heart
and you just feel my soul
with an old guitar
and a microphone

and though we're apart
it's like we're close

What is your song idea?
"Most of you may not understand what I sing because I'm singing in Japanese. But I believe music is heart and music is soul. I'm very happy if you feel my heart and soul." ~Higuchi Makiko.

describe your song in one word
No-Borders

Talkadelphia

What is your song idea?
We'd love a jingle for our weekly podcast, Talkadelphia :)

describe your song in one word
jingle



Talkadelphia

Rock that podcast
Turn it up full blast
interviews so rad
Terry Gross says that:

"I would love to talk to you for hours and I have a feeling that our audience would love to listen to you for hours"

Gino Kishwer
students at Temple Law
by night costars of
Talkadelphia

Talkadelphia

Video Cat Jazz Quartet (imagined live at the OV)

What is your song idea?
I'm looking for something really funky and jazz like. I love the piano and guitar, so I'd like those to be in the rhythm. I want a really bassy song, so something with either electric bass, or tuba or trombone or some other bass instrument playing melody.
I'd just love for you guys to try, even if you guys aren't really jazz oriented.
Thanks a bunch!

describe your song in one word
funkysouljazzy

Like A Bird In A Maze

if a heroic snail
in labyrinth seems out of place
like a bird in a maze
press start select BA
like a bird, like a bird in a maze

c'mon player one
don't hesitate lest you slain
like a bird in a maze
press start select BA
like the birds, like the birds in maze

it's just an 8-bit craze
just a side scroller kinda craze
just a bird in a maze
press start select BA
like the birds, like the birds in maze

like a bird in a maze
like a bird in a maze
like b bird in a maze

What is your song idea?
Previous request, Space Whales, was so good that I'm compelled to ask again.
My friend is writing a Metroidish 8-bit style videogame with a snail for hero, which has a maze room you have to shoot and break open the path to get to an item, which has no enemies in it.
Her bird enemies fly through all objects like Medusa heads in Castlevania, so I joked "that room with the breakable maze to the helix piece, you could have birds fly through there too. since they can already fly through the ground why not brick walls too."
Anyways can you write a song about Birds In The Maze Room. Here's the cover art:
http://i51.tinypic.com/w01hyo.png

describe your song in one word
birdsinthemazeroom

The Greatest Ever Day

five years old a little man
presents from mom presents from dad
its the greatest ever the greatest day you ever had

put on your socks put on your shoes
take a walk around the zoo
hear the big birds squawk hear the small ones coo

and the elephants go: brrrrrrrrrah!
and the monkeis they go: ooo ooo ooo!
and the zebras go: neigh!
and you got a drum and then you played!
on the greatest ever, the greatest ever day

joshua play your drum
and when you're older buy a six string --learn to strum
for happiness sounds like purrrrr um purrrr um purrrr um purrrr um

and the elephants go: brrrrrrrrrah!
and the monkeis they go: ooo ooo ooo!
and the zebras go: neigh!
and you have a drum and so you play!
on the greatest ever, the greatest ever day

you come home late put on pj's
you and mom and dad around board games
the perfect ending to the greatest ever day

when the elephants go: brrrrrrrrrah!
and the monkeis they go: ooo ooo ooo!
and the zebras go: neigh!
and you have a drum and so you play!
on the greatest ever, the greatest ever day

What is your song idea?
For Joshua's 5th birthday he opened lots of presents in the morning and then went to the LA zoo with mom and dad. He saw monkeys, giraffes, elephants, and zebras. In the shop he got a drum and played it all the way home. Then he went to Hermosa Beach and ate bread in his favourite restaurant! At home we played board games before going to bed. 'This was the best day EVER,' he said! :-)
describe your song in one word
cute

This Pill Is A Placebo

My head is pounding.
I blame it on the night before.
You say it's the outside.
But the outside was rather nice.

You should see the things that I can see when I look deep down inside of me.

You're mad at the country.
Who the hell gave them right?
They should all go elsewhere.
Well, elsewhere could be very nice.

There's good and there's bad.
There's an evil feeling on this land.

What is your song idea?
-You know, everybody's got some one to blame, because they don't want to look inside themselves.
-And what do you see inside yourself?
-Inside myself? I see everything. I see it all. I see the good, the bad, the evil, the whole thing.

describe your song in one word
everything

Living Musically

when you whine
it rots my teeth
when you complain
it sounds so sweet to me
for everything is musical
when you are living musically

sing a song
or stomp your feet
in time (or not) with the beat
for everything is musical
when you're living musically

la
ooo

go ahead and bellow
or just be mellow
grab a bow and play me the cello
for everything is musical
oh everything is musical
everything is musical
when you're living musically
when you're living musically

What is your song idea?
I am a choir teacher and deal with all of the complaints and issues that students offer: "I'm tired", "I don't want to", "Why do we have to...?", "You played our notes wrong", "we don't know this song"...along with the nonstop talking about EVERYTHING unrelated (boyfriends, clothes, makeup, girls, other teachers, etc.). I would love a "quit whining and sing" type of song to play for them...or sing to them when they whine. :)

describe your song in one word
hilarious

Peter, Happy Birthday To You

surprise, surprise
hold your breath and close your eyes
because this ain't book club

he's a one man british invasion
and today is a very special occasion
peter, happy birthday to you

in your youth you played pro soccer
and you sired three beautiful daughters
peter, happy birthday to you

and now your sixty growing older
gorgeous grey hair off your shoulders
laughing with your friends
who love your accent
we love your accent

because all americans love your accent
we bought you a puppy, oh wait
we actually didn't
peter, happy birthday to you
peter, happy birthday to you

What is your song idea?
My boyfriend, Peter, is turning 60 on March 28th. We are going to surprise him at a party when his daughters show up. Funny song would be great that captures the following. He is very proud of his 3 beautiful daughters (as well as his full head of gorgeous grey hair). He is a big Chelsea soccer fan and Giants football fan. He is from England (30 years ago..but hangs onto his British accent since Americans love it). His passion is golf and he wants a puppy so badly for his birthday (not happening)

describe your song in one word
Surpirise 60th birthday

Bowie

words and music by D.E. Healey

we were teen-aged and strange
impatient and afraid
all mirrors and tears and radios

we were bright we were brave
but going through a phase
all freak all cheek all chic all pose

but we played records, baby
we made tapes
we heard a voice that came
from outer space

it said "Hey, it's OK."

CHORUS:
he was the sun
he made us stars
we played pianos
we played guitars
no two of us the same
ooh how we sighed
when they asked if we knew his name

we dressed up and we danced
took an inch, a mile, a chance
all eyes all ears from head to toe

we sang our voices horse
all through the throes of youth of course
the thrilling highs the crushing lows

but we made records, baby
we made tapes
and the backing band they came
from outer space

they said "hey, it's OK!"

CHORUS


What is your song idea?
How David Bowie is awesome.

describe your song in one word
Bowie

Finding Work Is Hard

finding work is hard
can i give you my card
you reach me home all day
playing my guitar

finding work is hard
when all i want to do
is play on my
play on my
guitar

i've swallowed up my pride
and trolled the classifieds
i mailed out my resume
and no one replied
finding work is hard
when all i want to do
is play on my
guitar

when all i want to do
is play on my
guitar


What is your song idea?
getting a job is hard when all i want to do is sing with my guitar

describe your song in one word
search

How To Paint An Owl

were the world entire
questions i inquire
were the answers formless
and each color nameless
would my fingers spreading
as if fleshy netting
find their places aimless
all that is is the canvas now

how to paint an owl
how to paint an owl

who is this before me
who might know his story
dew eyed in the morning
born of paint stolen from the trowel

how to paint an owl
how to paint an owl
how to paint an owl
how to paint an owl

What is your song idea
an unsolicited song for an unfinished painting...
http://juliettecrane.blogspot.com/2011/03/painting-in-progress.html

Describe your song in one word
how to paint an owl

Winter Feasts

Words and music by Terrance G. and T. W. Tendrils

it's a winter wonder land

when you're with me my friend

snowflakes are falling

and frosting our windows

so we trace a heart because we're amigos

la la la

la la la

the firelight licking my favorite poem

winter feasts

have made us obese

oh pretend i'm a snowman and roll me back home

it's a winter wonderland

because you're with me my friend

we wait for the sun

and sit by the window

just you and me with a tin of hot cocoa

look snow angels

watch silver bells

we're the holiday movie we've made for ourselves

have a snowball fight

and stay up all night

we don't say a word because there's nothing to tell

it's a winter wonder land

when you're with me my friend

snowflakes are falling

they stick me like memory

What is your song idea?

A song about this winter that wouldn't end.

Pro's of the endless winter include cozy coffee houses, snuggly sweaters, reading books and cuddling with my dogs (maybe the nature of being single in an endless winter).

Cons are gaining winter weight, cold hands when I walk the dogs, paying for oil and parking bans.

Will spring ever come?

describe your song in one word

winter

The Battle Of Wisconsin

Words and Music by Uso Oso

The mud runs strong right through Madison.

Can you feel the mud run right through the chides of sin?

The mud runs strong right through the line of men.

Can you stop the heart beats of the fighters within.

They think they cut us down, but they're wrong.

They think they cut us down, but we just keep fighting on.

What is your song idea?

Hi. I have a friend from Madison, Wisconsin who has been deeply involved in the current political battle and been protesting for weeks. I am requesting a song for her and all of the protestors to thank them for all of their hard work and to inspire them to keep fighting, despite the unfortunate recent turn of events. It is a sad day for Wisconsin and I hope this cheers them up! Thanks!

describe your song in one word

Inspirational

Spring Won't You Come

Words and Music by Terrance G and T. W. Tendrils

spring won't you come

come out and wake up the flowers

flowers with their colors!

colors of the sun

Sun won't you rise

high above the clouds

wake up all the flowers

sleeping in the ground

spring won't you come

come out and wake up the flowers

flowers with their colors!

colors of the sun

Sun won't you rise

high above the clouds

wake up all the flowers

sleeping in the ground

why won't this winter end? 

why won't this winter end?

why won't this winter end? 

why won't this winter end?

What is your song idea?
A song about this winter that wouldn't end.
Pro's of the endless winter include cozy coffee houses, snuggly sweaters, reading books and cuddling with my dogs (maybe the nature of being single in an endless winter).
Cons are gaining winter weight, cold hands when I walk the dogs, paying for oil and parking bans.
Will spring ever come?

describe your song in one word
winter

Vegetarians (Thank God I Ain't One)

vegetarians

they don't have no fun

you can take them plates of bacon

and they won't eat a one

vegetarians

vegetarians

they have made a healthy choice

and thank god i ain't one

reincarnation

and transmigration

the eternal souls

of animals oh

bacon just takes good

vegetarians

vegetarians

they have made a righteous choice

and thank god i ain't one

What is your song idea?

Could you write a short song this week about BaconFest [http://baconfestchicago.com/] being held in Chicago? I'd like to win entry since it sold out in a matter of minutes and remaining tickets are being given out via contest.

describe your song in one word

Bacon

Fifty (Barbara and Dean)

we're not cute

but we're pretty

we're not new

but we're nifty

like a pas de deux

you dance with me

you're the olive juice

to my tipsy

strictly alpine

when we ski

not asinine

when we're witty

and I'm not feeling shy

so kiss me

because we're not forty-nine

we're fifty

what is five times ten

fifty!

the rapper "blank-dy" cent

fifty!

half a Benjamin

fifty!

the element Sn

fifty!

the lower forty-eight

...

plus two other states

fifty!

half a century

fifty!

barbara and dean

they're fifty!

What is your song idea?

50TH birthday wishes. Our friends (Dean and Barbara) are turning 50 within 2 days of each other (party March 5th). They’re married with 3 kids. The song celebrates 50 years and many more to come. They are “way young”. Their role now is to keep on doing all of those things they enjoy such as… downhill skiing (no cross country skiing here!), dry martinis-with the olive juice, cheering the Pittsburgh Steelers (for her), the New England Patriots (for him) (and sometimes even Michael Vick!)(for her!), boating, dancing the inch worm, perfecting those squats, golf with the girls and Dean happily searching for his golf ball. Last, but definitely not least, hanging out with all of their family and friends!

describe your song in one word

celebrate