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Keep Us Warm

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Music and lyrics by Steve Leonard

Steve Leonard – Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Bass, Drums
Don Frio – Organ

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Steve Leonard

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LYRICS

Let me hear you sing with me
So we can feel the memory
Of everything we hold so dear
The reasons why we all are here

They’re not inside a cookie jar
Not drivin’ a fancy car
Not under a Christmas tree
They’re found inside of you and me

The keepers of a story told
Entrusted with wisdom to behold
Of how to survive the bitter cold
And sing along to growing old

It’s out of our control
We all play our role
Though confusion is the goal
We’re not apart from the whole

Starman will remind us all
Our worries are so very small
There’s no way for you to fall
Take good care of one and all

We were never born
It’s just a temporary form
When we decide to end the storm
The sun will rise and keep us warm
The sun will rise and keep us warm

Let me hear you sing with me
So we can make a memory
That will linger for eternity
Like those that came before you and me

They were never wrong
We’re right where we belong
The story continues on
And the next part goes like this…

La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la

Love Transmitter

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Music and lyrics by Steve Leonard

Steve Leonard – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Synth
John Cappadona – Drums

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Steve Leonard

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LYRICS

It’s all a distraction
We’re a love refraction
Shaping all the world
Timeless vapor swirled

You’re gonna get what you give
From what you transmit
Our flesh is a glove
Upon the hand of love

It comes from far away
Activates our DNA
You are the message to convey
That our ancestors relayed

Children of the Earth
In infinite rebirth
Resonate the sound
Until you lift off of the ground
Then you’ll remember what you are

Love transmitter
You’re a love transmitter
Love transmitter in the face of the bitter
Tune it in, turn it up, you’re a love transmitter

In the endless confusion
It’s all an illusion
You came from above
You’re a spaceship of love

Listen to the sun
Awaken everyone
The light that we see
Shines in you and me

No need to be afraid
Join the parade
Beam your light through the shade
And download the upgrade

It can’t be contained
Never be ashamed
There’s nothing to explain
Let the light invade
And set your dial to the highest frequency

Love transmitter
You’re a love transmitter
Love transmitter in the face of the bitter
Tune it in, turn it up, you’re a love transmitter

Love transmitter (love transmitter)
Love transmitter (love transmitter)
(Love transmitter)
(Love transmitter)
Love transmitter

Love transmitter

Love transmitter (love transmitter)
You’re a love transmitter (love transmitter)
Love transmitter in the face of the bitter
Tune it in, turn it up, you’re a love transmitter

The Abundant Cruft (First Wave)

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Music and lyrics by Steve Leonard

Steve Leonard – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Synth
Ryan Krieger – Drums
Steve Anderson – EVI
Don Frio – Piano

Recorded by Steve Leonard and Ryan Krieger
Mixed and mastered by Steve Leonard

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LYRICS

You don’t know why
You don’t know how
You don’t know why
You don’t know how

It’s in your folders
Upon your shoulders
The cruft is stagnant
You must defragment

The abundant cruft keeps pilin’ up
The abundant cruft keeps pilin’ up
The abundant cruft keeps pilin’ up
The abundant cruft keeps pilin’ up

Disappear

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Music and lyrics by Steve Leonard

When you ask me if I miss you
I just wanna kiss you
When you ask me if I need you
I’m just gonna feed you
When you ask me if I love you
I just wanna hug you
When you ask me if I want it
You know how hard it is to fight it

We didn’t get into this business
Hopin’ for forgiveness
There’s no use in hopin’
When the gate is always open

When you tell me what happened
I’ll try to play the captain
You keep lookin’ at the weather
But baby it’s now not never
When you tell me that it hurts
You know I’ll probably make it worse
If you want me to confess
I’ll never have any regrets

We didn’t get into this business
Hopin’ for forgiveness
There’s no use in hopin’ when the gate is always open

We didn’t get into this business
Hopin’ for forgiveness
There’s no use in hopin’ when the gate is always open

When you ask me if I saw it
You know I try to look away
They’re playin’ their part
Just like us
In their own confused way

Belevin’ that we’re separate from each other
Makes it hard to share the love of another
When they finally join in
We’ll forget why they never did before

We didn’t get into this business
Hopin’ for forgiveness
There’s no use in hopin’ when the gate is always open

We didn’t get into this business
Hopin’ for forgiveness
There’s no use in hopin’ when the gate is always open

We can shine right through it
There’s really nothin’ to it
We’ll be the breeze soaring high above
As we all disappear in love
There’s no use in hopin’ when the gate is always open
As we all disappear in love
There’s no use in hopin’ when the gate is always open
As we all disappear in love
There’s no use in hopin’ when the gate is always open
As we all disappear in love

Edward Milton Hays

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Music by Steve Leonard
Lyrics by JP Garwood

Steve Leonard – Guitars, Vocals
Steve Graham – Lead Vocals
Don Frio – Piano, Organ, Vocals
Steve Leroy – Bass
Ryan Krieger – Drums

Recorded by Steve Leonard, Ryan Krieger, Don Frio, and Steve Leroy (2022-2023)
Mixed and mastered by Steve Leonard (Dec 2023)

Earlier this year, our musical brother and Mindface drummer, Ryan Krieger, moved on to another plane. Ryan was a great friend, father, and musical force of nature. His talent, focus, and friendship inspired every heart he touched. Last year, Ryan recorded some drum tracks for a few songs I wanted to produce, including the ol’ Mindface track “Edward Milton Hays”, which I wrote with lyrics by JP Garwood. I always dug this song, especially how Ryan played it, slathered with extra mustard. He played everything that way and continuously demonstrated what it means to pour your heart into the music and into life. He showed everyone he played with how to treat music-making with the same regard and attention he did. While we miss Ryan’s presence, every beat we continue to make will forever be shaped by the powerful and loving vibration he shared with us.
-Leonard

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Never did the sights and sounds dilute your memory
Nor did the passing of time affect your ears
You were thinkin’ of better days
You were thinkin’ of better days
Weren’t you?
When you were younger

I don’t believe it’s a crime, you lying ’bout your innocence
Pretending you’re not what you seem to be
A simple old man don’t get much praise
Now does he Edward Milton Hays?
For some strange reason

Never did the mindless world stop to remember
Nor did the passing of time reduce its speed
It just keeps movin’ on, it’s just keep movin’ on
And suddenly, find someone else to take your place

So close your tired eyes
Leave on your disguise
Live happy in your lies, they will sustain you
You’re not the only one
Who knows it isn’t fun, to just remain you

If these be the final days
Of Edward Milton Hays
Forget a world that pays no mind
It will only drain you
If these be the final days
Of Edward Milton Hays
Never will the world stop to remember
That’s why no one ever stays
That’s why no one ever stays
That’s why no one ever stays
That’s why no one ever stays

Goodbye Edward Milton Hays
I’ll see you later

Mindface, The Saint, Asbury Park, NJ 2002

Makin’ It Through

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Music and lyrics by Steve Leonard

Steve Leonard – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Organ
Don Frio – Piano
Michael Parillo – Drums

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Steve Leonard

Why can’t I figure out where to go from here?
Sittin’ in the sun, singin’ songs, makes those thoughts disappear
Just like when we’re alone and the TV’s off
Put the world on pause, don’t hit record
or this moment might get lost

I’m not always easy, I know, nobody is
I’m still learnin’ to let the little things go, get through to why we live

You’re the only one that I can see
Who could spend their life with me
There are other ways to get where we are
but they weren’t meant to be

One day we might get old, but what can you do?
By then our story is told
I wanna write something new with you

I know that’s easy to say
but it shows in what you do
Give me a chance along the way
I’ll do the same for you

Oh, when the old man is keeping me down
and I’m about to break
I know I can let it all go
but I don’t wanna make a mistake

’cause you deserve more than you get
with all we’ve been through
What we have ain’t nothing yet
but did you notice that it grew?

So there’s a difference between the things that we want
and what we know is true
No matter the hand that we get
we’re already makin’ it through
we’re already makin’ it through
we’re already makin’ it through
we’re already makin’ it through

A Yearning in Hatboro

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Music: Steve Leonard
Lyrics: JP Garwood

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A Yearning in Hatboro

I’ll check back in
when I return today
To the empty field
beyond the YMCA
And remember the lights
on the tractors there
How they painted a scene
at the Hatboro Fair

You’ll see nothing but grass
where the tilt-a-whirl ran
No funnel cake plates
in the blue garbage can
But I still hear the sounds
of late May and June
How they sing in my ears
a sweet pre-summer tune

CHORUS:
Jewel of summer
magical world
Pennsylvania flag unfurled
Cotton candy
flavors the air
I’ve tasted its flavor
now I’ll always want to be there

I still have some money
but I’ll wait until when
Daddypops is open
for lunch time again
For now I’m pretending the carousel is turning
In my Hatboro heart
there’s a Hatboro yearning