Songs

On Our Way Home

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Music and lyrics by Steve Leonard

Another one down, another day over
Can never believe that it goes so fast
I wanna freeze and capture this moment
The memories are all that will last

On our way home
We made each other laugh
On our way home
Hoped that we got it all packed in the back
On our way home
We came to do what we can do
But we’re all just passin’ through on our way home
But we’re all just passin’ through on our way home

Never have the time to do everything we want to
Maybe we’ll get to try again someday
Or in another lifetime, our paths are tied
I wish we could stay here but we gotta go for a ride

On our way home
We shared what we thought
On our way home
Looked at the souvenirs that we bought
On our way home
We played all our favorite songs
On our way home
We made lefts and rights but none were wrongs
On our way home
The road is sure to be unkind
On our way home
We’ll miss the ones we left behind
On our way home
We call the ones we love
As it rains down from above, on our way home
As it rains down from above, on our way home
As it rains down from above, on our way home
On our way home
On our way home

On our way home
we made each other laugh
On our way home
Hoped that we got it all packed in the back
On our way home
It’s not for you to decide
I wish we could stay here but we gotta go for a ride
I wish we could stay here but we gotta go for a ride

Aperture

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Music and lyrics by Steve Leonard

All the bleeps and the blops all sound so condescending
Put away all the props, we all can be transcending
All the meaningless fights, caught up in fake pretending
All the sounds and lights, the stream is never-ending

Oooo, turning over pages
Breaking out of cages
Slowing down my mind
And increasing my aperture

As it’s filling me up, I feel I’m hollowing out
Can’t keep track of the story; what is it about?
In reducing the rush, just clinging to the moment
You may find that yourself is your only opponent

Oooo, turning over pages
Breaking out of cages
Slowing down my mind
And increasing my aperture

Oooo, moving through the phases
Navigate the mazes
Slowing down my mind
And increasing my aperture

Increasing my aperture
Increasing my aperture
Increasing my aperture
Increasing my aperture

Receiver

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Music and lyrics by Steve Leonard

It started as communication
The struggle made of sound
But when they found the rhythm
They began dancing all around

Then they made up the words
Sang with the birds
Started making up new endings
to the song that they heard

We’ve been writing them down
Climbing the stairs
The songs are just like memories
That everybody shares

For centuries we’ve all agreed
Music is a thing that we all need
You can’t imagine what we can conceive
There’s a message in the noise you must receive

Feel it in your bones
Like The Rolling Stones
Our limbs guitars, hearts are drums
and our brains, microphones

And the emotions we’re feeling
are parts of one song
We dance to it together
and you can’t help but sing along

For centuries we’ve all agreed
Music is a thing that we all need
Shining light upon how we’ve been deceived
There’s a message in the noise you must receive
There’s a message in the noise you must receive

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

You’re a Star

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Music and lyrics by Steve Leonard
From the album SYZYGY (2020)
https://steveleonard.bandcamp.com/

It’s a race against time
An untried mountain to climb
We will rise
We fly tonight

Search to find
That we are blind to the matters of space
You can’t replace
This place

A broken mold
You are too bold to behold who you are
You’ve traveled far
You’re a star

The winds blow cold
But the blazing fires of old burn inside
They never lie
Or die

They never lie, and they never die
They never lie, and they never die
They never lie, and they never die
They never lie, and they never die

Salt Water and Stale Bread

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Music and lyrics by Steve Leonard
From the album SYZYGY (2020)
https://steveleonard.bandcamp.com/

Salt water and stale bread
Salt water and stale bread
Salt water and stale bread
Salt water and stale bread

The rumor on the web is the Internet is dead
I consulted my smartphone, this is what it said
The pixels on the screen are feedin’ your head like
Salt water and stale bread

Salt water and stale bread
Salt water and stale bread
Salt water and stale bread
Salt water and stale bread

Whiff

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Music and lyrics by Steve Leonard

At first it’s announced
And then you make plans
Taking time off
To dig in the sands

Booking your flight
A thief in the night
Slipping through a portal
Hiding in plain sight

A future lies before you
Culminating once and for all
But as you approach it
It curves into nothing at all
Nothing at all

Released on the album SYZYGY (2020)

Blow It Out

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Music: Steve Leonard
Words: JP Garwood

Sometimes skies are aging
like the hair upon my head
Opening like time machines
to reveal what I said
But I do not care for conflict
between the skies and me
So blow it out, my darling
do your worst and set me free

Even days like Tuesday
are enough to wear me out
Always dragging Wednesdays in
increasing Monday’s doubt
So if Karin lights a candle
on some dark Tuesday night
Blow it out, my darling
or one day she just might

All these days I’m dreaming
of colors I can’t see
They steals my waking hours
and my desire to be free
So whenever you are breathing
take my colors from the air
Then blow them out, my darling
painting murals everywhere

And my love is stupid for you
and my life is hatred and glue
I find I can’t fill my shoes
I find I can’t see the clues

Blow out what you can’t use
Blow out what you can’t use
Blow out what you can’t use
Blow out what you can’t use

From the album SYZYGY (2020)

Flow

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Music and lyrics by Steve Leonard

The map we know is useless on this floor
We’re blindly searching for an open door
There is no hand that will come to our rescue
It’s up to me, it’s up to you too

We are the angel’s of the earth
Lifting up ourselves
Sounding in the dark
Only now

Feel it in your skin
Reaction from within
Love never was a sin
Let it flow
You’ll make it out alive
Savior of you own mind
Become one with time
Let it flow

Waves of sound shake the bones inside your head
You can sit there or you can dance around
Take a chance, if you have nothing left to lose
Love or fear, which will you choose?

You are an angel of the earth
Do what angels do
Resonate with me
Forever more

Feel it in your skin
Reaction from within
Love never was a sin
Let it flow
You’ll make it out alive
Savior of you own mind
Become one with time
Let it flow

From the album SYZYGY (2020)

(Take Your Time) Lumber Man

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Music and lyrics by Steve Leonard

You’ve been busy chopping wood doing everything you should
But the work isn’t finished ’til it’s done

Where the trees once stood there’s a clearing in the wood
You’ve only just begun

Hacking from the dawn, stacking ’til it’s gone
Through the wind and the rain and the snow
And anything can hinder dragging the timber
From here to Idaho (From here to Idaho)

Got more wood than anybody should
Ever could or would chop down
No matter what you intend, the days never end
and there’s no one else around

Constant sound of the axe, no time to relax
you never had to work so hard
When it gets too much and it’s all piled up
drop it off at the lumber yard

Take your time lumber man You’re hauling a heavy load
Take your time lumber man There’s a lot more to be towed

Stack it in the bed, move it to the shead
that you built with a leftover pile
Build with the best, burn all the rest
it’s going to take a while

Watch your lane, the traffic’s insane
They’ll run you off the road
If you ever arrive, once you revive
you’ll be hauling another load (you’ll be hauling another load)

Take your time lumber man
You’re hauling a heavy load
Take your time lumber man
Now they’re choppin’ down the grove
Take your time lumber man
The jungle won’t cease to grow
Take your time lumber man
How much more can you tow?

When the sun come out, and you want a hideout
where will you find shade?
You though you were in the driver’s seat
you thought you had it made

Once they all fall the meaning of it all, will finally become quite clear
and now’s you chance, to take a stance, choose love instead of fear

Take your time lumber man
You’re hauling a precious load
Take your time lumber man
You’re flyin’ off the road
Take your time lumber man
The jungle might cease to grow
Take your time lumber man
There’s a lot more to be towed

Take your time lumber man!
Take your time lumber man!
Take your time lumber man!
Take your time lumber man!

From the album SYZYGY (2020)