Receiver

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

4 thoughts on “Receiver”

  1. This is my absolute favorite song. I mean what is life without music? And singing and dancing along the way. This is what gives me good vibes especially when I’m feeling down.
    Thank you so much for this one Steve. The lyrics are beautiful and I love hearing you sing them.

    Sue

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    • This is my absolute favorite song. I mean what is life without music? And singing and dancing along the way. This is what gives me good vibes especially when I’m feeling down.
      Thank you so much for this one Steve. The lyrics are beautiful and I love hearing you sing them.

      Sue

      Reply
  2. This is my absolute favorite song. I mean what is life without music? And singing and dancing along the way. This is what gives me good vibes especially when I’m feeling down.
    Thank you so much for this one Steve. The lyrics are beautiful and I love hearing you sing them.

    Sue

    Reply
  3. 10/24/25
    I tried to leave a comment here but it seems my laptop caught a bit of a buzz. LOL

    Hope your’e doing well. Looking forward to seeing you perform in December. By the way,
    I only just noticed recently as I was looking at your Website, that not only did you list your songs from “The Good Wheel” but you included the lyrics. I was so thrilled when I finally discovered that. Thank you so much for that. BTW, Receiver isn’t your only song that I love. I’ll be writing
    about others. Again, I appreciate your thoughtfulness. I wish you safe travels. XO

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