"WE COME FROM LIGHT" (2011)

Second proper single from "Book of Goals."   Dedicated to my mother.

Everything

In it’s own time

When there’s no hope

is when we must shine

Don’t be afraid

Open your eyes

It comes from us

We are the light...

WE COME FROM LIGHT

WE COME FROM LIGHT

WE COME FROM LIGHT

Wade in the water

Wash it all away

Look into the sun

The beginnings of life

And you’re still around

Reborn in new life

Old versions of us,

Die...

 (chorus)

BREAK:

Be a star in the sky

An airplane in the night

Give your light

Like your baby’s eyes

Like a diamond mine

Like with all your might!

Don’t be afraid

Open your eyes

It comes from us

We are the light...

(chorus)

END © ARRFBC 7.19.11 Ocean Beach, California (re-write for album 8/31/11)

Recorded September 2, 2011, Tempe, Az

3 WISHES (2011)

Lead single from "Book of Goals"

Do I want to save the world

Or do I want to burn with it?

Do I wanna let the genie go

Or do I want my 3 wishes…?

Who I am is who I am and we are

(Who am i?)

(chorus)

Be who you are, whatever you are and don’t lie

You want your 3 wishes, it’s fine

Yeah you want your 3 wishes it’s fine

(baby, we are who we are…)

(baby, we are who we are...)

I know that what I’m saying is

Oh, how do you say, heresy

But if I’m in the church or not

I feel him radiating through me

I want to be good if I’m good and bad

(Am I Bad?)

(chorus)

If I have faith in myself

Why can’t I be who I am?

No need to suppress

Or try to be the better man

Better man

Who I am is who I am and we are...

Baby, we are who we are...

(Chorus x2)

Baby, we are who we are…

END © ARRFBC 8/25/11 (2^nd write)

Recorded September 1, 2011, Tempe, Az

(Written by J. Brymer)

ALWAYS IN SEPTEMBER (2011)

Promo single from the upcoming "Book of Goals" 

Me and my dog sit

Here and watch the world go by

He makes me laugh

All I ever need is him and time…

And always in september

Is when I want to run like the wind

Through the halls of dreams that

fade away

And more come back again…

Always in September

Always in September

All those pretty girls

With their ani difranco bootlegs

thrift shop shoes

And I’ve seen it all fade away…

And it’s always in September

Is when they leave on the wind

To some boy and a child’s smile

and

And never come back again…

Always in September

Always in september

And slowly as the leaves turn and

The twisted trees start bending

I wonder to myself, who else but

me suffers From a fear of happy endings…

Happy endings…

And always in September

Is when I send my goals into the wind

Through the long walk home of winter

And then I…

It all

 start again…

always in…

always in

always in September…

me and my dog sit

here and watch the world go by…

(Written by J. Brymer)

END © ARRFBC 2011

CLOCKS (2011)

Promo-single from "VAULT PT 2"


Like in the 80's...
Those creepy horror movies
The killer comes neither fast or slow
Just keeps on coming till it's your time to go
I watch the clock...
I watch the clocks...

Like in the story
that many have told before me
Prince Charming is on his steed
Sleeping beauty is fast asleep
I watch the clock
I watch the clock

5, 4, 3, 2...

One moment into another
Things change for one reason or the other
Living in a heartbeat until it stops
We all
We all
We all watching the clocks...

Like in the final inning
And nobody's winning
Hometown hero grabs the ball!
Throws it into the air and amaze us all
I watch the clock
I watch the clock...

5,4,3,2...
(chorus)

Ticks down till the moment it comes
Nothing you can do and no place to run...
(chorus)

One moment into another

Things change for one reason or the other

Living in a heartbeat until it stops

We all

We all

We all watching the clocks...

Like in the 80's...

Those creepy horror movies

The killer comes not fast or slow

Just keeps on coming till it's your time to go

I watch the clock...

END (C) ARRFBC 2011

"GENERATIONS" (2011)

From "GENERATIONS: A MUSICAL"


Generations, fighting for peace...
look what we did, just because we believed


Turn up the music and remember when
It's all gone now but it wasn't back then


Generations
rising out the dirt
finding ways to make it work
fight the power and save us all
make the big man feel real small
Generations...
What do we ever do at all?


Generations, with hero's and crooks
slowly changing, just you take a look


Maybe not much but we've come so far
in all directions once we make a start...

Generations

rising out the dirt

finding ways to make it work

fight the power and save us all

make the big man feel real small

Generations...

What has even changed at all

What has even changed at all?

The beat, the lost 

The Y, Z, and X

GI, baby boomer, the silent, the next

Are we who we are, or what we did?

Our hand me downs go to the little kids...

Generations

hands all in the dirt

each being the first

fight the power, save us all

build em up, and take down the walls

Generations

Time will change us all

Generations

Time will change us all

Time will change us all

Time will change us all

(Gen-gen-gen-gen) Generations...

END (C) ARRFBC 2011

HAPPY ME / HAPPY YOU (2011)

(Written By J. Haralson) Promo-single from "Generations: A Musical"

People are better when they come together…

It’s been a long long road

Do you feel like I feel?

Sometimes I pinch myself

To know that I’m real

I need celebration

I know it’s time to heal

Stand up together

I know you feel like I feel

I know you feel like I feel

People are better when they come together

Come together, Come together

Come together, Come together

We can do better if we work together

Happy me – Happy you

The future is now

You know it’s true

Come together

Come together

Colors and gods

And who do you love?

We know it too well

We all bleed blood

You need celebration

And so do I (so do I)

Reach up higher

Reach up for the sky…

Reach up for the sky…

(chorus)

No war.  No more.

No war.  No more.

No war.  No more.

(chorus)

It’s been a long long road

Do you feel like I feel?

Sometimes I pinch myself

To know that I’m real

I need celebration

I know it’s time to heal

Stand up together

I know you feel like I feel

I know you feel like I feel

(chorus)

People are better when they come together

END © ARRFBC March 31, 2011

GOD IS LOVE (2011)

From "GENERATIONS: A MUSICAL" (2011)

Throw me into the fire

I will fight on

I will sing my song

I will hold my flag much higher

The battle lines are drawn

I will not live in fear

I know why I’m here

I’m proud to stand up to what is wrong

(chorus)

We believe in love

I know it’ll over come

Hear me out; here’s the message I’ve got

God is love and you are not

God is love and you are not

Hear me out; here’s the message I’ve got

God is love and you are not

God is love and you are not

I have seen what hate can do

History repeats

And now they come for me

Why won’t you ever learn, you fools?

I call on god to show his face

Two in love

Would always overcome

I will not back down to all your hate

(chorus x2)

I fight for love

I’m a soldier by choice

My heart beats clear

Can’t you hear my voice?

Mmmm…

We believe in love

I know it’ll over come

Hear me out; here’s the message I’ve got

God is love and you are not

God is love and you are not

Hear me out; here’s the message I’ve got

God is love and you are not

God is love and you are not

God is love and you are not

END © March 28, 2011

ALIJAH (2011)

From "GENERATIONS: A MUSICAL" (2011)

We are drinking coffee

It’s the middle of the night

You are struggling with the world

I can see it in your eyes

Don’t be afraid to stand up

For your beliefs

You are beautiful

and one day you’ll see

Ah, ah, ah, alijah

What do you want this time?

I’d give you anything

When I see your sad eyes

Ah, ah, ah, alijah

I’ll gladly lose sleep

I’ll fight the world with you

Coz you mean everything to me

We just get stronger

With every bruise and every scar

Wear them all proudly

I believe in who you are

Stand up, be strong

Everything is going to change

I will stand up with you

Through the fire, through the rain….

Ah, ah, ah, alijah

What do you want this time?

I’d give you anything

When I see your sad eyes

Ah, ah, ah, alijah

You are beautiful

And if we’re together

There’s nothing we can’t do…

I am standing here

I will not be moved

Will you stand with me?

For love and for the truth…

Ah-ah-ah Alijah

No turning back this time

I can see the spark inside your eyes

Ah,ah,ah, Alijah

God makes no mistakes

Keep on believing

As we make our way

Ah, ah, ah, Alijah

Ah, ah, ah, Alijah…

END © ARRFBC March 26, 2011

ALIEN LOVE SONG (2011)

From "REMIXXIT" (2011)

 i am calling the mother ship from here on the ground
now's a good time.  there is no one around
bright like in the sky, come and take me home
i feel weird and green here all alone


but hold up mama coz he's coming for me
he makes me feel good from my head to my feet
and maybe i don't have to go into outerspace
i could just stay here and learn their ways...


and i guess i'm a whole lot like a star
and i shine like crazy when i'm where you are
la-la la-la la la la...  
la-la la-la la la la... mmm hmmm


down here on the earth it's been hard to fit in
but he speaks the language.  we've got the same skin
and what's so great about being able to fly?
i've spent my whole life out there up in the sky...


plus check him out i mean he's hotter than hell
and he came by alien means as far as i can tell


and i guess i'm a whole lot like a star
and i shine like crazy when i'm where you are
la-la la-la la la la...  
la-la la-la la la la... mmm hmmm

so ima learn to live like a human here
i wont blow up buildings.  i wont disapear
wont use my laser beams.  i'll be a real good guy
but sometimes, mama, i'll look to the sky...


and i guess i'm a whole lot like a star
and i shine like crazy when i'm where you are
la-la la-la la la la...  
la-la la-la la la la... mmm hmmm

yeah i guess i'm a whole lot like a star
and i shake like crazy when i'm where you are
mmm hmmm...

END (C) ARRFBC 12.29.10 (J. Brymer)

ROCKSTAR (2011)

From "ME AND THE MOON" (2010) & "REMIXXIT" (2011)

Ima be a rockstar

Love made me a rockstar

I feel just like a rockstar

When I’m with you…

Late night

Hard drinks

Your body

And me…

Tattoo of

your name

Larger than life

On my brain

And I’m headed out into the stratosphere

I could do anything… now that you’re here…

I feel just like a rockstar

When I’m with you

Rockin the top spot of the charts

Dreams come true

Yeah

Love made me a rockstar

I feel just like a rockstar

When I’m with you

Biggest fan

You follow me

i’m your voice

you’re my dream…

lights up

in the air

I’m nothing if

You’re not there…

Cover story and flashing lights!

We come to make you dance, make you feel alright…

I feel just like a rockstar

When I’m with you

Rockin the top spot of the charts

Dreams come true

Yeah

Love made me a rockstar

I feel just like a rockstar

When I’m with you

This one is for you

This one is for you

This one is for you

Na na na na na na

Na na na na na na…

Na na na ... x2

Yeah

Cover story and flashing lights!

We come to make you dance, make you feel alright

I feel just like a rockstar

When I’m with you

Rockin the top of the charts

Dreams come true

Yeah

Love make me a rockstar

Love made me a rockstar

Your love made me a rockstar

I feel just like a rockstar

When I’m with you

END © ARRFBC October 26, 2010

NO MORE LOVE (2000)

Remix available on "Remixxit" (2011)

There is an obvious attraction to the path of least satisfactory… strength…
There is a warring of matter molecules singing war chants in here…
Reveling in the nucleus never quite making it’s way….
A slipknot tie for the blue ribbon question; what is fear?


A heart that wants an answer
To a head that will not question at all…
And if it happens one more time…
The pillars of  a boy are going to fall….


Because there is no more love
Than that which we make…
No more time… than how long we wait
No more…. Mmm…  art
Than what we create….


There’s a little boy having intercourse with word power religion…
A god that lost japan in the great war for his soul…
There is a meditation of physic mathematics playing beats per minute in him….
A little girl in the mirror wondering where did her baby go?


An open suggestion
To a forum of who we were not mattering now…
A nuclear bomb falling
Through the light threatening love verses the speed of sound….


And there is no more truth
That what we believe…
No more vision
That which we will see…
No more… mmm life
Than what we will breathe…


There is no more money
Than what we will spend…
No more answer than what we question…
No more… mmmm beginning
Than that which we end…


A liquid body we all grope to get more
(more what?)
Losing ourselves in the lunatic war…
For more….
(more what?)


There’s a slight apprehension from the boy to the ending of chance….
A conjuring of a prayer sent to a god that only exists part time…
A grievance of perfection sadly lost in the bows of indecision….
A rhythmic insecurity rattling the bondage play realization loss of protection American chains on his mind…


A blue boy shock scream
Coming from a dirty black bird….
Who riddled the whole book of love
Out of the ending of quite a long word….


And there is no more regret
Then that which we reveil
No more exhaustion than that which we feel
No more… mmm illusion
Than that which we think is not real…


No more words
Than those that we say
No more religion, than what we will pray
No more… mmm… restitution
Than that which we pay


There is no more love
Than that which we make
No more time… than which we will wait
No more… mmm… art
Than what we create…


There is no more money
Than what we will spend…
No more answer than what we question…
No more… mmmm beginning
Than that which we end…
END © October 28, 2003 ARRFBC (New lyrics)

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES (2010)

From "SONGS FROM THE NORTH POLE" (2010)

on the road into vegas then off to dance in the snow

so far away from only one year ago

and who would’ve known?

Who would’ve known?

Table is set, apple wine fills the glass

Toasting to friends, this year is better than last

Say goodbye to the past

Say goodbye to the past

So many reasons to celebrate

And oh what a difference a year makes…

Resolutions to let love live

Give it away if you’ve got it to give

My one true wish

My one true wish

Clocks hit 12 all over the place

And oh what a difference a year makes…

We have laughed (we have chanced)

We have cried (we have danced…) x2

Best gift of all, having you here with me

My wish on the star, why I believe

Go on and believe

Go on and believe

To begin a new year wide awake

And oh what a difference a year makes

Oh what a difference a year makes

END © ARRFBC 12. 23.10

BROOKLYN COWBOY (2010)

From "ME AND THE MOON" (2010)

Ya gotcha gun loaded

and you’re ready to ride

Rollin’ on the subway

through the city tonight

And I know that boys like you

never die

But it’s not for lack that

you’re not willing to try

when you’re gone there’s nothing left

but smoke in the air

a cigarette you throw when

you leave me standing there

and everybody wanna be a cowboy

a straight up Brooklyn cowboy

hey baby you trippin

coz they meltin for you

a million hearts broken

coz you’ll never be true

and whut up with us

that we drawn to the flame

burning on fire

and none of us will change

coz everybody wanna be a cowboy, hey

a gone crazy Brooklyn cowboy

say yippy yi yo

i ain’t never gonna go

new york city

took all but my soul

and it’s a show down

baby you’re gonna go down

It’s a shoot out boy

Take a few steps and then turn around

my Brooklyn cowboy, hey

my bad ass Brooklyn cowboy…

oh when you’re gone

there’s nothing left but smoke in the air

a cigarette I threw when I

left you lying there…

Now whatcha think, am I a cowboy? , hey

a badder than you Brooklyn cowboy

say yippy yi yo

I ain’t never gonna go

New york city

Took all but my soul

And it’s a show down

Baby you’re gonna go down

It’s a shoot out 5 paces

then turn around

Just another Brooklyn cowboy

A gone but not forgotten Brooklyn cowboy

hey

END © ARRFBC November 16, 2010

ONE WORLD FITS ALL (FOR TREVOR PROJECT) (2010)

From "ME AND THE MOON" (2010)

Hey hey kid

Well, I remember when

And you couldn’t  pay me enough

To go back there again

Calling me names

Non stop embarrassment

And if you look at my face

You’ll see my nose is bent…

They were calling me out

Like they knew before me

Well, they didn’t know shit

Just liked to keep me in misery

And kid

Well, I knew this girl

One summer she took so many pills

We’re lucky she’s still here in this world…

She dropped the weight

But couldn’t remember a thing

She just kinda fumbled around

Numb to everything…

So, thing is…

You are not from some other place

You are not some kinda mistake

You have every right to walk these halls

and one day they wont matter at all!

coz outside

there’s a whole world

and trust me, one world fits all…

just one world fits all…

hey kid…

there’ll be parties and clubs and coffee shops

and others just like you

and places on earth, breathtaking mountain tops

and the world is changing

don’t believe it when they say it never will

I have seen it change

And it is changing still…

So kid

Keep breathing, and think about

how there’s roads in your town

And all roads lead out…

Just remember

You are not from some other place

You are not some kinda mistake

You have every right to walk these halls

and one day they wont matter at all!

coz outside

there’s a whole world

and trust me, one world fits all…

one world fits all…

just one world fits all.

Don’t stop.  Keep yourself alive

What if tomorrow changes your life…

And never forgot to watch the sky

Someone is out there under it

feeling the same way you feel tonight…

you belong here…

you belong here…

(every right to walk these halls)

You belong here

You belong here

(one world and just one world fits all)

Maybe tonight it doesn’t matter at all

coz outside

there’s a whole world

and trust me, one world fits all…

just one world fits all…

one world fits all.

END © ARRFBC November 19, 2010