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IF YOU WERE THERE - Ken Draznik home demo

PUT YOUR TOYS AWAY - The Vertebrats 1992 Unplugged

COMPLETE MYSTERY - Ken Draznik home demo

THE AUTUMN SKY - Ken Draznik home demo

All of these photographs were taken by Dan O'Brian, a former resident of Champaign-Urbana, whom I have no way of contacting. Dan took incredible photos of the area in and around C-U. Dan, I hope you don't mind my using these. I do it out of love for your work.
The Autumn Sky
1997 Ken Draznik
Paint Mixer Songs LLC
The Autumn sky is on fire, where are you tonight?
I stuck around for a while in the twilight.
Things change, everybody said they would.
I thought that I'd seen the light when I laid eyes on you.
You were shy, your color rising right before my eyes.
I'd been waiting all this time for you.
I need to know if you will show me up or show up just in time.
It'd be a shame to leave a night like this to just these autumn trees.
A different light shine tonight.
A different time when you were mine.
Things change, everybody says it's good.
I only hope that you will save a space beside you when you stroll,
Shimmering in fading light, the last ray in a falling autumn sky.
A different light shine tonight.
A different time when you were mine.

Відео

DAIRY MAID - The Surly Bells

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From the 2024 LP Shangri-Nah Recorded at Shangri-Nah Studio, Urbana, IL Ken Draznik - Lead Vocal, Harmony Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitar Jeff Evans - Drums, Percussion Todd Fletcher - Electric Guitar, Air Organ Jim Wald - Bass, Mandolin Matt Wenzel - Engineer Dairy Maid 2024 Ken Draznik Paint Mixer Songs LLC You take the sunny side, I'll take the shade At the yellow table at the Dairy Mai...

WHY OH WHY - Ken Draznik home demo

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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 - can now be accessed by dialing 988. Why Oh Why 2020 Ken Draznik Paint Mixer Songs LLC Time goes slowly, then too soon it's passed. It's a sleight of hand by some master plan That keeps us to the task. Year-by-year, day-by-day, hour-by-hour, Breathe in and breathe out. Before you know it, another one's gone And blown the candle out. (Why,...

HOLD ME BETTY - Ken Draznik home demo

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Hold Me Betty 2018 Ken Draznik Paint Mixer Songs LLC Oh, for the innocent days we lived in. Every moment by love was driven. We rushed right in, and pledged our hearts to stay True to each other, with nothing to get in our way. All of a sudden the ground is shifting, And now I summon what must be given. I'm rushing off to a war an ocean away. So hold me, Betty; I ain't ready to go right now. Ho...

IF YOU WERE THERE - Ken Draznik home demo

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If You Were There 2015 Ken Draznik Paint Mixer Songs LLC Gone, like a dream that vanished upon wakening. You held out hope, hanging on to an old, fraying rope. How you glowed when you showed everything in my soul. All I can conjure are faded reminders Of what could have been if I'd just let you in. On your sleeve, your heart wears a hole in me. All the times when I should have told you That I'd...

PUT YOUR TOYS AWAY - The Vertebrats 1992 Unplugged

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Broadcast live on WEFT in late summer 1992. Performed and recorded at Pogo Studio, Champaign, IL by Mark Rubel. Photography by Rebekah Youngman. Put Your Toys Away 1979 Ken Draznik Shellbone Music LLC There is something to everything you say, But it's really not that simple, it doesn't go away. It hits you in the morning of one fine working day, When you got your face on, you're tired of all yo...

COMPLETE MYSTERY - Ken Draznik home demo

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An instrumental that I stumbled upon while going through cassette tapes many years ago, sandwiched between a couple of other songs. It had no name, and I didn't remember it at all, so I gave it the name Complete Mystery. It was probably recorded in the apartment we lived in near the San Diego airport, when I first got a Fostex 4-track recorder, and was messing around with playing to rhythm trac...

FILTHY SUCRE - Ken Draznik home demo

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Filthy Sucre 2016 Ken Draznik Paint Mixer Songs LLC Creme brûlée, you make me pay. Your brittle lid can't hold what you hid When I open it. Cookie jar, you try too hard. When I get in, you call it a sin. But I'm back again. Ahh, sweet confections calling out my name. I need protection, lead me away From the filthy sucre. Gummy bear, now don't we make a pretty pair? You're oh so shy. So just sta...

SWEET HONEY - Ken Draznik home demo

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Sweet Honey 2020 Ken Draznik Paint Mixer Songs LLC Soft on the breeze, there's a sweet melody Asking only of me to add my harmony. My love is strong as this old day is long. I just sing me a song of sweet honey. I just want your company. I just need for you to see I got nothing up my sleeve. Why do the bees need to make sweet honey? Calling to me like the flowers in the field You are all that I...

FIFTY-SEVEN SHORTER - Ken Draznik home demo

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Fifty-Seven Shorter 2020 Ken Draznik Paint Mixer Songs LLC Instrumental

SWEET DESIREE - Ken Draznik home demo

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Sweet Desiree 2024 Ken Draznik Paint Mixer Songs LLC On the way . . . I've had my fill of empty time alone, Of conversations with myself. So long ago I had a glimpse of home. That vision holds me like a spell. I ride that high tide, too long away. I hope that I find my Sweet Desiree. On the way . . . I've had my share of lonesome, stormy nights, The cracks of thunder rumbling through. But comes...

JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING - Ken Draznik home demo

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Just Give Me Something 2015 Ken Draznik Paint Mixer Songs LLC Every day I wake up to a war inside of my head. Hopeful angels battle the demons of doubt to the death. The tide can turn on a word, a look, or a deed. So all I'm asking, darling, is one thing from you, if you please. Just give me something to believe. Make up a story, sure to deceive. Call me a fool, say I'm naive, Then tell me that...

A FRIEND ABOUT TO PASS - Ken Draznik home demo

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A Friend About to Pass 1996 Ken Draznik Paint Mixer Songs LLC Got a letter from a friend, Shaky words from a shaky pen said "I'm fine." I looked it over quickly twice, Trying to read those smiling eyes. They were lying. From behind, moving fast, separated from the pack, Are you a friend about to pass? Just a finger on the wheel, A heavy foot makes a restless heel wear out soon. Pulling even nex...

REMEMBER THE SEASON - Ken Draznik home demo

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Remember the Season 2014 Ken Draznik Paint Mixer Songs LLC The lights are on all over town. Good wishes fall, the snow comes down. The bells will ring in chilly air. The voices sing with tender care. Whatever your reason, I hope you all take time. Consider the season, and think of all mankind. My mother lives, my grandma, too. When I get lost in moments blue. I feel their love, I see their smil...

BIG FISH IN THE WATER - Ken Draznik home demo

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Big Fish in the Water 1995 Ken Draznik Paint Mixer Songs LLC As high as all heaven, as low as the earth. As special as sunset, as common as dirt. Like air when you're breathless, like water to your thirst. You'd better not mess with whoever's there first. It must be love, when there's no doubt. But if it's just because, then just get out. When you need black coffee, you order cafe au lait. When...