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Electra
02:29
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"Electra"
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Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 1969/2015 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
http://www.chetnicholsmusic.com * chet@chetnichols.net
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
VERSE 1.
Electra come down from above
Come from the shrouding skies
Share in a conversation
Teach me contemplation, please
CHORUS
Is it true you grow constantly
Is it so good to be wise
Offer me your meditations
And I'll give you my touch and my eyes
Oh, Electra
Oh, Electra
VERSE 2
Then I gave you my soul
And you gave me your dreams
And all was at peace
All was at peace
Then I gave you my touch
And you gave me a warmth that I never knew
All was at peace
ELectra come to me here
Bathe in love's pure beams
For you know my soul
Yes, And I know your dreams
CHORUS
Is it true that you've waited for me
Across the sands of time
To offer me no limitations
And to give me your love and your life
Oh, ELectra
Oh, Electra
BRIDGE
Then you gave me your soul
And I gave you my dreams
And our love was at peace
Our love was at peace
Then you gave me your touch
And I gave you a warmth that you never knew
Our love was at peace
VERSE 3.
Electra come to me here
Bathe in love's pure beams
For I know your soul
Yes, and you know my dreams
CHORUS
Is it true we grow constantly
Is so good to be wise
Offer me your meditations
And I'll give you my touch and my eyes
Oh, Electra
Oh, Electra
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Copyright © 1969/2015 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
All US and Global rights reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publishers. For permission requests, write to the publisher at: chet@chetnichols.net
or http://www.chetnichols.net,
or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator," at the address below.
Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
More information at: http://www.chetnichols.net
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Water Sand Castles
04:33
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"Water Sand Castles"
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Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 1969/2015 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
http://www.chetnichols.net. * chet@chetnichols.net
magicgaragemusic@protonmail.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
VERSE 1
Singing salted sailors
Sleeping on the decks
The whales have all gone down
To the lower depths
Many seas to follow through
Many sailor's bait to pass
Hoping that the moon and the sky
Will cover up my past
REFRAIN
My first love was a fairy tale
The days were our ship
Daily we would sail
My first love was a summer tale
The sun was our ship
Daily we would sail
CHORUS
Water sand castles
Build new ones
Let the old ones die away
Water sand castles
Build new ones
Let them fall to the spray
VERSE 2
Diana, she's a goddess
She sails an ivory jammer
Likes to sail in hurricanes
Through wind, water and clamour
We bathed together
'Neath a high waterfall
We dove from cliff to sea
When we heard the siren's call
REPEAT REFRAIN
REPEAT CHORUS
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Copyright © 1969/2015 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP) & Time Loop Music (ASCAP)
All US and Global rights reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publishers. For permission requests, write to the publisher at: chet@chetnichols.net
or http://www.chetnichols.net,
or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator," at the address below.
Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
More information at: http://www.chetnichols.net
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3. |
Who Stole The Ivy
05:10
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"Who Stole The Ivy"
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Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 1969/2015 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
http://www.chetnicholsmusic.com * chet@chetnichols.net
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Verse 1
Shaking heads and shaking hands
Seem to describe your kind
Why have you come here
Is it just to toy with my finds
The sounds they are so fine
The sounds are so flowing
It's July here, my dear
And somehow it's begun snowing
And I can see down the street both ways
From where I sit
And neither way do I see anything coming
That'll tell me
Chorus
Who stole the ivy
Who stole the valley
Who stole the timothy and clover
That used to grow all over
Verse 2
Eyes closed and laid back
Let it happen to you
With open heart and hands
Yours do not shake or stammer
But I can't truly say
That I can see her
Coming back to you
But you can be well assured
I'd inform you if her train arrived
The separation is cut and clear
What has been said could have been left unsaid
But you felt it was your duty to speak up
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3
Eyes alone engulfed in our own mainstream
I'm looking deeper than I've ever looked
And to see the basis is all very well and good
Its good (just) to know that us laying here
Is not a challenge to your womanhood
Rocking and tapping and looking up for a sign
But the streets are full of them
One for this and one for that
Will they tell me?
Repeat Chorus.
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Copyright © 1969/2015 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
All US and Global rights reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publishers. For permission requests, write to the publisher at: chet@chetnichols.net
or http://www.chetnichols.net,
or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator," at the address below.
Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
More information at: http://www.chetnichols.net
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4. |
Lonely Woman
05:42
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"Lonely Woman"
Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
http://www.chetnichols.net * chet@chetnichols.net
chet@chetnichols.net :: chetnichols@me.com
Magicgaragemusic@protonmail.com
All Rights Reserved
I heard a lonely woman crying through the wall
To be alone can be a pleasure, but loneliness haunts us all
The woman strummed on silver strings
Sang songs of wonderful things
And of the joy that love brings
Her lover left and the loneliness stings
Out in the streets she looks over her shoulder
God, she looks so much older
She lets her hair rest quietly
She lets it down nightly
She wonders why it made her cry
After all the times that she's heard him lie
Oh, why, why, why
Oh, why, why, why
Well, the flags are flying upside down
From the crosses on the hill
The steps of the dancer
And the songs of waking
Are suddenly very still
Their nation of two, their sanctuary
Grew silver wings and flew away
Her brown eyes are red and gray and blue
The bond she dreamed of as a little daydreamer
The games of making up children's names
Her prince charming
Turned out to be very alarming
Oh, will her life
Will her life ever be the same?
Oh, there are so many noble men
With noble words to say
But, their words and their thoughts
Oh, they go in so many different ways
But, never in the same direction
No, never in the same direction
No, never In the same direction, no
I saw a lonely woman
Walking through the park
Leda and the swan made love on the lawn
So, we joined hands and took turns singing songs
The woman strummed on silver strings
Sang songs of wonderful things
And of the joy that love brings
Her lover left and the loneliness stings
She lets her hair rest quietly
She lets it down just for me
She lets it down every night
She lets it down for me
She wonders why her cry
After all the times she's heard him lie
Oh, why, why, why
Oh, why, why, why
Oh, why, why, why, yeah
Copyright 1969 Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP) & Time Loop Music (ASCAP)
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Copyright © 1969 & 2015 & 2020 ® by Chet Nichols ASCAP & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
All US and Global rights reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publishers. For permission requests, write to the publisher at chet@chetnichols.net or http://www.chetnichols.net, or addressed to "Attention: Permissions Coordinator," at the address below.
Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
More information at: http://www.chetnichols.net
Copyright 1969 Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
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"The Ballad Of Diamond Joe"
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Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 1969/2015 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
www.chetnicholsmusic.net * chet@chetnichols.net
VERSE 1
Well, don't go to the county farm
Conditions there are raw
The boss has just gone raving mad
He just killed three men with a saw
CHORUS
Have you seen him?
Well, if you do
Tell him, Keep on keeping on?
Tell him, Keep on moving on?
Tell him, Get on, get along?
VERSE 2
Well, the boss, he is a hunted man
And I wonder how he feels
His boss has promised that
He?d be killed And to be forever at his heels
REPEAT CHORUS
VERSE 3
Well, Diamond Joe is his name
He's the meanest man alive
When Joe finally met his boss
Well, he was not the one to die
I hear he's in Montana
Living on some rancho land
If you see him, please tell him
That I'm the better man
Oh, tell him, I'll get him
Tell him, I'll get him
Tell him, I'll get him
Tell him, I'll get him
Shoot him down
Shoot him down, down, down
Shoot him down, down, down
Well, don't go to the county farm
Conditions there are raw
The boss has just gone raving mad
He just killed three men with a saw
REPEAT CHORUS
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Copyright © 1969/2015 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
All US and Global rights reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publishers. For permission requests, write to the publisher at: chet@chetnichols.net
or http://www.chetnichols.net,
or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator," at the address below.
Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
More information at: http://www.chetnichols.net
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"(Spinning On The) Time Loop"
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Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 1971/2015 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)/Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
chet@chetnichols.net :: http://www.chetnicholsmusic.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CHORUS
Spinning on the time loop
They start to phase you in
When the man comes and turns the wheel
He'll phase you out again
Spinning on the time loop
They start to phase you in
When the man comes and turns the wheel
He'll phase you back again
VERSE 1
Yesterday was your point of disappearing
Yesterday was yesterday and that's no doubt
Yesterday was your point of disappearing
And disappearing is the only way out
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
When the time came to take your place
Was it really worth the taking?
When the time came to change your hand
Was it worth the re-arranging?
When your need poked you full of holes
Was it really worth the habit?
Is it worth all these illusions
When people treat you like they own you?
REPEAT CHORUS
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Copyright © 1971/2015 ® by Chet Nichols ASCAP & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
All US and Global rights reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publishers. For permission requests, write to the publisher at: chet@chetnichols.net
or http://www.chetnichols.net,
or addressed to
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator," at the address below.
Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
More information at: http://www.chetnichols.net
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Red Tide
04:35
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"Red Tide"
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Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 1969/2015 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)/Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
chet@chetnichols.net :: http://www.chetnicholsmusic.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
VERSE 1.
Water rips and flows between my stance
The water strains to show me heat
It tries to comfort and embrace
Sand rips and flows between my feet
Red tide makes the night the day
Naked aqua children play
Splashing life as we swim
Red tide makes the night the day
The sea is full of stars
The stars are full of life
The sea's the sky
The sky's the sea
Give me dreams love, bread and wine
Makes the days go by so fine
I'll butter your love
You toast my dreams
We'll do it up right
The bulging will be slight
Why ruin a perfect flight
VERSE 2.
He asked me where we came from
Just watch that wave there breaking
Creation's in its middle years
And history's only faking
Red tide makes the night the day
Naked aqua children play
Their smiles out glow the shining tide
Celebration 'tween the sea, the sky, my eye
The sea is full of stars
Hovering sky's a sea
The sea's the sky
The sky's the sea
The sea's the sky
The sea's the sky
The sky's the sea
Life is shining to me
Life is shining to me
Life is shining to me
Give me dreams love bread and wine
Make the days go by so fine
I'll butter your love
You toast my dreams
We'll do it up right
The bulging will be slight
Why ruin a perfect flight
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Copyright © 1969/2015 ® by Chet Nichols ASCAP & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
All US and Global rights reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publishers. For permission requests, write to the publisher at chet@chetnichols.net or http://www.chetnichols.net, or addressed to "Attention: Permissions Coordinator," at the address below.
Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
More information at: http://www.chetnichols.net
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"Tell Me What The Count Is"
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Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 1970/2015 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) /Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
chet@chetnichols.net :: http://www.chetnicholsmusic.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
BBBEBE
I made love with an angel once
She never compared to you
For I know she didn't love me
She just wanted to see how I'd do (did pretty good)
I stayed in the mountains of Mexico
And I lived off of the land
Every morning when I watched the sun rise
I wish I could have held you hand
Tell what the count is
Is it one, two, or three?
Or Have I been down so long
That I can't even see?
I can still remember mama
With her apron blowing free
Wishing I would be a doctor
But, she left the choice up to me
But, I found the cow
Was my real mother
For she gave me her milk
My own mother never gave me hers
For she thought I was just a joke
Tell me what the count is
Is it seven or is it eight?
Or have I been down so long
That all I can do is hate?
I've made love with my mind so long
That now I live for the past
'Cause I still talk to you in my sleep
And wake up breathing fast
I've seen and touched many things
That I'll never understand
But, now I know I know your heart
And understand your hand
Tell what the count is
Is it nine or is it ten?
Or have I been down so long
That I'll never get up again
Never, never, never know
Never, never, never no
Never, never, never know
Never, never, never no
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Copyright © 1970/2015 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
All US and Global rights reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publishers. For permission requests, write to the publisher at: chet@chetnichols.net
or http://www.chetnichols.net,
or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator," at the address below.
Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
More information at: http://www.chetnichols.net
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The Offing
03:34
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"The Offing"
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Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 1969/2015 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)/Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
chet@chetnichols.net :: http://www.chetnicholsmusic.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Today it was cold
There was ice all around
But, the ship, it was happy
We were homeward bound
Sea dream, daydreams loom around
It?s been so long since they've been found
Pictures painted by a virgin's hand
That someday soon will please her man
Today it was calm
There was fog all around
But, the ship it was happy
We were homeward bound
And I?m on the masthead looking for land
Just a-waiting to be touched by that virgin's hand
Oh, land?
Oh, land?.
A roof of straw and seaweed walls
Sun's itself on the beach's halls
Quiz the mermaids in the cove
Well, they say that she's waiting
And growing quit old
Today, it was warm
There was sun all around
And the ship it was happy
We were homeward bound
And I'm on the masthead just looking for land
Just a-waiting to be touched by that virgin's hand
Oh, land?..
Oh, land?.
Land, ho!
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Copyright © 1969/2015 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
All US and Global rights reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publishers. For permission requests, write to the publisher at: chet@chetnichols.net
or http://www.chetnichols.net,
or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator," at the address below.
Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
More information at: http://www.chetnichols.net
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The Beetles Are Coming
07:38
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"The Beetles Are Coming"
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Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 1969/2015 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)/Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
chet@chetnichols.net :: http://www.chetnicholsmusic.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
You dress yourself up to look like an elf
And you walk around this place
With a sign against the rat race
And you go get wood to cover the fire
Then you reverently place it down upon yourself
So, you'd better get your hoe
And clean up your garden
Because the beetles are coming
The leaves are enough to turn you on
You know this, so you start a collection
There are greens, reds, yellows, golds and candles
But, what will happen to them
Once they've dropped their bomb
So, you'd better get your hoe
And clean up your garden
Because the beetles are coming
So, you go and get a big brown shopping bag
And in it you place your hair your roaches and part of your life
And you drop it from the long shoestring bridge by the ocean
An silently wave goodbye as it sails for Japan
The you turn to look one last look at The City
Then start to thumb to the world that's, oh, so gritty
So, you'd better get your hoe
And clean up your garden
Because the beetles are coming
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Copyright © 1969/2015 ® by Chet Nichols ASCAP & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
All US and Global rights reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publishers. For permission requests, write to the publisher at chet@chetnichols.net or http://www.chetnichols.net, or addressed to "Attention: Permissions Coordinator," at the address below.
Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
More information at: http://www.chetnichols.net
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Quasar Sleeper
01:54
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"Quasar Sleeper"
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Sound effects,vocals and music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 1971/2015 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)/Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
chet@chetnichols.net :: http://www.chetnicholsmusic.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Rain
Sonic Snoring
Fender Rhodes piano
Sonic Snoring
Thunder
Sonic Snoring
Train whistle
Sonic Snoring
Rain
Sonic Snoring
Crickets
Cracking knee bend
Crickets......
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Copyright © 1971/2015 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
All US and Global rights reserved. This song or any portion thereof (lyrics, music, samples, vocals) may not be reproduced in any form or media, distributed, transmitted, downloaded, shared or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publishers. For permission requests, write to the publisher at: chet@chetnichols.net
or http://www.chetnichols.net,
or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator," at the address below.
Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065
More information at: http://www.chetnichols.net
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Chet Nichols
Chet Nichols is a singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, producer and recordist. His poetic lyrics, & variety of singer-
songwriter & instrumental tracks are inspired by the ever-changing world around us.
Chet is an inductee in The Kansas Music Hall Of Fame. He joins artists like Pat Matheny, Melissa Ethridge, and Martina McBride. His touring bio includes the "Who's Who" in the music industry.
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