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“Lumbering Mountain”
Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 1970/2004/2023 by :
Chester Nichols, Jr (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
Please contact: chetnichols@me.com
chet@chetnichols.net * http://www.chetnichols.net
ALL GLOBAL RIGHTS RESERVED
If I gave you love
Would you give it back?
Not in the condition you received it in
But in what you have and lack
A love expands a season
If it makes you lose your bearings
Take these seeds
To cure the weeds
That are growing
Take these stones
They will endure
The weathering
Freedom is a word
We seem to feel it
Love is a word
We seem to use
We go through the motions
And we don’t understand the words
We go through the motions
And we don’t understand their words
Carved my name on old, old tree
Along with a hundred others
Sat this woman on my knee
And she used me for her covers
Carved my name on old, old tree
Up on lumbering mountain
I can see
I can wish where I can be
Up on lumbering mountain
Up on lumbering mountain
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“Who Stole The Ivy”
Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 1969/1971/2015/2019 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP)
URL: http://www.chetnichols.net
Email: chet@chetnichols.net
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
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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.
Copyright © 1969/1971/2015/2019 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP)
All US and Global Rights are 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 writer and the publisher.
For permission requests, write to the publisher at:
MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com
Or addressed to:
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Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065”
http://www.chetnichols.net.
More information at:
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Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
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“Electra”
Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 1969/1979/2016/2023 by Chester Nichols, Jr/ Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
chetnichols@protonmail.com ... http://www.chetnichols.net
http://chetnichols.bandcamp.com
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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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“Lonely Woman”
Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Instrumentation & vocals by Chester Nichols, Jr
Copyright 1969/2016/2023 by Chester Nichols Jr (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
http://www.chetnichols.net :: chet@chetnichols.net
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 on the streets she looks over her shoulder
God, she look 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, she’s heard him lie
Oh, why, why, why
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
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
He 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 just for me
She wonders why her cry
After all the times she’s heard him lie
Oh, why, why, why
Oh, why, why, why
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Copyright 1969 Time Loop Music (ASCAP)
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“I’m The Ice Cream Man”
Words and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyrights 1964/1972/1997/ 201/2023 by Chester Nichols, Jr/Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
Chetnichols.net :: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
ALL GLOBAL RIGHTS RESERVED and PROTECTED
VERSE 1.
I’m the ice cream man
I bring you ice cream delights
I’m the ice cream man
I bring you ice cream delights
CHORUS
Oh, the little children love me so
‘Cause I’m the ice cream man
VERSE 2.
I’ve got every kind
Of tasty delight
I’ve got every kind
Of sweet and tasty delight
CHORUS
Oh, the little children love me so
‘Cause I’m the ice cream man
VERSE 3
I’ve got Chocolate, Strawberry, Peach and Butter Pecan
I’ve got Blueberry, Raspberry, Pistachio Nut, Grape and Butter Pecan
CHORUS
Oh, the little children love me so
‘Cause I’m the ice cream man
REFRAIN - SPOKEN:
Oh, yes, I am, I’m the Ice Cream Man
And you can see me standing around any corner
In my white bells, and my black tennies, and my pink laces, and my pink
my Arizona Souvenir tie and my Tahitian Hat.
And I’m just selling ice cream.
ID cards to teenagers.
And keeping in line with good humor
We’ve come up with some products that will make you laugh or giggle or both.
LSD Shakes, Mescaline Malts, Psilocybin Sundaes, Peyote Popsicles in 15 different Flavors, Marijuana Slush in Coke and Cherry.
And this week, we have a much needed special, it’s a two-for-one sale.
We like to call it a “getting to know yourself sale” on hashish Heath Bars.
And all I do is drive around in a little white bus and twinkle my bells
And there are three bells and I’d like to play them for you…
(Play three harmonic chords on the guitar)
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“Lady, Oh, Lady”
Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 1971/2018/2023 by Chester Nichols, Jr (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music: Publisher (ASCAP)
URL: http://www.chetnichols.net
Email: chet@chetnichols.net
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
“A butterfly speaks with a beautiful lady and convinces her to trade places…”
Lady, oh, lady
Care for dreams of butterflies?
Give you the dreams
And their velvet wings
To wear you’re hair
To know your heart
To love your lover
When the day gets dark
Would it be nice
To drop on
Every flower that you see?
Play with me
Come trade with me
Drink from the cup
Then lay back
You can see
You can see
And now that I am you
And you are me
Together and forever
That’s the way it must be
The cup has no cure
That’s part of its lure
Close
Close
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Copyright © 1971/2018/2023 ® by Chester Nichols, Jr (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music: Publisher (ASCAP)
All US and Global Rights are 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 writer and the publisher.
For permission requests, write to the publisher at:
MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator, (at the address below)
Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065”
http://www.chetnichols.net.
More information at:
http://www.chetnichols.net
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
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“The Beetles Are Coming”
Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 1969/1972/2016/2020 by Chester Nichols, Jr (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music : Publisher (ASCAP)
URL: http://www.chetnichols.net
Email: chet@chetnichols.net
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
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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 © 1969/2020/2023 ® by Chester Nichols, Jr (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music: Publisher (ASCAP)
All US and Global Rights are 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 writer and the publisher.
For permission requests, write to the publisher at:
MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator, (at the address below)
Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065”
http://www.chetnichols.net.
More information at:
http://www.chetnichols.net
http://chetnichols.bandcamp.com
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
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"Time For Leaving"
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Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 1966/2020/2023 by Chester Nichols, Jr (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music Division: Publisher (ASCAP)
URL: http://www.chetnichols.net
Email: chet@chetnichols.net
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
ORIGINAL VERSION:
VERSE 1
The first time that I heard you sing, we are alone
I was laying on the bed and you were on the headphones
With songs of lovers who had taken you home
For you’d grown tired of waking Sunday’s morning’s alone
LIFT
The lovers filled the pages
They describe all the stages you’ve seen
The followers dream and lift their lift their eyes
Wishing they could cause the tears
Singing….
CHORUS
It’s time for leaving
I hate to say goodbye
But I gave it my best try
It’s time for leaving
I hate to see you go
But there are things we must know for ourselves
VERSE 2
Now, I’ve heard that you’re more beautiful
Than any of your photographs
For the pictures do not capture you
Your loving or your raps
LIFT
The lovers filled the pages
They describe all the stages you’ve seen
The followers dream and lift their lift their eyes
Wishing they could cause the tears
Singing….
CHORUS
Singing, it’s time for leaving
I hate to say goodbye
But I gave my best try
It’s time for leaving
I hate to see you go
But, there are things we must know for ourselves
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Copyright © 1966/2023 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP)
All US and Global Rights are 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 writer and the publisher.
For permission requests, write to the publisher at:
MagicGarageMusic@gmail.com
Or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator, (at the address below)
Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065”
http://www.chetnichols.net.
More information at:
http://www.chetnichols.net
http://chetnichols.bandcamp.com
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
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“The Waving Prairie”
Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 1970/2019/2023 by Chester Nichols, Jr (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music: Publisher (ASCAP)
URL: http://www.chetnichols.net
Email: chet@chetnichols.net
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
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EBBEBE (Same as SMOTHER YOU
Off on the waving prairie
The road that brings me home
Is the same road that takes me away
We should all hitchhike once in a while
The feel the need of depending
And to walk the lowly mile
Get caught in a heavy thunderstorm
On the waving prairie
Rebuild the city
Regroup the old stones
Forget the crumbled citadel
And bury all the bones
I’m here and now
Not trying to grow old too soon
I’m gaps that need repair
And I need some wind
Lord, I need some wind
I need some wind to flow
I need some wind to flow
I need some wind to flow
To the waving prairie
You can ride I’d rather walk
Try to keep my pace
This sea of land it takes me in
You’d walk if you weren’t in the race
Live and work and try to be free
Do you listen with your mouth
Or do you use your ears?
Live and work and try to be free
Do you listen from without
Or do you use within?
And bear yourself to a stranger
Live and work
And bear yourself to a stranger
Try to be free
And bear yourself to a stranger
Live and work
And bear yourself from future danger
My fingers are the columns that are braced against the sky
My fingers are the music played from my crystal spy
My fingers play the music that makes you laugh and makes you high
My fingers are the mourning of the Ohio six who died
My fingers are the columns that guide and testify
My fingers are the vehicle that get me around
To the waving prairie
Off on the waving prairie
The road that brings me home
Is the same road that takes me away
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“The Waving Prairie”
Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 1970/2019/2023 by Chester Nichols, Jr (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music: Publisher (ASCAP)
URL: http://www.chetnichols.net
Email: chet@chetnichols.net
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Contact:
Magic Garage Music
PO Box 2398
Northbrook, Illinois 60065
Magicgaragemusic@protonmail.com
chetnichols@me.com
http://www.chetnichols.net
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“King Barlow”
Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
Copyright 1972/2023 by Chester Nichols, Jr (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music : Publisher (ASCAP)
URL: http://www.chetnichols.net
Email: chet@chetnichols.net
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: ChetNichols@me.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Verse 1
King Barlow built a highway
To connect his kingdom all
There, too, live an outlaw
Aimed toward Barlow’s fall
No one likes a good guy
We all love the bad
Robin Hood, Captain Kidd
Good but they were bad
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Verse 2
Now Barlow was a-losing
To the outlaw and his highwayers
‘Cause the laws that they lived by
Were the laws made by him
Who is the one
His thorn is his tease
Yet, they peacefully beat him
To his death then to his knees
I’m gonna play for him
I’m gonna play for you
Gonna play for Richard Nixon
Gonna play for Spiro, too
Verse 3
Now Barlow sat in his tower
Till the candles had burnt low
And wondered if he was the outlaw
Where would he go?
And so he became the outlaw
And began to see its reason
Call it liberal
Call it change
Never call it treason
No, no
(Harmonica solo)
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Copyright © 1972/2003/2023 ® by Chet Nichols (ASCAP) & Chet Nichols Creative Services (Magic Garage Music Division): Publisher (ASCAP)
All US and Global Rights are 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 writer and the publisher.
For permission requests, write to the publisher at:
MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Or addressed to:
"Attention: Permissions Coordinator, (at the address below)
Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music, PO Box 2398, Northbrook, IL 60065”
http://www.chetnichols.net.
More information at:
http://www.chetnichols.net
http://chetnichols.bandcamp.com
Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
Email: Chet@chetnichols.net
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