DEMO SONGS links
"Rehearsal" is a cross-section of demo songs. Other recorded demos can be found using the three links below
"First Demos" are from recordings 1974-1984
"Songs with Ralph Baker" are song highlights used for a 1994 recital series.
"Rehearsal Covers" basic demo rehearsal at-home recordings of older standard songs
"Rehearsal" is a cross-section of demo songs. Other recorded demos can be found using the three links below
"First Demos" are from recordings 1974-1984
"Songs with Ralph Baker" are song highlights used for a 1994 recital series.
"Rehearsal Covers" basic demo rehearsal at-home recordings of older standard songs
ROOM
She's had enough of solo moves, sortin’ it out, gonna tie what’s loose, get some pride and pour it on you, wholly you, she's had enough solo moves. He's had enough, he learned how to lose, hiding behind bars livin’ like a fool, wishin’ on stars, talkin’ to the moon, in an empty room. He's had enough, waiting for you. Need room to move along on, room to improve a strong heart, someday soon I'll need room in your heart. I’ve had enough, solitude. When the walls fall down, still need a roof, can't grow at all without some roots and the truth I’ve had enough solitude. I've had enough waiting for you. Need room to move along on, room to improve a strong heart, someday soon I'll need room in your heart. I'll need room in your heart. I need room in your heart. MYSTIQUE (doin' the flaunt)
You're a beauty and a beast, a famine and a feast, a battle and a peace, the trick and the treat, Doin' the flaunt, doin' the flaunt, there ain't no mistakin' it darlin' -- mystique is what I want. You're goodly and your grief, a pardon and a plead, you're a guard and a thief, you're the valley and the peak. Doin' the flaunt, doin' the flaunt, there ain't no mistakin' it darlin' mystique is what I want. you're heads and you're tails you're freedom and jail a snail and a gale, veiling the grail, doin the flaunt grinning like sin, silky smooth skin, the flaunt I jump to the moon, you bump off my cocoon, pump up til I boom with every little move Doin' the flaunt, doin' the flaunt, there ain't no mistakin' it darlin' your mystique is what I want. ain't no mistakin' it darlin' mystique is what I want, you are what I want -- flaunt FEEL (from Berkeley)
Now you seek advice for a paradise, for a life that will be real. The important thing above everything is to let each feeling feel. Take the time and your mind's gonna find what your heart prefers. When you close them in, they will shut you out, don’t conceal them beneath your face. Try to do your best, comfort each guest, and very soon you’ll rest in place. Take the time and your mind's gonna find what your heart prefers. So try not to let yourself regret what occurs from day to day. The important thing that feelings bring is to help to find the way, Most importantly above everything is to let each feeling feel. Feel. WHEN YOU ARE THERE
You're lighting the dark, igniting the spark, pointing the start, annointing the heart. That's what you are wherever we are, when you are there with me. You center the scene, scenting the dream, love can be seen flowing between. That's what you are wherever we are, when you are there with me. dream, dream, dream, dream when you are there with me. Who I am, what I know, what I'm doing, where I go. I have a clue on what will be so, when you are there with me. That's what you are wherever we are and you're always there, with me. Someday you'll be there with me. Dream SIMPLE SCENES
A lover's sigh, a mother's eyes, or weave on a delicate sleeve. A midnight snow, a river to row, or a breeze breathin' the leaves. A kite flying 'round, neon on the town, or butter on bread just baked -- There's pleasure to bear to bear the troubles out there, and there are lots to contemplate. The bird and the seed, a tree canopy, or swaying out on a swing. A marooned balloon, a movie at noon, or showering as your sing. A trail through the wood, a wink understood, or a baby's little feet, rain reigning down, the sun like a crown, or being lost then being found. all the simple scenes make one great big theme, every moment they're there, for everyone everywhere. A mountain peak, a mouth to speak, or sailing' through a crowd. Sharing the woes, wearing new clothes, or a tune to tune in loud. A clear blue sky, an inner thigh, or pillow-softened seats. There's things to be done, a field to be run, keepin' time or skippin’ beats... all the simple scenes make one great big theme, every moment they're there, for everyone everywhere. There's treasure to share up and down the stares, as we hurdle to know the whole world'll show, let the burdens all go, it's all apropos -- study each and every scene. COMPENSATING EVERYONE
If you confide dear, you can ride here, as you're circling the sun. We are fair dear, carry care here, we're compensating everyone. If you're poor dear, you'll adore here, it's the wonder of the One. If you're torn dear, you'll be borne here, you will see a new season. Compensating everyone. Will your will here, cure your ills here, bring you right to your reason. So go and cry out, step inside out, we're compensating everyone. If you're shamed dear, claim your claim here, we'll undo what they have done. If you're lame dear, aim your aim here, we begin when you've begun, compensating everyone. If you're willing, need fulfilling, we can do what needs be done. So when you weigh out, wipe away doubt, we're compensating everyone. And when you die dear, they you'll fly here, and what you've lost you will have won. So resign dear, we've all the time here, it's the wonder of the One. Compensating everyone. LIVE AND LEARN
Live and learn and try to be strong, taking turns, right and wrong -- can't be happy if you haven't been sad, can't be good if you haven't been bad, can't be you if you haven't been had before… Come on and rumble with your thunder, can't knock it down or keep it under. Live and learn and try to belong take a turn and then get along -- it's not what you say but what you do, it's not what you play but what you prove, not what you save but what you gave that moves. Sometimes I stumble through this wonder, please pick me up from going under. it's the wonder of live & learn... Live & Learn. |
HONEY IN THE HIVE
Way before the wheel there was more flesh here than brain. Way before steel there was one pleasure for pain. Honey in the hive, sugar on the cane. For even Eve and Adam, one measure remained. Midas couldn't fathom, other treasures are plain. Honey in the hive, sugar on the cane. Honey in the hive, sugar on the cane. play it real smart and life can be full of treats, keep it in your heart and don’t take it out on the street. Find yourself one sweetie who'll be true to you, when you're feeling needy you’ll know what to do. There’s honey in the hive, sugar on the cane honey in the hive, sugar on the cane ... Even cravin' caveman found something to explore, oh lord any dawn or day man, every evening for sure Honey in the hive, sugar on the cane. Honey in the hive, sugar on the cane (one mixture to tame). Honey in the hive, sugar on the cane (one fixture to blame). Honey in the hive, sugar on the cane. (serenade) Honey in the hive, sugar on the cane, oh yeah LET ME LIE (Cowboy Song from Fool's Gold)
Let me lie on the ridge, let me lie on the range, let me wait for tomorrow and never complain. Let me lie on the mountain, lie on the hill, let me wait down the valley, oh if you will... let me lie til tomorrow, relax my pain, let me burrow my sorrow and bury your name, let me lie til tomorrow until I see horizon risin' right and free. Let me ride on the river, drive 'cross the plains, let me lie undercover away from the rains. Let me lie on the prairie, lie with the sage, let me wait in the desert and there I'll remain... let me lie til tomorrow, relax my pain, let me burrow my sorrow and bury your name, let me lie til tomorrow until I see horizon risin' right and free. Let me lie on the ridge, let me lie on the range, let me wait for tomorrow and there I'll remain... ...til tomorrow CLOSE THE DOOR
Your voice continues though you're not here, those lovely sinews they won't disappear, and if I tell you how I'm feeling dear, would you come here any more? My life begins new with you reigning near, a royal retinue for those remaining years, someone must tell you so I'll volunteer -- dearie don't leave here anymore, close the door, close the door... Let me continue while I'm so sincere, a tale to win you, spin you right over here, something to calm you while I commandeer, dearie don't leave here anymore, close the door, close the door, close the door... someone must tell you, while I'm waiting to hear dearie don't leave here anymore, close the door, close the door, close the door... ODE TO CHILDREN (from Berkeley)
Children, someone pays the price when we fail, in a world of compromise, caught between the lines, you’ll pay for the crime. Children, sometimes we’re unwise and we're frail, don’t be too surprised, many views and many sides, sometimes it makes us blind. You wonder how far we can lead you, when we need to learn so much more. Wherever you are it's our turn to teach you, you are the one to be adored. Children, we're looking for a guide we can hail, sometimes fall behind, get caught between the signs, there's phony and there's fine... You wonder how far we can lead you, when we need to learn so much more. Wherever you are it's our turn to teach you, you are the one to be adored. Children, we want a better life for your trail, but we must apologize don't mean to seem unkind, we might leave you in a bind. We may haunt you all your life, that's our tale. THE BEST OF WHAT I AM
We follow our hearts, we fight off the scars, we do what we can to breathe, we carve out a mark, get part of a part, we do all we can to reach. Trying to be someone to love, someone you might understand. We hint and we hide, we glint and we glide we do what we can to seem seen. We send out the cues, we look for the proof we deliver the goods with esteem. Trying to be someone to love, someone you might understand. Trying to be the best of what I am. Something new, something new is what I need. Trying to get through, let me through to your reason, some reasoning. Take a chance to go farther, but don't be a martyr, we do what we can to succeed. See love erased, seized and misplaced, we see all we dare to seek... Trying to be someone to love, someone you might understand. Trying to be the best of what I am. The best of what I am, the very best of what I am. Trying to find someone to love, someone who might understand, trying to be the best of what I am. FOREVER LEVER
Well, I must confess I’m feeling useless, when you stare at me with those eyes. I search inside but the words still hide, some lips just have to be squeezed. I won’t discuss that I feel I’m gonna bust and I don’t want to ever bleed. I was unaware and unprepared the way it’s pulling pulling pulling at me... ...You're pulling the forever ever lever, the forever ever lever, gotta gotta gotta believe. Pulling the forever ever lever, forever ever lever, one and one add wonderf’ly. No more you or I, nor more mine or me, no more you or I, now it’s we we we... Well don’t despair we’re a lovely pair, -- and I’m gonna gonna gonna try. By and by all things will bind, it’s gonna be hard to leave. I’d like to be as free as a bee, I’ve gotta gotta gotta fly, but I must confess I’m feeling blessed, about to be canonized... The well is dry, the stream is gone.
You used to think you were the lucky one, lucky one. Debts on the rise, you're on the take, and what you don't have you have to fake, fade away. Such a long way from home, a long way from home. You used to fly, but now you run. Can't rely on things to come, what's become? The road got cold, you burned your load, the dreams you dropped took out your soul, down you go. Such a long way from home, a long way from home. There was a time, we were friends, when you said you'd always be there. You'd always be there. The trap's been set, the web is spun, you can't connect what's left undone, left undone. The innocence has all been spent, now what you are you can't prevent, the discontent. Such a long way from home, a long way from home. Such a long, long way, go home |
FAITH
Sun shines, wind chimes, the sky's a blue nest, it's an almost perfect day at its almost best. The night binds, the moon mimes, the stars in a crest, the Lord works wonders as though we're blessed. But away you were taken, sure had me fooled, I may be mistaken but the Lord's a bit cruel. They say it's a test, faith is a school we're gonna miss a day here and there retool the golden rule. Sunrise, birds fly, and I confess, it's an almost perfect day at its almost best. COYOTE (from Fool's Gold)
One time you could stone me, you could seal in the pain. But this time I'm so lonely, I'ma kneelin' from the strain. no matter how hard I try, I wind up comin' down lame, something's gonna give, gotta give, gonna get me a break... Been blind but now I'm homin', like a bat from a cave. You’ll find me in the open, a little lost, a little brave... no matter how hard I try, I wind up comin' down lame, something's gonna give, gotta give, gonna get me a break, ah-hoo... just a howlin' coyote, got the moon on my mane don't want no one to own me, come around without the reins... no matter how hard I try, I wind up comin' down lame, something's gonna give, gotta give, gonna get me a break, ah-hoo... TURN THE KEY
I wanted a knot. I got a noose. I wanted a lot. I got goosed. I wanted an apple. I got a prune. I wanted sunshine. And I got mooned. Take my feet, I got knees. Take my eyes, I don’t see. Take my arms, wrap me please, take me away, turn the key. I’ve been desserted, I’ve been munched. I’ve been a turkey, clubbed for lunch. I’ve been a ham, smoked for supper. I’ve been crunched by a pickled punch. Take my feet, I got knees. Take my eyes, I don’t see. Take my arms, wrap me please, take me away, turn the key. Don’t know what kind of fool I’ve been. Don’t know what kind of fool I’ve been. Don’t know what kind of fool I’ve been until I fooled with you! .................................................. Oh lock me up and turn the key RUSTY (from Fool's Gold)
You’re fallin’ down, you can’t win, don’t come callin' ‘round 'cause we ain’t listenin'. You’ve no right to live with no regrets, We won’t forgive what we surely won’t forget... Rusty, you’ve a knack for no concern, trust me, you’re like salt licks on a burn. Rusty as a screw that slowly turns, hanging in that groove, with all those lines. You double-cross, steal a stance. We pay the cost for the ignorance. It's a shady sham behind the back its all scam for the heart you lack. Rusty, you’ve a knack for no concern, trust me, you’re like salt licks on a burn. Rusty as a screw that slowly turns, hanging in that groove, with all those lies... you'll be be hanging from a noose at the end of the line... WOULD IT MAKE ANY DIFF'RENCE
(from Fool's Gold) Would it make any diff’rence if I was around, watching you closely, not making a sound, two feet beside you, or six underground, would it make any diff’rence to you? It would make all the diff’rence to me. Would it make any diff’rence or am I just a clown, pick up my heart at the bottom of my frown, your hurricane eye has my emotion unwound, would it make any diff’rence to you? It would make all the diff’rence to me... ... It seems so long since I could say I’ve really felt this well, my oh me how happy we’d be, if you could only tell. ah-a-a-a-a-ah... Would it make any diff’rence if I could refine turn knotty pine into fine wine, sooner or later you’d have to be mine, will it make any diff’rence to you? It'll make all the diff’rence to me... Would it make any diff'rence if we could entwine courtin' ain't sportin' if its over the line. I'm red ripe and ready or dead on the vine. Would it make any diff'rence to you? It would make all the diff'rence to me -- ‘cause you make all the diff’rence to me, ah -a-a-a-a... Stay out of the sun, you'll get overdone,
study oncology. No fluorescent lights, no preservative bites, no sprinkling M.S.G., no butter, mayonnaise, no flavoring aides, no cola, coffee, caffeine, don't smoke, don't snort, no drinking sports, and above all study oncology. No processed foods, no deep-fried goo, no instant 'tatoes, no whipped cream. Peel an apple or pay, the veggies gotta bathe, insecticide is mean, no sugar, no salt, you won't be at fault - when you battle diabetes, there's more germs on your thumb than deadly terms for being dumb, and by the way, study oncology. Nothing's safe to eat, think before your meat, but with fish and eggs you'll wind up with ptomaine or heart disease. No fiberglass rooms, polyester, perfumes, no phosphates, no chlorine. Don't breathe at the pumps, steer clear of the dumps – asbestos can't be beat, comfort you'll find calcifies the spine, avoid a coy "Oui, oui!" don't sleep around, don't walk through town, and above all, study oncology. Be careful what you see, radiant t.v., read the newspapers you'll find your fill of poison ink. Don't drink from the tap, take a couple of naps, keep your tongue right among your teeth. Don't wait in lines, don't chase the time, avoid anxieties, if you've an ax to grind, there's slime to climb, it's a slick society, you can yell for help, but you do it yourself, one and all, study oncology. Ring the bell, we're going to hell, one and all, study oncology. See me running but my timing's off.
I took the leap but I've been caught. Did what was right but now it's wrong. I know, I know I'm dead slow. Crossed a border I try to deny. Bounding for her I lose my mind. Lost my quarters, haven't got a dime. I know, I know I'm dead slow. Why won't you leave him, why can't you let go, why, oh why, why? There's no future in holding back, since feeling's first, healing is last. Get all you can then get out fast. I know, I know, cause I won't let go. I'm dead slow, dead slow |