Lyrics, melody, vocals, and lead guitar by Roger M. Harris. Everything else is my fault.

MONOLOGUE I found a hole, it's in the wall And reaching up, I crawled inside And to the stars I gave a call To grant a better place to hide I cannot leave the hole I found The chapel for my dark despair I do not seek to hang around…

HAPPILY EVER AFTER - by Terry Brown, Merry Bear, Greg Connor, and Stephen L. Krell - Lyrics by Brown (mostly), Bear, Connor - Chord progression by Brown - Rhythm and bass guitar by Bear - Melody and vocals by Connor - Electric and slide…

DECENCY AND HONESTY AND TRUTH - Lyrics by (mostly) Terry "The Bear" Brown - and (not so much) Merry Bear. - Music by Merry Bear. Three children born, their single mother Molested as a child And made a little wild - By her father and her…

DREAMING Inside the dream I'm drowning I struggle for the shore I'm swimming 'neath the surface I'm sinking ever more While Davy Jones is laughing And Neptune scoffs at me I'm swimming on with purpose I'm frantic to be free - The…

Instrumental fusion of an Asian-flavored pentonic scale with a D minor-based American Blues scale. The Asian scale is an A 5th version of the Koto scale, performed using the Pan Flute setting on a Yamaha E313 KB, while the Blues scale is performed…

Instrumental fusion of an Asian-flavored pentonic scale with a G minor-based American Blues scale. The Asian scale is a D 5th version of the Koto scale, performed using the Pan Flute setting on a Yamaha E313 KB, while the Blues scale is performed…

HANDS UP DON'T SHOOT Don't you wear a hoodie -- No walking in the street Armed with bags of Skittles -- There's killers on the beat Hands up in the day time -- And never out at night Don't be selling menthols -- No breaking up a fight All…

HERE I AM I've got troubles with my kidneys My cholesterol is high Swollen is my prostate And my pancreas is fried Well my blood pressure is boiling And I really should be dead Kiss my woman good-bye Just before I go to bed - But…

PROTEST Use your voice and use your vote Use your signs and use your feet Speak the words your heroes wrote Make your leaders feel the heat Cast your ballot, speak your mind March for justice, march for peace Call for change of every…

EARTH Humanity, you're blowing this Good planets, hard to find Insanity to wipe us out To earn another dime No use it is to build a house Upon a dying land We live upon a warming earth Why don't we understand? - Unless we govern for…

MY FAITH I met my destiny Upon the road for me I took to leave her be I'm told it was by chance My faith is foolery It's for the child in me And yet to pray is free So why not take a chance? - I dreamed that it could be - Believed…

THE BEST I'VE FOUND A ray of sun, an act of grace A bit of song, a smiling face Can lift me from dispair And when I'm lost in yesterday I find a kiss along the way Will bring me here from there A super moon, a darker blue A purring…

LIFE The art of life, it lies between Hanging on and letting go I didn't ask to be alive It's the best life that I know So we are here, so let us be Adding to the gripping tale The universe can know itself As we journey on our…

GOOD-BYE I don't want to say good-bye But I have to go Catch the train that's heading West Do another show I don't want to make you cry There's no other way Give your weary head a rest Carry on the day - Don't know how to say good…

ASTRAL PROJECTION Out of body, separated, as I travel on, ascending high, a photon in the realm of light between the here and there, and twix the now and then, beyond the worlds of suns, with angels, cherubims, I loosen not the silver cord…

FEEL THE TIME Feel the time is rushing by, I feel the time is near Feel the time is crushing down, I feel the time is here That is how the world goes round, that is how it goes Just a question, when and how, and that no one knows…

Music, all musical instruments, title and subject matter by Paul Lennon. Lyrics and vocals by Merry Bear.

"Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly" ~ Langston Hughes DREAMS Hold on gently to your dreams Or else your dreams could die Like unto an injured bird For battered wings, they will not…

Pop Polka style drum beats generated with the Yamaha E313 KB. Keyboards (harmonica setting), acoustic bass, acoustic rhythm guitar, electric guitar, lyrics, and both vocal tracks by Merry Bear (me). WEDDING DAY This is our wedding day And…