Christmastime Blues By Jesse Scobie
The sandy snow is frosting my windows blue
The sandy snow is frosting my windows blue
Well baby I’m just sitting by the Christmas tree alone without you
Presents left unwrapped, stockings still on the wall
Presents left unwrapped, stockings still on the wall
Since you left me baby, they’ll probably be here till next fall
Christmas carols sung by the children in the moonlight
Christmas carols sung by the children in the moonlight
Trying to get some sleep babe, but your face keeps me up all night
I can hear the hoofs of Santa’s reindeer on the roof
I can hear the hoofs of Santa’s reindeer on the roof
Well he’s got a sleigh full of goodies but none of them are for you
Just drinking hot coco, listening to the firewood crack
Drinking my hot coco, listening to the firewood crack
Well I’m decorating the tree now, just wondering if you’re ever coming back
Christmas lights glowing firestorms in the city streets
Christmas lights glowing firestorms in the city streets
Well they would have lightened me up, but babe you got me beat
Sandy snow frosting my windows blue
Sandy snow frosting my windows blue
Baby I’m just sitting by the Christmas tree all alone without you
I’m just just sitting by the Christmas tree all alone without you
© 2007 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
The Redeeming Light
The Redeeming Light
There was a whisper in the open, I could feel it in my mind
There was questions left unanswered between the lines
She stood there by the corner with a ribbon in her hair
I could hear the disillusions through hollow sounds
I could feel the sorrow emptiness through the leafs
Your emotions came in rushing your body thrown to the ground
As I stand here naked in the cold
See the light, its breaking up in the air
falling in the open streets
See the light, saving us from the bare
It is where we will meet
Once again
Time was standing still in the battle of the rich and poor
As we started a life together inside the open door
I needed compassion, you needed forgiveness
I was weak to your senses you were strong in belief
The vines of hope grew withered in the cracks
Of the stonewalls in the wilderness of grief
Where you made me weak and old
See the light, its freeing up our souls
Sweeping in the open roads
See the light, redeeming us as a whole
It is where we will unfold
Once again
Fluttering mimes mimic in the alleys of insanity
Sweeping through towns and cities lacking humanity
A wizard casts a spell on the open seas leaving
The world in chaos, creating the constant eruption
Of the faceless demons in your forgotten thoughts
A woman asks you “Can you see all the corruption”
The ego robots already sold
See the light, its separating our perceptions
Healing all our wounds
See the light, showing us new directions
Where we’ll swim in the moon
Once again
© 2007 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.
There was a whisper in the open, I could feel it in my mind
There was questions left unanswered between the lines
She stood there by the corner with a ribbon in her hair
I could hear the disillusions through hollow sounds
I could feel the sorrow emptiness through the leafs
Your emotions came in rushing your body thrown to the ground
As I stand here naked in the cold
See the light, its breaking up in the air
falling in the open streets
See the light, saving us from the bare
It is where we will meet
Once again
Time was standing still in the battle of the rich and poor
As we started a life together inside the open door
I needed compassion, you needed forgiveness
I was weak to your senses you were strong in belief
The vines of hope grew withered in the cracks
Of the stonewalls in the wilderness of grief
Where you made me weak and old
See the light, its freeing up our souls
Sweeping in the open roads
See the light, redeeming us as a whole
It is where we will unfold
Once again
Fluttering mimes mimic in the alleys of insanity
Sweeping through towns and cities lacking humanity
A wizard casts a spell on the open seas leaving
The world in chaos, creating the constant eruption
Of the faceless demons in your forgotten thoughts
A woman asks you “Can you see all the corruption”
The ego robots already sold
See the light, its separating our perceptions
Healing all our wounds
See the light, showing us new directions
Where we’ll swim in the moon
Once again
© 2007 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Heaven's Gate
HEAVEN'S GATE By Jesse Scobie
Chords:
F C Bb
Pigeons are flying in the sky today
Above the site where you saved lives
They told you weren’t needed but you stayed
and climbed those stairs to heavens gate
F C Bb
The screaming cries of pain are calling
To your tearing ears and eyes filled with tears
And you can see the hopeless souls falling
To their death into heavens gate
Dm Am
You ran into the flaming towers
F Gm
Running with you crew up the stairs
Dm Am
Inside you knew you had the power
F Bb C
To save lives from heavens gate
F C Bb
You reach the highest floor you can
A child cries for help in the toxic air
You call to him and hold out your hand
For it is not his time for heavens gate
F C Bb
You both run frantically downstairs
As the crackling roars of the bottom
Exhale fear into your eyes and tear
Many more are leaving to heaven’s gate
( 1st guitar solo - 2 lines only)
Dm Am
The smoke blinds all engulfed in it
F Bb
A man cries out for his lost son
Dm Am
An woman lies bleeding on the street
F Bb C
As she waits to go to heaven’s gate
F C Bb
You make it out with the child
From the rubbles of stone and loss
The boy looks at you with a smile
For you are a savior from heaven’s gate
F C Bb
A man in torn clothes keeps crying
For his lost son and sees him in your arms
You notice your bleeding body is dying
As you prepare for heaven’s gate
(2nd guitar/keyboard solo- 4 lines)
(tempo slowed)
F C Bb
Tears run down his face as he embraces
His lost son saying “Sir you’re an angel”
You smile back and dream of the places
That you’ll see in heaven’s gate
© 2007-10 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.
Mother Earth Blues
Mother Earth Blues By Jesse Scobie
Saw the trees burn in sorrow to the ground
Yes I saw the trees burn in sorrow to the ground
Where’s the love for nature gone, its nowhere to be found
Clouds are turning black in neglect from pain
I see the Clouds are turning black in neglect from pain
As we all stand caught in the suffering rain
Sun ain’t shining like it used to before
Sun ain’t shining don’t see no light anymore
You better act quickly, before you close the door
Factories are smoking poison gas unto earth
We keep breathing it into our lungs till it hurts
Gotta end the madness and start a whole rebirth
I can see the icebergs floating down the river
I can see all that’s left of it floating down the river
Just the thought of us creating it gives me the shivers
Greedy politicians ignoring the elephant in the room
Greedy politicians helping to further our doom
Gotta have some truth spoken here real soon
Birds are dying falling from the crumbling sky
Fish are plagued in the sickened waters till they die
Well we just sit here and wonder to ourselves “Why?”
Hear the children crying “Where’s the playground”
You can hear the children crying “Where’s the playground”
Well the forests, streams and grass are nowhere to be found
There’s some people trying, trying to make a change
Organizations formed to rebuild what’s been slain
They’re just trying to get everybody on the save earth train
Time’s a running short, got make up our minds
Time’s running short, gotta look through the lines
Well we can’t say we weren’t warned, we just ignored the signs
© 2007 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.
Saw the trees burn in sorrow to the ground
Yes I saw the trees burn in sorrow to the ground
Where’s the love for nature gone, its nowhere to be found
Clouds are turning black in neglect from pain
I see the Clouds are turning black in neglect from pain
As we all stand caught in the suffering rain
Sun ain’t shining like it used to before
Sun ain’t shining don’t see no light anymore
You better act quickly, before you close the door
Factories are smoking poison gas unto earth
We keep breathing it into our lungs till it hurts
Gotta end the madness and start a whole rebirth
I can see the icebergs floating down the river
I can see all that’s left of it floating down the river
Just the thought of us creating it gives me the shivers
Greedy politicians ignoring the elephant in the room
Greedy politicians helping to further our doom
Gotta have some truth spoken here real soon
Birds are dying falling from the crumbling sky
Fish are plagued in the sickened waters till they die
Well we just sit here and wonder to ourselves “Why?”
Hear the children crying “Where’s the playground”
You can hear the children crying “Where’s the playground”
Well the forests, streams and grass are nowhere to be found
There’s some people trying, trying to make a change
Organizations formed to rebuild what’s been slain
They’re just trying to get everybody on the save earth train
Time’s a running short, got make up our minds
Time’s running short, gotta look through the lines
Well we can’t say we weren’t warned, we just ignored the signs
© 2007 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Mother Rose
Mother Rose
(Song for my grandmother Rosemary Scobie) By Jesse Scobie
Chords: E A7
Mother rose, watching over me from the sky
C#m
Even when I would ask why
G#m B
Reading stories to me in bed
E A7
Mother rose, holding my hand in the park
C#m
Where we stayed till the very dark
G#m B
And she kissed my head
F#m D E
Mother rose as the spirits guide you tonight
C#m
Into the everlasting light
F#m D E
Remember you were the spark, saving me from the dark
C#m
And made me grow
Mother rose
E A7
Mother rose, sending letters through the mail
C#m
On the lake in a boat we sailed
G#m B
As the red sun rose up
Mother rose, painting in her artist book
Thinking of the traits I took
From her loving cup
Mother rose, as the spirits guide you tonight
Into the everlasting light
Remember you were the spark, saving us from the dark
And so the story goes
Mother rose
Mother rose, I can remember all those snowy nights
Our family had in the alps so bright
We eat dinner under chandeliers
Mother rose, you can see bobby now as you go
And all the love you both have shown
Shows you’re both still here
Mother rose, dancing with the angels in the clouds
Leaving the ones you left so proud
That you were in their lives and as they cried
Watching your soul glow
My Grandmother Rose...
© 2007-10 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.
(Song for my grandmother Rosemary Scobie) By Jesse Scobie
Chords: E A7
Mother rose, watching over me from the sky
C#m
Even when I would ask why
G#m B
Reading stories to me in bed
E A7
Mother rose, holding my hand in the park
C#m
Where we stayed till the very dark
G#m B
And she kissed my head
F#m D E
Mother rose as the spirits guide you tonight
C#m
Into the everlasting light
F#m D E
Remember you were the spark, saving me from the dark
C#m
And made me grow
Mother rose
E A7
Mother rose, sending letters through the mail
C#m
On the lake in a boat we sailed
G#m B
As the red sun rose up
Mother rose, painting in her artist book
Thinking of the traits I took
From her loving cup
Mother rose, as the spirits guide you tonight
Into the everlasting light
Remember you were the spark, saving us from the dark
And so the story goes
Mother rose
Mother rose, I can remember all those snowy nights
Our family had in the alps so bright
We eat dinner under chandeliers
Mother rose, you can see bobby now as you go
And all the love you both have shown
Shows you’re both still here
Mother rose, dancing with the angels in the clouds
Leaving the ones you left so proud
That you were in their lives and as they cried
Watching your soul glow
My Grandmother Rose...
© 2007-10 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.
The Spirit Within
The Spirit Within
Thunder howls in the distant moonlight
Can’t feel the pain, just feeling numb
The withered cornfields whisper softly
While the lonesome trees speak in tongue
I’ve traveled with bags of shame and glory
I’ve cross the roads of jealousy
Felt the touch of the raging bull
Felt the sense of deep irony
But I still go on
Everyone needs somewhere to begin
A place to reinvent yourself
To heal the spirit within
Temptation shoots through the heart
Bleeds sympathy into the mouths
Of the hungry orphans of the night
From the soulless desert drought
I’ve been blessed with of a life of gold
A treasure chest full of emptiness
It was all I ever needed
It relived me of my shamefulness
But I still go on
Everyone needs somewhere to begin
A place to have a second chance
To heal the spirit within
You drive out in your naked car
Judgment set ablaze on the road
Try to escape the fate of the day
Until tomorrow never knows
Your shame builds the walls
That surround your house and mind
Its too late to hear their calls
You’ve already seen the signs
But you still go on
Everyone needs somewhere to begin
A place of solitude
A place free of suffering
Eternal oneness on a pin
To heal the spirit within
© 2007 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.
Thunder howls in the distant moonlight
Can’t feel the pain, just feeling numb
The withered cornfields whisper softly
While the lonesome trees speak in tongue
I’ve traveled with bags of shame and glory
I’ve cross the roads of jealousy
Felt the touch of the raging bull
Felt the sense of deep irony
But I still go on
Everyone needs somewhere to begin
A place to reinvent yourself
To heal the spirit within
Temptation shoots through the heart
Bleeds sympathy into the mouths
Of the hungry orphans of the night
From the soulless desert drought
I’ve been blessed with of a life of gold
A treasure chest full of emptiness
It was all I ever needed
It relived me of my shamefulness
But I still go on
Everyone needs somewhere to begin
A place to have a second chance
To heal the spirit within
You drive out in your naked car
Judgment set ablaze on the road
Try to escape the fate of the day
Until tomorrow never knows
Your shame builds the walls
That surround your house and mind
Its too late to hear their calls
You’ve already seen the signs
But you still go on
Everyone needs somewhere to begin
A place of solitude
A place free of suffering
Eternal oneness on a pin
To heal the spirit within
© 2007 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.
She Feels Like The Wind
She Feels Like The Wind By Jesse Scobie
Chords: Eb Ab Bb Eb
I’ve never felt this way before
Your heart has opened the door
To everlasting compassion
I’ve been down the thorn torn path
Heard the jackals and the devils laugh
But I never saw the angel
I was lost in a crazy maze
I learned that it was just a phase
I found your spirit in the end
You showed me things I’d never seen
Endless skies and fields of green
There’s nowhere else I’d rather be
(chorus)
Cm Bb Ab Gm
And she feels like the wind across my face
The light breeze that whispers through this place
Endless oceans my mind cannot erase
Her love lingers here without a trace
And she feels like the earth my feet walk upon
Her enchanted beauty that illuminates so strong
Her deep blue eyes and her auburn hair so long
When I’m with her all my fears are gone
Your open mind and caring heart
I could notice from the start
You soul was your great gift
A sailboat long lost at sea
A captain wishing to be free
A guardian angel rescused me
Through the fields of fire pits
Through endless chaos and selfless wit
I found my way out of the dark
Now the fairy tale has come true
It tells the story of me and you
So it should be evermore
(chorus)
And she feels like the wind across my face
The light breeze that whispers through this place
Endless oceans my mind cannot erase
Her love lingers here without a trace
And she feels like the earth my feet walk upon
Her enchanted beauty that illuminates so strong
Her deep blue eyes and her auburn hair so long
When I’m with her all my fears are gone
© 2007 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.
Chords: Eb Ab Bb Eb
I’ve never felt this way before
Your heart has opened the door
To everlasting compassion
I’ve been down the thorn torn path
Heard the jackals and the devils laugh
But I never saw the angel
I was lost in a crazy maze
I learned that it was just a phase
I found your spirit in the end
You showed me things I’d never seen
Endless skies and fields of green
There’s nowhere else I’d rather be
(chorus)
Cm Bb Ab Gm
And she feels like the wind across my face
The light breeze that whispers through this place
Endless oceans my mind cannot erase
Her love lingers here without a trace
And she feels like the earth my feet walk upon
Her enchanted beauty that illuminates so strong
Her deep blue eyes and her auburn hair so long
When I’m with her all my fears are gone
Your open mind and caring heart
I could notice from the start
You soul was your great gift
A sailboat long lost at sea
A captain wishing to be free
A guardian angel rescused me
Through the fields of fire pits
Through endless chaos and selfless wit
I found my way out of the dark
Now the fairy tale has come true
It tells the story of me and you
So it should be evermore
(chorus)
And she feels like the wind across my face
The light breeze that whispers through this place
Endless oceans my mind cannot erase
Her love lingers here without a trace
And she feels like the earth my feet walk upon
Her enchanted beauty that illuminates so strong
Her deep blue eyes and her auburn hair so long
When I’m with her all my fears are gone
© 2007 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.
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