July '95
Song for my son Benjamin. He was such a cute and cheery fellow at age 3...
You couldn't help but be changed.
Wandering Through The Desert
April through July 4, '95
Similar to the previous one, a song in which I admit that I've been getting off the straight & narrow & recognizing the need to find my way back home...
A parallel between my own life and that of the people of Israel wandering through the desert for 40 years after having arrived at the Promised Land and not having the guts to invade it...
Drifting Around
Constance, June 13, '95
In the 80s movie "Made In Heaven" at one point, this guy who plays an angel angel tells his charge on earth that he's not making any progress, just sort of drifting along... I knew that applied to me for the previous couple of years in my life, & this is one of my "prodigal returning home"announcements.
Would You Be Listening
Ravensburg, June 3, '95
There are so many things we would sometimes like to tell people that could really help them, if they would only be interested enough to listen...
Welcome to the Rhythm
Between Dec.3, '94 and March 1, '95
On December 3rd, 1994, our daughter Julie-Ann was born.
I actually wrote the first half of this song in the hospital while we were waiting for her arrival.
After 3 boys in a row, she was a nice surprise.
Title song of the '97 album, "Rhythm of Life"
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Judas
Jan.15, 1995
Funny we know so little about Judas when there seem to be so many people like him.
I guess we've all felt betrayed at one time or another, and may, at the same time, also have sometimes let others down, too.
History repeats itself.
Thief In The Night
Dec.21, 1994
Once I got up in the middle of the night (or wee hours of the morning), compelled to write down this song...
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Birds Fly South
Nov.23-Dec.9, 1994Folk-Song that came to me before some gig out in some fields under an eerie autumn sky around the Stuttgart area.
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You Shed Light Into My Heart (Thanks To You )
Nov.6-13, 1994Song I wrote for the couple who had won me to the Lord about 18 years earlier...
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Gently & Quietly I’ll Blow Your Mind
Oct.29, 1994Although I may not have been in the brightest phase of my life during the time I wrote this song, I always figured it was the Lord speaking in it, since He definitely manages to blow our minds with His whispers, more than all the world's rah-rah ever could.
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Love, Come Into My Life
Oct.29, 1994
I think I've had the knack for oriental slants in some of my songs for a while, & this was one of them...
If you think about it, the sort of music Jesus listened to during His time on earth was probably a lot more oriental than what we're used to...
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Silver & Steel
Oct.14, '94Folkie love tune, not for anyone special that I know of.
This series of songs was recorded at Ted's place for a tape (later CD) we called "Gently & Quietly I'll Blow Your Mind" a sort of "unplugged" album.
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Shadows
October 5, 1994
Folky tune about the Tribulation & 2nd Coming/Rapture, which I still play relatively often, since I like its style and it's easy on the voice, being so low-pitched & smooth.
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The Year Love Disappeared
March-August 1994David Brandt Berg once wrote that the last thing they're trying to kill people's faith in is love. Jesus also said that in the last days the love of many would grow cold...
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Life's Not a Freeway
August 19, 1994There's no speed limit on German highways, & people drive accordingly. It can really be murderously dangerous sometimes. This song is for all the "me-first" types on German highways.
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Passion
July '94There isn't much of a story to tell behind this song, except that it was basically addressing the colder than average, reserved German mentality in general... no offense intended.
It's a song that every now and then I find preaching at myself...
Love-Starved Children
March 10, 1994This song was inspired by one of the kids in our neighborhood who struck me as pretty forsaken, since her parents apparently never had time to her, so she often would tug along with us when we'd go for a walk through the woods or whatever...
Coincidentally, this song brought me to the States in 2000, via the North America Country Music Association Intl., since the song had won some kind of award the year beforehand, and I was invited to attend the following year, but that is yet another story...
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Kisses of the Past
March 4-5, 1994
Having to deal with nostalgia over the "good old days" a bit, I came up with this song, reminded of the counsel from a good friend who compared the past to "water under the bridge..."
Angels
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Song which originally functioned as title song for a technically flawed tape I recorded at the bass player's home in Bavaria who was playing with Cesar & GoWest at that time, and was later re-recorded for Rhythm of Life...
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Life's Roller Coaster Ride
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The song that kind of wraps up my life in a 2 minute version of the story...
