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What's on my Mind

by Marilyn Miller

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    This is 'What's on My Mind', Marilyn Miller's second album.

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People look around you and tell me what you see go ahead and feel the truth that we all want to be free Let me say it plain so that we all know white yellow black red and brown only owners run this show People I got real news for you Listening to each other is something we can do People want to earn their worth all need food love health live in peace, protect the earth Really there is enough wealth if people all cooperate we would be so strong so they tell us who to hate making sure we dont get along people, i got real news for you Talking to each other is something we can do How can you believe giving them more, helps you that's something someone conceived To benefit just those few but owners get the benefits while we all do the labor they make up lies that seem legit to get you to hate your neighbor People, i got real news for you Hating each other is what they want us to do They keep feeding us those lies Tell us our true enemy Is poor folks stealing the pie and stopping them keeps us free it's too expensive keeping our air and water clean the owners keep weeping but the money they make is obscene People i got real news for you Working with each other is something we can do people i got real news for you If we work together they can't stop you
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Save Me 03:18
Em Am I thought you'd always s ave me Em Am I thought you'd always t ry Em Am I thought you'd always s ave me C D Em Em Am Em Am Now, it turn s out t hat's a l ie Now how am I to answer? What can I say now? Don't have the power to save her Don't want to push her down No matter how I love her no matter what I say now She thinks that I betrayed her She can point to how Em Am Em Am Chorus C D I know that she forg ave me C D But I d on't know what that m eans Em Am I know how music s aved me C D Em I rem ember a ll our d reams C D Em I rem ember h ow we d reamed Solo over verse chords This is the second spring That hasn't seen her face I do a lot of things But no ones got her place I know I couldn't save her it was nothing i could mend I still hear our laughter I hope that does not end
3.
D For older people C Inde pendent means alone G That is a sign of our time D Folks used to live together C In a group, not alone G D Someone there to help all the t ime A D You cared for me, now I must care you A I dont like C D What i have to do. D All your life you've been here C Had no need to roam G D I need to say what's on my m ind C D And y ou will think me so un kind Now you are so feeble What if you don't reach the phone I can't be here all the time You say that you are able You are ok here alone but that's not what I find You cared for me, now I must care for you you won't like What I have to do A big piece of you Will stay here behind And you will think me so unkind And that weights heavy on my mind (Instrumental verse whole) Rick solo, then Mike, then both I wish things were different Some peace we could make A clear and right thing for us to do My answer is reluctant I know your heart will break But I see nothing else to do You cared for me, now I must care for you You wont like What I need to do Will you forgive me? Will you ever see This is how it has to be.
4.
Sitting in the yard in the middle of the night In the middle of the night with you Like a greeting card in the middle of the night In the middle of the night with you Playing our guitars Music takes us far Sitting in the yard in the middle of the night with you Crickets sing loud There are no clouds Moonrise in the east Soft light now released Stars so bright Feels just right Shining in your face We're not far from grace Hooting owls Something howls So build up the fire Just a little higher I'm alone Love has grown I've got it in my head Must be time for bed I'm alone.. hooting owls... stars so bright.... crickets sing loud.... sitting in the yard in the middle of the night with you!
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Thinking 02:41
You know I can't stop thinking about where you been And I can't stop wondering why I know you can't hear me now and I try not to cry Will you wake up and stop before you die You don't know what it is that you're doing to me When you tell me all your stories and your lies i hope you know what it is that you do to yourself all the trouble it is that you buy You know I can't stop thinking about where you been You know I can't stop wondering why And baby if you think about it long enough You know why I need to try La la la..... Some times the path gets dim and there's no hope in sight Seems no different than the dark that waits downtown The question is what is in charge of you How much choice you have right now If I let you, you'd take me down But- I can't stop thinking about where you been And I can't stop wondering why And baby if you think about it long enough You know why I need to try
6.
Temper 02:47
I gotta temper better let me be I gotta temper cant you see i gotta temper Don't cross me Ain't no one gonna make a fool outta me When I was just a young girl My momma sat me down She told me if I dont watch it No man would come around I didn't listen then and I aint listening now but i am warning you just dont push me around chorus Once I met a man Who wouldn't stop his hands he found it wasnt fun when he saw I had a gun the judge said I was wrong he sent me away too long but someday ill return and then that guy will learn Chorus
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Gone 04:59
They told me there was nothing I can do And now he's gone gone gone gone ....x2 then what a smile you had with your laugh of gold but then you grew up and i guess i got old you once held my hand as we walked along and later you thought I was always wrong (B) your hand so soft that i held in mind and what i would give to hold you one last time (A) i cant stop crying i didn't know you were dying Now you're gone gone gone gone (B) none of my friends know what to say they look at me and then they look away i really can't blame them, what is there to say Now they're all gone home and I feel so alone today (A) i still don't believe it, no i dont believe it He can't be gone gone gone gone solo (B) i remember his smile and that laugh of gold forget how he died and how it controlled remember the joy and the kindness and pride forget the stealing the worry and the lies (A) remember the pride forget the lies you are my son my son.
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Lies 03:12
You told me now not so long ago that everybody lies and don't I know You spat it out in an awful ugly way As if I didn't know how it is today you gave examples of all the lies That we all expect before we die But I would still like to think it's true I am not a fool when i trust you But if you don't see the harm in a lie if you can't even guess why then listening and trusting you is a thing I better not do I don't know what makes you this way I often wonder how you get through your day Juggling the stories, the answers and stuff keeping it all straight must really be tough . SOLO i know you like to righteously instruct you call out all who are corrupt But then you live your own life with lies How do you do that and still moralize Telling the truth may be new But try it, you may get a clue you really don't have to lie You can tell the truth and still get by (x2)
9.
Tequila 04:16
Wish I thought about things Just a little harder today If I had used my head I would have seen a better way I just wanted to relax there Did not know about your strain Did not see the sign I paid no mind to your pain Chorus Cause I got Tequila in my blood Tequila in my brain Tequila puts me down And brings me back again I did not mean to hurt you To be callous or so cold I thought you'd always be there Together we'd both grow old. But now I sit and drink alone I'm left with nothing to say No one here to talk to To remind me of the price I pay Is tequila is my only friend now To keep me warm in body and mind I know you wont miss me. Or my ability to be unkind I don't know what happened Can't say what went wrong You dont like my drink And now, all i have is this song (Chorus)
10.
Blue Love 04:00
I need to tell you My heart's been broken All the lies were spoken Before You try to show me how i can trust you You're not the one I knew Before Chorus- But/So I think I'm gonna pass don't believe that love can last even if we both are true in the end all loves still blue. you do need someone who'll always be home there just like the sweet air it seems but I'm like fire I'm always changing life rearranging it seems chorus break so how would you do you'd have to trust me watch me be out and free you know so i guard my feelings of wanting to love you I should believe in you you know chorus
11.
Love Doesn't work for me Love Doesn't work for me Won't warm me against the cold Keep me company as I grow old Love Doesn't work for me What could I be doing Rather than wait for you to call If I wasn't here stewing Anticipating the fall Intro riff.... Love doesn't work for me Love doesn't work for me Still feel lonely when you're here TV so loud, you drink your beer Love doesn't work for me What could I be doing? Rather than wait for you to talk Ask me how my day went ill just go take a walk solo Love doesn't work for me Love doesn't work for me You tell me you can't give What I need, you can't live Love doesn't work for me What could I be doing? Rather than give you all of me My heart, my time, my life And you take it all for free Love doesn't work for me Love doesn't work for me You say possession is not love But I just want you to put me above Love doesn't work for me
12.
He said we can't have love If we only throw anger around I dont think i can rise above When all he does is tear me right down I see that we will become Exactly what it is we despise I dont know how i can overcome All the anger the sadness and lies He went on and on in his preaching About the way things ought to be showed me no respect in his speaking Blamed all this on me Blamed this me riff x2 I sat right there with tears in my eyes And slumped down in that old soft chair Listened and finally realized Love was not there Love was not there SOLO What have we done to each other With feelings cold and showing rust he reached out for another my love turned to dust Love turned to dust (riff x 2) i know we can't have love If we only throw anger around it is true i can't rise above When all he does is tear me right down I know that we will become Exactly what it is we despise I dont know how i can overcome All the anger sadness and lies i know i cant overcome all the anger, the hatred and lies x4 I know I cant
13.
New Day 02:40
tomorrows gonna be a new day Time to let the hurt move along Tomorrows gonna be a new day time to sing a different song Everywhere I look life has miracles Everywhere look every day All those tiny little bitty miracles Life always finding a way Flowers blooming everywhere Cat tail peaking through the dirt There is nothing to compare To green covering hurt I have many folks all around me Sharing life and love all day come along and join the party Kindness will help you find the way All my life i`ve seen so many changes Lived many different chapters thru the years so many varied sides to the stories And I have little use for tears And with the evening gloaming The wonder of the growing The peace in the knowing This body ever slowing

about

The album, ‘What’s On My Mind' is a collection of original songs concerning the life of a mature woman living alone in uncertain times. These songs have strong melodies with memorable lyrics concerning love, politics, dreams, and loss. Yep, the things that are ‘On My Mind’.

She released this album in the dead of winter…. A good idea? Likely not, but it IS part of the story of the record…. Coming out of the darkness and into the light, just like the earth’s annual winter to spring journey. Recorded in Woodstock, NY by Tedd Orr of Sertso Studios and mixed and mastered by Mark Dunn, ‘What’s On My Mind’ was a year in the making and several years in the planning. There were some serious setbacks, mostly related to health issues in band members, which really made it appear that the record would never get finished. However, the band is now on track and, as it says in the last song, looking forward to a New Day…..

Other songs tell some stories that have touched Marilyn’s heart: a mothers loss of her son to drugs, a call to LISTEN to ideas you think you don’t agree with, a friend who suffered from Huntington’s disease, saying no -and yes -to love, people who chronically lie. She uses folk, rock, grunge, punk and bluegrass sounds to help tell these stories, and the artists she asked to contribute do an excellent job at delivery.

Marilyn did not have to go far to find musicians to help, because they are all good friends. Rick Warren (Rick and Marilyn, Doc Horton and the Jay Street Band, Magic Stones, Clouds), her guitar-wizard partner, continues to weave his magic with Mike Pagnani (Beer-Stained Fiddle, Hudson Busk), who sings with his violin and his voice. Peter Tenerowicz (The Fabulous Versatones, Overtones) keeps a solid beat, assisted by the bass sounds laid down by Aaron Martin (Aaron Martin Band). In all, the music is transporting and interesting, with (as always with Marilyn’s records) a great variety of styles.

If you go to MarilynMillerMusic.com, you will get a free song to download and the email updates you receive after signing up will also announce shows and provide information about videos filmed and produced by David Beesmer, known as FrontRowDave. Again, you will keep up with all these happenings most easily if you sign up for email updates! That is www.MarilynMillerMusic.com to sign up! And we would love to see you ....come to the shows!!!

See you down the road when the music calls!!!

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released February 17, 2019

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Marilyn Miller Hudson, New York

Marilyn Miller is a singer/songwriter from Hudson, NY You will usually hear her performing with her friend, Rick Warren, who is an amazing guitar player. Her high energy presentation, choice of material and strong voice make her a favorite. Compared to both Neil Young for her writing style and Patti Smith for her delivery, this is a woman you should hear. ... more

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