Musicians | The Camp Store Carlsbad, CA | 9.1.2024

* Dan Greenbaum

* Mike Hunt

* Mark ODonnell

* Mike Pritchard

* Jay Phillips

LyricsAin’t no right ain’t no wrong when you sit and watch a new day dawnAin’t no wrong ain’t no right been sittin’ since the dark of nightWalked myself to the edge of townMade damn sure no one follow me downYes and to keep myself a little companyWell I gotta little hipper from the whiskey family

But it don’t, no it don’t, yes it don’tMatter much anywayAll alone, all alone, one and onlyHelp me get my thinking straight

Just cut the cable and the TV screen just a rabid dog barking back at meSo many voices chiming through my head can’t put a face to the words just saidGet more listening to the wind and rain r the rumble of a diesel trainCause a mans a man and a facts a fact, bBut those are lies and we can’t be lied to like that

But it don’t, no it don’t, yes it don’tMatter much anywayAll alone, all alone, one and onlyHelp me get my thinking straightYou cant tell a lie through a song and expect folks to listen all that longGuitar note catch a breeze and off it go, and whos gonna catch em I don’t knowWay over top a voice gonna hit that note and you know it’s coming from a blueman’s throat.Thats my version of a TV screen, you see it don’t have to be all obscene.But it don’t, no it don’t, yes it don’tMatter much anywayAll alone, all alone, one and onlyHelp me get my thinking straight

About the SongOne morning in Upstate New York found me on a rooftop drinking a little wine, and smoking some weed with the surviving members of a party from the night before. It was the day my cousin Salty graduated college by Lake Seneca in western New York State.

Ain’t no right, ain’t no wrong, when you sit and watch a new day dawn!

Visiting any college town was always an irresistible proposition during the years I went to university. Each college town was a new group of people of the same age group, making something out of nothing. Little else mattered back then. Every time I sing this song I laugh about the policeman who tried to talk us down from that roof. First threatening us, almost slipping off himself, then cussing us as he departed into his frustrated morning duties of crushing doughnuts.

About the Live Video:As with previous shows, I’m going to release a song a week until the complete show is uploaded and archived on Substack. This concert is being released in support of the new single “Perpetual Change” (released on November 8, 2024). We started video taping and recording our live shows consistently in 2023, when I took over the live sound. Prior to that the recording sound quality was a bit spotty.

Related stories tied to the November 8, “Perpetual Change” release:

Perpetual Change: Official Music VideoPerpetual Change: Studio NotesLive Performance of Perpetual Change, First Time We Played It at the Camp Store

About the RamMark "The Ram" O'Donnell is an independent American composer and visual artist based out of Carlsbad, California. He performs original, surf-inspired, West Coast rock-and-roll.

For more information about the Ram and his music, go to www.TheRamMusic.com

Song MetadataNew Day DawnThe RamUPC: 196864168335ISRC: QZHNC2213764Release date: October 20, 2023ASCAP Work ID: 916553332ASCAP Singer Songwriter IPI Number: 375350750ASCAP Publisher IPI Number: 375351159

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