Riff Beach

Songwriting, Vocals, all Instruments by Riff Beach via RiffWerx Productions. Photo Cover Art by Riff,(Created with YouZign).

In My Wildest Dreams ©

Riff Beach - Original

(RiffWerx 2018)

We’re all just Pilgrims

Smaller than grains of Sand

Tossed around in Time

Looking for a place to Land

Yet, in the darkest nights

Our love shines through

Through the longest days

It’s right there too

Chorus

For in my wildest dreams

I can only hope to be

As much for you, Darling

As you mean to me

Bridge

We know the road of life

Is filled with twists and turns

But, with you at my side

There’s no concerns

You’re always there for me

I’m always there for you

In a World of False

Our Love rings True

Original Tune written by Riff Beach. Riff on electric, slide, and vocals. Drums and Piano Pad track created using Logic Pro X.

Ruminations and Illuminations ©

Riff Beach Original

RiffWerx - 2018

The Sun Will Shine

And The Wind Will Blow

Rains Wash Away Time

Frozen in The Ice and Snow

What do ya’ Know?

Who only know Now?

Only yesterday, Three

Today, Sixty-Three…..Somehow

Chorus

Well (So), Spare Your Prayer for this Panhandle Poet

And his One Man Band

Lyrics Twisted and Tossed…

Don’t ya’ know it?

Like Waves Slapping the Sand

Just like Waves Slapping the Sand

Ah, but for a Swig of Tasty Dark Rum

Where Under Palms He Must Die

And For His Guitar He Shall Strum

On Some Sandy Beach Nearby

On Some Sandy Beach Nearby

Bridge

No Dying Bed

No Morphine Dreams

For the Pirate Life He Led

Was so much more than it Seems

Aye, but another Tale…Searching for Best

Sails in the Wind, Unfurled and Spread

Daring to Risk, Only Pausing to Rest

While Living Full Speed Ahead

Oh Yeah, Living Full Speed Ahead… Yeah!

Whiskey, Windmills, and Ghosts ©

Riff Beach Original - 2018 (RiffWerx)

Sixty years of searching

With no direction known

A King without a Castle

A Queen in search of Home

Still, here we are….

Charging Windmills, Chasing Ghosts

More used to feel so special……

Now, Less feels more like Most

Less feels more like Most

Pre-Chorus

But, what know we of Windmills?

And, what know we of Ghosts?

Blessed is the morning light

That tears away the night...

Chorus - Bridge

(Yet) There you are

……..and, Lord, here I am

Just be my Whiskey, Woman

I’ll be your Hell-bent Man

Will you play me for a fool?

Will you take me as I am?

What shall we conquer today,

Together - or - alone?

Any Dragons left to slay?

Or, best leave flesh to bone?

Origin unknown, but likely dates back to late 1700's - early 1800's. Covered by too many to name. Minor lyrical revision. Previously posted a different take of this Trad Classic on SoundCloud awhile back. This version presented in an early Sunday Morning frame of mind.

Wayfarin' Stranger - Slowly Wandering

(Trad, Adapted)

I am a poor wayfaring stranger, traveling through

.......... this world of woe

But, there's no sickness, toil, nor danger 
in that bright land,

to which I go

Chorus:

I'm going there to see my Father

And, all my loved ones, who’ve gone on


I'm just going over Jordan, I'm only go-in'

.....going home

Though dark clouds, they gather round me


......and my way is rough and steep

Beauteous fields arise before me.......


Where God's redeemed, their vigils keep

I’m goin' back to see my Mother

I’m goin' there, no more to roam

I’m only go-in'....going over Jordan

I’m just going .......Go-ing Home

So, join me, Sister and Brother

I’m just go-in' .......Go-ing Home

Just playing Ibanez Gio Electric through the Eleven rack to some Bitcrushed Drumming. ;-)

Similar to a previous Blues Blaster, just a little less Octane.......but certainly burning at least Mid-Grade. ;-)

Edited and extended a wonderful piano loop in Logic Pro X-Garage Band. Then, simply played my Ibby Gio Electric with Acoustic flavorings through the Zoomie G3Xn. Contemporaneously created in a take or two against this engaging piano background. Plucking away while envisioning a soft, cool breeze, gently blowing upon our keys and across warm waters. Dreaming of 'Eternal Summer' and most thankful for The Blessings of Beach Living! Hope you might enjoy and chillax to this little instrumental interlude, as well. Genuine Music from the Heart and for The Soul. :D ))))

Original song. All vocals, instruments and production by Riff Beach 2018 - RiffWerx Productions. Featuring Ibanez Gio Electric and various other instruments. Actually, captured this one in Garage Band and used Ozone Advanced to tweak a bit.

In A Moment ©

Riff Beach - Original RiffWerx 2018

Waiting for The Sunrise each and every Day

As time dances with The Night

In the early hours, when I Pray

The darkness dissolves into the Light?

Chorus

Tell me when it’s time to go?

Tell me when it’s time to stay?

Will you Light a path for me, Lord?

Won’t you Show us The Way?

( Please help us find our Way)

Somewhere in Happiness or Sadness

In tears of Joy or Sorrow

Would there be more gladness in each Moment...

If there were no Tomorrow?

Bridge

What if we lost everything held so tightly?

With best intentions to Resist

What if a hint or Warning…..

Were no longer to Exist?

Struggling with The Ways of Why

We Question The When and How

Staring into Open Sky

Pushing through The Clouds of Now

Somewhere in Happiness or Sadness

Tears of joy and sorrow Flow

Would we cherish more each Moment

Without the promise of Tomorrow?

[ Instrumental, Chorus, and Out ]

Original, contemporaneous, Blues Sketching: Multiple Guitars, Hohner Special 20 Blues Harp - A, Digits tapping on Drum pads. Recorded and Mixed via Logic Pro X....... Just unleashing a Buncha' Fun on an otherwise kinda' overcast Boring Day here in The Panhandle. Not a Bad Thing sometimes! Cheers. ;-)

Lyrics Below. Don't know where these songs come from??? Started with a simple little, swirling, repeating electric piano riff, tapped out some percussion on drum pads, dialed into an electric-acoustic guitar sound, and played back against the piano track. Then, created, added, and panned chromatic harmonica tracks, and vocals. All of the music meandering suggested the enclosed lyrics, supplemented by an intense Sunday afternoon thunderstorm. Vocals, instruments, songwriting, recording, and production by Riff Beach via RiffWerx Home Studio. "Go with The Flow!" ;-)

Swirled © (Original)

Riff Beach - RiffWerx - 2018

Cloudy sky chases away the Sun

On a storm-filled afternoon

Why, everyone is on the Run

From this Summertime Monsoon

Swirled…. Yeah….. Swirled

Everything’s unfurled

As June says Goodbye

And, July…Oh, July dances to the Tune

Chorus

Oh, (My), it Seems the World

It might come down upon us soon

Lord, it’s just swirling all around…..

Upside down on a Sunday afternoon

Lightning unleashes Thunder

Rumbling across the Sky

Trees swaying in the Breeze

As the leaves all tumble by

Bridge

Night steals a Kiss from the Moon

While the rain washes Her Face

Today’s but a faded Memory

And…..Tomorrow, there’ll be no trace

Morning light, don’t ya’ know she’s coming fast

This Beast shall no longer boast

For the Wind shattered its Memories

And, scattered them upon the Coast