OK, so ya' bust out a Strat to play along, add a bitta' Fuzz and Slap.....and then, crash it into some Alive & Kickin' Bitcrushed Drumming. Add some Conga's, Synth Pad creation, and then shake and stir up some Funky, Fun, Genre-Bending insanity. Whew! ;-)

No instruments were harmed in this Production.

Original Lyrics Follow. Songwriting, Guitars, Low D Whistle, Vocals, Production all by Riff Beach - RiffWerx - 2017. Make each moment count.

Before It’s All Too Late ©

Riff Beach - Original

(RiffWerx - 2017)

Around a sweet old woman

We gathered by her dying bed

She sighed as we all cried

I recall some of what she said

Time is not to waste

Each moment you’re awake

May you always give

More than you ever choose to take

(Chorus)

All that sometimes ends….

Only begins again

Always Love, My Friend

Don’t You hesitate….

Before it’s all too late

(Bridge)

May you taste some good

Or, even a little great

Find and love and hold

A life that fills your soul

Keep a smile upon your face

For there is another place

What was lost will be found

Upon the higher ground

(Chorus 2)

Forgive and then forget

Embrace with no regret

Reach out and do not wait

Before it’s all too late

Respectfully different spin on some Classic Early Neil Diamond Gold. Always loved early Diamond gems. Good 'Ol Neil sure wrote some great tunes.

Listens, likes, comments, respins are always most genuinely appreciated.

Not really a Christmas Carol, but more a Seasonal and Holiday Wish of Peace, Calm, Love, and Happiness to All. May your Holidays be Warm and your New Year ahead Bright! :D My first Christmas without My Dad here with us. Love and Miss him a ton. So blessed to have a number of beautiful Hohner Harmonicas he left me. My favorite one used for blending in the background of this song....A most special, magical reminder.

I Wish You All The Very Best ©

Riff Beach Original

RiffWerx - 2017

I wish you all the best that life can ever be

Though the thought so often escapes me

Happiness… at times…..an elusive quest

Yet, I still wish you all the very best

I wish you everything good that we can be

For it seems a little overwhelming to me

And, if ever Hope begins to slip away

Sometimes, there aren’t right words to say

Chorus

I wish you all the very best that life can bring

Right now, I only have this song to sing

But, when you’re down and feeling kinda’ low

May the bright sun melt away the snow

Life is filled with moments unplanned

We find those times so hard to understand

The sting of loss can cause so much pain

Forces us in out of the pouring rain

Bridge

My Love

Is Caring

...and Sharing

Just the Little

...that I am

(Repeat Chorus and Out)

Bitcrushed some drums and then jammed back on my Fender AmPro Strat this morn. Hope it's enjoyed. It's a sorta' RockThumper HouseRock bit. Cheers. ;-)

Link follows with all background on this Gem, first written and performed by Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails). Most poignantly later delivered by the great Johnny Cash (RIP), and included in a mesmerizing video featuring this cut from his highly acclaimed 2002 album - 'American IV, The Man Comes Around'. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2727

This one was recorded in my own AcoustaTronic style long ago. Recently resurrected the files and ReMiXed. These haunting, memorable lyrics speak just as meaningfully to The Opioid and Heroin Crisis today, as when Reznor first penned the Original. Hoping tragic losses and addictions affecting so many continue receiving all needed support, attention, and coordination in working toward the elimination of this mind-boggling situation. Lyrics follow:

Hurt

Reznor (Cash)

I hurt myself today

To see if I still feel

I focus on the pain

The only thing that's real

The needle tears a hole

The old familiar sting

Try to kill it all away

But I remember everything

What have I become

My sweetest friend

Everyone I know goes away

In the end

And you could have it all

My empire of dirt

I will let you down

I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns

Upon my liar's chair

Full of broken thoughts

I cannot repair

Beneath the stains of time

The feelings disappear

You are someone else

I am still right here

What have I become

My sweetest friend

Everyone I know goes away

In the end

And you could have it all

My empire of dirt

I will let you down

I will make you hurt

If I could start again

A million miles away

I would keep myself

I would find a way

Songwriters: Trent Reznor

Hurt lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

Pocket Fulla’ Blues ©

Riff Beach - RiffWerx (2017)

Oh, Hey,

Now Baby…….

You Know….

I Gotta’ Pocket Fulla’ Blues

For You to Use

To Chase Away

Even……..

Your Sunniest Day

Oh, Yeah

You Know that it’s True

I know You really Do

You Can always Choose

To Use

The Blues

Even though there’s really No Need

To Ruin…….

Your Brightest Day

But, if You Need Some Blues

Then, Come My Way

Listen Now to What I’d Say……

Hey, Hey, Hey

Cuz’……

I Gotta’ Pocket Fulla’ Blues

For You

To Use

Any Time

Any Way

(Any Day)

Oh, Yeah

Shadows Dancing Upon The Light ©

Riff Beach Original - RiffWerx - 2017

Insanity so close at hand

Casts a Darkness upon our Land

Sometimes, It’s hard to Understand

Amidst the Shadows and the Noise

It reverberates almost every day

Sadness that’s not meant to stay

Can’t we make it all just go away?

Oh yeah, can we just move on?

Chorus

What can be said to make us See?

What can be done to make us Say?

How about some Help and Hope?

Just to chase it All Away?

Bridge

As Night Falls

And, The Sun Sinks

Soon, it will Rise Again

Even when we’re On The Brink

Just to make it Go Away

Come back some other Day

Yes, a Time of Peace will surely come

To replace the times that leave us feeling numb

(Back to Chorus)

Early Neil Diamond Gem, done with heartfelt respect in my own AcoustaTronic way. Always loved these Diamond tunes of 'Yore'. Background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_for_You_(Neil_Diamond_album)

As always, all listens, comments, and/or re-posts are most genuinely appreciated. Thanks for those making the time, whenever you can. Continued Best Wishes to All! ;-)

Song created, recorded, and mixed in the early AM hours with lyrics borrowed from a favorite poem by my favorite Poet - ee cummings.

Hope its enjoyed? Loved ee cummings (RIP), because he broke ALL the rules! Yet, the strength of his writing and many other talents can never be denied. Just wanted to let this one 'breathe' a little musically in my own AcoustaTronic style. As always, genuine thanks for listening and comments. :D https://www.biography.com/people/ee-cummings-9263274

Love is more thicker than forget - ee cummings poem

Original Music, vocal, Instruments, Production - Riff Beach

(RiffWerx 2017)

Love is more thicker than forget

more thinner than recall

more seldom than a wave is wet

more frequent than to fail

It's most mad and moonly

and less it shall unbe

than all the sea which only

is deeper than the sea

(Chorus)

Love is more always than to win

less never than alive

less bigger than the least begin

less litter than forgive

(Bridge)

It's most sane and sunly

and more it cannot die

than all the sky which only

is higher than the sky