Music

  • Music

    Things-LosMuertosEdit

    November 3, 2024 /

    By Joy Lynn Clark 11/3/2024 Since the lapsteel is out on lease, I decided to use the dulcimer version, special acknowledgement to Metallica who are famous for using this instrument. Things I love shiny bling. Jewels, gems, golden rings. We gon show em how we running this Take their chiefs chain and roll up in his whip Now the ground is thawed its spring Bet the old graves still have bling We gon show em how we running this Getting money insane now we  got a grip We need these things, slaves to these whips and chains We need these things, for the pain there is no cure We need…

    read more
  • Music

    Things

    June 17, 2024 /

    By Joy Lynn Clark 06/17/2024 I wrote this song sixteen years ago as I was watching the tale of the “infamous” Burr Oak Cemetary scandal https://daisyfriday.net/burr-oak-on-the-colored-side/ unfold on the local Chicago news. I still had not known that I had ancestors buried there but I was asking around. As I heard the story, my mind drifted off about vampires, zombies, and grave robbers. Things is part of a larger work that I was going to make a, “rock opera”. I never managed to finish it but, there are a few more tunes. I also arranged the original duet to a solo. I never got my settlement. Below is a palatable,…

    read more
  • Music

    Alone (Missed You For So Long, Love You Since The Dawn)- Making Time For You 11/16/2024 update

    February 20, 2024 /

    11/13/24 See end for final lyrics 2/20/2024 By Joy Lynn Clark After all of these years, I finally found myself in a state of peace. I looked around my place and I started “fall cleaning”. I got rid of a lot of non-essential items around my apartment. Everything looks nice and neat. I take a deep breath and pour a glass of champagne left over from the crate that I ordered last holiday. Next, I pour the bubbly into one of the crystal glasses that I had inherited from my stepmother’s passing. Well, I really am alone now. I need to make some plans. Since it was just a few…

    read more