New Song / Original Words By Marc Percansky / Copyright August 25th, 2013

Another one still unrecorded.
I remember thinking around the time of working on this that I wanted to write a happy song.
Then this came out and I thought maybe next time. 

My mind is stale and I am going to jail
Going to write a song and it won’t take long
Six short fucking years and now I have an old dog
Everyone is so negative it wears you down
I may as well be alone and not make a sound
Where were you when I needed a friend?
Now you are calling to make amends
Please leave me alone in my own head

Here is the chorus, not intended to bore us
The music business sucks, go on ignore us

Used up all our resources
Turned everything to shit
Nothing has any value
Nothing ever fits
You go on and kiss ass
Would you like some jazz to go with it or a little razz ma tazz?
I can take this seriously and not make a joke
I have a lifetime of heartache, worries and regret
While you just stand there and smoke!

Here is the chorus, sing along with me
The music industry sucks, I still like the CD!

This could go on and on forever
Of this stuff there is no end
Robert Johnson said it will bust your brains out
If he was still around, he would be my best friend!
After I am gone, think of me what you will
If I did one good thing, that would be better still!
Maybe in the next lifetime I will write a happy tune
Instead of being long gone down the river bend and waiting on you!

Here is the chorus, I cheat, lie, beg, borrow and steal
I hurt the one I love, my word and a promise ain’t no big deal!

Harassed In The Mind / Original Words By Marc Percansky / Copyright April 9th, 2012.

I had Bob Dylan's Political World swirling around in my head at the time I wrote this. I can only hope that if one person reads this and it saves their life, then it did it’s job! Unrecorded as I had trouble finding someone who wanted to address the topic and sing about it. If someone wants to give it a try? Send me an email. 

Harassed in the mind
Tortured and tangled
Twisted and torn
Why was I even born?
So full of scorn!

Harassed in the mind
Life will kill you
But not if you kill yourself first?
My head is full of anger and displeasure
Worrying and waiting for something to change
When nothin’ ever does and never will

Harassed in the mind
People are working
People are playing
People are doin’ nothing
Do whatever you want to do
See if I care!

Harassed in the mind
Everything is taking too long
Not enough hours in the day
Ain’t nothin’ different since the dawn of the first morn
Ain’t nothin’ new under the sun
Throwing yourself down the drain would be such a waste!

Harassed in the mind
If you think no one needs you here
Then find a purpose and a way to keep yourself alive
Ending it all would not solve anything
Just another ant out of the world, right?

Harassed in the mind
Get your feet back on the ground
Get out, take a walk, be kind
Breathe in the air and
Fuck the daily grind!

Harassed in the mind
Hope and pray things can change for the better
Throw all negativity out the window of despair
Unwind the clutter from inside and
Find something that moves you and stop walking blind!

Harassed in the mind
Everything I do feels like a crime
Not very easy on me either
Anxiety causes stress
Wanting and needing to help
Come on and exhaust the harassment in your mind!

Harassed in the mind
This can’t possibly be how you’re supposed to feel in the morning
Each day is like a slow dying death
Falling further behind
We are all nothin’ but dust and to dust we go back
So get on out and dirty up the world your livin’ in!

Harassed in the mind
We all miss the ones that are gone and that we loved
It is a selfish pursuit and the ones left behind suffer
Money troubles, women troubles, I’ve got them all
The doctor said “If you didn’t have any stress, you would be dead
So find new ways to deal with it.”

Harassed in the mind
From King Tut to Kurt Cobain
The rich and the poor
The down to earth and the completely insane
All go to the same place in the end
Be with me silently
Everyone can find a way to love again

Sleeping Our Lives Away / Original Words By Marc Percansky / Copyright September 19th, 2011.

I wrote this out of a deep dream-like state of mind on 9/11/2011.
I worked on it for a week and finished it on the 8th day.
I think of it as sleeping taken to the most extreme measures possible!

Sleeping our lives away
and we’re loving every minute of it
come along with us and get into
a dream-like state, no need to hesitate
let’s sleep away our troubles
let’s put a freeze on our worried minds and
sleep our lives away

She says “come to bed,
time goes faster when you sleep”
but that is okay as we are
sleeping our lives away

No one can hurt me
or tell me I am right or wrong
I won’t feel used, accused, abused, blamed or wronged
it is cuddly, snuggly and we can infinitely dream
while head touching and spooning with you it can be delightful, luxurious and euphoric
not quite like being dead, but even better, at peace
maybe even world peace when you are

Sleeping your life away
and are loving every minute of it
come along with us and get into
a stardust state, no need to hesitate
close your eyes and
let’s sleep away your troubles
let’s put a freeze on your worried mind and
sleep your life away

No insomnia in this room
none whatsoever over here
nightmares are not allowed
money won’t be an issue as the cost is free
no alarms and the time clock is wiped out of mind
not going to get sidetracked
you can keep your comments and opinions to yourself and you can be the queen and
I can be the king of the world no matter what anyone has to say
now lay your tired body down and throw your blankets over us
fluff up your best pillow and you can be on your way

I have done more than enough
to others, for others, good, bad, false and true
was I thinking only for myself or was it all about you?
I have got nothing left to prove
and I feel quite content
no one can touch, harm or wound me here, not to any extent
enough messing with my self-esteem
no tearing me down, no taking my ideas or inspiration
who is riding whose coattails? Who cares
not letting mankind rain on my parade
I won’t even have to move and I can forget about running away as I am

Sleeping my life away
and I am loving every minute of it
come along with me and get into
a dream-like state, no need to hesitate
I am sleeping away my troubles
I am putting a freeze on my worried mind and
sleeping my life away

Albert Einstein said
“We sleep 1/3 of our lives away”
which maybe true, but I got one better for you
let’s sleep it all away, I was told no one can tell me what to do
and no one pays my bills
you can do anything that you want to do
listen to what I am saying
you may learn something here
so give it a try and let me know how it goes?
the future can forever remain unknown
an everlasting love sure sounds good to me
I have felt great comfort in knowing
I will be rested and strong when the time comes
or as the proverbs say
“when you liest down
you shalt not be afraid
and your sleep shall be sweet”
so for now let’s just keep

Sleeping our lives away
and loving every minute of it
come along with us and get into
a dream-like state, no need to hesitate
let’s sleep away our troubles
let’s put a freeze on our worried minds and keep on
sleeping our lives away…
sleeping our lives away…
sleeping our lives away…
sleeping our lives away…
sleeping our lives away…
sleeping our lives away…
sleeping our lives away…