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Destiny's Collateral
03:48
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Words & Music: NewK (aka John Newcott)
Music: October 24th – November 8th, 2009
Lyrics: December 9, 2009 – March 27, 2010
Adrift at sea – with tattered sails / One arm rows – the other bails
Decisions made – when all else fails / what’s swept aside – and what prevails
Blindly sailing – out into, a raging sea
Tossed adrift – storm clouds approach and, though all seems lost
Chart a course – heading towards home, no matter the cost
A voyage launched – with good intent
Who gets to choose – what to forget
The weight of loss – is all that’s left
Condemned to random – ports of call
Where sinners thrive – and angels fall
Confronted by – the highs and lows
Embrace the dark – and undertow
Back out at sea – with full blown sails / removed from all – those squalid tales Of indiscretions – thinly veiled / what’s kept inside – and what’s detailed
Calmly sailing – into a still and quiet sea
© 2023 Sean Francis
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Creases
02:06
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“Creases”
(for Becca Stevens)
Music & Lyrics: January to April, 2017
by NewK (aka John Newcott)
Touch these outstretched hands – so empty
Smell the ones so polished and clean
Where did they come from? – What do they mean?
No one came – or failed to notice
None to blame – for carelessness
Like a shield – that can’t protect
Hiding nothing – but lost respect
Take another look – who noticed?
That silence – wedged in between
Some secret longing – a restless dream
No one came – or failed to notice
None to blame – for carelessness
Like a shield – that can’t protect
Hiding nothing – but lost respect
Behold those eyes – so certain
Looking back towards – places they’ve been
While the stranded – yearn to be seen
Copyright 2023 Sean Francis
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Clown Car
03:20
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"Clown Car"
(for Walter Becker)
Words: November 2018 through April 2019
Music: April 2019
by NewK (aka John Newcott)
Specters dance wildly on mobile screens
Howling and wailing – what the hell does it mean?
Spastic gyrations – down the halls of ill will
Planning and plotting – heading in for the kill
What kind of difference – could this madness all make
Pats on the back – singed at the stake
Approaching the altar – of self-loathing and shame
Questioning why – there’s so much skin in the game
Parlaying worry – to a serious art
Take out the horse – before it gets to the cart
Wondering aloud – if these lies might be real
Checking your pulse – to interpret this deal
Masking all fear – in a cloak of desire
Righting the wrongs – while starting the fire
Praising the big top – raising the roof
Crawl through the ashes – for an ember of truth
Copyright 2023 Sean Francis
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Pay Attention
03:32
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For Hannah Ruby & Hannah A
Words – October/November 2017
Music – Nov. 22 to Nov. 25, 2017
(NewK – aka John Newcott)
Heart, heavy as an asteroid
Tumbling in free flight – lost in the void
Makeshift pronouncements – blind in one eye
Wary of insights – last chances float by
A transparent wall – painted over the moon
Informed by the notion – of letting go too soon
Pay attention – lest you fade away
Before bluer skies – turn to deep shades of grey
All that dark matter – burning deep within
Lines no one’s crossed yet – surprisingly thin
The only thing moving – in a vaster terrain
A fragment of heartache – a costly refrain
Watching the night world – disappear in a cloud
Gently, hypnotic – dissolving the shroud
Wading through the river
The currents much too strong
How long have you been trying?
Perhaps, too long
All that dark matter – burning deep within
Lines no one’s crossed yet – surprisingly thin
Ever so thin
Watching the night world – disappear in a cloud
Gently, hypnotic – dissolving the shroud
Pay attention – lest you fade away
Copyright 2023 Sean Francis
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The Great Unwatched
03:10
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“THE GREAT UNWATCHED”
(for Christopher Walsh & Allan Holdsworth)
Music & Lyrics – 12/31/11 to 1/2/12
NewK (aka John Newcott)
WHO HEARS THE LONESOME?
WHO EVEN TRIES?
WHO’s THERE TO CATCH THEM?
WHO FEIGNS SURPRISE?
WHAT SCRATCHED THE SURFACE?
WHAT MADE A MARK?
WHAT IS THIS TREASON?
WHAT DOWSED THE SPARK?
WHERE ARE THE SIGNPOSTS?
WHERE WILL THIS END?
WHERE IS THE EXIT?
WHERE LIES THE TREND?
WHY RECONSIDER?
WHY RAISE THESE DOUBTS?
WHY SUFFER ALL THESE QUESTIONS?
WHY NOT JUST SHUT THEM OUT?
HOPE, CHANCE AND BALANCE
RESOLVE, INTUITION AND FAITH
Copyright 2023 Sean Francis
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"Challenge or Dare, Part1"
(for Bear)
Words and music by NewK
October 6-8, 2017
Nobody hinted – how this tale might end
Or said what was coming – or tried to pretend
All understanding – of what went down
The saddest of jesters – the fiercest of clowns
Gripping the center – the fringes shake
There’s no mistaking – what a mess we make
Cue the applause now – that this farce might end
An insurrection – of grace my friend
In the next sentence – the truth is laid bare
What does it matter? – Why should you care?
Till something better – might come along
Patient and vigilant – caring and strong
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NewK Jersey City, New Jersey
Started writing music at age 13. In the early 70's, "opened" as a singer/songwriter for: Vince Bell; Guy Clark; Lightning
Hopkins; Willis Alan Ramsey.
Played in various jazz & rock bands, while working in multiple capacities in the theater. Writes both song form & instrumental works. In addition to my own work in the studio, Co-Produced the last 3 recordings by jazz pianist Michael Wolff.
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