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Into the Light of Day

by David Melbye

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1.
Lyrics: Seems to me that to be free now I must leave it all At the wheel all roads appeal To heed the author’s call All the wrong words said Eyes that cried and pleaded While you’re tearing blind I won’t look behind ‘cause I let you down Not to be found I let you down All for the sound of other voices Crazy Horse don’t need the force While in his resting place Should I laugh? No photograph was taken of his face Yet the places here Take away all my fear On a falling star I will be where you are I’ll come around On sacred ground I’ll come around Heeding the sound of charging horses Visions hold what’s been foretold I lay me down to sleep Love the cure Of this I’m sure: My soul is yours to keep Leave the angry lines And the road back unwinds Know that where I’m at I am full of thanks that You came around Heaven come down You came around Without a sound, illumination I’ve come around To your solid ground I’ve come around Without a sound…
2.
Lyrics: Some see the world too often dull and gray With all we have I think there’s so much more to say Palette and brush no more a lifeless hue Bold masterpiece! No matter where I go with you Outside the cold chills to the very soul Somehow the fires burn anew No matter where I go with you Some turn away Avert their gaze in fear With open eyes so many wonders can appear Though darkness falls No sadness will come through Light always shines No matter where I go with you Thunder may sound Rain could be pouring down Somehow the skies are always blue No matter where I go with you Now let us gaze through this window in time Always how the sun brightly shines Bringing clear days As we touch love divine I will follow your heart’s cue No matter where it leads me to with you Some stake their claim to blindness self-imposed With open minds we know the future’s never closed Courses to chart and promised lands in view Journeys begin No matter where I go with you And truth be told Though we grow old Deep within our souls Somehow our love is ever new No matter where I go with you With you
3.
Lyrics: Life belongs to us for always ‘Cause we’ve been strong for us through hard days There was a lonely time when I was blind And in my selfishness I left you behind Until a healing song came into my mind And so I keep holding on to that song I know now our love is strong Past is gone Our love will go on and on Lives a song for us, calling you and me It silently sings on to us until we set it free When it’s that melody I long to hear Soon there’s a soothing voice that comes to my ear And as it sings Ringing notes take away my fear So I keep holding on to this song I know that our love is strong Pain is gone Our love will go on and on Hear the song Sweet melody It will bring all things back to your memory We’ll be free There’s a song for us, every nation We must find its key and our salvation One day we’ll sing the harmony and hear the muse Until then It waits in our hearts Until we choose pathways which let us cross the sea And sail from lies to truths So I keep holding on to this song Knowing that our love is strong Pain is gone Our love will go on and on Our love goes on and on Our love is so strong Pain be gone! Our love will go on and on Our love goes on and on Love will go on We will go on Our love goes on and on
4.
Lyrics: Everybody everywhere Heavy burdens we must share With you gone Don’t want to go on Prove me wrong Everybody everywhere Love the fruit that we must bear And in time Still we may find peace of mind Peace of mind Now as I look to heaven in the night The sky no longer shines as bright Where once were lights and lasers found Stars above have now come falling down Everyone Love the promise yet to come There’s a place we’ll see your face: state of grace State of grace Lead us to the state of grace
5.
Samsara 02:39
Lyrics: You can’t change me Girl, you won’t arrange the thoughts laid down in my mind Through the soul of one Who can’t but help feel Riding on this life wheel I must move along Life it seems must be used to achieve our dreams Don’t hold on now I will soon be gone Though we’ll remain always one Through the soul of One Who’s always been here Though He may not seem near We’ll never be alone In the end, live to learn time and time again Life it seems must be used to achieve our dreams
6.
Suprise! 03:30
Lyrics: In this life Running through all my days Empty strife Meaningless and gray as in a haze I prayed and waited Visualized, meditated Something will appear Sensing this Ages of time ago You I miss You formed your place within my soul I prayed and waited Visualized, meditated Then you came along Surprise! Believe me baby I never knew Surprise! Ah that you’d be arriving as a dream come true Surprise! Now I know that you created me to be with you Selfless art You show me what life will be In my heart There is love and there is we, we I prayed and waited Visualized, meditated Then you came along Surprise! Oh the power in you girl, I felt it from the start Surprise! And nothing ever touched me like the feeling in your heart Surprise! With thoughts connected, we’ll never be apart Surprise! Ah! We’ve got eternal energy and it will never change Our lives! Ah! Though circumstances of our lives may rearrange Such highs! Ah! We are the one truth, for the world outside is strange No lies! Surprise! Ah! Ah now the light is with us and darkness taken flight Your eyes! Ah! We’ve passed through the fires of our initiation rite So wise! Ah! Into the sun, out of the lonely night No lies! Surprise! Love you so! Love your soul!
7.
Lyrics: Paging Jennifer I’ve got a message for her Paging Jennifer It’s time to make the offer of my script The other actresses eclipsed by Jennifer As she read for me It was her face that haunted Woke the dead in me Her voice remained undaunted by the field A new religion now revealed in Jennifer Audition’s over now I don’t need direction how to act the part of one who’s falling in love Strange sense of comedy This growing urgency to make good this connection Or I’ll be needing help from above Paging Jennifer The message not received Paging Jennifer Won’t let myself believe she’d turn me down That I’d forever play the clown for Jennifer Tragedy in three acts As I fall through the cracks And watch her flying high upon a career In an extended run I would become undone Her method brings my madness which won’t be playing same time next year Paging Jennifer So many parts before her Paging Jennifer Silently I implore her not to leave I need the art that is conceived in Jennifer Paging Jennifer The message has been taken And within her answer It seems I am forsaken in the end But all my feelings still begin in Jennifer She’s not the one who’s cried, fallen apart inside She’ll play that on the stage but not in her head In her soliloquy she made it clear to me She won’t be traveling my way But playing other venues instead Paging Jennifer No further message for her
8.
Lyrics: I gotta tell ya I’m so happy today I know nothing can change that Nothing can stand in the way You see I’ve found my reason for living Like a beautiful pearl I’m gonna be her boy And she’ll be my girl When I walk with my baby, with my baby You will see she means the world to me Shows me how our life will be So carefree When we walk together I’m so proud by her side And all of this love I feel I never will try to hide Life still may hold troubles Oh but I’m not afraid ‘Cause with the strength of my baby I’ll always have it made So I’ll walk with my baby, with my baby It’s her love that gets me through the night Tells me everything’s alright She shines bright She makes me see all things clearly I do love her so dearly I will never let her go Because my soul revolves around her I could not live without her I will tell the whole world so (Tell the world I love her so) Oh I gotta tell ya We’re so happy today Nothing will change our minds We just know that’s how it will stay See, we’ve found our reason for living I’m hers and she’s mine We’ve joined our hearts and hands You see, we’re making plans for all time You will see she means the world to me Shows me how our life will be So carefree I’ll walk with my baby, with my baby ‘Cause it’s her love that gets me through the night Tells me everything’s alright She shines bright (and some final sweet vocal thoughts end the song – dm)
9.
Lyrics: One frosty morning We were walking hand in hand Was a frosty morning As we strolled throughout our land Autumn harvest was in and pasture freshly mown What good land it had been, we had reaped what we had sown* That frosty morning As we made our way around On a frosty morning You know she didn’t make a sound I thought she was quietly listening to the birds and willows crying Now I know what I missed then and it makes me feel like dying One frosty morning I awoke to find her gone Such a frosty morning Still can’t figure what went wrong She never told me her sorrow Or that our love was a lie Now to haunt my tomorrows Here’s a note that says “goodbye” Oh lady Why’d you decide on leaving? Love All I got left is my grieving The winter’s cold must have put a chill in your soul for me Now I shuffle through leaves in the yard Feel the air that’s getting colder Never dreamed it could be so hard To be alone and feeling older On this frosty morning Such a frosty morning Frosty morning *When I sing this song live I change the lyric to: Autumn harvest was in and the pasture taking rest What good land it had been, we had sown and reaped our best
10.
Never Leave 06:15
Lyrics: Love Now we live as vines in the sun Well-intertwined Grafted seamlessly Our beginnings one Grow strong within this bond No life without you here No life beyond I thought that you’d never leave Didn’t you need me too? And now I don’t know what to believe I’m not strong with you gone Who? Who was it tried to cut us apart? Who told the lie And led you to believe I deceived your heart? I clutch my golden band I feel you slipping down and through my hands I thought that you’d never leave… I don’t know what to believe… We We try to find firm ground while it rains Confused in part By the frightened thoughts coursing through our veins I see behind your eyes The words I fear one day you’ll vocalize You’ll say I thought that you’d never leave Didn’t you love me too? And now I don’t know what to believe I’m not strong with you gone If the child in us is wise He knows that green-eyed monsters tell lies It’s all disguise! What is said and what comes between May fester and grow jealous green So let us keep Our hearts swept clean Our souls pristine Our minds serene No jealous green!
11.
Will I Fall? 04:07
Lyrics: All is lost they say All hope hanging by a fraying rope All of time they say will pass Desert through an hourglass I have heard the warnings I’ve heard them all But I have never had my back up against the wall When will I fall? As our cold and lonely world From its catapult is hurled All our lifetimes passing by Stars across an evening sky As we seek shelter in the things we do Can we ever find comfort when the lies of life become true? Then are we through? Then the younger memory fades Sunlight through the window shades Taking family and friends Never to come back again All life’s battles carried Those you lost and won All the dreams that failed and all the things we left undone What will they become? Will I be the last to know? Or will I be the first to go? Or will I hear the call? Or will I fall?

about

I released this CD on May 1, 2016. May Day. Beltane. The time of year when so many wondrous Spring ephemera appear, including of course Morel Mushrooms.

These songs represent the wide variety of styles I love to work in – from acoustic guitar-based folk rock to meditative keyboard-based ballads and full-on pop/rock. Two a cappella songs (on which I sing all the parts) are included as well as a mid-tempo country song of lost love. The CD concludes with a groove reminiscent of co-writer James "Jimmy" Demgen's work from his days as a member of the Flyte Tyme-signed band King’s English.

The influence of my favorite artist, Todd Rundgren, will be apparent to you Todd-Is-Godd-Heads. You know who you are and I am proud to be one of you!

I am profoundly grateful to finally be able to bring these songs Into The Light Of Day. Thank you for listening!

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released May 1, 2016

Produced by David

Written, Recorded, Played and Sung
by David with James "Jimmy" Demgen

Edited and Mastered by Corey DeRushia
of Troubadour Recording Studios, Lansing MI

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David Melbye Red Wing, Minnesota

David has been a board-certified music therapist since 2000. He served hospice patients for many years and currently practices privately.

In addition to his solo CD's (below), David’s arrangements have appeared on two Todd Rundgren tribute CDs. He has also contributed his work as a singer, vocal arranger, guitarist and bassist to CDs by Carolyn Koebel, Beth Patterson and Tom Rime’s Rhythmus.
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