MusicAlways

Hot summer day the music plays
We're dancing to the rhythms of the world we know
Just keep'n the beat to life in the street
Crusin' down the highway to the radio
I turn it up
I love the music
It makes me feel so good
I tune it in
When there's good reception
The message is understood
When you're singing along
To your favorite song
The meanings belong to you
Through emotions in play
Music always makes me feel that way

Taking a stand he performs in the band
He carries his soul inside a guitar case
He sings and he strums where its all coming from
Cause a heart without a song can be a lonely place
Turn it up
If you like the music
It makes you feel so good
Tune it in
When there's good reception
The message is understood
When you're singing along
To your favorite song
The meanings belong to you
Through emotions in play
Music always makes me feel that way

Listening to a choir of birds on a wire
Humming to a breeze playing through the trees
Its the water dancing down the stones I hear
Slappin' out the rhythm so sweet and clear
Oh, the feelings flow
The music surrounds us
Just like a merry-go-round
We're carried up and down
Caught up in the sounds

Just a blue collar working for a dollar
A cog within a wheel that makes the world turn round
But the hopes and dreams that can't be seen
They're singing on the inside to a beautiful sound
Turn them up
If you like the music
It makes you feel so good
Tune them in
When theres good reception
The message is understood
When you're singing along
To your favorite song
The meanings belong to you
Through emotions in play
Music always makes me feel that way
Music always makes me feel that way!

This song was written in 1987. Peggy and I had just moved from Colorado to the east coast together. We were staying at my parents house in Waldwick, New Jersey on a temporary basis while looking for jobs and our own place.
     I was looking forward to working with Mark directly, as we had spent the last couple of years sending our compositions back and forth to each other through the mail. Mark came right out of the starting gate with the very beautiful 'Music'. He has always had a love for a very broad range of musical influences and styles and its really evident here. I love this song!
     It was the middle of summer and 'Music" was our definitive summer song. I wanted to flirt with just a touch of commercialism in the lyrics and groom the imagery towards a more AM / FM radio sound.. A first and a last for me It was really Marks playing that influenced how the lyrics danced out. A mean case of summer meets the music head on and its good to be alive!
     'Music' is a message song, but only in the sense that music is a sort of message in and of itself.