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Mind Rider

from Master Plan by SIRR

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Mind Rider - written in early December 2015. I had a couple of false starts with this one. First I used Martin Pointon's drums with BHunt's bass line and wrote a tune called Let's Roll, but I abandoned it. Then I just used Martin's drums writing a first version of Mind Rider, but it involved a lot of words, spoken words, and I thought it was too much in the vein of Doodlysquat and I was repeating myself. And the words were forgettable, ordinary. The best part by far was the title and the chorus. Mind Rider was such an evocative title, and I wanted to have far fewer words, nothing spoken, just singing, and lyrics and melodies that were more memorable.

But what I really wanted to say, after all that, is that this song has nothing to do with drugs. It's not that I'm a prohibitionist,though I'm no cheerleader of recreational drug use either, it's just that I didn't have drug use in mind. It's really a song about imagination, it's power and usefulness.

lyrics

In my dreams it's always summer weather
In my dreams I'm bathed in sunlight
But life is very heavy
Full of taxes, fees and levies
Time to take a ride
In the chevy that's inside

Chorus

Hey mind rider
Riding high
Hey mind rider
Riding to the sky

In my dreams things are always better
In my dreams thing are always right
But life ain't always easy
Full of stuff to make you queasy
Time to take a ride
Upon the wave that's in my mind

Chorus

In my dreams I'm lighter than a feather
In my dreams it never turns to night
But life will serve up trouble
Bury dreams in tons of rubble
Time to take a ride
On the rocket in my mind

Break

Chorus

Repeat 3rd Verse

credits

from Master Plan, released September 14, 2017
Drums - Martin Pointon courtesy of Wikiloops Jam 2362
Bass - Paul Healey
Guitar - Mark Hill

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SIRR Rothesay, New Brunswick

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