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Songs by Terry Merriman
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In the Studio - January 2022 |
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| Why Can't I Love You | |
| The typical male, all bottled up inside. Standard tuning walking "Up the Neck". © 2012 Terry Merriman, Bruce Bowlus, John Schneider; lyics - Bruce, music - John and Terry. (I'd like to hear the Mourning Glory do this one. What do you think, guys?) | |
| Breaking the Code | |
| Each new tuning brings a new adventure. This instrumental is brought to by DADGAD. © 2015 Terry Merriman. | |
| Don't Let It Pass | |
| My oldest surviving original with a harmony facelift. Wonderfully optimistic. Drop D tuning. © 2006 Terry Merriman. | |
| A Gathering Guise of Blue | |
| Imagine the soundtrack for a movie scene shot from a helicopter looking down at the stars as they drive a convertible into the mountains for a hot, romantic retreat. E-modal tuning (like Steven Stills used in Suite Judy Blue Eyes). © 2006 Terry Merriman and Bruce Bowlus; lyrics by Bruce, music by Terry. | |
| Bound to Change | |
| Just when you think things have stabilized... E-tuning. © 2009 Terry Merriman. | |
| I'm Sorry | |
| Be careful you don't lose something before you realize you need it. Standard tuning. © 2009 Terry Merriman. | |
| How Do I Know? | |
| It's the little things that count. G-tuning. © 2005 Terry Merriman. | |
| Tomorrow's Door | |
| A wonderful metaphor by Janet using doors to represent the movement of time. © 2020 Terry Merriman/Janet Sclaroff. Lyrics - Janet and Terry, music - Terry. | |
| Alone | |
| Where's your "happy place" when you need it? G-tuning. © 2009 Terry Merriman, Bruce Bowlus; lyrics - Bruce, music - Terry. | |
| Whorled Ballet | |
| Lynn gave me a beautiful poem to put to music. I hope I've done it justice. Drop C - G tuning. © 2012 Terry Merriman, Lynn Reebe; lyrics - Lynn, music - Terry. | |
| Receive Me | |
| Finger style with 3 different meters and 3 part harmonies with lots of major 7ths and 9ths. Lyrics - Bruce, music - Terry | |
| LBI | |
| A musical interpretation of the rhythmic sounds of the waves, tides, and rocking boats on Long Beach Island, NJ. © 2010 Terry Merriman. | |
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| The Morning Light | |
| Not really connecting with anyone until that one person comes along. © 2020 Terry Merriman | |
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| Would You Say Goodbye? | |
On Being Invisible. © 2020 Terry Merriman |
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