Soul Hobby
Songs and Music by Rickey Mattos and 2F |
from the top of a ridge lean a candle over the edge shine it across the face of the cliff and bend a light leap woo who hop on the twice good grace of whatever may happen sailing willy nilly in the twinkling light leap woo who some thing must seem as it might a cool sightseer has calm advice ride wings on winds that harness light open your eye and take a chance get out and answer to never return to the hole feel the spirit in the mist behind a waterfall see the mother of pearl flaring the light leap woo who meet me on the rhythmic beat running against time on a tour guided flight step our feet into the light leap woo who get out and be free tonight navigate a sun ray and share the light all things seem as it might harness the light get out alive get out of the hole on your own light a candle and bend it over your soul ride wings on winds of light woo who en your eye and take a chance get out and answer to never return to the hole feel the spirit in the mist behind a waterfall see the mother of pearl flaring the light leap woo who meet me on the rhythmic beat running against time on a tour guided flight step our feet into the light leap woo who get out and be free tonight navigate a sun ray and share the light all things seem as it might harness the light get out alive get out of the hole on your own light a candle and bend it over your soul ride wings on winds of light woo who
In The Moon (2006)
keep things simple make it easier look into transformation intensifying magic moments nicely ricocheting combing waves wildly movement flow series of sequencing nicely everywhere nicely pulsating lovingly loving you here in the moons rays raise your head your true heart you are true beautifully verifying loving you in the moon it’s the moon revelry
Waves Of The Ocean (Guitars:
Waves Of The Ocean ) (2008)
see ashore you and i are waves of the ocean glowing blue swells rolling emotion of the ocean joining geometric bumping equal planes of motion swirling seventeen and infinity soothing sides see ashore you and i are waves of the ocean surging weather tides create a relaxing rise bringing high stairs climbing atop coral parachutes rush the front line feeling gliders slowly reaching our glassy tube launching smooth curls spray a hardy blast surrounding an echo mixing fair minded flows curving and merging crossing resolution appearing extreme and crashing between sand sing once more with the rain from a storm of poor girl’s tears flow into the river overflowing hope to someday return in the stream assisting spinner dolphins playing and adoring to see ashore discovery you and i are waves you and i are waves of the ocean
you should be by my side i guess i could have told you hold our strings end and fly bindings unravel until ends in hands i guess i should have shown the tenacity and unwind our spun entanglement i’ll unravel everything everywhere hold our strings ends and fall again saying bop bop a loo do bop bop a loo do bop bop bop bop bop bop ba da da do do do do oh bop a loo do a cinder cone blows a molten pattern in the sky some run in fear while others risk their eye some drop and hug the ground while others bend with the ride unwinding our string send love on the line kiss me from your mind smoke and colorless sky deepens stank burnt bark some cover their mouths while others write messages in the dust sirens warn and scare the sacred crumble from premonitions of destruction while others seek cleansing the shock rumbles oceans sending waves to distant lands waters rise on coasts as boulders fly and scatter ghosts highs and lows collide above as god rains tears on good and bad lightning bolts strike the sad thunder the dam buckles loose rushing its fury through the valley many yell the end is here as the toll keeper hangs an electric blinking sign of peace atmosphere opens a vacuum and sucks the seas surge music fills ears wow
through dawn through dawn exhaling the nights yawn in my quite room visit through illusions release a buds bloom of rigid lines go hold on tight and know when to let go vanish in brightness and know admirable ideals frantically align consciousness frantically align place a buzz kill as desires loosely inspire vanishing in flight missing darkness excusing showers visioning a trace of light vanishing in flight visioning a trace of light know when to let go go buds bloom from wrapping arms let me know hold on tight and know when to let go go let go go i’m loosing my identity i’m loosing my identity let go go it is time to cruise
The Elephant Said (Guitars:
The Elephant Said ) (2008)
escape the cage rewrite destiny embrace rarity flee the trap history saunter through the door in spatial awareness venture abide by the tigers rule: hold the key move continually use stealth sleekness hide with no misery unshackle and release locked memory set free mystery easily question reality answering why body faster and smart the strongest of any find every kind loose grateful run loudly sounding trumpeting of stride forget through the cat’s eye in every instance cool cats always glide meek mice slide away with pride set free lost the key watching a horrid stone aflame send the tiger into sky heart pain love in her eye bitten so young beyond the bitter tongue of greedy fun lost in the sun and the elephant said remember this song before my time is gone sung by deeper breaths a sigh goodbye i don’t know why blundering idiots
Thief (Guitars:
A Little More ) (2009)
as the story goes the wolf in sheep’s clothing wears a spangled crest crowned with half the wealth of the world while carrier pidgins preach tough luck on your wild goose chase in the knotted forest of verbal intercourse roll the stone just a little more and keep the wolf from the door queens and kings clip the wings of labor making blue and white collar workers loiter for a job in the castle the homeless mayor leads families with their tents and broken cars to the shore line of hassle roll the stone just a little more roll the stone hiding in then to when as a perfect conspiracy like dropping a bucket into an empty well of clouded perception the best guess blows an ignorant whistle playing first fiddle with the riddle hidden in a funny joke laughing over the resistant wish roll the stone just a little more and throw the dog a bone what makes the rubber hit the ground is the engine that makes the sound on a fine line between doing something now and nothing at all the thief wears the crown what if somebody knew about you and told everybody “the pyramid scam is the father to the thought” law abiding superiors’ take the cake commanding “just do as you are told if you do not roll the stone”
connecting memory that is airy witty and orderly is peaceably encompassing harmony all indecisively striving for balancing tranquility any method sounds pleasingly merge into rhythm progress into melody tie your chords intently with harmony rhythm melody and harmony rhythms sanity encompasses melody two or more intuitively symmetrically joining with harmony there are three moving souls of unity rhythm melody and harmony bring each expression in vast succession while paralleling easily dependently surrounding rhythms adventuring into emotional predictability and suggesting irregularities brings on potential jeopardy so, combine us please merge into rhythm progress into melody tie your chords intently with harmony sounds of unity with harmony
Cry (1980)
this morning i woke up alone feeling tired without you out my window feeling blue feel there’s nothing i can do i went to call you on the phone but the music kept playing through my mind knowing we had lost the time we were so unkind we’re going down my mirror’s a frown it’s time to ground dependent on your early tone the eggs i fried were scrambled like what we gave was jambled and what we tried to save down my mirror’s a frown it’s time to ground this morning i woke up alone feeling tired without you out my window feeling blue feel there’s nothing i can do i feel there’s noting i can do
do you dance? do you spin through air? do you prance? do you swirl and lead the trail of your spin? in my tail of travesty your frills are light send me right to your door separate my bad memories of crying in the dark see this one i beg you don’t ever leave do you dance? do you spin through air? do you swirl and spin a departed trail we share? suspended emotion reach out and touch me kiss me kiss me i’ll soar with you hold everything you are altering my mind surrounded in your energy your twirls propel suspension of time won’t you stop and straighten out lies in my life enter my life
under sky into air rainbows shine over surf pounding salt afternoon clouds blow in breeze calling her children home rolling fog and water falls run off green rock and giant ferns filling the pond in the valley above the dancing city papa tells an old story about his daddy the ocean and the land elders lifting stones forgive the king tumbling in the waves as a baby in grandmother’s arms on her beaches and bays out into the sunset through the back door going with her home
slide right slide left use an umbrella in the rain walk an ant trail go on a date to a bunny hop watch a tap dance have a ball slide right slide left wear a yellow jacket make a wish hang in there hang up step up be a wise ass slide right bang a hum drum slide right watch a storm drain slide left shoot the breeze and eat finger food become a star hold an even keel hold your hands on the steering wheel and slide left
A Song For Carol King (2014) (Vocal/Acoustic Guitar:
A Song For Carol King ) (2006) (Acoustic Guitar:
Fantasy (2006)
hold true to habits of youth in honesty’s plan hasten the future travel fast cast fears away oh, dream babe gentle and tender buttering up ever wonderfully learned compassion of innocence oh, taking the chance and love truly love pointedly love now oh, dream babe clears the mess if hugging brings joy and gratitude in attitude is normally best rampant decrees, conversational ease seek in to please stray maturity dream babe oh, hasten the future have a barrel of chocolate candies sip on a red dry wine paint the view rich with blue and night stars watch the whales and the thundering surf breaking five to eight dive in water rushes the skin tastes like cheery pie with a perfect crust of graham headlines billionaire mixes joy on now so long before feels like paradise sounds perfect intellectually waste away moments of fantasy oh my dream babe in now oh, in now oh, in now oh, in now oh yah today is the chance learned compassion taking the chance make romance love truly love pointedly now love now love now love now oh yah a calls weird ring so long to after again and again in now so long before so long to after on a cloud numbered 9 my dream babe consciously contemplating correct charismatic complications
with all my might look at the glass thrill and bull the dull lull go for it get lucky persistence comes through make it truth so, never say never never blue lie never blue blue over you smiles repeating optimistic affirmations' my style and never say never never say never never say never never blue never blue blue over you go with you or a fool stubborn as a mule to never say never soul balance the light blue measure the light blue blue
Jybe (2005)
call jybe no lights well lit with an astronomer’s discovery the big luminance sky is everywhere stars transmit clean pure pleasing energy to 1,2,3,4,5,6 senses positive i know what i like i like it like i like it i like i like it i like it like i like it nice night to hang out in jybe check out the new art a blink away and out of site is the urban city of tree with fluent reflective excitement her ore’s are replenished with earth’s own creation peace was is and will be here taken in by the eye one of an infinite amount of stuff equally understood ha it is jybe humane are fresh any flavor or color good to each other so correct sweet tart fruity juicy beautifully admirable earth was relieved at the discovery flourishing clean air and pure water creating the evolution of human to humane tree is a huge metropolitan and mining megalopolis
Revelations (1980)
they were counting their shielding starting for the trail staking lives making lives trade lives and ail fighting in corners they fought loosing instead too cool for the boiler man screaming off with his head mr. blister his infantry guarded but frail fantasized being king doubted he'd fail it’s the battle of oil to his subjects he said but was really a lady's love he fought for instead the bishnueice of opec now stifling his sound caused the wounding of blister's pawn just at sundown terror of cavalries started the scare as flying red armaments streaked into air the yellow rose princess now stooped in her chair searing swats scraping her lair extending her finger in flagrant despair with blasphemous concubines’ corporate affairs the boiler man's ringing the ruins charade mr. blister croons dashingly pulsing his pain the bishnueice plucking parasites theatrical parade the yellow rose princess reeking disdain in an instant the malady phony it sighed with visionary militants starting to cry
Flying (2007)
flying rise and speak of leaves individuals together sharing secret thoughts and emotions spontaneously surreal give new light never arrive no ends to a living story this is a living sanctuary flying hopes infant view flying is where we want to go lord flying the wave of streaming molten stones
Happy (2006)
hanging with pals telling tall tales antics and laughter joking and talking happy sunny or rainy hot or cold ocean or snow coast or mountain happy could be in a car in a train in a plane or in the backyard happy time has no measure a wonderful land good looking women pretty flowers and fresh avocado happy old news entertaining cognition igniting a flame i’m happy are you happy too? you can be happy
Portugal (2007)
all the lovely people on the beach today trying to duck and hide from the rain
Beach (2006)
high stepping the pull shifting in the sand licking salty skin the moon lighting the warm air shifting in glassy smooth morning lapping the mood rolling
Summit (2007)
attach the wood and glide the soft sparkling diamonds in the ground scream out loud for the mountain screaming for the mountain agape and capturing the water quenching thirst for the crystals peering through the evergreens gripping the snow winter
Prelude and Summit Long version (Guitars:
Donner Summit ) (2007)
driving to climb the mountain in the cold gentle wind and heavy rain clearing my brain little towns along a winding road hunkered down for the storm fires in homes warm hearts invigorating charm is sensationalizing flakes drifting, floating and sinking gently touching faces winters snow
Bandit (2008)
only in my thoughts are you here only in my memory with my heart i can feel heart and feel are the same on my skin you are near i can hear you talking scramble gets the intent and seasonal leaves fall the voice in the distance contains the call its powers over reasoning a broken arrow in my heart only in my thoughts are you here only in my memory with my heart i can feel heart and feel are the same on my skin you are near i can hear you talking a broken arrow in my heart every ounce of energy listen on my skin i can feel i can feel you baby i can feel you right now the voice in the distance contains the call it powers over reasoning a broken arrow in my heart decrepit wolf cried save me mangy cat leaped with flesh in its claws moon warmed the sky with her lights another bandit clutched my wife get in the car and listen get in now
Fat Cats (2007)
the club’s not open today they’re up at the brown-nosing lair strategizing the affair come buy the message and play either side's willing confusing me and swindling the dared the airheads got nothing to say winning means shaving his hair the message releases delay and fat cats not able to pay from the simply trickle up-tee-dee somebody open the club strategizing mesmerizing affair airheads sacrificing the self to the dare you have something in my hair
To Know The Butterfly (2006)
traffic jams and intense drivers toiling awash in the tension seeking the unwinding nowhere and concise somebody take my hand you should hold me lean in coo in my ear familiar pessimism everything information overload can you hold on? stay near? when are you going to visit? will I travel the back road? is everything falling into play? are you fluttering in space? is the butterfly festive today? are you coming to see me again? will you never leave? will you place your heart in my hand?
Country (2004)
Doubt (2004)
Homeward (Guitars:
Homeward Finally ) (2004)
watching her leap into air kind of like happiness on the sidewalk in front of a busy hotel smiling fully the heroine marching pointing in self direction homeward noise filling the air horns blaring commerce greetings in the u.s.a. skipping through the walking the road beacon signals homeward home 60 wounded terror fight the terror terror for terror for terror for terror 60 wounded 20 dead brothers in war twelve twenty one oh four lifting her powerful fist into air while envisioning friends and hoping they too will return marching homeward alive and well people of any faith victory bow our heads in prayer return to the falling and lifting the souls when johnny comes marching home lifting the souls
In production and coming soon:
Live Acoustic Guitar Recording, 7 new songs (live recording, September 27, 2012, rough, 60MB) If There’s A Will, Then There’s A Way/Fall In Love Again/Make Up/Main Street/Ballad Of My Brothers/remake/Dancing In The Wind/Paula’s Song
Live Acoustic Guitar Recording, 6 new songs (live recording, September 27, 2012, rough, 63MB). My Rhyme/You Know The Little Man/Bridge To California/Gypsy On The Levi/Newspapers Read/21/two remakes
do more to avoid another mistake on my watch build a fortress in a day pretend a powerful force protects those i love work through doubt test the thought and make sure there is nothing to be afraid of bad doesn’t not matter good always prevails if there’s a will then there’s a way surrender to faith move along and be on my way if there’s a will then there’s a way hear the galloping and stomping some distance away standing two stories high poised on a hill grasp the wooden rod point and whip the wind around the mountain fly the horse by its white and gray long mane wearing somebody’s chain a beautiful sight if only tame
Fall In Love Again (2013)
laughing aloud is pretty petty pity for the man I used to be waiting in the rain and freezing wind playing songs from summer singing fall in love forgetting another part of the present at last I send you this letter Darling, after your lifelong quest you will return and find me as the man I used to be when the day begins tomorrow and rains of winter bring spring flowers in the forever end of forgotten storms once again lay in a cloud always in love when you are gone I become the man I used to be miss you baby
Make Up (2013)
sun rose hands froze bound in hidden words she would not say in her sleep it hurt deep with no such thing as luck his thoughts are sad did she say something stupid? she said you are a coward broke your promise to try again and free your heart kiss up and make up like it never happened she wants to be loved she lit the shadow that hides her true love that’s just a part of the joy bound by hidden words she will not say that’s just a part of the sadness
Main Street (2013)
The Ballad Of My Brothers (2013)
i don’t want to play with you torture for false incrimination left me paranoid why do you think I stay away? every time you snap your fingers i jump you don’t to tell me what to do i try to stay in light rise up from my place but my bad memory has feelings when you are bossing me around i did not write my will settle it now i’m not a victim i got zero tolerance prepare for the rain i was born in the rain raised and beat on the way i cannot trust you wa ha ah i cannot trust you
Dancing In The Wind (2013)
i saw you dancing in the wind you were raising your violin high within the storm riding the waves of tones dancing in the wind playing along or reveling in its flow everyone continuously sharing all of time feeling the energy letting me see all of you giving to me everything with the sounds of the winds tones everyone is dancing in the wind fascinating arrival everybody shaded bright being a part of the winds tones dancing in the wind
Paula’s Song (2013)
are the songs thrown away? did they know to always remain? is there passion held within them? can memories be the only way? is love somewhere beyond this reflection? can a true heart find love? did its music give the dance? is the answer simple? can the answer emerge, please? is it stupid to ask, is love forever? is love forever? is it the crying heart? why does the heart hurt? why does the heart fill the self? is love a color? does love stay blue? can the blue depart and free the heart? can the color of love come into the heart? is the color of love entering the heart? is pink the color of love?
My Rhyme (2013)
while crowds burn mischievous writings on rebellious stones calm lit the way turning night to day while the maid hung clothing in the alley and began to sway washing air pays off a pure jewel baby i sure love you baby i sure love you all the time i sure love you baby i sure love you in my rhyme waiters’ hands applaud shining shoes for gas baked in silly glaze domestic butlers busted for etching dirty words get a pass meeting the messenger teaching gossip saying a. o. k. it doesn’t matter baby i sure love you baby i sure love you all the time i sure love you baby i sure love you in my rhyme drop a hat until further notice when radicalized characters tip the jar spilling missing ancient solutions thinking far into the future kissing you on the lips baby i sure love you baby i sure love you all the time i sure love you baby i sure love you in my rhyme i always end up right back here in this beginning repeating to myself in a moment dazed when fallen actors realize good passions destiny on the san francisco bay on the bay, baby on the bay, baby
You Know The Little Man (2013)
Bridge To California (2013)
i worked hard i was told twice if I did not like it leave and i did i caught a jet east 2 men tried to steal my money when i got to l.a. crowded and gray I backed into a bus i stayed inside at every stop near a strip club i knew I could not stay i went the other way on the bridge to california driving through the fog i hit a clear cool night towards the country the wine and mountains close to the bay speeding through the valley nearing the snow freeways and highways lead to anywhere i could want to go leave for wisconsin today on my way to massachusetts caught a ride on the bridge to california i could not turn back on the bridge to california for sunshine i had to leave home and look back on the bridge to california for sunshine i had to leave and look back on the bridge to california
Gypsy On The Levi (2nd try) (2013)
the gypsy on the levy is always in me the gypsy on the levy is always within reach money time red wine and women face in the wind and the rain as the river roars leaving or staying paying for living, (other lyrics on the web site) the gypsy on the levy is always in me the gypsy on the levy is always within reach money time red wine and women face in the wind and the rain as the river roars leaving or staying paying for living the gypsy on the levy is always within me nothing lasts forever but the sun and the sea the gypsy on the levy is always within reach i'll meet you on the beach
Newspapers Read (2013)
everyone’s sleazy the newspaper’s read nobody’s ceasing i'm leaving instead politically crazy grieving instead crumbling money black and then red drastically weeping and grumbling they said timidly tearing way out of head gone out of head lost their heads children will follow learning all they are fed people teach while at the end mistakenly missing love ahead peace is in our heads show peace instead in all our heads
21 (2013)
on my way to 21 change was mine
- Don’t Make A Right
two wrongs don’t make a right two rights don’t make a wrong
- Starring In A Movie
- God Sings In Any Key
- Body Surfing
- Music Is The Language Of God
All songs written by Rickey Mattos. “Thief” by Rickey and Jacob Mattos. "Revelations" by Rickey Mattos and Stephan Opedal. "Cry" by Rickey Mattos, Stephan Opedal and a friend. All songs, lyrics and performance above are the property of Rickey Mattos.
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Love and Peace
"What's Love"
From the album by Clifford Mattos:
come and take a ride with me let’s join with people everywhere we’ll go to places we’ve never been before it’s about time to take a dare i’ve been thinking about myself forgetting someone else how about you come on we can play all day going on our merry way let’s live life without a care in the world it’s about time to take a dare i’ve been thinking about myself forgetting someone else how about you if you like we can have some fun let’s go out and tell everyone there is something we can share out there it’s about time to take a dare
Song and album, written by Clifford A. Mattos Guitar and Vocals: Clifford A. Mattos Bass: David Pszyk Drums: Jose L. Ortiz Guitar and Studio Production: Joe Sturdivant of Digital Audio Services, Maui “Dare” How About You, and the Album Cliff’s/ What’s Love copyright Clifford A. Mattos Contact Cliff to buy his CD at: Cliff’s/ What’s Love P.O. Box 1363 Haiku, HI 96708
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