Wow, so it’s been a long time since I’ve posted on this blog.  I know you’ve all been on the edge of your seats waiting for me to post something new, so sorry about that.

I’ve been writing.  Here’s a new song called “Stormy Weather.”  Click here to hear the song. Enjoy.

Here’s the Lyrics:

Every day I go out walking
by myself
down the block
My phone is out, but I’m calling no one
talking to myself
as I walk

If I was lighter than a feather
I would tuck me in the wings that make you fly
Give me all your stormy weather
As long as you’re here babe,
I’ll make it out alive.

There are times when I am wandering
where Im gonna live and what Im gonna do
But I find the ants in my mind are marching
bringing  bread crumbs of my life back home to you.

If I was lighter than a feather
I would tuck me in the wings that make you fly
Give me all your stormy weather
As long as you’re here babe,
I’ll make it out alive.

I see all that I was given
When I see the ones who haven’t got
Its hard to miss you and stay triumphant
At least the universe is giving us a shot

I could live that way forever
when I’m with you, all I feel is love
Give me all your stormy weather
I am ready now
I’m stronger than I was

So I’ve got another great new song to show you all.  My friend Isaac Holeman wrote the text and is singing on this song, and I wrote the chords and am playing the guitar parts in the recording.  It is the first collaborative effort between Isaac and I, and I hope it will not be the last.

Have fun listening.  Lyrics below:

A couple three weeks ago the leaves turned the color of your hair
I threw handfuls in the wind and I laughed out a riddle in your ear
When you winked at my empathy I placed a white feather on you
When my sight parts the shadows of a darkening forest you’re smiling too.

Over hedgerows and hobbits our talk mirrored our wandering feet
Though the mud was not frozen we glided on over the lea
That November your smile was so meek and wily I chuckled right outta my skin
At the end of the day I could say that I’d do it again.

Click here to listen to the song.

Lyrics:

The Carrot Song
Jonah Geil-Neufeld

Carrots are long orange straight and round
you can buy them at the store but they come from the ground
They taste good with almost everything
you chop them up and put them on salads, in cakes, and carrot flavored ice cream

Carrots also have nutricious properties
They’re rich in dietary fibre, anitoxidants and minerals
there are so many things that carrots can do
And PS I love you.

Carrots are native to Europe and southwest Asia but are now grown all across the globe
They are full of beta-carotine which gives them there unique orange hue
If you eat too many of them you will get a disease called hypercarotenemia
Which causes your skin to look like you just used way too much spray on tan

Now there is  a popular ready-to-eat snack
There’re called Baby Carrots and you don’t even have to peel them
You just pop them into your mouth, and they’re good for dipping too
And PS I love you.

This has been a song about carrots
but it’s really a song about my love for you
Cause who really gives a fuck about carrots
What did carrots ever do for you?

No they won’t stop the terrosist attacks
and they won’t stop the war in Iraq
Carrots won’t stop the genocide in darfur
and Carrots won’t pay for your college education
and Carrots won’t get obama elected as the next president of the united states
There’s not much that carrots can do for you
but PS I love you.

Here’s another song I recorded in my dorm room the other night.  It’s quite a simple song, just guitar and vocals.  I hope you enjoy it.

Click Here to Play the Song

Lyrics:

I Can Remember
Jonah Geil-Neufeld

I was crying on the way home
And I felt like rain drops

I was skipping down the pavement
And I felt like summer

CHORUS:
And I know we’re never going back there
But I can remember

I was laughing through the fog
And I felt like clouds

CHORUS:

Love,
Jonah

Here’s a list of the instruments you will hear in the track:

• Acoustic Guitar: Jonah
• Lead Vox: Jonah
• Backing Vox: Jon Wash, Annie Fassler
• Vocal Bass and Beat Boxing: Jonah
• 6 OZ box of Annie’s Macaroni & Cheese: Jonah

Click the play button to play, or you can download the song.

Here are the lyrics:

I Don’t Need You To Know
Jonah Geil-Neufeld

I was taken in
on account that I don’t want to go to war
And I was trying to tell you
that my beliefs are what I do
and there ain’t nothing that’s worth killing for

I know we disagree
but we act like everything’s fine
But now I’m really glad
to tell you that I’m really mad
I’m done pretending like these problems are mine

CHORUS:
I don’t need you to,
I don’t need you to know
This ain’t no give and take
this ain’t no quid pro quo

I was thrown in jail
on account that I know who I am
But these words that I am writing
are not getting up and fighting
they’re just making a quiet stand

I know I’ve done some things
I might not have in retrospect
But when I look back and I see them
I would only want to keep them
Because I haven’t finished living yet

CHORUS:
I don’t need you to,
I don’t need you to know
This ain’t no mistake
this ain’t no leaving home

I was shipped off
to spend days cutting big old trees
And all the time I was complying
while the government was lying
That’s the moment I was finally freed

I know that I can’t speak
for all of us or any other living soul
But there are things I will discuss
and there are things that I will trust
and there are things that I don’t need you to know

CHORUS:
I don’t need you to,
I don’t need you to know
‘Cause I can make it,
I can make it on my own

It’s such a good feeling.

I took out my MacBook, booted up Garageband, and sang.  The result:  Six tracks of Jonah, all a cappella.  I made up the lyrics on the spot, as I was singing.

Enjoy.

-Jonah

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Update:  Here’s two other experiments.  Enjoy.