Lewis Mathis

Another song for my 'What in the Hell is going on in this country?' collection.

When I and the woman that would eventually become my wife met, we were both involved in illegal activities and she was going to be leaving the country for the rest of her life. She did come back, obviously, and we have been together ever since 1982. This song is thoughts of what my life would have been like if she hadn't come back. Forever in My Heart by Lewis Mathis- 2022 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming As the city lights fade, in the distance I can see The stars that fill the sky slowly come into my view The cool of the night blowing steady on my face The thoughts of you fill my head, it was just a twist of fate You’re forever in my mind. You’re forever in my heart But the timing wasn’t right. I knew it from the start And the mark you left on me will always be a part Of how I am and how I’ll be from this day till I die The road goes on for miles. It disappears into the night The hours of the night drag on until the morning light Like two ships that pass at sea, then quickly out of sight Your life has touched mine and now is just a memory You’re forever in my mind. You’re forever in my heart But the timing wasn’t right. I knew it from the start And the mark you left on me will always be a part Of how I am and how I’ll be from this day till I die The years have quickly passed and time has surely healed The wounds of love that I have seen have faded from my mind Now the things that have remained are the good things that I feel The time that I have spent with you was needed in my life You’re forever in my mind. You’re forever in my heart But the timing wasn’t right. I knew it from the start And the mark you left on me will always be a part Of how I am and how I’ll be from this day till I die Thank you for watching I hope you have a great life Please be kind to one another recorded and produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2022 Black Cloud Studio

My wife keeps being the number one inspiration for my songs. I’m Never Going to Let Go by Lewis Mathis- 2022 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming I never dreamed I’d feel about you the way that I do now We were just two strangers who were searching in the night It seemed that you just touched me in every portion of my life Next thing I knew, my love for you had control of what was right I’m never going to let go of these feelings that I have for you The time that I have spent with you has made my life complete After all these years the time just seems to pass on quickly by And you have been for me the best part of my life I watched to see the glances from the corners of your eyes The bashful look upon your face behind a gentle smile Just to hold you in my arms and feel your body close to me Was just about the only thing that I wanted to feel I’m never going to let go of these feelings that I have for you The time that I have spent with you has made my life complete After all these years the time just seems to pass on quickly by And you have been for me the best part of my life I look into your eyes and feel you touch me to my soul The way that I was touched by you so many years ago I can only hope my love for you is expressed in what I do ‘Cause words just fail to convey for me the depth of how I feel I’m never going to let go of these feelings that I have for you The time that I have spent with you has made my life complete After all these years the time just seems to pass on quickly by And you have been for me the best part of my life I’m never going to let go of these feelings that I have for you The time that I have spent with you has made my life complete After all these years the time just seems to pass on quickly by And you have been for me the best part of my life Thank you for watching I hope you have a great life Please be kind to one another recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2022 Black Cloud Studio

Once upon a time I lived a life far different from the one I live now. This is about three occasions during that time. Fate Was Smiling on Me That Day by Lewis Mathis- 2019 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming Fifty pounds of Columbian Gold lying on the floor broken from the bales that came that day Waiting for the stuff to dry to weigh it out for sale When the law pulled right up on the lawn But fate was smiling on me that day. They weren’t there for me They backed their cars and headed down the street They only came to turn around, I breathed a sigh of relief It looked like one more time I got around Past midnight on new years eve, a knock upon the door Five minutes earlier my buddy had to leave I looked around, he’d forgotten something and swung open the door That .45 just proved me wrong again But fate was smiling on me that day, he wasn’t walking in I slammed the door and knocked his punk ass down They quickly ran off into the dark, I never saw ‘em again It looked like one more time I got around Waiting for my boarding call in the terminal at SFO Six ounces of cocaine in my socks When around the corner came a dog, walking a city cop I could feel the sweat start forming on my brow But fate was smiling on me that day, the speaker made a sound My boarding call, a commotion across the hall They went that way and I went mine, never to cross paths It looked like one more time I got around Thank you for watching I hope you have a great life Please be kind to one another recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2022 Black Cloud Studio

A song about my, and my wife's, early days before our marriage. Come on Little Girl by Lewis Mathis- 2017 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming Come on little girl won’t you give it a chance Meet me here after the show We can go riding and have a little fun Well, I’ve got nowhere I need to go Jump on girl behind me and hold on real tight Squeeze your arms tight around me Ride up to the mountains ride out to the sea It doesn’t matter as long as you’re with me Girl I like that smile you wear upon your face Your eyes have got a special glow Hair soft and silky on my fingertips Damn oh girl it teases me so Jump on girl behind me and hold on real tight Squeeze your arms tight around me Ride up to the mountains ride out to the sea It doesn’t matter as long as you’re with me Come on little girl won’t you give it a chance I want you to stay here with me Can’t think of nothing else I’d rather do Than to have you spend your whole life with me Jump on girl behind me and hold on real tight Squeeze your arms tight around me Ride up to the mountains ride out to the sea It doesn’t matter as long as you’re with me Thank you for watching I hope you have a great life Please be kind to one another recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2022 Black Cloud Studio

I woke up one morning and thought that I should try to write a country/western song. I don't know if it is or not, but it sounds a lot like the stuff that gets played at the hardware store. It is the story is of my young man's dream of becoming a rock & roll star. Dreamer of Dreams by Lewis Mathis- 2018 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming I was but a youth when I left my home To take the world on and make my own way But the world was tougher than I’d ever dreamed And still remains so to this very day Dreamer of dreams, the bright lights of success Guess it’s not always the way it goes Time passes by without one hitch And now the days of my youth were so long ago I worked real hard to make it through those early days Never noticed how fast the time flew by Before I knew it the years had quickly passed away The kid I knew had gone along his own way Dreamer of dreams, the bright lights of success Guess it’s not always the way it goes Time passes by without one hitch And now the days of my youth were so long ago Well, here I am oh so much older now I’m better off than I had ever dreamed There is nothing in life that I’ve really missed Now I’m here I wouldn’t change a single thing Dreamer of dreams, the bright lights of success Guess it’s not always the way it goes Time passes by without one hitch And now the days of my youth were so long ago Dreamer of dreams, the bright lights of success Guess it’s not always the way it goes Time passes by without one hitch And now the days of my youth were so long ago Dreamer of dreams, the bright lights of success Guess it’s not always the way it goes Time passes by without one hitch And now the days of my youth were so long ago Thank you for watching I hope you have a great life Please be kind to one another recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2022 Black Cloud Studio

My second song related to the violence in major cities across the country. Can’t Take Anymore by Lewis Mathis- 2021 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming I walk around the city and there’s people everywhere The buildings climb higher as they stack them here and there There are blaring horns from the vehicles packed upon the street Is there not a place without this din that I can get some peace? And I just don’t think I can take anymore I’m tired of this place. It’s time to even the score People don’t say hello. They’re suspicious of my looks We can’t get by one single day without someone shot by crooks There are sirens howling through the day and on through the night I think it’s time to go. This place just ain’t right And I just don’t think I can take anymore I’m tired of this place. It’s time to even the score I sit down to the news; and there’s crime everywhere The people in charge do nothing. They don’t seem to care They take one criminal off the street and let another one out They want to take my gun away. It makes me want to shout I just don’t think I can take anymore I’m tired of this place. It’s time to even the score Thank you for watching I hope you have a great life Please be kind to one another recorded and produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2022 Black Cloud Studio

The struggles of having to spend time away from my wife. Back Home by Lewis Mathis- 2017 Lewis Mathis- vocals, bass guitar, & drum programming Doug Topham- lead guitar Pulling into Memphis, traffic’s moving slow I’m not sure what’s going on, but it’s everywhere I go Still five hundred miles to go, I don’t want to be late I ain’t seen my baby now in oh so many days One-night shows on the road sure can take its toll It’s over now for a while I’ve got to get back home The sheriff in the last town fit a redneck to a tee He just seemed to have to know everywhere I’d ever been Did you rob a bank, Alison asked, while you were in DC? Are you serious now, I don’t know how you can pin this thing on me? Well, it’s been fun Alison Young anyone can make a mistake After all anyone can see, I’m almost to 5 foot 8 On the road I can see familiar lights ahead Closer now not far to go my baby’s at the end A few more miles and I will see the smile on her face Just one touch from that girl puts everything in its place Well, I’ve been hers for oh so long no one can take her place Back home again with my best friend. She puts a smile on my face Thank you for watching I hope you have a great life Please be kind to one another recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2022 Black Cloud Studio

I don't know any witches, either. So, I'm just kind of guessing on this one, too. Season of the Witch by Lewis Mathis- 2018 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming Stroke of midnight, in the fire light, see them dancing to the sound Of the drumbeat and the clang of tambourine If you listen you can hear the sound of the calm before the storm The waking of the magic that appears before the dawn Smoke rising from the fire fills the air The virgin and the beast, the season of the witch is near See the lightning, hear the thunder, clouds gather for the storm Hands spread aloft to greet the dawn With the daybreak, cries the virgin as they lie upon the ground To consummate the marriage of the beast to his new bride Smoke rising from the fire fills the air The virgin and the beast, the season of the witch is here With the sunrise, their bodies lie writhing on the ground The beast has filled his part of destiny From the ashes he rises his hand upon his queen The king and queen together stand before their royal place The fire rises and the flames streak through the air The appointed time has come, the witch king has appeared recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2018 Black Cloud Studio

My wife keeps being the number one inspiration for my songs. I’m Never Going to Let Go by Lewis Mathis- 2022 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming I never dreamed I’d feel about you the way that I do now We were just two strangers who were searching in the night It seemed that you just touched me in every portion of my life Next thing I knew, my love for you had control of what was right I’m never going to let go of these feelings that I have for you The time that I have spent with you has made my life complete After all these years the time just seems to pass on quickly by And you have been for me the best part of my life I watched to see the glances from the corners of your eyes The bashful look upon your face behind a gentle smile Just to hold you in my arms and feel your body close to me Was just about the only thing that I wanted to feel I’m never going to let go of these feelings that I have for you The time that I have spent with you has made my life complete After all these years the time just seems to pass on quickly by And you have been for me the best part of my life I look into your eyes and feel you touch me to my soul The way that I was touched by you so many years ago I can only hope my love for you is expressed in what I do ‘Cause words just fail to convey for me the depth of how I feel I’m never going to let go of these feelings that I have for you The time that I have spent with you has made my life complete After all these years the time just seems to pass on quickly by And you have been for me the best part of my life I’m never going to let go of these feelings that I have for you The time that I have spent with you has made my life complete After all these years the time just seems to pass on quickly by And you have been for me the best part of my life recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2022 Black Cloud Studio

Let’s Go, Brandon by Lewis Mathis-2022 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming This pipeline ain’t gonna run across the land (Let’s go, Brandon, let’s go) OPEC can care for our needs at hand (Let’s go, Brandon, let’s go) And this wall we don’t need, people oughta be free (Let’s go, Brandon, let’s go) We’ll just open our border to whoever we please (Let’s go, Brandon, let’s go) Let’s go, Brandon, and your cronies on the left. Who do you think you are? You can take this vax and shove it up your ass. I’m not going to comply I’m tired of your shit, you wimpy little bitch. You can kiss my lily-white ass You’re an abject failure and a cognitive mess. Come on, Brandon, let’s go Give him a snuggy and an ice cream cone (Let’s go, Brandon, let’s go) In Afghanistan? Find your own way home (Let’s go, Brandon, let’s go) Root cause of migration is the VP’s chore (Let’s go, Brandon, let’s go) But, she’s off this week ‘cause her knees are sore (Let’s go, Brandon, let’s go) Let’s go, Brandon, and your cronies on the left. Who do you think you are? You can take this vax and shove it up your ass. I’m not going to comply I’m tired of your shit, you wimpy little bitch. You can kiss my lily-white ass You’re an abject failure and a cognitive mess. Come on, Brandon, let’s go -(video insert)- Joe Biden I'm not going to shut down the economy. I'm not going to shut down the country. I'm going to shut down the virus, shut down the virus, shut down the virus- Mainstream media will cover his mess (Let’s go, Brandon, let’s go) And he’s got Jen Psaki to spin it to the press (Let’s go, Brandon, let’s go) Diversity’s rampant to our own demise (Let’s go, Brandon, let’s go) Can’t he just hire someone that’s qualified? (Let’s go, Brandon, let’s go) Let’s go, Brandon, and your cronies on the left. Who do you think you are? You can take this vax and shove it up your ass. I’m not going to comply I’m tired of your shit, you wimpy little bitch. You can kiss my lily-white ass You’re an abject failure and a cognitive mess. Come on, Brandon, let’s go recorded and produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2022 Black Cloud Studio

Yet, one more song I wrote about my wife. Some facts have been changed to protect the innocent. Let Me Be the Man of Your Night by Lewis Mathis-2018 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming Eyes as green as an emerald stone, without one word she bares my soul Hands that bring a chill to my spine, without one fight she has control A voice that haunts my dreams of the night, her face I see etched in my mind Hair the color of an evening fire a flame that burns deep in my desire Lady you seduce me, I’ve no restraint within me You feel free to use me, let me be the man of your night Caught within the lure of her eyes I’m like deer caught in a light Hands caressing never stop moving, bodies writhing in the night Cries of passion heard in my ears, the look of rapture on her face Tresses of hair fall all around me, lost in ecstasy, time and space Lady you seduce me, I’ve no restraint within me You feel free to use me, let me be the man of your night Eyes as green as an emerald stone, without one word she bares my soul Hands that bring a chill to my spine, without one fight she has control A voice that haunts my dreams of the night, her face I see etched in my mind Hair the color of an evening fire a flame that burns deep in my desire Lady you seduce me, I’ve no restraint within me You feel free to use me, let me be the man of your night recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2018 Black Cloud Studio

WARNING- This is an anti-religion song. You may not want to listen if you might be offended. What I believe can’t be proven anymore than what anyone else believes. I can admit that. I wish everyone else could. The Truth by Lewis Mathis- 2017 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming Dreams turn to nightmares in the wink of an eye The mishaps of the righteous, what’s the reason they die? Evil men prosper. Who knows what it means? Is there a purpose to the scheme of all things? Do you question the tales of the things you believe? The complexity of it all makes it hard to conceive So, you pass it all off as just being too small and not understanding the design of it all You have your truth to me it seems lies You and I both do what’s right in our eyes Your wishes of faith can’t be proven to be more than a hope in a mere fantasy Things of tomorrow, things of today Can they be certain or taken away? You have your thoughts and I have mine Will anything be clear with the passing of time? You have your truth to me it seems lies You and I both do what’s right in our eyes Your wishes of faith can’t be proven to be more than a hope in a mere fantasy recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2018 Black Cloud Studio

Sometimes songs just pour out of you. This song is about nobody I know. In the Darkness of the Night by Lewis Mathis- 2021 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming In the darkness of the night when the shadows cross my window pane And the whispers ride the wind that stirs the leaves among the trees My imagination turns my thoughts toward the depths within my soul And my demons I’ve suppressed come alive from the confines of my mind The foundation of my world shakes under the weight it has to bear My dreams are filled with thoughts of you, but you left without a care What was it that I did to you that your love grew dark and cold? When did the feelings that you had for me go and turn your heart to stone? After what I thought I meant to you and what you meant to me I have walked away a broken man plagued by your memory I have kept a torch that burns for you out of sight by others eyes But the toll that it has played on me is detrimental to my life I fight back the blame I have for being less than I could have been ‘Cause a love that needs to last has got to work from both ways in I can’t be the only one to give. There are times that I need to receive But you drew your life away from me and only left me barrenness The foundation of my world shakes under the weight it has to bear My dreams are filled with thoughts of you, I just wish that I didn’t care recorded and produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2021 Black Cloud Studio

Ruby was the first woman I had a relationship with. She just wanted more of a relationship than a 17 year old kid knew how to give. Ruby’s Song music by Matthew Fedrick lyrics by Lewis Mathis- 2019 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming Sitting here biding my time, watching the hours drift past Time can pass away so slow thinking ‘bout the times gone by And the things we missed. Why couldn’t I stay and learn to grow? Now, things are just a memory. A silhouette on a darkened screen The cast all going separate ways. It’s too late to change a thing I can only hope life brings the very best it can to rest of your days The vision is etched within my mind; the hurt that I saw in your eyes but I couldn’t see it at the time. Now, when it comes to mind it brings tears to my eyes. I’m sorry for all of the hurt I caused. Now, things are just a memory. A silhouette on a darkened screen The cast all going separate ways. It’s too late to change a thing I can only hope life brings the very best it can to rest of your days Sometimes, I can hear the sound of your voice echoing from long ago. I can hear your laugh and see your smile, and I just hope that things are still so. Now, things are just a memory. A silhouette on a darkened screen The cast all going separate ways. It’s too late to change a thing I can only hope life brings the very best it can to rest of your days oh, oh, for the rest of your days recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2018 Black Cloud Studio

Just thoughts on the things going on in the world around us.- 2018 Trace of Suspicion by Lewis Mathis- 2018 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming Living with the suspicion that things are not exactly what they seem I’ve got questions of meaning of what you’re trying to tell me It’s now or never, going straight ahead in life full bore Coming out of nowhere, bearing down like a freight train in the dark Heartbeat pounding faster, something’s coming on us from a far Can you see it coming? Destruction’s knocking on our door In a state of confusion, a voice inside keeps telling me I think I’ve been disillusioned, what’s the point of all these things I see? If you see it coming, will the end bring about a brand-new start? recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2018 Black Cloud Studio

I never had the opportunity to become the rock star I wanted to be as a young man. All in all, I am pretty happy with that. My Remaining Days by Lewis Mathis- 2021 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming Waiting on a platform for a train that never came. The soft glow of the streetlight in my eyes The quiet of the night sings a peaceful song as the weariness shuts my eyes to sleep And I love to see you there The smile on your face, the flowing of your hair All I want in life now is already what I have. To spend my remaining days with you I never saw the coming of a life I dreamed I’d have. The bright light of a spotlight in my eyes Reality had a way of changing what might be into a life that really was You were always standing fast The good times and the bad, I never worried about my back All I want in life now is already what I have. To spend my remaining days with you The laughter in your voice, the sparkle in your eyes, the wind blowing through your hair The contentment that I feel just to hold your hand in mine and feel your body next to me So much time has passed away What time is left is precious. I don’t want to waste a day All I want in life now is already what I have. To spend my remaining days with you recorded and produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2021 Black Cloud Studio

Ever since I met my wife, being away from her has always been a bummer. She says it's weird hearing Freddy sing it ,though. Reason to Stay by Lewis Mathis- 2018 Freddy Krumins- all vocals Lewis Mathis- all guitars & drum programming You were there standing off by the edge of the street Curiosity of your name got the better of me Now, I don’t have much of a plan. Let’s talk awhile and worry not I just might give you a reason to stay You know just the way to satisfy me Lying with you, girl, is sheer ecstasy You know your way about, in that there is no doubt You know I can’t say no when you look that way I can’t get away, girl, long you’re on my mind Each moment I’m away drags on in time One more show to go and then I’m coming home You always give me a reason I want to stay recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2018 Black Cloud Studio

What does go through the mind when things have gone too far? Perception by Lewis Mathis- 2021 Freddy Krumins- all vocals Lewis Mathis- all guitars & drum programming Standing on a narrow ledge, back’s pressed against the wall In the distance is a gleaming light. I can hear the darkness call There’s nowhere left to go from here, I’m stranded in the night The fragments of reality fading quickly out of sight To the depths of my soul enters the coldness of this night Through the visions in my mind pass the memories of my life Mind racing through a torrent of the visions that I see Caught within the turmoil of the feelings within me Hanging in the balance between what’s wrong and right Suspended in both time and space, helpless am I to fight To the depths of my soul enters the coldness of this night Through the visions in my mind pass the memories of my life Standing on a precipice in the midst of what could be What’s the purpose of my living if in life I can’t be free? On the verge of expectations of the things that are to come With the transformation of one life into another one To the depths of my soul enters the coldness of this night Through the visions in my mind pass the memories of my life Through the visions in my mind pass the memories of my life Of my life recorded and produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2021 Black Cloud Studio

More lyrics that I wrote for someone else's music, but they just didn't seem interested, so I wrote some more music. On more than one occasion I have just left everything to save my own sanity. Time For a Change by Lewis Mathis- 2021 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming It’s past midnight, I’m driving to the thoughts runnin’ through my brain I’ve left this place one time before. I ain’t coming back again The things just never change here, except to go from bad to worse I’ll drive myself away from here. I ain’t leaving in a hearse It’s time for me to make a change It ain’t the first time I’ve rearranged my life from times before The fetters wrapped around me have been cut loose on the floor I’ve cast this place behind me. You won’t see me around no more The throttle’s up, I’m driving to the sound of rock & roll My feet kicked up upon the pegs. I’m cruisin’ right along Ain’t passed a single car here in the last hour, or so The mile signs keep flyin’ by. I don’t know where I’m headed for It’s time for me to make a change It ain’t the first time I’ve rearranged my life from times before The fetters wrapped around me have been cut loose on the floor I’ve cast this place behind me. You won’t see me around no more Sunrise on the horizon, daylight’s just ahead I really don’t care what’s happenin’there. I’d rather be here instead Straddlin’ 80 horses, the wind’s blowin’ through my hair The guitar’s strapped to the sissy bar, I’m better off here than there It’s time for me to make a change It ain’t the first time I’ve rearranged my life from times before The fetters wrapped around me have been cut loose on the floor I’ve cast this place behind me. You won’t see me around no more recorded and produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2021 Black Cloud Studio

Ever since I met my wife-to-be in 1982, we have always planned that we would be together until one of us died. Today and Forevermore by Lewis Mathis- 2019 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming dedicated to my precious wife, Carrie I sit and watch the firelight reflected in your eyes There’s not another place that I would rather be The smile on your face tells me that everything’s alright The quiet in my ears speaks of contentment in our lives When the labor of the day is done and the day draws to a close And I can be back near to you again is when my life feels whole Each day that passes only makes me long for just one more You’re the best part of my life today and forevermore You press your cheek into my hand as my fingers touch your hair I never tire of these times of closeness that we share The tenderness of your hand as you place it within mine I close my eyes and this moment’s frozen here in time When the labor of the day is done and the day draws to a close And I can be back near to you again is when my life feels whole Each day that passes only makes me long for just one more You’re the best part of my life today and forevermore The moments turned to days and the days turned into years I can’t believe how fast they’ve gone I long for so many more Each moment that I’ve spent with you is a treasure that I hoard Each piece locked within my heart now and forevermore When the labor of the day is done and the day draws to a close And I can be back near to you again is when my life feels whole Each day that passes only makes me long for just one more You’re the best part of my life today and forevermore forevermore, forevermore recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2018 Black Cloud Studio

I wrote this song in 2018 after Chicago just won the ‘most people shot in a weekend’ award. It is not an anti-gun song, but it is an anti-violence song. There is a difference. Losing Ground by Lewis Mathis- 2018 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming The sidewalks of the city are not the place to be tonight A figure looms in shadows waiting for an easy prey The silence of the evening is shattered by a gunshot’s ring The echo of fleeing footsteps fades into a siren’s scream We live from day to day waiting for the axe to fall How in the world did it get this way? Can’t take it anymore It’s time to make a stand and take back where we’re losing ground If we don’t fix this thing now, there will just be more and more A girl plays in the playground, not a care in this world A predator in the bathroom can’t take his eyes away A master manipulator he lures her to a waiting van “He was such a quiet man” that’s what the neighbors’ll say We live from day to day waiting for the axe to fall How in the world did it get this way? Can’t take it anymore It’s time to make a stand and take back where we’re losing ground If we don’t fix this thing now, there will just be more and more A young man and his girlfriend standing near a quiet brook He’s waiting for the moment to ask her for her hand But for a 20-dollar bill their lives a robber took Another victim of violence, how many has that been today? We live from day to day waiting for the axe to fall How in the world did it get this way? Can’t take it anymore It’s time to make a stand and take back where we’re losing ground If we don’t fix this thing now, there will just be more and more We live from day to day waiting for the axe to fall How in the world did it get this way? Can’t take it anymore It’s time to make a stand and take back where we’re losing ground If we don’t fix this thing now, there will just be more and more recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2018 Black Cloud Studio

I woke up one morning and thought that I should try to write a country/western song. I don't know if it is or not, but it sounds a lot like the stuff that gets played at the hardware store. It is the story is of my young man's dream of becoming a rock & roll star. Dreamer of Dreams by Lewis Mathis- 2018 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming Deedee Cooper- drums I was but a youth when I left my home To take the world on and make my own way But the world was tougher than I’d ever dreamed And still remains so to this very day Dreamer of dreams, the bright lights of success Guess it’s not always the way it goes Time passes by without one hitch And now the days of my youth were so long ago I worked real hard to make it through those early days Never noticed how fast the time flew by Before I knew it the years had quickly passed away The kid I knew had gone along his own way Dreamer of dreams, the bright lights of success Guess it’s not always the way it goes Time passes by without one hitch And now the days of my youth were so long ago Well, here I am oh so much older now I’m better off than I had ever dreamed There is nothing in life that I’ve really missed Now I’m here I wouldn’t change a single thing Dreamer of dreams, the bright lights of success Guess it’s not always the way it goes Time passes by without one hitch And now the days of my youth were so long ago Dreamer of dreams, the bright lights of success Guess it’s not always the way it goes Time passes by without one hitch And now the days of my youth were so long ago Dreamer of dreams, the bright lights of success Guess it’s not always the way it goes Time passes by without one hitch And now the days of my youth were so long ago recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2018 Black Cloud Studio

One of many songs about my wife. I Can love You Now by Lewis Mathis- 2020 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming Tell me girl, won’t you tell me girl all of your dreams You can tell me anything Well, I can help you girl, I’ve got the motive and means to give you what you need Well, I can love you now. Come on, let me love now Won’t you love me now? You know I think I know what you need I can love you now. Come on, let me love now Won’t you love me now? Let me satisfy your needs. I saw you coming girl you turn the heads on the street Do you know what I mean? You had to go. I hate to see you go but I love to watch you leave If you know what I mean Well, I can love you now. Come on, let me love now Won’t you love me now? You know I think I know what you need I can love you now. Come on, let me love now Won’t you love me now? Let me satisfy your needs. Do you know girl, do you know what you’re doing to me? I can’t sleep at night. Do I have to beg girl? Can you see me girl I’m down on my knees? I’m down on my knees, girl. Well, I can love you now. Come on, let me love now Won’t you love me now? You know I think I know what you need I can love you now. Come on, let me love now Won’t you love me now? Let me satisfy your needs. recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2019 Black Cloud Studio

All I will say about this song is that it is not about anything in my life. Do You Know the Hurt I’m Feeling? by Lewis Mathis- 2020 Lewis Mathis- vocals, all guitars, & drum programming Do you know the hurt that I am feeling within the depths of me? I don’t even know the point where we went wrong. All the love I had to share. I just trusted you were there So, if I stumbled you would save me from a fall. That’s not what happened at all. You let me down. You let me fall. Like a thief that comes at night you were gone without a sound. It appeared premeditation had occurred. Did I miss you saying that something might be wrong? If I did, for that I’m sorry. I never meant to do no harm. But it seems that you did. You were wrong. I can’t believe what you’ve done. Now, I see that you’re around, yet you just can’t seem to say, that the way you treated me was uncalled for anyhow. I can take that want you out; I’m not a little kid. But to leave without a word was really cold. Don’t you know?! Oh, oh. How could you be so cold? Thank you for watching I hope you have a great life Please be kind to one another recorded & produced by Black Cloud Studio copyright 2019 Black Cloud Studio