JUVENILIA

means music and stuff written and recorded before I turned 20. Sure, Mozart wrote symphonies when he was 3, but did he have a:

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Songs on this page:
The Sun's Song
Free At Night
The Darkest Night

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"The Sun's Song" is a very happy song. Dedicated to hanging out at 'Stuart's Lot' and those old freedom days.
This is one of the earliest Fostex recordings I made--summer, 1985. One track each for two Pianos, Bass, and Vocal.

The Sun's Song
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Hey, see the sun rise
See it with my own two eyes
The light is breaking through

Hey, the air is fresh now
It doesn't even matter how
'Cause I'm coming home to you

I've been away forever but I'm home again
Hey, let's get together and tell me how you've been

Oh remember way back when
We didn't care what we were in
We just drove the countryside all day

Four-wheelin' there, pull over here
Lay on the hood and drink a beer
It didn't matter what the parents would say

And now we can have our way once again
Leave everything behind, take a case out to Uncle Ben's

Yeah, the sun will stay, we have all day
We have all week to waste away
Bring the girls and bring the gang
We'll go out and have our day

Joe's back from school and Bob's still cool
Jill kept her word, she said she'd stay
Here is Steve, he's home on leave
Lisa's home and I can't believe today's our day
So let's go out and play

Play the Sun's Song
There's no way we can go wrong

And from now till God only knows when
I will always be here to be with my friends
And I home that the Sun will always see
And I hope that they will be there for me
And together we will sing the Sun's Song

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"Free At Night" is my paean to sneaking out, and is dedicated to David Clanton. Recorded more than once, this is the very first, from summer 1985, when I first got my 4-track. One track each for Drums, Bass, Guitar, and Vocal.

Free At Night
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I can still remember it as clear as day
Seems not long ago, seems like yesterday
I was too young to know wrong from right
The things I used to do in the middle of the night

I was free in the night

No one in the house would hear me sneak away
Never knew I was out until the break of day
I never knew what I was going to do
But the streets were mine and I did what I wanted to

I was free in the night

Empty street and dew on the ground
A few hours at night I owned the whole town
They'd all wake up with an uneasy feeling
'Cause they knew someone out there's not sleeping

The sky grew light and the paperboy came out
As I slipped quietly into my house
Didn't wake up until well after noon
Began making plans for my next date with the moon

I was free in the night

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"The Darkest Night" was written in 1984 or so and put on tape in 1986, I think. It is a Ronnie James Dio vibe.

Drums, Bass, Rhythm Guitar (Track 1)
Lead Guitar (Track 2)
Rhythm Guitar 2 (Track 3)
Vocal (Track 4)

The Darkest Night
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Watching the sun set and hearing the wind blow
See the shadows deepen as the sky glows
Hear the forest whisper, feel the fear inside you
See the twisted trees open wide for you

Midnight, no end in sight, terror surrounds you
Hiding in the darkest night, nothing for you to do (in the night)

Sailing alone a million miles away
You haven't seen another soul for days
The deepest ocean, the darkest night
The edge of the world is there for you

You're only safe at the break of dawn
When the fear subsides and the wind is calm
And the shadow fades to the corner of your mind
The moon is still there it just refuses to shine

So the sun becomes your friend for life
And the sea becomes a tiger in the night
And if you should die before you wake
Only you'll know what road to take

All words and music ©Evan Hause, BMI

Other Fostex shenanigans: Resolution #1: Fractured Dream or Heading West at the "Periphery" page