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Random Occurrences

by Transitory Symphony

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A path to nowhere 02:32
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Random Occurrences 03:19
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“Random Occurrences” Music & Lyrics by Jim Heltz Is my life just a series of random occurrences? Like finding an umbrella escaped in the snow Is my life just a series of random occurrences? Like freeing paper cranes with nowhere to go, nowhere to go, nowhere to go Random occurrences Crisscross, Random occurrences Crisscross, Random occurrences Crisscross, Crisscross, We are just traveling side by side on parallel lines Is my life just a series of random occurrences? Like an unclaimed memory on a telephone line Is my life just a series of random occurrences? Should I just shut the door and close my troubled mind troubled mind troubled mind Random occurrences Crisscross, Random occurrences Crisscross, Random occurrences Crisscross, Crisscross Parallel lines running side by side never to meet except on the horizon where they collide, collide Is my life just series of random occurrences? Should I just shut the door and close my troubled mind Copyright ©2020 Transitory Symphony-Jim Heltz
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Once Upon a Time 03:36
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Twice Upon a Time 03:49
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I want to be Donald Hollinger (in NYC circa 1969) 03:02
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"I want to be Donald Hollinger (in NYC circa 1969)" Music & Lyrics by Jim Heltz These days I wish I can go back to the city of my mind 5th Avenue in a tailored suit I’m a man of my time I want to be Donald Hollinger I want to be Donald Hollinger Business lunches at Tavern on the Green Late deadlines for News View Magazine After hour parties doing that Village scene I want to be Donald Hollinger I want to be Donald Hollinger I want to be That Boy, and you could be That Girl we’re living in a Television World I wish I had a walk up flat on the Upper West Side Or take a convertible for spins down Riverside Or have a girl like Ann Marie by my side I want to be Donald Hollinger I want to be Donald Hollinger I want to be Donald Hollinger Copyright ©2020 Transitory Symphony-Jim Heltz
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Traffic 01:37
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Nothing But A Hole In The Ground 03:23
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"Nothing But A Hole In The Ground" Music & Lyrics by Jim Heltz They announced it in the papers With Promises 14 stories high It will transform our Queen City But it was all just pie in the sky They bulldozed all the buildings And laid it all to waste Hold your breath for the future With an empty city place Dig it up throw it out Dig it up throw it out Until you have nothing but a hole in the ground Will they be remembered Politicians of Burling-town? Oh yeah they’ll be remembered For nothing but a hole in the ground Dig it up throw it out Dig it up throw it out Until you have nothing but a hole in the ground 250 million dollars It could help a lot of folks when spread around But in land known as the Queen City All it could buy was a hole in the ground All it could buy was a hole in the ground Nothing but a hole in the ground Copyright ©2019 Transitory Symphony-Jim Heltz
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Flight of the Monarch 04:08
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Snowy Egret 03:58
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Band of Brothers (featuring my brother Dan Heltz on drums) 04:20
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"Band of Brothers" By Jim Heltz & Tom Haney Jim Tom Are we a Band of Brothers (or a band of thieves?) Jim Tom What kind of men do we want to be? Tom ALL We are tied by blood (and history) Band of Brothers you and me Tom You once took my hand walking side by side When we were children, before the great divide Jim It was no man‘s land across the kitchen table A sibling’s feud we were Cain and Able, Jim Tom I held you close, you pushed away Tom Jim You should have stayed, I should have stayed ALL Are we a Band of Brothers or a band of thieves? What kind of men are we meant to be? We can make it last, we can call it a day But we are a Band of Brothers until our dying day Tom Jim It got too real, it got too hard Tom Jim I told the truth, You told a lie Jim Have you got my back or will you turn on me Tom What kind of men did we turn out to be? Jim As I run through life I’ve dropped the ball Tom Sometimes I stumble and sometimes I fall ALL Will you lend me hand or walk away? Will the old wounds heal and fade away? Band of brothers, Band of brothers Band of brothers, Band of brothers Side by side or separate ways Band of Brothers until our dying days Tom Sometimes I go back Looking to take your hand again I am at your door like Marley’s ghost I am at your door I am so close but so far away (Jim- so far away, far away) I am so close but so far away (Jim- so far away, far away) ALL Oh Band Brothers side by side Oh Band Brothers till the day we die Blood runs deep we’re thick as thieves We’re a band of brothers you and me We’re a band of brothers you and me REPEAT FADE Copyright ©2020 Transitory Symphony-Jim Heltz/Tom Haney
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A World at war with itself 03:17
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Lockdown #3 04:54
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I Knew Better 03:51
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"I knew better" Music & Lyrics by Jim Heltz I had the gift, the prophets said. They draped me in velvet , they anointed my head They proclaimed I was truly blessed But, I knew better I couldn’t raise Lazarus, but I could raise the roof it was eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth They thought I was divine But, I knew better I knew better, I knew better I lined my pockets with deceit Ah yeah, I knew better I was drunk with power drinking sacramental wine the rotten apple, the snake on the vine They thought I was the truth But, I knew better I fell from Grace; I squandered my gifts With sleight of hand and parlor tricks They tried to save this fallen angel But, I knew better I knew better, I knew better Another notch on my belt Ah yeah, I knew better I had the whole world in my hands See, I had a scheme, I had a plan But God just laughs at the folly of man Yeah, She knows better, She knows better, Copyright ©2020 Transitory Symphony-Jim Heltz
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October 2020 02:20
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Should we weep now or never 03:16
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I'm doing the best that I can 02:48
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"I'm doing the best that I can" Lyrics & Music Jim Heltz I’m out of sorts I’m off my game The more I try The more I stay the same I haven’t a clue I haven’t a plan I muddle through I do the best that I can There’s no brass ring on this ride When did the parade passed me by, bye, bye bye, bye I missed the boat this ship has sailed There’s no safe harbor and the crew has bailed Just a face in the crowd wearing old brown shoes I guess I peaked I peaked too soon I thought by now I’d hit my stride Time is no longer on my side on my side on my side I meandered about taking it day to day Compass is pointing home but I still lost my way I haven’t clue I haven’t a plan I muddle through I do the best that I can I do the best that I can Copyright ©2020 Transitory Symphony-Jim Heltz
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I am here my friend (guest vocalist/guitarist Joe "The Doctor" Haddock) 02:34
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I am here my friend-Words & Music by Jim Heltz JOE: I am a good shepherd I take care of my sheep Across green pastures they roam I am a good shepherd I will tend thee well In my town of Jericho TOM: I am a good repair man to all my friends I’ll fix their tractor or an old skylark I am a good repair man I can fix it all In my town of Hyde Park JOE & TOM: I’m here, I’m here, I am here my friend I’m here, I’m here, I am here my friend JIM: I am a good writer telling tales of your life I’ll write about your joys and woes I am a good writer I write about my Williston friends And that’s the way the story goes JOE, TOM & JIM: I’m here, I’m here, I am here my friend I’m here, I’m here, I am here my friend JIM_____TOM___JOE I’m here, I’m here, I am here my friend Copyright ©2020 Transitory Symphony-Jim Heltz
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Bonus Track* Momma's Gone a Fishing 02:20
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“Momma’s Gone a Fishing” Music and Lyrics by Jim Heltz Momma’s gone a fishing Poppa’s gone a fishing The kids are wondering what’s going on What’s going on down at the pond Momma’s baiting her hook Poppa‘s baiting his hook The kids are wondering what’s going on What’s going on down at the pond The fish are biting and the scenery’s great They’re falling hook, line and sinker, like it’s their first date Momma’s caught a prize one Poppa’s caught a prize one The kids are wondering what’s going on What’s going on down at the pond When poppa hugs momma he loves to say “Oh, momma, you’re my catch of the day.” Momma’s gone a fishing Poppa’s gone a fishing The kids are wondering what’s going on What’s going on down at the pond Copyright ©2020 Transitory Symphony-Jim Heltz

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released November 19, 2020

Cover Photo: Tom Haney
Album Design: Jim Heltz

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