Summer Comes but Once a Year

by Keith Kozel

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Jody Schiesser Darkened Highways is an extraordinary song. Always love hearing it. Favorite track: Darkened Highways.

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artasamission Honest emotion, great songwriting, it connects with me deeply. Favorite track: Bullets Flyin'.

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All of these recordings are from different sources. Gene Lyons spent a lot of time trying to make them sound as good as possible. Its all killer NO FILLER. I have a mountain of medical expenses due to my health problems, but I couldn't, in good conscience, ask for money and not give anything back. We spent about 9 months getting these tracks recorded or spiced up and I want to share them with you. I hope you enjoy

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1.	Yeah, I Feel Good 03:33	lyrics
Yeah, I feel good Yeah, I feel so good Lord, I feel all right Good, I feel like I should I've been alone I've been on the road I'll never roam I'll never be alone As long as you're at home I'll never be alone And here I come good I feel good
2.	Bullets Flyin' 03:59	lyrics
I don't ask those questions no more Don't care what's behind that door I'm laying right here on the floor, bullets flying Rode into town the other day Looking for work and a place to stay Guess things didn't turn out that way, hey hey Lost my horse to the rays of the sun Lost my friends, they couldn't handle the run I'm looking up to the great open sky. I showed up, they showed me around Bought me a bottle and settled me down I should have known it would all turn around Now its women, whiskey, and wine Now it seems I stay drunk all the time Been so alone Since I don't know when Now I don't ask those questions no more Don't care whats behind that door I laying right here on the floor bullets flying I'll never make it home tonight I'll never make it all right Not for lack of trying
3.	Set Free 02:28	lyrics
Oh my little babies don't cry I know life can be hard You ask why I know life can be very hard Oh baby try Throw your hands in the air And we'll fly I've been waiting so long Just to be set free We could dance until dawn In the pale moonlight We could sing a blue song As we tear at the night Let the happiness burn Let the happiness shine Let the happiness ring out The sun will come stepping in Can't you hear them all say My God I can't believe they carry on this way My God don't they care what the neighbors might say My God give me a break I'm just glad to have another day Oh baby try Throw your hands in the air And we'll fly I've been waiting so long Just to be set free Tonight We could dance We could sing tonight I've been waiting so long Just to be set free
4.	Walkin' 02:38	info
5.	Stranger Days 04:03	lyrics
I see the smiles on all the moving faces A sea of foot steps fall on the street Viewing public works at the exhibition We've had no water for a week Maybe we'll hold hands with no tomorrow You love that love is nothing new This truth it brings you no sad sorrow The only truth is me and you Stranger days are still ahead Sensual love from machines Satellites in your head Stranger days are coming through When a stranger calls he calls for you I see the passing cars and the morning papers I'd spend all day with you in a dream Wrapped up in sunlight sheets There is nothing safer They're killing dogs like us in the streets When the rain falls down in the city And you're out ghost walking on the streets You think its hard when angels call you Well, just dark angels follow me Stranger days are still ahead Waves of numbers calling Satellites are falling Stranger days are coming through When a stranger calls he calls for you
6.	Book ov Vapors 03:35	lyrics
Open up your Book ov Vapors All around the meadow flowers Fall from heaven's crown And down Upon her dappled breast Feel the mighty winds that soar Held together by our song Sweet sweet leaves will fall Across the dappled plane Dressed in white A soft sun shower Washes us Our blankets fall Into the muddy Water below See it flow Slowly by Across a stream Across the fields On a rise beneath the trees A mighty bull With shuttered eyes Is lulled to slumber By our gentle love Open up your Book ov Vapors All around the meadow flowers Fall from heaven's crown And down Upon her dappled breast
7.	Darkened Highways 02:21	lyrics
So many Darkened highways Going my way What can I say I've seen so many pass along these byways Seen that dark cloud carry them away And I wonder with the morning coming Will we all stand by and by With that mystery unveiled And all that drumming Can we even hope to understand the Why. And though the rocks may melt away And the sky may burn above Let the seasons change Let the world rearrange Let the stars fall from the sky Let the days collide with night It will be all right When I'm walking On my ceiling I get a feeling I can't hide I sometimes dark winds come a'callin' Heavy falling of the footsteps In the mind And the shapes of hope that pull into the station Will one day fall away and subside I hear that lonesome word emancipation As it slowly drifts away into the tide And though the rocks may melt away And the sky may burn above Let the seasons change Let the world rearrange Let the stars fall from the sky Let the day collide with night Let the days fall from the year and the world die in fear Let our names all be forgotten and the vegetables go rotten Let the wolves and tigers clear away the night It will be all right
8.	Smokey Lies 03:19	lyrics
Big money midnight When you come calling out my name Crawling up to me smiling Cuz trouble likes to call again Smokey lies In your eyes Make you think you can say anything Ooh girl You better step back and think again Cuz you know, you know Things ain't the way they used to be And you know You better be nice and easy and gentle with me Yeah I strike like a knife All night I bite like a viper Lord knows That's a strange attitude girl You're the one who left me babe That's a strange attitude now mama You're the one who left me Running blind Talking backward Tilt your eyes back and move delight Candle light Think I just can't see But I know you ain't wearing white And you know there ain't nothing you can do to take me down Cuz there ain't Ain't no one, ain't no nothing You can money relate No how I strike like a knife Its all right I bite like a viper Yeah you know You hold me close Don't even try Your strange fascination Collection Your fashion, your friends all right That's a strange attitude girl You're the one who left me babe That's a strange attitude now mama You're the one who left me Take my hand Its all wrong You start talking that same old song You think its funny Think you're grand And your heart is so black and tan Keep on drinking I strike like a knife I bite like a viper All right
9.	Bang Bang 04:51	lyrics
Bang Bang Boom Boom Lost alone in the living room Unlock a window Or open a door Been trying to leave here, for twenty four score The weight on the mountain The weight of the world Blue sky is crawling from under a girl Before anything Just ripples and lines But what was was I saying I'm lost here in time Bang Bang Boom Boom Lost alone in the living room The weight on the streetlamp They stagger and sway Radio station Country music all day Heavenly angel Hear my words Blue sky is crawling With thunder and curls Not a sound was heard As the prophets were paid I just heard the horses and the wedding parade
10.	Crazy Days 04:58	lyrics
I've got a motor-car At least thats what they said But what good's a motor-car When I'm already dead I don't need no body and I don't need no mind and I don't need the little things that clutter my time I need, crazy days and nights How I love to be downtown at dawn In the morning light Crazy day and nights I wanna be set free in the morning light I wrote the letter That you sent to me As if I'd penned every word From deep in a dream Our psychic frequencies Run deep in my head And now I hear every word Every single word you ever said and I need You! You clever girl So sensitive and so refined You see life doesn't have to be so statuesque, baby Say you feel so cold, But you feel so warm inside Say you want to be set free Live crazy days and nights Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby We're walking in the moonlight And its misty right here on the pavement and we're laughing and singing and dancing And POW its just like sweet radiation We could paint the night We could build some great steel contraption Live crazy days and nights Crazy days and nights How I love to be downtown at dawn In the morning light Crazy days and nights I want to be set free In the morning light
11.	Cuddle Bear Instrumental 01:32	info
12.	Electric Knight 05:38	lyrics
Find sweet salvation in the arms of an angel The fields and streets are so dark and lovely Driving around One electric knight You lips shoot out with streams I go crazy Come stopping in and set me free Every night One electric knight Baby I see shapes shadows and shapes I see shapes I see shadows and shapes I see shapes Shadows and shapes I see shapes You're flimsy as can be She wears a golden ring The stars begin to fall All the kids had a deadly ball tonight One electric knight Baby I see shapes shadows and shapes I see shapes I see shadows and shapes I see shapes Shadows and shapes I see shapes Katy live in a dream Its fine and mellow the way that it seems Sweet children are gnashing Society's murder What kind of party is this Some kind of midnight fix We're dancing boys and girls Down in the sand tonight Baby I see shapes shadows and shapes I see shapes I see shadows and shapes I see shapes Shadows and shapes I see shapes
13.	Elevator 03:19	lyrics
Come on baby take my hand And get your shoes on Going out on the back porch To look at the stars Come On Come On Come On Come on baby come over Let go for a drive Like a rocket ship headed straight into the night Come On Come On Come On And I think everything is going to be all right
14.	Gigantor 05:20	lyrics
Dream a little dream Dream of rain and high muse A certain something heavy and cream See a little steam Prepare the old pancreas Bobby is waiting His face so serene Move on to the key of the riddle It stretches from under and up to the skies In tatters the old man Has left us with nothing Gigantor... OPEN UP YOUR GIANT EYE The room now smoky The lights a dim flame the patrons are joking Of ear achy pain The vessels all broken Rings glow in this sty Gigantor... OPEN UP YOUR GIAN EYE LIight and time stand still
15.	Lady Parts 04:36	lyrics
Hey baby Been thinking about you all day long My darling Ive been wanting to get next to you Been dreaming about you baby Every night when the clock strikes twelve Oh you feel so sweet baby I want to take you down I'm gonna wash away your fears Get the water hot, baby Lather you up Gonna wash your hair girl Gonna wash your feet Gonna scub your butt baby, you know Did you ever look at a girl and say I know she's the one I'll tell you, baby Thats our type of love I love your hair I love your eyes love your butt I love your lady parts, baby Thats whats up I love your eyes legs, and lady I love your lady parts oh yeah baby I love your lady parts ooh they so fine Been waiting all my life girl Always kept you in my mind Speak and let it out I love the way you.... I love your lady parts
16.	Miracle GTO 04:06	lyrics
I've seen a lot of crazy things on this here track I've seen a million dollar loser pull a win from the back I've seen a twelve point wreck the driver come out alive I've seen some twisted metal monsters cross the finish line But the strangest thing I've ever known Is the tale of the Miracle GTO It was a wheel, in a wheel, in a wheel Burning GTO Well, there's something 'bout that car that gave the crowd a chill Passing all the other drivers like they're standing still Revving up faster like he just don't care And then I heard somebody scream "There ain't no driver in there" It was the strangest thing I've ever known It was the tale of the Miracle GTO The car started smoking and glowing green There was the strangest souped up mustang we had ever seen Burst into flames and crossed the finish line Disappeared in a sudden flash of blinding light Left a wheel spinning in the air The people just stopped and stared And just before the car was gone I see the sign on the back said Tetragrammaton It was a wheel in a wheel in a wheel Burnin GTO
17.	Nasty 04:55	lyrics	buy track
So you wanna get nasty Wont you come with me Getting down and dirty Just you wait and see Get into your ocean Dive into your motion And let the waves carry us through this hurricane of love and devotion Don't be nervous Baby you're the best Ain't met another jungle cat like you Since I've been in the wilderness Hey baby love with me Pleasure takes you higher Your voice is soft and sweet Dripping with desire I love your full red lips They tremble as we sweat Body aching Hips are shakin Sweet with no regret Do you want to get dirty Do you want to call me Just dial 2-3-3 Don't you want to be with me Get nasty Baby keep it tight You want to bend my back across that bed Baby we could go all night Yeah, we could go all night Take this love into the Dawn Hey baby love with me Pleasure takes you higher Your voice is soft and sweet Dripping with desire I love your full red lips They tremble as we sweat Body aching Hips are shakin Sweet with no regret Baby you're the best Get into your ocean Dive into your motion And let the waves carry us through this hurricane of love and devotion Don't be nervous Baby you're the best Ain't met another jungle cat like you Since I've been in the wilderness You and me Baby your love is growing You and me Yeah You and me Baby your love is showing
18.	Patio Party 01:48	info	buy track
19.	Rave 112 05:21	lyrics	buy track
Push into the airlock Rockets painted blue Full house at the number With your see through crew Windows painted black Shoebox on my back Heading westbound On a ghostly freighter train Everything's getting hazy A cotton candy cloud The pulse of magnetic motion I lost you in the crowd Turn into my drug Don't you fear the fuzz I'll meet you on the dance floor I saw her in the light I'm gonna marry that DJ If for just one night All I know Is spinning in the light Robyn's torn to bits In epileptic fits My two way tv wristwatch Is on the fritz I turn into my drug Ran into the fuzz I'll meet you on the dance floor Can't you hear that buzz I'm gonna marry that DJ If for just one night All I know Is spinning in the light
20.	Songs of the World 02:16	lyrics	buy track
He drove his car to Memphis Then he took the train to Texas And he took the rails all the way up to Canada There he saw the mountains There he saw the rivers He took a plane Down to Venezuela And there he saw the jungles And there he met the people Took the train and went along his way He's been all around this great big world He's seen a lot of people And every time he comes back he says I love to sing the songs that I heard around the world I love to sing the songs of every boy and every girl I love to sing the songs from my heart and from my head I love to sing the songs until the day I'm dead Well he drove a truck for twenty years Then he bought a pickup Its still a truck, but its kind of small Then he bought a Subaru He drove it for a while He got a motorcycle Then nothing at all And he walked for miles and miles And he met with all the people And he said hello and how do ya do And when he'd come back He'd always say one thing He'd always say one thing brave and true I love to sing the songs of the world Sing em to every boy and every girl I love to sing the songs of all the different ways we walk and talk I love to sing the songs of the world
21.	Summer 03:41	lyrics	buy track
We grew up Out the river school We hated class We hated cool Walking home in summer heat To every house on every street You played guitar I played the drums And every bell thats ever rung picking pockets just for party cash Breaking out we're on the run Don't think I didn't pay for what I've done You can't keep robbing hearts from everyone I'd like to hear your crazy laugh again Bo Diddley records Playing cards And I'd like to raise a cheers Summer comes but once a year Summer comes but once a year Nothing much has happened here Oh No Summer comes but once a year A dead end vampire den on Bourbon Street A super powered brain from Mars Running wild with amplified belief Trying hard to find the sound I'd like to hear your crazy laugh again Bo Diddley records Playing cards And I'd like to raise a cheers Summer comes but once a year Summer comes but once a year Summer comes but once a year Nothing much has happened here Autumn Leaves will turn to winter Winter soon will turn to spring Just as spring will turn to summer My dear Summer comes but once a year Summer comes but once a year Nothing much has happened here Oh No

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All of these recordings are from different sources. Gene Lyons spent a lot of time trying to make them sound as good as possible. Its all killer NO FILLER. I have a mountain of medical expenses due to my health problems, but I couldn't, in good conscience, ask for money and not give anything back. We spent about 9 months getting these tracks recorded or spiced up and I want to share them with you. I hope you enjoy

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released April 7, 2018

All songs by Keith Kozel (except Elevator, by Richard Kozel)
Musicians: Gene Lyons,Kevin Rose,Josh Safer,Sebastian Edwards,Jason Anderson,Jim Reed,bOB,Stephane Usery,Mike Walker,Jason Gecik,Ricardo Ochoa,Chris Evans,Robyn Reeder

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Keith Kozel Savannah, Georgia

Keith Kozel is a resident musician in Savannah Georgia.
Keith is currently a chronic kidney disease patient awaiting transplant in two years.
He is a cancer patient currently in remission.
I feel stupid writing about myself in the third person.
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