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12 NEW SONGS

SOLEDAD CROSSING

1. We Can All See the Future If We Try

2. The Headwinds

3. My Daily Five

4. Slo-Mo(mentum)

5. Walk You Home

6. Your Will or Mine

7. Love and Death

8. Lonliphobia

9. Delco Girls

10. Legend of Younger You

11. The Man Who Struck Moonshine

12. Reconciliation (So Much Wasted Time)

All Lyrics © Brian DiMarco 2025

We Can All See the Future If We Try

Tomorrow’s blank slate dissipates into mist

No reins to grasp shadows of what doesn’t exist

Ten years ago I was thinking ‘bout this day 

I saw the outrage and anger form from hardened mists

The patterns were there for us as we saw

Chop chop chop at the tree it’s going to fall

Twist the arm and anyone is gonna cry

We can all see the future if we try

We can all see the future if we try

We can all see the future if we try

Fortune teller crystal ball tarot stars portend

Revelations revelation know how the story ends

Entropy in motion decay where it lies

Hope and dedication watch the future rise

High and low the pendulum will always swing

Never know what tomorrow may bring (lol)

Nothing ends where it started by and by

We can all see the future if we try

We can all see the future if we try

We can all see the future if we try

Clear out your biases clear out the lies

Clear the input that clouds your mind’s eyes

Try a little logic try to critically think

Clear out the noise and see how history links

We can all see the future if we try

We can all see the future if we try

Driving down 55 she’s flying out of control

I swear next I’ll see her wrapped around a telephone pole

Now, I don’t know when we started to descend

But I can tell you how this story ends

We can all see the future if we try

We can all see the future if we try

The Headwinds

Born under the umbrella of my warm loving family crew 

Encouraged to imagine stories as their little ingenue

Life was an amazing a long enchanted song

Family adventures together and we’d roll along 

Dreams come alive - in the cool cool rush of the headwinds

Forever I’ve - been drawn to the endless

Thrill of tall tales and walks along the edges

Here I stride into the cool cool rush of the headwinds

Imagination was real no wild idea incapable

Give me dreamers telling their campfire story fable

Where anything is possible whatever your mind can see

The code of truth, honor, and faith is the air we breathe

Dreams come alive - in the cool cool rush of the headwinds

Forever I’ve - been drawn to the endless

Thrill of tall tales and walks along the edges

Here I stride into the cool cool rush of the headwinds

I was a high school dreamer in love with creators

I met Chickenpox as a kindred wide-eyed dream enabler

Telling the stories of epic tales in the grown up world we assumed

But ‘Pox’s flame which I saw burning bright was slowly relentlessly being consumed

Riding the headwinds left me betrayed and alone on a chilly hill

I’d never let another one of those dreamers take me down with a dead end stone

I met Lunchbox when I was tired of being both young and alone

Maybe I could mold the ‘Box into a hero, like in one of my imagined tales

But the fantasy makes bad choices when reality fails

There was no meanness when it was over, the headwinds called me back to the hill

My next last time the Sly Fox called me out for one more sure bet 

And I’d prefer to end this tale happy and at peace walking to the sunset

So sir, this is my story, no need to confess the next sin

Just close your eyes and dream of me, rushing into the headwinds

Dreams come alive - in the cool cool rush of the headwinds

Forever I’ve - been drawn to the endless

Thrill of tall tales and walks along the edges

Here I stride into the cool cool rush of the headwinds

My Daily Five

Five daily cases was what I was tasked 

Approve or deny them was all I was asked

What I do followed the same time frame

I was good at what I did and I’d repeat it again

Back in the days of my daily five

Biweekly pay keeping us alive

The times would change the family grow

The weekend went fast the commute was slow

I traded time for a ladder climb

Back in the days of my daily five

Well Doc Parker ran the office and had a plan

Gonna grow this business across this land

I knew it meant red eye flights to and fro

I traded my daily five for the traveling show

Back in the days of my daily five

Rush hour traffic sitting on 95

At 4:59 out the door I’d go

I’m listening to drive time radio

I forget it all, except that long drive

Back in the days of my daily five

It was around a time of great stress

I’m gonna spend this night in LAX

I did the math and realized

If I was still back home I’d be finishing five

I knew then without saying a word

Despite the stress this was the life I preferred

It’s been years, my 9 to 5 is an ancient note

My life of hotels is now a life of remote

I think about when I changed I came alive

When I gave up the comfort of the daily five

Back in the days of my daily five

Biweekly pay keeping us alive

The times would change the family grow

The weekend went fast the commute was slow

I traded time for a ladder climb

Back in the days of my daily five

Slow-Mo(mentum)

I’m pounding pavement on the sucker’s soul dole

Used to bind my hands and toss me down the rathole

Now when I’m not working I put faith in love trust

You play the long game when the present goes bust

Now I keep my pencil sharp and my powder dry

Waiting for that next train to roll on by

Slow momentum, steady as you go

Slow momentum, keep the tempo

Nervous agitation to the clock on the wall

Every tick tick tick was a hammer to the skull

If you weren’t running you were falling behind

Slow traffic fast lane drives me out of my mind

I needed calibration or be dead as a rock

Educated from many trips around the block

I learned to play the long game trust it comes my way

Get closer tomorrow than you were yesterday

Now I keep my pencil sharp and my powder dry

Waiting for the next train to roll on by

Slow momentum, steady as you go

Slow momentum, keep the tempo

The day I met her I knew she’d be my bride

We were slow on the trigger and time we’d abide

Taking little steps forward and don’t let it slide

That worked for me perfectly now I’m slow amplified

You play the long game but gather no rust

I put my faith into love and trust

Slow momentum, steady as you go

Slow momentum, keep the tempo

Your Will or Mine

I would sit by your side

With a rope our arms tied

To make sure, no matter how hard you tried

I could keep you alive (keep you alive)

Your will or mine

It’s only a matter of time

A moment you find

Your will or mine (your will or mine)

I would watch you day and night

Never let you out of sight

Impel my will no matter how hard you tried

If I could keep you alive

Your will or mine

Illusioned peace of mind

Until that moment you find

Your will or mine (your will or mine)

You gave up completely

You asked me why I can’t let you die

There’s no solution in thinking I

Could just settle for goodbye

Your will or mine (or mine)

A crazy kid on a crazy hillside

Running to and fro, keeping everyone alive

To save the day he’ll try and try

But sooner or later one will get by

Your will or mine

Your will or mine

It’s a battle of time

Illusioned peace of mind

Your will or mine (your will or mine)

Which will be done..

Walk You Home

What’s waiting at home? Let’s review…

Laundry, leftovers, assignments due

So, out the door down the street I’ll roam

For the chance to see her walking home

Can I see her? Can I see her?

Walking alone with the blue windbreaker

Yea I see her, Yea I see her

Gotta play it cool cause my heart is racing

And if I see you there all alone

Could I walk you home?

Scattered and gathered together and strewn

We slow roll through the afternoon

You with your friends I’m with mine

Furtive glances across that borderline

Shy guy the time goes racing by

Break away if you aren’t even gonna try

She’s got me twisted where I can’t cope

Run from my wreckage to a walk of hope

And if I see you there all alone

Could I walk you home?

Could I walk you home?

What’s waiting at home? Let’s review…

Laundry, leftovers, assignments due

So, out the door down the street I’ll roam

For the chance to see her walking home

Can I see her? Can I see her?

Walking alone with the baggy blue windbreaker

Yea I see her, Yea I see her!

Gotta play it cool but my heart is racing

And if I see you there all alone

Could I walk you home?

Love and Death

Cold sweat and hot regret

Sleep brought back what I want to forget

The moon and the fan are on a night crawl

Casting dancing shadows on my wall

Loved ones who have passed

Unspoken words are shadows cast

Ain’t a damn thing I can do right now

I’ll lay here til it passes me somehow 

It’s 3:25 AM

And I’m wide awake

Love and death

In the bed you make

Why do the things we can’t forget

Demand a payment for their debt?

Push ‘em down all day long

I go along to get along

I traded time for some cash

An empty thrill that doesn’t last

If an old guy like me dies in bed

Don’t need an exam, just bury me dead

It’s 3:25 AM

And I’m wide awake

Love and death

In the bed you make

Kids now, add another cold fear

Love so pure, makes my time more dear

Fragile and tough, my love fears their fall

And I hope they long outlive me

Another shadow on the wall

I’m spinning, spinning, haze and shade 

Love and death, I start to fade

And truth I slept all night through

Silly dreaming and all - but it was you

You kept a lock on your feelings

Who knew you stared at the ceiling?

You were the one thing I never worried about

So close but I never knew your fear and doubt

The night comes and crushes the day

Never knew you’d slip away…

It’s 3:25 AM

And I’m wide awake

Love and death

In the bed you make

Lonliphobia

Old man sitting in the old man chair

Reminders all around ghosts are everywhere

And the only sound comes from the TV

He’s all alone with Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly

This used to be the center buzz of his life hive

The young moved out the old aren’t alive

Peek in to a future we don’t want to see

Chills abound that old man is me

Lone-Lone-Lonely-Lonliphobia

Lone-Lone-Lone-Lone-Lonliphobia

Yea, not where you want to be but here we are

Lonliphobia

Grew up in a house full of activity

Friends popped by extended the family

Sometimes I’d wish I could take a broom

Yea, just clear out all of this hustle and hide in my room

We live a life where the kids move on

Family scattered through a dozen towns

Friends are gone or no longer can drive

So this is your prize for being the last alive

Lone-Lone-Lone-Lonliphobia

Lone-Lone-Lonliphobia

Didn’t think you’d make it this far but here you are

Lonliphobia

Lone-Lone-Lonliphobia

Lone-Lone-Lonely-Lonliphobia

This house was a constant noise wave

Now every noise echoes in the cave

Lonliphobia

Delco Girls

She’s Widener wild in the evening

‘Nova snob in the day

DC-cubed at a party

Cabrini on Sunday

Delco Girls - Rocking and a rolling

Delco Girls - Take your breath away

Heart of gold - edge of steel

Drives her stiletto through your Achilles heel

Delco Girls - Rocking and a rolling

Delco Girls - Never change!

Worked in Clifton Heights with a Delco dirty blonde

Known to all of us as “Eddystone” Elaine

Wawa bag had her food for her break

Walking from the bus stop in the misty rain

Suede boots and a breezy checkered top

Tight jeans with a stubborn stain

She’s got a boyfriend who works on the docks

She’s got Jesus on a chain

She’s Darby when she’s challenged

Broomall when she’s feeling shy

Springfield meets your parents

She got her ink in Upper Chi

Delco Girls - Rocking and a rolling

Delco Girls - Take your breath away

Heart of gold - edge of steel

Drives her stiletto through your Achilles heel

Delco Girls - Rocking and a rolling

Delco Girls - Never change!

We sat outside the Putt Putt

A quick break on Baltimore Pike

She was talking about crappy guys

It was all very brotherly-like

I remember she made me laugh

A funny spin on doom and gloom

I remember a drunk on the back nine 

Suggested we get a room

She’s a Picnic in Brandywine

A summer band in Rose Tree

A late night drink parked in Tinicum

She’s a morning walk in Ridley

Delco Girls - Rocking and a rolling

Delco Girls - Take your heart away

Heart of gold - edge of steel

Drives her stiletto through your Achilles heel

Delco Girls - Rocking and a rolling

Delco Girls - Never change!

Well you never know what happens to

A smart tough girl like Elaine

She may have stayed in her hometown

And a dock worker wife she remains

Maybe she caught the spark in her eye

Her mirror made her wanting more

I’d like to think she’s got a name plate

And a house out in Radnor

Delco Girls - Rocking and a rolling

Delco Girls - Take your breath away

Heart of gold - edge of steel

Drives her stiletto through your Achilles heel

Delco Girls - Rocking and a rolling

Delco Girls - Never change

Delco Girls…

Legend of Younger You

All those dreams and wonders you brought to me

I dragged them along like a dangling fantasy

I used fear as principle that should have been your first clue

I was not the legend who makes daydreams come true

I wish I had a better handle on honesty

I’d have told you 

Younger you should stay away from younger me

Younger you should stay away from younger me

We’re born to run not knowing a race has begun

Taking easy laps on the front end of the long run

There’s a line separating me and the legends of myth

They didn’t fear taking a chance on their gift

I wish I could have better handled honesty

‘Cause I’d have told you

Younger you should stay away from younger me

Younger you should stay away from younger me

Don’t waste your time

Because your time is your life

Don’t waste your life

Your life is your time

Lean in close here…lean in closer 

You’ll never save me, or change me, or get me 

Just run away

The Lord provided younger me with a muse

Just like time it’s something you either use or lose

Bat ‘em around like a playful ball of string

Legends know not to waste precious things

I know now the legend wasn’t me

‘Cause he would have told you

Younger you should stay away from younger me

The Man Who Struck Moonshine

Moses and his Guardian Angel passed the Soledad Crossing span

Tonight he’d meet Creatris and make his intrepid demand

To sip from her reliquary intrigue had come to obsessed

He had two drinks for courage and he made his request

Creatris saw his swagger tall he commanded the ring

Strays will obey and birds would stop to hear Moses sing

But when she began crying he was frozen mouth to limb

The devil hid in his third sip and his senses began to swim

What kind of love 

Drains the blood

Until you’re weakened and you fall

What kind of love 

A chaser of blood

Mixing tears and alcohol (tears and alcohol)

Moses trashed, a stumbling minstrel, his quest gone wrong

Your weakness is in that third sip she used tears to bring it along

They mocked him, men laughed and women called out his name

They danced around the reliquary, he cried tears of shame

What kind of love 

Drains the blood

Until you’re weakened and you fall

What kind of love 

A chaser of blood

Mixing tears and alcohol (tears and alcohol)

Lost in a fog he smashed the reliquary to the floor

Creatris fell to her knees, revelers called for war

Midnight call went out Moses will pay for this roustabout

Pitchforks in the street…moonlight trial…shackles on his feet

Maybe we can just watch his soul die!

Maybe we can just watch his soul die!

Moses dragged in, eyes open but he didn’t see

It’s a story as old as an apple and a tree

The hanging jury took in the testimony of all that occurred

But their mood changed, for one question there was no word

Why didn’t y’all just put him to bed?

Why didn’t y’all just put him to bed?

Moses needed friends not strangers to protect and save his day

His Guardian Angel closed her eyes and slunk away

Villagers still angry and tasted blood they disapprove

Judge ruled a sevenfold mark that he can’t ever remove

Justice and mercy and his soul be cast!

Justice and mercy and his soul be cast

Moses eyes came alive as he shook the fog loose

Through it all he had neither memory nor excuse

He said tears and alcohol brought many a quest to an end

But I’m the only one to blame and for this I’ll make amend

Now take these shackles off of me and let me face the dawn

Daytime sentries will care for me after you night criers have gone

What kind of love 

Drains the blood

Until you’re weakened and you fall

What kind of love 

A chaser of blood

Mixing tears and alcohol (tears and alcohol)

But the blaze of dawn comes reason…

And the fears of the night are soothed…

In the morning I was a hungry stranger…

And strangers came and gave me food

Reconciliation (So Much Wasted Time)

Worried about the gone past and re-confessing every sin

Most of the day gets dragged away with the ‘woulda coulda’ been

Worry over your time left for saving and what’s been mis-spent

One day you’ll lay with your dying breath wondering where it all went

So much wasted time

So much wasted time

God sent me word

Be present is all He said

Tomorrow is in my hands 

Yesterday is forgiven

The present is all you're given

Don’t waste your time

Don’t waste your time

Worry about tomorrow and all the best steps to proceed

Worry about all the things where none of it is guaranteed

I bet you’ll pass someone today in the need of a helping hand

The fool rushes by ‘cause the fool doesn’t understand

So much wasted time

So much wasted time

God sent me word

Be present is all He said

Tomorrow is in my hands 

Yesterday is forgiven

The present is all you're given

Don’t waste your time

Don’t waste your time

Tonight we dance the dance we bury all the past

Forgiven and forgotten like the shadows that we cast

Honor, love, and faith in whatever comes your way

Be present for the mercy, you can receive and display 

So much wasted time

So much wasted time

God sent me word

Be present is all He said

Tomorrow is in my hands 

Yesterday is forgiven

The present is all you're given

Don’t waste your time

Don’t waste your time