Lyrics and Thoughts: Music Is The Ride Album
Everything Is Changing
Everything Is Changing
Words and Music
by Richard Schulman
Everything is changing,
Moving so fast
Everything is changing,
Moving so fast
Everything is changing,
Moving so fast
Everything is changing,
Moving so fast
Everything is changing,
Moving so fast
Life is rearranging,
Nothing like the past
Everyone is struggling,
Sensitive, unsure
Fog and fantasy make you insecure
It's gonna work out
You just don't see it yet
A time of endings
New directions set
Everything feels
Like it's falling apart
A punch to the stomach
Your most sensitive spot
Exciting things are happening
All over the world
There's a fog on your head,
Your mind, your soul
Your secret power
Your sweet desire
You want to go higher
How did this happen
Illusions of the mind
Are there ghosts from your past
You need to unwind
It's gonna work out
You just don't see it yet
A time of endings
New directions set
Everything's revealed
Where you were lost
Where you ran away
What was the cost
Everything's confusing
Doesn't make sense
What you have been losing
Sitting on a fence.
Everything is changing,
Moving so fast
Everything is changing,
Moving so fast
Everything is changing,
Moving so fast
Everything is changing,
Moving so fast
Dr Dreamwalker here. . . I wrote this song several years ago never realizing how apropos it would be for today. I once wrote, "In a dream it all seems real, Wake it swiftly goes away. We resist all and any changes. Everything changes anyway." This was written at a time in my life when I had to come to terms with extreme changes I was resisting, had a resulting ego death, and things improved markedly. A tough go, no doubt, but I wouldn't give it back. Extreme changes have been pushed on all of us and we have to figure out how to respond.
The Chinese pictogram for crisis has two pictures, danger and opportunity. We are in crisis and have to deal with it, but there is opportunity for positive change. If we can approach this time lovingly we have a chance. Anger and conflict will destroy us.
Recording this song was a blast. I got to use my Rickenbacker 12 string to give it a little 60s jangle. I used a Fender Stratocaster in the background and a Gretsch Tennessee Rose to give it those Who-like blasts. We used both a six string and 12 string acoustics to give the song a full sound, which is seen throughout the album. Debbie's harmonies and background vocals are so much fun as is Tony's lead. I wanted it to sound like a 60s song and I think we made it.
As you go through the album you'll notice that the songs have many different flavors of sound. Patrick and I chose different combinations of both acoustic and electric guitars for the background and Tony used several different guitars for his leads. I loved experimenting with the sounds and finding the guitars that expressed the feeling behind the song.
Don't Give Me A Second Thought (Let Me Be Your First)
Don't Give Me A Second Thought
(Let Me Be Your First)
Words and Music
by Debbie Stern and Steve Frey
If you’re needing
Somebody to talk to
You’re tired to talking to the wall
Pick up the phone,
You can reach me at home
It’s never too late to call
If you’re worn and torn
Like a worn-out shoe
Your bubbles
Getting ready to burst
Don’t give me a second thought
Baby let me be your first
Please don’t change your mind,
When things are getting worse
Don’t give me a second thought,
Baby let me be your first
You know I can understand you
When no one takes the time to
Listen to your problems
Please know that I’m there
Please know that I care
If you’re wanting somebody
To hold you
I’d like to rock your cares away
Hold on tight,
I’ll make you feel alright
And look forward to a better day
Please don’t change your mind,
When things are getting worse
Don’t give me a second thought,
Baby let me be your first
You know I can understand you
When no one takes the time to
Listen to your problems
Please know that I’m there
Please know that I care
We tend to second doubt our decisions in life. I have always been taught to make your decisions, trust your intuition and move ahead Don't look back. When it comes to relationships, and you feel comfortable around the person you love, this song is saying,
"Allow me to be your number one persons to go to in times of trouble and in times of joy.
We always want to share our thoughts and be around people we love. So do not doubt that little voice in you head saying..."call, reach out" Allow that person to share your life and your thoughts. Don't second guess yourself...go with your first thought!
Debbie Stern
This song is so bright and upbeat I just love it. Debbie orchestrated the background vocals and Dave Ross and I did the singing round at the end. It sounds a little like a Beatles song to me, and that's pretty high praise.
Dr Dreamwalker
The Outsider

The Man In Black Staring at me. The Outsider
The Outsider
Words and Music
by Richard Schulman
I’m the outsider,
A stranger wherever I go
All faces become the same
No one knows
Or remembers my name
The secret password
Promising wisdom and light
War, depression, revolutions,
Religious insight
A surface sideshow
Don’t trust appearances
Issues, emotions, desires,
Myth, magic and pyramids
I’m the outsider,
A stranger wherever I go
All faces become the same
No one knows
Or remembers my name
The tip of an iceberg
Mostly hidden below
Holding precious knowledge
All would like to know
Humans without hope
No one to hear their pleas
Stockpiled bombs, toxic waste
The next unknown disease
They are scared want to run and hide
A truth they are unprepared
To take inside
They are scared want to run and hide
A truth they are unprepared
To take inside
Power and purpose, icons and images
Secrets and plans,
Designed to be out of their hands
Who killed JFK?,
Who made coronavirus?
Relics from the past
What is fact? Fiction? Don’t ask
I’m the outsider,
A stranger wherever I go
All faces become the same
No one knows
Or remembers my name
No one knows
Or remembers my name
The Outsider is my sci-fi western, sort of Johnny Cash meets the X-Files. You are not supposed to have favorite songs like you are not supposed to like one child better than another, but this one is special to me. It started with the idea that Jesus was off planet and came around to check things out and no one recognized him. Considering it was written in 2014 the idea of "the next unknown disease" has a chilling clairvoyant effect, and it was simple to slightly rewrite to "who made coronavirus?" in the last verse. Conspiracy theory? Looking back, perhaps not so much theory anymore. Daniel Polyak, our Heartbeat was really on this one, thank you brother, Debbie Stern's background vocals and harmonies were different and exactly what the song needed, and somehow Tony Sheppard bridges the gap between the country western and sci-fi in his amazing guitar.
I Think I Think Too Much
I Think I Think Too Much
Words and Music
by Debbie Stern and Steve Frey
I get the urge
To give you a call sometimes
To see if I still feel those butterflies
But then I think,
I must be out of my mind
To think that you’ll still love me
I hear a knock
But nobody’s at my door
It’s just the wind,
Colder than ever before
The thought of you
And all that you mean to me
It is true,
That you don’t want me
I think
I think too much about you
Your memory walks right in
And throws a party
At night when I get home,
I turn your memory on
And think too much about you
Oh, I could swear
That you’re in my room at night
I reach out
To kiss your lips goodnight
But it’s a game,
Just a trick that I use
To ease the pain
Of being without you
I think
I think too much about you
Your memory walks right in
And throws a party
At night when I get home,
I turn your memory on
And think too much about you
Thoughts of you
Keep playing on my mind…
A broken heart
Skipping out of time
I need to turn you off
And get on without you
I think
I think too much about you
Your memory walks right in
And throws a party
At night when I get home,
I turn your memory on
And think too much about you
Have you ever had a song stuck in your head? You end up hearing it in your dreams. HINT: Try reading a book before bed instead of music! When you love someone, their soul resonates in your heart. You can feel their presence even when they are not with you.