I
STRAIGHT ARROW SAN MARCO MONK RAILS AGAINST THE WICKED AND PROFANE,
“GODLESS ART LEADS TO SIN AND SHAME” OR SO IT IS SAID.
THERE’S CHAOS IN THE STREETS, MADNESS RULES SOCIETY,
BLOOD AND LUST RUNNING RAMPANT, THERE’S NO SPIRITUAL DIGNITY
II
PADRE RECLAIMS THE STREETS FEEDS THE HUNGRY AND THE POOR,
BANISHES GAMBLING KNAVES AND CRIES OUT: “COME TO MY LORD!”
ROUNDS UP THE RED LIPPED GIRLS, CALLS THE SISTERS TO HIS SIDE
“ONLY PIETY AND FAITH WILL CASTE YOUR SINS TO THE SKY”
CHORUS THERE’S A DEVIL IN THE WOODS, CALLS OUT MY NAME BECKONING AND PLEADING FOR MY DEEP ETERNAL FLAME BEHIND EACH TREE THERE, LIES TEMPTATION AND LUST PROMISING SALVATION FOR THE WEAK AMONG US
III
HOPE SPRINGS OUT OF THE PAIN, SO WE LOOK THE OTHER WAY
IT’S NOBODY’S BUSINESS, FATHER HAS HIS WAYS
HE BURNS BOOKS IN PIAZZAS, BURNS CANVASS, BURNS ART
IT’S THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES, REPLACE HEATHENS WITH THE LORD.
IV
GOOD BYE DONATELLO, ADIEU BOCCACCIO
“THEY DON’T SPEAK TO GOD YOU KNOW THEIR WORK TAKES HUMAN FORM”
“THERE’S ONLY ONE TRUTH, THERE’S ONLY ONE STORY
NOW BOW TO GOD AND SAY HIS WORD…WE’LL RISE UP IN GLORY
REPEAT CHORUS
V
MY NAME’S FRANCESCO, LOVER OF ANTIQUITY
I YEARN FOR POETRY AND ART…LOVE BOTTICELLI
LIVING WORDS ON PARCHMENT, ANCIENT THOUGHTS FOR THE EYE
THE GREATEST VIOLENCE IS THE LOOTING OF OUR HUMANITY
VI
“PADRE, YOU MAY SPEAK FOR GOD, BUT DOES HE KNOW WHAT YOU SAY
YOU’RE VENGEFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE,…CRUEL IN MANY WAYS
YOU HIDE BEHIND YOUR SHROUD AND ROBES AS TYRANTS OFTEN DO
I WILL WALK THROUGH FIRE AND FLAME TO SHOW THEM THE TRUTH”
REPEAT CHORUS
VII
FRANCSECO Y TERRAGNI, MATTEO Y CESARE
WALK SOFTLY ON THEIR WAY TO PIAZZA DELLA SIGNORE
DEFY FLAME AND FIRE, IN THE FACE OF RIDICULE
FIGHTING PIOUS FICTION WITH ETERNAL TRUTH, YOU ABOUT TO GET YOURS
VIII
IT’S THE TALE OF THE TYRANT, PLAYING TO THE GULLIBLE
CASTS RELIGIOUS SCREED TO SNARE THE VULNERABLE
BEHIND EACH PIOUS SERMON, BETWEEN THE PSALMIC TRUTHS
THERE IS A VENGEFUL SPIRIT, EVEN THE LORD WOULD FIND ABSURD
"Sunset At The North Pole" Set for October 2008 Release
This will mark Steve's third release in 2008. "Sunset" is a thirteen song set featuring producer and multi instrumentalist Eddie Seville; Billy Kotsaftis on lead guitar; Karl Allweier on bass and acoustic guitar; Bob Loveday on fiddle, viola and mandolin; Tony Casagrande on vocals and accordian; and Bill Rufleth and SallyLu Sianni on vocals.
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RocknReel Magazine, Great Britain (July 2008)
Steve Mednick's "Ambling Toward the Unknown" is in the style of Dylan and Springsteen, with some sweet lead guitar from Billy Kotsaftis and fiddle from Bob Loveday on this prime slice of Americana. The sun should be shining and the top down on the Chevy.
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Mednick Music in Europe
1. "Devil in the Woods" from Ambling Toward the Unknown, 29 August 2008, Paul van Gelder's raido show in The Netherlands.
2. "Rules of Order" from Ambling Toward the Unknown, 26 August 2008, Bonanza Country Music, Denmark.
3. "Oh, The Plain Truth Is Within Our Grasp" from the Time for a Change EP, 11 August 2008 Peelgrass Radio, The Netherlands
4. "Time for a Change" from the Time for a Change EP,7 August 2008, Radiogirl Playlist, The Netherlands.