Rainflowers
Rainflowers is an album of original songs released in 2026. The music was recorded live in the studio with no overdubs. These are songs for every day people: Funk, power pop, protest, love, psychedelic surf, poetry, slide, acoustic, electric, and resonator guitars, and mandolin. You are free to rock!
Listen:
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, Tidal, Linktree
Gear:
Gibson Les Paul Custom Shop R9; Gibson ES-335 Dot with Seth Lover pickups; Gretsch G5428TG-59; Kochel LP Resonator made from 19th century reclaimed Montana wood; Martin OM-28 acoustic guitar; Flatiron Weber made A-style Mandolin; Fender Precision USA Bass guitar; Kemper Amp Profiles > Marshall Plexi, Fender Vibrolux, Fender Tweed Twin ’59, Soldano SLO 50; Orange TH30; Peavy 6505; Carvin MB15 bass amp; Logic Pro drum programming; Morley Wah.
Music and lyrics by, Steven Squire
Published by, Dancing Blue Furniture
Mastered by, Mat Leffler-Schulman
Lyrics:
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Hey now gotta lose the fear
Can’t go on just leaning on a shadow
The books are there
Dancing on the shelvesBeauty sake hearts on the take
For another and surely none other
Any less is a bore
Waiting on a momentDo you think I could make you
It only stops hurting when you forget
I’m still right here
Oh please stain my heart -
She went running for a holiday
O’er the moon and under the sunOut the door and up the highway
Wearing a ring of blue restoreA lonely cry to a great big sky
By the creek where she grew tallAnd sees the words in her eyes
At the shore of a cool slow rainLeaning on a tower that stood for time
Has to fall come tumbling downFrom the rubble a new light grows
Fill the cracks of water and timeColor of love, still inside
Always true, sure to be foundTrades a shell of her dreams
For a breath of truth and light -
The street is calling us out
Beyond the line from yesterday
Now a good time to start
And shout out with honorDo you do what you’re told
Walking down on the frontlineBefore the chanting fades
We shake freedom’s hand
Break the deafening silence
Or we lose the warOur spirit is an endless way
Where we live out our days -
A recent memory of a love gone mad
I can see you’re blindsided by loveThere is one of us standing on the side
But we’re both invited inside outAs luck would have it I’m on a losing streak
(But) I’m still on fire to know youI took a hit when you told me goodbye
It’s all so real from a loving soulWon’t you stay a little longer
Don’t you turn and walk awayPlease don’t say maybe
It’s long way from homeIt’s not over for me
I want to love you some moreYou know I’ve grown tired
And I’ve fallen for your shineThe trees move like sighs in the wind
Far from the edge of a troubled shoreThe jay sings a song by the light of the day
Did you think I would chase you on uptownWon’t you stay a little longer
Don’t you turn and walk awayPlease don’t say maybe
It’s long way from homeIt’s not over for me
I want to love you some moreYou know I’ve grown tired
And I’ve fallen for your shine -
I got no game playing
(I’m) just here for the moment
(I) got no place to stay
No place to go
When the rain clears
Please take me to
The honeymoon is still to comeLater after the sunrise
Because we got no alibisI remember you
The ring around the moon
Feature attraction
Soundtrack in the airLater after the sunrise
Because we got no alibisWrapped in a field
Of rain flowers
Between the dream and the day
The forever hoursThis is our last reel
Morning is all we feel
We have the chance
For one more danceLater after the sunrise
Because we got no
Later after the sunrise
Because we got no alibi -
Just say yes
Don’t say no
If you told me goodbye
I may just stay hereI cannot tell
What you’re saying
But I can tell
What you’re thinkingLove is strong enough
You told me
Truth is strong enough
You sold me
Spirit’s strong enough
You showed me
Your light is strong enough to find meAll these things
Just distractions
I am only in love
With the life I knowLove is strong enough
You told me
Truth is strong enough
You sold me
Spirit’s strong enough
You showed me
Your light is strong enough to find me -
Our love is taking over, c’mon
Oh baby gotta show me your heartLife is just a one way trip
I’ve been driving all night longAs cold as June can be in this town
You got me singing sunshineWhen you walk across my life
Like a star across the sky
Who are they that don’t see the wind
Their grip on power begins to slipI’m lost in you and wouldn’t you know
That’s when our love takes over -
(Instrumental)