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Tag Archives: living in the lyrics

Tony Funderburk Posted on July 28, 2023 by TonyAugust 3, 2024
Take it to the limit and you can’t just skim it

Right now he knows if I (and many others like me) am a liar or not. And he found out you can take it to the limit and barely be started. Yeah, he fully knows the take it to the … Read the rest

Posted in current events, music history, Tony Funderburk | Tagged Hotel California, living in the lyrics, music history, Take it to the limit
Tony Funderburk Posted on March 15, 2023 by TonyMay 1, 2023
Better off dead. Is that what he said?

I worked in a disco. Yep. It’s true. I was a bartender. And I also worked as what they called a “floorwalker.” That was one of the guys who (you guess it) walked around the floor to make sure they … Read the rest

Posted in FunderCast, music history, Tony Funderburk | Tagged living in the lyrics, music history, rhyme and reason podcast, Tony Funderburk
Tony Funderburk Posted on July 15, 2022 by TonyJuly 15, 2022
Making melodies in my heart at least is a start

In 1977 I bought a cassette and an album of the same music from the same musician. It was the “Celebrate Me Home” collection by Kenny Loggins. It was (and is) an exceptional project. And it helped springboard me even … Read the rest

Posted in Ephesians, music history, Words and Music | Tagged living in the lyrics, making melodies, making music, singer songwriter, songwriting
Tony Funderburk Posted on July 3, 2022 by TonyJuly 3, 2022
Conveyor belt and how it felt

A couple of days from now I’ll be sharing a little info about my life of total leisure. But, first, I’d like to share a short blurb on the exciting, and hard-working conveyor belt. And not just any old clunky piece … Read the rest

Posted in Colossians, Faith Hope and Love, life is beautiful, praise and worship | Tagged John Denver, life is beautiful, living in the lyrics, small town in Kansas
Tony Funderburk Posted on February 28, 2022 by TonyFebruary 28, 2022
Bluer than blue should not be for you

A river runs through it. Connect the dots. The ties that bind. And it’s a small world. However you wanna say it, there are so many interweaving threads in human life. I’d like to share a bluer than blue story … Read the rest

Posted in music history | Tagged living in the lyrics, music history
Tony Funderburk Posted on February 1, 2022 by TonyApril 3, 2025
To the moon you go when you just don't know

“One of these days, pow! To the moon, Alice!” That’s a famous line from Jackie Gleason’s character, Ralph Cramden, in the old TV show, The Honeymooners. And thank goodness that show only lasted one season. But I didn’t bring it … Read the rest

Posted in Contemporary Christian music, current events, Matthew | Tagged Christian lyrics, contemporary Christian music, living in the lyrics
Tony Funderburk Posted on September 29, 2021 by TonyOctober 9, 2021
Lost love, the chairman, and something in the air, man

“They” called him the “Chairman of the Board.” How he got the title depends on who you ask. But there’s no denying that Frank Sinatra liked being in charge. And I was never a fan even though he sang a … Read the rest

Posted in creation science, FunderCast, Words and Music | Tagged creation science, living in the lyrics, rhyme and reason podcast
Tony Funderburk Posted on September 12, 2021 by TonySeptember 14, 2021
You can run but you can't hide from that still small voice inside

I used to be an avid runner. And I’ve mentioned before (here on the website and in the podcast) how I ran miles and miles and miles a week. Even entered the famous Peach Tree Road Race in Atlanta, Georgia … Read the rest

Posted in Author, songbook journal, Words and Music | Tagged living in the lyrics, songbook journal
Tony Funderburk Posted on March 17, 2021 by TonyMarch 31, 2021
Power amplifier turns the volume up way higher

Did you see that movie “This Is Spinal Tap” about a fictitious rock band in a fictitious rockumentary? If not, no great loss. I never saw the whole movie either. But I saw some funny clips. And one that stands … Read the rest

Posted in FunderCast, thought provoking thoughts | Tagged living in the lyrics, rhyme and reason podcast, words and music
Tony Funderburk Posted on February 24, 2021 by TonyMarch 14, 2021
Dreams come true. At least they sometimes do.

Even in this ridiculous and weird time in history, dreams come true. Not all. But enough of them that it still counts when somebody says “if you work hard, you can still achieve your dreams.” But right now you might … Read the rest

Posted in current events, FunderCast, Words and Music | Tagged living in the lyrics, original lyrics, rhyme and reason podcast, seek the truth
Tony Funderburk Posted on October 16, 2020 by TonySeptember 24, 2024
Rockin the boat and hittin the note

I hope you’re not rockin the boat today. Because the world has enough troublemakers without you chimin’ in. And if you don’t know what I’m talkin’ about, then you probably shouldn’t even be reading this. Because you just won’t understand. … Read the rest

Posted in FunderCast, Luke, Words and Music | Tagged hypocrisy, living in the lyrics
Tony Funderburk Posted on September 20, 2020 by TonySeptember 22, 2020
Don't go away mad. Go away glad.

I know you’ve heard it. Or maybe you’ve said it yourself. “Don’t go away mad. Just go away.”And, if you say it because you wanna get on someone’s nerves, it almost always works like a charm. But here’s why I … Read the rest

Posted in Acts, road stories | Tagged living in the lyrics, road stories
Tony Funderburk Posted on April 9, 2020 by TonyJuly 29, 2020
Be careful what you wish for. You might get less. You might get more.

Be careful…wishes might come true I talked about this about five years ago. But it’s still just as true as ever. You might be wishing for things to happen. Or not happen. And you might be wishing and hoping for … Read the rest

Posted in FunderCast, Words and Music | Tagged living in the lyrics, love your neighbor, rhyme and reason podcast
Tony Funderburk Posted on February 23, 2020 by TonyAugust 3, 2024
Moments in time in a song and a rhyme

I captured some moments in time I’ve mentioned before how I spent a year of prolific songwriting in Nashville. It was back in 1992-93. And I was under the mistaken impression that record companies were always looking for something new. … Read the rest

Posted in FunderCast, Words and Music | Tagged living in the lyrics, original music
Tony Funderburk Posted on January 27, 2020 by TonyJune 11, 2024
Sleepy-eyed and bona fide

A sleepy-eyed bon fide wee hours wanderer At 2:45 this morning I bumbled out of bed, as I do most every morning, and made my way into the kitchen. An issue I’ve been dealing with, for the past couple of … Read the rest

Posted in FunderCast, Rhymes, Words and Music | Tagged drive toward home, living in the lyrics
Tony Funderburk Posted on June 29, 2019 by TonyMarch 2, 2025

Here’s a story and a rhyme about an orange bird. Not a real orange bird. But it’s a nice story I shared quite a while ago…just not with my podcast audience. Thank you for tuning in and indulging me as … Read the rest

Posted in FunderCast | Tagged distant memory, living in the lyrics
Tony Funderburk Posted on June 6, 2019 by TonyAugust 3, 2024
Sweetly - a song and rhymes about simpler times

Sweetly When, I was about 8 to 10 years old, I can remember lying down on the soft, green grass under the warm summer sun in rural Kansas. I’d just lie there and think. And listen. And watch. Little did … Read the rest

Posted in Words and Music | Tagged living in the lyrics, original lyrics, summer vacation

A Whole Lot Like Me

Tony Funderburk Posted on January 27, 2014 by TonyJanuary 30, 2022
They guy in the lyrics was a whole Lot Like Me

Once upon a time back in 1981 I found a guy who was a whole lot like me. He was living in the lyrics to a song. It was a song I had just written. It was one of those … Read the rest

Posted in Rhymes | Tagged living in the lyrics
Tony Funderburk Posted on March 5, 2013 by TonyMarch 1, 2023

If it Ain’t Too Much Trouble Pardon the slang grammar, but I wrote a song back in 1987 called “If It Ain’t Too Much Trouble”. And I just found the typed lyrics I was using for a while when I … Read the rest

Posted in Words and Music | Tagged living in the lyrics, professional singer

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