ORIGINAL MUSIC – by Werner Poegel of Templeton MA
Original Lyrics by Werner Poegel. Music and Vocals via AI. Listen on any device. CLICK PLAY in the sections below.
“Who Started Goofy with a Huge Screw Loose”, the “Rockin’ Gardner City Council”, “What is a Zlotnik”, “Election Day”, “Chair City of Heart”, “To Grow A Valentine”, “The Greatness of America”, “WGAW, One Station on the Dial”, “Gardner, City of Maximum Potential”, “Everyone Loves the Velvet Goose”, “Hotline Radio Steals the Show”, “Gardner Magazine Know Where You’re Coming From”, ” Gardner Magazine Blues”, “Heywood, Mission of Compassion”, “Zone it in or Zone it Out”, “Greatest Board of Assessors”, “Liver Awareness Month” and “Veterans of Service”
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Who Started Goofy with a Huge Screw Loose?
| {Instrumental Open} {Chorus} Who started goofy with a huge screw loose? Riding the party in a big caboose! Taking the train, New York to Duluth. Grateful that Georgia ain’t too far South. | {Instrumental Solo} {Verse 3} On Towards Atlanta in my big rail machine, Heading for a place which I’ve never seen. Forgot to pack my bags and I’m flat broke, On towards Duluth hopin’ it ain’t woke. |
| {Verse 1} Right past Philly on the way to D C. Checking out the scenery so easily. Headin’ past Charlottsville on the fast rail. Passing Through Virginia without fail. | {Chorus} Who started goofy with a huge screw loose? Riding the party in a big caboose! Taking the train, New York to Duluth. Grateful that Georgia ain’t too far South. |
| {Verse 2} Made it to Charlotte just north of Rock Hill, Hafta say a part of me is goofy still. Taking a train down South on a whim, Like a cell phone which lost its sim. |
Who Started Goofy with a Huge Screw Loose?
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Rockin’ the Gardner City Council
| It’s time once again for the Gardner City Council. {Instrumental open} | |
| {Verse 1} Making Good Decisions and some policy revisions, Passing Local Laws and reviewing what was, Establishing policies and setting priorities, Approving the budget and how money’s used. | {Chorus} It’s the Chair City of Gardner, Gardner City Council. From the Council Chamber, the Gardner City Council. |
| {Verse 2} Getting public input and hearing all views. Confirming appointments made by the Mayor, Overseeing performance now and later, Representing the public as a legislature. | The Gardner City Council, Gardner City Council Spoken: Thank you Partners, the Gardner City Council |
Rockin’ the Gardner City Council
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What is a Zlotnik?
| {Verse 1} Everybody, everybody,what’s a zlotnik? Your friends are asking at the picnic. Well he’s not your average candy bar, But he is the name of a rising star., {Chorus} We got ourselves a Zlotnik, Yes it’s really, really true, This Jonathan’s a goldsmith Of good news for me and you. | {Chorus} We got ourselves a Zlotnik, Yes it’s really, really true, This Jonathan’s a goldsmith Of good news for me and you. {Verse 4} A Zlotnik decade in the house machine, Brought success like we’ve never seen. Showed up for every single house vote. Still every statistic he could quote. |
| {Verse 2} Everything he touches turns to gold. Anything he watches doesn’t fold. Everything he learns he builds upon, This Zlotnik is fondly known as John. | {Verse 5} Not just a man this is a Zlotnik, Jonathan by name the people’s pick. Looking out for the general public, This Zlotnik listens really quick. |
| {Verse 3} A Zlotnik is a Goldsmith by another name, In politics he plays a bipartisan game, Studies the issues and finds the solutions, And stays for all the resolutions. | {Chorus} We got ourselves a Zlotnik, Yes it’s really, really true, This Jonathan’s a goldsmith Of good news for me and you. |
What is a Zlotnik?
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Veterans of Service
| {Verse 1} Of service to our nation they Head directly to harm’s way. Protecting Freedoms cherished, Many brethren have perished {Chorus} We thank you veterans of service, Your actions so meritorious. Carrying the flag wherever you go. True patriotism is what you show. | {Chorus} We thank you veterans of service, Your actions so meritorious. Carrying the flag wherever you go. True patriotism is what you show. {Verse 4} Let us say thanks very loudly Waving our flag so proudly. Let us show much appreciation For those who serve our nation. |
| {Verse 2} Those who wear the uniform Go in to an unknown storm. Danger lurks at every corner. All serve with great honor. | {Verse 5} It is a day when we reflect On men and women so select. To our Veterans we gladly say Have a Happy Veterans Day! |
| {Verse 3} While Americans on every day Enjoy freedom in every way. Men and women in every force Keep us safe and stay the course. | {Chorus} We thank you veterans of service, Your actions so meritorious. Carrying the flag wherever you go. True patriotism is what you show. |
Veterans of Service
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Election Day
| {Verse 1} Put a Sock in it, you wanted to say Many times before Election Day, Endless talking, silly mocking, nothing really rocking Candidates walking, sometimes gawking, often saying nothing. {Chorus} The Voters speak on Election Day. American voices have their say. A Proud moment for the nation Where freedom is the greatest equation. | {Verse 4} Federal, State, and local races Candidates have different faces sometimes they’re all the same With excuses sounding so lame. |
| {Verse 2} Finally it’s Election Day, results coming your way. Issue one and issue two mean so much to you. Who did you choose, did they win or lose. Each ballot cast means as much as the last. | {Verse 5} If you don’t like what they do, Know they answer to me and you. Elections mean their stay is limited Until the next vote is scheduled. |
| {Verse 3} Been a long wait to reach the date, You stayed up late to hear their fate. When the results are pouring in You know you’ll do this again. | {Chorus} The Voters speak on Election Day. American voices have their say. A Proud moment for the nation Where freedom is the greatest equation. |
Election Day
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To Grow a Valentine
| {Piano instrumental open} {Verse 1} Plant the seeds of abundant love Flying down from an Eternal Dove A Plant in Bloom just once a year The Valentine with love so dear. {Chorus} Oh, oh, to grow a valentine Love, Love will really shine Seed, Seed of love you need Bloom, Bloom so well received. | {Chorus} Oh, oh, to grow a valentine Love, Love will really shine Seed, Seed of love you need Bloom, Bloom so well received. {Verse 4} Find the way to spread the word Valentine’s Day is unfurled With a message of emotional might Shining love’s bright light. |
| {Verse 2} Let us grow more Valentines So love brightly shines Upon a landscape so encumbered That its love had slumbered. | {Verse 5} It’s time to grow a Valentine. The seed is spoken anytime. Love itself makes its own fuel. When Valentine’s is the rule. |
| {Verse 3} Wake up the seeds of passion So love is more in fashion Enduring words so softly spoken May love itself not be broken. | {Chorus} Oh, oh, to grow a valentine Love, Love will really shine Seed, Seed of love you need Bloom, Bloom so well received. |
To Grow A Valentine
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The Greatness of America
| {Instrumental open} {Verse 1} A beautiful land of forest and trees, Settled by people from distant seas, Bringing hope of a new prosperity, Hoping for a nation of great longevity. | {Instrumental Bridge} {Verse 5} The sights of the people on a greater land, The way we do things some don’t understand, The right to speak up when things are wrong, The freedom to choose words in a song. |
| {Verse 2} This is the Greatness of America, we celebrate, The greatest experiment, the world has to date, A nation of many which celebrates the few, Where freedom is born every day anew. | {Verse 6} Starting with a revolution, leading to a constitution, We the People forming a more perfect union. Justice, Defense, Welfare, and Domestic tranquility, Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity. |
| {Chorus} This is the Greatness of America, The United States of America, Poised to exist for millennia, This is the Greatness of America. | {Chorus} This is the Greatness of America, The United States of America, Designed to exist for millennia, This is the Greatness of America. |
| {Verse 3} The rights of the people have been enshrined, Powers separated so they’re not intertwined, Executive, Judicial, and legislative branches, Give our republic of states its greatest chances. | {Verse 7} Success often comes from the American Dream, Freedom of thought breeding much innovation, Now Two hundred fifty years old is our country, Twenty Twenty six celebrating our big birthday. |
| {Verse 4} This is the Greatness of America, we enumerate, The promise that anyone can change their fate, A nation where differences just don’t matter, Where all of the people are of the same stature. | {Verse 8} The American Story will continue to be written, A future of challenges where some still are hidden, A great nation constructed with everlasting glue, Crossing the changing bridges of time anew |
| {Chorus} This is the Greatness of America, The United States of America, Built to exist for millennia, This is the Greatness of America. | {Chorus} This is the Greatness of America, The United States of America, By God’s Grace to exist for millennia, This is the Greatness of America. |
The Greatness of America
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Don’t Be Funky on Turkey Day
| {Verse 1} Don’t be funky on Turkey Day Let others say what they want to say, Doesn’t matter what’s in their head. They won’t listen to you instead. | {Chorus} Thanksgiving is your wake up call, Time for giving thanks by us all, Thanksgiving is your wake up call, Time for giving thanks by us all. |
| {Chorus} Thanksgiving is your wake up call, Time for giving thanks by us all, Thanksgiving is your wake up call, Time for giving thanks by us all. | {Verse 4} Family and friends make Thanksgiving Day. Love and friendship along the way. Give some thanks for what you’ve got, Appreciation is what counts a lot. |
| {Verse 2} Focus on the turkey and the trimmings, Eating a good meal is your winnings. But if you’re looking for a greater prize, Try a little gratitude on for size. | {Verse 5} Give thanks for blessings of the harvest, Say sorry for not doing your best, Say thank you on Thanksgiving Day. Pray for goodness to come your way. |
| {Verse 3} Take a stock of how lucky you are, Do that first before a family spar. Gonna argue?, than avoid the bar, This day’s about how lucky you are. | {Chorus} Thanksgiving is your wake up call, Time for giving thanks by us all, Thanksgiving is your wake up call, Time for giving thanks by us all. |
Don’t Be Funky on Turkey Day
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One Station on the Dial
WGAW – One Station on the Dial
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Chair City of Heart
Chair City of Heart
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Gardner – City of Maximum Potential
Gardner – City of Maximum Potential
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Dear Lord of Hope – With Love of Jesus
Dear Lord of Hope – With Love of Jesus
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Jingles and other Ditties – Novelty Songs
Jazz: Everyone Loves the Velvet Goose
JAZZ: WGAW Hotline Radio Steals the Show
Jazz: Gardner Magazine Knows Where You’re Coming From
Piano: Heywood Mission of Compassion
Rock: Zone It in or Zone It Out Gardner
Blues: Gardner Magazine Blues
Funk: Greatest Board of Assessors
Soft Rock: WGAW Hotline Radio is the Place to Go
Liver Awareness Month
Weekly Mayor’s Update