All the songs associated with my writing are posted here on one page. In most cases I wrote the lyrics, and teamed up with some amazing musicians to bring these tunes to life. A few are wholly written by the music artists, but they pertain to my writing so I have included them here. Feel free to leave this window open as an online jukebox while browsing in a new window.
These 84 songs are sorted by:
* 41 songs from my memoir
* 12 companion songs from my first novel
* 12 songs from my second novel
* 19 songs from my short stories and essays
* additional songs worth posting
40 songs in 13,760 Feet
* Listen to all 40 companion songs for free here, sorted in chronological order including the chapter in which each appears
* Or, you can also buy each song for 75 cents, or all 40 songs as a $12 album
Chapter 01 – TWA Flight 800
Aluminum Parachute (title song)Performed by Simon Ashby
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links / Debs and Errol VIDEOChapter 02 – The Best Day of My Life
Under the Tiny BridgePerformed by Billy Sea
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 03 – Emergency Leave of Absence
Plastic Bags and Tiny Tags
Performed by Adam Hill
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 04 – Tighty-Whitie Deep Sea Divers
Tighty-Whitie Deep Sea Divers
Performed by Christopher Madden & Malakai Madden
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 05 – An Unwelcome Return
Ode to the Relief Pilot
Performed by Max Vanremmerden
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links / VIDEOChapter 06 – Sorted by Speed
Outside of School
Performed by Simon Ashby
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 08 – The Majors
My First Solo
Performed by Billy Sea
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 09 – The Road Back to the Cockpit
Learning to Breathe Again
Performed by TC Elliott
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 10 – Attrition and Lessons Learned
Black Firebird
Performed by Matt Pierce
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 11 – Keep the Giant Emergency Life Raft Inflated
Keep the Giant Emergency Life Raft Inflated
Performed by Max Vanremmerden
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 12 – Teaching is a License to Learn
Teaching Is a License to Learn
Performed by Simon Ashby
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 13 – Realignment
How Can I Keep You From Slipping Away
Performed by Billy Sea
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 14 – St. Thomas Upside Down and Spinning
Island Hopping Dream
Performed by Nadia Cripps & TC Elliott
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 15 – Hydraulically Actuated
Hey-ho, I Can’t Let Go
Performed by Larry Seger
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 16 – Pilots of the Caribbean
Pilots of the Caribbean
Performed by Greg Evets
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 16 – Pilots of the Caribbean
Tryin’ to Get Off Island
Performed by: Christopher Madden & Malakai Madden
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 17 – Team Mark
On the 20th Floor
Performed by Matt Pierce
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 18 – Cutting My Winter Teeth
The Box the Twin-Otter Came In
Performed by CTS
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 19 – Outlook Not So Good
My Magic 8 Ball
Performed by Matt Pierce
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 20 – Pigship Probation
Long Live the Pigship
Performed by MAL & Debs
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 22 – Before CRM – The Five Ps
City in the Sky
Performed by Larry Seger & Lt. Col. Sheri Miller
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 24 – Success and Silence (with WLBjr)
Anaphylactic Shock Reaction
Performed by Kristian Borreson & Adam Hill
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 26 – My Airline Family—Where Dreams Are Free
Dirty Double Crosser
Performed by Sapient
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 27 – Wanderlust
Wanderlust
Performed by Simon Ashby
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 28 – Are You a Cardinal?
Cardinal Puff
Performed by Simon Ashby
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 30 – The Secret the Darkness Completely Concealed
The Secret the Darkness Completely Concealed
Performed by Plain White Toast
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 31 – Losing the Lottery
Susanne
Performed by Mick James
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 32 – Investigation and Speculation
One Day
Performed by Shane Clary, Don ‘Lefty’ Williams, & Cleveland Brown
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 33 – Going South in Eastern Europe
I Escaped into a Dream
Performed by John Cooperider
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 34 – Make the Relax
The Infinite Steps
Performed by Simon Ashby
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 35 – My Vanilla Sky (with WSCS)
Cathedral Steps
Performed by Don ‘Lefty’ Williams, & Errol Elumir
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 36 – Sacred Watering Holes
Sacred Watering Holes
Performed by Billy Sea
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 37 – High Terrain All Quads
Shakin It In the Dark
Performed by Valerie Cox
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 38 – Big Flo Flies No More
Ode to Old Big Flo
Performed by Chris Belden
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 39 – Catching up with Concord
Farewell to Concorde
Performed by Cleveland Brown & Mark L Berry
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Chapter 40 – 25 Years Since ERAU
When I Look Back at Twenty
Performed by Joanne Gabriel
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links / VIDEOChapter 41 – Delivery
What Route Do You Fly?
Performed by Nadia Cripps and Val Cox
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Epilogue
Alison
Performed by Das Binky and Jordan Hirsch
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /Ode to the Flight Engineer
Performed by John Cooperider
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /One More Story – Smoke in the Cockpit
In Ernest K Gann’s Day
Performed by Mike Skliar
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /*Bonus Track*
Two Pilots in Training
– Words by Mark L Berry & Music by Plain White Toast
– Performed by Plain White Toast
12 songs in Pushing Leaves Towards the Sun
One Down and Four Up – from Chapter 4
(Song #1)
– Performed by Kim Smith, Dave Morgan, Bill Johnson, & Tom Horn
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links / VIDEO
Can’t Say Goodbye (Ode to Oso) – from Chapter 7
(Song #2)
– Performed by Deanna Williams & Don ‘Lefty’ Williams
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
If I’m Only Dreaming – from Chapter 11
(Song #3)
– Performed by Steve Schafer, Don ‘Lefty’ Williams, & Cleveland Brown
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
One Day – from Chapter 17
(Song #4)
– Performed by Shane Clary, Don ‘Lefty’ Williams, Cleveland Brown, & Jeff Mosely
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
Screwed at the Drive-thru – from Chapter 17
(Song #5)
– Performed by Don ‘Lefty’ Williams & Deanna Williams
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links / VIDEO
Man-Made Roadblocks (Spy’s Surprise) – from Chapter 19
(Song #6)
– Performed by Cleveland Brown & Mark D
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
Organized Anger (Drum Solo) – from Chapter 23
(Bonus)
– Performed by Brian “The Kid” Hilgert
mp3 – plus Artist links / VIDEO
Hey Young Lady (Billy’s Theme) – from Chapter 23
(Song #7)
– Performed by T.C. Elliott
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links / VIDEO
From a Long Way Away (Lindy’s Theme) – from Chapter 29
(Song #8)
– Performed by Kim Smith, J Starck, Bill Johnson, & Dave Morgan
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
Just Another – from Chapter 31
(Song #9)
– Performed by Deborah Linden and Mal
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
Pushing Leaves Towards the Sun (Title Song)– from Chapter 32
(Song #10)
– Performed by Adam Hill and Valerie Cox
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
The Family Tree (Scuba’s Song) – from Chapter 34
(Song #11)
– Performed by Deanna Williams and Don ‘Lefty’ Williams
Written by John ‘Scuba’ Linneman in St. Louis, MO
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
Cats – from Chapter 34
(Song #12)
– Performed by Deanna Williams, Cleveland Brown, Don ‘Lefty’ Williams, John Krakowski
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
12 songs in Street Justice
The Evil Empires – from Chapter 4
Performed by Simon Ashby
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
Street Justice – from Chapter 5
Performed by Das Binky
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
Getting It Every Day – from Chapter 13
– Performed by Valerie Cox
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
My Shower – from Chapter 14
– Performed by Valerie Cox
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
How Crazy You Make Me – from Chapter 21
Performed by Plain White Toast
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
Dear Scab – from Chapter 22
Performed by Don ‘Lefty’ Williams
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
Dirty Cop – from Chapter 24
Performed by Larry Seger
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
Rough Draft – from Chapter 30
Performed by Steve Schafer
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
The Veteran – from Chapter 32
Performed by Paul O
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links / VIDEO
Severed My Ties – from Chapter 33
Performed by Paul O
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links / VIDEO
Ode to Dylan – from Chapter 40
Performed by Sharon Henderson
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
Alter Ego – from Chapter 43
Performed by John Krakowski
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /
These are companion songs associated with some of my individual essays and short stories.
A Secret Between You and Me
– Performed by Lori Citro
– Music by Lori Citro
– Words by Words by Mark L Berry & Stephanie Shaner
A Song From the Past
– Performed by Billy Sea
– Words by Mark L Berry
– Music by Billy Sea
All the Gear All the Time
– Performed by Matt Pierce
Word by Mark L. Berry
Music by Matt Pierce
Confusion in the Ranks
– Performed by Danny Santos
– Words by Mark L Berry
– Music by Danny Santos
Closed
– Performed by Cleveland Brown & Mark L Berry
– Words by Christopher Madden & Mark L Berry
– Music by Cleveland Brown
Dad’s Catboat
– Performed by Billy Sea and Errol Elumir
– Words by Mark L Berry
– Music by Billy Sea
He Boards a Plane and Follows the Sun
– Performed by Adam Hill
– Words by Mark L Berry
– Music by Adam Hill
In the Shadow of O’Hare
– Words by Mark L Berry
Music by Billy Sea
Performed by Billy Sea, Mark L Berry, and Alison Leston
Into the Sky (The Whom and Why for Whom I Fly)
– Performed by Matt Pierce
– Words by Mark L Berry
– Music by Matt Pierce
Like The Wind
– Performed by Das Binky
– Words by Mark L Berry
– Music by Das Binky
Oh Why Are You Afraid to Fly?
– Performed by Chip Withrow
– Words by Mark L Berry
– Music by Chip Withrow
Recognition for My Dental Technician
– Performed by CTS
– Words by Mark L Berry
– Music by CTS
RISE – Private flights, at commercial rates
– Performed by Meri Amber
– Words by Mark L. Berry
– Music by Meri Amber
Rookie Geocacher
– Performed by Valerie Cox
– Words by Mark L Berry
– Music by Valerie Cox
Surgical Star (without a knife)
– Performed by Simon Ashby
– Words by Mark L Berry
– Music by Simon Ashby
Tear It Out
– Performed by Devin Melanson
– Words by Mark L Berry
– Music by Devin Melanson
Tofu Is Bad for You
– Performed by Meri Amber
– Words by Mark L Berry
– Music by Meri Amber
UAS in the USA
– Performed by John Cooperider
– Words by Mark L Berry
– Music by John Cooperider
The Ant and the Boy and the Sun
– Performed by Shannon DeCourcey
– Words by Mark L Berry
– Music by Shannon DeCourcey
These are companion songs associated with some of my individual essays and short stories that are wholly written by other artists.
10 Round Click
– Performed by The Siren
– Music by The Siren
– Words by Amanda Feuerberg
Refugee
– Performed by The Siren
– Words by Amanda Feuerberg
– Music by The Siren